[Saints owner Tom Benson passes]

11 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

There's a piece in the Advocate saying she is poised to take control and that both the NBA and NFL approve: "Despite objections from his jilted relatives, team officials have said both the NBA and the NFL approve the plan for Gayle Benson — who once made her living decorating homes and running dental offices — to become owner of the Pelicans and Saints following Benson's death............. Nonetheless, those close to Benson have said they are confident the plan for his wife to take over is legally unassailable. "

 

5 years make a difference I think - there was a lawsuit from his jilted children and grandchildren in 2015 that failed, and she's been in the picture for 3 years.

 

Gayle may be legally planted to become owner. BUT.. does Gayle have the ability to pay the estate tax?

 

Estate taxes is why Ralph Wilson's daughter didn't get the Bills. It's also why the Cooke family had to sell the Redskins to Daniel Snyder.

 

I think the Saints will be up for sale. Sadly. But people want to tax the rich, and this is a result.

[Here is what is going to happen in the draft]

1 hour ago, Zebrastripes said:

Why would the jets ever trade with us when they need a QB too?

The Jet QB room is veteran heavy, with both Bridgewater and McCown on fresh new big contracts --- this indicates the Jets may be taking the slower route to rebuilding their QB position. I could see them drafting a project type QB to sit on the bench for a few years.

[Bills sign QB AJ McCarron]

1 minute ago, flomoe said:

Did we win the offseason yet??

Feeling good about it player wise. Not so confident coaching wise (Daboll).

 

[Bills sign QB AJ McCarron]

4 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

And the people said Amen

Because they knew it was weak, but the options were worse.

[Sal says UFA QB's was not the Bills plan]

None of the UFA QB's wanted to pay NY state income tax. Truth hurts.

[Mayfield say's he's improved since combine]

1 hour ago, Misterbluesky said:

I will say this..he will be wearing Nike shoes next year in the red,white and blue.

The Patsies are going to draft him?

[Casserly & The National Media Are Clueless]

Imagine a dinner date---of Casserly and Nancy Pelosi.

[Sam Bradford to Arizona Per Schefter]

Dang! The QB market is nuts.

• bad knees Bradford, 1 year, 20 mil
• slightly above average Cousins, 3 years 86 mil
• below average Taylor, almost a 2nd round draft pick (in context, Cleveland looks smart with this move)
• below average 39 year old McCown, 1 year 10 mil
• elderman and Wonderlic wonder Ryan Fitzpatrick is still employed
• four start unknown McCarron is a leader for the Bills bridge QB duties
• Kaepernick fans have been re-energized
• then there is Foles

[Cousins Signing with MIN per Allbright- duh he signed]

I know Cousins was a long shot for Buffalo. But I kind of expected a visit.

[Bills open to moving Glenn - Bengels Bills trade - Bills move to 12 for Glenn & 21]

In Organization Behavior, there is a model called "Success to the Successful"

 

That is Beane. He's been successful all off season. Each of his moves benefited from the quan of his prior successful move.

 

Nice to be off the "losses to the losers" model.

[Bills open to moving Glenn - Bengels Bills trade - Bills move to 12 for Glenn & 21]

How Beane dresses for work.

 

 

[While we are all rejoicing here.........]

4 minutes ago, Charlottebillsfan2 said:

Dare I say... we won the offseason!  

Lolz... go away

 

The league year hasn't even opened yet.

[Taylor to Browns for 3rd Rd]

1 minute ago, T-Bomb said:

Taylor is a class act, great dude, wish it would haved worked out for him here. Move had to be made...

 

Best of luck to him.

It did work out for him here. He was a perennial backup in Baltimore. In Buffalo, he proved to be starter material.

 

..just not our future starter material..

[What The Heck Happened With Karlos Williams?]

On 3/8/2018 at 12:39 AM, NickelCity said:

 

That's an astute post. To be honest, the correlation between anxiety and success has got to be sky high. 

The correlation is sky high. Highly successful entertainers with stage fright  (a form of anxiety) comes to mind.

 

Also, another poster suggested KW suffered from bipolar disorder. I could see that.

 

Makes me wonder... do the Bills have a team Psychologist? If not, they should. Many millennial pro athletes could use some life coaching.

[In your hindsight, 2017: go all out to win, or tank?]

When you see the countless posts looking to sell the estate to trade up and draft that magical "franchise" QB, -- it makes you wonder: maybe deliberate tanking would have been a wise approach to the 2017 season. (given the Watkins and Darby trades, one can argue the tank was on)

 

If the Bills tanked: we wouldn't be talking about trading multiple first rounders plus other picks/players for a shot at Darnold, Rosen, Mayfield et al. We'd be talking about which to choose with our naturally given draft choice.

 

What happened: the Bills played balls to the wall. I believe they exceeded their potential and got lucky. They made the playoffs and earned a less than mid-first round draft pick.

 

Would you have rather tanked (and pick a franchise QB without selling the farm), or made the playoffs?

 

Me? I'm glad the Bills went all-in and made the playoffs, that goes so far in building a winning culture for the future. Also I look at the Sabres suckitude and can't help but feel once you tank, it's hard to wash the stench of losing out of the locker room.

[1st Round Trade DOWN?]

If they pickup a QB in free agency (not an impossibility) I could easily see them trading down with 21, then making a selection with 22.

 

Having said that, I hope they trade up for Darnold/Rosen/Mayfield.

[In-Depth Breakdown of Josh Rosen by Eliot Crist, Matt Waldman, Greg Cosell, and Others]

6 hours ago, Boyst62 said:

The benefits of a 503c are worth a little sweat and elbow grease.

No, I'm not saying they shouldn't but there is a large portion of those that do so for selfish reasons. 

 

You set yourself up as a non profit. You set yourself and family up in positions in it. Tax breaks, etc and they can pinch local businesses to lick them money, too.  Look at Brady's charity and businesses. That's how ya do it.  Gronk, Dalton, etc

 

Ever wonder why these halfwit barely literate ball players set up a charity as soon as they can?  It's a tax evasion plan.

All these big athletes, they write off everything. Reminds me of a Seinfeld:

 

Kramer: "It's a write-off for them."

Jerry: "How is it a write-off?"

Kramer: "They just write it off."

Jerry: "Write it off what?"

Kramer: "Jerry, all these big companies, they write off everything."

Jerry: "You don't even know what a write-off is." "Do you?"

Kramer: "No, I don't." "But they do. And they're the ones writing it off."

[Would you trade for Gronk?]

Gronk does not fit the process.

 

He's a me me type of player. He's not a McBean style team player.

[Buffalo native Emily Pfalzer rocks Bills Hat w/Gold Medal]

Congrats to her.

 

What a cute girl... too young for me.  I wonder if her mother is hot and single.

[Hits and Misses: How Successful Was GM Russ Brandon In The Draft?...REVISED]

Let's look at Russ Brandon... because as they say in the Army: There's no horse dead enough that it can't be kicked some more.

[Why we don't want to draft one of the top 4 QB]

7 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

.....

We've got to hope Beane remains dispassionate and level-headed in his first draft.

 

I think McBeane et al. will be calm. If draft things don't roll right, the fall back plan will be another year of Tyrod, which while not great, it's not a GM career killer.

[Why we don't want to draft one of the top 4 QB]

37 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

...

The overall point won't change:

1) the odds of getting a good QB are highest in the first 2 picks of the draft

...

 

I just read another op-ed (Bills road map to trading up) that said the top 4 picks are good enough.

 

Quote

Of the remaining 45 1st round quarterbacks, 20 have been taken in the first four picks. Those 20 QBs have produced 14 "hits" and six "misses".

 

I'd be OK if the Bills traded into the top four for Mayfield/Rosen/Darnold.

 

Agree with the tone of your post: don't freak out if the football people do their thing, and that thing may not be a QB.

[Josh McDaniels Withdraws from Colts' HC Job]

14 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

Sources: McDaniels spurns Colts to stay in NE

After two days of reflection and conversations with the New England Patriots, New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has decided not to accept the Indianapolis Colts' head coaching job, league sources told ESPN.

 

In the past 48 hours, Patriots owner Robert Kraft began talking with McDaniels and ultimately wound up sweetening his contract, helping to entice him to remain in New England rather than leave for Indianapolis, which announced it would be holding a news conference Wednesday to introduce its new head coach. But McDaniels did not have a signed contract with the Colts, according to a source.

 

But this wasn't a decision about money. The truth is, McDaniels has been vacillating on this decision throughout the interview process, ever since meeting with the Colts on wild-card weekend. It is the reason a second meeting with Colts officials and team owner Jim Irsay was held. McDaniels was trying to get comfortable with the idea of taking his family out of New England and moving it to Indianapolis.

Smokescreen.

 

Moving from the cesspool (from a family point of view) of New England, to the land of milk & honey is a no brainer.

 

McD is postured to be the next HC of the patsies.

[Buffalo top TV market for SB]

Buffalo is an NFL town.

 

To wit:  the #1 TV ratings for the Super Bowl---and the better regular season attendance (those who actually go to the game) than many teams in wake of kneeling-gate.

 

Yet again at the Spring meetings, the league will say that Buffalo needs a new stadium to pull their weight as a partner. I hope Pegs tells them to pack sand: Buffalo does more than it's  share pulling in viewers and putting butts in seats, with ticketing and licensing revenue probably exceeding at least 4 other teams.

[You pick the curve... (OBD will be behind in '18)]

I don't think "drafting around" someone who later turns out to be stellar is a gaffe of infamy. It's just a garden variety oops. Despite pundits that make it seem like you can evaluate players to the tenth of a degree--the draft is pretty much a crapshoot.

 

Also, I don't think the future success of a traded player is gaffe of infamy. Who cares? They're gone. What is important is the production you got on your end of the trade.

 

Bills most frequent gaffes of infamy, IMO, come in awarding star money contracts to players who turn out to be mediocre at best. That's a gaffe of infamy because the player had a track record and the future is somewhat predictable--you should have known better---and you louse up future year salary caps.