I don't see any similarities between the Bills and Giants situations. McAdoo is an offensive guy, he had a capable QB and one of the premiere WR's in the game. That wasn't exactly a shock that they won games. The SS pick was too easy.
The Bills have a zone DC, a RB at QB, an oft injured WR/TE and a bunch of role players. I would have liked to see them pay MG and spend the rest of the FA dollars just for the hope of having a more entertaining season but isn't this some of the foresight that I had been slamming Whaley on?
They kept TT, that allows the team a chance to do something if everything else goes right. Chances are it won't, and when it doesn't they will be better off next season. You guys are mad they didn't pay a press corner top dollars to sit in zone? Gilmore coming up to make tackles is not worth elite money.
It's easy to say add the best available players but at some point you need to step back and look at this roster and come up with a plan to fix it. We yelled at Whaley for patching holes and never having a plan, like not drafting a WR2 fully knowing that Woods would be gone in a year. Even with Watkins on the table. Etc etc etc.
In short it's easy to spend the money now and hope you go on a magical run, it's much harder to accept that you're not a magician and this roster needs some long term fixing.