HappyDays
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3 hours ago, eball said:
Look for a lot of 22 and 21 personnel this season, gents. And that’s a good thing. This is the best group of RBs and TEs the Bills have had in a while, and it lessens the impact of a below average WR group.
Yep and that's why we went with blocking TEs over Nick O'Leary.
2 hours ago, Mickey said:Their rushing DVOA rank was 19th. Running a lot is not the same as running successfully. This year, subtract Richie, Wood and Tuh-Rod's additions to the running game and there is cause for concern there.
True but subtract Dennison's awful scheme and I think we'll be okay. Just going off preseason our line has looked much better run blocking than pass blocking.
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Didn't we complain for 15 years that no regime wanted to do what needed to be done to set us up for long term success? There is no one year fix for a team that was so bad for so long. Last year was year 0 - we cleaned out the stink of 15 years and yes it left us with a lot of dead cap. This year is year 1. We will not be a very good football team and whoever we start at QB is a question mark at best. Next year we will have a full draft and $65 million to spend in free agency, plus one year of experience for the hopeful franchise QB. Beane finally tore it all down and he did that part of the rebuild very well. In a couple years we'll see how he did with the 2nd part of the plan.
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13 hours ago, bobobonators said:
The Bears are offering us two 1st round picks and a third round pick, etc. We have to BEAT that. How do we beat that? Two 1st round picks and a second round pick? THREE 1st round picks?
The way you beat it is by eliminating every part of the trade except the 2 1st rounders. The Bears actually got more than Mack out of the deal. They turned a 3rd into a 2nd and a 6th into a 5th. If you offer 2 1st rounders with nothing else that should have been enough to beat their offer. I wouldn't have done that though.
9 hours ago, papazoid said:Mack is a sure thing
He actually isn't a sure thing. The post from QCity on the last page is right. Maybe he blows out a knee, maybe he suddenly gets lazy, maybe he plays great for two years then hits a wall. Maybe he plays like JJ Watt in his prime for the next 6 years but the rest of the defense sucks and your franchise QB turns out to be a bust and you don't have 1st round picks to improve those aspects of the team.
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50 minutes ago, Ittakestime said:
More dead money and now Beane is adding dead money to next year. Does this guy know what he is doing?
And again, we save money by trading him. If we keep him next year it costs $7 million. The dead cap is only $2 million.
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37 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
More dead dead presidents.
We saved money by cutting him. About $1 million this year and $5 million next year. We will have over $60 million in cap space next season.
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Wow we got back a 5th for him? That I wouldn't have expected. Thanks Gruden.
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I'll eat crow on this one. I thought he was practice squad material for sure.
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They're mostly going with the younger guys. Foster, Neal, McCloud, Wallace, even Cam Phillilps over Reilly on the PS.
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12 minutes ago, Juice_32 said:
Foster did get really good separation on deep balls. We've got to have at least one deep threat.
Yeah I guess even if he can't track the ball he's still going to scare DCs enough that they have to keep an eye on him. I doubt we see him much this year but I'll take him over Kaelin Clay.
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13 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
Skydiver wins!
Wow that is the surprise of the day. I'm going to guess that Daboll had a lot of say on this.
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35 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
Good news for Levi Wallace.
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5 minutes ago, Dr. Who said:
Too bad cut down day doesn't apply to message board posters.
He would never clear waivers. The Patriots message board would snatch him right up.
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6 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:
I really see this so much differently than most of you. You have your QB. Passrusher is the next most important position. You have the chance to add your first blue chip player in what - two plus decades?
Very good chance we'll be in a position to draft a blue chip pass rusher next year. And I still would have been fine giving that up for Mack. But we're also talking about losing our 2020 1st rounder and other picks along with it. And close to $25 million in cap space. There's no way you can rationalize that. As much as I wanted Mack it only takes one crazy team to push everyone else out of the running and the Bears were that team.
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1 minute ago, DJB said:
We are tight to the cap, that space could be used on a free agent pickup. Like maybe some quality guards
Our spending spree comes next year when we have $62 million in cap space. We already have $50 million in dead cap this year. We took on $2 million more to try out a former 1st round pick who could have filled a need. There are exactly zero quality offensive linemen that we will lose out on because of this move.
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3 minutes ago, DJB said:
If coleman doesn't get picked up, it's Beane first mistake as a GM. A 7th and cap space lost for nothing
Oh my god. We're really doing this over a 7th rounder and $2 million.
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3 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said:
Wasted. Bills in no position to waste assets
The only asset we lose is a 2019 7th round pick. Please don't tell me that's what you're whining about.
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10 minutes ago, Ittakestime said:
Who gives a crap about next year. Not for long league.
Are you saying you actually expected the Bills to be good this year? Ironic username.
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I'm not surprised about Coleman but that means we still don't have a real deep threat. Kaelin Clay will probably end up being that guy for us this year...
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7 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:
I’m telling you, the fans here aren’t ready for what is going to happen this season. Lots of folks preaching patience in this thread will be the first to start panicking after a winless September.
I'm finally at a point where I almost don't want us to win a lot of games. When watching each game individually I'll still be rooting for a win but deep down I know a top 5 pick next year would set us up for the future and this year is a wash anyways. When I look at the roster I really think the best decision is play Peterman all year and if it turns into losses so be it... we need to be patient. A top 3 pick next year + $60 million in cap space + the hopeful franchise QB in waiting is the best case scenario.
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4 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
This should keep the Bears in the division basement for a few years.
If Trubisky is a bust, and there's ample reason to believe he will be, this is definitely true. Trading two 1st round picks and more for a star pass rusher is the kind of move you make when you know your QB is good. I'm glad Mack is in the NFC though. After this season we won't see him again for 4 years.
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10 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
The Bears have much better weapons on offense with a completely revamped receiveing corps that are ready and in place fot Trubisky.
I mean I'd rather have Allen Robinson and Taylor Gabriel than whatever we'll be trotting out but I wouldn't call that corps completely revamped.
AJ gone and no vet QB, are your expectations lower?
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Not at all. But I've had the view going back to minicamp that McCarron and Peterman offer the same thing. I have been hoping Peterman would beat out McCarron for the bridge starter/eventual backup role and he did that. People have put too much stock in the Chargers game last year. Peterman is better than that. We aren't going to be good this year regardless of who the QB is.