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So happy for Zay! He's really been starting to build some confidence the last couple games. Making some nice caches. Love the Star Wars celebration, too.

Way to kill a drive handing it to Tolbert twice in a row.

We need a better #2 RB

Yikes.

Yuck. What an ugly opening drive. Not sure what happened with the O line on Tyrod's sack. I'd have to watch it again but it Maybe looked like someone totally blew their assignment. Wood maybe? Or Ducasse?

Thanks for sharing. That was a great read. I can't believe Rodak wrote it... lol. I'm trying not to get too excited about this team but it's hard. I truly believe we are in good hands for the future, I just didn't expect them to win so much this season with so many perceived holes on the roster. I thought it would take more time. It was midway through year 2 before McD had Carolina's defense playing very good, and then year 3 they really made that leap to top 3 defense in the NFL. I was expecting something similar here... In typical Bills fan fashion, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and our lack of (perceived) talent to catch up to us. We have some tough games coming up on the schedule. Hopefully that doesn't happen... Originally, my hopes were not high for this season. But now that has changed pretty drastically. Tonight is an important game, though. A win would go a long way...

He was my #1 choice too, from the minute I seen him on the Bills interview list. I know I've said this multiple times, but I've been a fan of McD's for years. Since about half way through the 2012 season, and then 2013 just cemented it for me. I was amazed at the jump that defense made from 2011 to 2012 to 2013. And what I loved is how he did it with what was considered to be numerous no name players at the time (especially in the secondary). I mean, don't get me wrong that defense definitely had some talent, but many were not necessarily looked at that way at the time. Even Luke Kuechly was seen as a reach at the time he was drafted. Josh Norman was just some 5th round pick that people didn't expect much of anything from. IMO he helped develop those players into what they are today. I remember reading stories about him from many years ago, when he was still in Philly. How Andy Reid took a special interest in him and thought he was going to be something special someday. Reid is one of my all time favorites, so when I heard him say that about McDermott it peaked my interest. We are lucky Carolina went to that Super Bowl in 2015, because I guess Philly really wanted McDermott. The were dead set on hiring an Andy Reid guy and McD was their #1 choice (from what I read). I guess they decided not to wait and hired another Reid guy - Doug Peterson - instead. It seems to have worked out for them. Andy Reid's coaching tree is looking pretty good right now....

Thanks for typing all that out stevewin. Appreciate it. That was an interesting read.

I'd love to have a WR like Landry but I'd be worried about him messing with this team chemistry we have going. There are still numerous players on the team that were here for that dirty A. Williams hit.

So is he - http://www.buffalobills.com/video/videos/Kyle_Williams_Keep_Working/285feba2-fa9e-4b36-8313-4556184ce0f4 This was a great interview. IMO it's a must watch. Gets me excited about what's being built here.

This was my thought as well. They have sooooo many holes at just about every position on both sides of the ball. A boatload of draft picks has to be enticing. Plus, Garoppolo has been being groomed (by Brady, Belichick, McDaniels etc) to start for the last 4 years. He is probably much more ready to step in and start than any rookie QB from the 2018 class is going to be. And if he works out, they only spent a 2nd on a starting QB as opposed to a #1 or #2 overall pick (plus all the assets they miss out on by not trading the pick). If he doesn't work out, they can still decide to draft a QB high in 2018.

Wasn't there a lot of talk in the offseason that Cleveland went after Garoppolo hard, and even offered the #12 pick in the draft for him? I wondering now if that was all just rumor and BS speculation. Why wouldn't Belichick have taken the 1st? Unless he is truly still bitter about being fired by Cleveland all those years ago and refused to help them at QB (as I've seen speculated by some). But I can't really see him being the type to pass up the #12 pick out of spite. If he did, he's letting his emotion get the best of him.

I have only had the chance to watch him once so far this season. But I've seen the highlights, read the stories and heard what people have been saying and it sounds like he's been pretty impressive. I am one that tries not to judge a QB too quickly. I want to see them in their 3rd (or 4th) year before I make up my mind. We've seen these flashes in the pan before. Once NFL coaches and players have a year (or two) of tape on a QB and have time to study the offense they're running + that QB's tendencies, it can change things. I always like to see how a QB adapts to the adjustments the NFL makes against him. So it's still early to say for sure, but man it looks like I might have been wrong on Watson... On the old BBMB I was pretty adamant before the draft that I wasn't real crazy about the Bills taking Watson at #10. I was fine taking him if we traded down or took him in the 2nd (in hindsight, neither would have been options). I just thought he was a big gamble at #10. There was definitely a lot to like about him but I worried mainly about his accuracy/ball placement, poor numbers under pressure and overall play style. I wasn't too sure how it would translate to the NFL. The early returns sure seem good, though. If he continues this type of play next year I will definitely eat some crow.

Hey Foxx, did you say that you mine bitcoin? What kind of equipment & graphics card are you using to mine bitcoin, if you don't mind me asking? Do you need a ridiculous setup for it to be profitable? Is it even worth trying with a CPU and high end graphics card? Or do you need a FPGA or ASIC? How hard is it to make a profit mining bitcoin these days? I heard it's tougher now. I've been thinking of trying to start mining them myself, but I'm relatively new to all of this. Would I be better off with a different crypto currency? Ethereum maybe? I'd love to get into the bitcoin because they just keep going up...

Why is Crabtree allowed to push off. It's more than what Matthews just did... This is why I hate the NFL sometimes.

What a fricking BS call that was! I wish you could challenge calls like that.

Thanks for posting the detailed correction. It's helpful. Hard to find info on his Bills contract, as like you said spotrac and over the cap updated immediately after the trade.

I don't think this is true, is it? Dareus' cap hit for the Bills this year was around $16M. The only reason it's listed at $5M for the Jags is because the Bills already paid a big chunk of it (and that stays on our cap) I don't remember the exact figure but His 2018 cap hit for the Bills would have been over $14 or $16M. By trading Dareus the Bills save $5.7M on the cap this year and they save $2M on the cap next year, so I don't see how they would have had $10M more in cap space next year by keeping him...? Edit - here's a breakdown I found from 2015. I'm not sure if it's 100% correct or not. I'll have to look around some more. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-analysis-all-22/2015/9/12/9310199/marcell-dareus-contract-details-buffalo-bills-full-breakdown

The dead cap hit next season is $14M, but then he's off the books completely after that. We gain almost $6M in cap savings this year (that I am guessing is probably most likely to be rolled over into next year), and $2.3M next year.

I find it is a good idea not to make new threads or post too much when I am emotional over a decision the Bills just made. Just saying is all... And IMO there is no way you can say Beane is in the top 3 worst GM's when he hasn't even made a single draft pick yet. He hired a top notch scouting and personnel staff (on paper). IMO it looks to be the best front office/scouting staff we've had in a long time. This team will be built through the draft. So until we see how they build through the draft we can't really judge. Plus as of now I really trust McDermott and he trusts Beane. We also know that McD has been trying to trade Dareus since the offseason. From what I've read there is good reason. Dareus wasn't buying in, wasn't putting in the work, had to have Kyle Williams telling him the play calls and what he's supposed to be doing. That's unacceptable at his salary level. There was obviously things going on behind the scenes that we were not privy to... IMO You need your highest paid players to be leaders on the team, because they are usually going to be looked at as leaders anyway just because of their salary.

Thank you.

What type of bugs does it have?

What is this ios11 issue? I was planning on updating my iPad Pro to ios11 today. Should I wait for more bugs to be worked out first?

http://buffalonews.com/2017/10/24/pegulas-absorbing-costs-hold-funeral-keybank-center/ Wasn't sure where to put this - As the title says. Pretty classy move IMO. I'd guess it cost them a pretty penny to do this.

Eagles traded up from #13 to #8 with Miami before they traded with the Browns. Just going from #8 to #2 cost the Eagles 5 picks - two 1sts, a 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Plus the 3 players traded to secure 2 of those picks. Their #1 CB (Byron Maxwell), a starting LB (Kiko Alonso) + #13 to Miami for #8, and #1 RB (Demarco Murray) to Tennessee for another pick used in the trade. They had been trying to get the #2 pick since January. They were dead set on getting one of the top 2 QBs. With the Bills sitting at #19, I'd think it would have cost us quite a bit more, and even then it may have been hard to beat out the Eagles. The Browns could have easily chose to only fall back to #8 instead of #19, or it could have turned into a bidding war that would be easier for the Eagles to win with a much higher 1st to trade back. To assume we could have had him is a guess at best. Also, wasn't there rumors that Whaley actually did try to trade to #2 or something like that? For all we know he did try and got beat out by the Eagles.