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They already have 10 guys, but it'd be nice if they did put him on the PS. I'd be happy to hear they did.

Love Lesean McCoy. Hope he is here at least through his current contract.

As I said all along, I would not freak out until Ducasse was starting week 1, and it looks like I won't have to freak out after all... lol.

Looks like Miller might be the starting RG after all... Bills to keep Miller, Mills as starters on right side of line http://buffalonews.com/2017/09/04/bills-keep-miller-mills-starters-right-side-o-line/ 'John Miller and Jordan Mills each withstood challenges this summer to remain the Buffalo Bills' starters at right guard and right tackle, respectively. Coach Sean McDermott said Monday that both would be in the starting lineup for Sunday's regular-season opener against the New York Jets.'

Are you talking about the 3 waiver wire pickups and the trade for Clay? If so, all of them are likely bottom of the roster players that may not be active for the first game and even if they are will likely play very limited snaps anyway.

I get what you're saying and I too was hopeful that the defensive personnel wouldn't need to be totally overhauled (and I agree with you that it's much harder to find good man coverage CB's btw), but that's kind of besides the point now. If the CB's didn't play zone well, what are you going to do? If McD/Beane etc evaluate these guys and feel they don't fit, should they just hang onto them anyway? Try to be "half pregnant" again? We don't know everything that went into the decision either. I also feel that there was going to be quite a few changes to the team this year no matter who was hired as coach and even if Whaley and his front office staff were still here. The Bills had a crazy number of free agents and not too much cap space to sign them. $19M to get 26 players signed, you kind of know changes are coming... some tough decisions were going to have to be made by whoever was in charge. I'm not thrilled by some of these moves either and it's hard not to be somewhat skeptical about some of them. But I want them to do whatever they feel it will take to ultimately be successful in the long run and I give them credit for having the courage to make some of the tough decisions they've made. Only time will tell if those decisions were right.

But if this new scheme uses mostly zone coverage (cover 3), what good is it to keep man coverage guys who were struggling in zone? McDermott's defensive scheme has been proven to be successful. I want him to succeed here. If that takes getting rid of guys and getting players that fit better, then so be it. Do what it takes. I'd rather they go all in than just try to half ass it and fit square pegs into round holes.

Wow, what a game! Rosen looked amazing as the game went on. What a comeback.

Really glad Reilly was signed to the PS. Same with Shorts. I could see both possibly playing some games for Buffalo this year. Happy Ian Seau got a spot too. Loved him on hard knocks last year. Very easy kid to root for.

The other choice appears to be have zero patience and give up on the new regime already without even giving them a real chance. And I never said that anyone was not a real fan. I was talking about how I choose to view things. I'd rather try and find the positive than always focus on the negative.

I'm a Bills fan to the core. They are my hometown team. They are and always will be the team I root for. I'm not a bandwagon fan.

Sorry for trying to look for the positive in situations instead of choosing to focus on the negative... That is my nature. I don't agree with every move and am skeptical about some of them, but I am actually willing to be patient and see what these guys do. I haven't decided that they are already a failure before they've played their first game or had their first draft like some have. I am not going to go around constantly posting negative crap and getting upset about every move. I have no control over any of this stuff. So I'm going to sit back, watch, wait and find reasons to be hopeful and support my favorite team. And you're right, not every head coach or GM would have had the courage to do a rebuild like this. We've seen that bandaid approach by coaches/GMs for years here.

Yeah, they have ZERO regular season wins! Can't get much worse than that. Total failure... Get rid of these jokers! We've been plenty patient with them.

Don't like either of these moves, not for the players they were replaced with off waivers, and Especially with someone like Vlad Ducasse still on the roster. All I can say to everyone is Don't get attached to any players currently on the roster. This is going to be a full rebuild (which was most likely needed IMO)

This was a great article Yolo. Thanks for sharing! Tim Graham has been on a role recently. This is his 3rd very good article in the last few days. I really enjoy reading pieces like that. It's the type of stuff the Buffalo News used to put out much more frequently. That really is impressive to read about what Beane & McDermott accomplished. They really seem like kindred spirits to me. So much in common. You can see why they both have the respect for each other that they do. Having a coach and GM who are so similar and truly on the same page working together is exciting. We haven't had a front office and coaching staff like that in a long time. IMO all the best organizations are in lock step from top to bottom, working together. The Bills had been infighting for ever. The old Ralph Wilson cronies had perfected the art of scapegoating the coaching staff when things inevitably went wrong with their most recent bandaid approach... Lol, it's funny I was going to share the same quote. Except I've been saying what's in the previous paragraph. No more bandaid approach. No more making all these moves that hurt the future to help now, just to try and sneak the Bills into the playoffs and get creamed. Pegula wants to be a true Super Bowl contender and consistent threat year in and year out, and if that takes a rebuild so be it. I loved this quote - "Teams that have turned it around and sustained it are doing exactly what the Bills are doing right now," Banner continued. "They're taking a step back. They're doing a very honest evaluation of where their team is at and know their long-term goal is big success, not just incremental improvement"

I wouldn't mind him on the practice squad. He offers more upside than most practice squad caliber/eligible QBs imo.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MdXlR5dT3oA Not sure if this has been posted but this is a great punt return that gives a good idea of Clay's on field speed.

Well, maybe that's why I'm not upset over the moves & trades as some are. I never really had high expectations for this season and I knew the Bills were nowhere near a championship roster. If people really thought we were close I can see why they'd be upset. But I think that 2016 team was nowhere near championship caliber. Too many "me" type players that didn't care about hurting the team. Too many holes, no depth. The defensive talent went downhill and the offense was good at running the ball but couldn't really pass the ball or score when they needed to. IMO the only thing they were close to was maybe sneaking into the playoffs on a wild card and getting crushed in the first round. Also IMO, this team was set to take a step back in 2017 no matter who the coach/GM was. They had 26 free agents and only $-9M in cap space. The we're losing good players and depth at positions because of that. Plus, with a new coaching staff top to bottom, it was likely a transition year anyway. From the day McDermott was hired though, I noticed a difference in the organizational philosophy and it gave me hope. Before he was hired, Whaley was always about now. We were close, never talk of building for the future etc. I think Whaley basically just wanted to sneak into the playoffs and break that streak. But I remember right after McD was hired, Whaley changed his tune. He started to mimic McD's message and talk a lot more about a long term approach, building a consistent winner & a true contender and stuff like that. I r,emerged some local reporters even being surprised by Whaley's change in message. That told me right there that it was no longer about almost maxing out the salary cap, kicking the can down the road on salaries like we were a legit SB contender and making moves just to win now. It was about building this thing right and for the long term, not just sneaking into the playoffs and being immediately eliminated. Also, IMO this is what happens when you hire a brand new staff from top to bottom that's looking at the roster with fresh eyes and no personal attachments to anyone. We have totally new GM, personnel, scouting and coaching staffs. That's a ton of change. They don't care where a player was drafted. IMO They are looking at everyone and judging by performance and fit, draft position be damned. All they care about is that players performance on the field and their buy in to the new way of doing things, and I would say every player they traded away (besides Sammy) for the most part was underperforming - Darby, Cardale, Ragland, Seymour. So instead of just cutting them, they got value back in return to have more chances to get players that do fit and perform in this system. I am very excited about this new regime. I feel like they are finally building things the right way. Everyone shares the same vision and everyone is finally on the same page. All the players they acquire fit a specific mold. It weird though. I remember most everyone was so excited when we hired Rex. They bought in to all his hot air playoff/super bowl talk and broke records buying season tickets. But I was never excited about Rex. He had been so mediocre for so many years and his teams were an absolute disaster his last couple years in NY. I wasn't excited about Marrone or Gailey either. This is the first time I've been legitimately excited about a coach and front office in forever, and I feel like I am totally in the minority now. It sucks. Everyone got to share their excitement with other fans over Rex, and now I want to share my excitement with fans over this new regime and it seems like many don't have that same excitement. lol

I'm not sure what quote people are referring to, so I can't link it specifically. But I can't remember them ever saying that we would be playoff contenders this season. They may want to compete for the playoffs. That should be every team's goal every season. But I have never heard them say that they actually expect to make the playoffs this season. I know McDermott has that motto "playoff caliber" but like I said earlier n this thread, that doesn't mean that they expect to make the playoffs this season. That's him wanting things done a certain way to be a playoff caliber team eventually. This is what McDermott said at his opening press conference when he was asked directly about any type of playoff promise - http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/01/13/sean-mcdermott-wisely-avoids-making-promises/ “I am not in to making promises and I think you will find that out about me soon enough as well,” McDermott told reporters in his introductory press conference. “The promises I will make are we are going to be competitive, we are going to compete every day. What I intend to do, it starts today. . . . We are going to compete on a daily basis. I am going to build this culture along with the people in this building to develop a daily standard of winning in the way we do things. We have to earn the right to win in this league and I have learned that. So I just believe in the process. We are going to win going through the process, and when that time comes we will take the field, but we have a lot of work to do between now and then.”

Unless I missed it, I don't remember them ever saying that we will be a playoff contender this year. McDermott went out of his way to say he's not about making claims or predictions like that. They just said that they are not throwing this season away and that they plan to be competitive week in and week out. I know McDermott has that "playoff caliber" slogan, but that's about how he wants things done on a daily basis. That's not him saying that this is a playoff caliber team as constructed.

I cant believe that some people seem so upset over this trade. I feel like some are looking for any reason to complain about this new regime... What has Seymour ever done in his time here? He's never impressed me on the field, anyway. He showed maybe a couple small glimpses of talent but that's about it, and he hasn't been able to stay healthy. The guy was a 6th round pick for a reason, and he got beat out for a spot on the roster IMO. This seems like a pretty inconsequential trade overall. Definitely nothing to get upset over. We swapped 2 players that were drafted in the 6th round, and we got a 7th back (one round later than where Seymour was drafted). That's very good asset management IMO. Better than the way things were handled in the past. Clay had a pretty strong camp and preseason from what I read. He's got the speed to be a deep threat for us, which is something that was needed. So we swapped a guy that got beat out and was likely,going to be cut, for a WR that has a decent chance to stick on our roster plus a pick.

Eh. A 6th round drafted player swapped for a 6th round drafted player. Nothing to get upset over. It's not like Seymour did anything in his time here and the Bills could definitely use the speed at WR.

I still expect Vlad Ducasse to be cut before week 10, if he's not cut sooner. But ultimately I don't care that much if they keep him as a backup, as long as he's not starting.

I posted a similar article on Sean McDermott recently and felt this one was worth sharing as well. There's a lot of interesting information about Brandon Beane in this article. Give it a read - http://buffalonews.com/2017/09/01/brandon-beane-team-building-buffalo-not-carolina-couldnt-happier/

There is plenty of proof that voter fraud is rare (with most that do it getting caught) - https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/debunking-voter-fraud-myth http://www.snopes.com/tag/voter-fraud/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/26/fact-check-trumps-bogus-voter-fraud-claims-revisited/97080242/ http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/trumps-bogus-voter-fraud-claims/ https://www.electioninnovation.org/news/2017/5/1/just-the-facts-on-fraud http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attorneys-said-no-evidence-voter-fraud-2017-1 http://thehill.com/homenews/house/315844-ryan-no-evidence-of-mass-voter-fraud-as-trump-claimed http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/322522-states-find-little-evidence-of-voter-fraud-in-months-after-election http://www.factcheck.org/2013/01/voting-conspiracies/ I could link plenty more sources. This is just what I came up with doing a quick search. I tried to use sources that were considered credible and/or had links to verify their information. I could not find any credible sources to back up your claim of the Chicago voter fraud, however. There were very few sources claiming this and none were from what I would call a credible source - Americanthinker, freerepublic, ussa, tigerdroppings were the only sources I could find claiming this and none seemed to provide any hard evidence to back it up. I didn't try to do any real in depth research into it but It all seemed to be based off what that Chris Cleveland guy said. But they provided no actual proof to back up his claims.