Logic

Fair. I'll say this: I don't have a ton of complaints about Brandon Beane, but of the few that I do have, a key one is that he can remain committed to players he drafted or "believes in" for too long, past the point at which all available evidence has suggested that he's wrong. He seems to fall prey to "sunk cost fallacy" and to remain too willing to stick it out with players that don't deserve it. I'm not saying Spencer Brown is one of those guys, for sure. I think it's too early to say. Ironically, the one time Beane DID give up pretty quickly and trade a drafted player away, said player immediately became an All-Pro elsewhere. Unfortunately, that incident only seems to have increased Beane's willingness to stick it out with other, lesser players.

I don't disagree that Brown had rough stretches last season. It's clear after listening to Beane's presser that he blames the back injury and the lost offseason for much of Brown's struggles, and also said he felt like Brown was playing better down the home stretch of the season. As much as some here may want it, I did not got the impression after listening to Beane that tackle is a spot where they're going to bring in a high round draft pick or premium free agent. I think Quessenberry and Doyle are about the level of competition Brown will be looking at this year. Maybe if a tackle they like slips in the draft, they'll take one in the mid rounds. I don't expect much more than that. All of that said...the Bills under Brandon Beane have signed cheap veteran O-linemen in past free agency periods, only to cut them in camp in favor of younger talent or a different path. It could certainly happen again with Quessenberry.

Good re-signing. A capable swing tackle. Multiple posters will no doubt flock to this post, complaining that the Bills didn't do better. In truth, how much did anyone really expect a cap-strapped team that is forced to work the fringes of free agency to spend on a third tackle? And yes, this likely means they're committed to giving Spencer Brown the chance to lock down the RT spot for good this season, but anyone who listened to Beane's recent presser already knew that.

Respectfully, I disagree with...just about all of this.

I don't imagine many people think that he's any kind of star. I view him as a dependable pro running back with some size that can fill a very useful role. Specifically, seeing all those "1s" and "2"s in that graphic you posted makes me very happy. Why? Because the Bills were quite awful at converting 3rd and short last year. When it was 3rd and goal from the 2, how confident did YOU feel last year that the offense would score? I didn't feel very confident. THAT is where I think Harris will have a useful role in this offense. Personally, I would have preferred using an undrafted free agent for that role. But if the front office wants at least one running back on the roster who has proven to be a dependable short yardage option, scoring option, and pass blocker (rather than gambling on the idea that a rookie can do those things), I get it. Furthermore, if Cook or Hines were to miss time, I would feel pretty confident that the Bills could still muster a decent rushing attack with Damien Harris getting snaps.

I just heard about this signing and came here to see what the discussion was like. 25 pages. Bills fans never cease to amaze me. Looking over Harris' career, I see that in 2021, he had 15 rushing TDs! When was the last time a Bills running back had 15 rushing TDs in a season. Anyone? I legitimately have no idea. If Harris does nothing else but replace some of those Josh Allen short yardage and red zone carries and add health and mileage to our franchise QB, he was a good signing. I hope it winds up being Cook and Hines deployed as an interchangeable, explosive, and diverse top two, with Harris seeing mostly pass blocking, short yardage, and red zone work.

Right. Agreed. I'm just saying that I hope that sixth guy is more of a "high draft pick pushing Davis at WR2" guy than a fringe special teams and UDFA type.

If Harty and Sherfield represent an effort to improve the bottom of the WR depth chart and the depth at that position, then they're high quality signings. If, on the other hand, their signing allows Beane to feel that WR has been adequately addressed and causes him to ignore the position in the draft, then I'm not too happy. As depth, special teams, and a means of diversifying the skillsets at WR, they're great. As "the answer" to improving the position group overall...not so much.

Diggs Davis Shakir Harty Sherfield Assuming all those guys make the roster, they're realistically likely to only have one more WR on the final 53 at most. I'd like to think/hope that said player will come via a high draft pick, but I am dubious. I'd also like to think/hope that Sherfield was signed mostly as a special teams asset and that they won't be depending heavily on him on offense, but again, I am dubious. More improvement is needed at WR. I really hope they don't feel like they're done there after these two FA signings.

Optimist's take: Was productive last year. Has good speed. Potential dependable slot option. Will help on special teams. Need 90 players for camp, not every player is going to be a star. We needed more receivers, we got one. Affordable contract. Still has upside. Beane isn't done making moves. Pessimist's take: The Bills needed to add legitimate weaponry at WR, someone who can actually draw attention away from Diggs and be a legit WR2, and Trent Sherfield and Deonte Harty do not seem to be those guys. Both seem like JAGs. This will only take snaps away from Khalil Shakir and stunt his growth. This doesn't move the needle on offense. This will probably prevent the Bills from investing in WR in a meaningful way through the draft. Truth: Probably somewhere in the middle. For what it's worth, I usually find myself more aligned with the optimists. Given my fervent hope that the Bills would take upgrading the offensive weaponry seriously this offseason, I find myself more aligned with the pessimists on this one. I hope it doesn't take valuable snaps away from Shakir. I hope it doesn't prevent Beane from spending a high draft pick on a wide receiver. I fear that it will do both. I am not thrilled.

I felt like I quite literally had nothing to lose. If they catch me, they throw me out. No harm, no foul. I don't know what got into me. It was 20 minutes before showtime and I was sitting on my couch and I thought "nah...to hell with this. I'm gonna go see if I can make something happen". I didn't really even know what "make something happen" meant, but it all fell into place. I generally consider myself a fairly morally upright person, and stealing is not something I make a habit of. Something tells me that Bruce and Ticketmaster will be okay, though.

"I understand if he never plays again" and "I hope he doesn't play again" are worlds apart, and there seem to be way too many in the latter camp for some reason.

I don't see a more clean fit anywhere else. He'll either compete in camp for the Giants or wind up on an XFL roster.

He was a worthwhile roster spot in Daboll's offense, but not so much in Dorsey's. Last year was his big chance to step up and claim the long term slot role, and he didn't seize it. Will always be thankful for his contributions during his time here, and I'm sure he'll be sorely missed in the locker room. From a purely football standpoint, though, this had to happen.

The only thing worse than the "I hope Damar Hamlin never plays again" people are the "too many bad vibes from last year, no thanks" people. Both are pretty awful, though.

I hear ya. All rumors are always worth posting and discussing. Ya never know which ones are true. I just happen to have a hard time with this one. But I could also be totally wrong!

Respectfully, I've never heard of this Twitter account. Every year, when free agency rolls around, a few new accounts pop up that try to make a name for themselves by throwing a bunch of ***** at the wall and hoping that some sticks. There's a pretty big pile of NFL rumor mongers who actually ARE tuned in, and none have said anything about this. Color me highly skeptical of the veracity of this "rumor".

If you take "trying to keep a healthy perspective about the team's current success relative to their lack of it in the past two decades", "growing impatience", "a confounding inability to enjoy this as much as I should", "disappointment in continued playoff failures", and "crushing desperation for a championship" and throw them in a blender, the resulting cocktail would pretty much describe my current state.

"A rainbow does not exist at a particular location in the sky. Its relative position depends on the position of the observer and the sun. All raindrops refract sunlight in the same way, but only the light from some raindrops reach the observer's eye. This light is what constitutes the rainbow for that observer." "Rainbows are formed when light from the sun is scattered by water droplets (e.g. raindrops or fog) through a process called refraction. Refraction occurs when the light from the sun changes direction when passing through a medium denser than air, such as a raindrop. Once the refracted light enters the raindrop, it is reflected off the back and then refracted again as it exits and travels to our eyes. " https://www.rmets.org/metmatters/how-are-rainbows-formed#:~:text=Rainbows are formed when light,air%2C such as a raindrop. While the conditions for and phenomena associated with a rainbow exist in and of themselves, the experience we knows as "rainbow" requires an observer. It is our experience of seeing light and color, and our position relative to the meteorological phenomena present, that produce the "seeing a rainbow" experience. Sense experience, relativity. and the inseparability of "observer" and "thing being observed" are the critical factors. For a deeper dive down that rabbit hole, I'll refer to the erudite fellow in my avatar, Mr Alan Watts, though this is only for those that wish to go further down the rabbit hole, like Royale with Cheese after he ate his edible: "A still more cogent example of existence as relationship is the production of a rainbow. For a rainbow appears only when there is a certain triangular relationship between three components: the sun, moisture in the atmosphere, and an observer. If all three are present, and if the angular relationship between them is correct, then, and then only, will there be the phenomenon 'rainbow.' Diaphanous as it may be, a rainbow is no subjective hallucination. It can be verified by any number of observers, though each will see it in a slightly different position." "Today, scientists are more and more aware that what things are, and what they are doing, depends on where and when they are doing it. If, then, the definition of a thing or event must include definition of its environment, we realize that any given thing goes with a given environment so intimately and inseparably that it is more difficult to draw a clear boundary between the thing and its surroundings."

So like....do you think the All-Pro voters were just WRONG in 2021, or....? Or that his 4 INTs, 1 FF, and 8 Passes Defended in 2022 while playing through a bunch of injuries were lucky flukes? I don't really see how "Jordan Poyer is a very good football player" is even debatable, to be honest.

I, like 97% of Western New York, am blocked by Rachel on Twitter. I honestly have no idea why. I never engaged with her directly. There's thin-skinned, and then there's....whatever Rachel Bush is. Never have I experienced such an extreme disparity between my physical attraction to a person and my extreme distaste for their personality.

For whatever anyone can say about his off-field stuff -- the wife, the tax complaints, the vax stuff, etc.... No one -- not one single Bills fan -- should have a bad word to say about his on-field contributions as a Buffalo Bill. Has been an absolute warrior, a playmaker, a leader, and arguably one of THE most important and consistent foundational pieces of this era of Bills football. If his gutting out multiple injuries last year (did you see his elbow?!) to play through a year in which he could have easily sat and got healthy for free agency didn't turn you into a fan of his for life, I don't know what to tell you. Love, love, love All-Pro Po. BIG DUBS!!!!

Yeah, exactly. The example that most directly blew my mind was that a rainbow literally doesn't exist without an observer. The observer is a necessary variable for the existence of the rainbow. And that's just the esoteric example that the mind can most easily grasp. The same holds true for, say, a basketball. Mind blowing.

See the post I just made directly above yours. Buddhism said that ***** about 500 years before Christ was a boy. But yeah, have you ever seen the movie/documentary "What the Bleep do we know"? If not, check it out. It's pretty much entirely about what you just said. Mind blowing stuff.