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What exactly are you on about, bro? I've explained exactly why I think Coryell should be in the Hall. You disagree. That's fine. Not sure what's got your panties in a bunch.

What do I care? He pretty much invented the modern NFL passing game. To my mind, that's a contribution worthy of Hall of Fame inclusion. I'm not alone in this thought. Just about every NFL coach agrees that he absolutely ought to be in the Hall of Fame. Here's an article wherein Belichick talks about the ongoing influence of Coryell on the NFL passing game, and how his coaching tree and playbook continues to this day. https://www.boston.com/sports/extra-points/2010/07/02/remembering_don I mean...what did Bill Cowher do? He won one Super Bowl and had a memorable chin.

Happy Birthday to Jim and Hunter. Here's a festive valentine to lighten the mood.

I agree about Cowher, for sure. I genuinely don't understand what he did to be worthy of the Hall of Fame. At least in Flores' case, he won TWO Lombardis, as opposed to Cowher, who won one. Baffling. Tasker and Coryell are the two biggest remaining HOF snubs, in my opinion.

Good point. I had been thinking that the Redskins would probably be the favorites to sign him because of familiarity with Rivera and a clearer path to playing time. However, when you factor in that Olsen surely must want to spend his last year or two competing, and then you add in that the Bills have world class medical facilities and the One Bills Live thing going for them (an opportunity for Olsen to continue to develop his broadcasting skills), it makes Buffalo seem like a more realistic option....which of course means he'll likely sign with Seattle.

The one that keeps getting me is Don Coryell. It is absurd, ridiculous, downright criminal that Coryell isn't in the Hall of Fame. The modern NFL passing game literally would not exist without him. Just an insane, Tasker-level snub.

If he's willing to sign a cheap, prove-it deal to COMPETE for a spot because he wants to be reunited with McDermott and rekindle his career, then great. Otherwise, not interested. I know he's been crap the past two seasons, but I'm willing to bet that being put back into McDermott's system would see a rebound in his quality of play. But again, if he's looking for a big payday of any kind, then the Bills should pass.

I literally can't imagine by what metric one would judge the quality of a draft class, other than how many guys make the team and how much they contribute. How would YOU rank the quality of a draft class, mighty one?

I look forward to this thread making it to page 117.

Give me James Bradberry. Fifth year player, young, knows McDermott's system. Is just entering his prime. Also re-sign Kevin Johnson as long as he's not asking for a ton of money. White Bradberry Johnson Johnson Wallace Neal Giddyup.

That would be absolutely TERRIBLE for fans traveling to the games. It's great for the TV audience, sure, but its AWFUL for live attendees. Awful.

Personally, I'd love to see the Bills add another legitimate target at tight end. People seem to act as if spending big money on one of the younger guys like Henry or Hooper would be foolish, because it would take reps away from Dawson Knox. I don't understand this line of thinking. The Patriots offense seemed to me to be at its most lethal when it had two legitimate tight ends. The degree to which offenses can put opposing defenses in a bind by coming out in 12 personnel featuring two legitimate receiving and blocking tight ends should not be underestimated. Brandon Beane said he wants to get more "touchdown makers" for the Bills offense. That doesn't just have to mean wide receivers. A Henry/Knox or Hooper/Knox combo would be awesome. Most likely, they just roll with Kroft again (or Olsen, if he picks us), but consider me firmly in the minority of people who'd rather they sign a younger option.

I initially thought he'd actually leave. The more time I have to ponder it, the more I think he's just using the threat of leaving to force New England to give him what he wants: More money and better targets. As gross as it is, I think he'll be a Patriot next year, they'll be much improved on offense, and will be Super Bowl contenders again. Ugh.

No. I'll give him a look.

Great observation. Despite having accepted the reasonably high likelihood that the Bills take an EDGE high in the draft, I can't seem to get excited for any of the guys that would still be the board at 22. This class just isn't doing it for me. It's hard to be excited about the notion of spending a 1st round pick on an EDGE who doesn't possess elite burst and explosiveness. If it's just a bunch of guys who will play the run well and pitch in 6 sacks a year, well, the Bills should just re-sign Shaq Lawson. He's that guy. Unless a player has 10+ sack per year potential, I don't have interest in spending a high pick on him. If someone can point out how/why I'm wrong, or talk about a guy that they feel DOES have that type of a high ceiling, I'd love to hear it, but this class just isn't doing it for me so far.

I was at the game. I usually always re-watch the broadcast version once I get home, because it's always interesting to see things on TV that you miss when you're in the stadium. I have not re-watched this game yet. I keep saying "not yet, not yet", because I don't feel I'm ready to subject myself to the anguish again. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever re-watch it. I probably will, but maybe not until closer to training camp kicks off. That way, I won't have to sit on the heartache for too long, because a new season will be right around the corner. I'm still not over that loss, which I flew all the way to Texas to see, and I don't know if I ever will be.

I WILL agree one thing: Anyone counting on Wade to seamlessly step in, replace Frank Gore, and become the Bills' backup running back is probably not being realistic. Could it happen? Sure, of course it could. It's just not likely. The Bills ought to address the running back position as if Christian Wade doesn't exist. If he turns out to be a great player, and they're forced to make a tough decision at running back, then so be it. But they absolutely, positively should not count on Wade, and I don't think they will.

While I do agree that the Bills should add a quality running back this offseason to compliment Singletary, and that they should thereafter lean into being a dynamic run-heavy team (think 49ers)...I disagree that said quality running back should come via a 1st round pick. It is simply not a good use of such a premium resource, ESPECIALLY when we already have a dynamic feature back in Devin Singletary. Instead, given McDermott's preference for having a veteran in each position room, I think the Bills should pick from one of the many young veteran running backs that will be available in free agency. I believe that the days of committing huge sums of money to running backs is over and that, as such, the Bills should be able to get a good, young player at that position on an affordable contract. Furthermore, they should structure the deal in such a way that they have an out as soon as it's Singletary contract extension time, so that at no point are they allocating a lot of money to more than one running back. I like Jordan Howard, as an example. I don't think he'll command big money. He'd be a younger, more dynamic version of what Gore was to the offense this year. He has had multiple 1,000 yard+ seasons and is still just 25 years old. Just say "no" to 1st round running backs.

I love McDermott, but if I'm being unbiased... I'd have to say either Shanahan, who took the 49ers from 4-12 to the Super Bowl in one calendar year, or Matt LaFleur, who won 13 games as a rookie head coach, are more deserving.

Well deserved. He gets the maximum amount of effort and production out of his teams. Does anyone know who the other finalists are?

Absolutely. A Dobbins/Singletary backfield (and AJ Dillon is no slouch, at 250 lbs) and a Shenault, Brown, Beasley, Edwards receiving corps would be nasty. I also liked that this draft didn't completely ignore the defense, adding two quality corners and an edge. Admittedly, it doesn't quite address the edge position enough, but that's what free agency is for, I suppose.

I woke up this morning and opened my phone to discover that I apparently did some drunken mock drafting last night. Not too bad for a drunk guy!

This.

I'm not saying I agree, I'm just trying to predict what I think the NFL will do. Like I said, I'll believe the Bills will be on SNF when I see it.

I'm holding strong with my prediction of two prime time games: Thursday night against the Jets, Monday night against the Raiders in Vegas. If the Bills DO get three prime time games, I bet that it's a Thursday and two Mondays. Not sure that I buy into the idea of them being a Sunday Night Football worthy team just yet.