Logic

I'd love to know how getting hit immediately upon receiving the hand-off indicates how his skills/production "fell off a cliff". Care to elaborate?

YES! When I look at how the Patriots use James White...and Rex Burkhead, and how the used to use Dion Lewis and Kevin Faulk, etc, etc, etc...it drives me absolutely NUTS that the Bills don't use Shady the same way in the passing game. He is more talented than ALL of the above running backs. Splitting him out into the slot or out wide against a linebacker or safety and sending him on a slant or drag route should be easy money every time. Utilizing him as a receiver out of the backfield on wheel routes and option routes - same thing. Easy money. Why don't the Bills do this? Everyone knows the Pats have bad receivers and that their running backs will be getting the ball in the passing game, yet they're STILL able to use them successfully, even with the defense knowing its coming. Again, why can't the currently receiver-deficient Bills do this? It's just maddening.

People are hating on Shady way too much for his 2018 season. I fully agree that he danced too much at times and needed to hit the hole with purpose more often. HOWEVER...our offensive line was absolutely AWFUL at run blocking. Like really, REALLY bad at it. I lost count of the times that Shady was hit within 1 second of being handed the football. Those that say he's "washed up" or want to ship him out for peanuts are crazy, in my opinion. He didn't suddenly forget how to play football overnight. Get this man some legitimate offensive linemen and he'll do what he's always done. I'm all for drafting a young guy to be Shady's heir apparent, but the speed with which so many Bills fans have given up on him -- after a year in which the team had a historically dreadful offensive line -- is baffling to me.

That's the most horrible and upsetting thing I've ever looked at. It's no wonder why Bills fans are the number 1 haters of the Patriots. Sweet fanciful Moses, that's awful.

It drives me crazy how incestuous the coaching and GM hires amongst the non-Patriots members of the AFC East are. Chan Gailey Greg Williams Adam Gase Dowell Lagains Rex Ryan Danny Crossman Mike Tenanbaum I'm sure there are a bunch more that I'm missing. We all keep passing around the same failed coaches and personnel men. Meanwhile, the Patriots won their 174th consecutive AFC East championship this year. Fun times.

I will also say that I thought his being a healthy scratch in week 16 was telling. All things being equal, I get the feeling the Bills would like to go with youth at the position. If the Bills are going to roll the dice with an oft-injured player at tight end, I'd rather they go with Tyler Eifert. At least there is a high ceiling there if he can get past the injury bug.

Remember when ex Bills safety Duke Williams Tweeted that Crossman once HIT HIM?! Good times.

Begins post with "according to research", posts link to Christianheadlines.com

For some perspective, here's a mock draft he released for LAST YEAR'S draft at about the same time of year: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000912165/article/lance-zierlein-mock-draft-10-darnold-barkley-bolster-browns?campaign=fb-nf-sf180709256-sf180709256&sf180709256=1 0/32.

https://theathletic.com/790400/2019/01/29/siberian-stigma-how-the-bills-recruit-free-agents-to-buffalo-and-why-deep-pockets-dont-always-help/?redirected=1 Tim Graham just posted the above article to Theathletic.com. It discusses the difficulties in getting free agents to come to Buffalo. It's an all-around good article, but the nugget buried in the middle that was most interesting to me is this: "Mike Shanahan has stated he would’ve been the Bills’ coach if his wife hadn’t refused to come." Maybe everyone else already knew that, but it came as news to me. Interesting "what if" to ponder.

Every year, without fail: If we DON'T sign quality players, people complain that the GM is sitting on his hands and doing nothing. If we DO sign quality players but overpay a bit to do it (because, ya know...that's how free agency works, especially when you're trying to lure players to a bad weather city that hasn't won in 20 years), people cry "WE OVERPAID!". Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I want to know three things about any WR prospect: 1. Can he create separation? 2. Can he catch the football? 3. Does he have a good attitude? If the answer is yes to all three, then I'm on board. I don't care if he's a giant, an athletic marvel, a contested catch artist, etc, etc...Can he separate, can he catch, is he a good dude? That's all I care about. I don't know enough about this year's crop of draftable WRs to be able to say who checks all three boxes.

I think that Beane and McDermott value two things that Clay doesn't offer: Bang for your buck (his production does not match his cap number), and consistent availability (he almost never practices and is questionable most weeks). Because of these two factors, I expect Clay to be a goner.

Well, I guess all the Culley haters got their wish! Will be interesting to see how replaces him. Position coaching hires aren't always that newsworthy, but the QB coach hire will be, for obvious reasons.

With the Colts having the most free cap space in the league, I wasn't expecting Glowinski to hit the market anyway. However, the OT and OG markets have been set with the recent deals of Massie and Glowinski. Given that FAs tend to get more than they're worth, we can expect an OT to fetch between 10 and 13 million per year. An OG should fetch between 6 and 10 million per year. I think if the Bills can find a way to sign a C and OT in Free Agency, a quality guard can be found in the 2nd-4th rounds of the draft.

Whatever it is about having Anderson in the QB room with him every week as a player, Allen sure seemed to improve a lot once he came aboard. He also has specifically mentioned on multiple occasions how much DA is helping his development. As long as his presence is helping our franchise QB develop, I have no problem with him taking up a roster spot. The continued successful development of our quarterback is more important than, say, a 6th WR who would be inactive most game days anyway.

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I always thought it was the amount of time it took the Bills to figure out they should be running the ball every down against a 2-linemen defense that cost them the first Super Bowl. I'm not convinced they would have won the other three no matter what. Those Redskins and Cowboys teams were incredibly great.

I think the captains for his squad are the ones with the Raiders insignia, actually.

It's funny. Allen seemed to improve greatly under Palmer between the Senior Bowl and training camp with the Bills. But I'm sure you know better. Because, ya know, no former bad or mediocre NFL player has ever gone on to succeed as a coach or anything ?

I was just thinking this exact thing. WTF How could anyone view the Bills quarterback putting in extra work in the offseason as a bad thing? Just because they don't like the person with whom said QB has chosen to train?! Some people could kvetch about a free lunch. Sheesh.

I bet you're right. Opposing o-linemen are gonna be asking him to chill the ***** out. ?

It's weird to me that this year's draft class is discussed by many as not being very good for WRs. With guys like Butler, Harry, Metcalf, Brown, Brown, et al, I just don't know how people can say that. Here's hoping the Bills grab at least one of the top 5 just mentioned. Especially given that this year's free agent WR market is lacking in quality.

Thought this was really neat. Some of you may remember this game. Steve Tasker named Pro Bowl MVP. Also a big play by Nate Odomes. Awesome stuff!