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I can understand if some people find it hard to feel a little empathy for the guy but the "glad this POS is off the team" and "this guy is a worthless !@#$" comments are just ignorant as sh*t. Has the man done some stupid and insensitive things in his life? Yes. But he's still a human being. After the whole Miami scandal he went into treatment and found out a lot about himself. He was diagnosed with several mental health disorders, I won't name them because I don't recall specifically what they were and I don't want to spread misinformation. But, while he was still out of the NFL, nearly a year after the scandal, he did an interview where he talked about these issues, his therapy and the coping mechanisms he had developed to keep his symptoms at a manageable level. With that treatment, he revived his career and put in three straight Pro Bowl seasons with the Bills. Not once did he have any off-the-field issues and I don't recall him getting any major in-game penalties. Within the last six months, the dude has lost the two most important things in his life: football and his father, who was his idol. Combine that with the fact that he already has a difficult time handling stress and he's bound to find himself in situations where he loses control. What I'm saying is not a defense of him but an explanation, which, I think is a fair thing to consider before writing him off as a "worthless POS" or whatever ignorant BS someone wants to refer to him as. I hope he can get his sh*t together and find a direction in life. And I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he was already suffering from early signs of CTE.

Schopp's a arrogant friggin' weenie of the L-7 variety. First, I can understand how a lot of radio hosts would get burned out on taking calls from uninformed or clueless callers. And it certainly seems like they take those types of calls more often than not. So I can see them getting snippy or snotty with someone who calls in with a ridiculous suggestion or just flat-out has no clue what they're talking about. What I can't see, is how often guys like him double down on their opinions when met with a solid counter-argument. Case in point, several years ago when I would tune into the show during my drive home, a fan called up and simply said, "I tried telling this to Jeremy this morning but he didn't like it, so, I wanted to know what you guys think ab-" *click* Schopp hung up on the kid and said, "No. Uh uh, you do not call into MY show and take a shot at one of MY guys on MY station. No way." I was like, WTF? All the kid said was that he had a different opinion than White and Schopp sees that as "taking a shot at one of his guys?" Completely ridiculous. So that there pretty much sealed it for me and I quit listening to them. Many of these sports personalities, whether it's radio, TV, journalists, etc. come off very arrogant and egotistical in a "I have this job so obviously I know more than you, peon" type of attitudes. Time and again I see quality tweets wherein a fan has a great counter-point to an opinion posted by a "well respected" writer or analyst and they'll completely ignore tweets like those and instead engage with the trolls or get all up on their high horse and call out the easy targets (i.e. the uninformed fans that post nonsense). And he can bandwagon with Lamar Jackson all he wants but thusfar, Lamar has been the one that has shown the least amount of promise out of the five first-round QBs that came out this year.

Whaley = pretty good scout, not a real great manager of personnel. Through the three different coaches he worked with here, he did his best to find those coaches their preferred kinds of players. Marrone needed massive OL, so Whaley gives him Kouandjio, Richardson and Henderson in 2014. Of course, Marrone couldn't get out of his own way in finding the best five for the OL but either way, the tools he asked for were given to him. Rex needed players for the 3-4 , bigger DL & LB and strong man-coverage corners. He gives him Darby and Ragland and picked up several 3-4 style DL in free agency or off the waiver wire. McDermott wanted high character guys with strong work ethics and a team-first attitude, he helps him get Tre, Zay, Dawkins, etc. We know McDermott ran the 2017 draft for the most part but Whaley and his staff still did all of the evaluation work and Whaley worked with KC to pull off the trade in the first round that year as well as the trades to get Zay and Dawkins. Whaley also picked up several solid mid-season free agents to fill position groups that were bitten by the injury bug. Where Whaley didn't do so well were contract negotiations (except for Hughes, it ended up being a pretty decent deal for both sides) and his philosophy of, "I'mma pick players from big-time winning programs because they're used to winning and they'll carry that over into our locker room and thus, we shall win." And then he signed off on hiring the clown show that is Rex and Rob Ryan and pretty much sealed his fate at that point.

I haven't really noticed any of the hate from the Jags fan-base. Maybe they think the Bills are losers because they let Marrone walk, but whatever. Personally, I really feel like Marrone is just a puppet coach down there. Marrone idolizes Coughlin, always has. If Coughlin told him to wash his car, he probably would. Coughlin has more control than people are aware of, I think. That's the only way he was going to get back into the game, he wanted control over personnel and all sorts of stuff. I still remember catching a bit of the press conference from when Coughlin and Marrone were introduced as the head guys and Marrone must have deferred questions over to Coughlin a dozen or so times. He kept saying, "Oh, well, I'll let coach handle that one." Marrone is a strange bird, man. He did not have a lot of player support during his time in Buffalo. He walked in from day one and tried to run the team like he was still running a college program. Grown-ass men and especially longtime veterans don't go for that stuff. I heard numerous times during his run here that his style and methods had gotten old with a large part of the roster. Then he has the ego to walk off the job because he believed he was a shoe-in for the Jets job, but apparently he bombed the interview. And I think it was last year or maybe the year before but he did an interview with SI (I think) and he was all over the place with his answers. At first, he said he wasn't going to answer any questions about why he left the Bills. But then, he'd give responses that somewhat alluded to his reasoning for his leaving, but then he'd either backpedal off it or contradict himself in answering a different question. Then, hours after the interview was over, he called the journalist and asked her not to run the article. I believe the journalist said Marrone would have to take that up with the editor. A few hours after that, he called the journalist again and said something like his wife convinced him to let the article be published. And then there was that whole thing with Tim Graham. Anyone remember that? Final game of the 2014 season, it was an away game at New England. Before the plane took off, Marrone evidently asked that a meeting between him and Graham be arranged. They met in this dinky little office inside the hangar from where they board their plane and Marrone sat him down with like two other Bills executives and gave Graham some crap about some of the stuff he'd written. Graham explained it on his Twitter shortly after Marrone quit, said it was a really strange experience and said he's never had any coach or player or sports personality approach him like that. Marrone really disliked Joe B as well. Most of the time when he was rolling his eyes or looking all disheveled in a presser, it was usually his reaction to a question from Joe B. I think Joe called him out one time for deciding to punt from the opponents 37 yard line or something instead of trying a field goal. Eh, whatevs. This post got away from me a bit. Marrone is just a doofus. McDermott can give all the vanilla interviews he wants. It's nice to have a coach who's very detailed, articulate, intelligent and methodical in executing his vision.

You know, I do have a response for this thread, but I'm choosing to withhold that information... simply because I can... or I want to. You'll never know! Jeez Louise, folks will find anything to complain about. I don't care that his press conferences are very superficial. Most good coaches keep everything close to the vest. You want ol' boisterous Rex back? Making idiotic claims and talking himself up like he's the best coach in the history of ever. Maybe we can get Marrone to come back in here and roll his eyes and whine about every question thrown at him. How's about Dicky "It's tough to win games in this league" Jauron? I will say though, I kinda liked Gailey at the podium. "Footbawl is a tough game fer tough people!"

Ivory and Shady are both 30. Shady has almost twice as many carries as Ivory over their careers, so... Honestly, Gillislee did so well when he was here because of Roman's run game. Scheme matters for some players. Gillislee went to NE and couldn't pick up their offense quickly enough and slid right down the depth chart. Daboll doesn't use the exact same scheme as NE, obviously, but he uses the same philosophy in that he's going to change up their style week to week based on opponents, just like NE does. If Gillislee had trouble picking up on that in NE, I'm not so sure he'd fare any better here. I think Murphy can carve out a nice role for himself on this team. The coaches like Cadet a lot because of his pass catching ability but Cadet hasn't done much so far this pre-season to stand out or make anyone say, "I'd take Cadet over Murphy" not right now, anyway. I think at the end of the day the backfield will be McCoy, Ivory, Cadet, Murphy and DiMarco. Maybe Keith Ford to the PS.

Coleman may have had a sense of entitlement about him when entering the league but it's clear the Browns didn't do much to try and develop him and coach him up. I think with the change of scenery for him and the fact that he feels like Cleveland gave up on him, he'll be motivated to work hard and earn a spot on this team. Beyond his speed, there are obviously other reasons Beane feels like he can succeed here. Bills have that streaming show coming up on Facebook (tomorrow, I think, it's called "Buffalo Bills: Embedded") and they showed a clip of it during the Panthers game last week. McDermott was speaking in front of the team and said, "If I have to question your effort, you can go play somewhere else because you're not going to play here." So if Coleman comes in with the same mindset he had as a rookie in Cleveland, he's not gonna last long. But, like I said, there has to be something else they know about the kid for them to bring him in and they clearly envision an important role for him as well. I think Daboll will be able to identify what Coleman already has a knack for and he'll develop plays around those skills while he works on becoming a more well-rounded receiver as the season carries on. The speed element alone is huge, because other than him, Kaelin Clay is really the only other receiver with speed but he's not a guy defenses are gonna worry about when he's on the field. Coleman could definitely be a guy defenses will have to pay attention to and he can take the top off a defense and open things up for KB, Zay, Clay, etc. I would assume that's what they're hoping for at the moment.

Good call. If that's what's keeping the Rams from meeting his demands then they're not too bright.

I think they have KB13 penciled in as their #1. Beane said Coleman is gonna have to earn everything he gets here. His first-round status doesn't mean much, but I do fully expect him to make this team and hopefully be a contributor. I think his skill-set is a bit too limited for him to ever turn into a true #1 wideout, but I think Daboll can find some interesting things for him to do. They'll move him around a lot and they'll probably ask him to run his bread & butter routes while working with him throughout the season to help him become a more refined receiver.

And from what I can gather based on the information that's out there, the Rams don't want to meet Donald's demands because he's not on the field for every defensive snap. According to Pro Football Reference, Donald was on the field for 73% of all Rams defensive plays for 2017. But really, aside from Watt and maybe a couple other guys I can't think of, what DT is out there for every single snap? Every team has a rotation and even though Donald is a monster, he still needs a breather now and then. I dunno, if I'm the Rams I think I'd pay the guy.

Exactly. He could be great, he's just not very self-motivated. He probably doesn't have a real high level of passion for the game, plays because he knows he can get paid doing it. For all intents and purposes, he's not a bad guy, he's just not a real good decision-maker. Kyle Williams always talked him up when he was still here and Kyle is one of those vets that any young player on any team should wanna learn from. I'm sure Kyle tried to reach him and help him straighten out but at the end of the day, most of the off-field trouble Dareus has had comes solely from bonehead decisions he makes. He's had a rough life but unlike most people who have had similar upbringings, he's in a position now where he's no longer a victim of circumstance. He brings the trouble on himself. Rough life or not, it's tough to keep rooting for a guy that keeps burning through every break he gets.

Yikes, that Dareus contract. I'm surprised we haven't heard news outta Jacksonville that they asked him to restructure and take a pay-cut. He's not even seeing like, 60% of the snaps there. He's rotational now whereas he used to be a full-time starter. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Dareus because of all the tragedy that's surrounded him his whole life. But, at a certain point, he's gotta decide whether he really wants to play ball and keep his nose clean or continue to be a knucklehead and get himself in trouble. Hopefully he focuses on the former but who knows anymore. Could be one of the best DTs in the league if he could just keep himself motivated.

I mean, I can understand if there's interest in a player like Mack or Donald, they're both franchise players, but as it is right now, Buffalo's DL isn't too shabby. Unless, maybe, Murphy's injuries are worse than they thought? Maybe they're working on bringing one of those dudes in and then shipping Murphy away? Seems odd to do that but I dunno, just spitballin' here. Trade Hughes? Does a trade leave them with dead cap space? Because if so, Hughes dead cap number this year is $6.8 million, as opposed to $2.9 million next year, according to Spotrac. So that would kinda lead me to believe they'd wanna move him next season since the cap hit would be less. Same with Shaq Lawson. Of course, they don't necessarily have to move a DL for a DL, teams could be interested in other players... but... DL is really the only spot on the Bills where they have some depth and talent right now so I have no idea who else teams may be looking at.

Foster started off pretty well from what I've read but lately he's been dropping the rock, even in routes vs. air. He has plenty of speed and I guess coaches are pleased with his route running skills but that doesn't mean much if you can't catch the ball.

I think he denied any interview requests from the local Buffalo media and then wouldn't answer any questions as to why. Also wouldn't answer any questions about Buffalo. And it was kinda strange behavior because he's played the Bills before and never had any issue speaking the Buffalo media. But I'm sure he still has friends and whatnot here so, hey ya never know, could be a chance.

Wasn't he all sorts of salty on Buffalo last year when the Raiders came to town? Dude refused to do any press and acted like the entire city wronged him in some way. So... who knows if Buffalo is even a place he'd wanna play.

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Yep, I read that as well. Early mocks had him going to Baltimore at #16 overall but, as you said, after his dismal combine, they were able to wait on him and get him at like #88 overall.

Really? They just took Ronnie Stanley last year so that's kinda interesting. They ended up getting Orlando Brown out of Oklahoma in the third round. NBC zeroed in on him a little bit during the HoF game and he had some struggles. He's got that 6'8" height like Miller and McGlinchey (who's 6'9") and the one recurring theme I see with dudes that tall that play OL is they struggle to maintain leverage and that's pretty much what Brown displayed last Thursday.

All this article made me do was realize how much I hate the g*ddamn Dolphins. And on that site there was a sidebar showing some Jets news. And that made me realize that I hate the Jets even more. Thankfully, nothing of the Patriots was shown because I may have thrown my monitor off my desk. The Dolphins are a buncha friggin' turds and I don't buy it for a second that Gase has that team "together" just because they've looked like an uninterested mess of a team the last few times they've played Buffalo.

Raiders also passed on several trade deals (including an offer from Beane) to stay at 15 for friggin' Kolton Miller. Has a chance to be a decent player but there were better players on the board and most scouting reports I saw on Miller had him ranked as a late first/early second round pick. They must have gotten wind that another team not too far behind them had him targeted.

I'd much rather see a group of wild Bills fans getting nuts with each other, even if they're doing potentially dangerous things like jumping through tables and whatnot, as opposed to sh*tbag Philly fans who were throwing full cans of beer at Minnesota fans (even families with small kids) before the NFC Championship game last year. Almost every game I've been to, I've seen some drunk idiots cause a ruckus but they get dealt with pretty quickly. And for the most part, other fans will keep the drunk fans in check if they start challenging opposing team fans. I hear, "Let's beat 'em on the field, not in the stands" a lot. I do think the people who get blackout drunk *before* the game are pretty stupid. I went to the 2013 opener and some idiot in the row behind me went after another dude like, "You lookin' at mah girl, bruh?!" And they got into a tussle and beer ended up all over my then-fiancee and me... that stuff is a little rage-inducing. The guy got ejected before opening kick off. It's like, way to waste your money and your time. You throw down a chunk of change for tickets, then spend time getting to the game, get hammered, get to your seat, get in a fight within five minutes and get ejected within ten. Frickin' morons.

Unbelievable some of the criticism on this trade. It's a 7th round pick for a former 1st round guy who, yeah, may have some issues (not anything that he can't be coached on) and some injuries but compared to most players found in any 7th round in any year, this is a great deal for the Bills. Especially if they see him in a specific WR role. Obviously they wanted to add speed so if the kid has trouble with a full route tree, well, use him in certain packages with certain routes while bringing him along slowly to make him a more well-rounded receiver. The tweet by Daniel Jeremiah is spot on. Some players take a little longer than others to acclimate themselves to the NFL level. Jeremiah named Agholor from Philly as a prime example. First two seasons, Philly fans were screaming for this guy to be cut. Last season he went off and showed his full potential. And that's what Beane is banking on right here, can Coleman reach his potential? If he can, then it's a great trade for the Bills. If he can't, then it's a lost 7th round pick, not a big deal. Solid trade.

Exactly what I was thinking. Dude needs to get some time with guys that won't drop the friggin' ball so easily. I'm sure there's some adjustment on the receivers part in catching passes from Allen as he has a ton of zip on his throws but this is the NFL, if it's in their range, they gotta come down with it.

Still recovering from the ACL, I think, and now groin issues.