Doc Brown

If I recall correctly Peter King reported that the Darby move was both because he never bought into or was a perfect fit in McDermott's scheme. I may be wrong on this though as the memory is a little foggy. It helps to find a willing trading partner with Philly as Schwartz coveted him as he was the perfect fit for his scheme. Edit: Here's the Bills section of King's 2017 article... following that trade... “We researched trades at this time of year,” Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said Sunday afternoon, “and there’s aren’t many like this.” Trades for picks, the Bills’ GM meant. There was Sam Bradford from Philadelphia to Minnesota last year for first- and fourth-round picks, Vontae Davis from Miami to Indy for a second-rounder in 2012, and Greg Olsen from Chicago to Carolina for a third-rounder in 2011 … all in the preseason. Beane did two of them in one day. On Friday he sent wide receiver Sammy Watkins to the Rams for a second-round pick plus cornerback E.J. Gaines; then he traded cornerback Ronald Darby to Philadelphia for a third-round pick plus wide receiver Jordan Matthews. Everyone would say Darby is a better corner than Gaines, and Watkins is a better wideout than Matthews. I don’t worry about the Darby deal for Buffalo, because he hadn’t bought into the new administration of Beane and head coach Sean McDermott, and because he wasn’t a great scheme fit for McDermott’s zone coverage. Buffalo did get a gutty, durable (Matthews played 46 of 48 games in three NFL seasons) possession receiver who will take Watkins’ spot in the Bills’ offense. The Watkins deal could hurt in the long run, for two reasons. He’s healthy this year after being plagued by a nagging foot injury. And the veterans on the Bills loved him, and won’t be happy with this deal. I can’t imagine LeSean McCoy singing kumbaya over this trade for the future. He wants to win now. The reality of this situation, though, is that the Bills are not going to win now, even if Darby and Watkins had been playing great. Playing for 2018 is smarter. And Buffalo also had to worry about Watkins and the cap. Because the team didn’t exercise the fifth-year option for Watkins, ensuring that he’d be a free agent after this season, Beane would have had to try to sign Watkins late this season (when the team has just $8.1 million remaining under the cap) or likely face franchising him next spring. So they risked Watkins playing great this year and looking dumb for letting him go … or trading him now for real value. A pick around number 40 or 45 in 2018 appealed more to Beane. The trades leave Buffalo and Cleveland with a league-high six picks in the first three rounds next year. “The onus is on me and my staff,” Beane said on Sunday. “We have to draft well. We’ve taken the first step—accumulating high picks.” Interestingly, Beane said: “If this was baseball, we’d probably have kept Sammy, because we wouldn’t have had the cap to worry about. But every decision you make in football, with the cap, is a calculated risk. We had four inquiries for Sammy, and three offers, and got to a point where the Rams were willing to give a high pick, and we thought it was the best thing for us.” The Rams, with speed threat Tavon Austin idled by a hamstring injury, now could have a three-man starting receiver set of all new guys: vets Robert Woods and Watkins, and rookie Cooper Kupp. With the uncertainty surrounding 2016 top overall pick Jared Goff, it’s hard to envision Watkins putting up premier-receiver numbers. So the Bills may not look bad. But at some point they’ve got to start keeping their top picks. That’s a big reason why Buffalo hasn’t been in the playoffs in 17 years. First thing I thought Friday when I saw Beane had traded Watkins and Darby: Owners Terry and Kim Pegula have to mentally commit to Beane and McDermott for the next five years. Period. The mayhem in Buffalo must stop. • Five general managers in the past decade. GMs of the Bills since 2007: Marv Levy (2007), Russ Brandon (2008-09), Buddy Nix (2010-12), Doug Whaley (2013-17), Brandon Beane (current). • Six coaches in the past decade. Coaches of the Bills since 2007: Dick Jauron (2007-09), Perry Fewell (2009), Chan Gailey (2010-12), Doug Marrone (2013-14), Rex Ryan (2015-16), Sean McDermott (present). Of the 20 players Buffalo chose in the top four rounds between 2012 and 2016, only six remain on the team—and a couple of those could be on the chopping block on cutdown weekend. The three solid players that remain from the top of the five drafts between 2012 and 2016: defensive end Shaq Lawson (though still unproven because of injury), guard John Miller and tackle Cordy Glenn. Three of 20. That’s a .150 batting average. That’s absolutely awful.

Dude. Let it go. There hasn't been masks in schools since February. Get a new hobby. Yeah. Even doctor's offices are making it optional now. Hospitals will eventually get there.

I love the idea but I doubt the NFL ever goes for it. One reason is the NFL always strives for parity which is why you play the same division seed in the opposing conference for that extra game each year (Bills play first place in the NFC West Rams). Also, you'll have lobbying from teams. Every AFC team will claim that the Lions are an intriguing opponent (the Patriots could claim a Matt Patricia revenge game) while every NFC team will make the case that the Jags are a juicy match-up for them (the Bucs could claim a state rivalry). Then you'll have conspiracy theories with fan bases saying they get a harder game each year because the NFL wants them to fail. There's a reason every major sports league agree on set schedule years in advance.

Just make President's day the Monday following the Super Bowl. Win win.

It would take a minimum 15 win season and no coach turning their team around drastically. The latter is how Dick Jauron, Matt Nagy, Jason Garrett, and Kevin Stefanski won it.

I wonder if the Rooney's or the city of Pittsburgh control naming rights?

Trump has no real business running. He isn't winning the primary. Where have I heard this before?

What's his excuse for LA, KC, and Baltimore? Rodgers is going to love him.

Packers have a really good run game and defense. So do the Vikings. Rodgers is the difference so I'll go with them. Should be interesting to see how he fares without Adams though.

Was it him or McDermott that called that coverage though? Regardless, the defense couldn't cover a stationary wall with paint that game and Frazier doesn't deserve a head coaching job given that game along his failed head coaching record with the Vikings.

You'd think financially it would make sense for them to want to make Trump the '24 nominee so they should be giving their full support to Desantis. Maybe they'll keep quiet until both decide to run.

Anybody know how much the Browns are paying Mayfield to try and beat them in week one? Around 600k?

Not sure about that as McKenzie said he was willing to play for candy. Still think Beane should've taken him up on that offer. Trade for Robert Quinn maybe. They would've had to restructure some deals to take on his cap hit though. Have you seen our grain elevators? Born and raised in Angola (suburb of Buffalo) but I've lived for small periods of time in Oswego, Syracuse, Omaha, Columbus, Northfolk, Miami, Reno, and back to Buffalo. I managed to maintain the same level of unhappiness in each place.

Why even bring it up at all to your son then?

The world needs ditch diggers too.

It's close even if you just look at it on who's on the team now. The 2017 draft gave us quality starters at three positions with White, Dawkins, and Milano as key pieces despite moving back 17 spots in the first round. The 2018 draft gave us two quality starters (Allen and T. Johnson) and one TBD in Edmunds. Neal was a solid pick in the 6th round too. It's difficult to separate the two but getting the franchise QB gives 2018 the edge.

Eichel hacked the board.

Average athlete and above average arm strength (not elite) when healthy. The problem is he's below average under pressure and Carolina had major trouble protecting the passer last year. If that doesn't change it won't be pretty for him. McAdoo's scheme is pretty vanilla so it pry won't take that much time for Baker to learn it. It should be a fun camp battle.

From a football perspective only, once the smoke clears the Browns will have a franchise top 7 or 8 qb for the next decade. Panthers are still in qb purgatory.

Steal for the Panthers. Baker when healthy is better than Darnold. If it doesn’t work out they have a developing Corral in the wings.

So, maybe 99%?

Do you really think the Titans roster is better than ours?

I'm surprised you spelled Einstein right when creating your account.

Not from my reading of the law as it specifically states it does not prevent “an action for death, physical injuries or property damage resulting directly from a defect in design or manufacture of the product.” Gun manufactures will do everything they can to avoid that. Before the law was put in place there was a gluttony of lawsuits that attempted to hold lawful gun companies liable for the criminals using their guns to commit crimes. Smaller gun companies went bankrupt because of all the legal fees associated with those lawsuits. The reason the gun industry got special protection was these lawsuits threatened the 2nd amendment. More lawsuits leads to higher legal fees which would lead to higher gun prices.