Doc Brown

You saying the Bills weren't one play away in any of the Chiefs losses isn't based in reality either. Especially when you said you laughed at people who thought we were. As for Rousseau, if your argument is we shouldn't have paid for an above average instead of elite DE than that's fine. Two elite DE's are lethal and unfortunately it's hard to find one (yet alone two). If you think we paid too much for him I vehemently disagree with you. Paying $18.5m for five years is a steal for an above average player at the DE position. He's the 18th highest DE at the position and he'll pry be in the 30's by the time his contract expires. That's really good value. The hard part is via draft or free agency finding an elite DE to line up opposite him. There weren't any available this offseaon as the Browns were obviously desperate enough to throw $40m at Garrett. Crosby wasn't leaving the Raiders and I doubt the Bengals would trade Henderson to a conference rival. Bosa's worth the shot but if he's injured a lack of pass rush might easily happen again to hold this team back from a Super Bowl.

I laughed at the title of this thread but then realized it accounted for moves all NFL teams have made the last five weeks. The extensions were smart and the Rousseau one will be a steal looking back a couple years from now. I know Mack Hollins was a fan favorite here (the no shoe thing was weird) but I wouldn't have paid him what the Patriots did. I'd give the free agent signings a C because they still have a hole at CB2 and the two guys they added to their defensive line I thought were overpaid and now the Bills defense will be on constant flux throughout the year because of the suspensions. Love the Bosa signing and am okay with the Palmer signing despite my well documented hatred of the Bills not being in on the DK Metcalf sweepstakes. I wouldn't have put them at #1 though. That's crazy. Glad they re-signed Ty Johnson at such a low price and are happy they won't from all indications give Cook $15m a year. I do think people overreacted to the Dane Jackson signing as only $567k guaranteed on a one year deal screams out to me Beane thinks there's no way in hell Jackson's our plan at CB2.

No. His type of humor just didn't have wide spread appeal with his bizarre references. He'd say stuff like "I haven't seen a surprise play like that since Gorbachev convinced the politburo to put a Pizza Hut in Red Square."

Yeah. He said McNabb wasn't as good as the media made him out to be because of their desire for a black QB to do well. McNabb later said it bothered him and Limbaugh resigned. Not the smartest decision to bring political commentators or comedians in on a sports show/broadcast.

They definitely need one of their young WR's to take a major leap this year.

You can't bat 1,000. Ken Dorsey?

If Diggs tore Achilles his career might've been in jeopardy as a WR. Cousins and Rodgers looked like shelves of their former selves and they played QB.

That's why they call it a premium position. I do wonder if they'll play him more in the slot than outside. It was about a 50/50 split in Houston last year.

He didn't even get the injury right.

They tried to sign Godwin too (it was reported they were willing to offer him a top 5 WR salary) and Godwin's like "Nope. Way less money to stay in Florida with actual talent around me is fine with me." The Diggs signing reeks of desperation. A one year $10m guarantee with incentives to earn up to $15m was the contract I was expecting for Diggs given his age and coming off a torn ACL. I do agree with you about the Pats getting crap for letting Diggs leave the building and then when they do sign him criticize them for overspending. It was pry the only team in the league that Diggs had leverage with in free agency given how horrible their o-line and passing weapons are.

He already knew it was going to be Rodgers at QB just like the rest of us knew. The Patriots just paid a 31 year old WR who was already on the decline even before tearing his ACL $26m guaranteed. That's crazy and you think they weren't willing to play a very good/elite 27 year old WR $30m per year? I've got the Bills, Dolphins, Chiefs, Chargers, Broncos, Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, and Texans as clearly better than the Patriots no matter what happens in the draft.

Metcalf apparently nixed the trade to the Pats because he knows they suck. They're definitely a year away even with the coaching upgrades. Relying on rookies and average free agent signings to transform your dreadful offensive line (31st against the run, 32nd against the pass) last year is just too much work in one off-season. I do think they're more competitive this year though and my guess is they'll be a problem starting in the 2026 season because I think Drake Maye is going to be very good.

The only over/under bet I made of the year was after the Patriots beat the Bengals I managed to get a 5.5 win total line and took the under. That's how bad the Bengals are at the start of the season EVERY YEAR despite them saying all off-season they need to start fast.

That was a huge surprise given the Bengals history of starting the season fast. I think seven wins is their ceiling because of them likely having to have two rookies starting on the o-line. On paper right now they have the worst o-line in the league. Plus, if they take Travis Hunter they'll be very thin on the o-line and if they draft a tackle they'll be really limited as far as passing weapons for Maye. Not good when your best WR on paper right now is a 31 year old coming off an ACL tear.

You said we were never one play away from winning a Chiefs playoff game and laugh at anyone who thinks we were. I presented a plausable scenario where they were one play away. Regardless of what you think of our coaching in the playoffs. A special teams trying a trick play and then lateraling it out of desperation easily could take 13 seconds off the clock. You don't have to admit you're wrong. That's fine.

T. White, Knox, and Brown was extended in early September. Oliver in early June. There's always time but Cook and Benford's stock may never be higher so they could choose to bet on themselves to cash in next year.

Doubt he plays catch with a kid in the stand during warm ups but I hope we don't boo him too hard.

My guess is a breakup was coming anyways and Daboll getting the head coach job conveniently worked out. Kirk Cousins for a 4th or 5th maybe?

Doubt it. They stuck the Texans game at 1:00 last year. It's more of a story here than the rest of the league.

Wow. That's quite the contract. Why not one year $10m with incentives up to $15m or something like that. Who are you competing with?

They probably had a special teams play ready to go like the Chargers did in 2023 against us. It very easily could've taken 13 seconds off the clock depending on how many times they lateraled it.

It might have been different if they played the Eagles during the regular season and saw what their tendencies were on offense and defenses. How could they exploit it for the next possible match up? It's also likely they focused heavily throughout the year because the odds of them meeting us in the playoffs were far greater than one of the five or six NFC teams that could make the Super Bowl. I rolled my eyes every time people said that the Chiefs were using the regular season games as practice. I may have been wrong.

We literally were a squib kick away. I'm laughing at you for laughing at other people. No offense.

I'm as guilty as they are and anything's possible I guess. I didn't realize the level of toxicity within the building though as I never thought they'd eat $31m in dead cap space.

Anybody go to the first Bills game at War Memorial in 1960? I'm just curious if the wind was more or less confusing there.