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For those making fun of DVOA, it's not a complicated stat and is commonly referenced. It just means your defensive ranking when you account for the competition you played against. For example, if you got crushed by the Ravens on the ground, it's ok, everybody did. The problem is it doesn't account for game script and that's why Bills run DVOA is good. We put teams in negative game scripts and made them pass a lot. Hence, making the defensive DVOA score better. *Edit - negative game script means we were winning by a lot and they were trying to catch up*

What is your alternative? 10 seconds left with no time outs ... you probably can't get the 1st without going to OT. So the other option is Hail Mary. Significantly lower probability. It was the right call at the time and turned out to be the right call now.

Honestly, this is just my opinion … looking up at the #1 seed every week makes the season less fun for me. I did that the last 3 years and it makes every loss or Chiefs/Ravens/Bengals win hurt so much more. Why is there no joy in having the 2 or 3 seed? You probably get to rest your starters the last week this year and you get to play what will likely be a very weak team in round 1 in your stadium. Yes, of course the 1 seed is a fantastic advantage, but I personally won’t torment myself with the pursuit of it as a fan this year. Or at least, I’ll try not to.

1. Completely different players. Mario is a significantly better run defender and is a power rusher, not speed. 2. Von looked great his first year, then got hurt, then suspended 4 games. How can we make this comparison? 3. This season and next season are incomplete. If Von Miller has 2 sacks in the Super Bowl and we win, he was a WAY BETTER signing. Simply put, not fair to ask this question yet.

The real question is ... will one single person give this post a thumbs up?

Wow, this is a great find. I had no idea. Nice work!

Zero reason to extend him mid-season. Let him play the year out on the cheap deal and remember that he counts toward the compensatory pick formula. If someone else offers him a massive contract, we get a 3rd or 4th rounder pack. Let the market dictate his value instead of guessing mid-season. Way too much risk and distraction. Zero upside.

Option 1: Sign him to a team-friendly 1 year or 2 year deal. Zero concerns that he'll play hard and you can get out easy if he regresses OR trade him. Option 2: Let him walk in Free Agency and get a 4th round, maybe 3rd round compensatory draft pick. Either of these options are awesome and honestly, we could use our 1st and/or two 2nds to get a young, cheap WR to replace him if he walks. Next year you'd have Coleman, Shakir, Kincaid, and our 1st round pick... plus the comp pick from Cooper next year. I'm cool with that.

Our expectations of not only winning, but blowing out every team, need to stop. Nevermind the fact that they are blowing out teams. Considering we're paying $30M to a player not on the roster this year, while we shed other veterans salaries and accumulate draft picks, I'd say I'm happy with just wins, winning the division, and then trying to simply win games in the playoffs. I could not care less about style points during regular season.

Did... you see Groot last Sunday?

We have a younger, cheaper version of Hopkins in Coleman. If we added to the WR room again... and we probably won't... the missing skill set is true speed WR. We don't need another guy who wins with strong hands and body control.

Was fully expecting this to be a "WE NEED A NICKNAME" thread. Don't worry .... I'm sure it's coming.

Why does every positive thread need to be knocked down with someone’s fears of the big bad wolf. Jesus man, enjoy the ride, just a little. And also, believe we can win when we play them. There’s no reason to cling to a loser’s mentality just to try to cope if/when we lose.

Zero chance. Anyone saying something less than two first round picks doesn’t know how good Garrett is.

I simply cannot fathom why Bills fans are so pressed to CUT Bass with zero replacement available. It would make sense if there are any upgrades available. But there are none. So, you would be going from Bass - who has at least been good at one point in his career, to a kicker who has never been good and you would take a $7M dead cap hit to do it. We didn't seem to do this all of the years with EJ Manuel, JP Losman, Trent Edwards, etc.... nobody was clamoring for them to get cut and replaced with free agent who is the 40th best QB in the league. Why are we doing this?

The Vegas line moved from Bills -8 to Bills -9.5 so at least a few smart people don't agree with you.

That will fix everything!

You know you're a bad GM when the Jets fleece you out of 2 firsts and a third for this guy! Who did those two 1sts turn into? Alija Vera Tucker and Garrett Wilson

The 2017 Super Bowl Philadelphia Eagles: Coach: Doug Peterson QB: Nick Foles, after Carson Wentz was injured RB: LeGarette Blount WR: Nelson Agholor, Alshon Jeffery, Torrey Smith TE: Zach Ertz OL: Good, but not as good as they have recently been Defense: One Defensive player with 9.5 sacks, second highest had 5.5. Leading DB had 3 INTs. Are we better than that? Because ... they won the Super Bowl over an incredible Patriots team. This idea that KC is unbeatable unless you have an A++ roster is nonsense. It's the same mentality everyone had during the Patriots era and the Giants did it twice, the Eagles did it, the Seahawks nearly did it. Shoot, we nearly did it vs KC in the 13 seconds game then botched it. We nearly did it last year too. You just need to get to the dance and have the ball bounce your way.

We've all been around the team long enough to know where Cole Bishop is. He's in the same place Dorian Williams was his rookie year. He's in the same place Terrel Bernard was his rookie year. He's in the same place Lewis Cine is right now, another guy with arguably more upside than Damar Hamlin. The "back middle" of McDermott's Nickel defense is incredibly complex and variable. Linebackers and Safeties always take time to develop in this defensive system and generally speaking, Safeties under McDermott usually turn out great in year 2+. So, where is he? He's currently lost in coverage, as we saw with the Nico Collins play. However, he'll learn, and he'll probably be fine.

Oh heavens, not my $2.2M gtd receiver to make way for an $800K Amari Cooper. Brandon, how could you! ::clutches pearls::

It's actually better. Diggs and a 3rd ... and not tethered to his $25M/yr contract for the next several years. For Cooper, a 2nd, no dead cap, and a potential comp pick in 2026.

I feel bad for Raiders fans. This is 100% attributable to having a cheap owner who prioritized another team taking the salary off his books instead of just paying it and getting a better asset. Terrible long term thinking. Terrible ownership.

It was incompetent enough that the league office should look at it and won’t.

I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to do this. Thank you. Short summary - we lose Milano, Oliver, Knox, and Von and get ... zero cap relief. Brilliant plan from the OP!