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I love the idea if the staff feels like Josh is going to be a top 5 QB in the AFC. Ty Nsheke is probably playing in his last few seasons of pro ball, and his last year of his contract, and I don't think our success as a team hinges on him being here. getting 7-10 more sacks however could very well be the difference

We got Eric Wood. I really don't think letting Peters go ended up being a significant negative impact to us. We weren't going to the playoffs during the drought if we had Walter Pace, so I'm not sure how much it matters.We had 3 years of middling LT play after we traded Peters, but since 2012 when we got Cordy Glenn, it hasn't been a weakness.

Exactly. Some people here seem to think I mean that he was incompetent. I just think he's not some genius visionary.

I do that every single time he plays. I'll be the first to admit, I thought Mahomes would be a bust just like other Air Raid college studs. Watson on the other hand I thought was can't miss and when he fell to us I was over the moon. I've never really gotten over passing on Watson and then selling the farm the following year to get a lesser prospect in Allen. Regardless of how their careers turns out, it's abundantly clear who the better prospect was.

Oof Yes Obviously Oof I don't think so. He was great.

The data backs it up. Most of his draft choices were busts. He had a horrible rate of drafting guys that made it more than a season or two.

Lynch wasn't a great back when he was in Buffalo. He did have some great moments, though - like the Cleveland game. Something changed when he got to Seattle. That was a completely different player.

Was he responsible for the greatest pass rusher in NFL history and the 2nd greatest quarterback in NFL history being available to him with the 1rst overall pick? When Peyton got injured, a perennial Superbowl contender immediately became the worst team in the league and they stayed that way until they "Lucked" into another immediate franchise QB. He was in the right place at the right time, that's all.

Yes. He was an average drafter at best, did not appear to be able to manage a salary cap correctly and for all the talent that was graced upon him, he got 1 super bowl out of the whole thing. Overrated doesn't mean he was terrible. He had next to nothing to do with the 97 panthers success who would follow up that fluke NFC Championship appearance with 7 seasons before they posted another winning record. As evidenced by what happened as soon as Manning was injured, it because clear that the entire franchise was a joke without him. They were a glass cannon built around a single player.

"The weight of opinion in the NFL now says that Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning is the clear choice, ahead of Leaf, as the No. 1 pick in the draft, which will be held on April 18 and 19. In the wake of a meteoric Rose Bowl season that sent his pro stock soaring, Leaf became a sort of joint entry with Manning. Discussion of one player rarely passed without mention of the other. There was little doubt that Manning and Leaf would be the top two draft picks; the issue was which would be selected by the Indianapolis Colts, who will choose first, and which would end up with the San Diego Chargers, who have the second selection. But in the view of a six-man blue-ribbon panel that analyzed game tapes of the players for SI, Leaf doesn't rank as high as Manning. Each expert was asked: If you had to pick one of these players, whom would you take? With different degrees of conviction, each said Manning. Three said they would be shocked if the Colts didn't select him." https://vault.si.com/vault/1998/04/13/the-chairmen-peyton-manning-and-ryan-leaf-are-the-class-of-the-nfl-draft-but-experts-say-one-of-them-stands-head-and-shoulder-pads-above-the-other

Travis Henry was clearly more talented and he burned hotter, I don't think that can be debated. Fred Jackson is maybe my favorite Bill of all time, but he really wasn't a very elite athlete. I think that Fred Jackson had two elite traits that allowed him to have a successful NFL career: vision and balance. It seems like he was constantly finding ways to stay on his feet where other backs would back down - I see a lot of that in Singletary. He also had a knack for finding and slipping into open spaces that made up for underwhelming athleticism. He reminded me of Stevie Johnson in that regard. It seemed to me like Fred Jackson was always the most prepared guy on the team, because he had to be. I would absolutely cut more talented players to find a role for him on any football team. Travis Henry on the other hand had the physical gifts to run around or through anybody, and he was as tough an SOB as has played the game. Unfortunately, he was an idiot, as so many hyper talented guys seem to be.

Because I think he was at best average at drafting, not just in Buffalo, but Indy too. The best 2 players he ever drafted were consensus #1 overalls in Bruce and Manning. Give him credit for Getting Andre Reed in the 4th round. He built those teams in a pre-salarycap era largely by paying Jim Kelly the highest salary ever for an NFL player. Essentially, I think a lot of Polian's success was luck of getting franchise QB's and elite talent at the top of drafts. And the fact that neither the Bills nor the Colts won anywhere near as much as they should have is the result of his weaknesses. He had a ton of mid round picks that never even ended up playing a game. Granted, there was a lot more rounds in those days , but if he didn't need the picks he should have done something more valuable with them. Edit: I think the fact that he didn't build the Bills on a salary cap in Buffalo, and that he was unable to build a balanced team in Indy under a cap is further indictment.

Bill Polian is drastically overrated in Buffalo Doug Whaley was a much better GM than most in Buffalo think. If he hit on QB, his whole story is different.

I'm really looking forward to Ryan Fitzpatrick's "A Football Life"

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I mostly got burnt out from years of disappointing seasons where I felt it kinda took my whole Sunday to get down there and get home with all the traffic, especially after late Saturday nights. This past year was obviously a lot better, and I thought about heading down to see some of the games, but never pulled the trigger. Once things settle down though, I might get back in the swing. I'm long overdue for some wings at Casino el Camino - also WNY ties.

I used to be a regular at Rattle Inn when the bills backers met there, but I stopped going when they shifted to Parlor and Yard Josh's rookie year.

Yup. I'm for sure guilty of it as a kid, though times have changed. I would completely expect this to be the kind of thing someone would get caught saying when they didn't know they were being recorded in a private conversation and for it to be a scandal that may get someone fired if they're a public personality or perhaps blown off with an apology. However, this dude said it into the microphone, at his job, in the most unenthusiastic and mundane manner possible that it's just mind blowing to consider why he did it. It's all just so bizarre.

I know of Blaze, though I haven't gotten too deep into his material. I do know this track, however. I'm a big fan of Guy Clark/Townes and a bit of Steve Earl. I'm in Austin too.

How the hell are you in this business for decades and just do something like that? When would that ever be ok? Also, **** Him for dragging his "faith" into his apology.

One of the greatest songwriters of all time that, sadly, far too few people have heard of. Townes is becoming quite popular among filmmakers and TV showrunners lately though

Mark Gress, founder and owner of Nine-eleven tavern, considered by many (myself included) to have the best wings in Buffalo (or anywhere) passed away this week. Just a few weeks ago he announced he was stepping down from his role in the kitchen and partnering with his daughter. Truly the end of an era and a sad day.

Are we this far along and people still don't understand how the virus works? I still have to empty my waterbottle at the airport because 3000 people died 20 years ago, and you don't understand why some folks aren't keen on packing stadiums with tens of thousands of people when we have an active pandemic that's claimed 171,000 lives and maimed an unknown amount above that? Not believing in facts doesn't invalidate them. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

I don't care about me. I care about you killing my neighbor or creating tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills for the girl who works at the supermarket at poverty wages.

Man, that's such an awful way to go. RIP.