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1. Bishop - potential long term starter at safety 2. Van Pran Granger - potential long term starter at C 3. Hardy - many say he's the best slot corner in the draft. Could take over Johnson's role and be here long term. 4. Ulofoshio - Given McD's love affair with ST guys, I think he could stick around to a second deal and be the next Matakevich 5. Coleman - Given the current WR market, I don't see him lasting to a second contract here unless he's a mild disappointment 6. Davis - given his age and position, unlikely he plays a second contract here 7. Carter - will be part of the rotation for his rookie deal. Perhaps he sees a second contract as a rotational guy. 8. Solomon - last year he may have had an uphill climb to make the team, but given how thin we are there he'll get a real shot 9. Grable - PS 10. Clayton - PS

Shakir and Samuel will be your first and second options to start the year with Kincaid lining up in the slot a good deal and then Shakir and Samuele moving in there when Coleman is on the field. I loved Michael Thomas before his injuries, but it's really hard to argue he's still an NFL level talent at this point. It's crazy how fast a guy can go from best int he league to irrelevant, but we've been seeing it a lot of it over the last few years. MVS might be the best player in that list right now, and that's not saying much because I'm not sure he's a top 90 receiver.

Between Hyde and Poyer, Hyde fell off far worse, IMO. He should really just retire given his injury and age. I'm not sure what value he brings to an NFL team at this point.

Or maybe I'm avoiding the "right" people. I always associated that phrase with backwater folks. It's adorable when they try to explain to people (who didn't ask) that iT iSnT rEaLlY a cOmPLiMeNt, when anyone with a triple digit IQ or who has been alive for over 5 years already knows this. It stopped being cleaver in the 70s, if it even was then.

Me too. People haven't said that here in 50 years, but keep on keeping on brother.

Because they'll get paid for it and because they'll all be able to lie to themselves if they have a 10-12 win season that they have a shot at a Lombardi. You're probably right though. It's clear people holding water for this regime the last 5 years have been right. I mean, look at all that hardware they've collected. So, then you would think the key to victory would be stopping that right? Clearly, you can't outperform them, as a lot of teams have tried and none have succeeded except Tom Brady.

And what does that tell you? It tell me they didn't have enough and they didn't play up to their talent level. The Niners and eagles also happened to have two of the best WR groups in the league and the Ravens were very strong as well. That didn't matter at all.

Wrong argument. WR isn't what will hold back the Bills from a championship. Defensive star power and depth will do that.

I don't like playing him, but he's the best football player I've ever seen.

His catch percentage was 66.9% last year with a Buffalo career average of 69.1%: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DiggSt00.htm Tyreek hill was 69.6% CeeDee Lamb was 69.6% Amon Ra was 73.4% Puka Nacua was 65.6% AJ Brown was 67.1% Those were the top 5 receiving leaders. On either side of Diggs in yards you had Jamarr Chase at 69% Michael Pittman at 69.9% As you can see, he did have a lower rate than the top guys last year, but his career rate is in line or above them. If you pull up any one player, they are likley to have years that dip into the low to mid 60s in any given year. Tyreek had 3 straight years below 65%.

We should have all seen plenty of evidence of this over the years.

Not that I really care who owns the team, but the guy is 73 years old. At that age you could be in good health an hour ago and drop dead and breakfast. It wouldn't be a shock unless you saw it happen. If you don't have a succession plan/will as a 73 y/o Billionaire, you're a moron.

I don't see anything about "monetarily successful people". Nobody is hating on a dentist with an outdoor kitchen. There's never been, and never will be a billionaire who's also a good person.

assuming it's a minimum deal, I like it.

1. No he won't be as a rookie. Guaranteed to be a drop-off, and that's when he starts, which could be a while. 2. And looked really bad doing it. 3. Douglas was already our #2 last year. White missed nearly the entire year 4. Jackson is not easily replaceable, considering we didn't replace him.

The DB room couldn't be more different. We've massively downgraded. Mike Edwards is atrocious in all aspects of the game. Taylor Rapp is a massive liability in the passing game and his undisciplined and reckless tackling have already cost us. Losing Dane Jackson as a first guy off the bench is being completely disregarded as not a big deal. He was a fringe starting talent. For better or worse, you're going to see a lot more of Kaiir Elam now. Hopefully Cole Bishop takes the starting job away from Edwards or Rapp soon. Hopefully we can bring in a better vet to help back there. Hopefully Douglas and Benford stay healthy all year. Hopefully Elam isn't a dumpster fire That's a lot of hope needed. I'd prefer talent and confidence, but maybe I'm weird.

It means I think the team has a near 0% chance to win a Super Bowl, because they aren't constructed in a way that has that goal in mind this season. Beyond that, they could win 7 games or 14 games in the regular season and I wouldn't be surprised. I think the gap between good and bad teams is so significant right now with the way the rules work, that the Bills could still easily fool a lot of people into thinking that they're good for a long time until they start playing elite teams in January and February and get exposed yet again. The difference between he top 4-6 teams and where the Bills have been is just as significant as the jump between good and bad teams. I expect the Bills to try to move bad contracts off the roster and acquire players on favorable deals that will help over the 5 year term. If they have a chance to get another Poyer/Hyde type player (when they were young) during the season, I expect that's the kind of deal they'll go for. The Bills are in pretty good shape in 2025, with Rasul Douglas the only notable FA. He is a big one though, as if we don't retain him, it'll be a major hole to fill. We'll need to acquire a #1 DE and perhaps more high end depth there too. We'll likely need someone on the oline whether that's guard or center depending on what happens with McGovern this year. We'll also potentially need to consider Linebacker with a premium pick if Milano is moved and/or if Bernard doesn't return to form. We'll need another starting Safety between now and then. We'll have the capital to do it with 3 top 60 picks, but it will be critical we hit hard on them if 2025 is a legitimate run. My money is on 2026 being the first legitimate year of contention. Hopefully Kelce is retired/Fallen off by then, Andy Reid is retired or something else has shaken the KC tree to the point where we can get past them once.

Completely different situation. Stafford only made the playoffs 3 times in 12 years there and never won the division.

Where's he gonna go? Denver? Franchise QBs almost never do this when the org is paying them top dollar and full commitment behind them.

Congrats on completely missing your own point. Also, Bill Belichick

Well, we "gave it a chance", and it was even worse than we told you it would be.

Wishful thinking that it's make or break. They've clearly planned out a multi-year rebuild here and you don't do that without a blessing from management. I think as long as there isn't a scandal, they could win 6 or 7 games and still keep their jobs.

Isaac Bruce ran a 4.55 40 at 5'11" and 173 pounds and was also drafted #33 overall. He did alright.

I feel like they've been chasing this guy since McD got here. They just want rookie Kelvin Benjamin.

You mean a 2nd round pick? Randy Moss was traded for a 4th round pick and and then he had the best season of his HoF career. I could easily see Diggs doing a similar thing under the Texans. I'm not about to start thinking that this FO has any idea what they're doing when they made Dawson Knox the 6th Highest paid TE when they signed Von Miller to $120M, when they gave Deonte Hardy a stupid contract based on no production, when they completely mangled the Hines acquisition, when they mishandled Wyatt Teller, when they were paying guys like Neal and Matakevich big money to play special teams, when they previously shipped out a ton of players for very little in return just because they weren't their guys. I have no faith in McDermott at all, and only slightly more so in Beane. if they didn't completely luck into Josh Allen turning the lights on in year 3 with the biggest improvement for a QB in NFL history, they're both out of a job years ago. McDermott would be coaching secondary for the Steelers and Beane would be a scout or bizdev guy somewhere.