BullBuchanan

I'm really not. Hopkins was setting a pace near career lows last year in most categories but touchdowns before he even got injured. Hill was 7th in the league in yards, 10th in TDs. Every player that was above him deserved to be there and will be again. It isn't to say Hill is a bad player, but he's much closer to the 10th best WR than he is the first and that's just a statistical fact at this point. Given he's playing with one of the worst QBs in the league this year, I'm expecting him to have a massive dropoff. He may still have the name Hill on his jersey, but he won't be the same guy. He's going to outrun Tua's arm and there will be a bunch of gnarly picks that happen as a result. I think he'll probably be somewhere around WR15 this year, below player like Diontae Johnson, CeeDee Lamb, Mike Williams, Keenan Allen and maybe even Gabe Davis.

Hill and Hopkins as a 1/2 is a 2-3 years out of date. They've been surpassed. It's very hard to make the argument that Kupp isn't #1 right now and Adams at #2 makes a lot of sense. Hill is closer to the bottom of the top 10 then he is the top, and Hopkins' star has faded fast. Unless he comes back from suspension liek a beast, he might not be int he top 15 conversation anymore. KC & GB didn't choose to dump their WRs for ***** and gigs. They had no choice because of the big money paid to their QBs. It's a situation the Bills will find themselves in very soon. KC also added Ju-Ju who was once a promising WR1, and may be again with a top 2 QB.

The Rams just won the Super Bowl on the back of the WR who had the greatest season in NFL history so...

What's 13 x 4?

He's been noticeably worse than a player like Mayfield and has consistently been in the bottom 1/4 of starting QBs since entering the league. He's closer to Sam Darnold than he is to JA at this point.

Risky how though? I love the way Blackshear has played, but realistically there's no path for him to be a contributor here. If Singletary commands big money after the season and the team decides to move on, he could certainly be a candidate for 3rd string next year, but there's a million guys that could be in that role. He'd almost certainly be inactive every week behind Cook and Moss. When Moss is due for a new contract the following year, that could put Blackshear into a 1a/1b possibility depending on how Cook turns out and is utilized, but that's 3 seasons away and there will be dozens of additional young RBs that enter the league by that time. Even if Blackshear becomes a Hall of Famer, I don't see any way that happens as a Bill. There just isn't an opportunity for a guy like him here unless he starts becoming a dominant ST player.

Baker is a good player who was in a bad situation. Is Carolina any better? Maybe, maybe not. If McCaffery can stay healthy, I wouldn't be shocked to see them do very well this year. The NFC is pretty much wide open.

2 of Blackshear, Hodgins, and Kumerow get cut I think. Spector or Giles-Harris makes the roster and I think you need another DB to start the season.

It's so he doesn't burn his hands taking the pork butt out of the smoker during commercials.

Ohio: The Florida of the Midwest I Spent my early to mid 20s in Seattle and it's an awesome place. I still miss the fishing/boating.

That's pretty much the exact opposite of what I suggested.

This is just such a constantly horrible take. The decision to trade up for Watkins was in no way awful. It's what tons of GMs, including our own did. Sammy Watkins was universally seen as a generational talent that should have been a bigger star than Hopkins. He had all the making of it. Apparently he also had a drug problem and add in some injuries and well - there goes the top of the potential of a promising career - a career that's still going for how "awful" that pick was. Going out and getting Sammy after they got their QB is no different at all than going out and getting Diggs the way we did. It's no different than the Bengals getting their WRs. Teams with Young QBs like to surround them with talent. If Sammy turned into the 1500 yard, 15TD monster he was supposed to be, and EJ didn't flame out, no one would would ever make this argument. Judging capability based on results is lazy and ineffective, because it's not reproducible. creating and executing a repeatable process for success is far more useful. GMs get graded almost exclusively on whether or not the QB works out. It's a reality, but if we want to consider ourselves smarter than the average fan, we should recognize that there's far more important things that go into evaluating GMs.

Agree with everything but the hate on the punter. Sure, it's not the most pressing need in the world, but it is still a position of need. You just potentially got a day 1 starter who can put you in a position to win a game with a single great play. Especially considering he's cheaper, it's a win-win. There probably weren't a lot of guys in that spot that are day 1 starters.

Not 2023, 2024. We're going to be flat next year. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/2024/

The cap figures to keep going up significantly each year. Money tomorrow is cheaper than money today. I think Oliver and Edmunds are gone after this season (or earlier) unless they suddenly become all-pros. I'd very much like to bring Poyer back as I feel he's outperformed Hyde. Next year's cap space probably comes mostly from the projected increase + some restructures and maybe a surprise retirement from someone like Morse. Your only real FA's next year are Poyer, Edmunds and Singletary. I think you can easily keep one, if not two. The following year, we'll have a pile of cap space.

Historically, #25 seems to net some solid returns: Aiyuk, Marquise Brown, Hurst, Shaq Thompson, jason verett. More good than bad recently

Dude's a bum. He can find some other sucker to be his 4th team. I'd rather have Rhodes or a rookie that doesn't look like we just shot his dog when he's drafted.

I think that's worse, because he was actually on the team.

I imagine they trade Lockett too. They're in full teardown mode until they find a QB.

because he's going to command $20-25M a year after next year and they can't keep him and Lockett with no QB.

Hmm...

Saw Flogging Molly and Tommy Emmanuel so far this year. Forgot I had tickets to see Dropkick Murphys, so missed that one sadly. Probably mostly local acts through the summer.

I really enjoy listening to Al Michaels, Kenny Albert and Tony Romo. I don't tune in to watch them, but I probably stay longer than I otherwise would if I had to just listen to Greg Olsen, Trent Green, Charles Davis, Aikman, or Collinsworth.

Who cares? They still wouldn't be good.

If you remove Beasley's worst season and his best he averages 576 yards, 3.75tds and 32 First Downs. That first down total would rank him 54th in the league this year, and I shouldn't need to point out where his other stats would rank him. This is with him playing with Romo, Prescott, and Allen. H'es never had to play with poor QBs for extended periods