transplantbillsfan

Whoa holy crap talk about digging up a thread! Yeah it was a bold prediction that was way off. Aren't bold predictions supposed to be things that no one expects? I was wrong, but let me also tell you something, if I ever use this with you, it means I'm just messing around or being sarcastic or playful or whatever you want to call it. That was more a desperately hopeful prediction than anything. A clearly wrong one. I was also one of the only posters talking playoffs before the season started. 3 games left and we still have a shot and have already matched last year's win total. You've said countless times this team would never make the playoffs with Tyrod Taylor under center. Still 3 games left and we currently hold the 6 seed while you're claiming he won't get more than 54 yards passing against the 'Phins. I understand why you're digging this up after you said that and then on the same day you said it you forgot you said it. That was embarrassing. So I'll call my prediction an embarrassing prediction and say I was wrong

It's my understanding that the Bills will have to pick up Taylor's option before they trade him, correct? And if that's the case, the other team will have to be willing to pay Taylor the amount of that option. Regardless, if Buffalo plans to trade him, picks up his option, but can't find a trade partner, then Buffalo is "stuck" with him. Can you explain this, please? Otherwise, forgive me if I don't believe you have a legit source.

I've also gotta say... I'm surprised at how inherently biased you are. You ultimately appear to be just another "the grass is always greener on the other side" kinda guy and your overrating of Cousins is indicative of that. And what's worse, you try to do that by diminishing the talent surrounding him in Washington and just completely ignoring any discussion of how superior his offensive coordinators have been. Talent wise, Shady is clearly the better back than the Washington trio... I'll give you that. Though Thomson was looking really good before he was injured. And Reed is better than Clay. Your forgetting he also has Vernon Davis, who is probably even still as good as Clay. Josh Doctson was a 1st round draft, yet you act like Zay Jones is clearly superior to him. Really weird. Jamison Crowder is as good or better a #2 than our #2 option, or at least on par with them. And the Redskins OL, when healthy, is better than ours. They haven't been healthy much of the season, but neither has ours with Miller and Glenn out most of the year. But the last few years Cousins has had his blind side protected by one of the best LTs in the game. You're making me sound like I hate Cousins and I don't. It's just ridiculous to put him in the category you do. Do you think Cousins is as good as Roethlisberger and Rodgers?

Nope, he's absolutely not in that Elite territory. At least in my world.... ya know.... reality

So has this been solved, yet? Everyone accepts that McDermott was an idiot for wasting a timeout at least, right?

If you say so. You clearly must be right. My opinion is clearly wrong because it differs from yours. I concede I must be wrong in your mind because you're so utterly confident that Cousins belongs in Brees/Roethlisberger/Brady/Rodgers territory. My bad for disagreeing. I'll go sit in a corner since I still do, very strongly PS: It's funny that you like didn't address the post you were responding to in any way whatsoever regarding offensive staffs, which is the crux of why Cousins has been so productive

Shady, what the heck is your beef with 26CornerBlitz? Most people, including me, appreciate what he does and the things he posts in here. If you don't like it, don't read it and definitely don't be a jerk about him posting stuff he does largely as a service to everyone here.

Yes and I stand by that. But it's like a scale. Good offensive staff + Good offensive weapons = Fantastic offensive staff + Average offensive weapons = Average offensive staff + Fantastic offensive weapons He's had a better than solid offensive staff his entire career as a starting QB. He's had a fantastic offensive staff for most of his time, which counterbalances the average weapons he's had. Actually, considering the offensive minds he's had in there, it probably more than counterbalances it. Buffalo has, at best, an Average offensive staff and average offensive weapons, overall. And I think "average offensive staff" is mighty generous.

Kyle Shanahan / Sean McVay/ Jay Gruden. Yiiiiiiiikes

As I've said, I like Cousins and think he's a good QB. I just don't think he's great and certainly not Elite. I want a guy who has the chance to be Elite. From the looks/sounds of it, Darnold/Rosen/Mayfield all have a chance to be generational/franchise-changing type QBs. That's what I want. We have plenty of draft picks this year and next to go get him if we want him. Actually, the one QB I could see us going out and getting even before Kirk Cousins is Andrew Luck depending on where the Colts fall in the draft and what they want to do with that draft pick if they end up #2 or #3. I want Andrew Luck first, the 1st or 2nd or (maybe) 3rd best QB prospect next, Kirk Cousins third. In the middle option I think there's a good chance Taylor remains as the bridge guy for one year.

And I would love this just based on what I've heard/read/seen. But if our staff goes through the whole offseason and sees Darnold as worthy of trading both our 1sts this year along with probably next year and another draft pick, sobeit.

I didn't miss your post. You posted stats. I've also said that he's benefitted greatly from offensive minds, because he clearly has. McVay might be one of the best offensive minds in years and even his current OC is the protégé of a pretty amazing offensive mind who simply failed as a HC. And no I'm sorry, the comparison the Kaep and Tannehill is appropriate. I'm not trying to confuse the issue in any way because you seem like you're being the victim of a moment or are just stats obsessed. Cousins is unquestionably in the range of Brees/Brady/Big Ben/ Rodgers? Seriously?! You can't actually think that... you're just arguing to argue now, right? I hope so, because that statement is just ridiculous. Cousins is a great plug and chug QB with a solid offensive staff and good to great weapons. He's not a guy who will carry a team like Buffalo on his back through the playoffs, particularly with this offensive staff.

Just talkin reality, bro. Taylor's contract as it's set up is at least $5 million less than what Cousins's annual salary will be and, what's more, Taylor's contract will expire after 2018 and Buffalo will be completely off the hook in terms of any financial obligation. It's the perfect contract to transition to a new rookie QB without pressuring him to carry the weight of the franchise in year 1. At this exact moment, I'd say it's more likely that Taylor's option will not be picked up and he'll be gone and we go with Peterman, our drafted rookie and a cheap vet FA QB... or maybe just Joe Webb. But I don't think it's significantly more likely and I think the ending of this year will factor in, as well. Still 3 more games left, hopefully more

The dark side, eh? So I guess that makes me the Jedi? Maybe I should stay right where I am, afterall

Cousins isn't going somewhere where he's not getting a multi-year deal and he's going to cost a lot of money. We aren't drafting a QB high AND getting Cousins. Both of those can't/won't/aren't happening. As much as you hate this, Tyrod Taylor has a SIGNIFICANTLY better chance of being the Buffalo Bills starting QB in 2018 than Kirk Cousins.

Bills bashing? You mean you think Dennison is a good OC/playcaller and our OL is good? Well, fine, you're opinion is your opinion. My opinion is you're dead wrong.

God stop throwing that term out. Cousins has had the good fortune of great offensive minds calling his plays and as a HC. He's a good player, but putting Cousins in a category or anywhere close to a category reserved for just 4 QBs today (Brady, Brees, Rodgers, Big Ben) is absolutely ludicrous. This conversation is pointless, anyway. Our staff will draft a QB... possibly bring a cheap vet QB in if they decide not to pick up Taylor's option and keep him another year, but talking about Cousins as an Elite QB brings memories of posters calling Colin Kaepernick & Ryan Tannehill Elite back in 2013/2014.

I'll probably post threads about whoever our new QB is. I'm a Bills fan, not a Tyrod Taylor fan. I already said I thought Peterman would start the rest of the way the moment Taylor got injured against the Pats. I would have been fine with Peterman starting this week if he didn't stupidly concuss himself against the Colts because he looked good enough in those conditions that I would have liked to see more out of him. These damn millennials nowadays are fans of players more than teams. I'm a fan of our football team, that's all. I stop following players when they leave. Hell, even Fred Jackson, who was one of my favorite players ever and is the only jersey I own I stopped paying attention to once he went to Seattle. And no, I won't be mad at you. Evidently you're memory is pretty horrible so you might just forget that I ever started a thread about Tyrod Taylor

Cousins is an upgrade, not a huge one, and definitely not one worth the $20-$25 million he'll cost next year. I'm sorry, but this assumption that Cousins would be very successful in Buffalo with this HC/OC/OL/WRs is just foolish.

I've said and will continue to say this: I DON'T WATCH COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!! I really have no clue who the best guys are, I just want one of the 2-3 best college QBs. The names I've heard floated as the 5 best guys are Darnold, Rosen, Mayfield (mainly those 3), Rudolph, and Jackson. I heard about Josh Allen before the season started but from what I know he's sucked this year and would be drafted purely based on physical attributes, and that scares me. So I was just throwing out names that I've heard. I don't care who, but I'm assuming this draft class is NOT a repeat of the 2013 draft class, so I would like one of the top 2-3 prospects in this draft. Ideally one of the top 2. I'm envisioning the Colts losing and the Giants winning a game or two and the Colts ending up with the 2nd pick and us trading up for that guy... or maybe even trading for Luck. Either one and I'm happy. Oh yeah? Man! People are dumb

Well, whatever Cousins happens to be, he's not the guy who's going to be an Elite QB. He's a good QB in the right system. People also forget that he's worked with 3 pretty fantastic offensive minds to start his career (Shanahans, McVay, Gruden) and that's what's likely been helping him a lot. Do people seriously not understand that it's not an apples to apples transition when QBs go from one team to another? Cousins is NOT a QB who is going to elevate himself and his teammates above a below average offensive coordinator. Since I fear Dennison stays next year, I want McBeane to finally do whatever they can to draft a blue chip QB prospect who elevates everyone around him and doesn't require "the system" or "the OC" to elevate him the way Cousins does. So just do everything in our power to get Rosen or Darnold or Mayfield... those are the 3 prospects based on my extremely distant college football knowledge who look like they have the potential to be generational type players. Can we please just go get them? And can we still get rid of Dennison in the process, please?

First of all, here you go again with 3 passing TDs one time in his life. Putting something like that up twice now verifying that it's actually what you believe happened and are clearly just relying on your memory proves that no one should probably ever listen to you because: A) Your memory is terrible and B) You don't bother doing any research before saying stupid stuff Secondly, stop comparing Taylor to Brady. It's just stupid. It makes you look dumber than you already looked by saying he only had one game passing for 3 TDs when, in fact, he's had 6. Third of all, if this is a yards obsession, Taylor has put up 300+ yards 8 times in a Bills uniform. Yeah, that's passing and rushing yards, but guess what, a number of those rushing yards and big plays come in the form of passing plays. You can minimize that by saying you also have to account for sack yardage. Well, you're right. So really, Taylor has accounted for 300+ yards of NET offense passing + rushing - sack yardage on 6 separate occasions. I mean, who knows, maybe you're incapable of seeing the number 6, though... you clearly couldn't see that was 6 times, not 1 time that he has passed for 3 TDs in a game

WTF are you talking about?!?! Taylor has thrown for 3 TDs on 6 separate occasions. Your name really suits you.

blah blah blah blah... talking bubbles and making statements that aren't true. As for that bet I offered you. You're saying you are so confident Taylor will get less than 54 yards against Miami, right? Or was that just one of your random dumb statements you say because you're attention-starved?

What the friggin hell are you talking about? The Bills didn't win either of those low yardage games. Are you drunk? And I'll bet you Tyrod gets more than 54 yards against the Dolphins, if he plays, of course. If he does, will you let me change your icon to a big fat face of Tyrod with a heart behind it? Dude. Just shut up. Now you're really sounding like an idiot