harmonkillebrew

I cant' believe people are still talking about communists and red bastards, etc... there are no Communists left. If anything, based on the Communist Manifesto, Trump is more communist. Except he's not, because he's a a fascist populist.

to be carved into the side of a mountain, it has to has to have been a major jerk. There are a number to chose from in the era of futility, but I'm going with: 1. Rex Ryan - worst coach in team history, set the team back after insisting on transitioning a solid 4-3 to his preferred 3-4. I'd put Russ Brandon up there with him fo. Doug Marrone comes in a close second for being such a jerk. 2. Russ Brandon - for basically causing the entire era of futility, with bad coaches/GMs and draft picks. Tom Donahue is a close second, but I at least appreciated the effort by bringing in Bledsoe. 3. Willis McGhee - the Toronto comment will forever keep him on our sh!t list 4. Rob Johnson - we would have won the SB that year with Flutie. He was such a bad fit, Cali surfer dude. I thought about doing a combo of the big busts - JP Losman/EJ Manuel/Mike Williams/Aaron Maybin - but it's hard to blame a guy too much for being a bust. Besides Maybin they all seemed to try. There are probably a few good candidates from the pre-Kelly era too.

Cook has the POTENTIAL to be top 5, but he needs at least 2 more years like last year to pass Fred, Shady, Travis Henry or Marshawn. Even Kenneth Davis is, at the moment, more of an all-time Bill. Cook is like CJ Spiller at this moment in his career. Exciting to watch, but has to put it together year after year.

When you watch his tape, Coleman feasted on college-level CBs that he could out muscle. That s%$* won't fly in the NFL. He's going to have a steep learning curve and will need to perfect his craft quickly, b/c his lack of speed will allow CBs to quickly recover from any initial moves. Claypool has the talent and measurables to succeed. He wasn't a 2nd round pick for nothing. He balled out his rookie year too, but it's the maturity and consistency which has since been a major issue. Which is stuff that will show up over the course of the season, not at your first OTA with a new team. However, If he gets his head on straight he could be due for a resurgence. It was a good flyer to take. But the fact he's the most consistent WR so far is just as damning of the other WRs. Either Claypool has really put it back together and is just excelling, or we're in for some growing pains.

He could easily still cut bait on Claypool, Hollins, MVS, Hamler and others, just like he should have on Sheffield and Harty and gotten someone who could make a real difference. But you're right, he won't.

This is probably what they're waiting for to re-sign Hyde. I don't think we add to the WR room after all the mediocre signings of late. But CB depth would be wise

It really hinges on Davis, who is entirely unproven in the NFL - particularly his pass blocking abilities. His college tape looks good, but to anoint this the best backfield in Bills history is a bit much. Damien Harris and Latavius Murry were better, more proven backs at the start of last year. Didn't end up working out all that well. Not bad in terms of vet leadership, but not really very explosive. Cooks is a really good starter, but he needs to be spelled. He is not the biggest guy and has had his ball security issues. Hoping Davis picks up pro protection schemes quickly and turns into a great backup.

Guys still have to get open. It doesn't help Josh if he's continually having to go to his 3rd/ 4th/5th read cuz 1st and 2nd are covered. Sacks will go up. You can't mask quality with quantity. We're taking a chance that guys will either step up or reverse their career trajectory to date. No one, besides perhaps Cook and Kincaid, are proven and even those guys have only one year of demonstrated success

Sounds like McDermott is pretty optimistic with Claypool, so doubt we do anything June 1. More likely, wait and see what happens in camp with this ragtag group. The MVS signing gave me more hope and if Claypool has his head on straight again, we could have a pick your poison type WR committee, where a different guy steps up each game. It will certainly be harder for DCs to gameplan for us to take away our one strength (considering we don't have one!) He'll need to play where Kincaid plays though, lined up inside against LBs or slot WRs. He'll get manhandled outside by bigger NFL CBs

Kincaid is going to have 100+ catches this year

I'll admit it, Bernard was a pleasant surprise at MLB. But he ultimately didn't hold up a full season, as an undersized MLB. A risk we will run every year. But I was right in that we still didn't do enough to get over the hump. We needed a better option outside of Gabe Davis and Harty and Sheffield were not it.

Sorry, not buying this one Shaw. A record 7 WRs went in the 1st round (3 in top 10). 0 RBs The franchise tag for WRs is $21.8M. For RBs it's $11.9M. Where you're right, is that NFL success is driven as much by work ethic and learning the crafts of the trade as it is speed or other measurables. Mid round guys have the talent and if they have the work ethic they can excel.

Not mad about moving on from Diggs, except we didn't really do so. We replaced Davis with Keon and Diggs with.... no one. Hoping Josh can raise the level of others around him.

They actually play slightly different positions - Knox and Kincaid. Knox plays on the line and Kincaid plays the move TE role. They could actually be co-starters.

We're going to play alot shallow concepts - either RB, TE or WR. I like the MVS signing in that he's a proven outside guy that can at least be a threat to keep Defenses from attacking the short zones on every play. We will need some diversity in route trees, getting depth on each play, in order to allow the under stuff to thrive. Keon might bring some of that, but we'll need a faster outside WR to step up too, either Hamler, Hollins, Claypool, or MVS. It's still not inspiring a lot of confidence, but the MVS signing gives me a little more hope.

Diggs not being Diggs at the end of last year is as much Brady as anyone else. He also consistently drew the best CBs or double teams, leaving options open for Shakir and others. Despite that all he still had over 100 catches and 1100 yds, only 3rd most catches in a season by a Bills WR ever. We will miss him. We needed an upgrade from Davis, but it ain't MVS

Bills made a conscious decision to not prioritize WR this offseason. We'll see if it works. Coleman does not = Diggs MVS does not = Davis Samuel is the only upgrade, over Harty Hollins = Sherfield They're definitely going for the committee approach. But I'm worried the threat of the explosive play, big chunk (15+ yds) is pretty much absent, meaning D's will stack the box making it harder to run and do much with the short passing game. It will be interesting to see how it pans out.

Agree. He adds an element outside that wasn't there before he signed. Not a #1 or even a #2, but can keep Defenses honest

Agree. Something was off with Bass last year. And I don't know how easily a kicker regains his confidence. McD seemed to lose confidence in him as the year went along - rarely going for 50+yds - and it culminated with that final kick. They once said Haack was the best holder in the game, maybe Martin isn't (with Haack holding in 2021, Bills' kicker Tyler Bass posted a career-best 87.5 success rate on field goals and made all 51 extra-point attempts.). So I guess by bringing Haack back to compete, they're trying to address that issue. I don't know, Bass should be a little more resilient. If the Bills are going to play a plodding, ball control style of offense they absolutely need an automatic kicker. They can't chew up 8 mins of the clock and then shank a FG. There is absolutely no room for error with that style of O and there is really no room for error in the playoffs either against quality teams. Your kicker can be the difference between losing in the division round every year to bringing home a few Lombardis. Just ask Tom Brady

Boyd is more of a slot guy. We've already got like 5 of those

Ty Johnson on KOs Shakir on punts....

Fitz all the way. Diggs was most productive. Reich was around the longest, but Fitz is and will always be a fan favorite and a guy who LOVES Buffalo and will tell everyone so. His legend has only grown since he left.

I think Allen can do some of that, but he's not Brady or Rodgers. Even Brady has Randy Moss, Gronk, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, etc... guys that were all-pros without Brady. Allen needs guys that can actually catch his rockets and because of his arm he can hit passes that Brady could never have made, opening up different areas of the field, especially downfield. But with Joe Brady's dink and dunk offense and Beane's decision to not get speedier WRs, we're wasting one of Allen's talent of attacking downfield

It's a good point, but I think that's why most swallowed the Diggs trade as necessary medicine. But to not double-down in the draft with such available talent, have many scratching their heads

You guys are delusional Hamler will be on IR all season Samuel is a McKenzie/Harty+. He'll be great, if used right Isabella is PS Shakir is a short-area slot Claypool won't make the team We didn't replace Diggs or Davis combination of speed/hands/routes/size. Coleman is the closest to replacing Davis, but not really on downfield stuff