harmonkillebrew

Man, I'd sure like the Bills to give Allen those kind of weapons

I don't dislike Ty, but did we really need to prioritize a backup RB at this stage in FA, or a backup S (Cam Lewis), or a backup LB/ST (Morrow), or a ST gunner/backup WR (Mack Hollins), or a backup QB (Trubisky) or a FB/backup TE (Morris), or a Punter? We have massive holes in the starting lineup and need to improve our roster with significant talent to keep up/pass the Chiefs, Ravens, etc... yet we're focused on backups. None of these guys are impact players and they can all just as easily be replaced with rookies or signings later closer to training camp. Take their collective salaries (Hollins, $3M, Lewis $4m, Trubisky ..., etc.) and sign a real impact player, before they're all gone. It's not about the RB per se. Its about prioritizing signing backups when we need starters in key areas. Meanwhile the best FAs are quickly disappearing.

I'm getting the sense OBD has no sense of urgency to improve this offseason. Stay the course and hope we're luckier this year won't do it I'm afraid.

Mahomes is clutch, consistently clutch. Allen is not. He's had some good clutch moments, but not as consistently as Mahomes. Allen would probably have won a SB with KC by now, but it wouldn't be as one-sided in the playoffs as it currently is

We can find depth/starting CBs for our zone D in the later rounds. No need to pay big.

He's basically a Gabe replacement, in terms of talent and measurables. Put Mack on the Bills as a rookie with Allen and he probably does a lot better in production. He can block all game and have 0 receptions on 0 targets.

he had a high ceiling coming out of college and always looked like next year he'd break out. Never really did, but could with Josh....

Exactly. We need at least 4 quality WRs for depth and to plan for Stephs eventual demise. We also run enough 4 WR sets or have sub packages to give guys a rest, etc... It's no coincidence one of Allen's best passing seasons was with Steph, Beasley, Sanders and Davis. All brought different, complementary skills to attack the defense at multiple levels

Bills need to sign a FA WR - Samuel, Ridley - to upgrade from Harty, then get a top WR with rd 1 pick. Josh needs more weapons and Offense needs more speed to be able to attack defenses downfield

Hoping we re-sign Daquan Jones and/or Epenesa before Monday. Then on Monday, target: Geno Stone Mooney or Samuel

Wyatt Teller 2.0

Why is that? Seems every media outlet has a suggested Diggs trade

Could we swap Evans for Diggs? Trade Diggs to someone to get out from under his salary and sign Evans to a more team-friendly deal.

Still a need a short yardage guy. I wonder if Damien Harris is cleared to return. Or we just go full tush push, but I don't really like Josh taking those hits and I think he's a little to tall to do it effectively when the D knows its coming.

Agree, which is why I think Beane's strategy of keeping the window open as long as possible is valid. Reid will eventually retire and hopefully we'll still be competitive then.

Not likely to get any better in the near future either. Brady will be outmatched by Spags. McD/Babich by Reid. We will have to win with an abundance of superior talent.

We need the WR depth anyways, even if the rookie shines. Sheffield and Davis are FAs. Harty will probably be cut (we overpaid him anyways) We can get a decent vet WR for $3-5m for a 1 year contract. Last year Brown was $2.6m. Chark was $5m. Agholor was $3.25. Crowder was $1.3. You can go multiple years and spread it out. Cap won't be a problem for depth signings.

We need a vet WR addition, to go along with the rookie 1st rounder. Someone that can help with production as the rookie inevitably gets caught up. I mean I'd love a guy like Ridley, in addition to a rookie, but more likely we get a guy like Noah Brown, Chark or Bourne.

Should probably re-sign AJ and let him start on the right side, Groot on the left side and Von rotating in for passing downs with all $120M of his albatross contract. Re-sign Shaq for the rotation. I like re-signing Daquan and adding some cheaper FAs and Day 2 DT Is Hyde gone for sure? The QB role of him an Poyer in the back of the D will be hard to replace immediately. We should draft a mid-round S to learn from him.

Von was supposed to be our big D, swing for the fences superstar. He might bounce back next year a bit, but it's unlikely he even gets close to his contract value. Diggs is a quickly disappearing superstar. Other than that we're saddled with some aging, expensive non-superstars. We need to trim the fat and restock with more players that are budding superstars (Cook, Kincaid, Milano). But I'd also like us to find away, through the fat trimming, of getting another real superstar complement to Allen.

Best coaching. Not sure we improved at all this offseason. Imagine we will continue to get outclassed in the playoffs, unless Reid/Spags retire.

Kam Kindchens. James Williams also good. Two really strong Safety options in a position of need

:13 was a massive failure in end of the game planning. I don't know how you give up a FG in that scenario. But it also felt like we were all cheated b/c of the OT rules. That said, the Chiefs then lost to the Bengals who we likely wouldn't have beat either. This year felt worse in some ways, b/c we had the game in hand and win it and we're likely SB-bound. The Bills played like the best team in the league over the 2nd half of the season and should have taken advantage of this opportunity.

It's a homer statement, but after watching the Chiefs handle the Raven and seeing how the Ravens annihilated the 49ers a few weeks ago, I'm ready to anoint the Bills 2nd best team in the NFL. Some better breaks and a few roster tweaks and we can get over the Chiefs playoff hump. I think this team is close.

The WR room is bare with multiple guys hitting FA or likely cut. But I severely doubt McDermott will go Offense 2 years in a row. His comments about the defense not doing enough against KC, makes me think we'll probably see a DT or S in the 1st (DT room is also pretty bare).