harmonkillebrew

Wider point is that Beane and McD seem to undervalue WRs compared to other top teams. The Bills draft capital investment has been skewed toward DE. Is that right strategy? Hasn't gotten us to the SB or even AFCC, except once. Despite it, they again this past year they subtracted more than they added.

You missed out on the Eagles, they traded a 1st (and 4th?) for AJ Brown You also have to compare the decisions teams made despite already having talent at WR. Bengals had Boyd and Higgins and still drafted Chase. Chiefs had Tyreek Hill and Kelce and still drafted Hardman. Niners got Pearsall on top of Aiyuk and Deebo. Meanwhile Bills didn't draft a WR until Keon, but after they already got rid of Diggs (and Davis)

I'm not sure MVS makes the squad at this point. Claypool is gone. Coleman looks lost/ineffective. So far Hollins is the only signing besides Samuel that is making a decent contribution. And that's not exactly comforting. Dare we look at the trade market a little more in earnest??

I guess Curtis Samuel sat out the last game, so that's why we got a lot of Keon, Hollins and Shakir 3 WR looks. But in 12 personnel and in normal 3 WR sets, who do we expect to be out there? 12 - Kincaid, Knox, Samuel and ... Shakir? 3 WRs - Does Hollins start with Samuel and Shakir? or is Keon in their with Hollins with only one of the slot guys at a time? I can't say I've seen a lot of Samuel and Shakir on the field at the same time but they seem to be our best WRs, by far. Has Samuel been playing Z? I still find it hard to believe that Hollins is leading the competition for the X role, even if Keon will eventually replace him.

Agree. The Coleman trade down selection is not looking great so far, coupled with refusing to add a real FA replacement

Really hope we're kicking the tires on the Ayiuk trade option. Doesn't sound like we are though....

His own VP compared him to Hitler due to his white supremacist, anti-immigrant/ethnic rants. I don't think it's necessarily fair, but in the current context of resurgence fascism, ethno-nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment it is worth remembering the lessons learned from WWII. Trump does a lot of fear-mongering and ethnicity-baiting reminiscent of a dark human history that was not that long ago. Don't be so quick to dismiss the evil sides of human nature. We have not evolved that much since the 1940s, or even the 1960s. It's not an elephant in the room. It's a chronic, complex problem that we have been trying to deal with - both Dem and Republicans - for decades. There are push and pull factors. Trump's simplistic, appealing solution was to build a massive wall. But there are many many issues caused by US intervention that drive people out of their countries for a better life. This is not a new issue. Yeah, HRC and Biden both are pretty unlikeable. Trump would have been destroyed by Obama. Unfortunately the Dems post-Obama are in such disarray. I don't care really that much about national politics and parties and such, but I do think Trump is a dangerous wild card and I do think we need some federal level checks on the innate human tendencies of discrimination, racism and environmental exploitation.

I'm just calling your complete ignorance as to what anti-communist means. Do you even know what communism is? Did you not know that Hitler fought Soviet communism and that in WWII when we aligned with the Soviet Union it was a marriage of convenience to take down Hitler's, at the time, much worse brand of fascism. So you are anti-communist and pro-fascist?

Just noticed your avatar. Hitler was anti-communist, so you should actually be flattered that Trump is compared to Hitler. It means he is a true fighter of the red scourge and should be celebrated....

Just saying, the conspiracies can but both ways. If you want to dabble in that. Turns out securing the building and roof were the responsibility of the local police. Obviously, the Trump campaign struck a deal with the local police to give the shooter access to the roof to set up the fake assassination attempt (after all shooter was a registered Republican and noted right winger). He was supposed to miss by a good deal more, but obviously got too close for comfort. Nonetheless, mission accomplished. Make America Great Again! (I'm being sarcastic, in case you need that spelled out for you)

Obviously he was planted by the Trump campaign for the fake assassination attempt. No surer way to win than turn Trump into a living martyr through a kid with crap aim

Just saw that JD Vance once likened Trump to Hitler

I think the only thing holding us together as a nation is football. We can all agree on it and come together to cheer our team, without reference to political party

He called them animals and not human, just the other day. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-expected-highlight-murder-michigan-woman-immigration-speech-2024-04-02/ rapists and murderers https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-rapists-murderers-crossing-border-calls-biden-not-visiting-disgraceful-1598228 "They're destroying the blood of our country. That's what they're doing. They're destroying our country," https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-doubles-immigrant-blood-remark-says-never-read-mein-kampf-rcna130535 (Which is why he gets compared to Hitler) There area tons of other examples. He's not talking policy choices about immigration, he's peddling hate. See other comment. He did say "peaceful" but lots of other stuff Yeah, "deplorables" was a regrettable mistake that ignored serious concerns of Trump supporters. And it ultimately killed her bid. Trump was a new phenomenon then and poorly understood. ..... still I didn't know Trump supporters were so sensitive over that one word. It's not like she called them "rapists and murderers"

They're not lies. But the facts are a bit grey in areas, which is why they need to have a full trial. He told the crowd he won, the election was stolen, go fight like hell, but then go to peacefully and patriotically. I guess no one heard the peaceful part. NG was authorized, but by Trump to protect his supporters. There were 4 hours between Capitol police request for NG backup. Its not exactly clear what happened, but it is clear that Trump did nothing to make it happen, despite people requesting him to do so. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/politics/national-guard-january-6-riot.html you're either being purposely deceitful, or just repeating what you heard. "on" J6 is a technicality, but nice try. Capitol Police Brian Sicknick died the day after Jan 6 after being attacked by the mob Ashli Babbit was shot while trying to break into the Capitol Rosanne Boyland was trampled to death by fellow rioters Kevin Greeson had a heart attack while storming the Capitol Benjamin Phillips had a stroke on his way to the Capitol Three other Capitol police died by suicide a few months later, from the trauma I admit calling him Hitler is not helpful, even if his policies and tone are reminiscent. There are better ways to discuss policy differences. However, fascism is resurgent around the world and Trump's penchant for hobnobbing with dictators is concerning.

At least he was attacking the candidate and his policies, not an entire segment of humanity (like immigrants or Muslims)

Go watch Reagan, G HW Bush or even McCain or Mitt Romney debate. They didn't vilify immigrants and call them criminals and murderers. No one ever proposed a "muslim ban", not even after 9/11. No president ever incited his followers to storm the Capitol to try and stop the certification of votes. Newt Gingrich used to be the poster child for Republican hate and vitriol, but he is pretty friggin mild in comparison to Trump. The tenor of our politics has gotten so much worse than it ever was, despite relatively minor problems in comparison to the past. There is no Vietnam War or civil rights movement, for example. Now the politicians are the ones creating the problems and stoking the flames. Biden also deserves his fair share of blame, but he's not been nearly as bad as Trump over the past 8 years.

When Trump came on the political scene he ratcheted up the hate and vitriol. He attacked immigrants, muslims, disabled people, etc... He hasn't really stopped or toned it down. If anything it's gotten worse. He incited the January 6 riot and then refused to call in the national guard to stop it. Policemen serving our nation died. His supporters even said they wanted to hang his own VP. What's the old saying: "you reap what you sow". Trump has sowed hatred and violence his entire, brief political career and his followers have taken their cues. So, it's not particularly surprising. Now, unfortunately, Trump has brought the entire political system down into the gutter with him. The Dems are also now frothing at the mouth to dispose of Trump and their rhetoric is often just as inflammatory. Politicians have taken what should be civil policy discourse and turned it into a life or death struggle. And the people have followed suit. It's totally ridiculous. You want to know what real struggle is? Go to Sudan, or Gaza or Ukraine, or go spend a night in a Rohingya refugee camp. This country doesn't need to be fighting in this way over relatively minor differences. We've created false divisions and are all up in arms over relatively nothing.

Not sure if you're just trolling here.... - Ain't no one trying to ban freedom of speech. Hate speech (Nazis) is allowed in the US as opposed to other countries - Gun control is needed and can be done while respecting the 2nd amendment. It's about how to interpret that age-old clause from another era - Immigration is broken. there should be more open immigration for Latinos, but Congress refuses to increase the numbers, so people do it illegally. It's complex but Libs want a more human solution - Everyone wants a nanny state. Libs want more environmental protection and conservatives more police and law and order. - Rekindle racism?? Have you forgotten which party supported Jim Crow and segregation and which states still only vote for that party? Muslim ban, anyone? I don't see Libs peddling in race-based hate - I'm pretty sure conservatives love law and order - that means complying with the government by any means necessary. You know who doesn't like complying the government - anarchists Most of these are policy issues with a lot of grey area that should be part of a normal civil discourse. Its just nuts how people in the US have created these false divisions between "libs" and "conservatives" and political parties, when really we're often talking about the same thing, just through different lens. There are no real deep-seated ethnic or geographical grievances (unless you're Black, then you have some legit grievances), so we fabricate new labels so we can have an excuse to fight.

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