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The only QB of that group that I genuinely enjoyed watching from beginning to end was Fitz. I did not think he was a star, but always felt like he was likeable and made the most out of his opportunities given who he had to throw to most of the time. Of the rest, Peterman and Tuel were the hardest to watch. Many of the others would show flashes of promise in the beginning that gave me hope, but either never get better or badly regress.

Glad to see this. We finally have a long term Franchise qb for the first time in 25 years.

I got the vaccine but respect others choices, until these become FDA approved(yes I understand what EUA is), these should not be forced or "strongly suggested" by any group. On the other hand, I completely understand the safety protocols that the NFL is putting in place. It sounds like there is some disagreement within the NFLPA with many others not in a position to take the same stance as Beasley. Hopefully, a solution can be worked out that does the best possible combination of preserving safety and not making players feel so restricted. It is a shame just how quickly some fans can so easily turn on a player who besides maybe Allen represented the heart, soul and effort of this team last year as well as any player on the Bills.

I am an Orioles fan and am almost certain that if Josh Allen joined that roster today, that he would not be their worst pitcher.

Defense-Schobel was decent on some awful lines, and would have been great on this current line or even the 2013-2014 one. Even Kelsay would have been a perfectly fine rotation player on this squad, he just took a lot of heat due to being vastly overrated by the team ownership and counted on to do way too much. Offense, Moulds is an obvious one, but Lynch could have done great things with this current Bills team. Fitzpatrick did okay for himself given who he had to throw to between 2010 and 2012. He would have been an ideal backup to Allen(although I am happy with Trubisky).

The only reason why I do not see EJ as nearly as bad of a bust as many other bad picks is because there were no other quarterbacks that year whatsoever that would have fared any better. The bigger fault of the franchise was ignoring the need for add any significant quarterback and counting on Fitz to not only be a franchise QB but to never get injured. Had Buffalo signed a veteran, drafted Wilson or even someone like a Dalton during the previous three years, the need to pick a quarterback that year would never have arose.

I was thinking super bowl this year, but with Tre Walker gone, I am now having my doubts.

As great as Allen was last year, Mahomes is the better QB until The Bills can win a Super Bowl and start consistently beating the Chiefs. With that being said, I would not make the trade. Both players are perfect fits for their team and culture and I am not sure that either one would improve in their new scenario.

B I like the positions that they picked. The overall theme seems to be developmental players with high upside which means good long term potential but also a good chance for minimal impact from the picks in 2021. Maybe not the most exciting, but it beats the drought years before Pegula took over when the strategy seemed to be reaching for a player in a specific position way too early because it was a position of desperate need that was not addressed in free agency. My favorite pick was Basham in rd 2. The only pick that did not impress me was the Spencer Brown as I felt there were better options available at the offensive line during that phase of the draft.

This is a promising pick. The combination of wild turkey and grey goose could potentially make Sundays exciting for years to come.

I was a regular on a different message board at the time and he had quite the following on there. Many thought that he was the second coming of Warren Sapp

In all fairness, EJ looked decent for a rookie at first with a near win over New England in week 1 and that comeback vs Carolina. Unfortunately, like many Bills QB's during the drought, early flashes of potential was always followed with a lack of improvement and/or regression.

More recently that Sam Darnold was the sure thing franchise pick out of the 2018 qb class and that Buffalo should doing anything it takes to trade up for him. Worst all time, I felt that when Buffalo signed Brian Brohm off the packers practice squad that we just got our franchise qb of the future in what I thought was the steal of the century. This year my rankings for 1st rd qb's would be Lance, Lawrence, Wilson, Jones, Fields but based on my track record, you might be better off betting on the exact opposite.

I honestly don't know a lot about the three players drafted, but I love the overall concept of improving the lines on both sides of the ball.

This is a good thing, I do not see Jones as being that much of a threat.

I will predict trading back to the 2nd, getting Harris and then using the 61st pick on the best available defensive player. I would prefer that they not pick a running back this early but would much rather have Harris than Etienne if they did go that route.

JP was not a good QB but seemed to be a decent guy who gave it his best. His bombs to Lee Evans and Parrish were exciting to watch, but he could never really develop a short passing game anywhere near good enough to be a successful NFL starter. I always thought that if you combined Losmans deep passing, Edwards short passing and Fitz's determination and hustle that you could have had a franchise QB. Glad to see that he has made a career in the coaching field and hope that he does well. Stories like this are a good lesson that a person can recover and succeed in another field if they have a major failure or set back in their life or career.

Maybin, Benjamin, Mario Williams after it was clear that he was mailing it in. I can tolerate a bad player if they are trying and have a good attitude, but as soon as it is clear that they are mailing it in and do not want to be there, that is when I feel that the sooner they are gone the better.

In a parallel universe somewhere, Buffalo drafted Gronkowski and Russell Wilson instead of Torrell Troup and TJ Graham

Thats going to make their offense dangerous for the two or three games in a given year that he is not injured.

For Buffalo. Not quite a one year wonder, but I remember in 99 and 2000 when Linebacker Sam Cowart was seen as one of the best young linebackers in the league. He had a devastating ACL injury and was never anywhere near the same after. Otherwise, Ickey Woods, Derek Anderson and Peyton Hillis stand out the most.

I will always appreciate him giving 2018 Bills fans a much needed breath of fresh air and torching the Jets after weeks of painful experiences with Nate Peterman and Derek Anderson. I think that some fans overrated his capability due to being starved for an NFL capable QB but during the Patriots game in 2019, a more realistic performance was given based on his career. If we had a situation where he had to play for a few games, I feel like you would have had one Jets performance for every three or four patriots performances. An upgrade was needed. Barkley was a great guy and a good teammate. I hope that he lands somewhere and that coaching is in his future.

Exactly, If Buffalo would be 5-1 in a given stretch with Allen, I could see them being 3-3 or 4-2 under Trubisky in that same stretch. I did not have confidence in Buffalo beating too many people under Barkley or Fromm

Keep in mind that up to very recently, a signing of this caliber would have been handled as competition to be the starting qb. Now he is strictly a backup and a huge upgrade over Barkley. I feel like he could do well enough with the offense around him to fill in for a few games if Allen was to get hurt for awhile.

I was not impressed with Addison's performance overall in his first year here, but I am impressed with this move on his part. The fact that so many veterans are willing to take cuts shows that the culture has changed here and gives me more hope for the next few years.