Straight Hucklebuck

I remember Russ Brandon standing in front of the cameras the day Training Camp started saying he didn’t know where Jason Peters was and that they hadn’t spoken since January and it was cordial. The impossible contract to satisfy Peters was done in a couple of hours in Philadelphia.

I understand that - when teams like the Patriots and Raiders have significant cap space they would offer more than the Bills did. When I said “household name” I’m not saying that in reference to Front Offices around the league. And this Everyone Eats is just going to be the offense every year? Where we bank on being +24 in turnover differential and getting 16-rushing TDs from Cook? Allen can throw for <3,400 yards going forward and we’ll be #2 in scoring offense? Is our offense all good to go? Just run it back?

Well with Brandon Beane leading the Front Office there is a good chance that Shakir will be the best WR Allen plays with the next few seasons. I like Shakir - anyone with eyes saw he deserved to be on the field more during the Ravens comeback win. It was the coaches that refused to play him. Shakir showed again against the Steelers that he deserved more time. So yeah I wasn’t right - he became the #1 on this team. Can you win a Super Bowl with Shakir as your #1 WR, I guess we’ll find out. When the team had more options at WR he was 3rd in the pecking order (technically 4th behind Kincaid). I just think he’s overhyped here as an elite player.

Ok man. Hopefully this thread gets dug up in 10-years.

63rd overall - The Chiefs get a ready made running back with a single pick that they were going to use on a player anyways. Only “damage” you do is they have to pay Cook. The Bills create a hole on their roster that needs to be filled properly with a Round 2 pick in order to get an upper tier back, or Beane drafts some Day-3 player that is a downgrade from Cook, which means that Ray Davis or Ty Johnson are the lead back now. The Bills get slower and easier to defend. But none of this would stop Beane. He’s shown he’ll take the call, meet the demands of the Chiefs and tell Bills fans that he doesn’t care it’s their main AFC rival. 63rd overall for Cook going to the Chiefs would be another overt slap in the face of the fans this organization loves to gas up with praise.

He’s a nice player. The most dependable, reliable, consistent WR on the Bills. The Front Office spent a minimal asset like they usually do at WR, a 5th Round pick, and have gotten a nice return on that investment. This is not an arrival, this is not the makings of an Antonio Brown 6th Rounder who becomes the best WR in the NFL, this is not going to be the foundation of the best passing duo in the league, this is not a All Pro player, this is not a legend, this is not a household name outside of Buffalo, this is not a generational talent. He is a nice player. A piece on a Playoff roster. Golf clap for Beane. Shakir and Gabe Davis are the only WRs that have stuck on this roster for multiple years. Again, mainly due to the fact that this organization values WR on average in the 5th Round.

I know one GM who would gladly help the Chiefs.

Hence the reason Beane said Sal M asks him every year are you going to finally draft some speed? We have 4.46 at 5’10” and 4.57 at 6’3” - no way have they prioritized speed as a selection component.

Starting with the Bills regular season game he was on a 950+ yard pace. And more so, he was just a consistent part of their offense. Yes, didn’t rate highly against press, didn’t break many tackles (did have one in the Super Bowl), but he consistently caught 4-8 balls every game. Even the most optimistic of Coleman extrapolations was 700+ yard pace and ~40 catches.

Beane has selected 8-WRs in his 7-seasons as Bills GM. He definitely has a type: Ray-Ray McCloud - 5’9” 190 lbs 4.53 Austin Proehl - 5’10” 175 lbs 4.41 Marquez Stevenson - 5’10” 180 lbs 4.48 Khalil Shakir - 6’0” 190 lbs 4.43 Gabe Davis - 6’2” 225 lbs 4.54 Isaiah Hodgins - 6’3” 200 lbs 4.61 Justin Shorter - 6’4” 223 lbs 4.55 Keon Coleman - 6’3” 215 lbs 4.61 Pretty distinct draft profile.

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Nothing new - he got asked about acquiring speed. And the Soup de Jour is how do you become the Eagles, but otherwise not anything noteworthy. They want to keep Cook, seems like they will. They have a price for Damar and if not he won’t be back it seems. I don’t think his market will be hot by any means.

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That's not how Joe Brady used him. All he ran were sideline go's and the occasional glance/slant.

This team consistently does the bare minimum when it comes to WR. 8 WRs selected in 7 Beane drafts, average round 5.125. Beane has the Diggs trade on his side. But outside of that it has been a parade of low end FAs, low round draft picks. I don't know what Cooper was supposed to be last year, he got hurt right away and his usage was all over the place. Beane was desperate after the Houston game to get more help outside and it was Adams or Cooper. The Bills had no cap space so it had to be Cooper. I am hoping this team doesn't try and bring him back.

Coleman needs to be in the weight room all offseason and out on the track with a track specialist to improve his explosiveness and long speed. Next offseason he can work on refining his route running. But he needs to meet the prerequisite speed component first. AMEN Eps

The rest of McDermott's comments were the same, nothing new. Bishop's injury really set him back, Kincaid needs to get stronger, Bernard tried to do too much, Benford cleared protocol a week after the AFCCG, the business side of Cook will resolve itself. He's always been about a strong Defensive Line. I expect nothing interesting from Brandon Beane today.

Yeah 4.21, 1,000 yard WR from a enormous SEC program, who could have seen Worthy coming?

He did flub the catch in the red zone in that game and have 1-catch. It constantly gets said what an upward trajectory he was on. Upward trajectory is what Jaxon Smith-Ngijba was this year. Whatever, you’re the FO, you’re paid to know the right answers. At minimum don’t trade with your bitter enemy for a freaking couple of pick swaps and tell us it’s for the good of the franchise. But they don’t have any anger towards Kansas City. There’s nothing they can do but talk about how good they are. Now they want speed, whatever buys McDermott and Beane some more time. They’ve never shown once that they value speed, and don’t give me Curtis Samuel - he’s a short area, dump off player who catches for 9-ypc.

You guys picked him. He wasn’t just assigned to you from the NFL corporate office. He was a 500-600 yard WR in college. His numbers would have been 700ish without the lost games, but his play style, strengths and weaknesses were the exact same as his Scouting Reports. You said he could play the X, he struggled. Going “hard” on Coleman now isn’t very impressive. I understand you’re counting on him to grow and learn and improve, but I really hope they don’t pull a Gabe Davis and just wait for him to improve enough to be the #2 WR, he’s just so uninspiring physically.

How much longer do Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane get? If Allen stays for the duration of his current deal he will have been with the Bills 11-seasons. Allen is 32/33 years old and never made a Super Bowl appearance if things stay the same. Why would anyone think it's a good idea to wait this long? I think the smart thing is to evaluate McDermott and Beane on a year by year basis going forward. The fact that McDermott survived 13-seconds means he already used his get out of jail free card. In the years since the DC has been changed, the OC has been changed twice, now the ST coordinator has been changed. Beane's model of draft, develop and retain has produced a decent roster around Allen, but it's expensive. You're paying Allen a large contract (although not top market rate), Dawkins $20M, Von $20M, Oliver $20M, Knox $14M and so on. Hence all the calls for Beane to draft better. It seems like a good percentage of fans view this as "we are now committed to McDermott and Beane come hell or high water" and if we win a single Super Bowl that's good enough. Like I sarcastically said in another thread, maybe keep McDermott and Beane in place until Allen is 36 years old. Then we can definitely say that we gave all parties enough time, then, and only then, can Allen finally get a crack at it with another Coach, preferably an offensive minded Head Coach. And also don't dare want to play anywhere else Allen, or you've turned your back on WNY. I don't know - maybe win the Super Bowl in 2025 and avoid all of this. 🤷‍♂️

It got pretty loud when he ran in didn't it? Chanting Flutie, Flutie, Flutie as we exited the stadium.

We don’t win Championships. We expect the worst because that’s what happens. So yeah - I think there is a tendency to adopt the little engine that could mindset.

Flutie bootleg against the Jaguars

Ok, you'd have a problem with Allen if four years from now he's still playing at his current level, and the Bills still haven't won a Super Bowl? He's 32 at this point, played out his contract, and for his age 33 season he wants be a Free Agent and try it with another organization? I don't have a problem with that. Forcing your way out now? Yes I agree it's too early and damaging. This is professional sports, you have one career, and the United States measures your greatness with titles.