Ayjent

Remember the year Donnie McNabb got jacked - he threw high velocity toe misses all season and had more trouble with accuracy than usual.

Honestly I’ll miss it mostly because of the conversation after the initial post. But as long as you’re not leaving, you’ll find me looking for a conversation with you in it. Enjoyable things that become unenjoyable should become things you used to do.

This will change a bunch between now and the start of the postseason. They are no lock to get No. 1 seed, but I'm not sure that matters. It will be interesting to see what Dorsey's offense looks like compared to Daboll's, but I love the additions of Brady and Kromer to the coaching staff. I think they'll have more balance and more explosive plays. Still wish that they would have gotten a short yardage back.

Stevenson's going to have to transform himself like I've never seen a player transform to be a viable NFL return man. He runs too straight up. He's not elusive. He takes a ton of hard shots that are going to result in turnovers and/or injuries. I doubt Stevenson makes the team unless he shows up big time. Linked Video is a good breakdown of why Cook and Shakir were picked by the Bills - RAC ability and creating match-up issues all over the field. Shakir looks like someone they want to groom into a swiss army knife slot receiver to be the No. 3 eventually with Diggs and Davis. I think it will be slot by committee this year but its Shakir's role to win.

Whether there are people who can afford it vs. people who will pay it are two different populations. Maybe it will all be okay, but that is a big maybe. It's crappy to the guy who can't and I'd guess that those making enough to afford it and willing to pay it aren't making up a majority of the current season ticket holders. The team is great right now, but what about when its not because that has been the case far more than not during its history? The Bills fans showed up anyhow, because it was affordable and because the game day experience is great, but if you put that price tag on it both of those things may go away. This isn't lost on people when they make their decisions.

Which even in the best of circumstances will unlikely be anywhere near what you paid for them. I don't really know that I've ever heard of profiting on PSLs happening, but I can't say it hasn't. Since people tend to be going to realism-type arguments, let's be real. This profit pipe dream isn't going to happen 99% of the time, if ever. PSLs are a bad idea for the long-term of this team and its fan-base. I could be wrong, but I just don't see it playing out well. If they do PSLs and they don't sell or just drive people away from going or signing up for season tickets, then there is an argument about the area not being able to support the team, despite the taxpayers having funded the stadium. What we all thought was the solution to keeping the team might be the solution to moving it. We would all know that is horses#!+ but don't think for a minute that the NFL wouldn't posture that way. This just isn't the right fans/area to go for the PSL approach, unless they wanted to do for a very limited number of seats, and even then I don't think it is a good idea. All we can hope is that the Pegulas think about how this plays out and are committed to keeping the team here, adjusting significantly if they choose the PSL route and it doesn't go well.

I live here in DC it’s the stadium and so much more but the main concept is that Snyder was all about exploiting a fan base rabid for their team to the point of destroying a lot of what was good. People that had generations of passed down season tickets said screw this because it just was terrible experience at the game and the longest tenured fans felt mistreated in and out of the stadium. The team not being great isn’t the problem, but the team just doesn’t provide anything for the next generation of fans. I don’t want the Bills making any mistakes even close to that.

PSLs are fan exploitation pure and simple and I think they will be a flaming failure in Buffalo. The fan atmosphere makes Buffalo games what they are and if they go to PSLs they’ll get the same bland, stale, and over-commercialized experience where even your urinal greats you with sponsorship. They always depreciate in value and leave with a hard choice if you aren’t interested in going anymore. The value of the Bills is their fan base, and the passion on gamedays. I know people sometimes wish for a more family friendly experience but that’s not what it is and if you think ruining the experience with higher costs and a stale experience is good for family outings at an NFL game…oh boy. Great now everyone can go and no one will be satisfied and they’ll have drained you of significant funds for something that was free and better on TV because the atmosphere sucks like most NFL games around the league. Honestly, it’s amazing stadiums are as full as they are but much of it is do to these PSLs and how they know they have people over a barrel for years and they don’t have to worry about the game day experience. Washington is a perfect example of how to ruin a great fan base by milking the life out of it.

I think they see Bernard as a guy they can run as the 3rd linebacker and as a third down specialist who they can blitz, have cover, or spy. I think he gets plenty of snaps if he picks up the scheme. He seems like a guy that fits what the Bills' philosophy on D is. Cook is an interesting pick and might be a better all around back than Singletary or Moss. Definitely a better receiver. I don't think they are going to resign Singletary or Moss to second contracts. I liked Damien Pierce a lot better than Cook, but Cook was the feature back for the National Champions and is a little shiftier and more fluid in the passing game than Pierce. I just liked the physicality of Pierce because I think its wise to get someone to take the tough yardage carries so Josh doesn't take a beating in those situations.

Sauce needs to get in the weight room if he doesn't want to look like a fool against NFL WRs. His nickname might become "Toast" Gardner.

At some point they have to get some guys on the OL to make sure they get better. I know Kromer is a better coach than they've had under McD, but Morse is going to retire soon and the OL was a big issue last year.

Seems like a very specific fit that they want in certain passing down packages. I don't hate this pick, even though I don't know much about him. I still don't know why the Bills aren't trying to get more physical on both sides of the ball. The picks are all fine, but seems like they probably had a WR that they were hoping to get and then there was a run on them right before they picked. I'm still scratching my head about letting Jermaine Johnson go - I thought for sure that was why they moved up. Miller, Rousseau, Johnson, Hughes - that would have been an impressive rotation of DEs.

Good points, and I fully recognize coaching/roster was terrible. I remember laughing when O’Brien won the power struggle with full control and saying to myself this isn’t going to end well for the Texans. Speaking of the Texans they have to be looking at QB in this draft, who do you see them potentially going after?

The 4-12 season where the Texans were a mess did bring some things into question. If you have a QB that is as good as he is supposed to be, you still likely make it a lot closer to .500 ball. I know that you can't put that all on him and O'Brien was a disaster for that franchise, turning a promise team into a bottom feeder. That's the question for me. Yes he had a big playoff win against the Bills, but chances are the Bills win that game with a different call on Cody Ford. Not trying to crap on him as a player because I'm not saying he isn't good, but I haven't really seen anything that supports the haul the Texans got and contract the Browns gave him. His last season had a lot of garbage time yards and TDs, and the last one he didn't play. He also had Hopkins who is just an incredible player and I'm not sure he's going to have the same success without a talent like that catching passes, and I don't think Cleveland fans are going to be forgiving if he struggles. Seems like a lot of pressure and not a lot of wiggle room for the way this all has played out up to now. I think a lot of has changed in the trajectories of the young QBs since then, with Allen and Mahomes clearly the class above the rest of the younger guys. Brady, Rodgers, and Stafford are the old guard. I don't think you can put Watson above any of those 5 guys, then you have Burrow, Herbert, R. Wilson, L. Jackson, and Prescott who you could argue are better than Watson. Not saying they are or aren't but certainly debatable, and given the baggage I'd take any of them in a heartbeat over Watson.

It really makes you wonder how a guy like Mayfield is still waiting to be traded, because he certainly has the skills at QB to be a decent placeholder at worst for some of these teams. You really have to wonder how much of it is Mayfield and how much of it is the Browns wanting to too much and not really having the best hand to get what they are asking. I know some people think Watson is a really talented QB. I think he is good, but not great and I wouldn't want him with all of that stuff out there hanging on him. To go out and get him and do what they did, there has to be some combination of Mayfield is not a good locker room presence and the Browns just continue to mishandle things.

Another bad fit as well. I think the Giants make sense, but not sure that would be a good pick for them that high. Teams with need at QB would be unwise to pin their hopes on this class. I wouldn’t be surprised to see QBs sliding out of the first round that were projected 1st rounders. It’s a weird draft and I’m not sure it’s a great year to have a high first round pick value wise. I think ND safety may be best player in draft.

I hope you’re kidding. I saw him play against Cincinnati and he was not competent. He’ll be fighting for a roster spot for as long as his NFL career lasts and that may not be long. This is a bad class of QBs. Malik Willis is probably the best and could be effective in a Greg Roman style offense. I see the Panthers reaching for him early and Rhule’s offensive philosophy is just not a good fit. As a QB prospect you don’t want to go there bc you know Rhule is on the hot seat and likely you are looking at a new regime next year. You might also get yanked around or forced into a bad situation as coach does desperate things to keep job.

Trust me when I say that you wouldn’t like Elam if you were a fan of the team he plays for. I’m a Gator alum and he is a terrible tackler, and willingness isn’t the concern part it’s his positioning and lack of ability to track in the open field where tackling can be the difference between 5 yards and a TD.

Does he mention Tariq Woolen bc he is the type of player I can see the Bills drafting to develop

Mac Jones is a limited QB in physical attributes, but he played pretty well for a rookie. Thing is, I don't know how much better he can be. I feel like he is going to be a capable starter because he is not flustered in the pocket and makes good accurate throws, but I don't really see him taking a huge step forward from his rookie year. The Pats could have done much worse with a QB pick, and he was an improvement over Cam Newton by a mile. Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes are in their own stratosphere of talent, though. Yes the old dogs of Brady and Rodgers are still impressive as hell, but any GM in the league would take Allen or Mahomes if they could pick any QB in the league to put on their team. There is a tier below with Burrow, Brady, Rodgers, Russel Wilson, Lamar Jackson, and Justin Herbert. You could throw Matt Stafford in there as well I suppose. But then there are the rest IMO - guys who are decent, but are going to hold you back as much as they push you forward. Some are definitely better than others, and an argument can be made for guys like Carr, Watson, Ryan, Murray, and a few others, being a notch above the pack as well, but I don't trust any of that group to be consistent enough. Mac Jones isn't even in that group IMO.

I also have no idea why people are so high on K. Elam CB Florida - an awful tackler and frequently loses coverage. The Florida Defensive staff was awful at coaching but good at recruiting so maybe it’s based on potential, but I just don’t see it and I watched every game of his career. That’s a player I hope that they do not draft. Honestly the entire secondary this year was laughably bad in comparison to it being a historically strong group. Watch the Alabama or LSU games as examples. Jeremiah Moon may be the only player worth drafting and he is probably a late round pick due to being a questionable NFL edge rusher or odd fit at LB that doesn’t seem to diagnose plays quick enough. Stingley or Woolen are the CBs I like the most but no way Bills get Stingley without moving up and I don’t think it would be worth the cost.

220 - Florida really had a stacked backfield so he doesn’t have a ton of mileage but averaged 5.7 yds a carry and was used as their short yardage back. One of my favorite rbs I’ve seen at Florida since the early 90s (up there with Fred Taylor and Earnest Graham). The offense was just better with him on the field whether he got the ball or not.

Tariq Woolen CB UTSA 6’4”, 4.26 40 time - could be a steal but will take some coaching and development, but has good hands and ball tracking ability as a converted wr Dameon Pierce RB Florida 5’11”, 4.59 40 time, 13 rushing TDs, physical freak that benches 390 and squats 705 - excellent goal line/short yardage back that is also an excellent pass blocker and receiver; a punishing runner that would give Bills a physicality needed at the position

Integrity is worth it and you’ll not make a fool of yourself by compromising it. He should’ve quit if he wasn’t on board, plain and simple, bc it is likely the reason he hasn’t had an NFL FO job since. He ended up an ex-employee anyway and you have to be strong and willing to step out if you don’t agree with the organization. You can still do it with dignity, and preserve your career. Being complicit seems to have been his MO and we can make all the excuses in the world for what held him back, but let’s be real he was part of the problem.

Too many go in with these preconceived approaches and just plug it all game rather than being in the moment of the game, or just overemphasize a player saying their name hundreds of times a game (e.g., Drew Brees or Brady). Some just focus on mistakes. All of those approaches miss the mark for me. Madden was great because he knew to shut up sometimes or just focus on something unique or positive in the moment of the game. Romo is good because he sees the game and is great at providing insight into the QB’s options and the formation strengths and he is sincerely likable in his approach by not being a smug jock.