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I understand being upset a little. Typically opening game is for previous SB champ which for 99% of everyone means its close to a once in a generation thing your team opens the season.

Corta the schedule guy here and it's been officially confirmed Bears Packers are the opener Thursday night. Patriots will host SNF week 1 my guess is Cleveland but also Pittsburgh possible. NE media not happy but 100th season for Bears and 101st for Pack were important factors.

Yea I wouldn't be fretting yet this is the time of the year they just want renewals. When I had seasons they only offered me to change seats/upgrade when I said I wasn't coming back and they called in early summer when I had the option to move to try to get me to renew.

It was not a criticism that they do not have many 3-7 years players more a barometer for the group they are building long term.

Yea I think people are underestimating how on the fence Zay is. He was decent last year, but after his drop in Miami he seemed to again regress like he did after the Carolina drop for a few games. If they actually drafted Metcalf or even a guy like Marquise Brown in the 2nd round I think Zay very much is a cut or trade candidate.

If Poyer gives his number my wife is gonna be pissed given she has his jersey

So a C-130 instead?

This has nothing to do with the Bills or FA but the plane. If I was rich billionaire like the Terry I would get a military jet to fly me around. Honestly what is more impressive for a potential FA the owner flying in on a G6 private jet OR flying in on a F-18 pimped up as all heck that can go Mach 5. You won't see one of those in the next rap video your buddies making.

Unless they are running four wide I would expect the top 3 WR to be Foster, Brown, and Beasley

So this week Peter King had a superb part in his column about how typically the most successful teams in football are made through the draft and how the guys drafted the previous 3-7 years should be the core you want moving forward. Non-surprisingly the most successful teams like the Eagles, Seahawks, Steelers, Patriots etc... have almost half their starters being guys in that window. Overall its a pretty big point in the NFL that being able to draft a strong team is the main key to success in the NFL. So using that as a barometer lets see how many of this years Bills starters are guy drafted: Offense: QB Josh Allen LT Dion Dawkins G Wyatt Teller Defense DE Shaq Lawson DT Harrison Phillips LB Tremaine Edmunds LB Matt Milano CB Tre White CB Levi Wallace/Taron Johnson (Figure Kevin Jackson takes either CB2 or Slot and one of these two take the other) Overall the Bills should have 9 true starters that were drafted by the team heading into the season. Depending on how the draft goes you could add that another starter if they add a DL/DE or WR/TE. The good news is the defense has at least two guys who are already at Pro Bowl caliber level playing with Milano and White, hopefully the offense can add Allen and another starter or two there for the long term. So how does this compare to lets say the Jets who are trying to rebuild and an established successful team like the Eagles: Jets 9 starters Offense: QB Darnold, WR Anderson, WR Enunwa, TE Tomlinson, OT Brandon Shell, G Brian Winters Defense: SS Jamal Adams, FS Marcus Maye, DE Nathan Shepherd Eagles 9 starters Offense: QB Wentz, WR Agholor, TE Zach Ertz, OG Issac Semulo, C Jason Kelce, RT Lane Johnson Defense: DT Brandon Graham, DT Fletcher Cox, CB Jalen Mills Overall things look pretty even before the upcoming draft. The Jets did not lose any drafted starters of significance, but the Eagles did lose Jordan Hicks who was a starting LB for them. The big difference between the Bills/Jets and the Eagles is the how established and good some of the Eagles starters are. Not only do the Eagles have Wentz who is a Pro Bowl caliber player but Ertz, Kelce, Johnson, Graham, and Cox are all super established good or great players. I think for the Bills and Jets to succeed, after hitting on their QBs they both will need to see some of the OL/DL guys become good starters and at least one skill position player like the Eagles have in Ertz become a great player. I hope this was a cool look at building a roster and I look forward to reading your comments.

Idiot. Peter King had a superb part in his FMIA column this week highlighting how most of the best teams are built through their draft classes and the guys who were drafted 3 - 7 years earlier are the core for the team. The Giants from 2010-2016 have exactly one player now left that was drafted in the top 3 rounds after ODB and Collins leaving. By comparison Eagles and Seahawks two successful teams during the last decade each have 9 players out of 19 and 21 drafted. That is 9 starters per team, that is how you build your roster. Additionally the contract he gave is like a massive anvil to the rosters cap situation at this point. If I was a Giants fan I would be despondent because you should want ODB, Evan Engram, Collins, and Barkley as part of your core moving forward and adding a QB like Hawkins would give you a strong foundation for the next decade. Instead they nuked that and basically are an expansion team with a stud RB who now is a waste in a sense because you are 2-3 years before competing.

Good recap. I am strongly encouraged after day 1 and want something like this today to really cement this FA class: 1 of each WR: Tate or Williams or Brown or Cobb OL: Daryl Williams or Safford (pipe dream I know) DE: Ansah or Brent Urban I think if the Bills somehow could get Williams or Tate I could see them trying for one of the Iowa TE's if they were to fall late in the 1st.

I would also but given the WR market I think its more likely we get a guy like Humphries to go with Metcalf or Neal in the draft and Zay/Foster/McKenize

Here are some names I would be happy to see as Bills: Daryl Williams Mitch Morse Adam Humphries Brent Urban

We destroyed them after team turmoil without Darnold starting. Darnold came into BUF and won here. Jets fans look at BUF the same way many fans view them as two easy wins and a morbid franchise that's always bad. What exactly has BUF done to make them any better then the NY over the last decade? Both teams are near mirror images of each other in many respects. In general Bills fans seem to always see the Jets and Phins as four easy wins and then act stunned when we lose. Its for fun and there isn't much substance to speak of. Why bother comment if you don't care

We are at NY, they will be better after the offseason of additions, and home teams naturally have the advantage. People if anything are underselling the Jets with the additions they likely make and Darnolds growth.

If the Bills beat NE at home I think Josh Allen might burn my house down in excitement before I have the opportunity to

Here is what they predicted yesterday. I LOVE the two night games being at CLE MNF and home BAL for TNF. Here is my prediction W/L wise off of that because nothing is happening yet in football: Wk 1: vs. MIA - WIN Wk 2: @ PIT - WIN Wk 3: @ CLE (MNF) - LOSS Wk 4: vs. WSH - WIN Wk 5: vs. CIN - WIN Wk 6: @ DAL - LOSS Wk 7: @ NE - LOSS Wk 8: BYE WEEK Wk 9: vs. BAL (TNF) - WIN Wk 10: @ MIA - WIN Wk 11: vs. DEN - WIN Wk 12: vs. NYJ - WIN Wk 13: @ NYG - WIN Wk 14: vs. PHI - LOSS Wk 15: @ TEN - WIN Wk 16: @ NYJ - LOSS Wk 17: vs. NE - LOSS 10-6 record, 3-3 Divisional record, & 8-4 AFC record

Watching football over the years it has been increasingly annoying and upsetting with how the media decides to cover and portray the game. It's felt like since the 2010ish the media has transformed from covering and providing analysis to actively showing bias for who they want to win games, awards, etc.. Perhaps it was the advent of social media truly taking hold over the last decade where everything is a hot take or the increased coverage of the NFL but it has fundamentally changed the way the sport is covered. Case and point? This year with the whole non call Saints v Rams. Today Bill Barnwell who is one of the better X's and O's guys out there (despite my hatred for him) is tweeting if the PI rules are not changed the Saints should just get a free PI call to use this season. This type of crap is just that... crap. But it stems from the fact the entire season the NFL media wanted Drew Brees who everyone slobers over to win the MVP and SB and when both didn't happen the hot takes went flying. No one is disputing it was a blown call which did alter the game, although I am not sure why everyone forgets the Saints had the lead still and had the ball in OT which Brees threw an INT on. As a kid I loved the Raiders and Gannon and they got screwed just as hard yet got half the outrage. This is where I wonder if social media is part of the issue where people instead of creating well thought out articles just spew hot garbage. Regardless it has gotten pathetic that instead of just covering the league in a normal fashion everything has to be a hot take and I am to the point it turns me off towards following football until the games start. RG3's rookie year or Lamar Jackson this year were both similar situations where the media drafted the narrative it wanted without regard to the facts that RG3's play would wreck him (plus his coach let him play injured) or that Jackson actually was worse the Josh Allen and throws it forward. Jared Goff in 3 years has went from bust to franchise QB back to maybe we should replace him. There is just a lack of patience, analysis, or in a withholding of instant opinion which wrecks the way the sport is now covered. In regards to the non PI call it is quite tiring because the NFL is littered with questionable calls and misses. Had the refs caught Don Beebe in the comeback game out of bounds that game probably goes different. In the end though reffing is not perfect and it never will be and frankly I am ok with that compared to the alternative of video reviewing the game to death. I can tell you as someone who refs hockey games the amount of things you have to be aware of would be jaw dropping to any normal person. There are certainly ways to enhance things, but the last time we rushed to changing a rule it took a decade to fix the catch again. Perhaps it is one of those things were when you grow up the world always seemed best, but the NFL Primetime guys reporters like Dr. Z seemed to be far more sensible in how they covered the sport and more level headed in their approach. Peter King and Robert Klemko are two guys who seem to be in that group but they are few and far between in todays reporting world.

biggest issue with your role as GM is the fact you literally added about 7 of the top 30 FAs which just isn't realistic. IF the Bills could get even just Morse and Daryl Williams for o-line its a great offseason. Remember when Jordan Poyer was signed no one thought much of it and he turned into a starter ditto Zo Alexander. I am expecting Buffalo maybe gets 1 true name brand Top FA like Morse and from there we fill in as we go. Quinn, Jarrett, Collins will all demand massive contracts and it'd be amazing if we got one of them let alone all three.

Wouldn't be surprised. Mariota is like Tyrod Taylor on steroids in terms of he is good enough but not great but not bad enough where you necessarily want to cut him. His injuries are certainly a major concern. He pre NFL had all the tools you want but seems to have lost some of them. If you are a team in transition Mariota seems like a guy you'd want to bridge but he never has scared me to be a true threat.

It is why going into 2013/2014 especially on paper I remember a lot of people being excited about the Bills offense with CJ, Stevie, Sammy, R. Woods, Goodwin, & Freddie. Then in reality half of them got injured and Stevie got cut.

This is what I got and while highly unrealistic, if it happened I'd be jumping through a roof: YOUR PICKS 1: R1P9 EDGE CLELIN FERRELL CLEMSON 2: R2P9 WR DK METCALF OLE MISS 3: R3P7 OT DAVID EDWARDS WISCONSIN 4: R4P11 LB BOBBY OKEREKE STANFORD 5: R4P29 TE ZACH GENTRY MICHIGAN

Agreed. Listening to him babble yesterday on the Steelers made me sick. Donald Jones was far better then Steve and that isn't saying a ton but at least Jones would be objective.

Never understood the outrage on this stuff. They play a divisional that collectively sucks yearly and rarely fields a 9 or 10 win team. They per schedule rules have to play the other division winners so they do play the top 3 teams in the AFC from the previous year. Otherwise the Pats do not control how the divisions rotate with who they play yearly its pre determined years in advance. Buffalo also has a very weak schedule due to their divisional foes and the fact we play the NFC East who wasn't very good last year and the AFC North who has one team ascending in CLE two middling in PIT/BAL and one cratering in CIN.