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The Bills will let the initial spending spree on LB happen and then like last year make their signing on a guy like Avery Williamson or Tahir Whitehead who offer as much potential but for less assuming neither is signed away which I don't think happens.

Said that about ATL last year I say bring those purple people eaters on! (No but for real this game is gonna be tough but fun)

Congrats to all of us who had Star in our free agent preview threads we wrote. Can mark that free space off the bingo board lol

I'm very curious where they have the cap space long term, I feel like this will bite them in a year or two especially if Mahomes doesnt work out.

Um kinda the goal is to surround your rookie QB with a roster with lower inexpensive talented players and build a core that way. The Glenn contract being moved was the last of cleansing of poor Whaley contracts. Last year the Bills had two choices either tank the year or do what they did which was be competitive and make the playoffs which they did. To grab a top QB you either have the pick or do what the Bills have done and acquire enough picks to force your way in. The only thing irresponsible is the fact it took the Bills this long for a GM to be this aggressive. Remember Buddy Nix said he wanted a QB and then gave Fitz a ton of money and only drafted a QB when it was a forced dire pick. If they have a guy they want and are willing to go for it awesome I am happy for once someone will.

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I've seen this also have seen Rosen is the target because the scouts have been there a ton and Darnold is the guy because since last Sept. Bills org has been rumored to love him. We don't know anything.

Exactly it doesn't mean Ty didn't have has bad games either were the flaws he had over the 3 years showed. But 2015 also proved with a solid offense he could do a lot and probably the best move Rex made. I don't think he ever was a Top 10 guy, but I do think a team with a strong defense that put him in an offense like the 15 Bills could hit some pretty high heights IMO I also get though its easier to draft a pure pocket passer who doesn't require a ton of parts.

Yes. Acquired him as an afterthought to EJ/Cassel. Took the starting role and finally at least made us remember what halfway decent QB play could look like. 2x Pro Bowl appearances are obviously skewed but that was still a welcome change to Fitz/EJ/Trent/JP etc.. Team was competitive with him and finally broke the drought and gave me a ton of great fun memories with him as QB. Always wished they stuck with the offense they had in 2015 player and scheme wise because I was curious on what he more he could've been with an offense more geared to him talent wise, but he was always more a place holder then "thee" guy. And in the end they got basically another 2nd round pick for him which was a huge gain that may be the final piece needed to get hopefully our new franchise QB.

He did more in a few hundred words then the hundreds of threads devoted to Tyrod lol

DT- Star Lotulelei

Funny these are the guys I've wanted minus Bowman who I think is too old with that injury history. Even signing one would be a major help

Yea your about a million percent wrong on Russ. Yes when he was doing player personnel moves for a bit he wasn't good and even he would admit so, but the team would straight up not be here without him. People from some strange reason like to ignore that the Bills were no where near as regionalized as a franchise pre Russ which was key to their survival long term the same with agreeing to sign an iron clad lease that made potential buyers unable to move the team. I live in Rochester and can tell you that pre Brandon the town still had a lot of Browns fans (TV reasons back in the day made Rochester get the Browns a lot, I know weird right) and this current generation is straight Bills through and through. The team has never been stronger in terms of its reach outside of Buffalo and that is a credit to his work. The fact that during the drought he and the team managed to still fill the stadium is a credit to them, remember it is their job to make the team sell seats that is your fault if your pissed about the record but still bought seats. He is president of the Sabres because the Bills have managed to run a respectable ship in the areas you can control off the field unlike the Sabres whose stadium environment is the equivalent of a library and need a million things done to help the in game experience. If your going to point blame on Brandon for the drought remember he also helped bring in McD/Beane who ended it so you cannot ignore one out of convenience for the other. Also last I checked he didn't draft EJ, JP, or Trent. Eichel has an 8 year contract so he isn't going to Boston any time soon and its pretty common for the top players to speak with the head of an org, they all work for the same group amazingly.

I would not want Flacco at this point. Pre-ACL/MCL tear he was a pretty good QB who could move the ball well enough and get the ball downfield. Since then he has not been the same player and with his contract being so bloated it has killed his value. 2014 pre ACL/MCL tear years avg YPG: 7.0 ypg, most years around 7.2 TDs per season: 20 (19.7 technically), his rookie year was his only under 19 the rest were above. Yards per season: 3760 yds removing his rookie year which is out of the norm to the rest Passer Rating: 85% Att per season: 538 attempts Post ACL/MCL Tear (2016-17) YPG: 6.0 ypg TDs per season: 19 Yards per season: 3729 Passer Rating: 81.95 Att per season: 610 attempts Now I did not include his rookie year in attempts or yards the same with Flaccos 2015 season when he was injured because it skews the data both good and bad. I wanted to give just full 16 games seasons where he was trusted and not just a rookie either. What is interesting with the data is his yards have remained the same as have TD's but he is working harder to have to do so and even though he actually has completed 64% of his passes the last two years higher then his 60% average the seven seasons prior, his yards per game have fallen as have his passer rating even though he is throwing more. Now you can say some of that is scheme change and some of it is lack of personnel, but Flacco was at his best as a downfield passer that attacked the secondary. He has slipped the last two seasons and pretty badly in 2017 where he threw for paltry 5.7 ypa. I was a big Flacco fan since he entered the league and have thought if you were to draft a QB to be your guy he is what you'd want as a baseline. Sadly his play really has slipped regardless of lack of weapons and that contract makes his play post injury look so much worse. For as much people do bash his contract his best year was 2014 when he did have the pressure squarely on him. At this point the writing seems to be on the wall that his best days are probably past and without real help around him he is a .500 QB or worse.

How many QBs that are true studs leave their teams? Literally Cousins is the only example and that is after two franchise tags thanks to the Skins messing up doing a long term deal. That never happens.

Usually i disagree when I see these posts but dear god I'd be excited to grab Mayfield & Evans

Besides being against the law for a potential employer to do, honestly who gives a sh*t? If my QB is a good player I could care less if he wants to marry a squid!

Exactly. For a team that many including myself had at 5-11 maybe 6-10 at best he got that roster to compete game in game out minus NOLA & LAC and did more with less big time.

Had zero issues in that area and ironically the most intense dude in our section was an amish guy who was quite spirited without a lick of alcohol haha. You would definitely enjoy there and having sat in most of the stadium the only real bad sections fan behavior wise are the top and sides of the 300s.

So a few things. In the NFL you basically have two options which is to build a complete team like the Vikings did and hope either a QB falls in your lap or a fringe guy like Keenum fits your system and is gold. The other option is to try and find an elite QB who would set your franchise for 10-15 years. Both can be pathways for success but the complete team thing offer 5-7 years of window at best before free agency and age takes your roster apart whereas while finding a QB is much harder and riskier it offers a far greater and more sustainable path if you can get a solid enough guy. Additionally have a competent coach who can get the most out of his players is another factor. McD took over a squad which truthfull was 6-10 talent wise and made the playoffs (yes they got some luck I know), whereas Rex couldn't take an insanely talented 2015 roster past 8-8. So how much your coach can do for your team also is a factor in how you build it. The Bills have been trying the team thing for quite a while and you've seen the results from it. Now I think McD would be able to maximize the roster far better then previous coaches have and I wouldn't be surprised if their model mimics what the Vikings have done. At the same token the Bills have drafted exactly 3 QBs in the first 3 rounds over the last 2 decades (JP, Trent, & EJ) and never have tried a move to grab a QB up top and in general really have been trigger shy at that position. Before the season but after the trades I would've said build the roster and use every pick you can to go the Minnesota way. But after the season my mind has changed completely. McD proved for the most part he can manage a C- talented defense and make them decently functional plus even if we move up he still can add players in FA & the draft that are too his liking so he will have more talent. With that this draft presents one of the few times you may be able to get as high as 2-3-4th overall pick because the teams there have QBs. Philadelphia made a massive gamble going for Wentz but it paid off in roses this season. Even if they would've lost in the divisional round the season still would've been a success for them and the Wentz trade would still look great. At some point you have to pull the trigger and this year Buffalo could do that while still having picks both in this years draft and 2019 which typically isn't the case. After last season I believe enough in McD that if the Bills go for their guy he will be able to manage the defense well despite maybe not getting as many players in and the team can be competitive. If they move up and the QB is a success your talking about one heck of a team. If it fails McD showed he can manage with average to below average QB play and survive. I understand your thoughts on why not to move up and if they don't I wouldn't necessarily be upset more just disappointed to not take a potential chance this year.

Truthfully if we want less competition to trade up and try for a top draft pick at QB you want him in either DEN or NYJ preferably DEN. If he goes to MIN we still have both to deal with ahead of us.

Agree with this a great amount. I would say though Seattle's core was thanks to McCloughan more then Schnieder. Wilson, Sherman, & Kam were all his guys and the main cogs of the machine. At this point the Hawks would be smart to do what the Pats did after their D declined from their SB teams in the early 2000s and build the heck around Wilson. Make that offense strong again at the line and they will be alright.

Agreed. You only need one team who is willing to spend dollars. What stops the Browns from paying him $12-14 million just because they have the cap space to pair him with Josh Gordon.

BB loves Kyle Shanahan and wanted Jimmy G with a coach who could maximize his talents not in the AFC. It has been rumored that once BB retires he may be an advisor at minimum for the 49ers. So the deal was in a sense a gift to the 49ers but also one carefully orchestrated by BB. No way he wanted him going to an AFC team like CLE who could ruin him. If Jimmy G does well it only furthers Bill's legacy as a QB developer also.

Cleveland not picking the QB of their choosing at #1 would be atrociously bad. You run the risk of losing the QB you want by not picking him at #1 just so you can grab Barkley. Secondarily after everything that fanbase has gone through to not finally grab you guy to go with would feel like egg on face again.