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So truthfully I feel people are a little over the top on WR/TE help. The team has Benjamin, Clay, Zay, & Shady plus Ivory as backup. That's a decent starting point to work with especially for a team that likes to run the ball. While they need another WR/TE the FA talent is limited and expensive this year so that makes things difficult. If you are the Bills you have to prioritize to fix the defensive holes which are far bigger and if stabilized which it seems they may have done would help to take off pressure from needing the offense to score like crazy in year 1 with a rookie QB. Second whoever the new rookie is that most likely is starting week 1 you typically want younger WR/TEs drafted who he can grow with that are also inexpensive due to rookie contracts. The draft hasn't happened yet and the Bills are exactly 1 day into true free agency. While the Bills have spent it has modest and calculated which people said they would do this year. Next years FA I could see them more aggressive with the rest of the roster being more settled and established.

Re-sign: Joe Webb, Leonard Johnson, Deonte Thompson, Ramon Humber Sign: Tahir Whitehead, Mike Wallace Draft: Trade 12, 22, 56 and a 2019 4th for 3 Draft 3: Josh Rosen Draft: WR, LB, OL, DL help

QB-MLB-WR as major needs

Typically I would agree with others saying it isn't anything big and they will be fine and I do still partially believe that because of Brady. BUT everything I have read says they really wanted to keep Nate Solder and the Pats typically never lose guys they really want to stay. This will be the first time since Brady has been there they won't have a trusted stud LT they can rely on. That's not to say in FA they won't bring a decent guy in but remember a few years ago when they seemed to be slipping a large reason was line play. Also their willingness to let a good CB like Butler go off an already shaky secondary and front 7 that needs pass rushers doesn't help either. Now am I saying NE is going 7-9 and its over? Heck no that would be foolish. But I do think it is very plausible they slip from the AFC world beaters that are always 13-3 to a 11-5 or 10-6 record that still takes the division but the holes are apparent and they can be beaten were it wouldn't be a complete stunner.

Right he is the sole QB you can reference thats it. AND like you see he trended ^ not down. Allen plateaued with no growth.

Your ignoring where QB's who are top prospects that are drafted today in terms of completion percentage. Only Matt Stafford has succeeded as a 1st round QB with a sub 60% passing percentage. Look at any of the top QBs today or recently drafted ones Rodgers, Wentz, Luck, Goff etc.. and they all were above 60%. 2018 NFL is not close to the same passing wise as the 80s-90s. Second because your referencing Allen with this he actually regressed as a whole in 2017 when typically QBs who stay another year should see a nice bump statistically. Look at his numbers against power 5 schools and it is not encouraging to say the least.

The greatest advantage Buffalo has which makes the Jets & Broncos have a difficult time passing Buffalo is the number of picks we have acquired in this draft and both the Colts/Giants need multiple starters badly. Neither the Jets/Broncos have the advantage of even two 2nd round picks let alone two 1st rnd picks. I am very confident the Bills move up to #2 with the Giants due to the fact the Giants are low on draft capital and could accquire 2x 1sts, a 2nd, and a 3rd and the Bills still would be ok.

ummmm what in the heck is this lol

So he is a franchise guy already despite playing exactly 1 game as a pro where he had his ups and downs like any rookie? If your point is contract wise you can build a lot around him because he is cheap then yep you have to go for him. Jared Goff is case and point of what happens when you do and don't have weapons with decent coaching.

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