SoCal Deek

No doubt but that doesn’t mean you do anything until much later, after someone actually gets hurt.

It all comes down to who’s available. It’s not like the possibilities are infinite. If the free agent cupboard is bare….do nothing.

And who exactly was to do this development? The State? I’m guessing that the private development market determined that constructing stores and restaurants across the street from a specialized facility in the middle of nowhere that’s only open 10 days a year isn’t a very good investment opportunity. The stadium has been there for half a century. I’m guessing that’s as close to consensus as you’re gonna get.

As I said, we’re all gonna see if it works.

I find this discussion interesting, but only to a point. Unless Beane has another card up his sleeve it appears we’re all about to find out if this strategy works. The Bills jettisoned their top two WRs in favor of cheaper, less experienced alternatives. Does having a franchise quarterback make up for the loss? Again, we’re going to know in just a few months. Somebody please remember to resurrect this thread in October.

The Brit comment was obviously a joke. (Sarcasm is pretty tough on a message board.) I am however thinking that the Bills will take a step back this year…and I don’t think that’s the worst thing that could happen in the long run. I want to win, not just be forecasted for, a Super Bowl. I’m glad they’ve been forced to complete some much needed roster turnover.

I think you misunderstood. I never said there was a crisis Shaw. I only said that without seeing any of the rookies play a single down of professional football it’s impossible to know how they’ll fair. That’s it.

That’s exactly what I said. They weren’t enough to get us there. Now whether you wanna call it a reload or a reboot is essentially semantics. Notice that neither of us used the word rebuild.

Are they ‘relying’ on them. No. But this was a draft of need, not luxury. And I’m betting next year will be the same. As I’ve said many times they swung for the fences and missed. Now they need a reboot to get us over the hump and back to the promised land. It’s a process. 😉

Hating them? No. Questioning the overall quality, absolutely…and rightly so.

Not sure where this discussion is going Doc. I simply reacted to Shaw’s post that the Front Office drafted guys who can play right now. My comment was that they didn’t have a choice. The Bills are in the position of turning over their roster due to age and salary cap. It don’t see how that makes the Front Office geniuses nor do I have any idea how anyone can say that our rookies are ready to go. We all hope they are but we definitely do not know that they are.

A bargain then! 👍

So what will the Bills pay Coleman?

Can the Bills 2024 passing game perform up to recent seasons levels? Sure….i guess so. But looking at the list in the opening take, I only see a second year TE as having much of a track record. Do we want to see Shakir step up? Sure! Do we pray Knox will become more of a receiving threat? Sure! Do we hope Cook has learned how to catch the damn ball? Yep! Do we have our fingers crossed that Coleman is indeed the diamond in the rough that the Bills appear to think he is? Again….we sure do! But to look down the current list of available weapons and suggest that the Bills are locked and loaded is ridiculous.

Just trying to counteract the seemingly ‘Mc Beane can do no wrong’ take that permeates Shaw’s homerism. Did the Bills draft a bunch of players? Yep! Do they have the luxury of drafting purely for depth right now? Nope! Is the current cupboard completely bear at every position? Nope….but when you’ve lost BOTH your starting WRs, BOTH your starting Safeties, and your starting Center all in one offseason, we all better pray that at least a few of these rookies can indeed play…and right now. Is there an alternative? Nope!

It’d be interesting to see what would happen if the Coach could trade a timeout for a penalty (outside of the final two minutes of a half).

As a USC alum I watched a lot of him over the last two years. He can be extremely reckless with the football. That simply isn’t going to cut it in the NFL. He’s a human highlight reel but sometimes for the OTHER team.

Even the English guy that’s never played football? Come on Shaw. Not trying to be snarky here but do teams often draft players that can’t play? Answer….no they don’t. But the difference is that right now the Bills need these players to be able to play NOW. As I said, we’re all going to find out together if these young guys can actually play at this level. We all hope they can.

Three priceless memories: 1. Taking a photo for Jim Kelly and his family in front of Buckingham Palace. 2. Bumping into Dennis Shaw who had devolved into a recreation director at a local community center I was designing. 3. Learning that our daughter had met her future husband because he was wearing a Bills shirt while walking across their California college campus.

I have no idea how you get any of that before seeing any of these kids play a single down of professional football….but we of course all hope you’re right. My point is that the Bills don’t really have a choice right now. They’ve evolved into a new phase and we’re pretty much forced to get younger and cheaper….fast! They no longer have the luxury of signing strictly for depth like they’ve been doing in recent years. Will these young kids work out? Who knows? We’re all going to find out together. Because as it’s often said ‘necessity is the mother of invention’.

Isn’t that to be expected for the next couple of drafts while the Team digs itself out of the current cap challenge?

Does it require a whole lot of practice to run out eight yards and turn around?

Or how about technology that actually projects the line to gain on the field so that the players can see it? Now that’d be cool!

Have you not been to a grocery store lately?

Why would we want to improve on 7-9? It was our happy place. And remember, regardless of the QB, “it’s really hard to win in the NFL”! 😉