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11 hours ago, Zerovoltz said:
Everyone knew that the scouts and GM would be fired. Whaley didn't hire McDermott.
McDermott himself said he wasn't ready to draft a QB and wanted the new GM to be part of that process (he knew a new GM was coming)
Whaley...after saying they had worked on a trade for weeks, and knew they were trading out of the pick ,then says....but it's alway a possibility....well, yeah, in the sense that if they were at 10 and Mahomes was on the board...it was in fact, possible...and so was Watson, and Deshone Kizer, etc.
The Bills, were not in the QB market in 2017.
I mean plus this just makes sense....they wanted their new GM to be involved in one of the biggest franchise decisions. They did what was right for them, and they nailed it.
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Honest question for the board. Have there been many receivers who excelled in the slot as rookies or even second year players?
i ask because the best examples I can think of are veteran guys who excelled at the mental aspect of finding soft spots in various coverages.
Then I think about the Bills last year and the players who we tried to replace Beasley with, like McKenzie, who is super fast but was mediocre in that role.
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It's always a question of who is available, first of all. Also, I don't think any team drafts someone as a #2, they draft the best players they can, and hope they reach their best potential.
Therefore, I'd go against the grain on this one and say TE if there's a star potential guy there. Those guys are way rarer. If Kelce is an A+ tight end, Dawson Knox is a B+/A- at best. Imagine putting a Kelce or Gronk in his prime on this offense....JA wouldn't even know what an incompletion looks like.
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I always see it as pointless to try and rank players at the top like that. They're all a bit different with different strengths and weaknesses, play for different teams with different management, different climates, different coaching, different rosters.... Beasley could have made a comment about Rodgers being disrespected WITHOUT ranking him. Rodgers stands on his own with his own reputation.
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1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
We’ve won the AFC East 3 years in a row! Not the ultimate goal but it’s a great accomplishment.
Take a minute and appreciate it.
totally, football is just entertainment anyway. People seem to have forgotten that we were approximately 7-9 for 20 years lol. Winning is fun, and having our team in the playoffs every year is also fun. A Super Bowl would be even more fun…but yeahhhhh. -
17 hours ago, HappyDays said:
My guess is his post had nothing to do with his contract at all and he only deleted it because his agent told him how it looks. Athletes have a life outside of football.
This could absolutely be true. I'm sure athletes are solicited for business deals, investments, endorsements, etc all the time....
The danger of social media....whatever you post gets "interpreted."
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3 hours ago, DCofNC said:
Nothing against the guy, but I feel you should spend 1st round picks on positions that cost a fortune, RB is not that.
I'm 50/50 on it. You're right, but on the other hand, RB is a position where a guy can step in and immediately make a big impact.
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Perhaps this article is satire?
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Just now, Gregg said:
He isn't owning up to his biggest mistake and that is keeping Frazier on as DC.
I don't share the opinion that Frazier is a problem. His defenses historically rank at the top of the league, and that has not changed during his time with the Bills. Even with all the injuries this season, the defense performed extremely well.
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2 hours ago, balln said:
I was saying early this year, pressure is ratcheting up on McD. Needed to make super bowl this year - team looked stacked early in the year. Now national media ( i think of all the talking heads - sims and florio are the most reasonable and legit ) starting to recognize McD and Beane arent getting the job done. Sims is a little more on the side of needing more impact players which I agree. I still think think the right move was keeping Daboll and leaving frazier and McD in kc parking lot after 13 seconds (and hous and kc playoff game poor D performances)
A year ago, everyone said the Bills had the best roster in the league. We had an unfortunate rash of injuries this season. Now we're going to lose some important players to free agency. At this point, yeah we need some roster improvements, that's clear.
Complaints about the coaching staff and front office? Total bull####. Any team that's winning their division and in the playoffs every year has a winning formula. As far as I'm concerned, as long as they have JA and they keep working at it, they're gonna crack through eventually. We can complain about the Chiefs all we want, but the way down is far. Fire McDermott and Beane? This team is more likely to end up back in 7-9 purgatory than win the Super Bowl.
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1 hour ago, balln said:
For sure- had same jauron vibes. “We’ll we gotta look at the tape”
”gotta have faith”
”hard to win in this league”
except McDermott Bills broke the draught in his first season (ahem with less than stellar talent), went 13-3 last season, made the playoffs every season but one (Josh's rookie season), and reached one AFC Championship game.
Jauron's highlight season was what, 7-9?
Jauron was a walking ghost, McDermott is fired up and working his tail off, while owning up to mistakes and working to correct them. I just don't see any comparison between the two.
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35 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
I think you are being a bit overly harsh here. All teams sign guys like these. And many of these guys were the early days where Beane was both a new GM and in the midst of having to clean up a mess of a roster and cap use by his predecessor. And many of these were short term or 1 year deals with no future cap ramifications brought in to help field a competitive team without creating cap issues that would prevent the team from improving in the subsequent years.
Not to mention, several played key roles in high ranked offenses and defenses that helped us win our division, reach the playoffs, and win playoff games. Guys like Morse, Sanders, Beas, Brown, Williams all started or played key roles in our offense that has been amongst the highest scoring in the league the past 3 seasons. Guys like Addision and Star were starters on a defense that was ranked #1 in the NFL their last year here, and Phillips was good contributor for us this year on a defense than ranked #2 in the NFL despite the crazy slew of injuries to the defense.
Is every signing a home run, absolutely not, but no GM has a perfect record. But Beane has a better track record than most.
I would also add, Beane has also done a good job moving on from players. Most of those short deals weren't extended, and he knew to let Lawson and Philips go when they were overvalued. This year is a bit more difficult with Edmunds and Poyer.
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1 hour ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
At the same time, the best way to get a raise at work is to tell them you’re leaving.
Maybe they'll do it, but I'd be surprised...the cap situation is what it is. Meanwhile they extended other players before their deals were up.
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No news here really....he didn't get a contract extension and surprise surprise.... he's a free agent....lol.
Can't keep everybody unfortunately....here's hoping we've got some young guys waiting in the wings who we just haven't seen yet.
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40 minutes ago, ngbills said:
That would be awesome. I would prefer they utilize the limited resources wisely and don't see him as a necessary spend. The guy 6 years at BYU and 3 years with the Chiefs and done nothing. I would rather have a 21-22 yr old UDFA with better pedigree fight for this roster spot than a 26-yr old that has never done it at any level.
sometimes the guys without pedigree have to work harder and play better than everyone else to prove themselves. Maybe he's one of those guys.
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4 minutes ago, ngbills said:
Or the UDFA pool that pays the minimum salary and has no salary guarantees. When we are up against the cap every dollar matters. So why waste even a cent on a guy that adds no value.
because maybe he adds value?
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When will fans stop complaining about every signing that doesn't thrill them? Never, I suppose....
EVERY team needs "cheap" players to fill roles that ARE in fact important, even if their contributions aren't noticeable to us on the outside.
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4 hours ago, Maine-iac said:
Lots of interesting stuff here. I don't always agree with everything that comes from Warner but this looks pretty straight forward. The ball needed to come out quicker and the short passing game needs much better execution. Looked like a lot of plays were there. I don't think the Bengal's defense was too much we just didn't execute well. That's just my take.
That was fun to watch, thanks for posting.
Takeaways from my side were:
- When the defense sends pressure, Josh often gambles. Instead of immediately taking the checkdown, he tries to get more. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. To "go by the book," he should decide to take the safety valve as soon as the D sends extra guys. The flip side of that is, he has made a career of running around dodging guys to buy extra time for a splashy play. To me it seems like a next step for him is knowing WHEN to extend a play and when to do less work and just take 7 yards.
- Sometimes the play design didn't give Josh any safety valves. The D sent pressure AND covered everybody at least long enough. Such play calls leave him hanging out to dry.
- This was a learning game for JA and the offense. unfortunately the learning game came during the playoffs.
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He caught everything thrown his way his first two seasons. He’s slumping for some reason. He can still turn it around, but if if his contract is up, it’s a cheap extension.
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4 hours ago, HappyDays said:
This thread got really hostile. That's disappointing.
I expect the Bills players to show up and play, there's really no other choice, but I have no expectations about how well they will play. I think it will take one game to ramp up and get themselves 100% focused on the sport again. Against a team fighting for their playoff lives I'm not expecting a victory in that scenario, nor do I care about the outcome. I'll tune in just to watch the team show up as a unit and get the ovation they deserve.
Interestingly the league's decision on the Bengals game may impact our approach to this game. If the reports are correct that the Bengals game will be declared no-contest I would be fine if the Bills rolled into the Pats game with very little game planning and starting a lot of backups. Use week 18 as a pseudo bye week and hopefully get some good news on Hamlin over the next week. Then roll into the playoffs likely as the #3 seed with the team fully focused, rested, and able to think about something other than how their teammate's recovery is going. That to me is the ideal scenario.
I think they'll play, and ball out. The situation will likely make them hyper-focused rather than distracted.
If the league does cancel the Bengals game before this game, then you're probably right. Though I would be surprised if they rendered that decision right now. I think they'll wait for this week to play out first and see all the seeding implications, etc. I don't have the desire to calculate all the seeding scenarios, but lets say hypothetically after this week that the postponed game would have no seeding implications...then they could simply cancel it.
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8 hours ago, eball said:
There’s another thread that lists out what the community of Buffalo and the Bills have dealt with over the past year…it’s almost unbelievable the amount of tragedy, turmoil, and just plain bad luck that has befallen WNY and our favorite team — and none of it self-inflicted.
The Bills have to feel mentally exhausted. They’ve had to overcome so much, and now this.
I’m happy with their 3rd consecutive AFC East title and big wins in big moments. Josh is “the guy” and will be for years to come, but the defense has been decimated by key injuries all season and when combined with the mental fatigue and trauma, I think it is just too much to overcome going forward.
I am proud of the team, the coaches, the fans, the community…proud to call myself a Buffalonian.
Go Bills.
You're right in not holding expectations. It's a fool's game to hold expectations on a team as a fan anyway, with or without extenuating circumstances. But yeah, I have to admit myself I find it it extra irritating when fans are getting on certain player's cases (for not playing up to form) who have had some recent horrible traumas (Marcell Dareus comes to mind).
All that being said, they care a lot about football and competing for a championship so I'm pretty sure they will rally and use this as some sort of mission to "do it for Damar." At this point, the horrible event already occurred and he is receiving the best care he can get from the doctors. No one else can really do anything except offer prayers and support to the family.
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17 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
SS is just not a very valuable position in today's NFL.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/strong-safety/
Poyer probably could've earned more on the open market rather than sign an extension with the Bills in 2020, but it's not like we're ripping the guy off. He's the #1 SS in the league this season by both cap hit and base salary.
good info, thanks!
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Some NFL players unfortunately just get the shaft. If they aren't able to show themselves for the first FA contract, they never get paid the mega dollars. Poyer falls under that category. He deserves more, but his extension just didn't time out right. I think if he was going to sign an extension here, it would have already been done. I appreciate that he's stayed totally committed to the team despite the lack of extension.
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17 minutes ago, JMM said:
Zero snaps. 21 overall pick. This late in season. After showing lots of promise before he was injured. ZERO snaps. With Toast Jackson in there. There is MORE to this story. What the hell could this be???
If there is, I guess we're not supposed to know 🤣
It could be anything, a tummy ache, an injury, a personal problem, testing out various different combinations and players in the backfield. I don't think there's anything to worry about, he'll be in there again at some point.
Beane vs Whaley vs Donahoe Drafting
in The Stadium Wall
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ding ding ding!
Exactly why the draft was designed the way it was, give the losing teams a chance to get better players and the winners get the scraps.