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Dawkins needs to improve as a pass blocker, John Miller was solid as a rookie, Mills does a good job at holding his own for the most part and Ducasse has been decent himself. PFF doesn't dictate the future, the future dictates to PFF. Keep in mind that after the 2015 season, PFF suggested that the Bills most likely had its franchise QB in Tyrod Taylor. Sorry, but the Chargers game wasn't the litmus test for the O-line last season and I do know how much folks like to refer back that game when they want to undermine some part of the offensive unit. The litmus test was the Bills O-line vs. the much more fierce Jaguars defensive line in the playoffs. The O-line passed the test. However, the irony in your pointing out the departures of Wood and Incognito as reason why struggles on the O-line should be expected is that it was both Wood and Incognito who the Jags D-line had their against in that playoff game, with a defender splitting between both Incognito and Wood for a sack, with another defender beating Wood outright for a sack. It's very possible that too much is being made about the departures and not enough credit is being given to the guys still here.

Yeah man, I just think it's an inaccurate assessment on your part. I've held to the belief that Jordan Mills is a decent starting RT for a minute now, went back as promised and viewed game action of him and he's what I've held him to be all along pretty much. Jordan Mills falls somewhere between serviceable and solid. He's certainly not the god-awful RT he's typically made out to be.

But you don't even know what Daboll plans to do with the offense based on the current roster. You don't know how run-heavy the Bills plan to be this upcoming season. The Bills may feel like they have the type of players in place on the O-line that the offense can succeed behind until they really start committing to the offense. If that's the case then there was no need for them to go crazy in FA or in the draft. I really think people's take on the O-line being neglected and overly ordinary is way overblown. The quality of the O-line should be judged primarily on production, not the names that it is comprised of. I have this feeling that Russell Bodine will prove to be a better pickup than people believed him to be.

I agree 100%. I wasn't trying to suggest that the Bills are all squared away on offense heading into the future, but that the pieces in place are solid enough to get better production with a more creative and competent OC drawing up plays and calling the shots. I think eventually, sooner than much later, the Bills will add a game- breaking, game-changing offensive talent to the mix in the form of WR or RB. I've got some recordings of Bills' games on discs and I'm going to watch one before the night's over, I'll see if I can pick up on the horribleness that is Jordan Mills. I think I was in the minority, but that first year that Mills replaced Seantrel Henderson I believe it was, I thought he showed solid enough ability that warranted keeping him around for depth if nothing more. He's no Peters, Glenn, or even Dawkins for that matter but he's not the Colin Brown of Bills' RT's either from what I've picked up. Hiding the Colin Brown in you is a very hard thing to do.

It's really hard for me to buy that he's as awful as he's made out to be. The guy played and started in every single game of his four seasons as a Bengal. When have you ever known a Bills player to be as bad as Bodine is said to be and kept around for four seasons, starting every single game? Nobody Bills player comes to my mind. Remember Colin Brown? Now that guy was horrible at LG at a time when the Bills were desperate for an upgrade and it didn't take long for the coaching staff to realize it. Perhaps Bodine had naked pictures of the owner's wife and that could explain why he was kept around so long, being so bad.

I think McDermott wants to run a playclock-controlling styled offense, I believe it was his intention last season to control offense through the run, but still have the ability to make the big play and keep the clock moving with the pass, but under Rick Dennison, the pass part never came together and the run game caught on late. Daboll got good production out of a program with a talented offense lacking a true QB and known more for its defense; Daboll's a younger offensive mind, likely more in tune with today's game, and perhaps more creative than Dennison. Daboll hadn't had the opportunity to call plays since 2012, I think he would like to prove that he's grown as a coordinator since that time and showcase at the highest level that he brings more to the table, with the likes of Benjamin, Jones, Clay, and McCoy at his disposal than Dennison and others. The offense may seem to be playing second fiddle to the defense, but perhaps the coaching staff feels that the pieces are already in place and a creative and competent offensive coordinator is what was needed most to put it all together, not bigger name acquisitions. If the Bills offense can come close to the same production of the Alabama offense last season under Daboll, then I don't think we'll have to worry about the 10-7, barn-burners.

The Bills have actually added pieces to the offense through free agency and the draft, (Kerley, McCloud, Proehl, Foster, Streater, etc.), I think the issue with most who feel not enough has been done on offense, is that they aren't big splash additions. I feel the Bills FO is playing this out very patiently, allowing Daboll to get a real feel for what he has at his disposal before committing bigger bucks on offensive players. I think this upcoming season the Bills will try to draw out as much as possible from the offense given what they have to work with within Daboll's system, but that next year's draft will cater more towards the offense. You can't blame McDermott for continuing to fortify the defense.

From what I could tell from minicamp, it seems the position is wide open just as is the case with most other positions that don't have a player's name etched in stone there. I think Ryan Groy began seeing more 1st team reps as camp went on; I think he will end up being favored to win the position just based off how liked he was by the sometimes hard- to-please Bills' fans when he was backing Wood, as well as his increase in 1st team reps.

Lol. How do you reach these determinations? Tre'Davious White is already the steal of that trade. He was nearly named defensive rookie of the year and was selected 17 draft spots after Mahomes was selected 10th overall. If Mahomes bombs then Kansas City lose out in the trade. If Mahomes lives up to expectations then it was a win for both clubs, but if Allen plays at a Pro Bowl level and White continues his high level of play then the Bills win the trade outright. How does Milano even factor in to this?

Who exactly are those two or three players from this year's draft that you are referring to when suggesting that they will likely turn out good or even great and the Bills won't have for 3-5 years moving forward? Are you talking Vita Vea (12th), Billy Price (21st), Rashaan Evans (22nd), MJ Stewart (53rd), Duke Dawson (56th), Brandon Parker (65th)? Or some other players? I'm not understanding how the franchise would have set itself back if missing on Allen and I'm really not understanding your idea of the franchise's being set back or not, being directly tied to the success or failure of both Josh Allen and Cordy Glenn. How does the notion of the franchise "mortgaging the future", cease to hold water if both Glenn and Allen fail to deliver when the same cartload of picks that could've been used on the players you mention, would have still been expended to move up and draft Allen?

Sometimes I think the NCAA is already fixed. Georgia vs. Alabama stands out.

I think many of the additions are for depth. I'm really unsure about how to feel about Russell Bodine because I've read so many poor reports about him, but McDermott and Daboll may feel he'd be a better fit in Buffalo given the type of offense they plan to install. Regardless of what opinion you form on Bodine, you can't say he hasn't been very durable throughout his career and despite being so apparently bad at his job, he manned the center spot for a long time in Cincinnati. I was skeptical about Ivory when looking at his yds per carry avg. last season in Jax, but what I like about the signing is that it shows that McDermott is on top of things. He pretty much acknowledges that McCoy's east-west, sometimes very detrimental running style, simply won't cut it regardless of how dynamic he is by signing a downhill runner like Chris Ivory. I feel better about Ivory because when looking at his overall production, he's been very solid; 4.4 career yards per carry avg. Also stumbled upon this: Who knew he cracked the 'NFL's Top 100 Players' list in 2016.

He was saying that he doesn't trust McDermott as an evaluator of offensive talent, but it was McDermott who was largely thought of as being responsible for the 2017 draft that netted Dion Dawkins, Zay Jones, and Nathan Peterman. So there's small evidence that suggests he's an overall good evaluator of talent.

Obviously. The reason I point those two traits out is because I felt those were the biggest areas of concern from what I watched on Allen. Some worry about his footwork and accuracy a great deal but I think it's his understanding of what he sees on the field and the level of poise that he plays with that could ultimately determine how he ends up. He's exceeded expectations as far as accuracy goes early on in minicamp, so perhaps Beane knew there was more to Allen than meets the eye. Beane was a former QB after all. Aside from his size and arm strength, Allen does seem to have a genuine passion for the game and to his credit he had one, maybe two winning seasons playing for a program that wasn't heavy-laden with talent. You never know, perhaps Allen is far more accurate than anyone imagined and capable of excelling from the pocket. If so, I'm pretty sure the Bills have finally landed that ever-elusive franchise QB.

In the event that he misses on Allen... If Allen can read a defense and not be pressured into making bad decisions regularly, then I think he has as good a shot as anyone. I think most would agree that he's high risk, high-reward, nonetheless I still point out how Beane drafting Allen made sense, despite it being largely unpopular when done.

I think McDermott and Beane work well together, they are a duo, a very solid duo as I see it. What has McDermott done that Beane hasn't? Is Beane winning your heart, contingent on Josh Allen being proven to be a franchise QB?

I think I can explain all of this: The Bills sold their souls to the Cincinnati Bengals for entry into the 2018 playoffs and their souls were replaced with the likes of Vontaze Burfict and Adam "Pacman" Jones' in exchange. Dalton's miracle TD toss was confirmation that the deal was sealed. Yep, that's what I got.

Kuoandjio was pretty damn strong. Certainly against bullrushes, that Glenn could be seen being driven back by at times. I was hopeful that he could develop some quickness and man the LT while Glenn was flipped to RT, but his own bizarre Zay-like off-season killed any chance of that. I'm not saying he was ever better than Glenn overall, but he was certainly the more powerful of the two and I think he could've grown into that LT position. He had the better size and appeared more dominating than Glenn at times while manning LT. I guess you're not that confident in Groy; everybody seemed to love him as Eric Wood's backup

No doubt about Cincy getting a major upgrade if healthy. I just never thought of him as an elite OT. There's serviceable, then solid, and then whatever comes after solid, I thought of Glenn as that---just a cut under elite when healthy.

Cordy Glenn was somewhat overrated IMO. I always felt he fell in the same category as Stephon Gilmore, with both being good, but Glenn being slightly better---making his worth to the team greater. Always felt Cyrus Kuoandjio was the more imposing pass blocker and with more quickness to take on speed rushers, maybe through weight loss, would have easily been the better pass protector between himself and Glenn. Couple that with the ongoing injuries, I don't think the loss of Glenn is as great as it may seem on the surface. I think Beane was able to see past the surface and made his move. Glenn may have turned into one of those players that Bills' fans criticized for a drop in play after a big payday.

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Why would McDermott be permanently out of the running for HC forever if Josh Allen failed to live up to expectations? And why do you make Beane out to be the equivalent of Rex Ryan should Josh Allen fail to live up to expectations? There's so much life that Beane brings to the organization...that couldn't necessarily be said about past GMs.

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