ShakAttack

No way to know if we got screwed until the draft is over

He knows we had that game. We were the better team in the game, not by much, but we were nonetheless, and this story would have been a lot better without the one and done exit. We left more plays on the field than the jags did. Keep thinking about tyrods missed shots downfield, at least 2 of which could of been the much needed td, holding call on McCoy after a huge play that would have had us at the jags 30, couple drops, etc. the Jags had their one chance on that 4th down and capitalized. Hes gotta be thinking some of that. I mean the game was there for the taking. funny thing is, the Bills were a relatively lucky team this year, we won all our close games this season until this playoff game (unless you want to call bengals game close but I don’t) and those are the games the bills would normally find ways to lose. We went back to the old bills on that day

I'm probably in the minority here. I believe RB has become one of the most replaceable positions in the NFL, even when it comes to an elite talent like Shady. We may not get the same level of production, but I don't think the drop-off will be as significant as "next man up" at some other positions. The perfect example is looking at Shady's backups every year in Buffalo and how well they've produced. As long as you aren't picking up guys that are old and fat and have decent enough run blocking, we can and will produce on the ground. That said, the main reason I would be extremely bummed if Shady isn't out there is less about what it does to our chances of winning and more about the fact that he has been a leader on this team since he got here and a HUGE part of our journey to the playoffs and any time someone like that can't be out there with their teammates it's just ****ty.

How funny.. I'm a football card collector and I randomly had an Aaron Green autographed rookie card sitting on my desk (from Leaf Trinity /25 if any other collectors out there). But I actually posted because I had a question. If signed to PS, can he be promoted to the active roster on Sunday of the same week?? Obviously, that is not something I would want to happen even if it is an option - because it would have to mean Shady isn't looking good - but just wondering.

I’m a huge bills fan in CA and would love to have a copy of the local paper today. Front page would be enough. Can pay + shipping. I guess this is a little late in the night to ask so hopefully I’m not too late!

My son (first child) was born on January 11, 2017........ also the day we hired Sean McDermott. So, if you named him Sean, your son and mine would have a connection

trust me, I've already tried to apply logic to my obsession with this team and it didn't work. It has just been too long and we are way too close right now... that's why my nerves are goin nuts!

exactly that's the problem!

just as it always was. first halves can not have gone much better now let's see a couple FINISHES

i've been shaking for 2 hours

Seems like it'll be the Sammy Watkins "pain management" all over again with KB. Still the ultimate irony of the season to me is how we traded a guy with availability concerns due to foot problems for a guy with availability concerns because of knee problems. ...but KB was from Carolina, so it's all good. Not to mention the price was about the same, since the Rams' 2nd round pick is looking more like a 3rd :x

Beat fish 2x easier said than done. For starters it Would be nice if for once we didn’t go into our first meeting with them extremely banged up. They have also been disturbingly successful in games against us with major playoff implications these past few seasons. we better hope KB can go and Webb is not the starter. If either of those 2 things do not work out, we are likely screwed.

There you go. And I noticed Sammy isn't on that list, but he will be soon. Everyone can enjoy making fun of his stats while you can because he's actually starting to find his role over there in LA.. Heck, I see that everyone has conveniently neglected to mention the fact that he has scored touchdowns in 4 of the past 5 games.

Aside from Robert woods having a couple dominating performances this season maybe I exaggerated with choice of words but the point is still valid. Watkins looked healthy before this season and still is. He makes plays when thrown to in LA and has been scoring almost every week as of late. A healthy Sammy is better than any receiver we have right now hands down and I highly doubt whoever we draft in the late 2nd round with the rams pick will give us better value (just the odds). Dareus has been playing well since he showed up in Jacksonville. As for Darby and Gilmore they both start on excellent defenses. And before anyone tells me the patriots’ team defense ranking look at how they’ve been playing LATELY and points allowed. Not coincidentally, they’re all starting for teams that are better than ours and are about to do something we haven’t done in 17 years... make the playoffs. Guess they were good enough for playoff caliber teams but not the mighty bills!

Havent all of the former receivers we let go of before this season already proven that you don’t just get rid of talented players because they had one year of bad luck with injuries? I would be pissed off if we did the same thing with Glenn only to see him dominate for 16 games next season somewhere else . All we are ever doing is creating more team needs and setting us back more and more. Hopefully mcbeane realized availability is unpredictable after their trade for Matthews, a guy that was praised for his overall availability and couldn’t be available half the season for us or hopefully they realized that maybe it wasn’t the receivers from last year, but a quarterback that never throws to receivers in space where they don’t have to get hit hard after every catch

Honestly I just want to get an update on Tre’Davious. He’s the only one of these names that has been making an impact. He essentially has made 2 game winning plays for us.... and doesn’t even play on offense. Only great defenders do that. Ray Lewis, ed Reed, Khalil Mack, von Miller... and he’s making less rookie mistakes the more experience he gets. We need him. Even against the colts. And I hope Gronk breaks his leg in 2 weeks

When do we typically find out more about players in concussion protocol if they are likely to play? Wednesday? Thursday?

Maybe I am in the minority but I am at the point where I just want the playoff drought to end and I really do not care about what happens after that. We obviously are not good enough to do anything in the playoffs, but the feeling that would come with ending this insanely long playoff drought would probably the best moment of my life as a Bills fan.

So many possibilities & scenarios in this draft. I can't even decide on the outcome I would like the most (assuming we end up with two first round draft picks in the 12-18 range which is what I think they will be) But I think I'd be with you as far as not wanting to give up all of these picks to get a QB. I think if we only had 1-2 needs outside of QB, I'd go for it, but we need a lot more than that and if we bundled all of our picks to trade up for one of the top 3 QBs, we would just set him up to fail. At the same time, I am torn. We do REALLY need a legit first round talent at QB which we literally have not had since Jim Kelly (or Drew Bledsoe if you include trades). We've spent a 10th overall pick on a 3rd round QB (Rob Johnson), we spent another first round pick on a raw but "high upside" QB that most teams had in the 2nd round or later (JP Losman) and then there was EJ Manuel who definitely would not have been drafted in the first round if not for the Bills being so desperate for a QB in the worst possible draft to NEED a QB. So I would be very excited if we finally got a LEGIT first round QB for the first time since Jim Kelly, but if we are going to start him right away, he is going to need some help and if we have to trade away our abundance of draft picks to get that QB, that could be a serious problem. As usual, when we get to April/May, I'm going to be thinking "I wish we tanked after all"... But at the same time, even if we did a proper tank, Cleveland would still have us beat.

This is just to comment on something I find bizarre. This year, it seems nearly all of our players that get hurt are going down with some minor knee injury. And most of them are receivers, but on Sunday that obviously extended to our QB. Two years ago, the team was plagued by hamstring injuries, and it was all our running backs which is why we started bringing guys in off the street like Boom Herron etc. Seems all our injuries are always stacked at one position each year and then it's the same type of injury... you can't make that stuff up. Speaking of things you can't make up. Is anyone else a bit annoyed that suddenly Watkins & "Glass" Goodwin are able to play a full season?? I know the season is not over yet, but it appears that is going to happen. Not as much surprised about Sammy, as I believe he was genuinely healthy during the off-season and that's a big part of the reason I was completely annoyed by A) not picking up his option and B) trading him away, but HOW IN THE WORLD HAS GOODWIN AVOIDED INJURY!?!? Oh, and one other thing that ALWAYS seems to happen................ Every time we are in the hunt with New England up next, we know they are going to beat us, but they never just beat us; they pretty much finish our season in the process. Seems every time we play the Pats in this scenario we come out of the game with significant injuries. I do not have specific examples before this season, well, except for that other cheap shot on JP Losman courtesy of Vince Wilfork that happened many years ago when he was actually having a decent season and he was coming off a couple encouraging performances.

I don’t know about that. Have seen a lot of players in concussion protocol get cleared by the next game, but knowing our luck you’re probably right. Whether you want to tank or not the injury still pisses me off because white’s rookie season was one of the few positives we’ve had and I wanted to see what he could do in a full 16 game season. not that it matters to the pats (cause they’ll win anyway) but Gronk should have to miss as much time as White does at the VERY least. I’d even say he should be suspended 3-4 weeks because the nfl needs to make it clear that stuff is unacceptable and on a side note what a damn baby. Your team is up 23-3 late in the 4th quarter and you have 150 yards receiving. Disgusting

You don't get it? Are you new to being a Bills fan? But anyway, we have literally been the worst team in the NFL over the past 3 weeks and that is who we are right now (not to mention the utter disarray that we unnecessarily created on top of it all and finding out that our HC is insanely pig headed)

When we were 5-2 i think most of us did not think this season could possibly turn as badly as 2011...... but boy we were wrong.

If only Bills fans would actually stop showing up to the games. How many times is the mgmt going to screw us over. As soon as you think there's nothing more they could do, the next week's surprise is revealed...

Nobody has screwed over Bills fans as much as Mcdermott and Beane. I am disgusted and at a loss for words. How can they keep trotting this kid back out there after every pick? They're even ruining his chances to be a backup in this league. I guess everyone else knew better than the "professionals" we hired and paid to run this team.