MJS

I don't think they'll move Dawkins or Teller. I think they'll sign a Center and RG in free agency and then bring in some guys from the draft and depth guys to compete, but ultimately this year won't find an upgrade at RT. But we'll see. You have to remember that there are a ton of teams looking for oline help. The Bills will be lucky to sign two quality starters, much less 3. And you never know if a rookie draft pick will be ready to start or not.

I predict that Mills will start at RT next year for the Bills. I don't see us successfully bringing in 3 new starters on the line. I see us getting two new on the interior and making it work with Mills for another year.

Don't you want to see Josh Allen jump over him some more during practice?!

Yeah, but not all the time. Plus if you have a guy like Barr you can stay in base defense more often if you want. Plus, I think he can rush the passer (I think), so maybe you have him as a pass rusher on 3rd down sometimes. I feel like LB hurt us this year, especially after injuries.

Ezekiel Ansah perhaps at edge rusher. I would love to have Anthony Barr at LB.

But I'm not sure it is a wise investment. If we are going to spend big bucks on a defensive player I would rather it be an OLB, or perhaps an edge rusher.

He'll get big bucks. He's an elite DT.

Tyrod had a decent season and was a pro bowl alternate before that season, so no, I don't really think they had decided 100% that he was not the guy. Remember also that McDermott had just come in. Beane wasn't here yet. I don't think McDermott wanted to put a franchise altering decision in the hands of Doug Whaley, who would be fired right after the draft. Better to wait a year and get your actual GM to evaluate things before you take a top 10 draft pick QB. Plus everyone knew by that point that the next year would be a deeper QB class. Mahomes was not a slam dunk pick. He had question marks. I particularly remember many people being wary because he played in an air raid offense and that may have inflated his stats. If everyone knew that he was that good he would have gone #1 overall. Nobody knew he would be this good.

He's been thinking about it for a couple seasons now. Surprised he came back last year, to be honest.

And no money to sign talent because of all the dead cap.

Certainly he is a fine DC, and yet he continually finds himself looking for work. Why? Because he is a crappy human being who is incredibly hard to work with (both for players and fellow coaches). He'll always find a job, but he'll never stick around in one place for long because of how toxic he is.

He was fired, so I agree with you that it appears that his coaching was not up to par. McDermott is looking for an upgrade for a reason. Same with the other coaches who were fired.

Nope. I don't care unless we are talking about coordinators and above. Anything less than that we have no real information about and can't see evidence of their impact on game days. Coordinators you can because they are calling actual plays.

I thought about that. We did play them almost every year for a good 6-7 years. That's because they were finishing in the same rank in their division as we were. You face similarly ranked teams for a few games in the schedule each year. That's not going to be the case anymore with them as a serious contender. Hopefully the Bills can get their act together and become a contender too.

Jags. Plenty of connections with Marrone, Dareus, the playoff game, etc.

And how would a fan know the impact of coaching on the oline? We see the results, not the cause of the results. Could be the lack of talent was the only issue. Could be a coaching problem. Could be a number of other issues. How does a fan watching the games decipher that? Huh?

I seriously do not care one bit who we have as position coaches. There is no way fans know if these guys are good or bad.

Conference or division?

You've checked the religion status of every single player that has been brought in? Seems like you are obsessed and need to take a break from this team. Is there an athiest coach out there you can root for?

Certainly has been interesting the past couple of years. I'd probably go with Wentz too. He has played at a very high level before, and I bet he can and will do that again. Just has to get healthy.

According to what?

Not only that. The Chiefs traded up from the 20s to get him. I am sure that the Bills would have traded with any other team before the Chiefs, so basically 20+ teams passed on Mahomes. And let's see if he can keep it up. We've seen a few QB's with great debut seasons regress, like Dak Presscott, RGIII, etc. Consistency is the key at QB. Mahomes had a tremendous season. The target is now on his back from defensive coordinators.

I guess we need to bring in some athiests to appease the masses... Seriously, what does religion have to do with anything?

I didn't know. Great point.

I don't think they care about "optics", I think they care about culture, winning, and finding guys they can trust. And 75% is a huge farce.