GreggTX

I love a great defense, so they are fun to watch, but still have a very long way to go. Right now we have 2 good S's, 1 good DE and 1 good CB. The other 6 starting jobs are pretty wide open if we can stack some talent. I want one of those legendary defenses that even elite teams hate playing. The Bills haven't had that kind of defense since 1965, though they've had some pretty good ones.

I don't want Cousins because I want the Bills to win at least 1 SB before I die and it will never happen with any of the retreads people are trying to envision for us. I'm sure the rest of the AFCE would secretly be thrilled, though.

If we sign Cousins, we will be a mediocre team for years to come and we'll deserve it.

Alan Branch is not a "major cog". He is a backup caliber DT whose best days are behind him. I don't care if he shows up or not because it makes no difference.

It makes no sense to pay more to get a very slight upgrade at QB only to eat all that dead money when the rookie is ready. Just draft the best QB we can get our hands on and we'll figure out if we even need to keep Taylor after the rookie and Peterman show us if they are ready to start or be the #2. If neither one is ready, THEN we keep Taylor. The notion that any of these guys will be worth more than Taylor plus whoever else we have to turn down or let go to sign a QB like Smith, Cousins, Keenum, etc. is nonsense. Some of these guys may be better than Tyrod, but the difference isn't worth the money we'd likely have to pay.

OK! Time to get out the old crystal ball and tell us who opens the 2018 season as the Bills starting QB. Just choose 1. Oh and it has to be a real QB, so Beast and Magneto don't count. I'll start. Sam Donaldson

Our economy will not support another pro football league. More and more people are staying home on Sundays because they can't afford to go to games.

Obviously the Pats are the better team. Still, as weak as our front 7 is, theirs is even weaker. There's no excuse for putting up a paltry 3 points against them. I know their secondary is good, but we should be able to run any time they don't load 8 or 9 guys in the box and if they do we have to be able to pass efficiently enough to keep drives alive. I thought our defense did OK before considering that they got no help at all from the offense.

He's a billionaire. Nothing's going to happen to him anyway. A slap on the wrist maybe and that's assuming he's guilty.

How are winning at Foxboro and trusting the process mutually exclusive? What is the process? Please don't think I'm picking on you, but we don't even know what "the process" is and we're all going postal when we hear those words. Honestly, Even if McD does get us to the playoffs, some fans will make these meaningless criticisms of a process they do not understand or hand clapping or whatever. He does need to improve his clock management skills and game management, but he's still new at it. We'll see if he can make strides there. We're 8-6 for the 1st time this century and everyone is ready to see him fired.

What do you base this assumption on? Clearly Mr. Beane hasn't run a draft yet, but the Panthers drafted Cam 1st overall when he was there. Has anyone currently at OBD said anything to make you think they won't? McD? Beane? Pegula? Anyone?

He's better than Taylor, but not that much. Let's try to get our next HOF QB before settling for a guy that'maybe just above avg.

The league needs to start taking guys out of games IMMEDIATELY when they make an obvious attempt to injure an opponent. If a guy is that agitated, he should be sent to the locker to protect the players and even himself should there be retaliation.

I'm just glad I'm retired now so I don't have to be worrying about this. Sapp, though. Sending toys as gifts? That was really stupid.

If I were Marrone, I would have left too. Look what he had to work with. Whaley, EJ and he was going to have to fire Hackett or go down in flames with him. The fact that he is now the HC of a 10-4 team proves it. He would not be getting this opportunity now if he had stayed. He has learned from all the mistakes he made here.

We already have an average QB!!! Why is everyone so anxious to swap Taylor for a guy that isn't much better anyway? Smith, Taylor, Cousins, Garappolo? How about we go after someone that could be great instead of just OK?

This is a joke, right? Two 1st round picks?! If we're giving all that away, let's go for a potentially elite QB. We already have a 'pretty good' QB. That would be an absolutely insane move IMO. Same for Cousins. Both of these guys are better than Taylor, but not by much. We need to aim higher.

You don't need high picks to draft great talent, but it helps. Your odds of getting a better improve and all GM's make bad picks. You just need to make better picks than the next guy and get a good QB. A GM that picks well at the end of rounds still isn't going to pass up a good deal to move up. There's no question, though. Having a GM that really knows how to pick the guys that will succeed at the next level on draft weekend is perhaps the single most useful asset an NFL team can have. I'm anxious to see how Beane does in his 1st draft.

Just 2 players I disagree on. Hughes is playing well, but gets more attention now that there is so little talent in our front 7. Also, let's not be so quick to dump Glenn. If his foot will never heal up well enough for him to return to form, then unload him, but I am hoping that will happen. I can't believe people don't account for that at a time when there is so little OL talent league wide. I can just see a GM like Elway laughing his behind off if we trade him to Denver for squat in return. The rest of those guys I agree on and if we part ways with Shaq for a 2nd (yeah, right) that would be cool. I hope he really steps it up next year, though. I was optimistic about him earlier, but even his supposed run defense has been a disappointment. I don't get him. He seems to have all the tools and work ethic, but can't put it together.

Let me state clearly so there is no miunderstanding.You can not make a sound judgement on this process if: 1. You don't know the details which neither McD nor Beane is going to reveal publicly and... 2. You don't know how the 2018 offseason (ESPECIALLY the draft) turns out. Also, why does everyone ovelook the fact that this team is playing better with less talent? Also, we have some more cap space with Dareus gone and will have a LOT more the following year thanks to Marrone.

I think we have been playing over our heads. We just don't have enough talent on this roster top to bottom. Too many holes. No franchise QB yet. No pass rush. Front 7 can't stop the run. The list goes on. Fortunately, we're loaded for draft weekend.

Perhaps he got that message pounded into his brain too. Yes. He certainly knows HOW to slide. He just needs to learn TO slide.

We have so many needs too. It would be great if we could get a good trade for Shaq. Both DT's, MLB (at least), another outside CB upgrade over Gaines and Wright (but keep Ganes) RG, C, WR with speed, power RB to take much of the weight off Shady's back and extend his career. Oh, and I mention franchise QB? But yeah, we definitely need a LDE that can rush. One other thought if Lorenzo can still play at a high level next year, he might make a better LDE than 4-3 OLB. I don't think 4-3 OLB suits him very well.

His play has not declined. He is a much better run support player than before and had WAY more talent around him back then. Our LB corps is way below average. Kyle is average now and the rest of that DL besides Hughes are backups at best. I think Washington is history. He, Thornton and Coleman aren't even good enough to play backup on most NFL teams. To be honest, Hughes is the ONLY quality DL on our roster besides Kyle who has declined radically. Lawson has shown very little. I do think Davis is a solid rotation guy and Yarbrough has that potential. Those 2 guys aren't better than Shaq, but the difference in their level of play in 2017 is nearly the same overall. Lawson is still too young to give up on, perhaps. I fear he may be the next Walt Patulski. I say keep Hughes and surround him with a lot more talent. He'll earn his paycheck.

I think you're judging too harshly. McD hasn't done a bad job at all considering what he has to work with. He can't get rid of the whole roster in 1 year. I'm not saying he will or won't be a good HC, but we still can't make a reasoned judgement this soon when OBD still has so many good cards to play. I'm not even going to get into analyzing his game decisions. If he needs to improve there I see no reason that he can't. We'll just have to see. I also think McVay inherited a much better roster on day 1.