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If I have to hear Chris Brown say ride em cowboy one more time...

Yes please. I'd give a 2nd and 4th for him in a heartbeat. Lower end #1, but a #1 nonetheless and he just turned 28 a week ago

Unfortunately Allen is a slot guy only at this stage of his career

Yep, not a terrible player but superfluous to our position group and doesn't play nearly as fast as his 40 time would suggest. But what else is out there. At least Moore is not Quintez Cephus

Yes, the pickings are slim this time of year. If only there was an event where you could select young prospects to try to improve your roster🤔

Yeah according to Gettleman you had to get those big old "hog mollies" as he called them over everything else. The best receivers on the Panthers 2015 Super Bowl team were Philly Brown, Ted Ginn, and Jericho Cotchery lol

Back in the drought era fans had every right to complain, and whether or not Jerry was an ass, he was absolutely unafraid to hold people's feet to the fire. I also thought he was underrated as an actual writer. But I definitely see your point

He is, but I remember during the drought years looking forward to his columns in the Buffalo News (even if mostly everyone hated him). It's a far cry from what exists today

Wow a Sully sighting? Didn't think he was around anymore lol. Could he not hack it at the Niagara Gazette?

If he hadn't repeatedly boxed himself into a corner at the position I might agree with you and have a little bit more faith. But as many, many others have stated this isn't the first year we're having this conversation. I don't think it is arguable that he places a lower emphasis on the position, then gets reactive to the situation he created in the first place.

Things aren't linear. There is only so much predictive value to be taken from a season where the offense stayed very healthy (remarkably so at offensive line) and set a league record for fewest turnovers. These are anomalies. Will Buffalo still be a good offense? Of course, they have Josh Allen. But to act like all the Bills have to do is line up and the same results will follow is foolish, especially with no notable personnel upgrades. Teams fluctuate wildly year over year in things like record in one score games, man games lost to injuries, takeaway/giveaway ratio, etc. There's an element of randomness that can't be discounted, and if you're not actively trying to improve certain elements of the roster the results may not be what is expected due to past performance. I approve of the defensive heavy approach in the draft and believe it was the right course of action, both for our biggest needs and because the draft crop this year was way more talented on that side of the ball. But that does not mean that the criticism of Beane for the status of the wide receiver room is unwarranted.

Just seeing Shenault on there is disturbing. The guy has a grand total of 42 catches over the last 3 years combined and a YPC of 8.8. The Bills are already the 5th team of his career. He is terrible

Did you even read anything I wrote? What a lazy response. Yes, everything that happened last year is going to carry over exactly the same this year. No changes are needed because everything stays the same in the NFL year over year. They should probably just give us the Lombardi now.

Great post. You hit the nail on the head with the bolded part. It's more about having that threat available to you within the offense. Allen had a number of outstanding deep throws to well covered receivers last year despite his reputation on here of being a mediocre downfield passer. A recent example would be the long TD throw to Hollins right before halftime of the AFC championship. That pass was utterly perfect by Josh and had to be because there was no separation whatsoever. It is also kind of hilarious that a guy as great as Trent McDuffie would ever end up covering someone of Hollins' skill, but that is what Buffalo chooses to put on the field. It would just be nice if we didn't force our all time great QB to have to play off schedule and thread needles in order for the offense to be productive against good teams. I don't think we are going to be quite as successful on offense this year as it stands either, for a variety of reasons. The turnovers are an obvious candidate for regression, but what about the health of the offensive line? The Bills were extremely fortunate to have such continuity among the starting five last year. If we run into problems on the line and have some protection issues, its going to magnify even further the inability of our receivers to separate quickly against decent defenses, just like in the Baltimore and Houston games. It would be roster malpractice to carry this receiver room into the regular season. For those who say give it time and that there are still 4 months to go, I would remind you that Beane was more than happy to proceed with a similar group last year. At best I can see a reunion with Cooper which really doesn't move the needle. Every other top QB has a guy who can take the top off a defense other than Allen, and the neglect is getting old.

Shenault stinks, and I don't think Ingram is going anywhere. But not a bad effort. Man those receivers...

Especially when the receiver gives it away pre snap by positioning their feet sideways toward the quarterback. It's unbelievably easy to predict even just watching on TV lol. Shakir does it every time, as did Diggs when he was here.

Get ready for a hundred screens to Shakir and Kincaid again

It's not so much about preventing KC. You're right, who they select is beyond his control. It's about his baffling unwillingness to invest in his own quarterback and try to create a big play element to the offense.

Yes, but we turned the ball over at a historically low level and struggled to establish a down field passing game. It's not realistic to expect that there won't be some regression to the mean, and we still have the same middling WR group.

I only say that just to illustrate how they continually try to add speed and weaponry for their all world QB. Something that is a foreign concept for Buffalo

And that is why they're the Chiefs and we're the Bills lol

What is the point of this? We don't have anything close

Alright, Gunner's best available list going into Saturday would be great right about now

Oh I agree. Not saying he shouldn't have been drafted by now, especially in this particular draft year. But it is VERY telling that the most QB needy teams have passed him over repeatedly

The fact that Sanders was initially locked in in as an early 1st round pick was a byproduct of media hype and, more importantly, the extremely unimpressive crop of QB prospects available this draft year