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At least he won one superbowl, as it really does seem GB has wasted THE best QB. Brady gets the nod for his 8th presence and 5 wins at the SB, but Rodgers is damn good! Certainly on Brady and Manning's level

I love him as a player and seriously, the combo of his blocking and Shady's running has been so exciting to watch. The most exciting thing on the Bills' offense since Doug Flutie for me. And I love how McCoy is openly courting him to be back. In that angle, I wish he'd come back anytime. But yeah, his mental state seems a liability. The way he rants on Twitter reminds me of one of my friends. Super friendly and helpful if normal, but if he uses speed, becomes weird like that, sometimes won't sleep for 2-3 days straight, goes on weird rants, especially at night, self-destructive yet could barely remember what he did... It really seems the be the case here. Eerily similar.

Whatever the reason, it still sucks and the Bills lost their 2 best linemen surprisingly since the season ended, and traded Glenn. So DEPTH at the very least is a very big issue, and well, getting starters has become one too! If it is about money, man he's going about it in really bad strange way. But who knows? He could be telling the truth: yeah he's POed at the paycut but it's about his health. In any case, I hope that this calms down and that he comes back one more year! And that Shady pays that 300k!

SOME people are callous and a**holes. Not all of us. But yeah, way too many for my liking as well. He was the best OL on the Bills by far and the Shady-Richie combo was MONEY for the team. Sure he was getting older but he had one more good year in him most likely. Now with him and Woods gone, wow, that creates some issues and shoes to fill this year, not next year. Anyhow, just strange his tweets of late. And if it truly is a doctor/health issue, that's the Bills two best linemen gone for that reason. It might be time to take a close look at the quality of the team therapists and doctors!

Richie was by far the best lineman. His blocks paved the way for so much of Shady's runs. Sure he CAN be replaced, everybody can be. It doesn't mean he will be though! Some of you are crazy for saying it's a small thing. There's no guarantee the Bills find a good replacement for him this year.

There not really "done right by him" anymore but I too can't grasp why the best lineman is the one asked to take a paycut.

Exactly. With all the films available and these two workouts, it should be enough. Maybe the players could do videos for their own promos. At least they are in familiar terrain, with their own coaches, equipment, are warmed up, etc. I do get the part for interviews, character and all that though. If no team can do these private workouts except after pre-season games have started, then it's a level playing field for all.

Maybe not but I'd go! It's a special moment and you sure get a feel for the hugeness of the NFL. Not that college wasn't crazy for these guys though.

As title says https://buffalofootballbeat.com/2018/04/05/did-richie-incognito-just-fire-his-agent-via-social-media/ BTW can anyone explain to me why, of all the players, a guy that made it AGAIN to the ProBowl and was the force on the OL is the one to take a paycut???

It's not that picks are bad, but I'd trade picks for PROVEN starters anyday. It is a crapshoot with picks whether people want to admit or not. The allure of "new blood" seem to blind people to the reality that most draft picks do NOT become starters! But, when you do find a gem, it's worth it for sure. So I'd say Rams have the right approach, and so do the Browns and Bills. Not one better way, unless you picks turn bad that is.... Edit: and GunnerBill makes a great point that picks have less impact on the salary cap and you can get them on the cheap. Still, the goal is to get producers, so proven starters are better... but do come with an higher price tag. Next year the Bills have room in the salary cap, so then it could make sense to trade their picks for players while this year it's the other way around.

Wow. He sure ain't helping his case to get back in the NFL!

You guys are nuts. I'm sure Beane will try like hell to move up. But if the price to pay is too much, he'll stay put, as he should. Two first round picks could be huge. Not "franchise QB" huge of course, but nobody knows if this current crop of QBs are anyway!

Crazy how hard it is to evaluate players! Tebow was a Heisman trophy winner and what a QBR! He took his team to a playoff win, yet no team will give him a sniff and he's now playing baseball. EJ had great accuracy in collge (!). Now for almost all the top QBs in this draft opinions are all over the place. I don't recall seeing that before to that extent. If the Bills can't trade up or much, and Jackson happens to be available, a QB IS worth the risk for the team's top pick. A failure is a failure, and it can happen at other positions too, but a winner at QB sure makes up for it!

From all I've read, including in this thread so far, there is NO consensus for the top QBs! LIke none. Sure the same 4 names come up all the time, but in what order, and if they really are worth a Top 5 pick to begin with, no consensus. Which is crazy. Usually the top picks are almost a given in the drafts. And all of us are so QB focused I don't even know who are the star players at the other positions! And well, I'll trust Beane and the "process".

What feels more like a crapshoot THIS year, is how the evaluation of the top QBs are all over the place. Nobody is a definite #1, and many fall below Top 10 quality according to many "experts". Usually the first or first two QB picks are clear candidates. Even if it means picking Manning or Leaf, both were the top guys ( we know how that one panned out LOL 50% right there)

Unless the Bills don't draft a QB in the 1st round, I fail to see how Manziel fits with the Bills! They have McCarron and Peterson. Of course if they still only have 2 QBs after the draft, or if Manziel somehow agreed to no guarantees and he can be cut before game 1, then it can make sense.

Ha ha you're something else. By my first post, yeah my initial reaction because it's him is that he was a damn POS. But indeed, it could be a money grab frivolous lawsuit. Point is, WE don't know. Yet YOU are 100% sure it's a money grab.

"for injuring a 66-year-old paraplegic working at NRG Stadium to control access to field" Stay classy. I suppose he'll use the race card defense.

I was a "TT supporter" until last year. I still believe he COULD be good. Remember those beautiful long passes in his year one? Combine that with a great year by Shady that year, a better defense, and boom, he looks like a star, and, gulp, Rex Ryan is still here! But he's way too gun shy and can't throw over the middle on quick drops. He'll likely never change that. But on a team with a speedster WR and an awesome defense, his ability to avoid turnovers become golden.

I'm no pot head. And think it's way less benign than "supporters" keep saying. Yet I fully 100% agree with you. Such a dumbass rule. With some states legalizing it, it gives an easy way out of this testing by the NFL for PR reasons. The real reasons are what you mentioned.

Well, the Bills have to know why it went down. If drugs or anything that could make him suspended, they need to know. If he's mentally unstable, they need to know to. As for the trash talk, I'm sure he's ready for it, come on. "So you ready to fight for Jesus today?" "Don't bleed on me like when you go through windows" and other such creative (an probably much better) insults. He'll hear it all right. But he already was hearing stuff that probably isn't THAT different

While I'm kind of stunned that he is to be the Bills highest paid player (what???), it's all based on his performances. He better be damn good at that price. And yes I get it doesn't mean in his personal stats but in the overall mayhem he creates. But he better produce!

AJ is most likely, as presented, a "bridge" QB and not the "long time answer" but if he has any pride, he'll prove all these media parrots wrong! I would be sick of reading and hearing this. It's on him to prove all them wrong. Teammates and coaches matter of course, but it's mainly on him. There has been so many stories of #2 shining when they finally had the chance. Probabilities are not on the side of that happening, but the media don't know! They just parrot the same things.

Agree with Mr WEO. I mean, if Jonhy Football had actually delivered on the field, who cares. Well alcoholism and drug addiction sure are no joke and can kill a career so he might be a bad example, but bottomline, being cocky ain't a deal killer for playing in the NFL! Do I personally like cocky self-centered player? Nope but what matters are results.

This board is nuts with the Kelsay and Shoebel comparisons. You've never seen a white OLB/DL before? I suppose we hope he's another Paup? All the "roid cheater" chant... you think roid use isn't super widespread in the NFL? Really? What's bad is that his next suspension is 10 games so it is quite risk in that sense.