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Silver linings

There was also this guy that retired at halftime more recently... Travis Henry had like 15 kids with 10 different women and refused to pay child support. Not to mentioned the 15 year old girl he tried to sleep with. Richie Incognito - I want to like him but he has done a lot of shady nonsense. Peterman - He was so terrible and kept playing. It was a blend of hate and feeling sorry for him.

Well you cant have everything you want sop you pick your battles. The areas that are open to upgrade: QB: Set at 1 and 2 for next year. RB: Could upgrade, but serviceable group given passing offense. A better pass catching RB would be nice but these guys can at least be outlets. TE: Clear upgrade needed. OL: Set. Solid group DE: Clear upgrade needed both short term and long term. DT: Some questions here. Star is in his last days, Oliver needs to step up. LB: Rolling with these guys. Edmunds $ coming up; Milano got paid. Inconsistent group. DB: Need CB2 upgrade; Depth at S.

Based on the changes so for you have to think Bills are going big on defense in the draft. My new mock: 1) Edge: Still on the board are Rousseau, Phillips, Owusu-Koramoah, Paye, Ojulari or CB: Still on the board are Campbell, Farley, Joseph or may surprise TE: One the board is Friermuth The pick is Phillips 2) Whatever you didnt do in round 1 at Edge or CB. If any of those guys drop you grab them or based on Phillips in round 1. CB: On the board are Newsome, Robinson, Stokes, Adebo, Melifonwu, Samuel Jr, Molden The pick is Newsome 3) TE On the board is Jordan, Tremble, Yeboah The pick is Jordan 5) DT On the board is McNeil, Tupulotu, Wilson, Graham, Jones The pick is McNeil 5) LB On the board is Wallow, Britt, Borland, Fisher, Fields The pick is Britt 6) DB On the board is R Williams, Washington, Deablo, Wiggins, T Thompson The pick is Wiggins 7) WR On the board is Rodgers, Darby, C Johnson, Strachan The pick is Strachan There you have it: Phillips on the Edge, Newsome added to the fight for CB2, Jordan competing for TE1, McNeil in the DL rotation, Britt on special and run packages, Wiggins on special and potential dime packages, Strachan a camp superstar and likely PS guy with potential.

Singletary Moss Breida Williams Wade Jones Potential Draft Pick If he was a clear upgrade that would elevate that group? Replace Singletary, Moss, or Breida with him and it does not change much.

Can we pin this. I just updated it which I had not done since it fell so far off the main board.

+++ to both. That has been the discussion all along.

Where have the Bills added vs last year? As of now we have a better back up qb and 3rd string rb. Most of the pick ups were replacing guys - sanders for brown, Efe for Murphy and Jefferson. Hollister for Kroft and Smith. Haack for Bojo. Powell possibly for a Robert’s. No we are not deemed. But we are relying on the same guys getting better vs adding pieces. Next year when we lose in the playoffs the narrative will be that this is part of the plan. We knew that we had no cap so could not improve yada yada excuse excuse. There were options and moves to be made. Beane made the decision to stand pat at or make minimal changes at certain spots. They are betting on an even more explosive offense and a bend but don’t break defense. I hope it works but expect a very similar team as last year. Which may be good enough.

Its bc ATL, CAR, NO games for all of those teams. Add in HOU and JAX for the AFCE that is 5 games against

We sign him at the price. Great move by the wizard. Signs with another team. Not worth it at that price. Would have liked him on one year deal. Good mentor for Efe too.

Had him on my list. Upgrade over Yeldon for sure- interested to see if they see him as back up or competing to be #1 back.

Supposedly he put on weight so that he can play on the inside and that is when he became more productive. So he is really more of a 275-280 guy than the 265 guy.

Vic Beasley? Was he a Bill? Cole plays on offense.

It is so. Do people love having Diggs on the Bills? Do people credit Beane with getting Diggs? Answer to both yes. Before Diggs, were people called haters for calling on Beane to get a WR? Yes. I want the team to get better. You may be confusing me and what I say with something else. I just like to actually think and not just say everything is amazing no matter what. For example, I am 100% happy with last season. Doesn't mean I still dont hate the signings of Addison, Jefferson, Butler. That is allowed. He looks more like our Q Jefferson replacement than an edge guy.

Got no bitterness. I just find it humorous

That was Beane's magic. He convinced all the "experts" out there to keep him off any top 100 free agents lists to drive the price down.

I just heard the water boy had a 10% higher job offer from NE and turned it down to stay in Buffalo. Go Bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree to some extent. My point is you are criticized for having an opinion until the Bills actually do what your opinion was. Say Bills sign Billy Jenkins III prior to Diggs trade. I post "I hope this is not the answer at WR and they have another move to be made". Board then calls me or anyone with that opinion anti-Beane and negative Nancy who does not understand what Beane is trying to do. The next day Bills trade for Diggs and Beane is a genius and how amazing the move is. Its like you can only be happy with what they do and not have any original thoughts. It is hard to find the DE we need. Doesnt mean you dont try. They tried with Watt and possibly others. There are still some names out there that could help - Dunlap, Ingram, Clowney. I am anti-Beane for wanting a guy like that. When they sign him next week it will be a great move. That is how it works here. I am not complaining. I want the team to get better so we can win the division, beat the chiefs/ravens/browns or whoever in the playoffs and go win a super bowl. The biggest need to put us in that position is pass rush and from the edge to be specific. Efe is not a bad addition. He just does not help much with that problem. Even if he is solid he is still an interior rusher not an edge rusher.

Huh? Plenty said prior to Diggs that WR was not a huge need. People talked up Brown as being a true #1 if given the chance. That Duke Williams showed his potential in that 100 yard game to end the season. Brown, Beasley, Duke and you draft a WR plus still have McK and Foster. There were plenty that were ready to roll with that strategy. I was big on you need a true / legit #1 and was told Beane knows what he is doing, the team has other needs, they obviously like what they have etc. That crew may have looked "respectable" but look what getting a guy like Diggs does for you. Same goes for this DL. You can roll out Addison, Hughes, Efe, AJE and be possibly respectable. Have guys get 6 sacks and seem solid (like Brown's 1,000 season). But you plug in a legit DE and he may only get 10 sacks but changes the entire game. And plenty are talking about this signing as a great signing and like he will have a big impact. He may just as likely barely see the field or have no impact. My point he is not a difference maker signing that is scaring our opponents. He is a just another guy. I do like the signing assuming it is at a minimum salary and is not the last move made. I dont want it to be the check the box, pass rush is fixed move. That is all. Worth a gamble as a potential player that can do more than is expected. Again, we need more at DE than we have now.

Again my point is stats dont tell the whole story. There is a reason a 5.5 sack guy was not a sought after free agent. There are tons of examples of these tyoes of situations. Heck, Robert Foster had 500+ yards and mostly in the second half of the year as a rookie...

Obviously there is more than just the stats or this guy would have gotten a $10M per deal. We should have released Addison and his nearly $10M if we really believe this guy will be more productive.

There is where just the stats can be misleading. There are obviously plenty of examples of guys that had less than 5.5 sacks that are in much more demand. It is what is actually happening on the plays he is in. How much is he impacting the game. Questions like - What is his win rate? What does he do vs the run? How much attention does he draw from the offense? How does he impact guys around him? Are his sacks in garbage time? Are they clean up sacks vs beat your guy and sack the QB? I would have to guess some of those answers are why a 5.5 sack is not in high demand. Still a good signing just dont expect him to be a savior and answer to our DL issues. This stuff reminds me of the pre Stef Diggs trade - we dont need help at WR we have Duke Williams. He has produced every time he had a chance. Look at the difference a Diggs makes vs a Williams. Or even a Diggs vs a John Brown. The same could happen if we could get a legit edge guy.

I think he is more of a Bryan Cox level signing than a Mario Addison. He is fighting for a roster spot which luckily for him there is not a ton of competition right now. It is a good move by the Bills assuming it is a min level type contract.

Lets see the money here. It better be under $1M. Hard to say much about this guy yet. But the fact CAR did not tender him and he was not high on any free agent lists has to mean something. Yes, he could turn out to be a baller but it is more realistic that he will be a rotational guy.

Don’t know much about the guy yet. Assume it is very low $ deal and we still have a plan to use Tre restrux $ on a player or two. Do have to remind that Aaron Maybin had 6 sacks for the Jets...