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We dont know what is going on behind the scenes at PSE. Here is what we do know about the Bills and Sabres: Bills were 9-7 when Pegula bought the team. The team then went 8-8 in 2015, 7-9 in 2016, 9-7 in 2017 and 6-10 in 2018. I would not call that progress. In the same short time period they went from Marrone to Ryan to McD and changed GM's. Too soon to call a disaster but the playoff season skews the reality of the mediocrity at best that has been the Bills under Pegula. Sabres are a complete disaster. Bought the team in 2011. A team that had been a consistent playoff contender. The team had never gone more than 3 years without making the playoffs. We are now on 8 years and counting. The team had only had one sub 64 point full season since 1971-72 and has now had 3 with Pegulas as owners. They have had 3 top 3 draft picks since buying the team, top 10 picks every year since 2012. Going into the season they were the worst the last 7 years. Why should Terry be good at running a team? I dont know. Is he really just a lucky rich guy. He really just got lucky and struck oil and was able to sell for a few billion. Not like he has a history of success running businesses or let alone sports teams.

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/expo/sports/g66l-2019/02/8b9940f9cc2122/2019-nfl-draft-trade-helps-buffalo-bills-land-impact-players-in-7round-mock.html Update Depth on Offense: Looks to be a huge upgrade across the board. QB: Allen, Barkley, Anderson RB: McCoy, Love, Yelden FB: Dimarco WR: Tyrell Williams, Zay Jones. R Foster, D Sills TE: T.J. Hockenson, Jess James, Croom OL: Matt Paradis, Daryl Williams, Dawkins, Chris Lindstrom, Kaleb McGary, Long, Miller/Groy/Teller/Mills/Brandon Fanaika Updated Depth Chart of Defense: Depth across the board. DT: H Phillips, Jeffery Simmons, Lotulelei, J Phillips DE: Murphy, Hughes, Anthony Nelson, Lawson, Yarbrough LB: Milano, Edmunds, Alexander, T Davis, Sione Takitaki, Lacey DB: Hyde, Poyer, White, EJ Gaines, Wallace, Johnson, Bush, Blace Brown, /Andrew Wingard This looks to be a much improved team. Still think we could use an additional WR. But the OL looks much improved and TE position solidified. Love could be a steal at RB.

More like was serviceable in Was but not good enough for them to want to pay him.

Dont bet on Long being the answer. Bodine, Newhouse, Ducasse were also supposed to be the answers...

Stats are one thing and only part of the picture. I would not call those stats pedestrian regardless. UW this past year followed him all over the field and game played around him. ASU tried to counter that by running the ball and playing the possession game. Was a terrible strategy and they only thew for 100 yds.

Harry will be first WR taken. The guy is just a beast and his speed is underrated. AJ Green, Michael Thomas upside. Dont get the Treadwell comparisons. The games his freshman and sophomore year was against a ridiculous secondary. Think 3 or 4 of them all were drafted in the 2nd round.

Watch the Harry highlights. Guy is a freak and usually looks like the best player on the field.

I think they go OL or DL. Player that is growing on me though is WR - N'Keal Harry. Could be the weapon we need. Go watch the highlights if you have not seen the kids.

You need an offense to get there. I would say - Defense can win in the playoffs or defense can win one game. But over the stretch of 16 games you need at a minimum an above average offense. Just ask TEN and JAC. Both had solid defenses that were good statistically but Offenses that could not keep up over a season.

Shows in same ways how easy it is to make the playoffs. You will have the top teams but the fight for the last 2-3 spots is not too far from the fight for the bottom 3 spots. Just playing with the ESPN tool it was way easier to get the Bills in the playoffs than I expected. Even as simple as all home teams win out, but the Bills win vs Pats and Dolphins on road and they are on. So Bills win out, not much of a stretch for other teams ahead of them to fall.

We have been here before. Bills could wind up one of the bottom teams in the league or with a lot of help sneaking in the playoffs. How likely is it? There are 5 locks so one spot is up for grabs and its not as hard as it seems. The Bills have one of the easiest schedules but rely on others slipping. http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine If you select the defensive ranking criteria the Bills win out and get the help needed to make the playoffs. If you select the offensive ranking criteria the Bills lose out and finish with the 4th pick in the draft. Looking at the schedule - Bills have 2 vs Fins, Jets, Lions and Pats. All but Pats very winnable games. Playing with the simulator there are lots of roads to get in. But one loss and they are done. Feels like about 90% of the last 15-20 years but at least technically a chance.

It is funny. You hate Stevie or hate Tyrod. Guys that were actually class acts and over achievers. Should they have just played terrible so fans would not get mad at them for being too good but not good enough? I praise guys that the most of what they got and play with a ton of heart and grit. Take that any day over the guy with the big expectations but does not seem to put it all together. Usually that is do to not putting in the work or having the grit.

If Fake News is a real thing than it would be Bleacher Report. Any hack can get a story out there. Does not mean its reality.

Interesting thing about drafts - seem to wind up crapshoots Donohoe: 2001 draft was solid - Clements, Schoebel, Henry, R Edwards, J Jennings 2002 draft was terrrible - M Williams, J Reed, Denney 2003 draft was ok - McGahee, Kelsay, McGee, Crowell, Haggan 2004 draft was bad - Losman, Evans 2005 draft was terrible - Parrish Levy 2006 draft was ok - Whitner, K Williams, and some mediocre guys 2007 draft was ok/good - Lynch, Poz, Edwards Brandon 2008 draft was bad - McKelvin, S Johnson 2009 draft was ok - Wood, Byrd, Levitre Nix 2010 draft was awful - Spiller, Troup, Wang 2011 draft was ok - Dareus, A Williams, Shephard, Searcy 2012 was ok - Gilmore, Glenn, Bradham Whaley 2013 (Nix too) draft was ok or bad - Manuel, Woods, Alonso, Goodwin 2014 draft was terrible - Watkins, kouanjio, P Brown 2015 draft was bad - Darby, Miller 2016 draft was bad - Lawson, Ragland, Washington McBeane 2017 ? - White, Jones, Dawkins, Milano 2018 ? - Allen, Edwards, Phillips

This is no longer about this year. You play Allen to get him experience so the game slows down next year.

3-7 and people are mad? Until last game we were on pace for one of the worst offenses ever. Without the ridicule we may have kept playing Peterman and been the worst ever. It is deserved at #27. Win some games it goes up.

I think its hard to quantify the effect the score has on stats. If a team is up big it changes the entire course of the game. They could very well be a good defense and I do beleive they are at least above average. But the way the season has gone it makes it hard to tell. I will say that was McD took over play calling things got much better. But the D got pretty much destroyed in at least 3 of the 10 games. The D has looked really good in another 3-4. And another 3-4 were ok. BAL - D got destroyed LAC - D got destroyed MIN - D dominated GB - D bad, not as bad as BAL and LAC TEN - D dominated HOU - D dominated IND - D got destroyed NE - D got handled, but kept was able not give up some TD's CHI - Who knows, 28-0 at half. Helped D stats since CHI didnt even need to play offense. NYJ - D dominated

Here is the thing with bad teams. It easier to start lesser quality players you drafted. You could start 20 draft picks from the past two years and that does not mean the draft was a home run. It they are showing it on the field immediately maybe. Or after a few years legit players. This has been a debate forever - the current coaches always start their draft picks and then we say how good they drafted. Then after a few years the guys are not better and no longer starting. Rinse and repeat. Not saying the drafts are bad. Just that the logic of using if they start is faulty.

Yes and no. Look at the history of the NFL. There are a ton of random QB's that start a game here or there every year. Guys like a Mullins in SF or Tuel with Bills a few years ago and so on. Two differences. 1) They are better than NP. 2) The coaches dont put them out there over and over if it is clear they should not be.

Some of these stats are due to the team being blown out. Teams are just trying to get the game over not put up a ton of more yards etc.

Really? Do you guys really think they did not mis manage the QB position? The evaluation is way off. The planning is way off. There is really no debate here. The debate is whether this is telling of how they will do long term or if they can make up or correct for the weaknesses they have shown on the offensive side of things.

Here is the negative take on today's win. With how Barkley played, which I would call competent, what does that say about McD and/ Beane? In a way it shows how bad Peterman is. How bad D Anderson, even though better than Peterman is. How not ready Josh Allen is. Barkley is how AJM could have been or many other competent NFL QB's. Instead they felt Peterman was the best option and then a not ready Allen, then Peterman again and Anderson and Peterman again. Seriously? I know its naive at times to think we know more then the pros. But just about anyone but McD and Beane saw that Peterman was not a competent QB. He should not be in the NFL. Nice win today I guess. BUt it does not give me faith or confidence in McBeane team to lead this team onto the next level.

The Bills have lost 5 games by 20+ points this year. Last years 0-16 Browns lost only 1 by more than 20. This team is obviously not even competitive. Does anyone really think the Rex teams were worse? This could go down as one of the worst teams ever in the NFL. They have 8 TD's scored vs 27 given up. They have only scored a TD in 5 of 9 games. The Defense looks better than it is because teams take the foot of the gas when they are up big.

So this turd is not on purpose? They thought they had a acceptable NFL team out there? Peterman was part of a non tank plan? That is just sad.

I would be excited to see this. See what he has and if he has learned anything. Sometimes a change and fresh start can be good. Positive - 6 starts and over 300 yds in 3 of them. Negative - 6 starts and 12 ints in those games. 1-5 record in those starts.