Inigo Montoya

12 team PPR; 1.) Josh Allen was my second QB, Kyler Murray was my first. (Starting Allen vs Jets Week 1 instead of Murray at 49s). 2.) Bills defense. I was "that guy", the first to draft a defense... 🤦‍♂️

New York State was hammered by an indefensible state-wide policy that forced COVID19 patients into nursing homes and decimated the most vulnerable populations there. I have worked in an ER in Kentucky for 24 years. We had to have a negative COVID19 test to return or place any patient into a nursing home from our hospital. Common sense. I'm not going to say anyone did a great job of handling this once in a century pandemic, but to say Coumo did a great job managing this pandemic when his policy is the major factor in almost 20,000 nursing home deaths in New York State is simply Orwellian.

Hey Promo! I would take this bet too if I were a betting kinda guy. I don't think it will be close. The Jets have a good D line but Moseley opted out and I think their LB corps and secondary is suspect. Five new starters on the O-Line with no preseason to gel. No real WR except for Crowder who is a slot guy. Herndon, Bell and Crowder are the offense and I think the Bills D can handle them. With this crazy preseason the Bills continuity across the board has to be worth at least a score in this match up. One place I might disagree with you is that I think McDermott will tell Daboll to blow the doors off any defense he can. Josh and this offense need confidence and I don't see McDermott putting the breaks on this offense if they get rolling. Hanging 40+ points on an NFL defense will build confidence quickly. I hope this game is the coming out party for the Bills' offense.

Haven't read the whole thread so forgive if this has already been stated, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Jets snap up Foster. Their WR corps is in shambles and Foster could provide some intel on the Bills' offense as well.

Didn't know it was Murphy's last year. Thanks for the info.

I think Murphy is a solid NFL DE and if we have the cap space to keep him this year we should. If we release Murphy he is on another team's roster in less that 24 hours. Beane can always move him later for picks or a player or release him next year to free up space for a Milano deal. I didn't expect Tre, Dawkins, and Milano to all get extended this year.

Jinx!!! 😉

This is what solid GM work looks like. What a difference Beane has made for this franchise. He needs to be the next extension announced.

After letting Hopkins go they had to lock down Watson or the city of Houston would have burned to the ground and Bill O’Brien’s body would have been the kindling.

I’m calling 911 for Bill Belichick and the Pat’s obnoxious fans. It will be so much fun listening to them cry after getting crushed in their first post Brady Era game. 😃

I’m making the call. The Phins go into Foxborough Week 1 and crush the Pats. Fitz’s teammates will rally around him and they will dominate the Pats to help Fitz honor his mother. It won’t even be close. Book it.

One of my favorite former Bills. Hope he and his family are OK.

The Josh Allen hate on the Jets' message board is crazy. They definitely have a high opinion of Darnold as well. I tend to agree with them, on the Darnold part at least. I think Darnold can be an above average QB in this League and if Darnold had come to the Bills instead of Allen, Darnold would be ascendant. As it is, I think Darnold has had about as much success on that dysfunctional team as he possibly could have. You just can't overstate how important it is for a rookie QB's success to go to a franchise that has the ability and patience to support their development.

Lol Yeah, definitely not my finest TBD moment...

Live shot of Brandon Beane working on the Ngakoue trade Offering a conditional 2023 5th round pick and a pair of old gym socks

Yeah, you're probably right R.N. My bad... @BruceVilanch ?

Thanks, I didn't know that.

No you weren't. You were told a solid back up QB is insurance to protect a team's chances during a championship run. I would take issue with you for deliberately misrepresenting my position but I think it was probably just an honest mistake on your part, more of a reading comprehension issue.

There is no way Beane signs Ngakoue without having an agreement already in place for an extension. He isn't Bill O'Brien. I would love to add a DE like Ngakoue if they can get the numbers right. If you cut Murphy or trade him you clear a lot of cap space that can go towards Ngakoue's contract. Addison is 32 and obviously isn't the long term answer here. This Bills roster is on the cusp of being a legit Super Bowl contender. An elite DE may be the final piece of the puzzle. This is why you manage your cap wisely so that when an opportunity like this comes up you have the means to take advantage of it. This move might be the one that puts this team over the top. I'm all for it if Beane can make it happen.

All fair points Rochester. In an odd way I think you underscore my point. We honestly don't know what we have on this roster when it comes to backup QB. Could Barkley, Fromm, or Webb rise to the occasion and play lights out for a stretch this season? I guess it's possible, but admittedly it's not very likely. For a team that I believe has a real shot to win a Super Bowl this year for the first time in over 20 years, and that has available cap space, I think shoring up the backup QB position should be an important consideration. If we had offered Dalton $5 mil this year ($2 mil more than the Cowboys did) would that have been enough to lure him out of going home to Texas to backup Prescott this year? I don't know. I think it would have been $5 mil well spent though. If we have to run Matt Barkley out of the tunnel to start weeks 8, 9, and 10 against the Pats, Seahawks, and Cardinals I think we would all be jumping at the opportunity to bring in Dalton at that price. Just my opinion. I understand your position though.

Jim is still healing up. Kelly Strong Jimbo!!! I'd take Frank Reich and send our AFC competitor the Indianapolis Colts into total disarray scrambling to replace their head coach with only three weeks until the season opener.

After graduating college and playing in the USFL for a couple of seasons Jim Kelly finally joined the Bills. He didn't have a winning season with the Bills until his third season. Let's give Allen a little more time to see where he ends up. I think Josh might end up being special in his own right. Not too many Jim Kelly's out there.

We have the deepest, most talented roster since the Marv Levy / Jim Kelly Super Bowl Era. I just wish we had a Frank Reich.

I think back up QB is the one glaring hole on our roster heading into the 2020 season. Not only do we have to worry about a regular injury to Josh Allen this year, we also have to worry about him coming down with COVID19 and missing several games while he recuperates. We don't have another QB on this roster that I have confidence in to step into the lineup for three weeks and win us 1 or 2 games. I was really hoping we would make a run at Andy Dalton when he was released. How valuable was having Foles, Bridgewater, and Tanneyhill for the Eagles, Saints, and Titans over the last few seasons? I know there are only so many quality QBs that become available each year, but I think that when you are putting together a team that has a legitimate shot at winning a championship, you need to make an investment in a quality backup QB. I think it's worth $3-4 million a year in cap space to do so, especially when your starting QB is still on his rookie contract. To put that amount into perspective, that's half of what Beane will pay Trent Murphy this year to be a rotational DE. Dalton is getting $3 mil from the Cowboys this year. This year the depth of your roster is going to be more important than ever due to COVID19. We have quality depth at just about every position on the field except for the single most important one. I do not mean to bash Beane with this post. I am a huge Brandon Beane supporter and I think it's a miracle where we stand today compared to where we were just three years ago. That improvement is due in large part to how well Beane has done his job. Maybe he has tried but was unsuccessful in signing a quality backup. Who knows? At the end of the day I would just feel a lot more comfortable going into this season with someone more accomplished than Matt Barkley holding a clipboard next to Josh Allen. I think it is hard to dispute that backup QB is the single biggest hole on our roster heading into the 2020 season. I hope it doesn't cost us.

It could also be that he was still playing because he liked the culture, locker room, and coaches in Buffalo. Maybe when he got to San Fran and got a sense of the team he realized that he wasn't going to enjoy it as much as he had in Buffalo. He probably already has more than enough money to retire comfortably (the Jets gave him a big contract when he left the Washington Football Team) and simply decided to call it a day. Either way, he is a part of the Bills' family now and I wish him all the best in retirement.