ComradeKayAdams

Wow. That is ***** depressing. Football before Marsha and the Hoodie was a lot of fun. You still followed the NFL closely after Thanksgiving. You didn't mentally concede 2 games and the division title to the Patriots in August. The playoffs were a bigger deal than the draft. You keep hunting those MILFS, young #518, and one day may McBeane reward you for your patience.

Also, a lot of people around here forget their Buffalo Bills history. There was a franchise before the 90's. And throughout that 30-year period, Ralph was notoriously cheap with players and coaches alike. To me, the Antonio Brown comments could easily be referring to the football franchises in comparison, and not the cities. In that case, can anyone argue with a Steelers vs. Bills comparison? The silver lining is that just a few quality seasons could radically alter this football perception. Remember that the Steelers were an absolute joke of a sports franchise for its first four decades of existence.

Do a lot of others here share this opinion? I think Flores could be a really good coach, maybe much better than Richard. But I do like the fact that the Dolphins could be stealing an important guy from the Patriots. That may be enough for me to support this move. Until the Dolphins move on from Tannehill, I won't be afraid of them.

At least the next two seasons?! That is a very depressing thought.... The Bills, Jets, and Dolphins have been absolutely pathetic throughout the 21st century. Here are their performances vs. the Patriots from 2001 - 2018: Dolphins vs. Pats: 12-24 Jets vs. Pats: 8-28 (1-1 in playoffs) Bills vs. Pats: 4-32 ?

More likely, they didn't have a jersey in his size.

Longest tenured Buffalo Bill now, by 2 years.

He didn't spend the majority of his career with the Bills, so I don't consider him among the "career Buffalo Bill DT's." Having said that, he was the best 3-4 DT we ever had and one of my very favorite players during the Wade Phillips era.

The ranking for career Buffalo Bill DT's is: 1. Tom Sestak 2. Kyle Williams 3. Fred Smerlas So Kyle is essentially a guaranteed Wall of Famer. As far as his league-wide reputation goes, it's interesting to note that he's finishing 183rd at the moment in official NFL career sacks. The vast majority of the 182 in front of him are DE's and pass-rushing OLB's, so I don't know how he ranks exactly as a pass-rushing DT in the league. But it's probably very respectable.

We're stuck with this loser for another full year, I'm afraid.

Can we find a free agent TE who can contribute more than 21 catches, 184 yards receiving, and 0 TD for $4.5 million? Probably.

Yup. And on a related note, Buffalo has to be the most miserable sports city, right? Bills are #5 and Sabres are #8.

Actually, it's 30 seasons (the Rams are first with 33 seasons and the Bears second with 31). Cookie would have easily accounted for 2 more, but he played during the 14-game era. It just shows you how much the Bills franchise has valued the RB position over its history.

Comparing players to their peers is really the only fair way to do it when you're talking about stat comparisons from differerent eras. Ryan Fitzpatrick, for example, could conceivably pass Jim Kelly in career NFL passing yards when all is said and done. On stats alone, a completely oblivious statistician might think the two were comparable in talent, ignoring the fact that Fitzy played in the flag football era while Jim Kelly played in an era where running the ball was still a viable strategy. Also, the career longevity of NFL QB's these days was simply not possible back then. I'm impressed by how effective Brees and Brady have been into their 40's, but no way they get to where they are now if defenses were allowed to play under the old rules of getting to the QB. One can definitely make a case that Marino was the GOAT. He would have had multiple Super Bowl rings if he had quality RB's playing for him and if the Bills weren't in the same division.

Ferguson did it 2 times, Kelly 8 times, then Flutie in 1999, Bledsoe in 2002, Losman in 2006, Fitzy 3 times, Orton in 2014, and Taylor 2 times.

We also could have had Anthony Lynn if we wanted. However, it's important to note that both Reich and Lynn came into situations where a franchise QB already was in place.

A Tre White doppelganger as the #2 CB absolutely would turn this defense to elite status. Any defense that features two genuine "shut-down" CB's (i.e. performing at an All-Pro level) to go along with a very good pair of safeties, a solid nickel CB, two very good LB's, and even just an average DL is going to be performing at an elite level.

If he's a comparable talent to someone like Jalen Ramsey, then you have to take him as a BPA.

I'd like to see Vontae Davis leading the charge in week 17. End the season on a high note.

So he's listed as day-to-day. Hopefully he ends up playing Sunday because he has a lot to prove at this particular stage in his career. As everyone knows, he's in serious danger of being a cap casualty, and this makes me extremely sad because he is one of my favorite all-time Buffalo Bills. How does everyone feel about the prospects of a contract restructuring for McCoy? Lower the annual cap hit and increase the years on his current contract? This would allow him to retire as a Bill and finish his career like Marcus Allen did - that is, playing as a backup RB, a receiver out of the backfield, and a veteran presence in the locker room.

I suppose I just think the concept of pro MLB "instincts" are negligible and highly overrated. With a strong work ethic and good coaching, Edmunds will be fine developing into an elite MLB. A full off-season of adding bulk won't hurt either. And the varying football backgrounds between these so-called "instinctual" LB's and Edmunds do matter to me. He entered the league this summer as a very young and raw prospect. It should have been expected for Edmunds to struggle some in his rookie year and to not have a perfectly positive linear progression. I can generalize this frustration of mine to all sorts of life endeavors besides football. If you don't hit the ground running in something, a lot of people seem more than willing to write you off as "not a natural" and then steer you toward something else. This mindset seems to be typical of people who have never had the experience of working really hard and obsessively at something in their own private lives. There's also the problem of where to put Edmunds if not at MLB. Milano plays the Will LB, and the Sam LB in a modern 4-3 defense is more of a part-time position. Both Edmunds and Milano need to be every-down LB's.

Yes you can! One is not simply born to play 4-3 MLB at the pro level. What you perceive as "instincts" come from hard work and experience. Preston Brown is cited here as an example. That's an interesting one because Preston's father was a career football coach, so Preston had a different level of tutelage and LB experience than Tremaine had upon entering the NFL.

The defense is mediocre in sacks, interceptions, and third down percentage. They are downright awful in red zone defense. They are otherwise top 10 in all other meaningful metrics. McDermott and Beane have made good progress with the defense from year 1 to year 2. But more work clearly needs to be done this offseason: 1. Find a capable #2 CB opposite White. 2. Find an annual double-digit sack DE opposite Hughes. 3. Find a replacement for Kyle Williams. 4. Find a replacement for Lorenzo Alexander. So that's 4 starters needed. This draft is absolutely loaded with talent at DE and DT, and these guys have shown that they know how to draft CB's and LB's. There is also free agency to find replacements. The difficulty is in trying to find 4 starters on defense while simultaneously overhauling the offense. It can be done with $90 million in cap space and 10 draft picks. But it won't be easy.

Yep. Below average pass rush. Bottom of the league in red zone defense. It's good, but definitely not great.

This thread and this highlighted comment brought a tear to my eye. No joke. The Bills happened to be in the middle of their Super Bowl years when I was that age.

More likely: 4 targets, 1 catch, 7 yards, 0 TD, 1 drop, knee injury in 3rd quarter, out for next 2 games.