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Yeah it wasn’t directed at you… more of a follow up on what you’re saying.

Josh’s numbers through 5 games on a per game basis are almost identical to what his numbers were on a per game basis last year. Y/A 2020: 7.9 2021: 7.5 AY/A 2020: 8.5 2022: 8.3 Y/G 2020: 284 2021: 274 Passer Rating: 2020: 107.2 2021: 102.5 TD/G 2020: 2.34 2021: 2.4 INT/G 2020: .625 2021: .4 Only numbers that are significantly down are his Comp% and QBR…. And QBR is going to be influenced some by his Comp% This whole “regression” thing is hysterical.

So he hasn’t dealt with a tremendous amount of adversity since arriving in Indianapolis?

Ehhh he’s pretty good. Dealt with a tremendous amount of adversity since arriving in Indianapolis. He’s done a good job there and deserves the praise he gets.

Maybe this is just in my head… by McDermott has traditionally done well against these Titans style offenses in the past. The run first, heavy play-action offense. Minnesota, Cleveland and Tennessee. I think we’re like 3-2 against these teams but we very rarely give up a bunch points… outside of that weird Tennessee game last year…

The last ~15 games I certainly would say so… Rousseau might be on the fast track as well. You could see the disparity between our drafting ability and the Chiefs drafting ability on the field last night. Chris Ballard was a BIG piece for them. It’s no coincidence that the Colts have been among the best drafting teams since he got the GM job in Indianapolis.

It’s third fewest points scored for the Chiefs in the regular season since Mahomes took over. They lost 19-13 against the Colts in Week 5 of 2019. The won 17-14 against the Falcons in Week 16 of 2020. 4th lowest total if you include the Super Bowl last year. 2nd largest margin of victory against a Chiefs lead Mahomes team. The largest being the Super Bowl last year.

Even worse… they did mention it and Collinsworth tried to justify it… “he grabbed some jersey, that’s an easy call every time.” Lol ok, sir.

You’re right… McDermott hasn’t done anything here. This run of success would’ve just happened naturally like it did between 2000 - 2016 😅

Is it Crosby’s fault ? His holder is Bojórquez… 😬

I’ve wanted to bring Patterson in here over the past few years. He’s bounced around a bunch since 2017 and has never really broken the bank… at least compared to what he offers. Great special teamer and some interesting offensive versatility. Glad he’s found a pronounced role somewhere.

It’s the former. Do I think that’s actually how it unfolded? Partially… but I 100% believe that’s the story Antonio Brown told and most likely believes himself.

I’m dead serious. Dead serious.

I have a friend who did some work with Brown this off-season. He spent quite a bit of time with him. I had my buddy ask AB why he didn’t come to Buffalo. He did and got a candid answer. “My agent told me Buffalo was going to trade for me and sign me to a big contract. I said nah, they suck. Josh Rosen is trash.” To which my buddy replied “oh, haha. You mean Josh Allen.” AB replied “Wait, their QB isn’t Josh Rosen?” I swear on my life this happened. He nixed the trade because he thought our QB was Josh Rosen… and 3 years later still thought our QB was Josh Rosen. AB also still hasn’t paid my buddy and it’s been 6 months.

Absolutely fair on the first point. Although, look at all those other teams finding elite players at a high rate that we named. Saints, Colts, WFT, 49ers, Panthers and Browns Wintson, Wentz and Heinicke are going to put pressure on. Lance, Darnold and Mayfield may never elevate a team like a true franchise QB needs to. Drafting an elite QB gives Beane the ability to find more elite guys at other positions.

I can’t argue with any of the names there either. I think what this exercise illustrates is something we already know - it’s hard to find elite players. Nobody has found more than 3 over the past 5 years. I don’t think it’s really even possible to smash the league there. Drafting the way we have gives you the ability to find the elite guys IMO.

I think that assessment is more than fair. Even so, we’ve names 4-5 other teams? I’m not even sure those teams have drafted more guys than two (Allen and White). Bills are still in the upper echelon there… Browns - Chubb, Garrett and Ward. Carolina - McCaffrey and? Washington - Young, Sweat and ? New Orleans - Kamara, Lattimore, Ramczyk Colts - Nelson and Leonard They Bills are in an enviable position.

Zay Jones and Cody Ford. If they’re drafted 5th round or later I have a hard time calling a guy a “bust.” It’s very difficult for those guys to amount to much more than a special teams contributor. It’s not impossible… it’s just that the rate of failure that low in the draft is sky high.

Yeah, I see eye to eye with you on 99% of this. I’d be curious to see how the Bills compare to the rest of the league when it comes to getting those top end guys over the past 5 years. Josh Allen Dion Dawkins Tre White Matt Milano? Let’s say I leave Milano out. I’m feeling pretty good about the fact that they got 3 impact guys in 5 years. Off the top of my head I can think of 1 or 2 teams that may have nabbed more and those are the Colts and Saints.

Yeah… this is definitely on the high end for a NCB. Only Kenny Moore makes more. Taron slots in above Mike Hilton, Jonathan Jones and Bryce Callahan now. Not the end of the world considering we played like 91% of our defensive snaps in Nickel last year. It’s a valuable, starting position in our defense.

Did I say Tremaine was a hit? Show me where I said that… I said he’d get extended. Let me just cite The Athletic article published yesterday where multiple people in the NFL are quoted saying they don’t understand why fans think Tremaine Edmunds isn’t a stud despite everyone outside of Buffalo viewing him as a special player. **Spoiler: It’s because fans have no idea what his responsibilities are and the problems he poses for opposing offenses.** FYI - I did analysis on the Bills drafting under McBeane and then just with Beane. Beane is one of the best drafters since he took over the draft for the Bills in 2018… he’s better than “pretty ok.” I also specifically said “The Bills” in my OP and not “Beane” for this reason exactly.

And could have 32 other teams, including the Colts who passed on him in the 1st round. The revisionist stuff doesn’t work. That paragraph was 31 words long… 5 words were used to reference some analysis I did on the Bills draft. 16% of the paragraph was a reference to me. Hardly constitutes tooting my own horn for “an entire paragraph.” Wanna try again?

Yeah… you’re completely missing the point of what constitutes drafting well. I can count 2 truly bad draft picks in 5 years. They’ve been one of the best drafting teams over the last 5 years. Is that what I said? I said “Great move, Bills” and that’s your response. Nice try…

As much as some people here behave like we don’t draft well, even though I’ve proved otherwise, the fact we keep extending our own because they’re contributing proves it as well. 3 guys from the 2017 draft. 2 from the 2018 draft, with Tremaine Edmunds coming eventually. It’ll keep happening. Great move, Bills.