Ethan in Cleveland

I fully admit Diggs was one of my favorites and trading him hurts. Part of loving the Bills is having an emotional investment in the team and the individual players. It's really tough for me to think of another guy in the recent past that hurt as much after he was gone. I felt really bad when Schobel retired. I think he is one of the most underrated Bills of all time and he deserved better. For whatever reason didn't get the same attachment for Kyle Williams though I appreciated his ability. How about others? Who was the last player that really hurt when they left?

That will be incredible! The first CB to ever win OROY!!!

Be a McDermott fan boy if you want. Others on here agree with me As for my other points, is the failure to adequately address the OL an unfair criticism? The only redeeming factor for Epenesa is he is only 25. He had 2.5 sacks in the final ten weeks of the year. Again started the season strong and was a non-factor the rest of the way. He had 1 tackle and no sacks in 2023 playoffs. Terrible decision to bring him back. I've generally given Beane high marks for his off-season moves. As he said today, the Bills are worse today after this move. If he thinks Shakir, Kincaid, and Samuel can replace Diggs as he was implying he is insane. But he is lying. He will trade up and draft a WR. That is his MO. He burns picks to move up and get a guy he wants. The only thing left to be seen is how much he gives up and how high he goes up.

Yes trade top 10 WR and keep busts like Epenesa. Take five years to finally put together an above average OL and then blow it up one year later. Doesn't matter anyways, until McDermott is gone its all window dressing.

Do you actually believe that?

I would take the Rams one SB win and not making the playoffs over losing in the Division round three years in a row. People are brainwashed with Beane and McD BS on sustained success. The NFL is a win now at all costs league. And this regime blew our best chances. Josh could break down like Cam Newton any moment with the way he plays. Like Apollo Creed said, there is no tomorrow.

What are you talking about? The Bills will have a cap charge of $30M this year and no player on the roster to show for it. How much more dead do you want that to be???

Apparently you don't remember 2018

Bernard was a second year player. He only played one game as a rookie and he sucked in that game.

Ok. I'm done with being emotional. One of my fav players is gone. Time to move on. Hope Beane can get a star WR on the cheap in the draft.

So when Beane drafts a WR in the first round can we ban BPA talk on this board? That alone would make this trade palatable.

Were we winning with McDermott with the last four playoff performancesby his defense? I mean really it is past time especially with Belichick available.

Oh come on. The defense is the cause of the loss to Chiefs x 2 and the Texans. It was not Diggs.

The media loves to praise teams on the way up and bash those on the way up. Texans are ascending Bills look at best from the outside to be treading water or in decline. We know the players that Beane got rid of were all replaceable. But when you lose both safeties, your center, and your #1 WR it looks really bad. The trade sucks. The media knows McDermott is a joke too. They know he cost us a SuperBowl. They know he can't beat Reid in the playoffs. They love Ryans right now. The only thing that reverses the narrative is winning the SuperBowl. Until then all we are is a team wasting a HOF QB, just like the Chargers with Rivers, the Dolphins with Marino, and Elway with Reeves.

They have Andy Reid we have McDermott...big difference

So you can use the 2025 pick this year to trade up. If they don't use it then it makes less sense.

A 2025 2nd round pick! Beane got had. This is all to placate McD's fragile ego. This is really stupid move for this year. Only way Beane recovers from this is to mortgage multiple picks to move up and get one of the top 3 WR. Sad sad day when you chose the loser HC over the guy that was the heart and soul of the team for years.

I hate this so much. Best WR in franchise history. Pegula and Beane choose the loser head coach over the star WR that called out his bull#### OC. God I hate this. Beane had better find a great replacement

This is absolutely pointless when leave out the fact they traded a first round pick for a top 3 WR in the league and he performed better than any WR in franchise history. Not sure what the point the OP is trying to make when you leave out all the relevant facts.

The only three guys that make sense at 28 are Thomas, Franklin, and Mitchell. Hopefully one of those three are available. They all have enough size and speed to be an outside threat. I'd be happy with any of those three. If they are all gone take an edge or trade back. Somehow I think we end up with Roman Wilson in the top of round 2 as a Robert Woods do-over.

Wow this sucks

Josh needs to and can play better. Turnovers are his biggest issue. His deep ball was garbage last year. Maybe that was the shoulder. His WR screen throws are abysmal. Not much else to work on. What is McDermott going up work on to get better?

Well to keep using your analogy you can choose not to get poked in the eye. Nobody is forcing someone to buy the PSL. If you want the team to stay in Buffalo this is the price you pay. It's the world we live in. No less than five other cities would take the Bills and their fans would willingly pay for the PSL. Cleveland and northeast Ohio is about to put up 500 million just to renovate their broken down stadium or get shilled for $1B or more to build a dome. Can't have it both ways. You want the team you have to pay. As for me I'm still going to get club level tix a few times a year and hit a couple away games a year. I still work too many weekends to justify season tix even if I'm only under 3 hours away now.

Can someone summarize for me the anger over the PSLs? I am not a season ticket holder. I thought it was assumed the new stadium was going to have PSLs. I dont understand why the outrage as if people were duped. Did people expect there was not going to be a PSL?

Problem is when you took an OT in the first round in the past you felt like you were getting a 10 year starter. Now O-line play is so bad in college it's as big of a gamble as all the other players. It's all 2 point stances and spread offense in college except for a few programs like Michigan and Alabama