Ethan in Cleveland

Dolphins have the best roster of the other three but might have the worst QB. Jets are still a year away from winning 8 games. Bills 12-5 Dolphins 9-8 Pats 8-9 Jets 7-10

He doesn't even have to play. His salary is guaranteed. He can sit the whole year and rehab his arm

I've moved on. But I was a McD critic well before 13 seconds. I'm only interested in how he manages the team moving forward with even greater expectations than last year. The team was not prepared to play week 1 last year. Hope he has them ready to play this year. McD has shown an ability to get better. He was trusting the offense and taking reasonable chances late last season. Most worked but some did not. He and Frazier coped well enough without White until KC. Even with White, stopping KC on the road in the playoffs would have been difficult. The team is better on paper but still has question marks. That can be said of almost all teams. Let's just take it one week at a time and hope for the best.

Yup

I don’t see any difference in play except the weather. He has has bad home games like Pittsburgh last year and bad road games like Jacksonville. But in both those instances the entire team was unprepared to play. Josh is the least of my worries at home or on the road. He was virtually unstoppable in the second coldest game in franchise history. Temperature is not the issue. It was dry and not windy and by then the Bills had a reasonably reliable run game. Bad weather affects both QBs. Bills on paper should be better running the ball. Let's hope for better weather and better run blocking

His arm was shot. Unless he had an undisclosed jury that has healed there is no way he can play any longer.

I've been a vocal critic of McD for a few years now. He has coached some absolutely brutal losses, and made some very questionable personnel choices - Peterman, Murphy, and others. When the Bills win the SB this year I firmly believe it will be despite McD not because of him. It took complete negligence on the part of the coaching staff to keep Allen out of the SB this past year. That said, I would find it almost impossible to see a scenario where he is not the coach in 2023 regardless of the outcome this year. Probably only a rift between Allen and McD would be enough to cause McD to lose his job but I just can't see an Aaron Rodgers scenario playing out with Allen.

Bills were favored at home over the Steelers week 1 last season. Let's just play the games and stop all the hype. Oh and what happened to all the posters that say the Bills get no attention from the media???

Why do you think Baltimore takes a step back? I agree Tenn will.

Lol. Pretty sure we said the same thing with Brady for over a decade. Let them enjoy the offseason

Brutal schedule before the bye week. If they can come out no less than 3-3 they should be fine.

Sad day. I hope Epenesa and Basham develop. I have more hope for Basham. Not bringing back Hughes I think makes Epenesa a lock to make the final 53. He would be the 5th DE and a good chance to be a healthy scratch on game day.

White and Edmunds started from day 1 of their first training camps. And of course Bass started as well. Ford, Zay Jones, Oliver, and Rousseau all became starters their rookie year or were at least in rotations. I would be in favor of a veteran CB so they have the option of letting Elam learn a bit. That said I'd rather they rush Elam into a starting role than rush White back from injury.

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Dareus' first four years blow away anything Oliver has done. Yes Dareus went to crap but he was a great talent, and Oliver has not come close to the dominance that Dareus showed his first four years. Beane got us Allen but he has had quite a few failures as well. Ford is a bust. Epenesa look that way too. Teller traded away. And the jury is still out on Edmunds. Beane signed Williams to a significant extension only to cut him one year later. And let's not forget Beane signed a guy that quit at halftime. Have to be really careful assigning praise or blame with the retrospectoscope.

There are plenty of teams with worse QB situations. Seattle is eating Wilson's $26M in dead cap money and they just don't want to take on Baker's contract.

Lol, so was our defense for the wrong reason

Makes sense. I guess the other way to spin it is Beane could have sat tight and taken Booth or another CB or traded down like Tenn did and still got a CB. In the end, it only cost a fourth and if Elam plays well they have two excellent corners for the next few years. Every team has roster issues. Bills had a massive hole at CB, two aging safeties, and the interior O-line is still at best a work in progress.

Curious.Do you mean this to be a positive statement as in he may have learned from one of the better coaches in the NFL? Or a negative as in Marrone also served on Payton's staff and has been hired multiple places never really having great success at any of them. Any chance he can help remind Bass to squib it or help align the defense in crunch time?? That likely would help more than anything he will do with Josh. Sorry could not resisit.

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Nice job OP! Very well written.

He is when healthy which may be due at least in part to his size. Why not just draft a prototypical sized LB? Look at the position groups the Rams or Tampa Bay puts on the field. I do understand the trend is to have speed and range at LB. However, no linebacker including Edmunds or Milano can defend these elite TEs. So giving up size for coverage ability is not always a good trade off.

Ford Lawson Haack Gilliam Kumerow Boettger (cop out as he will be on PUP list) Even though they did not draft a guard, Ford has been really awful. It would be great if he was serviceable, but he looks like a complete bust. As I posted elsewhere, I think they bring back Hughes and Lawson is the odd man out on the DL. Epenesa gets one more year to suck and then is let go. Gilliam should not have been on the roster last year. With two credible TEs and no need for a FB bye bye Kumerow Bills drafted an extra CB and LB that can play teams. I think they are set at WR with Diggs, Davis, McKenzie, Crowder, and Shakir. Add Stevenson for a returmer and I think that is all the WR spots they will keep. I would favor bringing Sanders back if they want to keep 7 or if they cut Stevenson. Kumerow mainly lined up at outside WR in obvious passing downs. That should be Howard or Cook lining up outside on those plays. Kumerow offers little that younger cheaper guys can do instead. He was worse. Honestly he played RT better than he played either guard spot. He is a bust. Good call. They drafted two linebackers that can account for his 5 tackles a year.

After 4? What does that mean? No way Basham is getting cut. I just think if Hughes came back he would get more snaps than Basham.

I had Allen, Rosen, Mayfield, then Darnold. I liked Lamar better than most and still do, but I still had him fifth. There is always some luck to the draft. If Mayfield and Allen were gone to the Browns and Jets, Beane was still drafting the third guy on his list. We will probably never know who that was.