Ethan in Cleveland

Decent chance Epenesa lines up next to Oliver and replaces Harrison in the nickel four man DL at DT. He will get snaps at both DE and DT but won't start at either spot unless the other team comes out in a 5 WR set for the first play from scrimmage.

I'd prefer he just not drop the snap before making the miraculous 4th down run against Dallas. Allen was the QB I wanted but he has to play better. We will know by the end of this year. There are no excuses. OL is good enough, WR group is great. All he needs to do is increase TD by 5 and decrease InT/fumbles by 5 and Bill's should win 11 or more games. I think he makes the leap and becomes a great QB but never cracks the top 5 in QB rating. He will never be a 65% completion guy unless they change the offense significantly.

It's easy. If you are a white QB and you throw 20 TD against 10 picks and lateral the ball to no one in a playoff game you are a gamer. If you are black QB, former MVP, and led your team to the Superbowl where you were repeatedly hit illegally, you are not.

The racism is strong in this one...

Talley is top of the list of most overrated Bills. Bennett , Schobel, Fred Jackson, Moulds, and Ruben Brown are deserving of the wall. What is Ferguson’s iconic moment? Injuring his ankle in 1980?

Nobody in the Pac 12 tackles

No it isnt. It is believed to be the fact that most college offenses run a spread offense that looks nothing like a pro style offense. Has nothing to do with pads.

A small but real percentage of this board wanted Reich over Kelly.

Allen has to play better. All the other pieces are there to win 11 games or more. It's all on Allen and McD.

Ralph Wilson - no team without him Bruce Smith - best DE in history, top 10 all time talent OJ Simpson - top 5 RB of all time Thurman Thomas - he was the true force behind the K gun. Thurman is a top 10 RB in league history. Kelly is not in the top 20 QBs of all time.

Not going to happen. As long as there is TV revenue nothing will change. The teams probably would net more money playing without fans by cutting employee costs. As long as the games are played on TV people will watch.

For 20 years people have said the same thing about BB's defenses. He has traded away and cut guys once they get too expensive or show decline. That is his genius. He wanted to do the same thing with Brady and keep Garapalo but Kraft said no. The defense will still be very tough. If who ever is playing QB keeps the INT total less than 12 they will win no less than 8 games. Keep the turnovers down and his defense will keep them in a lot of games. I still think they find a way to add Newton at QB. If they do then the division title will be up for grabs until Bills and Patriots play in December.

Obsessing about them and pissing away a 3rd round pick for Gilmore are two different things.

Exaclty my point. Revisionist history to blame Whaley for signing him to extension.

That was my point. But read this thread. People act like it was stupid decision to sign Dareus to an extension. It wasn't at the time and almost everyone on here celebrated when he signed extension.

BB had the two greatest players of all time on their respective sides of the ball - Brady and Lawrence Taylor. BB is probably the greatest coach of all time but I would like to see him go without Brady for 5 years. Think Phil Jackson with the Knicks and not the Bulls/MJ or Lakers/Kobe/Shaq. The other counter argument to the salary cap era is this is the free agency era. You can rebuild rosters even if you don't draft well. BB has never drafted better than others. His true mastery is cutting guys before they decline and signing good players to decent contracts and finding roles for them to excel.

Go back and check the tape, almost everyone on this board wanted the Bills to sign Dareus to an extension. Beane signed a guy that quit at halftime and gave millions to an injured PED cheat. None of them are perfect judges of character

QB and MLB. If they dont play better, none of the other moves will matter. Both are young and improving and if they continue to get better this team will win the division and host a playoff game. As for a position that still needs an upgrade, it has to be OLB. Unlike TE, Bills have a rich history of great OLB play. Just not sure McD's defense is designed for an attacking OLB.

Agree with the OL but Ford will be the starting RT. Sadly I think Murphy will stay. I think you have the right number of DL. I think a few of them will rotate between DE and DT. I doubt Hodgins makes the team. Not polished enough as a WR. They will find a way to get him to IR.

I'd guess 49 or 50 of the roster spots are already known with the final 3-4 simply dependent on how many spots they want per position. Will they keep DiMarco - sadly probably yes. If they do then they probably can only keep 3 TE's. Will they carry 3 QBs? If so then then may only be able to go with 5 WR. They signed two free agents that only play ST's but after drafting two WRs I think Yaiwan Jones may not make the team. They will have to choose between Yeldon and Taiwan Jones. I'd take Yeldon for sure.

Pegula was responsible for the Rex Ryan hire not Whaley. And no one really knows who owns the EJ pick. Was it Nix or Whaley. Whaley added a lot of talent to the team. His offense was top 10 in scoring and number one in rushing. Ryan destroyed a top 3 defense. I too was ok with the Ryan hire because I thought he was a good game day coach and for the most part he was. I like the Greg Roman hire. All Rex had to do was keep Schwarz and add a few wrinkles to the defense. Instead the moron decided to blow it up. His fate was sealed at that moment.

One year deal for Clowney would put the front 7 over the top and not hurt the team long term. Make it happen and make a deep playoff run. Interesting that Beane or McD spoke about Epenesa moving down to DT in passing situations. That will allow them to carry one less DT and an additional DE on the roster.

Sign White. Let another team overpay for Dawkins. Replace him with a 2021 draft pick.

Thurman Thomas. He was amazing to watch. Without him the K-gun would have never worked. 3 more carries in Superbowl XXV and they win. Bruce Smith was best player in Bills' history but Thomas was my favorite.

Good topic. To hell with all the posters that tell you to stop. I love the hypothetical stuff. As for your idea, I would pass. Brown is healthy, has very good hands, runs all routes, and is already under contract. I would have traded a 3rd round pick for AJ before the Diggs deal. But even giving up a #1, the Diggs deal is better. Diggs is younger, healthier, and cheaper.