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  1. 20 hours ago, John from Riverside said:

    Remember when our QBs could not complete passes against......"air"

    Those were the best days, you just had to stand on the sideline area and hope for the a foul ball to come your way, much more exciting than baseball.

    11 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

     

    Would a dime not imply hitting a guy in stride? Just saying.

  2. 22 hours ago, Boxcar said:

    Howie Roseman is such a stubborn idiot that he currently plans to roster and pay his backup TE 8.5 million dollars just because no one wanted to give up significant assets for him. I know I shouldn't rag on a fanbase for being hopeful, but I think Bills fans know what it's like to go into a season with an obviously crappy QB. Eagles fans honestly think they are about to make some noise with freaking Jalen Hurts at the helm lol.

    Man, I could not agree more.  I will put it out there, I said Hurts was undraftable as a QB.  I would not have him on the board and so many “experts” we all up on his junk.  I stand by my assessment, the guy is basically Tebow 2.0 without the prayers.  He seems likable, hard working, good football player, but your limit is college level.  He can’t make the throes required to be an NFL QB on a consistent basis.  He may improve, but I don’t see him sticking.  
     

    I think Roseman is a horrible GM and it’s just starting to prove itself.   They caught lightning in a bottle with Foles and still managed to screw up that good fortune by not taking advantage of trading him at the peak value. They got lucky finding a sucker for Wentz, but still are suffering for that contract.  I can’t 100% blame them for the contract in the first place, he did take the league by storm, but he looks off the rails after the injuries, they rolled the dice and lost. 

     

    This is about the equivalent of everything Bills fans endured pre-Doug Whaley. I know I’m not in the majority, but I don’t blame him for the ***** storm here, he put together a good roster, having the old man force his hand screwed him.  I have to tell you, I think had he been given the reins on his last draft, this team would be as good or better than they are now.  We would have had Maholmes or Watson with that 1st round pick and nobody would be upset with him.  Personally, I think it would have been Watson, who is a great QB although appears to be knocking on the career suicide door pretty hard.  The roster he built, did make the playoffs with a backup QB as a starter.  Beane has done a good job reshaping the team in the image of the new staff, he also got pretty darn lucky to be able to land JA.  He gave up a lot to do it and took a HUGE risk, but it paid off.  That along with the move for Diggs have been some serious signature moves, hopefully someone else he drafted can step up big because right now, his history isn’t great, but that’s another conversation.

  3. I lean towards Moss, but if DS can get more north/south then he’s got something to offer too.  Breida is going to get some pt because, Speed.  I’m not completely sold that Antonio Williams isn’t the best back we have ( looked really good with limited opportunity, who knows?) so I’m just rooting for a real competition and let the best man win.  Oh and the rugby guy, has he gotten it together, no doubt the best athlete of the group.

  4. On 7/26/2021 at 10:57 AM, Rc2catch said:

    Prepare for Allen to be like 7th or something. 
     

    I’ll make my uninformed guesses 

     

    1) Brady 

    2) Mahomes 

    3) Rodgers

    4) Lamar 

    5) Wilson 

    6) Dak

    7) Allen 

     

     

    Wouldn’t doubt it, but in terms of what it SHOULD BE:

     

    1) Maholmes

    2)Watson

    3)Allen

    4)Rodgers 

    5)Wilson

    6)Brady

     

    Thats purely on what they can bring to the table in terms of ability, it’s arguable that Allen should be the #2, but Watson has everything and a redonkuless completion percentage, also he seems more assertive in the massage parlor, so he might get the extra points tacked on.  


    In terms of, “pure ability”, which is what Madden ratings SHOULD be, you can’t argue with any of the top 3 young guns.

  5. I’m just hoping the coaches saw enough with Williams’ effort in the game he got in last year to give him a fair shake in camp.  I don’t care what anybody says, right now, you have no clear cut starter at RB, everyone should be competing for every spot.  Breida and Williams should have every opportunity to start over Moss and DS.  I would love to see Moss (re)gain form and claim the starting job and have the same success he had in college, I think he can be a tier 2 type of starter at RB and that would be more than adequate in this O.  Until that happens, everyone should be in play.

  6. 3 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

     

    Yeah, but the 1st round contracts are pretty well locked in.  There’s hardly anything to negotiate about.

    Offset language, performance bonuses, etc, all a big part of it.  He should be asking for no offset, bonus for games played, ProBowl, playoffs etc.  I’m sure his agent is holding their feet to the fire and they don’t like it.

  7. 32 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

    IMO, Thurman Thomas was one of the absolute best all purpose RBs in the NFL. I also believe if he was force fed the football like Emmitt Smith was, his rushing yardage would be much higher. Remember, Barry Sanders was RB2 at Oklahoma State.

    I can respect that opinion, but in the eyes of the rest of the world, he’s not in the conversation as the best ever.  Stats do play a part in it and while I agree with you, I think he was a better back than Emmitt personally, you can’t validate the “what if’s”, so he will not be given that credit.

     

    with respect to Barry Sanders, it’s not uncommon at all for the senior player to hold back a younger player, so as fun if a fact as it may be that Thurman was the starter, it’s arbitrary.

  8. I don’t think it’s even a question, he’s the best player the Bills have ever had.   He is one of, if not, the best ever at his position.  The only other possible guy you could mention being in that scenario is OJ.  Thurman, while great, not one of the absolute best ever.  Reed, Kelly, Lofton, all great, but no where near the best ever.   Allen has the talent to put himself in that conversation with another decade of success like last year, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

  9. 4 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

    That’s a good plan IMO.  I’m not saying it won’t happen, but I think we have seen what we are going to get from Edmunds.  I think some team will convince themselves that they can fix his inconsistencies and still get his splash plays and that team will pay him large.  If that happens then we should let him go rather than sign him to a top ILB contract.  Then we can use that money elsewhere. 

    Dead on, he’s been an average starter with some athletic flashes.  You don’t spend 20M in cap space on that.  If he turns into the player the commentators make him sound like, great, pay him.  If he is what he is, let someone else pay him.  Remember Poz?  Same type of polarizing player, I couldn’t have been happier that somebody else jumped on that grenade of a contract.   People get attached to draft picks, it should be about performance.  Our best LBs in years have been TKO and Fletcher, both signings, not picks.  

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  10. 5 hours ago, HappyDays said:

     

    So do you think if Brady and Mahomes traded teams in the Super Bowl, the Chiefs would have won? Because Brady is a "winner"? I think that's crazy.

    I said it earlier, Maholmes is my answer to, 1 game to win, best for this season and best for the future, so I’d take Maholmes.. With what the Bucs did to Maholmes, nobody was going to win in that situation.    All that said Brady has won on the biggest stage many many times, Allen has not, so if I am in a “must win” game, I’d feel better rolling the Goat out there and taking my chances over somebody who hasn’t been there and done that. 

  11. 17 hours ago, YattaOkasan said:

    Brady is interesting to me. I don’t think we win as many games if Brady is our QB and I think TB wins the same or more games if Allen is QB. Do you disagree with this(which)? From that logic I have Allen > Brady.  

    I think you have to take it in context, part of being the best QB is your situation.  Brady is a straight winner, his team is built around him and he kills it.  I think Allen is the better player all around right now, BUT if you have to win one game, Brady in a team like he has is scary as hell.  Allen is great, but is not a truly proven winner.  That’s not saying he can’t win or isn’t a winner, but he hasn’t won anything yet.  Brady has rings.. 

  12. On 7/14/2021 at 10:15 AM, Shaw66 said:

    Well, sure, that's the list of possibilities.   But as I suggested, I think the question has to be answered in terms of who you would take if you could have anyone, and the question is three parts:  for one game, for the 2021 season, and if you're building a team for the future.   As I said, it's a stretch to take several of these guys over Allen.  Dak is a stretch, but at least I can see the resume argument, and at his best, Dak has been superb.   However, over their last 20-30 games, Dak's best hasn't md Allen's.  Baker, you just have to make up arguments; the only way one can prefer Baker is if you compare his 10 best games to Allen's 10 worst.  Cousins, too.  It would be pure fiction to argue Cousins is better for a game, a season, or a career.   Ryan?   What Ryan looked like he was 6 or 7 years ago?   Okay.   But Ryan for the past five years?  No.  

     

    As for Jackson, everyone knows that we're at the end of the Lamar Jackson era.  

    I mean your criteria opens up a lot of possibilities, but I’d take Maholmes for 1 game, 2021 and for the future, so he’s the clear #1.  I’d then take Brady for one game, for 2021 I’d be happy with Allen, Watson, Wilson, Rodgers and for the Future I’d take Allen because of age and attitude.  I think there’s a solid argument that Watson is a better QB and the age is negligible, but Allen isn’t the Diva.  So no matter how you shape it, for me, Allen is in the top 5, hard to see him much lower than that for any of the categories in your criteria.

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