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Pretty safe bet Elway was driving his own custom cart that’s got a little bit more juice than your standard EZ-Go at the local muni.

I would argue National Forensics League had the best offseason, but that’s a matter of debate.

Yes. John Brown had one really good season before he was on the Bills (1000 yards and 7 TDs). He had one really good season while he was on the Bills (1100 yards and 6 TDs). That one season was also with 2019 Josh who wasn’t a very good QB yet. Cole Beasley was the same guy in Buffalo as he was in Dallas. He just got more targets in Buffalo. His previous career high was 98 targets for 833 yards and 5 TDs. In Buffalo, he averaged 108 targets for 813 yards and 4 TDS. Same is true of Diggs. He was an emerging star when Buffalo gave up a first round pick plus for him. He continued his career arc afterwards while going from 94 targets in his last season in MN to 166 and 164 his first two seasons in Buffalo. WR stats are oddly independent of quality of QB play.

Because you have to offer them 110% of what you paid them last season.

Guys like Megatron and Tyreek had better numbers when their QBs weren’t as good. As Stafford got better, Johnson’s numbers declined because he didn’t get 200 targets. When Tyreek went from Mahomes to Tua, his numbers exploded. I’m not saying it’s the rule. It’s the exception. The rule is that WRs are what their stats say they are.

I’m telling you that Elijah Moore is Elijah Moore. No less, no more. He’d probably be a solid addition and get you around 500 yards and a couple TDs…because that’s who he is and what he does. He’s not going to suddenly become a 900 and 8 guy just because he’s got a better QB. That’s just not how it works. I’m sure there have been WRs who changed teams and suddenly broke out because they had a better QB throwing to them, but it’s so rare that it’s not even worth mentioning. If anything, top WRs do better with lesser QBs who force them the ball. 99% of the time, if you want to know how good a veteran WR is, all you have to do is look at the back of his football card. If you want to get excited about possibly signing Elijah Moore, have at it.

Cool. Want to try to match the players with the quotes?

This is true, but don’t you get dismissing returns at some point? I mean, Buffalo traded down in the first round last year to add a third round pick. They effectively sacrificed their options at a 1st round WR and used the pick they gained on D-Line. Then they drafted another D-Lineman later in the draft. Then they added 3 D-Linemen in Free Agency. Then they drafted 3 D-Lineman in this draft. Meanwhile, they added Josh Palmer in FA and drafted a WR with the 240th pick in the draft. Now I have no idea whether these moves were good, bad, or some combination of both, but that seems like less of a “finite resources” issue than a conscious decision to load up on one side at the expense of other positions.

Everyone continues to fall into this trap of thinking that WRs don’t put up numbers because of poor QB play, and that just isn’t the case. People were convinced that Amari Cooper was going to light it up with Josh after leaving Cleveland. It didn’t happen. Meanwhile, Jerry Jeudy moved from Denver to Cleveland and had a career year. If a WR doesn’t put up numbers, it’s because he’s not a very good WR.

In the past 2 seasons he’s added Dalton Kincaid, Curtis Samuel, Amari Cooper, Mack Hollins, and Keon Coleman. They’ve combined to play in 17 postseason games. That’s a full season worth of games, and the combined numbers are 34 catches for 423 yards and 4 TDs. The Bills are coming off a loss in the playoffs where their top receivers were Mack Hollins (gone), James Cook (holding out), Khalil Shakir (returning), and Amari Cooper (not under contract). The rest of the team combined for 36 yards. Of course you’re going to get asked about why there was such a lack of attention paid to the receiving room when the only additions have been Josh Palmer and a 7th round WR. It’s a reasonable question, and I’m sure Beane could have had a reasonable response. At the end of the day, this doesn’t amount to anything other than some offseason entertainment. It is kind of funny to see a GM go off on Western NY radio guys, though. You’d be hard pressed to find a media market that puts their local teams under less of a microscope than Buffalo.

I like him a lot, but his fumbling issues give me pause.

Eagles drafted the Georgia defense last year. Bills are countering by drafting the Kentucky defense this year.

Once again, the Eagles also made the perfect pick.

Baltimore, as usual, makes the perfect pick.