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He fumbled a lot his rookie season. Since then he averages 2 fumbles a season over the past four years. During that span, he has played 53 games and averages 100 yards of offense per game and scored 47 TDs. He’s a remarkably consistent player who can run, catch, and block. A team in win now mode needs that.

Even that seems extremely conservative. That’s easily a top 10 cast of skill position players. 3,760 yards passing would put him below what Mayfield did this year.

Gordon has 1716 carries between college and the pros. Henry has 1524. That’s not a huge difference by any stretch.

He’s 26 and has fewer than 350 carries in the past two seasons combined. Derrick Henry is the same age and had more carries than that just this season.

We don't really know that yet, but even if it turns out that he is the calculus doesn't change. If Allen busts, then it doesn't matter what other moves are made around him because they aren't winning anything. If he's legit, this team should be able to change the scoreboard. JA is entering his make or break season, as extension talk begins in 10 months. To date, there is substantial disagreement around whether his lack of production has been his own fault or a reflection of the talent around him (or lack thereof). He now has ample support. There are no excuses anymore. If nothing else, McBeane won't have to make a $100,000,000 decision with incomplete information.

It costs what it costs. Bills fans are going to need to adjust to the new paradigm that is 'win now mode'. This team should be a top 5 AFC team easily next year and likely top 3 now that Houston has imploded. Enjoy the ride and don't worry about the cost. You'll cross that bridge when it comes.

Tyreek was a fifth round pick. This trade reminds me of the 2017 draft. McDermott made a solid trade to pick up a third and next year's first from Kansas City and still managed to draft an all pro CB yet people complain because another team landed an even bigger prize. Diggs is a really good player, and the Bills are a better team in 2020 because of the trade. The Cardinals got an even better player for considerably lower compensation. Both of these things can be true. Bill O'Brien is having a manic episode. One team was able to capitalize on that. Doesn't mean every WR in the league is available at fire sale prices.

The hell he wasn't. Dude had 3357 yards from scrimmage and 20 TDs in 2016. That's one of the best seasons in history.

People keep saying this, but that's a tie breaker when two offers are very close. You don't turn down a huge haul like what Minnesota received in favor of the scraps the Texans received just to spite a team that isn't even in your own division.

There is a better chance of Mahomes backing up Barkley than Kittle coming to Buffalo.

Getting 6 feet of separation is more valuable by orders of magnitude than having a few inches of height.

Exactly. This is a good move for both sides.

Zero chance Houston turned down that offer in favor of what they got from Arizona. It’s twice the price.

I don’t want to be the team that feels the need to spend $6,000,000 on a backup QB.

McDermott loves him some former Panthers.

Mitchell Schwartz

What would you consider to be unleashing the offense? Allen threw 46 times in the playoff game, and the only TD the Bills scored was a TD pass from a WR. The Texans were the 28th ranked team against the pass, and Buffalo managed 1.7 points per possession. I didn’t see anything conservative about the game plan. I saw an offense that just couldn’t execute.

No. Then again, I’m an advocate for common sense application of rules. We disagree on this point, but I accept your opinion that there is no room for common sense in officiating.

Hmm. Makes you wonder why they even bothered to add the part about “and not attempting to advance the ball afterwards”, then. Seems like an odd thing to add to the perfectly written document that is the NFL rule book.

Both rules use the word “immediately”. If you choose to believe that “immediately” is meant to mean “simultaneously” (it doesn’t) and that rules should be followed to the letter regardless of the application of common sense (they shouldn’t), then QBs should be flagged for grounding every time they spike the ball due to the fact that it’s impossible to simultaneously receive a snap and spike the ball. If you choose to believe that “immediately” means “without delay” in the context of the rules (it does) and still want to apply the letter of the law rather than the spirit, then a runner should be able to advance a ball after kneeling on it as long as he does so without delay after kneeling. However you choose to interpret the meaning of the word “immediately”, one of the two rules being discussed here must necessarily be consistently enforced using common sense, as QBs are allowed to spike the ball after taking the snap so long as they do so without delay, but runners are not allowed to advance the ball after kneeling on it even if they do so without delay. Nobody seems to be confused by these two rules. Now if some day an official decides to suddenly start enforcing the letter of the law without applying common sense during the middle of a playoff game and allows a player to kneel down then immediately get back up and run for a touchdown, I can only hope that common sense prevails and the other officials overrule that idiot. As always, you are free to disagree.

Item 3. Stopping Clock. A player under center is permitted to stop the game clock legally to save time if, immediately upon receiving the snap, he begins a continuous throwing motion and throws the ball directly into the ground. Oh wow. The NFL rulebook uses the work “immediately” in situations other than kneel downs, and it doesn’t mean “simultaneously”. It very clearly means that one action proceeds another action without interruption. In the case of stopping the clock, the QB must take the snap and then spike the ball without interruption in order to not be called for grounding. In the case of kneeling down, the rule says that the play is dead if a runner kneels down and does not then “immediately” attempt to advance the ball. Disregarding common sense and using an absurdly literal interpretation of that rule would mean that a player can advance the ball after kneeling on it as long as he does so without interruption. Of course, common sense (which we all hate) dictates that we simply blow the play dead as soon as a runner kneels down irrespective of whether or not the player immediately attempts to advance the ball once he has knelt down. Again, though...feel free to disagree all you want. You can disagree with me, the announcers of the game, the officials at the game, the VP of officiating, and the NFL. It doesn’t change a thing. The game was decided on the field in keeping with the spirit of the rules. The few times the officials have decided to use ridiculous literal interpretations of the rules, you get crap like the tuck rule and the Calvin Johnson non-TD. This was nearly another example of the officials trying to outsmart themselves. It didn’t happen, and common sense prevailed whether you choose to accept it or not.

Then I guess the QB must simultaneously spike the ball while taking the snap. Since this can’t be done, every spike ever should have been flagged for grounding. There you go. This is the dumbest conversation ever. Feel free to think the refs screwed the Bills all you want. They didn’t, and it doesn’t matter if they did. The game is over, and no amount of railing against the use of common sense will change that.

McDermott gets the higher grade IMO. He took a terrible roster to the playoffs in year 1. Then he turned the 10th pick into an all-pro CB, an additional day 2 pick, and a number 1 the following year. That’s impressive. Beane will be judged based in large part by who the extra picks allowed him to draft at QB, and that has been a mixed bag so far.

Greatest call in NFL history. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d81a77070/Week-1-2010-Calvin-Johnson-s-miraculous-TD-catch-called-back