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You need to keep watching. Early episodes it looks like the way you say but as the series progresses you see D Adams is a real prima donna. You see his ridiculous press conference where when the Raiders won, Adams couldn't contain his displeasure of not getting enough targets. You see Adams say he gave his approval for a QB change. And Adams implies he gave his permission and recommendation for the coach change. Early impressions of D Adams takes a dramatic change in this series and he comes off as a real douche.

Happy this is a made up stat, when quoting something based on subjective conjecuture you should quote who is making it up. This one isn't even PFF. For instance, what about the situation on Thursdays game where the announcers showed a replay and were commenting on how Rodgers was looking off a safety by looking at one WR and then going to another? The whole design of the play may revolve around Josh looking at one section of the field to see what the Defense is doing and then do an action based on the information gathered. Very weak basis for a criticism.

Well I believe DHop is much better than the options we have now. The WRs that lose touches (or more relevant - playing time) are MVS/Hollins and Coleman. DHop would be an outside boundary WR. The best one we have. And of the top tier WRs, DHop has been priced the most reasonably IMO. TN got him for $13M/yr, G Davis money. The Bills would only need to pay a portion of that for 2024 and can manipulate the cap in many ways if they trade and renegotiate his contract with an extention that includes 2025.

D Adams? No way. He is more of a diva than Diggs. Also DHop is no where near the expensive level of a D Adams type. DHop went for around $13M/yr for TN. DHop would cost less than the G Davis contract. For me, the question to be answered to the FO with regards to DHop is would he be able to accept the role they have in mind. Part of the everyone eats philosophy and DHop may not get as many targets as he is used to (or was used to).

I think people (which includes you) way, way, underrate catch percentage. The Bills pass catchers have great hands. J Brady has designed and run the scheme to match this excellent attribute. Remember the wide open drop M Harrison had against the Bills game one? What is the worst drop the Bills have had this season? I can't think of one. While I would love a top tier outside WR, it's tricky because they are almost all of them are diva's who would want the ball thrown their way 8 - 10 times, no matter the team circumstances.

Seems you are assuming DHop would be a diva who would complain about not receiving the ball. I don't think that's a given. DHop hasn't been thrown to much this year and hasn't complained. Also they brought in C Ridley and it seems DHop was able to control himself and not saying anything bad/diva-ish. Beane would need to explain his role here prior to him coming over and see if DHop is a fit. I would love to see DHop here. While the team has done excellent, I do think the MVS/Hollins duo is a weakness (good attitudes but talent wise a weakness). As an aside, I would like DHop on this Bills SB winning team and have that be the substantial difference in resume that brings him HOF honors over Diggs.

Then if all is going well, it switches to "it's only the regular season".

Kind of weird, two light weights going at it. But I liked seeing Damar at least didn't back away from the collision. I don't think he had great form and it didn't look vicious at all (unlike Po going at Shakir), but I like that Damar went for it, awkwardly and all. Good trait for when he is able to be moved into his rightful spot as a backup (IMO). Good team guy and easy to root for.

C'mon give Damar a little credit, he took out the opponents starting QB with a legal hit. He should get a little credit, no one would be saying much if Damar had puzzied out and laid off, given his circumstances, but he didn't do that. I think most of us believe Damar to be a place holder until we get others back - and Bishop develops. But it's nice to see Damar make an impactful physical play. Looks like he can be an excellent team player type backup. That's more than I expected.

Happy - I think you're being a little too harsh here. This looks to be a sure-handed pass catching unit. No diva attitudes hindering an "everyone eats" philosophy. I didn't see any bad drops of the kind we had from G Davis or McKenzie or even Diggs at the end. On the other side MH Jr had a bad drop. My fear of not having a top tier WR was the based on the fear of a M Hollins or MVS with a substantial role. Hollins did well out of the gate, and MVS did as expected. But it seems like every top tier WR these days comes with a diva attitude - like D Adams last year in a win say that he needs the ball more. While Kincaid didn't get much, no one expects to hear much complaining from him, he'll take the W. So for me, I think you can say so far this looks like an excellent catch percentage group with a great team first attitude.

And this is where I think the difference is, giving an A grade for doing what was asked, when you are not asking a lot. For me, what I liked about the pass catchers were the lack of drops - the sure hands. I hope that continues.

"Likely means a new GM"? Why do people let Beane off scottfree? The cap problems lie squarely in Beane's lap. He has Diggs stink all over him, from extension to trade. When Beane traded Diggs, this was his plan? Really? Pretty much nothing - we were all expecting a WR early to replace G Davis. And now the alleged "metamorphosis" is going on with an incomplete WR room. Who do you blame for not drafting 2 WRs?

From a Bills perspective we remember him being cut in half. But as for claim to fame, M White did have a 400+yard, 3 TD game where he was the AFC offensive player of the week. This was just in 2022. He was on fire until the Bills/Milano busted up his ribs. Trubisky is not getting you 400 yds. Trubisky will get into the game and turtle, hoping we win 13-10 on a defensive stand. Not that McD thinks there is anything wrong with that. Stupid move by Miami. It's nice to see Beane is still above the GMs in our division >Miami+NYJ, even if he pisses me off w his WR nonsense.

But if Beane saw this developing and chose the route of not paying/avoiding, the $30M+ WR trend, what is his excuse for not doubling up in the draft?...so furstrating.

To the OP, I think the board is more negative for the following reasons: 1. After several years of the Bills being Superbowl contenders, this year they really aren't. That hurts. 2. The personnel that has been chosen/prioritized shows a lessened value for the WR. That makes for a less exciting product and hurts the potential of what many see as a potentially great QB. That can be frustrating. 3. When you evaluate the moves made this year most objective observers would downgrade their overall evaluation of Beane. The cap situation was his doing along with a part in the Diggs saga. Coming to terms that you don't have a great GM is disappointing. When you have a lot of hurt, frustrated, and disappointed people the board can get negative.

One point of having an offensive minded regime is getting Josh weapons. The WR problem is brought on by McBeane. Take the new Tenn guy, B Callahan, the previous offensive coordinator for Cincy. He came in and brought C Ridley and Boyd to go along with DHop and T Burks. Clearly prioritzing WRs. Chicago brought in Keenan and drafted Rome while having DJ Moore. Even San Fran who has Deebo and Aiyuk (along w Kittle+McCaffery) double dipped in the draft. McBeane's defensive leanings certainly affect the type of team we will be. It can still win, it's just the style in which they want to do it that is frustrating to many. Would like to see Josh have good weapons.

I have the following concerns/questions: 1. Frustrated over the rebuild year thing, the lowered expectations. This was a choice made by McB+Pegula. Plus even in choosing a rebuild not to double dip on WRs irritates me. 2. What happens if even the lowered expectations aren't met (no playoffs)? Are McBeane fired? Do we then get an offensive minded regime? Or has this been a pre-arranged mulligan year? 3. If expectations are met, will it mean they continue with the pathetic WR room? Or is this a one time thing.

If you have 4 intermediate threats the safeties can't come down too far. Lets hope they are good intermediate threats though. This can still be an exciting offense if these sure-handed WRs can be intermediate threats - no need for MVS, that would be a mistake IMO. I think the plan is to unleash Josh from the get go. Risky but exciting. The offense will be more Josh, dual threat dependent than before.

Why is that fine? A talent downgrade in the middle of Josh's prime? That's outrageous. When they shipped Diggs out, a lot of people (myself included) thought Beane had a plan, and what we have now does not look like the result of a good plan (any plan?). Most thought it was going to be a slight rebuild (I personally wasn't even on board with that at that point, I was thinking they were planning the big trade after Tre money). But a rebuild plan that has limited WR investment? What a terrible idea.

I'm hoping it's a preplanned ride or die on Josh. If the first couple of reads aren't there, it's up to Josh to improvise. Get out of the pocket and make something happen. If the plan is to make Josh the focal point of the offense in a dual threat capacity by surrounding him with a non-prima donna, sure handed Receiving core, that seems like an exciting way to go.

The one exciting aspect of the change is it seems like they will start from day 1 with the unleashed Josh version. While it's of course risky, it is fun to watch. An unleashed Josh can make up for a lot of WR ills.

There is another angle and that is philosophy. There are those that want an explosive offense, to see Josh surrounded with weapons. Seems hard to let either Beane or McD off the hook for the lack of prioritization in the WR room. Your last paragraph seems to indicate you think McDermott is responsible for the "Other than blind luck, I'm not sure why anyone expects an improvement over that". But why would anyone expect differently when Beane is doing what looks like a cap reset. It's up to Josh and the coaches to punch above their weights if the Bills are to make any noise this season.

GunnerBill had speculated from Beane's background with Carolina that Beane would not be prioritizing WRs. GB said this at least a year ago, and for me it had never been a real consideration. But this year Beane has had, IMO, a real WR problem (contrary to what the OP is trying to sell us). No one is knocking Beane for his Carolina picks, but GB used that background as a basis to predict that Beane would not be prioritizing the WR room. I don't buy his reasoning, but his prediction has certainly come through.

I would add that there is a section of this board that brings past favorable bias into the evaluation of Beane's moves this year. While you had warned of us of Beane's past in Carolina, I think most here (including myself) had been very pleased with Beane's prior moves. Few seem to be modifying their views on Beane's job. This OP is a great example, the ".....love this WR room. We quietly got better" make it seem like Beane made great strides and McDermott would be responsible for a setback. The cries that McDermott should be fired if there is no AFCCG while not holding Beane accountable don't make sense to me.

You asked for a citation, I provided one. This opinion was not the basis for mine, it was outside confirmation. It really doesn't seem controversial to me, this is a rough year for Beane. Can you provide any citation to the contrary?