Billy Claude

He gets plenty of criticism, especially the last two years. However, we should ask how many NFL GMs have clearly done a better job than Beane. I feel there is only two obvious ones and a bunch who are on a similar level 1. Brett Veach - Chiefs (obviously) 2. Howie Roseman -- Eagles: Two Super Bowls with two different QBs and two different coaches but the team fell apart at the end of last year and they might be in a bit of trouble if it turns out Jalen Hurts is not the guy. On same level (in no particular order) 3. Eric DeCosta -- Ravens --- always has good drafts but one wonders how high their ceiling is with Lamar Jackson. 4. Brian Gutekunst -- Packers --- nice job transitioning from Rogers to Love. 5. John Lynch -- 49ers -- two super bowls in the weaker NFC. However one has to wonder how much is luck and the extra draft picks the 49ers have gotten, considering how many complete busts he has had in the first round (Solomon Thomas, Reuben Foster, Trey Lance, Javon Kinlaw). Beane never made a mistake anywhere close to the disastrous trade up for Trey Lance. 6. Wes Snead -- Rams -- one Super Bowl victory but mortgaged the future for it. 7. Duke Tobin -- Bengals -- got to one Super Bowl but has not been able to protect Joe Burrow and was extremely lucky to get that Super Bowl. Off to a good start but not yet proven: 8. Nick Caserio -- Texans -- masterful job rebuilding the Texans and still has a lot of draft capital. 9. Brad Holmes -- Lions -- only two years on the job so far so will need to see sustained success. I don't know if the OP thinks Beane should be fired but you certainly aren't getting any of these guys to come to Buffalo.

I agree, though I would qualify that to say he "was" a very good defensive coordinator. I doubt that he would be very good now.

His was an excellent (or at least very good) DC and a good, if overrated, head coach his first two years with the Jets. However, the New York media treated him as a god and the hubris got to him. He spend the rest of his time in NYC and Buffalo doing the funny press conferences and trying to win power struggles with the various GMs instead of actually coaching or adjusting his strategy his players or to the changing game.

Well stated. Rex is my least favourite Bills coach.

Ok. Still seems like a lot of money for a guy who was out all last year and hasn't been any good for three years. So why not keep him at tackle? Or are you saying Morse stank because they didn't run QB sneaks thru him? Obviously not Morse's strong suit but it's major revisionist history if people are saying he stank last season.

I know it is "up to" 6.5 million but doesn't that mean he will at least get a long look at starting?

Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods, Stephon Gilmore, Ronald Darby. Mario Williams for at least one year. All gone before the first preseason game. Rex never developed any player with the Bills. Poyer and Hyde were unproven backups. I doubt very much they would have been as good with Rex.

Really? The reason they had good advanced statistics is because they were much more talented then the 2017 team. The reason they underperformed was an unprepared, disorganized, lazy, nepotism riddled, and generally awful coaching staff.

Best OL in years and the Bills are going to replace three positions? Why not just keep Morse?

Weren't you the want that posted that Diggs was screaming insults at Allen at halftime of games? If that was not a one or two time occurence and Allen couldn't take care of it himself man to man, then the Bills had to either trade Diggs or Allen and clearly they weren't going to trade Allen.

I don't think DraftKing got wind of it. More likely it was someone in the know telling their friends, and all of them making big bets on Diggs leaving. It was all insider trading

These prop bets are where the fixes will occur not the league dictating who will win. All you have to do is get to one guy. Jontay Porter has already been caught in the NBA and its only a matter of time before someone is caught in the NFL.

It's like the Kelvin Benjamin / Gettleman food stealing story. It was clearly fake but it has pretty much become accepted fact.

I assumed you left put a comma; " Great, kid. You got your wish." not "Great kid. You got your wish." Kenny Pickett issued an extremely strong non-denial denial of the story about refusing to suit up for the 17th game: "There was a plan for that game. It went down exactly the way it was planned to go down that entire week. I was coming off the ankle surgery, it is what it is. And like I've been saying, I'm very happy to be here." It sounds like, my plan was to refused to suit up and that's how it went. https://www.nfl.com/news/new-eagles-qb-kenny-pickett-on-reports-of-his-steelers-exit-i-m-confident-in-the-way-i-handled-it

The contract is incentive heavy. The gaurantee is only 6.5 milliion. This is why the Jets were (supposedly) surprised that he signed. https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/tyron-smith-worth-inside-dallas-cowboys-contract-details-new-york-jets-sign-6-million https://thejetpress.com/posts/ny-jets-surprised-tyron-smith-contract-details-cheap

This is definitely true with all the other cuts. Morse is the only real surprise especially after trading Bates. There were plenty of teams that would have killed for offensive line depth last year and putting someone in with very little experience at center is very risky.

Interesting that Morse is the only ex-Bill getting immediate interest after the cuts. Clearly he has value around the league. I can see the Bills regretting not having Morse around this year.

Just a further clarification. Violation of the financial rules in English football results in point penalties that may but do not necessarily lead to relegation. For example, this season, Everton was given a 10 point deduction which would put them in 17th place, one point above relegation. It was reduced to a 6 point penalty on appeal which puts them in 16th place, 5 points clear of relegation. Without the penalty they would be in 13th place and out of the relegation discussion.

I know this is a joke but I really hope this is not true. If it is true, some people really need to re-arrange their priorities.

The last two non Allen QBs the Bills drafted are Jake From and Nathan Peterman, so not a great track record.

Why not a 6 rounder if your team is not too worried about cap space and the Jets pick up most of the salary? If he looks awful, just cut him. If he looks good in practice you can sign him to a new contract and it won't cost much. If he looks good in games and someone else offers him more that you want to pay, it will help you with the comp pick formula. If he actually looks like a legitimate starting QB, well then you have a QB. Seems like a reasonable cost for a QB who has been awful but clearly has physical talent and also was in about a bad situation as possible from the QB development stand point. Of course, this is totally dependent on the Jets picking up most of the salary.

I have to agree on Gregg. I would put Marrone 3rd on the list of least likeable coaches: (1) Gregg Williams (2) Rex Ryan (3) Doug Marrone (4) Mike Mularkey. I would also add Tom Donahoe as least likeable GM.

Though only after they max out their credit cards.

I could see them going to a FIFA style lottery to have new divisions every year. You can have the drawing two weeks after the Super Bowl. Imagine the ratings. It would blow the NCAA bracket drawing out of the water and keep the NFL front and center with all the networks/streaming services for another few weeks. There are advantages. For one thing, you don't have to watch the Jets twice every year.

Isn't that why they hired Al Holcomb? To get outside view? Otherwise I don't know what Holcomb's duties are.