First Round Bust

great info, thanks for sharing...about the only stat the Bills could improve punt coverage, with a gross of 50.8 and net 44...speaks to out-kicking coverage and or giving up 1-2 long returns which skews the stats, along with the least amt of punts helps amplify the 1-2 big returns...overall a solid year and the fake against the Pats (rated #1) was a highlight as well as our punter leading the league with gross average...rookie kicker also had an above average year despite some misses in the 40-50 rage improved as year progressed...his highlight was the 50+ multiple kicks made in the Ariz road game as well as another 50+ (playoff record for a rookie) WC card game against Colts.

That Zay Jones, Kelvin Benjamin, Robert Foster, Charles Clay contingent sent fear throughout the league...that league was the CFL but still lets see...McDee made Zay Jones a number two pick after trading out of pick 10 which became Mahomes...Benjamin was a Beane trade of a bust that cost us a round 3 pick...Foster was an undrafted free agent so anything he gave us was a plus..Clay was a huge FA signing where we grossly overpaid for his lack of production. More misses than hits but current management team has fingerprints on the CFL talent mentioned above...

wow - we get both super bowl teams on the road...we visit all 3 FLA teams...and tough games at Saints and Nashville...would be nice to take a road trip this fall https://www.buffalobills.com/schedule/future-opponents

LB on 1965 Bills AFL champions - 4 years with Bills as player took chiefs and browns into playoffs for several years, not sure if he was assistant with us at some point son Brian became OC for jets, sea now jax pass coord rest in peace Marty, we know you will be watching on Sundays...

Josh first pass ever as a Bill...straight back to pass, bomb down the left sideline, ball was in the air 65 yards, incomplete to Foster...he had me after the that, not to mention all the moves running around-escaping the 3-4th stringers... pre-season home game Carolina started-played entire second half

i feel your pain citizen - NFL has the longest off-season of all the major sports and for good reason almost 6 months - yes there are cuts, free agency, the draft and the salary cap drama...but what I would like to see is a 4 game off-season development league over the course of 6 weeks with a two week training camp, games with a running clock and only time-outs in the second-half. 10 minute half-time games over in 90 minutes. each nfl team would have a roster of 44 - mostly futures contracts, guys on the practice squad and vets who opt in (would have a max of 2 per team) could make after the draft to include undrafted free agents instead of draft picks who could opt in. So two guys per position with an addition for the punter and kicker coaches would be the assistants (not coordinators) one position coach to the be HC and a few assistants. send it out for networks to bid on - not likely to happen but given the demand for NFL or a NFL-affiliated product and no development or minor league system I wouldnt mind seeing Christian Wade, Duke Willliams and David Webb or some of the guys from the practice squad go against other teams for a few weeks ?

it was a great game plan by Bucs...the O and D lines were terrific...Coach Arians put it into the hands of his coords and they delivered: the strong run and short passes with some screens were outstanding...the long ball was thrown very effectively to get PI calls moreso than the big play. 145 yards rushing and 201 passing - no garbage-time stats to skew the analysis: fournette had 16 carries for 89 yards long was 27 and ronald jones had 12 for 61 long was 16 but look at the passing game gronk led them with 7 targets - led with 6 catches and led with 67 yards and led with 2 TDs next was fournette with 4 catches for 46 yards (brown was second in targets with 6) Evans had one catch for 31 - one target and Godwin had 2 catches for 9 - 4 targets 5 total targets for the star WRs the entire Super Bowl !?!?! Brown (3rd receiver) did have 5 catches with 6 targets I hope Daboll is watching this over and over to beat the blitzes KC killed us with.

yeah like better line blocking and recognizing the blitzes

the hard part of being a GM Lets say the Bills have 20-25M in cap space which reflects it being bumped-up to 185M and some vets are cut or re-structured: 5M has to be budgeted to sign the 2021 draft picks 1.5M goes to the practice squad salaries to carry them over the entire 2021 season 2-3M Beane keeps as annual insurance-carryover per usual now the hidden costs - the RFAs: Ike B (LG) - only Dawkins, Morse and Ford are under contract currently Levi - the other corner - Josh Norman is gone so its Levi and Dane Jackson (and likely a high draft pick) Corey B - led NFL in punt avg and there are 11 UFA punter/potential openings in 2021 backup qb - Barkley is UFA last season 2,25M versus Davis Webb who is RFA - do the math on those 4 positions and either you pay them or risk poach by the teams that have silly cap space, and the Bills have more holes than the current UFA (Milano, Williams, Mongo). So likely-approx half the available cap will taken up by the above Then we can turn to the UFA market and bargain shop....or do you extend Josh this season...the earlier the better as it saves over the long-run

zero trade value unless Daboll were to become a head coach which now is unlikely, mid-round draft picks are very valuable better used to move up in the draft plus locks team into current expensive contract when the player is likely to cut ?

no wonders there are 6 head coaching positions open every year

addison versus shaq is a valid argument...add the fact that Addison's two former DCs are the Bills head coach, current D-line coach ( who likley wooda replace Leslie Frazier as our DC he had gotten Texans job) and therein lies my conspiracy inside a hypothesis wrapped in an opinion...they likely thought several years of 10+ sacks or near there was going to continue...he had the best play on Murray during the Hail Murray...blame the secondary yeah but I say Addison shoulda made that damn play....youth versus age and we lost that one

some teams have some silly cap space - we could likely loose the guy with a basic offer - worth the extra 1M to keep the wolves away

led league in targets so life is good, so what if we adopt more a diverse O approach; run more effectively and include the TEs more in the O game plan ? Will Diggs still be a happy camper...I say yes but I dont want any pouting either

not a big deal, Watson signed his big extension with a NTC less than a year ago and he is waiving it to get the h out of h-town...funny how the player the can do this easily but a team just cant do it without player consent.

10M extra helps when you are 6M in the hole...Have to save 5M for the draft and 1.5M for the practice squad as well. I am in cut mode on the DL - we spent the most of any team last season on DL FAs and did not get the payback Star should return as well, should help the run D and improve Edmunds tackle rate - he and Milano had a lot of missed tackles, so I cut Butler and Jefferson and have Addison take a pay cut as well as I cut Brown at WR and Lee Smith. Zimmer played decent as a backup and we also have Phillips so we got some vet depth already. That gives us approx 25M of cap space; enough to sign Feliciano - Ford will play RT so I let Williams play the market and see if numbers work or not.

one more year of Levi - draft a CB with numbah 1 or 2 pick and have Dane Jackson become the backup next question pls

more teams moving to a running game and passing game coordinator....pros and cons...someone has to call the play and I can see debate-friction as to when to call what kind of play...like on 4th and 2 and you call a time-out you cant have those 2 guys arguing over the play call...

the kid passed the test for the most part, making several 50+ yard kicks in Arizona and that 52 yarder against the Colts in WC game, no way House Money was going to make those...only going to get better and more consistent about those misses from the past year. great pick

well Cody Ford comes back to the right side so I think he slides to RT so the RG is the open starter (I expect Ike B to be tendered brought back as well at LG). Feliciano at RG is cheaper than a RT and he can slide to backup C - so the analysis is Ford versus Williams at RT...Wiliiams had 9 penalties and 7 sacks at RT last season. PFF had Williams as the 40th best FA avail with Milano as the 37th FWIW

beats opening against the Jets as we have been recently, our prime time games came late in the schedule past season, some early prime time respect...prime times comin y'all

yeah only thing is who ? Okposo or Skinner ?

ok...you want some pain young man oh I will give you pain...we go to Super Bowl...and we loose to Brady..on a missed field goal...this time wide left...oh the humanity...

PFF has Milano rated 37th and Williams as 40th rated free agents... So... I suspect both will move onto greener pastures so Cody Ford shifts to RT and possibly resign Feliciano is the best I think we can do. In that case I can argue that the starting line returns and the depth would be younger and maybe a vet on a one year deal. Replacement LB is already on team with a second or third round pick to be spent here...I have us taking CB in first round opposite Trey as we dont have the cash to shopping for the vet we have done in the past. Remember to factor the 30+M for an extension for Josh Allen into your free agent budget this year. We never had to do that but then again never had a franchise qb worthy.

CB - opposite Tre - past two years we did some pricey FA shopping with Levi still starting most games - an upgrade thru the draft while Levi is still around would be my first choice LB - likely Milano replacement TE - want a big sized guy with decent hands - Kroft is gone Lee Smith likely cut to save 2.2M - and Josh can throw back-shoulder to the big body OL-DL - depth picks in middle rounds late rounds - special teams or project types per usual no qbs or kickers this year