JohnNord

I’m sure the Jets want a late first but based on Darnold the past two season, I’d be surprised if anyone gave up more than a 3rd. For a team to trade a first round pick they really need to be convinced of that player’s ability. I don’t think that any team would risk a first on Darnold. A 3rd round pick would be a different story

Like I said, it’s an excuse. A bit of recency bias too. People was TB to win because the Bills just lost to the Chiefs

I think that most GM’s were prepared for $175M but were anticipating $180M. The extra $5M will definitely help but like someone pointed out it’s still over $10M less than expected before COVID

Everyone is different. Many NFL players don’t want to see that beat them with the championship. Like I said, it’s common. To your point, I highly doubt the reason fans won’t support KC is because they felt they were dirty. They just don’t want to see them win - I don’t either! And your point about Gronk - want that like 4 years ago? Who cares? If Bills players can forgive Gronk for something stupid then why shouldn’t fans? The way I see it, some fans see a KC win as the lesser of two evils due to their hate of New England. They can stand the fact that Bills fans want to cheer for Tom Brady. Personally, I could care less. I’m hoping Brady wins his 7th ring

That’s my concern. On paper it sounds great but it makes me wonder how much they have left and whether we could fit them under the cap. I don’t get the impression they’ll take the veteran minimum contract

I won’t root for Kansas City because I want them to lose....and because their fans have become arrogant as shizznit. It’s getting to Patriot-like levels, where you want to see a team lose so their fans can get knocked down a peg. With that being said, I didn’t think KC was playing that dirty. The toss of Diggs was a dirty plan and was rightfully flagged. Either way... Go Buccaneers! Let’s go Brady Why is it confusing? Fans don’t want to see the team that just beat them down win the Super Bowl. It seems pretty natural to me

Thanks for clearing that up but I still don’t agree. Coordinators don’t really get the benefit of the doubt as compared to head coaches. If you struggle for on year there’s a good chance your job is in jeopardy. As far your points about Edwards - the stats don’t support it. The Bills were ranked 28th in team defense in 2010 and were still pretty bad. Many had called for Edwards to be fired and the defense was lifeless compared to the offense. In 2011, the defense was ranked 30th. How is that a jump? I even remember Chan’s fateful words for firing Edwards “this is a production business.” Under Wannstedt they were still terrible but were actually slightly better finishing at 26th overall. So I can’t buy the argument that Edwards was a good choice for defensive coordinator. He really wasn’t good As far as Chan sucking as HC this is one reason why. He should have fired Edwards after year 1 or atleast replaced him with someone outside of the organization that wasn’t involved with coaching one of the worst defense in the NFL. That’s why I like about a coach like Sean McDermott. He always has made the right decision on coaches. If a coach struggled, he isn’t one to keep them like Chan did with Edwards. We’ve seen this many times with Rick Dennison, Danny Crossman, Juan Castillo, Terry Robiske etc.

I disagree..... Gailey was a very bad hire which is why he was canned four year later - and really should’ve been fired after year 3. Keep in mind at that the time there were a number of big name coaches available in college and NFL - as well as your usual “hot” coordinators. Who did Ralph hire for one of the most important roles in the organization? The unemployed coach sitting on the couch for two years because no one wanted him. The only good thing you can say about Chan is that he put together a good offense with limited talent that was fun to watch. As a head coach he was terrible. 100X worse at game day management than McDermott who is much maligned by the fan base. Chan also was bad with coaches. Refused to fire George Edward when he should have and then when he did fire him he replaced him with an incumbent coach (Wanny) who was part of the problem. Chan = great guy. Good OC. HORRIBLE HC

That’s partially true... RCW or Littman were notoriously stingy when it came to coaches. Not just with salaries but also with relinquishing any power. Coaching and scouting staffs were very thin - likely because whoever pulled the purse strings was cheap AF. Not a problem with the Pegulas as owners years later. The salary cap was well established by this time. They Bills spent on free agent they just picked the wrong players and gave them bloated contracts. Marty likely would not have a say in this process so you could be right

Its very possible though I do feel that Ralph had final say on a lot of major issues like coach and GM. I don’t think Buddy Nix is named GM in 2010. By then Ralph only wanted to hire people that he personally knew to run the team. If Russ Brandon truly had the power to hire a GM, I don’t think he settles on Nix. Think back to the drought years - especially lost Donahoe - because Ralph horribly mismanaged the Bills so badly

Thats true. He wouldn’t have last long term but I think it really is telling that Ralph Wilson was more “comfortable” hiring a re-tread, unproven, and non-threatening head coach in Chan Gailey then he was hiring someone with the track record of success like Marty. I hated the Nix and Gailey hires right from the bat. It was clear that Ralph didn’t care about putting a winning product on the field - though he cared about the Benjamin’s

Kind of a random assortment of players with no connection to one another, other than the fact that they are all football players

I came across this info on Twitter today. Sad new for Marty Schottenheimer as it appears he has been moved to hospice from his issues with dementia. Someone shared this article from Tim Graham in 2010 where Marty said he wanted to be the Bills HC with Buddy Nix (who he worked with in SD) Ralph for some reason was not comfortable with him and would never consider it. If Marty is HC in 2010 do you think he turns around Buffalo? If you look at his record, he was able to turn around every franchise, with the exception of his 1 year stint in Washington. I also always found it to be odd that he he never was given a second chance in the NFL after going 14-2 as the top see in the AFC. https://www.espn.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/9487/marty-schottenheimer-wanted-bills-gig

Interesting idea but who gives up two #1’s to begin with for Carr?

Ive thought about Deion Jones in the Bills defense before. He really is the perfect player. I don’t really know why Atlanta would trade him but I feel he would fit in really well. I’m all for letting Edmunds walk.

That is my view. When he started Tua it should’ve been all about the future. They should have thrown him out there to sink or swim. Miami fans will lead you to believe that he was coached conservatively. I just think Chan called plays based on his ability - which at this point in his career is limited. I thought that pulling Tua was a terrible idea. Not keeping him on those situations eliminated any insight as to how he’d perform in those situations

That’s a different situation. No one has gone the co-coordinator route because it probably doesn’t work. Miami interview some good candidates at OC like “Pep” Hamilton and Matt “Blame” Canada. Glad they went with these two. Now, time to sell continuity to the fan base!

I guess we have some Sammy truthers here. What’s next bringing up his value as a decoy? Some things never change. I was responding to the ridiculous comments where someone put Sammy in the same category as Kelcie and Hill Then you said he “went off” in a postseason game. I have the stats to show the the didn’t. He took advantage as a deep threat playing as the 3rd (or sometimes 4th) option in an offense with Hill and Kelcie. Sammy at best is a #2. He was supposed to be Tyreek Hill. Not the guy who benefits from Hill’s attention

I thought that finding Tua a good OC was going to be imperative this season. The co-OC’s seems pretty stupid

When he’s healthy he’s a good 3rd option on a team with Travis Kelcie and Tyreek Hill. Sammy never “went off” in a playoff game. He did put up WR2 stats. 2 catches for 76 yards against Houston 7 catches for 114 yards and a TD in the AFC Championship game. 5 catches for 98 yards in the Super Bowl. Putting him on the same level as Kelcie or Hill is straight up goofy.

You can say the same thing about just about anyone on their roster. At this point in his career, he’s hardly a player teams need to game plan for. Let Sammy Watkins beat a team, go ahead

Sammy Watkins? He’s nowhere near in the same league as the rest. If anything Mecole Hardman is better

I saw this on my timeline....can you please explain to me who in the blue hell Matt Vanderame is? It seems that he’s a blogger which is the equivalent to a site like Buffalo Rumbling. Hardly Adam Shefter here. But he’s probably right. Milano switched agents and he’s gonna paid. If I’m Buffalo, I look into getting rid of Tremaine Edmunds and using the money that we planned to allocate toward resigning him, to Milano. IMO Edmunds will go down as Beane’s biggest draft miss

I still don’t like the Loser Bowl idea. After teams lose, any game after would seem like a moot point. “The Super Bowl is next week - oh, and by the way you can see last week’s losers compete for 3rd place!” The incentives make sense on paper but is a salary bonus enough to make fans want to watch? Probably not. Also the draft pick isn’t very incentivizing to players who likely won’t be there next year. I just think it’s pointless to play a 3rd place game. This isn’t the Olympics. Every team play to be the champion, one that’s over...it’s over. This is probably why none of the major sports in the US have entertained the idea - its anti-climactic and really just not good.

Whats the point? Yeah the Pro Bowl sucks but I have no interested in seeing the teams that didn’t qualify for the Super Bowl playing in the Toilet Bowl