JohnNord

Diggs seems very comfortable in his press conferences. I love hearing him talk. Also funny how he goofed on Wawrow for saying “Buck up, Buddy”

I don’t completely agree. Make no mistake about it - The Bills were more than “entertainment and friendly competition” for Ralph. Ralph and his colleagues cared very much about the bottom line when it came to the Bills which is why he was so frugal. He wanted to maximize as much of a profit as possible. Everything you said about Ralph could be true but that doesn’t change the fact that during the last decade of his ownership of the team he really tarnished the franchise badly with his decisions and caused a lot of disappointment for fans who invested their time and money in his “entertainment and friendly competition” That’s the one thing you have to commend the Pegulas for and the opposite of Ralph. If a coach or GM wasn’t working, they wouldn’t keep them around to save money. Instead they would eat a contract and move on. As far as McDermott’s hiring, Doug Whaley takes credit for getting him an interview and has claimed to be the one who ran the HC search.

Yes can be appreciative of Ralph’s contribution to the organization while acknowledging that as an owner he destroyed the organization after Tom Donahoe left. In my opinion, the issue was not just about money with Ralph…it was more about power and control. After Donahoe Ralph refused to hire anyone he didn’t personally know. That how we ended up with Marv Levy, Russ Brandon, and Buddy Nix in leadership positions. It seems that Ralph also wanted to be involved in decision-making, which is understandable to an extent, but at some point you have to let your leaders lead. Not only would Ralph not pay a big contract for a coach/GM, he never would have given them the autonomy that they crave

I was surprised to find that Spencer Brown had a very modest grade. I though he played well

It’s a complete 360 from the way the organization had been run post-Tom Donahoe. This is where I think Ralph Wilson deserved and enormous amount of criticism as owner. The men he put in charge of football operations is straight up offensive. None of these four were real GM’s: - Marv Levy - Russ Brandon - Buddy Nix - Doug Whaley Of those four, Whaley was the best by a large margin though I would argue his ceiling is director of pro personnel. He has no clue how to build a team or lead an organization. Nix never should have been a GM and was terrible, though he at least worked in the front office. Marv Levy and Russ Brandon had NO business making any football decisions. Another example of how Ralph tarnished this franchise

Good interview though it was kind of awkward how the entire interview was done standing and walking. I guess it’s different but I didn’t care for it

The 2017 off-season is always interesting to me - especially everything that happened before Beane. Some will contend that McDermott was calling all of the shot when it came to rosters. Other like Whaley and Monos will say that they were still acting GM’s as they had been years prior. It makes you wonder who was really behind the signing of Hyde and Poyer? Was it McDermott? Or Whaley? Another big move was declining the 5th year option on Sammy Watkins. You can argue that picking up option might have been the better move, especially if they had planned on trading him. They could get more for someone who wasn’t a complete rental. The Bills also f’ed up the FA compensation formula as well. Had they been smarter about their FA signings, they could have come away with a compensatory pick for Stephon Gilmore. Whaley and Monos have said otherwise, but all the moves IMO have McDermott’s fingerprints on them.

Don’t sleep on Cole Beasley in this game. He could plays a big role

Watt has been playing very well both at DE and inside at DT. I think he’d be awesome in the Bills defense though it always made me wonder how they could fit him under the cap

I went back and reviewed the game and the reason the score was so lopsided was mainly because the Bills turned the ball over and gave Tennessee the ball on short fields, which to their credit, they all turned into TD’s. The defense also struggled badly against Tannehill when he scrambled and had no answer for AJ Brown. Surprisingly, they did ok against Derek Henry. Had they made a stop before the half, to prevent the 21-10 deficit, it couldn’t been a different game in the second half. I think a lot of this was due to injuries on defense. Instead, Josh seemed to be in that mode where he tries to do too much. Because of that he passed up a short completion and threw a bad INT to put the game out of reach

Sounds like the Tennessee defense is a lot like Washington. Some good players in their front 4…marginal players on the rest of the defense. Could be another Cole Beasley game

I’ve thought about this as well and also have no idea. Like some other fouls, it seems like officials are only flagging the most blatant and obvious examples. There looks to be pick plays on many routes when receivers are lined up next to each other

I wouldn’t say paper tigers, but I did think that their struggles toward the end of the season could be indicative of a bigger problem in the playoffs. I never bought the fan base excuse that they were “bored.” Unfortunately we had to wait until after they beat the Bills for them to play terrible but there were signs of weaknesses before then. Unfortunately Mahomes along with Hill and Kelce, to a lesser extent, cover up a lot of issues Watkins was injured half of the time in KC. He was active last season in the Super Biwl and it didn’t make a difference.

This is completely true. Sorensen reminds me of a Mark Kelso or a Jeff Wright. Players who weren’t really great but that you didn’t notice because they were never relied on thanks to the around them - or in this case, the talent on offense. Once you realized you should’ve upgraded from them, it’s usually too late

Leodis was very cool about it. He refused to press charges against the two idiots

I’m all for bringing in anyone to help boost our chances in the postseason. I think the ship has already sailed on Ertz though. He would play the same role as Knox without the downfield speed (for a TE) and doesn’t offer much in blocking. Using Ertz as a 2nd TE would also take one of our productive WR off the field. I guess he could spell Knox but Dawson’s already playing a lot of snaps. So for the amount of usage that he’ll see as Knox’s replacement, I don’t think I’d give Philly a 4th

It’s a joke man. I notice that you share his work quite a bit. I’ll have to check it out

I think we are missing some context of the story. The fact that he’s calling him “Mr. Editor” is a little weird Most of the “NFL Insiders” are like Jason LaCanfora or Ian Rapaport. You see this all the time during hiring season for coaches. Surprisingly candidates who belong to the same agency suddenly become “hot” candidates

You are a Jim Kubiak superfan!

I know Chiefs fans have been bitching about him all season. The thing is they loved “Dirty Dan” last season when he still probably wasn’t good

Hyde and Poyer are definitely under the radar but they can in and solidified the defensive backfield for 5+ positive seasons. They have to be in contention. One suggestion I would make might be Ted Washington who essentially did the same thing with the Bills DL. Ted and Bryce Paup were two players that were perfect additions

What good are draft picks going be. The Bills are trying to win super Bowl this year!

I get that he’s been inactive but he also hasn’t played much and given his position flexibility, speed, and length, I see him as a situational player.

That’s not true. Plenty of entertainers have been cancelled for offensive jokes in the past.

I would not mess with our defensive line. Bills are a legit Super Bowl contender and that 6th round round draft pick in 2022 won’t mean anything if it means losing a productive player at DE this year.