Bob in STL

I’m torn between moving way up get a top qb prospect or keeping the picks and adding lots more talent. We we need a talent infusion at OL, DL, AND LB. We need help at WR and CB, we need depth in other places. Free agency can help if played smartly.

Considering we signed him as an afterthought and he left with a winning’ish (more like .500) record and one playoff appearance you can say he had success. On on the other hand our teams had quite a bit of talent, much of wasted by Rex and Rob, during the Tyrod era. I always thought we could have been better. Tyrod was was much better than the other drought years QBs ... which is an abysmal reflection on the Bills front office/ organization.

Tyrod will help the Browns. His ability to run and his ability to protect the ball will translate into a few more wins. We all know his limitations throwing but he has positive aspects to his game that the Browns will benefit from. He is a good transition guy for them. Good trade for both teams, I wish him well.

Should he give good trade deals to the Ravens too? He is from Maryland after all. You should be getting it soon. No one agrees with you.

Seriously, you think he is the reason they lost? Without Brady this game is a blow out. I dont like like him and yes, he should have made some effort to talk to Foles. He is a first rate jerk but even with the fumble and the dropped pass he was the reason the Pats* were still in the game right up until the last play of the game.

I do not see Philly fans and Buffalo fans having much in common at all. Yes, both are diehard and both are crazy about their teams and get wild to demonstrate it. It ends there. I have ave a friend and coworker from Philly and he is amazed at the loyalty of Bills fans. The turnout after losing SB XXV was his example. He said Norwood would have been run out of town. The fans at the airport after the playoff loss to Jax had him shaking his head. In Philly you win or you suck! Philly fans can be mean spirited and have a reputation for ganging up on visitors when on their turf. I go to Bills and Sabres games every year and there lots of fans safely cheering for the other team. Sure, sometimes Bills fans get out of control but Philly has another level or two or three of hostility. Just ask Viking fans. https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/02/02/minnesota-vikings-fans-super-bowl-52-eagles-abusive

Did you listen? Collinsworth should have just put a Pats* jersey on. He is just horrible and his constant whining and complaining about what is a catch is making the whole league look bad. To him the Pats* should get every call. If I was an official I would be complaining to the league about him.

Just a few seconds later Gronk throws an elbow. Good of hit on Hogan buy yes, it was beyond 5 yards. Oh well, just give it them.

Pass interference on Hogan? Didn’t see that. I saw Gronk throw a big elbow while running to the end zone 50 yards down the field. I would love to shove the elbow pad up his as@@@!

I do business in Nashua, New Hampshire and I go there monthly. I am so tired of their fans and the expectation that they get every call and win every game. Listening to sports radio there is torture. I am so happy to see them lose and to see Brady fumble on the pivotal drive. Now, did anyone else want to choke Chris Collinsworth? I swear he starts so much controversy with him premature calls. He made a lot of drama out of the Eagles TD’s. Both calls were made correctly on the field and thankfully replay did not change them. But there is Collinsworth stoking the flames and putting the NFL in a tough situation as we know the interpretation concerning a reception have been blurred in past games. I have had enough of Collinsworth and his diarrhea of the mouth.

Agree that his leadership alone is worth having another season. Especially with Eric Woods and likely Tyrod Taylor gone. I also want want to keep Lorenzo Alexander on the team. He brings a lot of leadership too.

Foles may have peaked versus Vikes. Pats* had 1 penalty versus Jags. You know they will not get a holding, hands to face, or pass interference call on them. Brady is the key. Can the Eagles put continuous pressure on him? i hate to say it and I hope I’m wrong: Pats* - 31 Eagles - 17

Really, you need this explained to you. By spouting off that he was “being treated like a Nobody”. The guy is the highest paid player on the team and he can’t stay healthy or in shape. He has a history of off-field mishaps and suspensions, making him unreliable. The coach has a rule on how injured players will travel with the team for a game. He breaks the rule, in effect testing the coach. The coach invokes the punishment, the same one others would get. I guess when you make $100M and have a few Pro Bowls you are entitled? Apparently that makes you a somebody? That makes you special? Instead he feels like he was treated like a Nobody. That is childish. The reality is the Bills paid an unmotivated guy with no leadership ability the biggest contract on the team. The new regime expects more. Heck, even Rex expected more. They really needed to clear that contract, even though Dareus is a good guy and a decent player. Dareus is in a good place for him. He can make big money while being the 5th best DL on the team. He can play 40% of the plays and he will only be used to do what he is best at. He won’t be called upon for leadership. He willl make some plays and be in an environment where the pressure is off of him. His Pro Bowl days are most likely in the past. I can still see him pissing off Marrone but maybe he has decided to grow up? We shall see.

He is still behaving like a child. I’m betting that before Camp starts he will be in trouble and in Doug’s dog house once again.

Not that I even hated Vito Babe Parelli, just never liked the team or the Bahhston Fans

I always root against the Pats*, going back to the days of Babe Parelli.

I would not want them trading both 1’s and then some to move up to get one of the top two guys unless the Braintrust was absolutely sure they had the right qb. Not a fan of keeping Tyrol, or getting Smith. Maybe be there is a qb at 21 that is the guy? This decision is huge.

Yes. The Jags looked like also rans dropping their last game of the season and squeaking by Buffalo 10-3 at home. After beating the Steelers twice in Pittsburgh it adds to their credibility. I think they will get beat up by the Pats* but I also feel better about our defense, especially the game planning aspect, on that side of the ball. Offense still stinks.

Ready to give him a chance. Another up and coming name in the NFL coaching circles. I thought he might stay at Alabama for awhile.

Wrong again. Our new OC is from the Belicheck tree and was recently hired by Nick Saban at Alabama. World Champs BTW. Bright young mind, innovative and willing to be an OC for the up and coming Buffalo Bills. Of course he probably has dreams of being a HC someday, but that did not stop him from taking a chance with Buffalo , a team with an unsettled QB situation. Buffalo is rising around the NFL.

Doug definitely left on his own accord. He and Schwartz were doing fine but he still had no qb, new rookie owners, a GM that he did not like, and an incredulous “out with pay” in his contract. He thought he had the Jets job. Maybe he was not impressed with the Pegula’s? He he got lucky just to land in Jacksonville, and his Bills experience got him the interim HC job. He got lucky again when Coughlin showed up. Coughlin has his hands in all of th3 football operations.

Service economy = restaurants and fast food. Leisure and hospitality. = hotel maids and maintenance. Low end health care = nurses aides, etc. All pretty much min wage jobs or close to it. Not even close to the work I was talking about that will create and economic growth. So not fake. What would help is getting people off of unemployment and into these jobs.

What is a “fringe European country”? That is ridiculous to say. Immigration from these countries came because we had a huge need and the opportunity was there. The European people in these countries where living in an oppressed and/or war torn environment. America needed workers back then. We had a vision of expansion - manifest destiny. Todays America is much different than what we had in 1900. The land is now taken, the infrastructure built, and the manufacturing jobs born from the industrial revolution are mostly gone. On top of that we have social programs that did not exist in 1900 that need funding and are strained. Today we simply do not have the jobs to support immigration in large numbers. We do need to be smart and selective. Future job growth will be based on our ability to Innovate through science and technology. Immigrants that can come here, assimilate, and thrive should be welcomed. But it cannot happen in the mass droves of the European immigration of early 1900. This does not make America rascist. Your stats on on the great performance of African Students - I don’t doubt that it isn’t impressive as a percentage but I don’t see it in my business as of yet.

We are not looking for a “career minded HC”. We are looking for a bright, innovative, OC that wants to jump on to a team on the rise and is not afraid of a challenge.

With this criteria the majority of teams would never hire a new OC or DC. This items are what most teams face. I expect they they will make a move at OC if they feel there is a better coach available, it’s that simple. You don’t have to give away your draft board to interview anyone. I find the the comment about McD not being a high profile coach that can lift others careers to be most inaccurate. He is the new hot coach. Expect young bright minds to want to work for him.