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I think I will ignore this rumor until someone more credible than Cowherd is reporting it. Does not make sense from many perspectives.

This is not only a Bills issue. Young men mature at different rates, and "the baller life" that Williams describes is how many of these players come to the NFL, with their first taste of money. Every team needs to deal with it. The Bills did do something about it - they hired McDermott. If we have learned anything over the past year he is all about having players who do things the right way, take the game seriously, or they will not be here long. Great article - good for Aaron. I think we all saw dramatic improvement in his third year, and although we did not necessarily know why, he was a different player. Now we know. Time will tell with Dareus. He has talked the talk before. My bet is he will still show up for training camp 40 pounds overweight, and he is a 2/1 bet on another drug violation. He will never be the player he once was or could have been.

Cousins represents fools gold. Not worth near what he will command and will strap the Bills flexibility for roster building for years to come. For an Alex Smith level deal, yes, but he is not going to sign for that. Go all in on a top rookie prospect now, and build from there.

Why? Because the Bills DL was so over performing awesome last year we cannot afford to replace the DL coach? Chances are it was not his decision to leave the Bills. Adjustments are being made.

I think they are actually handling this situation quite well, given the circumstances.

He is obviously clueless at best

My guess as well. He was also dinged earlier in the game and stayed in, and one other time during the season. He did not look good after the last one. Could have triggered or led them to find something else. Hope not for his sake.

Yes, but Leroy was a completely different thing. He infrequently posted his inside info, very carefully, and he developed credibility over time. Dufus Don, not so much. Blasted us with BS, claimed credit for being right about things that either happened before he ever posted or just happened because there was a70% chance they would anyway. "Dennison likely to be fired" Oh really? SDS called him out on lies about where he was posting from. On and on. He is an idiot who seems to have thankfully gone away. There is a zero percent chance he was posting "inside information".

Thanks for this thread. Bottom line: Marrone and Hacket. What happened in the second half was totally predictable.

I have seen a lot of really rediculous takes on this board over the years, but this is one for the books.

If Rudolf is available at 21 I would certainly take him. I think he will probably be gone by then though. If Mayfield falls far enough that The Bills could move to get him without giving up both first rounders, that would be my preference.

Your belief that the Bills should have kept Woods ignores the fact that over half the roster were free agents, with minimal cap space available. Woods was never going to get the going market rate from the Bills, regardless of whether he would have been better than Jones last year. Also ignore the likelihood that Woods wanted no part of staying in Buffalo which had failed for 4 years to put him in a position to achieve his potential. TT again? He would have been running away from that as fast as he could.

Well, if Bleecher Report said so, it must be true. I have been a big Tyrod fan, even recognizing his limitations, but I am done. What he does well is simply not worth what he is, and always will be, bad at. Time to move on.

He obviously hurt his hand patting himself on the back.

That was great ,Yolo. Thanks. Needed the laugh.

I think the real question here is who determined that the outside zone blocking scheme was the right approach? This seems to me to be more of an offensive system decision (Dennison) vs an OL coach decision. To be a little contrary here, both Ducasse and Mills showed improvement over the course of the year. (And I am not suggesting we can't do better, just that perhaps their coaching was effective) can Castillo coach a primarily power run scheme? I have no idea but I suspect so.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

I apologize then for missing it.

Thank you. You were right to do this. The main thread has literally nothing of a serious analysis, just opinions based on superficial looks at his biography, and a few quotes. This had the potential to be lost in the muck and deserves its own thread in my opinion.

Certainly Keenum deserves credit for winning the game, but he was lucky, all game long. He threw some nice passes. He also threw some prayers that were answered, a fair amount of lame ducks, and some passes that should have been intercepted that were not. I would not get carried away with this guy. This season strikes me as a high water mark for him. A return to norm is no doubt coming. That said, someone will likely over pay him, perhaps even Minnesota. The Bills need to keep their eyes on the prize and try to fill the long term future. Keenum is no more it than Tyrod and will probably cost the same or more next year.

So, you hate it, but you don't know anything about him. Makes sense.

If Cousins makes it to FA some team will end up criminally overpaying him. I sincerely hope it is not the Bills. The Redskins have tried to resign him for the past couple of years, but Cousins has elected not to. While numbers have never come out, one could assume that the Skins were trying to get a deal that was reasonable, and allowed them some future flexibility. They are not totally sold on him. The fans of the Skins are ambivalent on Cousins. Many hate him. He can put up some gaudy numbers, but rarely in big situations. He will make some head scratching throws and decisions. He does not demonstrate leadership. He does not lift the play around him. He is an average to above average NFL QB. Perhaps better than Taylor, but not worth a franchise type deal. I would much rather the Bills look for a player to draft and develop than go all in on Cousins. Right now the situation in Washington is that the Skins have said they want to talk contract. Cousins has said he will not discuss contract until after FA begins. It seems like he would like to force their hand on another franchise tag. I doubt the Skins tag him again at $34m, and I doubt they want to pay what he thinks he is worth either. Should be interesting.

I would think any private jet they do own would be owned by one business entity or another. It would be kind of silly financially for them to own it personally.

Pittsburgh is making Buffalo's defense look very good by comparison. Todd Haley has no business coaching an offense. What a joke.

Always has been, and always will be.