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I've heard of him!

I'm not one of those who only criticize the team for their shortcomings and won't give them the credit for ending the drought and making the team a model franchise. Every team makes mistakes but this organization is one of the finest in the NFL and it's been a very long time since we could say that.

As I've already stated in this topic, I've been a Bills fan since 1968 (and a Sabres fan since their inception in 1970). Do I/we deserve a championship? "Deserve" is a word that hopes for a perfect and just world because it comes in the form of either reward or punishment. It could be argued that in a perfect and just world, that our many years of fandom and numerous finals disappointments should be rewarded with a championship... that we deserve one. But we don't live in a perfect and just world so in that sense, the only thing we deserve is what we get. Related but separate is the question of whether just a single championship will satisfy us... I think it depends on the individual with those who can enjoy this era of Bills football likely to be satisfied with just one and those that are bitching, moaning, criticizing, and complaining unlikely to be satisfied. JMO. The F word only has 4 letters... spell much? 😆

It's inarguably a significant investment... we just don't know if it'll pay off yet. It's like buying a lot of stock... we don't know the ROI but that doesn't change the fact that they invested heavily. We're awaiting the return.

That they've suffered for a long time and "deserve" a Super Bowl Championship and that nothing less will make them happy.

Marv is a marvelous marvel. Amazing man... fine human being.

I'm not telling anyone to be happy or not... I'm saying they adapted. It's pretty clear that 11 significant moves on defense (6+3+2) are an attempt to address a deficiency ("adapt a bit") as I was suggesting to Puckman. Feel however the hell you want.

The Bills added 6 draft picks and 3 prominent free agents to the defensive side and added Senior Defensive Assistant Ryan Nielsen and Co-DL Coach Jason Rebrovich to the defensive coaching staff. Don't you think that's an attempt to adapt?

Walla!

The Rams are cutting a LB they drafted in the 5th round this year???? (tries not to type the name Shaun Dolac) 😆

I understand what you're saying. I'm in my 60s and have been a fan since 1968... a few years after the 2 AFL Championships and just in time for many decades of mostly bad football. As for stepping up my game, I'm happy with life... it has exceeded my expectations. I recognize that I've been very lucky and possibly have more than I deserve. Maybe that's why I have less riding on the Bills... because it would seem greedy to ask for more than I already have. Of course I post here multiple times a day so I care about the Bills a lot, but my happiness doesn't hinge on the team and I place my achievements and the Bills achievements in different buckets. Anyways it's a good discussion and I feel like I understand better why some people feel the way they do.

The fact that the writer's suggestion didn't happen tells us all we need to know about White's trade value.

I'll ride with Hailee Steinfeld... (even if she won't ride with me)

This is a great point... that longtime fans are running out of patience and just want to win the prize... I get it. But some of the stuff I read here just seems to lack any kind of perspective.

This is what gives me confidence that the D-line is no longer a problem... Joey Bosa Larry Ogunjobi Michael Hoecht AJ Sanders Landon Jackson Deone Walker The Bills didn't just double down on D-line... they sextupled down. IMO the investment is so heavy that the return on investment is assured even if it's some fraction of 6... the chances that they're not improved are almost non-existent. If only 3 of the above play to expectations they'll be much improved. Barring injury I'm expecting 4 of them to contribute significantly this year.

To the surprise of absolutely no one...

This season was already shaping up as a "Voyage of the Damned" for the Dolphins and now this...

I hate to say it but many Bills fans on this forum are spoiled. I'd like to blame it on younger fans that don't remember all the misery of the Bills' history but even some of the older posters here are insufferably entitled.

I LOVE the radio silence this team is able to adhere to. I'm getting massive deja vu right now...

The people who criticize the Bills for intending to re-sign Phillips are doo doo heads. However the people who criticize the Bills for not drafting Dolac are absolutely correct. 🙂 The obligatory counterpoint invoking the "definition of insanity." 🙃 Matt, why this sudden and extreme lowering of your usual posting standards? WGR won't let Ogunjobi on the air? The Bills won't let him go on WGR? WGR thinks he might get cut? 😆 You know Phillips future role with the team? Brilliant!!! I needed that. 😅 Thank you for an excellent post. The outrage over the anticipated signing of Phillips is surprising in its extremity... talk about hitting a nerve. We don't know his role on the team... can we wait to see what exact puzzle piece he is before we meltdown? On balance TSW is a very knowledgable group but there's this bizarre fixation with 1 technique vs 3 technique. While there are some small signs that the pendulum is swinging incrementally towards the run game, the NFL is a passing league and pass rushers are MUCH MORE important than run stuffers... thus Exhibit A, Zion Logue. The Bills are young on the D-line and feel that the "youts" could benefit from some veteran leadership. What exactly is the big deal? I don't think it shows a lack of confidence... I think it shows that they feel that what Phillips brings will be an asset to the team.

This is sortable by team and by date: https://www.espn.com/nfl/transactions

The last time this came up, someone suggested enemas as qualifying for counter curse status. Has there been a ruling made on that proposal? The thing is, teams that have tradable assets usually shop them before cutting the player. Ricks being released means that no team was willing to part with a 7th round pick. It'll be interesting to see where he lands.

I'd say there was a clear loser at #2 QB and it was White. It seems to me that Trubisky "won" be default.

This is a fair response and the first and only to touch on the possibility that Dolac didn't want to come to the Bills. Good job. As I actually posted, "It's absolutely fair to question why the Bills didn't secure his services" meaning it's fair to question why they didn't draft him. Had he been drafted, he wouldn't have had a choice and I really doubt he'd have a problem with being drafted by the Bills. Does anyone think differently? As you point out, players like Buffalo Joe, Cam Lewis and JaMarcus Ingram came to the Bills because of the UB pipeline... the professional friendship that UB Football and the Bills enjoy. Not that football decisions should be based on PR but imagine also the positive effect of Dolac signing with the Bills... as opposed to Kaden Prather. This is pretty much the last time I'll say it or imply it... the Bills should have drafted Shaun Dolac. Flame away...

Of course instincts and feel for the game play a huge role... but we're talking about two players at the front end of their careers. It's like people watched "The Bears vs Buffalo Joe" and have decided that Andreesen will never be anything more than the player he was one week ago.