Jim Bob

https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4736445/football-journey-chandler-jones While he was born in Rochester, he grew up in Endicott, NY. And the Jaguars were his favorite team growing up.

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http://buffalofambase.com/2022/01/28/db-positional-analysis-buffalo-bills/ That was a pretty good article and it shows some of the draft trends that Beane has had so far.

He has one year left on his rookie deal. So, his cap number for 2022 is amazing. But, he will want to get paid after that.

1) IOL 2) add one or two more offensive weapons 3) veteran edge rusher (or two) 4) speedy CB (or two) 5) Figure out how to keep Phillips and McKenzie

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/ufa/buffalo-bills// If you look at the Bills UFAs, WR, DE, and DT are all areas that need to be addressed. With Wallace being a FA & White's injury likely push CB up the list of needs. I just think that they go DL, again. At a minimum, it is a safe bet given their track record. It will be interesting to see how FA changes things and what the needs are looking like closer to the draft.

I expect the pick to be the best DL (and likely an Edge Rusher) available. When at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again, right?

If the Bills lose Daboll and Dorsey, O'Brien wouldn't be a bad option at OC... McDaniels has been with NE for all six SB titles. And given how BB looked bad as the head coach of the Browns and people were wondering why the Jets and Patriots wanted him to be their head coach, I get why a team would talk themselves into giving McDaniels another shot. And the Raiders love offensive minded head coaches...

This was another good Jordan Palmer interview with a healthy dose of Josh Allen talk.

That would seem like more of an issue with Eric Washington and Jacques Cesaire as the DL coach and the Asst DL Coach than it would be on Frazier. Technique stuff is usually more the domain of the position coaches.

There is an out. But, it comes with $24M in dead cap space if I read the contract details correctly. I'm not sure that Chicago wants to deal with that or not. And I am not sure that Buffalo outbids everyone else if Mack hits the open market. $17.5M would be fun to try and make fit within the Bills cap. It would be possible. But it would also be challenging.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/chicago-bears/khalil-mack-14414/ Khalil Mack has a $30M cap hit next season. I don't know if the cap stuff works for Chicago or Buffalo in the event of a trade.

I just hope anyone but Josh is on the Madden cover...

With Sanders and McKenzie hitting FA and the questions around Beasley and his contract, it will be interesting to see how Beane deals with the WR depth this off season. Here are the WR targets this season: Diggs 164 Beasley 112 Sanders 72 Davis 63 McKenzie 26 Kumerow 6 I won't be surprised if they let Sanders and McKenzie walk, restructure both Diggs and Beasley to create cap space, and then they add one WR in the draft and a FA WR on a one year 'Prove It' deal. I will be mildly surprised if Beasley is cut unless he chooses to not re-do his deal to help with the cap.

Actually, it was his Yards Before Catch that were way down in 2021 compared to 2019 & 2020. Yards Before Catch Per Reception 2019 6.7 2020 7.5 2021 4.7 Yards After Catch Per Reception 2019 4.9 2020 4.3 2021 3.7

This is the second worst loss in team history. Fans are working through the grief of how bad that loss was and the opportunity that this team had if they were able to hold the lead. Some people are having completely understandable overreactions in the first few days after the loss.

It seems like a pretty simple career choice for Dorsey. Be an OC for a defensive minded head coach, get to call the offensive plays, and continue working with Josh Allen or Be an OC for an offensive minded head coach, not get to call the offensive plays (most likely), and work with whomever Daboll's team's QB is... Taking the Bills OC job should be a no-brainer if it is offered to Dorsey.

Finally a smart move by the Jags, it would appear.

I wonder if he wants to get into coaching? There could be some openings on the offensive staff that the Bills need to fill...

https://bleav.com/shows/draft-dudes/episodes/jordan-palmer-joins-the-show-to-talk-qbs/ Jordan Palmer talked a lot about his work with Allen in this interview last week. Josh has already said that he is heading back into the lab with Palmer this off season. After working last off season on being ready for the last 4 minutes of a playoff game, my guess is that it might be about building more consistency week to week. The Bills could have, and maybe should have, been the #1 seed in the AFC this year. Making sure games like the Jacksonville and Indy games don't happen might be what they look to shore up.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/25/leslie-frazier-will-have-second-interview-with-giants/ Frazier is getting a second interview with the Giants after Daboll had his second interview with them.

Yup In the Edmunds thread I talked about how they either need to extend him and reduce that cap hit for next season or find someone to take him in a trade. If they walk him to FA with that cap number next season... 🤬

https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/insider/story/_/id/33142010/ranking-rookie-classes-2021-nfl-draft-best-worst-teams-based-first-year-production I think last year's class was an outcome of being too focused on Kansas City and not enough on how to make their team better. Yes, the road to the Super Bowl in the AFC goes through KC for the foreseeable future. But, they need to focus on how to improve the Buffalo Bills for 20 games a year and not just one or two games. So, I would lean more towards the drafting/evaluating side of things than the coaching when it comes to the guys they have drafted along the DL lately. The coaches aren't the reason they can create pressure and not get home.

Dorsey is the guy for me at OC and I expect that is the move given what McD & Allen said this week. If they go another direction at OC and bring in a guy from outside the organization, you are likely to see Dorsey and one or two other offensive coaches leaving. This team does not need to revamp their offensive staff. If Frazier were to get a head coaching job elsewhere, my guess is that they promote from within on that side of the ball as well given how McD talked about wanting to promote from within and all the benefits that brings. DL coach Eric Washington has been a DC in the past and likely gets the job if Frazier leaves.