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I don't even remember seeing the guy on the field. How many snaps did he even have? It's going to take some time for him to get back into playing shape. It's going to take even longer when he's barely even getting warmed up on the field. I get wanting to keep him fresh for the Playoffs. But if things keep going the way they're going, that's far from a given.

"Only"? I'd say not running for his life the second he snaps the ball play after play and better playcalling are much more vital to helping Allen. But those things aren't a shiny toy...

Oliver and Diggs contracts are untradable. And it would be dumb to move on from them. Epenesa has half of a season under contract. No one's going to give us anything for that when it's going to take most of that time to get up to speed with the playbook. And why would anyone want Knox, Dawkins, or Poyer's contracts? No one's going to want any of them and why tear it down for the nothing returns we'd get for any of them? This ain't the NHL or the NBA. The trade deadline is a nothing burger in the NFL. Trades are exceedingly rare. Yet posters like to treat it like it's a feast every season.

A trade on Offense is not going to turn this into a Championship team. We've lost our best player on 3 different levels of our Defense. Interior D-Line, Linebacker, and Cornerback. And we don't have the quality depth behind them. We just gave up 29 on a 1-5 team. Another stud WR isn't going to make us a super powered offense that can overcome that on a week to week basis. Especially with the way the OL is playing and the performance of our OC. Could it help? Yes. Save the season? No. Doubly so when we have no money this season, are 34 million over the cap next season, and need the Draft picks to replace some of the MANY FA's we have next year. It's fun to play Madden GM and say things like "I don't care what it takes - do it". But it isn't reality.

Did you hear me say the Offense looked great today? No, I didn't think so. Even still, we put up 25. On a bad day. But our Defense being in the shape it's in, gave up 29 against a 1-5 team. To me, that's the bigger issue long term. The offense has the players to bounce back. On Defense, I think it just is what it is.

Rebuild implies tearing it completely down to the studs and starting from scratch. That's not happening here. We have more core pieces (and at key positions) who are solid and under contract then pieces/positions where we don't. There will be players coming in and going out. But there will be no rebuild.

We lost our best player on 3 levels of our Defense. Daquan Jones on Interior, Matt Milano at Linebacker, and Tre White at Corner. Even when we're completely healthy with what we have available (which didn't happen today and won't happen often) - it's just too much to overcome and expect to be a serious Contender.

There's more starters that will be kept and are under long term deals than players who won't. There's a core to this team. Lots of depth guys and a fair amount of starters will be replaced. But total rebuild? No way.

Two 1-5 teams back to back. We were lucky to squeeze out the win last week and we'll be really lucky to squeeze this one out, if we can. Luckily, it's mid-October. But it appears obvious that the injuries to Milano, White, and Jones are just too much to overcome Defensively to be a serious Contender.

Worried about Josh's shoulder. His throws are just consistently off the mark.

Ridiculousness of signing Cole Beasley aside, if someone were to be cut on this roster, Poona Ford would not be a shockingly laughable cut. He spent most of the season as a healthy scratch. Has ridiculously underperformed expectations. When activated, he played terribly. Kendall Vickers has been activated off the Practice Squad and played instead of him. He hasn't been remotely close to the guy we thought we were getting when we signed him.

I mean, i'm all for positivity and seeing the best in players and hoping for the best. But Williams will not be Milano in his first year, probably never will be. He can be very good - but Milano may be the best off the ball Linebacker in football period.

He's averaging 37 yards a game, 15 yards in his last outing. Has been making news for all the wrong reasons. Will need to learn the playbook on the fly with a coach who doesn't play new players until they've gotten every minute detail down. Even Running Backs. I can't see how he's a "winning it all" type of move. Again, I'm not paying more than a 4th for that kind of gamble with what we have financially and what's coming up in the Offseason.

Does he? He's done little to nothing this season outside of run off at the mouth on Twitter, underperform, and put forth such lackluster effort that Mark Schlereth called for flat out cutting him. And even if he did buy in to McDermott's process and fit in fine, the way he brings along new players gives me little hope he'd see the field enough to make an impact. If you think Jerry Jeudy is going to take us from where we are to "winning it all" - you're greatly exaggerating what he brings to the table on a surefire basis. It's a very boom or bust type move. Just as likely, if not more, to yield little to no results or be a complete mess than it is to provide a massive impact. And I'm not paying more than a 4th for that.

I'm not spending more than a 4th. With the questions he has with maturity and effort, he may not be a fit here period. And with the amount of FA's we have next offseason and the terrible cap situation we're in, we'll need all our Day 1 and Day 2 picks.

There's truth in that. Maybe we can make a move for someone. But it would have to be someone with a Rookie deal that would cost minimal Draft Pick compensation. Superstar trade dreams are completely unrealistic.

Capital letters come out when common sense is disregarded. Wanting to "win now" is great is theory. But when the concept being talked about is completely unfeasible - the point is moot.

And we're 33 million over the cap going into next year https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/2024/ We have a ton of guys who will be FA's next year that will need to be re-signed or replaced. Starters and key depth players. Guys like Leonard Floyd, Micah Hyde, Daquan Jones, Gabe Davis, AJ Epenesa, and others. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/buffalo-bills/ Not only can we not afford the hit this year and certainly not next year, we need the picks it would take to get him to replace players we won't be able to afford to keep. Most of our D-Line (including all of our DT's not named Ed Oliver) and our Safeties (which may need an overhaul anyways). This is why D-Hop wasn't pursued anywhere near as heavily as you wanted. And he didn't cost anywhere near Adams or cost any Draft Picks. A major part of why we're sticking with Ty Johnson over Leonard Fournette (a clear upgrade). We don't even have a few million right now. Davante Adams is a total pipe dream.

Gotcha.

It was Ja'Marcus Ingram (#46) who he said "earned it", not Dorian Williams (#42)

So let me get this straight - we've lost Tre White for the season. Christian Benford has been playing banged up. Kaiir Elam is underperforming. And now you want to trade away our solid Nickel CB? 'the hell?

The problem around here is that we've had a good to very good team for a while. The bar has been raised. In the drought years, this would be thrilling. But we've won the division and gotten playoff wins consistently. The desire the past couple years has been Super Bowl or bust. So when we struggle to beat bad teams or lose to bad teams, it's completely unacceptable now. When you watch the team come down to the last play against the Giants, it doesn't feel like a Super Bowl team. Good on you that you just want to look on the bright side. But there is merit on the other side as well. And a post like this comes off way holier than thou.

Thanks for the breaking news.

With how Floyd and AJ are performing, the cost of the position they play, their age, and lack of wear and tear - there is ZERO chance this will happen. Especially when you consider the amount of money we (don't) have and the amount of other FA's we have at other positions. Including Daquan Jones (and ALL of our DT's except Ed Oliver), Gabe Davis, and Micah Hyde - all starters that will need to be re-signed or a capable replacement needing to be signed.

This is another frustrating aspect of going with Johnson over Fournette. While Johnson has more power than Cook, he's not at the level of pile pushing that Fournette or Harris are. Fournette seemed like a seamless fill in for Harris in the Power Back role. Johnson is a drop off there. He's more of a younger, faster version of a Murray style back. Well rounded, but not the short yardage back of a Fournette or Harris.