Coach Tuesday

Good read here: https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/22/gameplan-buffalo-bills-built-conference-championship-rosters ”And that brings us back to our jumping-off point here—which was that the Bills actually have fewerhome-grown players than the other conference finalists. That’ll change, Beane assures, because it has to. Buffalo’s going to try to sign Allen long-term this offseason, and he’s not the only young star on that roster with big money on the horizon. In time, it’ll mean shifting the Bills’ model—only two of the team’s 14 biggest cap numbers for 2020 belong to homegrown guys, and those are to the first two draft picks of the Beane-McDermott Era, White and Dawkins, to sign big second contracts. As more re-up, the margin for error shrinks, and Beane knows it. Which eventually will lead to the Bills’ chart look more like the Chiefs’, Packers’ and Bucs’.”

I crossed the plane trying to read that post.

Cody Ford getting hurt has been addition by subtraction - he was the worst starter on the team and possibly the league before his injury. He is close to busting out of the NFL if he doesn’t recommit to getting in shape and getting focused.

59 pages in this thread so far, but I bet if you subtracted all of the “Guess what some talking head just said - agenda!” posts, it would drop to about 4 pages. For the life of me I cannot figure out why we’ve become so media-obsessed as a society. Who cares what somebody said?

We almost took Zay Jones over Tre, if you can believe it.

Bots don’t “realize” things.

Serious question, if that happened, would I have anything left to live for?

1) I can't imagine what his golf drive must look like. He must hit the snot out of the ball. 2) LOL that the Jake Fromm pick fired him up. Dude is competitive like the great ones.

... equals a back door Duke Williams thread.

I mostly agree with this analysis. Sounds like McDermott saw the same thing and told Daboll at halftime to adjust. Honestly he shouldn’t have to do it, Dabs needs a bit more situational awareness. Dabs sometimes is a bit too slow with making in-game adjustments although he usually does make them. I haven’t watched the All-22 but on the TV broadcast of Allen’s deep throws it looked to me that there were guys open underneath. The best way to keep Mahomes off the field is to sustain time-consuming drives so I hope they are more patient this week on offense. Work down the field slowly. Use the whole play clock. Etc.

Hope you're right. If Etienne or Harris are sitting there at 32 - they should trade down.

Not sure I can deal with Romo for this game. He was like a coked up maniac in the foxhole on Sunday. Way too amped and spastic for me. On that 4th down play I thought he was possibly having a seizure.

This 100% does NOT tarnish Brees's legacy. He's always been a max contract guy, as is his right.

I could see Brown being a cap casualty this offseason - he just can't stay healthy enough to justify his price (which isn't high, but still). The Bills are in prime real estate for a trade down in this draft, and if they can pick up another 2nd or 3rd or 4th (and maybe another 2021 3rd if Houston hires Frazier), they will be in great shape to snap up some cost-controlled replacements for the inevitable veteran departures, not to mention depth.

What they should do? Trade Sean Payton to Philly for a 1st. He might not want to stick around for the rebuild and it would give them a much-needed cost-controlled asset.

TE, OLB/EDGE, CB2, C are needs where there is usually good value in the 28-32 range.

What's the hit if they outright cut Thomas? He's an expensive luxury at this point and he didn't really help them get deep into the playoffs this year.

He didn't keep himself in top shape this offseason and Pollard looked like the better back. Saquan Barkley and Leonard Fournette are two other backs drafted in the top ten who haven't helped their teams reach the next level. McCaffrey is great when he's healthy; when he's not, the entire offense falls apart. And none of these backs are worth the premium you have to pay to draft and then re-sign them as compared to a replacement-level running back.

The national media is basically convinced that the Chiefs have been waiting for the playoffs to turn up the intensity and that they can do so at will.

I would’ve preferred “The Buffalo Yakuza” - opportunity MISSED.

The solution is not to go back to those same college scouts and ask them to evaluate more early-draft running backs...

That would make three “day one” picks used on running backs in three consecutive years - for a passing team...

Have you checked?

That would be 3 premium picks used on RBs in 3 years, for a passing offense. Would be borderline insane. Tight end on the other hand, you help the running game, the short passing game, opens up the offense, etc.

You don’t say?