Coach Tuesday

McD is a very good coach who has shown the ability to self-scout and course-correct. He deserves the job security. Beane, on the other hand? He’s one of those employees who bet on the right horses (McDermott and Allen) and has mostly survived by hitting it straight down the fairway. Frankly he’s lucky to have somehow made it past the 2022 offseason - maybe he convinced Terry not to penalize him for Von’s injury. Because the 2022 draft and free agency forays were unmitigated disasters for a team that needed a real talent infusion to get it over the top.

Right or wrong, as this (and like 12 other, less-good) thread indicates, the stink of “13 Seconds” continues to stick to McDermott. There’s only one way to wash it off and he may be running out of time to do it. And as I’ve said elsewhere, if Beane and McD waste Allen’s good years, it’ll almost be a war crime.

The Giants?!? 🤣🤣🤣

lol wut

This is true. I lost some IQ reading this thread.

THIS IS NOT TWITTER

Yeah I think that’s basically it, something like, Diggs has been juggling multiple women and drama for years and performs on the field despite it. Allen had some drama with his HS girlfriend right before the bengals game and used it as an excuse and still got the huge $$ and influence on the team in the offseason and I think Diggs was asked to apologize to the team today and lost his mind over all of this.

Diggs = The Riddler

He has one more shot at a big money contract that will help him create generational wealth. You can’t blame him for not passing up that chance.

What you’re seeing now is an agent-driven process. No more tweeting out hints and favorites - it’s “we’re open for business” and frankly it is the right way to do it.

How has Beane’s track record been in free agency on the offensive side of the ball, when it comes to betting on a material improvement in production? Can you think of one guy he signed for the offense as a free agent whose production spiked when they got to Buffalo? Beasley and Brown were known quantities - they produced, but their production did not materially increase to the degree that Harty’s would have to increase under your hypothetical. Anyone else? Beane and his team simply do not have the evaluation skills required to uncover diamonds in the rough on the offensive side of the ball. It’s an organizational weakness and as a result, YES, they may need to overpay for a known quantity like Nuckie. Lottery tickets like Harty are not a strategy.

I’ve read this ten times and I cannot discern its meaning.

Nobody is disputing the possibility but you specifically used the word “lock” which frankly is bananas.

If you read Joe B's article he's not basing it solely on this move - he parses Beane's comments about Elam and posits that there's something going on in practice that has the Bills' coaches not completely sold on Elam. https://theathletic.com/4590651/2023/06/08/buffalo-bills-trade-candidates/ However, something is holding the Bills back from Elam being the locked-in starter. Beane mentioned that some inconsistencies in practice played into the equation last year but said Elam “cleaned up a lot of that” in games. Even still, Beane concluded his recent answer on Elam with: “We’re going to make everyone earn it. It doesn’t matter where you were selected or what your salary is.” Beane usually would not say something like that for established starters on his team. If Elam does not progress and is behind Jackson and Benford on the depth chart, the Bills could at least cover that up before the regular season. It would keep Elam’s trade value far higher to an acquiring team, and the other team would see a young cornerback with potentially four years of roster control (including the fifth-year option). If they wait a year and watch him be a backup player, the return value on Elam will decrease quite a bit. Trading him this summer would be a risk in terms of seeing a high pick flourish elsewhere, but if they feel he’s still behind Jackson and Benford and they could recoup a second- or third-round pick for him, it’s something they could consider. The extreme likelihood is they hold on to Elam and see if he can get there in 2023, but it’s at least worth mentioning if the worst-case scenario arrives this summer.

I know you're fond of telling all of us that we're not the Bills' GM and we're not qualified to be discussing these things, but (i) this is a message board; (ii) it happens to be a relatively sophisticated one - there have been MANY instances over the years of posters being better in their evaluations than the front office; and (iii) it was Joe B. who suggested yesterday that Elam could be traded.

This is awesome.

Cowherd sleeps peacefully at night knowing that there are millions of people out there like the OP who will make him $$$$.

No reason not to wait until at least October for Gabe.

To the extent it adds to the discussion, they could’ve kept Harrison Phillips for about half of this in terms of AAV. Slightly different players but perhaps a better allocation of resources given the substantial investment on the d line. And I’m saying that as a big Oliver fan.

He has NEVER been a liability against the run. He holds the POA like a much bigger player. And good luck getting elite pass rush production out of a street free agent.

There are millions of people in this world who think they’re funny, have a megaphone, and are not funny.

Can you guys keep this to Hopkins news please?

Because more aggressive = more mistakes.

Anyone else think they may have Non-Hopkins Fatigue Syndrome?