Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

IF and this is a big if this were to happen, then I also think on Friday you'll hear that the Bills traded Singletary for a draft pick, maybe another 5th?

Got to be careful though, with all these Brits on the team that we don't end up with some soccer player by mistake!

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In fairness this was the same time frame that guys like Akili Smith and the guy from the Raiders (can't recall his name) were drafted #1 overall and there were a whole bunch of other bad QB's drafted very high then too that not even naming, Couch who went to Cleveland, etc. For whatever reason, the past 4 to 5 years the crop of college QB's has improved quite a bit. Back then teams were desperate and would take chance on the JP's of the world as there were very few keepers coming out. Back around say 2008 how many good legit franchise QB's were there? Brady, Big Ben, the Manning Brothers, Romo, Brees, Fauve,, maybe Flacco??

Behind a pay wall, but pretty good article written about him. Currently he's the offensive analyst coach at Clemson. Many good things written about him, very humble, extremely smart, etc. Didn't realize he spent a year working with B Daboll in Miami too. Didn't plan on coaching, started out coaching at a HS in Conn and realized it was his calling. https://theathletic.com/2537042/2021/04/23/ex-bills-qb-j-p-losman-didnt-let-his-disappointing-nfl-career-define-him-instead-he-found-his-calling-at-clemson/?source=dailyemail

Talent wise certainly true, though Dallas and Giants may provide better ratings. But to the neutral fan Bills are an exciting team to watch.

The only 2 names on that list that I somewhat wish the Bills had held onto was Marlowe and maybe Roberts to a lesser degree. Seems like Bojo was lost due to wanting too much money. This may sound like a small thing, but I also wonder if the team was not happy with his holding abilities, too many balls with laces not out. Couple that with him wanting big $$ and they went in another direction??

Agree, they could get lucky and get the next Mahomes, but the odds are much more in their favor of getting the next Josh Rosen instead as for every Mahomes out there, there's a half dozen or so Rosen's. And you can only pick one at a time, drafting one every year, you'll never have time to find out if he'll work out or not.

Not sure you can read much into that. Fromm was kept in isolation so for that same reason wouldn't get called up. Plus think Webb was called up more of a perk to get a full game check.

He may survive a failure by Tua as there was some risk with taking him and think it was known. What I think will be Miami's downfall will be their coach is pretty good and the team is pretty solid, minus the QB. So for the next few years, they likely will be good enough to win 8 to 9 games every season, thus never bad enough to get the franchise QB. Next year in 2022 even with the extra picks, are there any can't miss college QB's out there? This year, other than Lawrence, the others all carry some risk. Take a guy like Darnold, he was more considered "can't miss" than the remaining players this year.

If the other top QB's all had around 10, I'd be worried, but many others were all in upper teens, so not much different

I wonder if his retirement announcement is too late for them to still place him on the Wall of Fame this year, or will he have to wait a year?

There will be plenty of alcohol around to sterilize the needles.

I agree, and for that reason could see a trade happening if they feel Breida is worth dressing on Sundays. IMO Williams and/or Wade as an emergency injury replacement normally inactive on Sundays makes more sense.

OK but will all three be active on Sundays? Last year they had Singletary, Moss and Yeldon, and Yeldon only was active if one of the other two were hurt. Is Breida that much better than Yeldon to go with all 3 active and even if you feel he is that much better, which position gets one less starting slot? The Bills were very good on ST and had a handful of players who for the most part that's all they did, Roberts, Gillian, Jones, and Matakevich, plus Bass, Ferguson, and the punter. That's alot of roster spots there! Roberts is gone, but will Powell take his spot or will they double up with McKenzie, as that would save one slot. Based on past actions, not so sure they will go with 3 active RB's on Sundays, so for that reason I do think it's feasible to trade him. The other draft day trade I could see happening to would be H Phillips IF they draft a D lineman in 1st round. He or maybe Zimmer are the only two I see with any trade value. But in either case, you may likely only be getting a 5th or 6th back in return.

I went with 4, plus throw in 1 or 2 more Sunday 4:25 starts Isn't there a rule stating the max number of prime time games a team can have? Just read the schedule is expected to be released May 13th.

Why do you think it won't be Tampa? The Bills are the best team they play at home. Giants, Cowboys maybe have a bit more glitz. Saints are a big rivalry but without Brees, not the same.

I'll let you know after I talk to cousin Brandon!!!

Here's the trade I'd consider making. Overll depends who's there and who they may want: Trade our 1st 30th overall to move down to between 5th to 8th in round 2, that gives us their 2nd round and also pick up a 4th and their 5th all around the 5th through 8th pick each round. I'd then take our own 2nd round pick, plus the 4th round we just picked up to move up to roughly the 20th pick in 2nd round Next take our 3rd round pick plus the 5th we just picked up to move up to around 20th in 3rd round So when all done, have 2nd round picks our own 29th, plus around the 5th through 8th in the 2nd round. Our 3rd round pick would now be around the 20th in the round instead of 29th. We'd still have our 2 5th rounders, plus 6th and 7th round left. Overall dropping about 10 spots overall to start, but then gain around 8 spots in 2nd and 3rd round. Draft value chart balances out for the most part. Other option would be to drop to around 15th in 2n round, and pick up an extra 3rd.

Are they going to use him as a pulling guard? If so can't want to hear them yell, "Run Forrest, Run!"

Where's the win/win part when you just gave up your middle LB and a 3rd round pick so tying to find that replacement will be harder. Likely need to get higher than #10 to get him which would require even more draft capitol too. In addition you're giving up all this draft capital in an offense that likes to run 4 WR quite a bit, 2nd most in the league. TE also is a position that takes one of the longest amounts of time to get up to speed in the NFL. Regardless of how good Pitts is, to expect him to be this one year wonder, particularly in an offense with the WR they already have, he's not likely to get 50+ catches as a rookie as while he's busy figuring things out Allen will be throwing to the open WR's

So if a team is going for a 1st down at the 40 yard line, they call a run play, the player momentarily extends the ball out beyond the 40, then pulls it back in and gets tackled at the 39 and 1/2 yard line, do they get the 1st down? I don't believe so, plus too easy for other team to knock ball loose. But at the goal line, once the ball crosses, it's a TD, so the rules are different and as Doc stated, it's a high reward move so there should be high risk attached to it. Not sure how true this is, but have read that Belichick will bench any player who extends the ball. I'd agree with him on that one, too many things can go wrong. The one about playoff teams not signing players cut from other teams not in playoffs, would that have ruled out the Kenny Stills signing? So if a team in the playoffs has some players injured in the last regular season game, they can't sign replacement players who are available? Or does it just mean they can't sign players cut after the other teams final game? If a player had been available prior to the last Sunday of regular season, then he can still be signed??

Before I opened the thread my guess was 1989, the year they lost in the AFC championship game to the Bengals. But maybe whomever lost the NFC championship game had a better record or did the Bills not have a 1st round pick that year resulting from the Biscuit trade?? OK looked it up, they would have had the 30th pick but both their 1st and 2nd round picks were traded to the Rams in the trade mentioned above. They also didn't have a 1st rounder the year prior in the 1988 draft. Throw in Greg Bell, that was a lot to give up for a non QB pick, not sure you'd see a trade like that today. Tunsil went for 2 firsts, but he was an established player. The Bills first draft pick that year, picked 30th in the 3rd round, turned out to be a guy named Don Beebe.

We really don't know if this is true or not. Before the last two off-seasons, Beane needed to do everything he could and throw big money just to attract a guy like Star. This was probably the first time in about 20 years the Bills could attract top players based on the teams standing. But this year there was little to no money available. Lets see what he does in another year when they have money. They did supposedly make a serious run at Watt for big $$ and supposedly also Ertz, but Eagles wanted to much for him. Also doesn't mean he needs to let Milano go to get a big star either in other seasons.

It was for limo service to drive P Rivers from his house in San Diego to LA every day since Rivers didn't want to move to LA. He paid for 10 years service upfront, thinking Rivers was going to play until age 50.