dave mcbride

Maybe get a PhD in computational science first? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball-Reference.com (Baseball Reference is PFR's sister site and regarded by pretty much everyone as the gold standard for baseball stats.)

This is pretty amazing - Allen finished second (meaning least) after Brady in sack percentage. That is remarkable given the Bills line and the length of time he tends to hold the ball. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2021/passing.htm#passing::pass_sacked_perc

If you're going to have a second team, you have to give that team a running back. It's just common sense.

Poyer first team, Hyde second team: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/national/story/2022-01-14/2021-nfl-all-pro-team-roster What I find hilarious - there is no second team running back because they only have one RB and Taylor got all of the votes! They need to fix that. Seriously, either Chubb or Mixon should be a second teamer.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/index37a8.html and https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/index2905.html?p=466

It totally makes sense. The Bills have an upper echelon offense and he's almost the entire offense. Literally everything revolves around him.

Basically the entire Eagles offense ran through him. He led the team in rushing and had 10 rushing TDs.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2021/leaders.htm AV is their version of their sister site Baseball Reference's WAR (wins above replacement) and NBA Reference's VORP (value over replacement player). Allen is first at 19 this year.

That's not accurate. He was actually a head coach in college for six years at Cal and William and Mary, and immediately prior to being hired by the Chiefs as HC coach in 1978, he had served as the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes throughout the mid-1970s, where he won 3 Grey Cups. He was ST coach under George Allen for about 3 years in the early 1970s.

Belichick was a longtime DC, not a ST coach. Yeah, I’d try to keep him as ST coach/assistant HC, but he is not the answer. They were a very lucky team this season.

If he has poor circulation, then the foot stomping won't hurt that much.

He's not running those deeper crossers (15-20 yards) he got open on frequently last year, though. He made a living doing that last year. This year he just looks a lot slower and less explosive.

Edmunds played great in the Jets game. All over the field and a presence in coverage. There's a reason Wilson took all of those sacks.

Tampa was apparently locked in on Vita Vea.

Man, take it easy. I literally said that I misread what you were saying. Take the W with grace instead of doing the victory lap. The Bills didn't have a top-of-the-first-half-of-the-first-round pick in a top-heavy draft and needed one to get Allen. They possibly could have traded both their firsts to get there. Instead, they unloaded Cordy Glenn. It was a great trade. Full stop, end of story. I honestly don't even know what you're arguing about.

I think we're talking past each other and I think I missed your point. Yes, trading 21 and 22 to get to 12 is obviously doable. That said, keeping that #21 pick in your back pocket as a bargaining chip if the bidding gets hot and heavy for Allen while sacrificing Cordy Glenn on the altar is far better than the reverse. Anyway, why trade those 2 picks for 12 when you can unload just one of them plus a big-contract player whose time is basically up instead?

Great move, but not underrated!

I don't think anyone thought he was the man. They thought he was decent, which he was. Flawed and limited but with positive attributes too.

Disagree. The value of a 12 is huge in a draft with high-level talent in the top half of the first. The #22 pick doesn't help you get the Roquan Smiths of the world. Outside of Lamar Jackson, who a lot of teams didn't want, the picks after Derwin James are pretty mediocre overall. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2018/draft.htm. More importantly, Miami's #11 and AZ's #10 were FAR more valuable for a move up possibility than Buffalo's #22. Beane presumably knew that.

To be fair to Haack, he was having a terrible game, but in crunch time, he came through, nailing the Jets at the 2. They couldn't move it, the Bills got good field position as a result, and the rest was history. I always admire players who fight through adversity and doing something good in the end.

I'd simply add moving up 10 in the first round to the top half is way more valuable in a rich QB draft than a straight-up second round pick.

Young was faster though - 4.55 40 time, which back in the early 80s was blazing.

Both Miami and AZ would have taken Allen. Gase LOVED Allen and thought he was generational player (he was right about that). AZ loved him too but had to settle for Rosen. Without that 12th pick, the Bills wouldn't have had the high-end ammo.

My recollection was that they basically regarded themselves as a playoff caliber team with major o-line needs. They went to the playoffs every year from 2011-2015 and went 12-4 in 2015. They hovered around at just below .500 in 2016 and 2017 and attributed much of the decline to o-line failings. They were desperate.

Totally agree about the injuries. It's obviously an issue. My point is that when he's out there, he tends to play well and the team tends to win.