dave mcbride

He's the second worst Bills employee ever, and at least the other one seemed likable.

There are a lot of D3 schools in America.

I'm generally for BPA (outside of QBs), but this is literally one of the worst offenses in league history. That has to be addressed. I am not concerned about McDermott running a competent D out there next season. I'm very concerned about a re-run of this season on offense. I'd go skill position (WR but possible a TE if an elite one is available) on offense given the disastrous lineup we have and get a center/guard/tackle set in rounds 2-5 (with a couple of defensive players mixed in given the extra fourth and fifth). They have seven picks in rounds 2-5. Decent guards can be had in round 4.

It was a genuinely hilarious line!

For now. For now. You're assuming Peterman won't piss away the job to Barkley!

He had a very good game receiving last night. That's the only way this miserable offense can get him in open space, as it happens.

LOL. I wouldn't be surprised if he's swearing at McBeane now, yelling "I signed on to be the effing third string quarterback, NOT, the second string one!!"

I'd bet a lot of money he figured he'd get to hold a clipboard for a cool near-million for about 3 months and then get back to the links. Disaster struck, however, when Peterman mistakenly thought that he had been traded mid-game to the Texans.

I guess you could say that not taking Mahomes was a mistake (although 20/20 hindsight is a helluva drug), but it's way to soon to say that because we simply don't know how Allen will turn out. He is quite young and has already played more than Mahomes did in his first season. And Allen was already being pegged by many in spring 2017 as the #1 overall pick in 2018. He wasn't that, but he was certainly under consideration for that pick. Allegedly, the Browns' second choice was Allen, not Darnold.

To be fair, the broad consensus in spring 2017 was that the 2018 QB draft was going to be a better one. It wasn't just the Bills who (apparently) believed that; most knowledgeable observers did. And when 2018 arrived, the Bills did move heaven and earth to get a guy who was already highly touted by many after the 2017 season as the most gifted QB in college football. EDIT: Read this -- https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/05/16/josh-allen-wyoming-cowboys-2018-nfl-draft .

Trust me: no one in America actually gives a flying f**k about remaining scattered Bills appearing to be happy in an uncompetitive Bills loss at 11 pm on a Monday night.

Speaking of which, Anderson at the end of the game looked like a guy who wanted no part of playing NFL football ever again.

His salary is average for a good defensive end, and he's in the upper echelon of RDEs in the league.

I missed that one! Empirical evidence! Awesome, and thanks.

Hilarious!

The thing about the injuries is that almost every player in the NFL gets injured at some point. Nothing he had was debilitating long-term, and you can't let random events like injuries dominate how you project a player's future performance. Same can be said for Goodwin. Christ, Woods was playing with a torn groin and Hogan with torn ligaments in his wrist. Bills fans said Woods looked slow and that Hogan couldn't catch in their final seasons here. I'd say the same about Cordy Glenn now, who is playing quite well for Cincy (rated "above average" by PFF as of this week).

Well, it's way too soon to judge given that you need to see how the draft plays out. This draft looks to be pretty solid so far, and it's inarguable that the defensive pickups outside of Mr. Retire-at-Halftime have been pretty good. Star has been really good of late, and Phillips looks like a terrific pickup who just happened to be in Adam Gase's exceptionally large doghouse (a place that every Dolphin seems to eventually wind up in). It'll come down to Allen, and no one here has any idea how that'll end.

Did Badol ever say the 2017 draft was bad?

That is correct. They jumped to #63, ahead of the Panthers at #64, to get Dion Dawkins, a player the Panthers reportedly liked.

This is just wrong. He's on pace for 1,000 yards this season in an offense that spreads the ball around like no other. In 7 games (he missed one early on with a hamstring issue; he went out after the first play), he has 34 catches for 453 yards. He didn't have a ton of catches for the Rams last year, but 8 TDs (plus a TD in the playoff game) and a 15+ ypc average is no joke.

Again, execs who have been given notice (which Whaley had been given!!) do NOT keep the keys to the kingdom after notice has been served. Sure, he's working with Whaley's people, but also don't think for a second that he didn't consult with Beane, who was already rumored at the time to be on his way to Buffalo. This isn't to knock anyone because the draft was reasonably solid, netting 3 solid starters (White, Dawkins, and Milano) and possibly a fourth (as a #3 receiver) in Jones, who looks like he might evolve into alright JAG (given his speed limitations). It's fair to criticize him for passing on Mahomes and Watson, but at the time most thought that the true great QB draft would be the 2018 one.

A lot of this is right, but Whaley had zero to do with the selecting in the 2017 draft. Zero. He had already been given notice, and there is no way that someone given notice is going to be left in charge of a draft. That's not how the world works. Obviously Beane wasn't involved, but it was in fact McDermott who made the picks.

I think the chances of them being fired are basically zero even if they go 2-14. I strongly believe that they have been given next year.

Yes, and he doesn't dis his time with the Rams here at all. He indicates that the step up in maturity occurred last season, not this one. He played extremely well when healthy for Buffalo. Dominating at times, in fact. Huh??? No one with any real knowledge has ever said that about Watkins.

Pryor has played for the Raiders, Browns, Redskins, and Jets. Not including the Jets this season, the teams he has played on have gone 20-60 the years he's played for them. He ONLY knows dregs, and will feel right at home here.