dave mcbride

Plus London is, you know, a genuinely effing great city. Far freaking better than Jax.

Here's their new theme song:

I think a London team is a great idea, actually. I'm all for it. And screw Jax - they should never have gotten a team in the first place, and the fan support there is abysmal.

C. Biscuit, this is a terrible trade for the Bills. He is still really good and stands a decent chance of going to the HOF. His contract is fine. Why wouldn't he be back next year? Name the last 3 Bills fourth rounders who turned out to be better than average players (i.e., not JAGs). Andre Reed is the only player who comes to mind. Jamie Nails is the proverbial mean in the fourth round slot for the Bills. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/draft.htm What a stupid trade idea. I swear, journalists and posters love draft picks way too much. Mid-round picks are so freaking overrated.

Yeesh! EST or Greenwich Mean Time? If the latter, the day is already getting short ...

There actually seems to be precisely zero drama now if you read this story to the end. That line was around long before him!

You never know. Injuries happen all the time. Rogers got hurt last year. So did Wentz, for that matter. It's no guarantee that Goff and Brees stay healthy.

Wait - I thought Mularkey was gone! It's Bobby Shaw all over again.

I think the Eagles will win that division in the end.

I'd obviously do that.

I don't think anyone disagrees with that. I just think that a second has to be involved.

Depends on the picks! I want a second given how I think he's likely to produce as a Bill through 2019. He's still an elite player, and if the Bills are going to make a big step forward next season, they need players like him. I want playoffs next season.

Um ... huh? Shady ran for 1600+ rushing yards and led the league in yards from scrimmage!

You mean like this one, right? https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/2013.htm

good post. And, last I checked, he has 27 games remaining, at least according to his contract.

That is true - David Johnson and Tevin Coleman were thirds. But I just went through 5 years of 3rd round picks, and the number of backs who were either marginal players or flameouts DWARFS the number of backs who produced.

Um ... let's go all the way back to last year. LeGarrette Blount was 31 last year and 766 yards and averaged 4.4 ypc in a back-by-committee set-up. He also had 90 yards on 14 carries in the SB, and rushed for 18 TDs in his 30th year. Marshawn Lynch (32 now) looked downright dominant at times last season, and has played well this season so far (on pace for over 1000 yards and 10 TDs). McCoy has not lost a step. He has two good years left in him.

2019 is part of the future. They're supposed to win next year.

It's a results-oriented business. Two bad seasons in a row will put them on the hot seat. I have no idea whether this will happen, and I hope they have a great season next year. I just don't see how subtracting talent for a very modest return helps them improve. If they get a second and 3rd (or 4th), then yeah, I'd do it. But I certainly wouldn't trade McCoy for a 3rd. He's a really good player. I want a second and a 5th or 6th. I'm not giving him up for a second and tossing in a bonus pick for them.

A) His contract is actually quite reasonable. B) look at the 3rd round picks from last year and remember that Philly is still the odds on favorite to win that division meaning they'll draft no higher than 25th, which translates into picks 89-96 in round 3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2017/draft.htm Shaq Griffin and John Johnson are decent-to-good starters (both late 3rd rounders), but outside of Kareem Hunt (mid-3rd) and Alvin Kamara (early 3rd), there ain't much. My point is that the chances of the Bills striking gold in the third - or, more importantly, getting a player who will contribute more to the Bills than McCoy will the 27 games - is pretty low.

?? Three of their next 5 games after Sunday are against Chicago, NE, and Jax.

I would take nothing less than a 2019 #2. The chances of a pick taken in the early-mid 90s being a difference maker are low - and a lot lower than the chances of McCoy being a difference maker for Buffalo in 2018 and 2019. Bear in mind that despite all of the happy talk re McBeane, they can't really have back-to-back bad seasons. If the Bills are bad or ho-hum next year, they pressure will be on. They need to take a big step forward next year.

They have as good a chance as any other NFC east team of winning that division. They are a championship team and if I were them and believed McCoy makes a big difference, I'd trade a second (a pick in the mid-high 50s, after all). They are not playing for the future. The Bills should NOT trade him for a 3rd because a) he has a reasonable contract and b) is likely to be far better in 2019 than any 3rd round RB they draft.

A fifth rounder with 12 seasons in the NFL and a couple of SB rings. He's had a great career all things considered. Interesting fact: Graham went to the U of New Hampshire, and the OC while he was there was Chip Kelly.

The OP is wack, but you are wrong. Traditional passer rating differential is the best predictor of team success and failure that we have, and an individual's individual rating is obviously a big part of that.