dave mcbride

Yes. Is he any good? No one knows yet, and no one should pretend to know.

It's a football board as much as a Bills board. Don't be that guy who complains about fans talking about other teams and their players.

Those often linger ...

Jim Schwarz is not a guy who relies on the choirboy strategy.

The jury is out because we don't know about Harrison and won't for a while, but Darby is a good player. Whether it was a good trade for the Bills is open to debate, but it was certainly a good trade for the Eagles.

He's not an all-pro, but the potential is certainly there. He also played really well last night ( https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/news/174451/ronald-darby-saves-day-eagles.php ) against arguably the best receiver in the league. Jones will get his catches regardless because he's *that* good, but bear in mind that in three straight games, he'll have been matched up against Gronk, Julio Jones, and Mike Evans. He has been facing off against truly elite players.

I don't necessarily agree with it, but it's a fair point that he raises. Darby is an objectively good player who played well last year. Matthews was a bust (injuries being the cause), and the draft pick is a complete unknown. Whether he's the next Kyle Williams or the next Tim Anderson is anyone's guess.

He actually played very well overall last season when healthy, although he struggled in the SB (like everyone who has to cover Gronk).

Wow -- everyone at FO thinks the Bills will suck, and they all seem to think that Allen will be terrible. We shall see.

Epic. One of Magary’s finest moments. No exaggeration.

6-10 / 5-11.

No offense, but this is a less than compelling question and poll.

Bennett is an excellent comparison. The Bills didn't regret that move! I like Trubisky and think he'll probably be at least pretty good. Also, this provides good perspective. I don't think the Redskins regretted paying a ton in draft capital for Wilbur Marshall, who was a great player for them. He had 3 sacks in the 1991 NFC championship game! http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2018/09/bears-give-up-most-for-defensive-player.html Obtaining Hall of Famer Ted Hendricks for 2 first rounders worked out extremely well for the Raiders too. Hendricks, btw, has four SB rings - 3 for Oakland one for Baltimore (1970). Dave Butz ended up being a 14-year starter for Washington and played in multiple Super Bowls (2 rings). Bill Bergey was the heart and soul of Philly's D for about a decade too.

It was a smart trade by the Bears. Did you read the Peter King piece about it? It's good: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/03/khalil-mack-trade-super-bowl-prediction-peter-king/

It has been reported that the Raiders didn't want to trade him to another AFC team. Regardless, it was a TERRIBLE trade by the Raiders. What the hell are they thinking?

I think this take by Peter King on the stupidity of the Raiders ' decision to not sign Mack is spot on. Good points about salaries and the value of draft picks too: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/03/khalil-mack-trade-super-bowl-prediction-peter-king/ 'The football world has to stop thinking of $22 million a year as absolutely outlandish and dumb to pay a non-quarterback. Folks, it’s all Monopoly money. The cap has more than doubled in 13 years. The way to think of players’ salaries is as a percentage of the cap—not in raw dollars. Five years ago, this Mack deal, on average, would have been 18 percent of the cap. Now, over the next seven years, it’s 10.67 percent. When the cap grows, you’re much better off thinking of the percentage of the cap, not that a defensive player shouldn’t make $20 million a year. It’s all relative.'

It’s not a myth, it’s a reasoned supposition. I firmly believe Darnold will be better than Allen (although I hope he isn’t), and at the time Beane said repeatedly he hadn’t done his due diligence and wasn’t willing to pull the trigger. The Jets were ready, and I don’t believe for a second that the Bills preferred Allen to Darnold. The Jets simply beat them to the punch, although the Jets had a lot to offer too.

LOL. The jury is out on that, but they ain’t gonna be drafting one regardless ...

First overall pick is only worth it if it’s a qb. There will in all likelihood be a qb who goes 1 overall, so the bills would be set up to trade down for a lot.

Why? Gruden is on record as always liking McCarron (he has compared him to brad johnson), and he got him for nearly free without having to pay a signimg bonus. Backup qb is a hugely important position.

This trade seems prima facie stupid on a number of levels (e.g., because they’re effectively paying a multi-million signing bonus to a future fifth rounder who will in all likelihood suck), but the most indicative thing to me is that they clearly failed to get the stopgap qb they wanted this offseason. If anyone had doubts, it’s clear now that McCarran was not their first choice. I won’t be surprised if both Peterman and Allen are hurt by the bye week. This offense is going to be truly horrible.

Just to play devil’s advocate, the only reason Ramsey plays football is because he isn’t good enough to play pro basketball. There are a lot of good athletes in he nfl who aspired to be basketball players but weren’t good enough (TO, Moulds, etc etc.).

Yeah, how, exactly?

Technically, Peterman started 2 games, but he did only play 2 halves ...

The funny thing is, the Bengals d-line absolutely murdered the Bills' o-line last year -- Taylor was under siege all game. They can bring it. Both he and Beckham are now gone. The pickings get slimmer every day. The FA talent next year ain't great.