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What a horrible day.

That's the point. Sammy was not his go to guy. This is not even close to a Ryan Julio connection

You're right, good thing Auschwitz is only a memory in books and pictures

Look at the Cover1 review

This analysis fits in well with my theory of why they think Sammy was expendable, wouldn't hurt the offense in 2017 and build draft equity for the future.

We won't know until it plays out. But I can see the logical progression going like this - If one of them has to go, it makes sense to move on from Sammy despite his talent. If Tyrod is decidedly not the guy, then you are realistically looking at 2019 as the year where the new QB starts to pan out. In the meantime, you're spending $50 - $60 million on a star WR with an unproven QB. Even with Sammy's talent, he wasn't adding more to the wins than other pieces in Bills' offense. Tyrod with a functioning offense does a lot more for you than Sammy with a rookie QB.

After thinking about the possible rationales for the trade, I kept coming back to the theory that McD and Beane may be leaning towards Tyrod as the franchise QB, especially as the season rolls on. So why the counter intuitive move to trade your best WR to help out your QB - which is opposite of Whaley's thinking in 2014? I think that TT and Sammy never truly meshed as a combo, and one of them had to go. Here's the third off-season between the two, and the word "chemistry" has been the one constant in the reporting of the two and not always in the positive sense. There's never any question who the go to guy is for all QBs, but that never was the case for Tyrod & Sammy. The Bills offense fared much worse in 2015 when Percy went down than when Sammy went down. There wasn't that much drop off in the offense with Sammy in the game vs him being out. The same chemistry question popped up in 2016 and it was the first theme that reporters latched on this training camp. That's unheard of between a QB and his top WR going into year three. Finally, Tyrod's lukewarm parting shots yesterday hint that he won't be as disappointed with Sammy's exit as the fans are. This is not to say that Sammy is not an elite player who won't light it up in LA. I'm just thinking that Bills offense may actually benefit because Tyrod may be working with a WR crew with whom he has better chemistry.

Everything works out the same way when you dont have a franchise QB

Ask Tyrod then, since he's the one who brought up Sammy's new found dedication and maturity.

And it's 0-16 if Yates is starting. The offense was totally anemic with Yates in there.

Wonder how much longer they'll keep Yates at No. 2. He doesn't deserve that spot.

FWIW, Jags looked good last night

#14?

My recollection is that he told McD after the game, and Pegulas were informed of interest earlier

All indications are that Pegulas were fully involved in the discussions

Beane was very cagey when directly asked about Ragland. Wouldn't be a surprise at all. Would be nice if Ragland put together a decent series against the 2's.

Absolutely. He's now the clear #1 WR and should easily meet incentives to hit his $4 million target

The only questionable thing they both said is that they want to win now. Everything else wasn't outlandish

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Not exactly what I meant.

Titans? If we try to piece the behind the scenes moves that were rumored for months, it surely looks like this is the best the Bills could get.

That's a stretch.

Yup. But again, sucks that they're coming to this decision in August after everyone committed cash to the season

It will depend on what they could get in return. Would you trade Shady for a 1st rounder with Washington?

I'm not going to assign the sins of Bills past to McDermott & Beane until they earn that distinction.