Luxy312

I'm OK with Bradford, because I think if he can stay healthy that he looks more like the real deal at the position. I suspect that Keenum was a benefactor of the Vikings system and will regress to his historical mean. To boot, he's going to get a BIG contract.

I agree with you 100%. Part of me wonders as well whether the coaching staff isn't gun shy about Peterman and would just say that he and whomever they get in the draft (early or late) will play to be the starter. This team is super thin at so many different positions that it just seems to feel more right to build it through youth and the draft. They're otherwise picking off the scrap heap in free agency. It worked a little the last few years with Lorax, Gaines, Poyer. None the less, you can't build a contender that way.

His name isn't in the mix because Brees said he wants to play in NO. The NO front office says they have every intention of re-signing him. Even if he doesn't sign a deal by Wednesday, I would be shocked if he were even willing to talk to another team.

This in a nutshell. To boot, he's done the exact opposite. I think he keeps his 5 picks in the first 65 and tries to hit a home run by drafting 4-5 guys that could be week 1 starters. I wouldn't be upset if he packaged picks to move up, but would really want to understand why. When there's no consensus top QB's in the draft (and make no mistake that there are not), you don't sell the farm to take one. Not prudent.

Wins and losses are a function of the team, so I'll leave that out of the discussion. I voted for failure for one simple reason that everyone keeps beating around the bush about. Taylor was incapable of carrying the team on his back when the team needed him to do exactly that. There were many games where the Bills defense and special teams absolutely stymied opposing teams offenses and Taylor did nothing. When teams schemed to make him beat them as a passer, he couldn't do it. Some QB's aren't good at the two minute drill. Tyrod looks inept whether under the constraint of the clock or not. At his position, I can't rate him as anything other than failure.

My question to the general audience is why we want any of these guys. Matt Moore, Chad Henne, Drew Stanton, Derek Anderson, etc. are all retreads. I would rather see Nate Peterman crash and burn for a year while they're getting a guy ready to be the starter. Other than the "process", what is a rookie going to learn from a below average NFL quarterback? I say that the answer to that question is nothing. They're not going to learn anything more from a 35 year old journeyman than they will from Peterman, who at least has a year under his belt. This is especially true if they trade up to get their guy, which seems pretty evident after moving on from Tyrod. This team does not need an open QB competition to determine who the starter will be this year. They need a definitive game plan. I firmly believe that the draft has to happen FIRST, unless they decide that one of these guys out there that will be available is starter material. In that case, a signing would certainly be showing their hand.

I live in Chicago and even the whisper of "Cutler" gets eye rolls and groans. He's just an average QB from a skill perspective. Not horrible, but not anything better than middle of the pack. He's not a good leader on the field. No one's talking about Cutler because he's not a fit.

I"m not sure that anyone can say who the clear cut best prospect in the draft is. You can look at any number of different prospect rankings and find Darnold, Rosen, Allen, Mayfield and even Rudolph as the "top rated" prospect. It's fine to have a personal man-crush on let's say Rosen, but he hasn't really shined against high level talent at the college level. His college completion percentage is much to be desired, just like Allen and Jackson. This is not an Andrew Luck type of year where there's a clear consensus #1, and that scares me a bit when you're talking about sending a bunch of picks off to get any of these guys.

The next Matt Leinart. Not good.

No one is signing Bradford for $10m per year unless he's a backup. He's going to to get $15-20m on a one year "show me" deal to any team he goes to as a starter. He's young enough where he's not going to just be a "bridge" guy. It's a nice thought, but just not aligned with reality. The Bills just traded away their one year bridge guy.

Luck is the face of the franchise. He's not getting traded unless he's in a similar situation that Peyton Manning was in, and there's a possibility that he's damaged goods for the remainder of his career. If that latter situation is the case, there's no reason to trade for a broken QB. While you're at it, you might as well suggest that the Bills will have a shot at Drew Brees. After all, he is going to become a free agent. Wouldn't even have to trade for him. Just throw money at him. BTW, McCarron won his dispute with the Bengals and is a free agent. He will NOT cost draft picks.

You don't go after an unproven commodity, but you're willing to go after guys that played above their norm for very short periods of time. Nick Foles didn't even have a great regular season. 56.4% completion percentage? Career average of 60.1%? Definitely a journeyman not worthy of Philadelphia's demand of more than a first and fourth round pick. Case Keenum had a good regular season with Minnesota, but that was after 4 seasons of rather mediocre play. I wouldn't call him "proven" either. Neither of these guys are playing on a bridge contract. As for Bradford, I'll bet he gets something in the way of $15m for a one year "show me" deal. Also, why suggest getting a "bridge" guy AND at the same time saying they shouldn't try to get their quarterback of the future. Those two points contradict each other. At the end of the day, there's a couple of possible ways that the Bills go about this. They pay someone a decent chunk of change on a multi-year deal and draft for potential (i.e. don't move up). This is the Cousins, Foles, Keenum situation. I hate the idea of Foles, but the guy just won a Superbowl and that will count for something. They trade up and get their guy, whomever that is. For insurance, you sign a Savage, McCown or someone similar just in case they're not ready to start right away. The third option is settling somewhere in between. You don't necessarily get the guy you want in the draft, and you sign someone like Bradford, Bridgewater, or even McCarron to a "show me" deal. That's my two cents.

Really? Of course it hasn't. Please go back and read the OP's assertions. Moves SO FAR point to TRADING UP. My point is that they simply do not.

I don't know why it would be bittersweet, other than the fact we backed into the playoffs. I don't hate Tyrod at all. He had his chance here and just didn't become the franchise guy. The team has had these kind of guys before. They just didn't work out.

Bradford on a "show me" deal and sitting put at 21 in the draft would make sense to me. They only move up if they're drafting the franchise guy for sure.

Add 6 draft picks in the first 3 rounds and they're loading up with youth. There's a LOT of holes on this team right now. Probably 2 OL, DE, DT, LB, and depth in the defensive backfield. Just can't address it all in free agency.

No chance, unless you're talking about the Giants. The Bills would otherwise need to have an "off the table" deal that the Browns aren't drafting a QB.

The failsafe is Nate Peterman and a year of tanking.

Agree with you, but not a big enough sample size. You can say that his college stats are great, which they were. Crazy TD/INT ratio.

Tyrod's skills are pretty offensive. Good call!

It's also a really really late first or early third. Who can tell?

Should be about $40m under the cap right now.

Wow is all I have to say. Crazy value for Buffalo.

B.B. has said publicly that he will meet with players that he has no intention of drafting. This is par for the course for any team. Don't show your hand too early in the game.

You realize he said before the end of the season that it's his intent to finish his career in New Orleans unless the Saints didn't want him anymore.