DrDawkinstein

Worse than Coleman's issues. He was given a chance to take a big role last year with injuries and the first practice where he was to be #1 WR he NO SHOWED and posted on social media from a casino. Huge head case, worse than George Pickens. BIG NO.

Yep, The Bengals are cocky against the Bills as it is, then he has some hold over from his Miami days. Agreed, he can get f#$^ed. We got the last laugh tho.

Yeah, I remember specifically the videos from the 2021 draft when he was coming up on the 2nd pick and considering double-dipping at DE back to back, he's like "am I really doing this?" and doing the clark griswold "this is crazy! this is crazy!" reference, and the rest of his staff is standing there watching him like 🤷‍♂️ Just pick Creed Humphreys and move on.

Yeah, for all I know it could be Gaine and Gray putting together bad boards, but from what Ive seen in "Draft War Room" videos the decision making and "getting cute" is all Beane.

Gaine went to Houston and is back after BOB got fired. Gray never left. Shoen surprisingly didnt take many/any guys with him. Maybe that's a FO thing that works differently than Coaching.

I love seeing JP make big plays for us just because of how much he truly loves being a Buffalo Bill.

There is a lot of "smoke" online today about a growing rift between McD and Beane, exacerbated by the Ingram/Slay situation. As much as I have bagged on McD and want him replaced, I could see making a move at GM first. Beane has been very good, with his Marketing background he is good at getting all the contracts done. But with that background, he lacks the "eye for talent" skills that a scout-based GM would have. I think Brian Gaine and Terrance Gray could be good potential promotion candidates that do have a scouting/personnel background. But man, it would be McD's last scapegoat lever to pull. If they replaced Beane, McD BETTER perform.

Theyre fine, and Bears fans are fine. This is still a HUGE step forward for that team. Given it's year 1 with Johnson, they'll have the patience to come back next year if things dont work out. But having a legit coach, and seeing what he's done for Caleb's development is enough to get them through to next year. A playoff appearance would be amazing, but not the end of the world if they miss. Even the loss yesterday, it wasnt a blow out, it wasnt a roll over and die game, it was a well and heard fought battle with an established division rival. Easier to take.

Oh that's right, he had that neck injury right?

Wont be an issue going forward. This is just a result of our 2 stars (Josh and Jimbo) feeling the pressure to press and make even more plays since it's all on the two of them. Just like hero-ball Josh. Cook will calm down and protect the ball better again.

Keep an eye on NFL Network's schedule. Looks like they still have some unassigned slots this week that may end up being our game. Could see us airing on Wednesday. https://www.nfl.com/network/schedule/1765152000

I thought the Nickel was going to be Hancock's future spot, but looks like they're working him in at Safety. Maybe Dorian Strong when he comes back next year?

Hopefully Josh doesnt have to go spend some years in Miami before we figure out how to build a team around him and coax him back!

Eh, immediate contributions taper off as you go up in rounds. 3rd rounders are often 2nd year potentials. We already had Bosa, Rousseau, and Epenesa at DE. This was always going to be rotation at best. The guys who should be immediately contributing are Hairston, and then Sanders. Luckily, Walker has stepped up. Quite. Those 10 starts were shaky at best and people were calling him a bust right away. Bernard looked HORRIBLE that preseason after Edmunds left, his 2nd year, but stepped up once the season began. Point is, there's still hope. (I never liked him as a prospect, but I'm also not writing him off yet because Ive been wrong plenty of times before)

We said the same about Spencer Brown and Terrel Bernard so I'll give him a year or so.

Is he done for the year? Did he ever really begin? This kid is a classic Beane dev project. We'll see in a year or two.

Not sure why Rosenhaus would care. He doesnt lose any money. His 12 year vet just sits home for the holidays by his own choice.

Top notch capitalizing, padawan

Totally different levels of tampering by Miami. I dont think Beane should've done anything outside of the rules, but I also think that type of thing does happen more often than an OWNER calling a HEAD COACH to all meet FACE-TO-FACE with a PLAYER under contract with a different team regarding a way to push him off his current team, join the ownership ranks, and then come back as player/owner. A GM talking to an agent about a number of players and then casually asking "So I take it your guy Slay is looking to get his way back to Philly?" without even mentioning Buffalo being interested could probably fly under all the radar.

I dont really buy that keeping his rights will harm the Bills' relationships with players and agents. We played within the rules of the system. We didnt even bend let alone break a rule. If the players/agents want to feel some type of way about it, take it up with the NFLPA and CBA.

I understand the arguments made against these contracts, even back at the time of signing before the benefit of hindsight. However... what else was Beane supposed to do. Besides maybe "draft better", which even then could be argued since that list has a couple of 5th rounders and a 3rd rounder that turned into starters. We couldnt let that core walk. Sure they arent All-Pros like we'd all love them to be, but for as disappointing as some of them have been, letting them walk and creating even more holes would have been worse. I dont think drafting or re-signing any of these guys is the issue, as much as not drafting other talent to go around them Better DL drafting would make Rousseau and Bernard, and probably even Benford, look better. Better WR drafting would make Shakir better by not being the main focus as a small slot receiver.

The offense is not much different and may even be BETTER than when we've faced them in the past. It's still Burrow, Chase, and Higgins, but now they have a couple of decent RBs and have been adding to the OL. Burrow was still putting up ridiculous numbers last year, and the O is still functioning at a high level whether it's Burrow or Flacco at the helm. It will still be another tough day for our Defense, which has somehow managed to regress over the last couple of years. The best thing we have going for us is the change off of Lou Anarumo and that Defense still sucking. Gonna have to be a shoot out between Josh and Joe, which on one had is great because Josh loves that stuff and usually comes out on top, but on the other hand McD hates that and will try to "limit possessions" and likely neuter our Offense from keeping pace. We'll see. Where's Gene Tundo when we need him?!?!

Yeah, I'm sure Rosenhaus represents at least one other player on the Bills Beane couldve called him about, and then slid in "So how does Slay feel about driving up the 90?"

Aaron Quinn at least provides the CBA verbiage as evidence. According to that, Beane couldnt contact Slay/Rosenhaus until Slay cleared waivers. If the 2nd guy has anything to cite besides just saying "wrong" then it would help if posted it.

35 years old with $120M in career earnings, a gorgeous wife and handful of kids at home. He might as well hang out for the holidays. Good for him.