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Fake news. The biggest one's are in D.C.....

To paraphrase DC Tom, only the stupid ones...

Tough to do, now that playoff expectations have been raised. The pressure from the 'pitchfork and torches' portion of the fan base will be a lot different this year. With a more difficult schedule and so much uncertainty at QB and both O and D lines, rebuilding the roster pretty much insures "year one" of the next playoff drought, IMO...

Casper the Friendly Ghost...

Only 8 playoff games in a 13-year career is certainly going to hurt him. Still, I think his 17,698 all-purpose regular season yards should be enough to get him over the top (1,100+ more than Thurman's 16,532)...

Oh man, that brings back memories....

Yep. his son Jay played for the Bills from 1999-2001. Here's a 'Billsy" entry on Chuck's Wiki page that made me chuckle: "...Foreman just missed a rare NFC 'Triple Crown' (rushing yards, receptions & TDs) in 1975. The last regular season game was a nationally televised contest during a classic Buffalo, NY snowstorm. A hostile crowd supported hometown hero O.J. Simpson, who moved in front of Foreman and tied Gale Sayers' NFL record with his 22nd TD of the season in the first half. Late in the 3rd quarter, Foreman was hit in the eye by a snowball while chasing a pass. He went out of the game for a couple of plays, then returned with blurred vision to catch a six-yard touchdown, tying Sayers and Simpson for the record. That was it, though; he spent the last quarter on the bench, and less than a minute later, Simpson scored on a 54-yard reception to surpass Sayers & Foreman."

Silly. He's the guy who named each of his three boys after himself...

Watched him only twice last year, wasn't impressed either time. Probably a lock to be a Bill then...

User rating?? Come on man, the user ratings are going to be generated by the 10-19 year old demographic the movie is targeted to. If you're over the age of 30, that's useless for making an informed decision.

Viola's double steak and cheese in Niagara Falls...

Bart Simpson...

That's my problem with Bucky's column as well. Instead of working the room, he appears to have hung out at the buffet table--and then got upset when the party ended so soon. A real columnist (like any of the guys at MMQB, or even a kid like Rodak) would have looked for other insiders to talk to. Gleason appears to have sat on his ass and fumed. He then went back to the BN and pounded out a snarky piece that didn't even touch on the salary cap, CBA, NFLPA or contractual issues. Lazy, lazy, lazy. You could go in any barroom and get that kind of perspective...

Just his playoff rushing totals make a good case for his HOF chances, let alone his other contributions... NFL Rushing Yards Career Playoffs Leaders + indicates Hall of Famer Rank Player Yds Years Tm 1 Emmitt Smith+ 1,586 1990-2004 dal 2 Franco Harris+ 1,556 1972-1984 pit 3 Thurman Thomas+ 1,442 1988-2000 buf 4 Tony Dorsett+ 1,383 1977-1988 dal 5 Marcus Allen+ 1,347 1982-1997 2TM 6 Terrell Davis+ 1,140 1995-2001 den 7 John Riggins+ 996 1971-1985 was 8 Marshawn Lynch 937 2007-2017 sea 9 Larry Csonka+ 891 1968-1979 mia 10 Chuck Foreman 860 1973-1980 min 11 Edgerrin James 852 1999-2009 2TM 12 Roger Craig 841 1983-1993 2TM 13 Earnest Byner 839 1984-1997 2TM 14 Curtis Martin+ 795 1995-2005 2TM 15 Eddie George 776 1996-2004 oti 16 Ray Rice 750 2008-2013 rav 17 Eric Dickerson+ 724 1983-1993 2TM 18 Dorsey Levens 702 1994-2004 2TM 19 Lawrence McCutcheon 687 1972-1981 ram 20 Jerome Bettis+ 674 1993-2005 pit

Too many moving parts, IMO. You'd likely be stuck holding #13 if some other team jumps ahead of the Bills into the top 4, which ultimately would be too expensive...

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Priceless...

He'll continue to be a great scout team QB at an affordable price. No need to move along from that role, IMO...

What's the competition for Cousins? Would the Jests have an interest, with all their cap room?

Wow! Didn't see that coming....

For context: Bradford stats: Advanced Passing (100 is average, higher is better) Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+ Career 80 80 34-45-1 2887 2010 23 STL QB 8 16 16 7-9-0 590 81 84 87 88 98 86 106 106 92 2011 24 STL QB 8 10 10 1-9-0 357 79 73 86 82 75 71 119 76 82 2012 25 STL QB 8 16 16 7-8-1 551 92 94 96 97 96 95 107 104 97 2013 26 STL qb 8 7 7 3-4-0 262 83 89 100 102 96 111 119 108 105 2015 28 PHI QB 7 14 14 7-7-0 532 95 98 93 95 108 89 96 108 95 2016 29 MIN QB 8 15 15 7-8-0 552 97 96 105 104 135 91 126 98 115 Smith stats: Advanced Passing (100 is average, higher is better) Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+ Career 156 151 88-62-1 4613 2005 21 SFO qb 11 9 7 2-5-0 165 73 60 53 49 71 60 40 47 49 2006 22 SFO QB 11 16 16 7-9-0 442 94 94 92 92 93 96 92 94 92 2007 23 SFO qb 11 7 7 2-5-0 193 56 59 69 69 57 66 115 88 66 2009 25 SFO QB 11 11 10 5-5-0 372 88 90 92 93 98 109 96 103 98 2010 26 SFO QB 11 11 10 3-7-0 342 98 98 98 98 97 98 101 95 98 2011 27 SFO QB 11 16 16 13-3-0 445 99 93 108 104 103 95 128 77 108 2012 28 SFO QB 11 10 9 6-2-1 218 117 107 117 111 133 118 108 71 123 2013* 29 KAN QB 11 15 15 11-4-0 508 85 87 100 99 96 102 122 94 103 2014 30 KAN QB 11 15 15 8-7-0 464 96 92 104 101 112 93 121 81 107 2015 31 KAN QB 11 16 16 11-5-0 470 105 99 109 104 110 98 116 79 109 2016* 32 KAN QB 11 15 15 11-4-0 489 100 104 101 104 117 85 113 105 103 2017* 33 KAN QB 11 15 15 9-6-0 505 120 117 123 121 119 111 123 97 123 Tyrod Taylor: Advanced Passing (100 is average, higher is better) Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+ Career 58 43 22-20-0 1271 2015* 26 BUF QB/wr 5 14 14 7-6-0 380 119 109 120 113 103 110 115 79 115 2016 27 BUF QB 5 15 15 7-8-0 436 95 92 102 99 96 94 117 78 101 2017 28 BUF QB 5 15 14 8-6-0 420 91 84 100 95 100 89 124 68 101

IMO, Lattimore will win for the same reason so many guys get into the Pro Bowl. He's got the league-wide 'buzz,' plays in a bigger market that went deeper in the playoffs and Buffalo is still an afterthought on the national NFL stage...

This is where I'm at as well. I also don't want anything to do with Bradford's injury history...

Which is certainly the way so much of this board swings. Certainly a big part of that is the Bills history of ineptitude. OTHO, some is an automatic reflexive attitude by (more than a few) posters that "management is always wrong" and/or out to get 'the little guy'...

Wood probably thought he needed to get it in before the Super Bowl and told his friends/family to show up Monday. Next week, nobody will care about football until the combine...