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When you have a GM who is below the HC in the organizational hierarchy, it takes an owner making a major move. Our owner is older and is preoccupied (understandably) with his wife's illness/disability. I don't think he has the mental bandwidth to deal with hiring a GM and a HC. So we're stuck until he turns the team over to one of his kids. On and on we go. In the end, this team that we are all emotionally tied up with is the plaything of a rich guy.

I hear on the others, but the Ravens don't have great WRs. They have Flowers (who's still on his rookie deal) and a bunch of JAGs. Pickins is still on his rookie deal from Pittsburgh, and paying CeeDee Lamb last year probably prevented them from paying Micah Parsons this year. The Bengals don't spend on anything outside of 4 players, the Eagles just push everything into void years, and the Rams got a steal in the 5th in Puca and a bargain in a ring- and sunshine-chasing Adams.

With Evans and Godwin out, he's getting covered like a #1.

Here's why they do what they do: https://nfllines.com/nfl-2024-team-positional-spending-win-correlation/ It's a long article, but if you run the data on the correlation between the percentage of the cap spent on position groups and winning percentage, the order goes like this. Quarterback & Offensive Line (0.288) TIE Cornerback (0.171) Interior Defensive Line (0.077) Wide Receiver (0.064) Edge (0.012) Running Back (-0.048) Tight End (-0.093) Linebacker (-0.123) Safety (-0.166) I don't agree with this because the eye test tells me that elite WRs and EDGE players make game winning plays. But the data says to invest in QB and OL above all else, but CB and DT are also key to winning. That's what Beane has done and I think his smugness comes from the fact that he has the data on his side.

These guys get drafted young.

Maybe it was, and maybe it wasn't. The Cowboys did win today, but they will probably still miss the playoffs.

As street FAs in week 13 go, he's not the worst option. But Beane has to be the most tone deaf Mfer in the world. It's like he gets off on torturing Bills fans.

I found a Reddit thread that I think explains why Beane does what he does. This is a fan putting this together, but I think that Beane has models that show how allocating cap dollars to certain positions relates to winning. I think he'w wrong, but this is interesting:

Jerrah understands that this is entertainment and that bombs away is entertaining.

I can't respond to this without saying things about Beane that could get me banned from this message board. The worst thing about the Bills is that they are a boring team with ZERO fun playmakers. And there was one available for a 2nd, and we couldn't do it because of the precarious culture.

I thought it was a given, but it becomes dicey if they lose in Pittsburgh next week. If they beat the Steelers and Bengals, they should make it. But if they lose next week, the AFC South is likely to get three teams in. Crazy year. BTW, if McDermott doesn't get fired for not making the playoffs in a season with no Josh Allen injury, then he's going to coach in Buffalo until he's 80.

The Eagles have been having problems scoring all season, but kept winning despite of it. I's really shocking becuase they have great weapons, an elite OL, and a GOAT RB. But these problems have been here all season. It's all coming due today.

He glanced inside but the ball went outside.

Great DC though

I really hate the fact that we don't have a normal NFL franchise hierarchy. What needs to happen is for Beane to force McDermott to get a whole new staff, like what Roseman did to Sirianni before the 2024 season. Before that, we was calling offensive plays and the DC was an internal hire. But because the HC is above the GM in the organizational hierarchy, who is going to force any changes? Who would fire him, for that matter? Pegula? He doesn't seem to care.