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The reason he signed Rhule to such a big contract was because it was rumored that the NY Giants 1st choice was Rhule and the Panthers owner wanted to beat out the Giants. After Rhule went to Carolina, the Giants signed Joe Judge. Lose/Lose.

1st I'll address the Allen at the top of the class. I have collected several 2018 draft opinions that were published that I printed years ago. Going to my files here are the results. Anyone who put on ESPN in 2018 knows Mel Kiper Jr. had Josh Allen at the top of his QB rankings. In fact, at the time Kiper had Allen ranked as the 9th best QB prospect in the history of his ratings (He now has moved Josh to #10 with the addition of Trevor Lawrence above Josh) My favorite draft expert, the late Dave Te' Thomas had Josh at the top of his 2018 QB ratings. The headline to his analysis is " On potential, Josh Allen is cream of the quarterback crop. Frank Coyle's Draft Insiders had Josh Allen 3rd, behind in order Darnold and Rosen, and ahead Mayfield & Jackson. He had this week's Jets QB, Mike White, at 7. Athlon Sports 2018 NFL Draft Guide ranked Allen #3. Their rankings in order were Rosen, Darnold, Allen, Mayfield, Jackson, Rudolph, Riley Ferguson, Benkert, Faulk, White, Lee, Lauletta, Linehan, Briscoe, Barrett, Kyle Allen There were many mock drafts that had the Bills trading up for Josh Allen. I think that it wasn't a very well kept secret that the Bills wanted Josh Allen. As long as Cleveland didn't take him #1 the path was clear since the Bills had a trade up to #5 worked out and a backup plan (the one that happened) at #7. So with all those mocks of Allen to the Bills, the "experts" knew something.

Josh Allen, that's who. On draft day Josh said this about Bills management: I'm going to make them look like the smartest people out there.

Bad management continues in spite of a change of GMs this past offseason. The last GM got fired in part because of the 1st move and what does the new GM come in & do?- moves 2 & 3. That's like buying a new car & crashing it a block from the dealer where you picked it up.

The XFL will do wonders for him, he might even win a championship like JP did in the UFL.

Any practice squad player would rather get paid the NFL minimum for someone with his number of years in the league than get paid practice squad money.

He's there to back up Walker if Darnold can't play. He can't get a beating while holding a clipboard on the sidelines. Exactly how did Rhule's decision to keep only PJ Walker as Darnold's backup blow up in his face? What was he supposed to do? The team chose to trade for Darnold in the offseason & let Walker & Will Greer vie for the backup spot. Then like most other teams that carry 2 QBs, they added a practice squad QB as the 3rd stringer (James Morgan who is familiar with backing up Darnold). If anything blew up in Carolina's face it was the decision to trade for Darnold & dump Bridgewater, not choosing to keep 2 QBs & a PS QB. Once that decision was made, and the worse decision to pick up Darnold's 5th year option of a guaranteed $18.858 million, Rhule's hands were tied. If the GM keeps his job after the Darnold decisions, Carolina will be a dumpster fire for years to come.

I miss Ruben Brown. Even at his current age he could step in & play better than Cody Ford.

I was never so happy to have a game end without going into overtime as this game. The weather was lousy & I had a 5 hour drive back home after the game. I just wanted that game to end so I could go home & put the memory of attending the worst football game I was ever at behind me. I remember after the game on the postgame show one of the main topics was: Are the Bills Cleveland's Bi##h?

There is no best team in the NFL in November that means anything. Last November the Bucs lost 3 games & fell to 7-5 after 12 games. The best team in the NFL is decided in January & February, not November. Right now a team missing 2 of its starting O-linemen and their top TE (really the only real NFL TE on the roster) can't be evaluated until these 3 either return or don't. Also don't be surprised if some guy comes in off the street & ends up getting significant time at RB.

It was 3 seasons ago. Only a jerk of a reporter would ask a GM about a player he traded in 2019. While you're at it do you want someone to ask Beane why Ray-Ray is Pittsburgh's #1 return man & caught a key pass in their game winning drive last night? Might as well go to Vegas & ask Mayock how he could possibly draft 2 #1 picks & cut them after less than 2 full years? At least that question would be relevant.

It's not even close to the worst. Try sitting through complete blowouts with such a bad team on the field there's no hope for the entire season. I used to live within a long walking distance (about 1.5 miles) from the stadium in 1977 & after walking to the 1st 2 games, getting so soaked I had to change all my clothes and watching bad football I didn't go to another game the rest of the season. I'd drive by the stadium on Sundays going to a laundromat in Hamburg and there was no traffic & I could see a lot of empty seats as I passed the stadium. A 5-3 team with a franchise QB will never approach the worst moments of some really bad Bills teams.

Nobody knows yet. Either way when I bought my ticket to the game I wasn't guaranteed who would play & who wouldn't. The Bills fans in Jacksonville today saw a shell of this team that will get better as long as we don't lose any more key players & the missing guys come back at some point before the season goes down the drain.

The O-line was down to Ford starting. I don't know what everyone expected, but you can't run an offense with no running backs & no O-line. Also no #1 TE who helps with both receiving & blocking. Once S. Brown comes back & Ford is on the bench & Knox returns, you'll see an entirely different offense. Just remember-Tampa lost 3 games last November, were 7-5 after 12 games & won the Super Bowl. It's all about getting this team healthy for the playoff push. Also, sorry Virgil, but the cost of your ticket doesn't guarantee that the Bills won't have key players injured. I'm going to NJ next week to see what might be a shell of the Bills team if they don't get Brown & Knox back.

Dustin Hopkins for the LA Chargers win!

You're right, the 1st eligible team would claim him off waivers & none of the other 30 teams would have a shot at him. So only 1 team, the team with the league's worst record. I stand corrected.

Half the teams in the league.

So you would waive Davis? Do you even know how a guy gets on the practice squad?

Cousins must be a magician then. He somehow found a way to throw passes at the Vikings Diggs when he was playing for Washington. They only played together for TWO YEARS!

Isn't that the same Cousins that Stefon Diggs couldn't wait to get away from?

We used to have 2 kickers. Why not 2 punters? One to punt & 1 to hold on kicks. 😄

I don't think that many of us did ridicule the Bills after opening day 2018. Yes, on a message board the negative commentators are louder than the general fan base & love to complain, but most fans realized 2018 was a tear down year and the main focus was to develop our new QB, regardless of the record. I'm pretty sure that with the exception of those in the media who were against the Allen pick, there was a wait & see attitude. Except for the most extreme fans & critics, there was never the perception of incompetence about Beane and/or McDermott. I think most of us thought 2018 would be a horrible season going in & the opening day trouncing & Peterman's performance confirmed our original opinion. But I don't think we were ready to go on another coach/GM search in September 2018.

Let's revisit things: The Bills had lost 2 straight games that they were basically trounced when McDermott tried to shake things up with Peterman. They were 5-4 and going in the wrong direction. The offense did virtually nothing vs the Jets & Saints. The Jets game looked closer than it was because the Bills scored 2 meaningless TDs at the end including the 2nd after recovering an onside kick late in the 4th quarter. Many Bills fans thought the move was needed (for the record I wasn't one of them, taking the be careful what you wish for approach & nicknaming Perterman "Nathan Marangi"), Go back & look at the many pro Peterman posts the time McDermott announced the change before the LA game. McCarron recovered in time to play the preseason finale & actually led the team to a comeback victory, but he was disgruntled that he wasn't going to play & didn't want to be a backup, basically forcing his way off the roster. Peterman had actually looked good that preseason, a lot better than McCarron pre & post injury. I saw nothing wrong with putting in Josh ASAP . The Bills traded for Benjamin in 2017, not 2018. In the long run it was a mistake, no worse than missing on a 3rd rounder, but they may have lost the Indy game in 2017 without him & missed the playoffs. McCarron's bad play & bad attitude led to the Bills not having a veteran backup-he's the one who messed up their plan. In the end, Josh gave a lot of credit to Anderson for teaching him how to be a better NFL QB in his rookie year. The Bills management was never over their heads. They had a plan that included a roster purge & stuck to it. Never a dumpster fire, never a train wreck. Just a tear down & rebuild with 1 year of expected growing pains. Nobody who was in over their heads puts a plan together while picking 21 & 22 in the 1st round & getting up to 7 without trading both picks and ends up with the best QB of the draft & sets their franchise up for the next decade or longer.

The Tweeter better be careful he didn't break the Fitzpatrick Cycle copyright when changing it to fit OBJ. The problem is this isn't the 1st time with OBJ. He was a head case with the Giants too & even after they re-signed him they decided he wasn't worth all the drama & took a big cap hit to rid themselves of him.

Yes, but Peterman's wife got tired of him playing football instead of moving on & getting a real job so she released them knowing once Gruden was done Nate could go to an employment agency & get on with the rest of his life.