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I have no doubt that the 2037 Flag Football Super Bowl will be played somewhere in Europe or Canada.

Imagine trading a second round pick for a guy on a 9-game rental who ends up missing three games with a hammy…

That’s what Haslam told himself…

They definitely would have been a playoff team last year.

Yeah, you’re right. I forgot that Thomas fell that far. I thought he went in the mid-teens…absolute steal at 23. Still, the Bills would have had to find a trade partner and it’s not certain anyone would have been willing or what it would have cost.

We traded up a few spots to draft Elam and Kincaid. A move up for Thomas from 28 would have been of a whole different magnitude. What spot were we supposed to trade up to to draft Thomas (who I thought was WR2 in this draft, behind Nabers)?

What “opportunity” did we have to draft Brian Thomas Jr? Please explain.

I’m not saying Cooper is better than Adams or that Adam’s wouldn’t have a bigger impact this year. I’m saying that the difference between the two has been greatly exaggerated, and that Cooper is a more desirable trade target because of his contract and his (likely) much lower asking price.

Ok, we’ll go with your eyeball test. Go take a look at their career stats, though…They are almost the same player, and Cooper is two years younger.

And yet soft, hands of stone guy somehow amassed 1250 yards receiving last year (on 17.5 yards per catch) playing out of doors on the shores of Lake Erie for the offensively challenged Cleveland Browns...

Someone needs to explain why Adams would be a better pick up than Amari Cooper, who is younger, cheaper, had comparable stats last year, and could probably be had for a fourth round pick.

No, I predicted that the Rodgers experiment would go badly again this year. My point is that with a win on Monday, the Jets’ predicament looks a lot less disastrous. Not sure how you can argue with that.

If the Jets win Monday night (hardly a stretch with the way the Bills are playing) they will be in first place in the AFCE…hardly dumpster fire territory. This firing—at this point in the season—is very surprising. There has to something major going on behind the scene.

You may be forgetting how bad Jacoby Brisket is now. A few years ago he was mobile and had a slightly below average arm. But he’s no longer able to play quarterback at an NFL level. They just can’t keep running him out there when they have someone on the bench with Maye’s talent level. As bad as the Pats may be, it’s still a professional football team and there’s at least some obligation to play your best players.

Not bad for a WR2

They gave him a raise to $5.2 million for this season. The extensions work differently for guys who were UDFA… I wish

Anyone who's watched the Saints recently (including on MNF last night) has noticed WR Rashid Shaheed, who has emerged as one of the top deep-ball threats in the NFL. He's got unbelievable top-end speed, plenty of wiggle, excellent hands and is great at tracking the ball. In short, he is a nightmare for safeties and a guy that defense ignores at their peril. It hardly needs to be said that he's exactly the kind of receiver the Bills could use to open up their passing game. So how did the Saints land this game-breaker? Well, he was an undrafted free agent from Weber St. (1-AA school that is the alma mater of Taron Johnson and Damian Lillard), where he tied the NCAA record for most career kickoff returns for touchdown (10, I think). He played WR at Weber St and was productive but not amazing. He was probably on track to be a 5th or 6th round pick, but then he blew out his ACL near the end of his senior year...No NFL combine, no 40-yard dash, and no selection in the 2022 draft. But the Saints had been watching him closely and offered him a guarantee equal to what a fifth round pick would have received. But it wasn't all smooth sailing after that. At 2022 training camp, Shaheed was cut and then signed to the Saint's practice squad, then called up mid-season. His first two touches in a real NFL game resulted in (1) a 44-yard rushing TD on a jet sweep, and (2) a 53-yard TD pass from Andy Dalton. While he has not been the main focal point of the Saints' offense, he's been a guy who draws a lot of attention and creates a lot of space for others. He made the pro bowl last year and now seems poised to become a star in the league. Thanks for reading. Not Bills-related, but I just think Shaheed is an interesting story and it shows that there are all sorts of different paths to NFL stardom, and all sorts of ways that teams come up with difference-making players.

There is a big difference between rebuilding after winning multiple Lombardis and rebuilding after getting your ass kicked in the divisional round time after time…there is a much higher tolerance for the former.

Well, there is a way the Bills could even the playing field…

Great, so why didn’t we sign him?

And a couple weeks ago, he was released by the offensive powerhouse known as the New England Patriots.

Great write up, but I take issue with your statement that Brady was not predictable, which I think you meant in terms of personnel and formation, when he chose to pass. But the Bills threw on only 7 of 25 first downs during the game, which I believe is an unacceptable ratio, especially in a game like this. As you say, it’s the best down on which to throw, and the line was not holding up well on the more obvious passing downs.

You can say that again…

Look, here's the problem I have with this "mini-rebuild" argument...heavy roster turnover is a constant in the NFL, even among top teams (the Chiefs have only three starters left from their 2020 Super Bowl team), and the Bills still have a lot of continuity and veteran talent in place, especially at QB, CB and the offensive and defensive line, where continuity matters a lot. It seems to me that the "mini-rebuild" argument is just a way to give Beane and McDermott a free pass for whatever happens this season, when they've been in charge of this operation for eight seasons now and have yet to show acceptable results. Teams with true franchise quarterbacks should never really have a down year unless the quarterback gets hurt. To the extent the Bills problems this year are a result of the dead cap they are carrying (which I don't believe), who do you think is responsible for all that dead cap space?

Remember when the Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill and let a bunch of other high-priced starters walk, and then won two more Super Bowls during their “mini re-build”?