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Why would Buffalo or the NY Jets be in the running for signing this guy?
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7 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Haha, why?
Because it took them so long to replace Mike Singletary with Brian Urlacher.
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The Bears truly are a crap organization.
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Signing UFA G's is a start, but what they do at WR tells the story. 2021-22 showed that the bare minimum + Josh won't get it done.
EDIT: Like that he's mobile and solid in pass pro. Not the mauling type who's a liability on passing downs.
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6 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
The amount of attention these guys give the RB position compared to WR is…. Alarming.
Have college and pending UFA RB's hired a lobbyist firm that influences Buffalo more than other teams?
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I would like to imagine a TBD where all posters grasp that investing too much at RB is inefficient. Particularly with a franchise QB and passing driven offenses.
Then I remember it is TBD. And I am sad because you cannot reach them.
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2 hours ago, ScottLaw said:
I’d say Saffold qualifies as a big whiff.
He whiffed on a lot of blocks this year, but at 1 year I'm not going to get worked up.
Oh wait, forgot about TBD All-Star Star Lotulelei....there's the big UFA whiff.
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2 hours ago, Inigo Montoya said:
Beane never goes into the Draft with a glaring hole in the roster. He will work free agency like he does every year to fill the holes in the roster and walk into the Draft able to go in any direction. That's his MO.
Beane is great at overpaying average talent to fill holes and using draft picks to add more average talent. No big whiffs, but a lot of singles and doubles in UFA.-
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1 hour ago, Coach Tuesday said:
It may mean they (i) add a couple million-per-year to whatever they're offering Edmunds; and (ii) talk themselves into drafting a safety in the first three rounds.
It's probably as hard to talk McD into another DB and re-signing Edmunds like it is offering cake and ice cream to a fat kid who just had 3 candy bars.
Sure, why not...haven't had sugar in like 5 minutes.
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20 hours ago, SWATeam said:
Pretty big indictment on Tremaine.
Beane talks constantly about drafting and retaining. But they are going to let a 24 y/o first round pick team captain walk without giving him a second contract?
They have extended several players drafted - Tre, Dawkins, Milano, Josh, T. Johnson, and Knox for example. In 2023 that represents $100M in cap space.
16 hours ago, ScottLaw said:McBeane in the minority with their value of WR as the 2nd most important position… they seemingly value RB over WR some how…. I think they value special teams over WR.
DL is their most valued group on the field if you base it on the number of players, cap dollars, and draft picks used. Secondary is probably next.
Someone once wrote that Buffalo has used the least number of draft picks on Day 1/2 in the entire NFL. McBeane learning from mistakes...and the HC's philosophy that other areas are more important.
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Not clear why economy of resources continues to be misunderstood. As in, 27th might not be the best resource to use addressing the interior OL. You likely end up with a highly rated prospect at a position of lesser value and it means you use a lower value resource on a position of greater value .
People seem to forget Cincinnati beat McD's defense (which had some injuries, yes) with 3 backup OL. Bungles had top-end skilled talent who provided their QB better options. More rigor in the decision making process is required beyond...let's use the 1st on OL and then presto-blamo we're good there. Nah, use it on a guy who who'll create a matchup disadvantage.
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3 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:
Seriously?
They serious.
And if Buffalo goes safety in the first, maybe they can have former NFL safety and Buffalo HC Dick Jauron come back and make the pick to honor his run of 3 straight 7-9 seasons. It'd be magical.
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28 minutes ago, KzooMike said:
I suppose progression in football is linear 😂
I will take my word salad to this idiocracy
Your word salad is all symbolism over substance. It's that dopamine hit stuff that fuels emotions and represents little reality.
Nearly everyone on this board had expectations for 2022 that were not met...and now we wait and see what they do to run with the contenders. And yeah...we will know when it's time...because it's realistically been time since 2020.
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14 hours ago, KzooMike said:
When will it be our time? You won't know. You will never be able to know when your competition is this good. In fact, if you want to place a bet on when it's most likely to be our time? Pick the time you think it's least likely. Say, right about now. Let's critique, debate, be fans, but don't be a person that doesn't know when the times are good. Times are very good right now and our time will come. You just won't know when.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-salad
(EDIT: not claiming there is something wrong with OP...this is just jumbled words that mean little)
4 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said:This!
To repeat myself, I watched the Panthers run their whole offense through Cam Newton with Mike Shula as OC using him as a “ get out of jail free” card. This was due to a lack of O line investment, sub par receivers and OC inability to coach/out coach others.
Am getting a serious sense of deja vu.
Mahomes has benefited from superior coaching and skill players, in spades, over Josh. It truly is an apple to oranges comparison.I’ve enjoyed the heck out of watching the rise of this team over the last five years….. until the end of this season.
To argue that they haven’t regressed a bit is questionable. The reasons for the regression are not all to be planned for ( JA elbow injury)
However, his injury was foreseeable with the amount of overuse and O line woes.
This has become the beginning of the make or break period for this coaching and front office staff.
We will either hoist a Lombardi with Josh or squander the gift he is. If we squander him, it will be coaching/FO malfeasance as the cause…..not bad luck. Acknowledging this doesn’t make one a bad fan.
The reality of life is you are either progressing or regressing. Yeah...Buffalo regressed in 2022 from 2021 which was a regression from 2020. And now the HC and GM need to improve and they tend to need overwhelming evidence that real improvement is necessary. And even then, their version of improvement tends to underwhelm, as in their 2022 offensive UFA signings.
@Coach Tuesdaysaid the administration was a reflection of ownership. And it is, albeit in this situation extenuating circumstances exist that likely distract them.
Something's gotta give eventually.
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1 hour ago, dave mcbride said:
I think it's less about spin than seeing that teams with the likes of Ndamukong Suh, Chris Jones, and Frank Clark get to Super Bowls. The Bills don't have that sort of guy, and McDermott DID have guys like that in Carolina in 2013 (his best defense ever). The problem is that Greg Hardy was a violent criminal. But the Carolina defense that year was utterly awesome. I honestly think that the Carolina folks were traumatized by that event and have tried to avoid guys like that. That may be going out the window now. It brings benefits, but there are real risks too.
As others have noted, why does it take 6 off-seasons for this to understand? Was the "process" that ensued in 2017-19 incapable of meshing the "trust" preached by the HC and having guys who are bully-types?
It seems a little too convenient now, and yes it carries risk...which is what happens when your scheme/personnel choices have not succeeded.
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31 minutes ago, PBF81 said:
McD's the one that has kept Frasier on for his full 6 seasons here. It's taken him 6 seasons to figure out what he wants?
On top of that he promoted Frasier to Asst. Head Coach halfway through as well.
He's passing the buck to a now departed Frasier, deflecting any and all heat away from himself. It makes one wonder if he and Frasier didn't have a discussion to force Frasier to "step away from football for a year" in a completely unprecedented move, with the intent of trying to start deflecting to keep his own job, and apparently, with the decision seemingly being his (Frasier's) to return after the year is up at his pleasure.
Just sayin' ...
McD and Beane are masters of spin....they know how to give the fanbase what it wants when there's criticism. But it's commonly offering a nugget that ends up being fools gold.
And unless Frazier has a personal matter to attend to, soon to be 64 year old men don't take a year off from coaching for no reason. I know people think McD is this great guy who cares (and the Hamlin moment pointed to that) but he didn't get to be a NFL HC being nice. He's seen the downside of the league being fired in Philadelphia so Reid could hang around another couple seasons. Because, when expectations aren't met...someone has to be sacrificed.
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4 hours ago, JerseyBills said:
I think it was the ucl injury. Our O will be fine , injuries aside.
But I love this mentality from McD. He's evolving
Talk is cheap this time of year and McD is adept at saying something that in reality means nothing. I will believe he's evolving when the organization devotes more to the offense than cheap 1 year UFA deals, more over-drafted RBs, and late round flyers on offensive line/skill talent.
35 minutes ago, Gregg said:Terry does know how his team is run. In an interview when they were first hired, he said both men report to him Sean has final say on the coaching/football side of things and Brandon does with the roster building with FA/draft. Just repeating what Terry said in that interview.
I've seen reports the Pegula's later regretted somewhat ceding so much control over the Bills to McBeane. And consider why...McD took the job after the Pegula's had witnessed so much dysfunction from the Rex/Whaley years. It's no surprise the HC used that opportunity to have so much authority. Besides, ownership had already been through 2 HC's in less than 3 years of ownership.
That said, unless Beane is as big a fan of defense, I don't see how anyone can deduce 5 of 7 RD1 picks used there as anything but the HC shaping the draft board to his preference for that side of the ball.
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I have never understood why OBD insists on this rotation, uses high picks to staff it, then uses those picks (Basham, Epenesa, Oliver, Rousseau) no more than on 50% of the snaps.
It's disjointed, ineffective, and no better than equal cost to benefit.
If your team needs this rotation, spreads snaps out evenly for DT's and DE's to keep them under 65%, but continues prioritizing this as their QB is inked long-term, something's gotta give eventually. It's not the same as what SF, PHI, CIN, or KC is doing.
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Tipster's prowess throwing the message board hand grenade is still legendary.
That's the only takeaway from this thread.
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1 hour ago, Simon said:
He'll never admit it, but I think he's afraid of McDermott. He was about to get in a fight after a play out of bounds this year(I think vs Miami), then saw McDermott coming down the sideline and immediately turned around and ran back on the field.
You could practically hear him saying "Here comes Coach, oh shlt, oh shlt, oh shlt......"
Easy with the language or I'll report you to a moderator!
Will say this for McD...he's established from Day 1 he's in charge and carries himself that way. I imagine it's gotta be hard to connect/command in that environment with Millennials and Zoomers when you're a Gen X'er. Sounds like that's there, at least with the young players.
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1 hour ago, Ga boy said:
Just had a bad thought that I’d like to forget. First, let me say that I’m the most optimistic dude about the Bills and life. I even thought the Losman Bills could win the Super Bowl. My bad thought is the Bills might not make the playoffs next year. It’s happened to other great teams. I mean we might lose Maine, Poyer, Motor, White, and now even Diggs. Can someone please relieve my troubled mind.
If we lose Maine, it'll be because the aliens took it. And that means we're in an inter-planetary war that Earth is bound to lose.
Not encouraging, but the good news it'll mean there's no chance that any NFL team makes the playoffs. So we got that going for us, which is nice.
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2 hours ago, beebe said:
My general take: The Bills have built their best rosters (2020-2023) at the absolute worst possible time. The rise of the Chiefs, combined with the AFC turning into a super conference, has coincided with Buffalo's return to relevance. This year, 11 of the top 16 teams in the league are likely to be in the AFC. Eight of the 10 best QBs are in the AFC (especially if Rodgers ends up with the Jets or Raiders.) And the Bills, as of now, are projected to play 12 games against Vegas's 15 best projected teams. That includes games vs both Super Bowl participants (Chiefs and Eagles) and the AFC runner up (Bengals).
The Bills can do everything right this year, and yet the path to winning the AFC in 2023 will likely involve beating three of the following in the playoffs:
You are a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.
"One of the problems with being a pessimist is that you can never celebrate when you are proven right." - Thomas Sowell
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1 hour ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:
But see what KC did?
They loaded on B- / B WRs.
They went 5-deep after Kelce.
When Hardman went down, JuJu and MVS stepped right in, when Toney pulled his hamstring, Skyy Moore was right there.
KC could do that when they unloaded Hill and his cap hit...which went toward additional receivers.
https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-trading-wr-tyreek-hill-to-dolphins-for-multiple-draft-picks
The opening line to this article is hilarious, considering less than 11 months later KC would win another SB without him.
And KC parlayed that 1st (29th) from the Hill trade along with a 3rd and 4th into moving up, taking the CB McDuffie. And then took a DE with their own 1st.
Not saying all these moves and players were perfect...but it shows a desire to improve even as a perennial contender. That type of continuous improvement and boldness has been there in Buffalo occasionally, but it's more of a risk averse culture there.
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1 hour ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
3 - KC has an underrated crappy receiving core and it just adds to how great Mahomes is despite fans trying to hype up MVS.
KC was ridiculed here trading Hill last off-season, but their plan to feature Kelce and a sum is greater than the parts WR group obviously was enough for Mahomes. No one flashy among that latter group, and their points scored even increased slightly.
OBD will have a renewed emphasis on offense this off-season, but it's purely reactive. Another thread opined that it's not poor draft execution, but strategy and that should be expanded to all personnel acquisitions. Buffalo tends to fix issues in one off-season only after an issue has emerged in the previous year which in this case is a less than adequate investment on offense.
One of the weaknesses of the structure at OBD is Buffalo is led by a coach who is a more pedestrian mind, particularly on offense. For all the criticism of Dorsey, the OC and QB did not have the WR/TE talent necessary to maximize offensive production. That should have been anticipated after 2021, but alas, here we are.
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Lil dirty update - McKenzie released
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by BillsVet
McKenzie has a BBB credit rating? Never knew he was at this level and just assumed something in the C to CCC range.