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I think it was former personnel guy Mike Lombardi who was an early NFL insider with CBS who said that fans don't care about front office dynamics. And they don't. It's the what you can see news like draft picks, UFA signings, the game results, and maybe in-game coaching decisions most people focus on. That includes the organizational relationship between Beane and McDermott. The belief is GM's picks players and coaches coach and that's why front office decision making analysis goes almost nowhere on TBD. Of course McD is running everything...it's just out of sight, out of mind.

I will always consider, in the debate about Beane's drafting prowess, how weighted that board being to defense has affected personnel decisions. Not a complete defense, just a consideration. Going back to 2021, yes they were older at DE and guys like Addison and Hughes weren't going to remain long. I always understood taking Rousseau and he's turned into a solid performer. But Basham in round 2? An older base end with limited pass-rush ability? We'll never know what went into that decision, but it didn't make sense then and makes a lot less now.

I'd like to say RD1 busts happen, but the HC seems to have found guys who could be that zone CB2 without high picks. Which makes sense, because he's a former secondary coach and been coaching defensive football for a long time. Leads me to believe there's a deeper disconnect at OBD between the coaches compared to the scheme and talent evaluators. Because unless McD pounded the table for Elam over everyone's evals, this is a bad look made worse by their positional value decisions in RD2 and RD3. First guy plays a position that should get PT in year 1 - and then doesn't play. Bernard is clearly on the way out. I don't think it's too soon to start saying Beane ain't meeting the hype anymore. And McD isn't either in whatever role he plays in personnel. Lots of work to do, covered up by Josh and Diggs.

No doubt Vegas sees the signing of Ty Johnson and DeShaun White as mitigating the Doyle loss for the season.

This requires a Deep Voice "Yeah" post.

Bruce the rookie in '85 versus the guy by 1990 who was NFL Defensive POY are two different animals. Heck, he was DPOY at 33 in 1996. Didn't need training camp. People lose site of the fact that after a ruptured achilles, Peters came back to be 1st Team All Pro in 2013 as a 31 year old and followed it up as a 2nd Teamer at 32. Common denominator is guys like this know how to get it done because they know their body well enough. Both didn't need camp to be in shape and ready.

Bruce hated training camp IIRC and some fans/media took issue with that. Guy still went out that and got it done into his 40s because he didn't need the discipline and practice of training camp. His personal training habits were enough. Reminds me of regular Army people I knew that disliked the special operations community. Thought they were undisciplined, but when bad things happened they were the best suited to handle them.

As if the defenses aren't going vanilla either. Something's wrong and hasn't improved since the Divisional playoff game.

Some human beings excel in life. Some just exist until they die. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen. You see the contract Peters got after the trade? Money talks.

A lot changed in the 5 years since that pick was made. In 2018 they could afford a RD1 MLB on his rookie deal but not as a pending UFA after his contract expired. This happens every time Buffalo loses a UFA...fans lose their stuff because a known entity and/or high pick isn't at certain positions. I attribute it to fans getting almost everything they wanted for years and now seeing a team up against the cap having to make choices. Besides, why aren't you trusting the process? Why are you doubting McBeane and their brand of football? After all, you're not the GM, amirite?

That's because EJ had Nate Hackett's "easy" playbook down by mini-camp. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/e-j-manuel-says-bills-offense-easier-learn-165504223.html

Trust the process? Or rather, believe that MLB is of lower positional value, that Edmunds' value was significantly overrated by TBD, and that knowing the defense and being instinctive is more important than having top-end physical talent with low-end instincts. I'm amazed at how many people are doubting McD now. Trust the process!

If Zay Jones' production is the standard for WR2, then that's doing JA a huge disservice and means they're still behind KC and CIN offensively. My concern is OBD considers the offense having received their share of investment with Kincaid selected in RD1. Or, that they can keep spending on their own guys. Around here, re-signing their own gets a lot of props, but it's not always what's best for the team...on the field and the cap. Buffalo needs to keep investing high picks on offense at WR to find a contributor on their rookie contract. Davis is the kind of guy you jettison looking for a replacement with better potential.

I read this post and the one below and wonder how can people be watching the same player. And then, at this point, have to consider if/when Davis plays to the level he has how it affects the offense? Is Kincaid now being targeted more and expected to shoulder a bigger load as a rookie? The low-end UFA targets Harty and Sheffield getting more targets?

Belichick going full Kenny Powers now. Went from being the guy who could get Randy Moss on the cheap and being a UFA destination to this. Next thing you know, he'll be making appearances at car dealerships.

https://nypost.com/2023/04/07/broncos-reporter-benjamin-allbright-makes-bizarre-twitter-sexting-confession/ This guy is reporting, as a Denver Broncos related show host so maybe there's an attempt to lodge Diggs loose. Or this guy is throwing crap against the wall. Probably the latter.

Diggs' dissent needs to be understood and no one really knows right now what it's all about. That is, unless individual players are always wrong and management is always correct. And if that's the case you are obtuse. McD and his staff should always be under the microscope right along with players. As for team building, I thought McD's "process" solved all team ills. After all, this is the franchise that settled on Diggs when Antonio Brown made it know he wouldn't play in Buffalo. So, roster construction often defers to pure talent.

Tell us what Diggs' beef with the front office/McD/Josh/ownership is. That goes a long way toward understanding why, 3 years in, his attitude has apparently changed.

Stop being obtuse. This isn't a 40-hour per week email job where expectations are low already. Nor is it an arena that everyone should sing kum-ba-ya now that last season is over and just hop on the 2023 Process train. WR's do diva-esque things occasionally, but until we know for sure what happened, this is normie posturing. Stefon isn't a choir boy by any means...but it's so TBD for people to attack the player first and not question the events which led to the situation. 3 seasons of no issues until that playoff game and it's all on him? Yeah.

Could be Diggs' agent. Might not be...who knows? Who cares? As someone who's been on TBD some time, I have seen the attention paid to the NFL grow exponentially over the past 10-15 years. Now, threads garner 100+ pages in a day or 2 and this is only a small subset of fans. Heck, I was on the driving range the other night and 2 normies were discussing this asinine issue like there is nothing else going on.

And if true, all the anger directed at Diggs should be balanced with that concept he wanted another receiver who'd take targets from him.

Major weakness is still there and not going to change, but I'll say it: McBeane are the primary issue. Why? Because their vision of NFL football with a franchise QB has not changed much since Josh elevated his play. McD still loves his defense too much for a HC originating from that side of the ball. He can't help himself to add another DLineman that supports his demand for an ultra deep DL. Every year they have to add another 2-3 UFAs there at rates above market value. They can spend another 10M+ on Floyd, Ford, Phillips, but shudder the thought of adding a better WR2. It's been rare the offense was a priority in UFA when relatively proven veterans were available. And their drafts haven't been stellar either. Too many 1st-3rd round picks that have been pedestrian or underwhelming which forces them to go UFA shopping which impacts their cap. Lot of people here always talking individual position improvement, but I'm waiting for the HC and GM to start getting better in off-season decisions.

OK, I admit the intrigue is becoming more than Marshawn plowing over inebriated women on Chippewa 15 years ago. And just in time for the NFL calendar down time of June-July. And yeah...I get the demographics involved comparing NYC to BUF.

108 pages or about 2,100 posts in less than a day isn't? Not to mention it's a headline on ESPN.com?

This discussion is not a "love" or "hate" one. People who come onto message boards describing constructive criticism as "hate" typically cannot apply reason to a situation. This is more like it. Rookie OC, less than adequate overall offensive investment, inability to build a decent OL with a clear blocking scheme, HC who still struggles with the offensive side of the ball (both personnel and scheme) along with a QB who tries to do too much sometimes and misses certain throws. It's a combination of many causes why they struggled late last season. Watching the SC Final last night, fans are quick to blame players for poor play and are less likely to view in-game and overall team strategy as a contributing problem. And this is primarily because most fans have little understanding of player responsibilities in that designated scheme. And historically the least appreciated is the transactions at the GM level, which when called into question, prompt some to go apoplectic. For example, when Beane complains about not having cap room, but the myriad of bad contracts he himself handed out in preceding years isn't pointed to.