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He was a turnover machine his last year at USC. Kid is definitely an NFL starter, but was never the "safe" pick that everyone claimed he was. Mayfield had that "it" factor in college and from what I saw today, he has the same "it" factor as a pro. He's just really accurate and processes the game at lightening speed. Kid was insanely good at Oklahoma and people tried to say he was a system QB. Not so at all. Kid can play.

This game is further evidence that you gotta have a Quarterback in the league. We did the right things by wheeling and dealing our way up to pick #7 to get Allen. He may or may not pan out, but we had to take a shot at a "franchise QB."

Mayfield is money. Dude just has it.

Pretty ballsy response by Darnold. This is an entertaining game.

I once stayed home from work with that!

They ran the Cleveland Steamer for the 2 point conversion!

Mayfield is better than Tyrod Sincerely, Captain Obvious

Great play by Ward! Browns on the doorstep!

I truly believe the story about the Browns having Mayfield #1 and Allen #2 on their board. Baker is more accurate than Allen, but the physical tools that our guy has are off the chart. Will be interesting to see how these guys progress over the next few years.

Watching Tyrod's first half (and his first half last week down here in New Orleans) I'm happy as hell we now have Josh Allen as our starter.

Hurt or not, Mayfield needed to be put into this game. I'm rooting for the kid (plus I hate the Jets)

I don't buy into PFF too much, but they have Groy ranked as the #33 center thus far in 2018... out of 32 teams in the league... Ouch. ?

Teller was destroying guys in run blocking during that last preseason game. It's not a coincidence that we kept running left (with success) the second half of that game. Teller missed one pass blocking assignment that ended up in a sack and some folks are using that one play as evidence that he is no good. But, he was graded as the ACCs best pass blocking guard his last two seasons at Virginia Tech. (I'm admittedly biased on this matter since I'm a Tech season ticket holder!)

Given what I saw in preseason and the first two weeks of the season, neither Bodine nor Groy can pass protect at a "reasonable" NFL level. I think it doesn't matter much either way. We gotta get a center in next year's draft and/or free agency.

Last year's nickel corner Leonard Johnson was cut by the Giants. We should at least have him in for a workout given we're down a corner and he knows the system. That's assuming he still wants to play, unlike Vontae Davis!

I see my post last night ended up the topic of a new thread. ? Our free agent signings of a year ago played quite well for the most part (Poyer, Hyde, Holmes, Hauschka, DiMarco, etc.). This year's group (McCaron, Davis, Murphy, Lotulelei, Kerley, Bodine, etc.) seems to not be quite as impactful as last year's group (yet?). So, the main change to the pro personnel staff was Gaine out and Morgan in. Time will tell, but it seems we lost a good talent evaluator (as evidenced by Houston hiring him back as their GM). Two games in and McCaron, Davis, and Kerley aren't even on the roster. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement for our pro personnel staff.

I assume not many guys want to play for the Bills these days, but our pro personnel moves... or lack thereof... leave a lot to be desired. We should at least be kicking the tires on available WRs and CBs. Anyway, good for Jordan. I hope the kid can stay healthy.

Our old VP of Player Personnel Brian Gaine left to become Houston's new GM this past off-season. Dan Morgan was hired as his replacement. IMHO, that switch might have made a difference to our pro scouting. Perhaps Morgan is not as good at evaluating pro personnel? (but he, of course, has the obligatory ties to Carolina like all of our hires).

Tremaine has never played middle linebacker, so it'll take time for him to learn the position. Virginia Tech plays essentially a 4-2-5 scheme. Tremaine played the Backer position (not the Mike) and in Tech's scheme the Backer is more like a SAM linebacker in a pro 4-3. I know this because I've had season tickets at Tech for the past 2+ decades. I don't disagree that he looks lost at times, but give the kid time to learn a new position. If he is still lost at the end of the season then I think he could easily be moved outside (either SAM or Will). He has the size and speed to play any one of the linebacker spots.

I read the title of this thread as "the future is not great, just okay" ?

As best as I can tell, McBean seems to have some sort of "his guys" versus "my guys" thing going on with the departed Doug Whaley. All of our 2016 picks are off the roster with the exception of Shaq Lawson who was scratched today. Only John Miller remains from 2015. And everyone is gone from the 2014 draft. If I was a betting man I'd say it's only a matter of time before Lawson and Miller are gone. I'm all for wanting "your guys" but it seems to me that McBean is obsessed with ridding the team of Whaley's picks.

WADR, Jeremy Kerley is a dime-a-dozen player and we have to have 4 DTs. I assume they like Ray Ray in the slot (in addition to being a kick returner)? ...I wish we still had a healthy Jordan Matthews.

For those keeping score, here is Daboll's resume as an NFL offensive coordinator: 2009 Cleveland Browns: yards per game = 32nd of 32 teams, points per game = 29th 2010 Cleveland Browns: ypg = 29th; ppg = 31st 2011 Miami Dolphins: ypg = 22nd, ppg = 20th 2012 Kansas City Chiefs: ypg = 24th, ppg = 32nd ...in all cases the same "his players weren't good" excuse can be made. But, at some point you have to show you can work with what you got.

Peterman has turned in some of the worst QB performances in modern football history. I think the bar for Allen is pretty low.

Put the troll in "ignore" fellas. It's a brand new profile.