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Ronald Darby hadn't bought into new #Bills regime, says MMQB's Peter King http://bit.ly/2wIpoQl

 

 

 

Tell you where I am with King? The Bills can't keep blowing this up. I would be guaranteeing Beane and McDermott 4 years and saying only absolutely no progress would stop me giving them a 5th. In the end someone has to stop the roundabout from spinning.

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I think this was a much bigger part of the trades for both Darby and Watkins than people are giving credit for. Not the sole reason, but considering everything else for each, I think it was a deciding factor to pull the triggers.

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Probably scheme. He is a man CB, McD plays zone. At least they recognized that it wasn't a fit, same with Gilmore.

certainly makes sense. i just wasn't sure if it was more of a personality/philosophy issue between the groups.

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Everyone would say Darby is a better corner than Gaines, and Watkins is a better wideout than Matthews. I don’t worry about the Darby deal for Buffalo, because he hadn’t bought into the new administration of Beane and head coach Sean McDermott, and because he wasn’t a great scheme fit for McDermott’s zone coverage. Buffalo did get a gutty, durable (Matthews played 46 of 48 games in three NFL seasons) possession receiver who will take Watkins’ spot in the Bills’ offense. The Watkins deal could hurt in the long run, for two reasons. He’s healthy this year after being plagued by a nagging foot injury. And the veterans on the Bills loved him, and won’t be happy with this deal. I can’t imagine LeSean McCoy singing kumbaya over this trade for the future. He wants to win now.

 

The reality of this situation, though, is that the Bills are not going to win now, even if Darby and Watkins had been playing great. Playing for 2018 is smarter. And Buffalo also had to worry about Watkins and the cap. Because the team didn’t exercise the fifth-year option for Watkins, ensuring that he’d be a free agent after this season, Beane would have had to try to sign Watkins late this season (when the team has just $8.1 million remaining under the cap) or likely face franchising him next spring. So they risked Watkins playing great this year and looking dumb for letting him go … or trading him now for real value. A pick around number 40 or 45 in 2018 appealed more to Beane.

 

Interestingly, Beane didn’t tell McDermott about his tentative deal with the Rams before their game against Minnesota. Imagine the Rams’ shock when, on the first four plays of the game on offense for Buffalo, Tyrod Taylor threw to Watkins. Beane wanted McDermott, in his first game as coach, not to be shackled but rather to be able to use his 90 players the way he saw fit. They didn’t discuss the chance for the trade until after the game.

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certainly makes sense. i just wasn't sure if it was more of a personality/philosophy issue between the groups.

 

Just read the whole quote, King says not buying in and also the scheme. So maybe there is something else. Maybe not happy about losing 2 friends, Gilmore and Roby. Roby was like his brother.

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Crew cuts for all!

 

My GF would like that ;)

 

Just read the whole quote, King says not buying in and also the scheme. So maybe there is something else. Maybe not happy about losing 2 friends, Gilmore and Roby. Roby was like his brother.

 

Speaking of Robey-Coleman...did you see him get run over by McFadden ?

 

He didn't look to eager to tackle him after that ;)

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certainly makes sense. i just wasn't sure if it was more of a personality/philosophy issue between the groups.

I definitely read it as two separate issues - scheme fit and 'buying in'/attitude. I don't think Darby or Sammy 'bought into' the new regime, and because of that I imagine they didn't have quite the right attitude McD was looking for (either overtly or just generally).

 

In Beane's PC discussing the trade one of the things he said was

 

"There's a lot of guys that have jumped right on board, doing the things that Sean and his staff have asked and we look forward to continuing to work with those guys."

 

I took that as a lightly veiled shot at the guys who were leaving

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certainly makes sense. i just wasn't sure if it was more of a personality/philosophy issue between the groups.

 

McDermott likes physical corners who will tackle a lot more than in his previous two years.

Darby hasn't shown he will shy away from tackling but he's a smaller corner....maybe not wanting to be that involved in that much hitting. Just a guess....

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I definitely read it as two separate issues - scheme fit and 'buying in'/attitude. I don't think Darby or Sammy 'bought into' the new regime, and because of that I imagine they didn't have quite the right attitude McD was looking for (either overtly or just generally).

 

In Beane's PC discussing the trade one of the things he said was

 

"There's a lot of guys that have jumped right on board, doing the things that Sean and his staff have asked and we look forward to continuing to work with those guys."

 

I took that as a lightly veiled shot at the guys who were leaving

 

To be honest with you I like this. Are Watkins and Darby better than Matthews and Gaines? Yeah. Does the difference mean more loses? No. This is an ultimate team sport. Everyone needs to be on the same page, see Rex's teams.

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The Bills Have to Stop Blowing Up Their Team

First thing I thought Friday when I saw Beane had traded Watkins and Darby: Owners Terry and Kim Pegula have to mentally commit to Beane and McDermott for the next five years. Period. The mayhem in Buffalo must stop.

 

• Five general managers in the past decade. GMs of the Bills since 2007: Marv Levy (2007), Russ Brandon (2008-09), Buddy Nix (2010-12), Doug Whaley (2013-17), Brandon Beane (current).

 

• Six coaches in the past decade. Coaches of the Bills since 2007: Dick Jauron (2007-09), Perry Fewell (2009), Chan Gailey (2010-12), Doug Marrone (2013-14), Rex Ryan (2015-16), Sean McDermott (present).

 

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The only issue to me is, yet again we are losing players based on scheme fit. This is why the consistent turnover is really holding us back more than anything.

 

I don't mind the Darby trade in a vacuum, but we need to bunker down and try and see something through without changing the philosophy ever couple years.

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