26CornerBlitz Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 For the Bills, It’s Year 1, 2.0 WHAT: Buffalo Bills WHEN: August 27 WHERE: Orchard Park, N.Y. HOW: The Bills are back from their camp grounds at St. John Fister in Rochester, so this was an easy morning hop on JetBlue from Boston to Buffalo, with a 15-minute drive to the team’s facility, located in the New Era Stadium parking lot. Lord knows the temptation was there for Sean McDermott. The 44-year-old Bills coach and GM Brandon Beane snapped the franchise’s 18-year playoff drought last fall, their first in Buffalo, and got there by winning four of their final six. The arrow was pointing up, without question. Which makes their discipline all the more laudable in resisting the natural inclination to ride the momentum into 2018. “Yeah, that’s the near-sighted view, though,” McDermott said, heading off the field on Monday following a walkthrough and his team’s ugly Sunday showing against Cincinnati. “I understand that. But where I came from in Carolina and before that in Philadelphia, we were able to build and do it the right way. We were able to build a strong, solid foundation. And once we did that, we were able to sustain the success.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 If you read Beane's words in the piece, he's expecting this year to be a challenge. STORYLINE TO WATCH: Obviously, the quarterback position is where most people are looking. Allen had a clear shot at winning the starting job on Sunday, and that didn’t really work out for him. But in that rough first half—“[Sunday’s] game is a true example, that’s not how we want to play football anywhere, much less in our home stadium,” Beane told me—lurked a storyline that is just as important in the short term and connects directly to the quarterback decision. How are the Bills going to make it work up front? First and foremost, they need Dawkins to get healthy and build on a promising rookie year at left tackle. And the rest of the guys who’ll be out there will have to be a lot better than they were on Sunday. Otherwise, being patient in getting Allen out there might be best. TOP POSITION BATTLE: Since quarterback is covered, let’s go with corner here. White is entrenched at one spot. Opposite him, veterans Phillip Gaines and Vontae Davis are competing. Davis is on the back end of a really solid career and has clearly lost a step, while Gaines was a disappointment over his four years in Kansas City, after the Chiefs took him in the third round in 2014. Neither option is outstanding, but the Bills chose to spend the little cap money they had up front, in Star Lotulelei and Trent Murphy, so it’s what they’ll have to get by with at an important spot. OFFBEAT OBSERVATION: The Bills facility is still decidedly old school looking on the outside (like a giant field house with office space attached to it), but the place has been gutted, and the locker room and much of the football operations area look space age now. And the Pegulas have fenced off a good piece of the parking lot (where the media used to park!), for an $18 million weight room/performance center, which is in the beginning stages of construction. Slowly but surely, this small-market organization is modernizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Nice article... thanks.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Buffalo Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Good read... building the foundation the right way. Just what we need... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Its really refreshing to read this that there is a definitive plan in place and the decisions they are making will not waver based on that. Part of the issues from the previous GM/Coaches was that there never seemed to be a plan in place, they just went out and tried to get good players without any sort of plan as to how to maintain it or when to let people go, and how to fill their roles once they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 This is all good, long term, but it sucks as a fan realizing this season is for all intents and purposes already a wash. At least if they would start Allen we'd have something to look forward to. If they roll Peterman out there it's going to be a long season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrober38 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 minute ago, eball said: This is all good, long term, but it sucks as a fan realizing this season is for all intents and purposes already a wash. At least if they would start Allen we'd have something to look forward to. If they roll Peterman out there it's going to be a long season. They can't send Allen out there and completely ruin his development. He said himself that he wasn't ready for the speed of playing against a starting defense. He's still a ways away from being ready to successfully lead an NFL offense against starting calibre competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/08/29/buffalo-bills-training-camp-josh-allen-sean-mcdermott-brandon-beane A really good deep look into the mind-set of the long-term goals for McDermott and Beane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said: https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/08/29/buffalo-bills-training-camp-josh-allen-sean-mcdermott-brandon-beane A really good deep look into the mind-set of the long-term goals for McDermott and Beane. Already posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 minute ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Already posted. Sorry - must not have searched for the right thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Good read. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 That was a good read. It explains why some positions were not addressed as well as we fans would have liked. It’s not just because they were ignoring them, or don’t see that they need to be upgraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 ADMIN - Can this get merged with the other thread, or locked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 18 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: That was a good read. It explains why some positions were not addressed as well as we fans would have liked. It’s not just because they were ignoring them, or don’t see that they need to be upgraded. Beane and McDermott are expecting a bumpy ride in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloMatt Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 38 minutes ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said: https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/08/29/buffalo-bills-training-camp-josh-allen-sean-mcdermott-brandon-beane A really good deep look into the mind-set of the long-term goals for McDermott and Beane. Quato: McBeane look into your mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 39 minutes ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said: Sorry - must not have searched for the right thing I'm so disappointed in you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Anyone paying attention knows this is a long term rebuild. Thank god we have a regime in place that finally after 20 years is implementing a real culture change and thinking beyond the next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, HappyDays said: Anyone paying attention knows this is a long term rebuild. Thank god we have a regime in place that finally after 20 years is implementing a real culture change and thinking beyond the next season. Exactly, man. And this is why I can't fathom all the caterwauling here the past week. band-aiding from year to year is what got us a 17 year drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Búfalo Blanco Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 "St. John Fister", Buffalo Bills Secret Headquarters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Really good article - thanks for posting. Can we make EVERYONE read this so they at least have some basis of reality before they post? ? I think that headline "Year 1, 2.0" is pretty for where we are in this rebuild. Might be a long year, I'm sure there will be some surprises, but I'm excited to watch this thing build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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