Kevin1778 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. Great leaders have a plan and they stick with it. Edited October 22, 2018 by Kevin1778 1 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saundena Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) 1. Yes, but with help. But they could have screwed the pooch so I'll give you that one. 2. I don't see a franchise QB yet. They drafted an incredibly raw player who needs a considerable amount of refinement before we can be considered even a middling qb; and, they brought this raw QB onto a team with practically zero offensive talent so it's basically impossible to properly evaluate him. 3. I don't believe we are a top 10 defense. Stats may say it, but it doesn't pass the sniff test. Just about any time we've played a top qb, we've folded like a blanket. We're probably in the 13-17 range and after yesterday, I'd say we are closer to 20. The Colts lit us up like a house on fire. Our ranking is most certainly the result of getting lucky bounces and turnovers. The D can win us games, but ultimately not good enough to stop the better QBs in the league. 4. Yes they have. But do you trust their eye for talent? I don't. Not yet at least. I certainly don't trust them to weight talent in par with "the process" when selecting players. Edited October 22, 2018 by saundena 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, Kevin1778 said: These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. You left out the other part: 1) Doing nothing about the very offensive line unless you considered Newhouse a steal. 2) Trading McCarron before determining if Peterman could function in regular season games and thus being forced to start Allen and having him get injured behind that very offensive line. Should I continue? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin1778 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Just now, Formerly Allan in MD said: You left out the other part: 1) Doing nothing about the very offensive line unless you considered Newhouse a steal. 2) Trading McCarron before determining if Peterman could function in regular season games and thus being forced to start Allen and having him get injured behind that very offensive line. Should I continue? They lost Incognito and Wood very late. The O Line is not easy to fix, and it has improved. They have the money to fix it in off season. McCarron was worse than Peterman. The Bills saved $5M. The mistake they made was not getting Anderson before camp. Perhaps he wasn't interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) For ending the drought and making the playoffs, I'm inclined to give them a mulligan for 2018. I'll stick with their "process" through 2019. But we had better see a helluva better offense and general plan for the future. And an influx of talent this off-season. HOWEVER, there are 9 games left. If this McBeane crew gets blown out a few more times I may just lose all patience with them. Edited October 22, 2018 by zow2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dude Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, Kevin1778 said: These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. Great leaders have a plan and they stick with it. 1) Sheer dumb luck, and Andy Dalton 2) Who? How do we have a franchise QB when we're averaging 120 passing yards per game? 3) Debatable. And so what? Defenses do NOT last. Offenses with good QBs tend to last a lot longer. 4) When you clear out talent, you clear out contracts. So you're congratulating idiots for clearing out talent. Sure. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forward Progress Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I agree with the path chosen by McDermott and Beane to shed overpriced contracts, eat all of the dead cap in one year and grow from there. It's too early, even for me, to say they have done a great job. I am optimistic, but can't declare this process a success until a consistently winning team takes the field each week. That won't be this year, but should be to expectation of the 2020 Bills. In response to your successes... 1) McDermott did a great job last year and the team outperformed their talent level. In hindsite, this playoff birth probably hurt us as we needed multiple picks to draft Allen, instead of just one and applying the other picks to fill the other holes on the team. I still enjoyed ending the drought, so I'm not complaining. 2) I like Allen, but other than a couple of great throws in the preseason and some athletic drive sustaining runs in the regular season, he hasn't shown to be ready today. It is too soon to give him the Franchise QB designation. I do believe he has the intelligence, work ethic and determination to improve. I'm looking forward to next year's version of Josh Allen. 3) When the defense is good it is really good. When it is gassed from being on the field too much, it isn't good at all. If our offense can be average, our defense can be great. 4) I agree that the bad contracts are gone. It may take more than one off-season to allocate that cap space to talented players who make our team better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, Kevin1778 said: They lost Incognito and Wood very late. The O Line is not easy to fix, and it has improved. They have the money to fix it in off season. McCarron was worse than Peterman. The Bills saved $5M. The mistake they made was not getting Anderson before camp. Perhaps he wasn't interested. The O line is easy to fix if you use some high picks, for a change, on stud linemen. The Bills have been adverse to doing that for a long time. And you have no way of knowing that McCarron was worse than Peterman. Peterman is hard to top as a negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VADC Bills Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Last year I felt as though the present regime road the coat tales of the prior regimes talent, which they did. I wanted to see how they would do this year because it is fully McBeane's team now. I not impressed with Beane's handling of the draft and talent evaluation. Trading Dareus in the middle of the season was disruptive. Neglecting the O-line. Neglecting the QB situation. Needed experienced depth, maybe keep Tyrod. Wasting badly draft picks to move up and creating holes to do so. FA Failures. I would love to see Whaley's talent evaluation with McD coaching because that's what we saw last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gun Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Kevin1778 said: These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. Great leaders have a plan and they stick with it. Surely you can't be serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Ammendment NoMas Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I might agree with you if this was 1974. That's when this process would have worked. Flash forward. We suck badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Kevin1778 said: These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. Great leaders have a plan and they stick with it. 1 is true, 4 is currently true and the roster talent demonstrates how painful it was to get there. 2&3 are yet to be proven.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Eh. They are B-C+ range. All good things you pointed out. However, for going on ad nauseum about "process" and "football guys", they lead a football team hasn't been competitive in over 50% of their games this year with wildly inconsistent effort, focus and plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I am probably one of the most optomistic fans here....and even I say I need to see the final product before I say they have done a good job...... Its difficult to call it a good job when you are in the middle of a poo poo sandwhich dead cap year......somehow expecting a raw rookie QB to come in and help us have a winning record....... I dont think the bills ultimately WANT a winning record this year....I think they actually understand the situation.....in order to get the name players in free agency we are going to have to overpay......the bills do not want to overpay...they want to biuld in the draft where they can get good players on cheap contracts....they need the good players to help out their young raw rookie QB I need to see what moves are made NEXT year...which ultimately last year and this year acculumulates to...10 draft picks (so far) and 90 million cap space..... I need to see the final of THAT product before I will call them good.....for now I will say they have a vision of what they are trying to do and are sticking to it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cusefan66214 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Too many head scratching blowouts for me to consider them successful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Poster Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) Top 10 defense excuse me did we not just get the friggin doors blown off of us for the third time this year? Franchise QB? We struggled to get over 100 yards out of the "rocket" arm. This thread is a stretch. Edited October 22, 2018 by Elite Poster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest K-GunJimKelly12 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Kevin1778 said: These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. Great leaders have a plan and they stick with it. Which Pegula are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kevin1778 said: These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. Great leaders have a plan and they stick with it. Their plan was "Peterman is good enough to start Week 1". Any GM can dump a ton of contracts to make cap space. It simply requires accepting a 3-5 win season. Edited October 22, 2018 by Mr. WEO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 This thread, and Bills fans like Kevin1778, strongly suggest that Russ Brandon's reputation as a marketing genius is greatly overestimated. Bills fans are some of the best fans in the world in any sport, and they will support this franchise to the very end. They're clueless, mind you, but man are they loyal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfod Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Fadingpain said: This thread, and Bills fans like Kevin1778, strongly suggest that Russ Brandon's reputation as a marketing genius is greatly overestimated. Bills fans are some of the best fans in the world in any sport, and they will support this franchise to the very end. They're clueless, mind you, but man are they loyal. I'm not seeing a lot of loyalty this season. It might just be the people who want everyone fired are the loudest. I don't think it's time for heads to roll yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin1778 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Just now, Fadingpain said: This thread, and Bills fans like Kevin1778, strongly suggest that Russ Brandon's reputation as a marketing genius is greatly overestimated. Bills fans are some of the best fans in the world in any sport, and they will support this franchise to the very end. They're clueless, mind you, but man are they loyal. Very confident in second half of season. Have not ruled out playoffs yet. 6 home games left. This team is not that bad. They are just inconsistent. They have two wins. They have played two home games. This is where expected them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffAlone Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1) we needed that! 2)Maybe, maybe not. So far it's looking like J.P.....talent, but no smarts 3)McD "restored" a very good D, Youngblood included which will last several years. Its trending up IMO 4)money talks. So do draft picks. I think this was a 5 year plan from the onset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 ...definite learning curve for both...certainly evident by questionable personnel moves......questionable coaching at critical positions.......lack of innovativeness and creativity for the same as well as trying some other personnel on the roster for starters.....and get rid of this effin' McClappy "process" crap, a meaningless, worn out, overused, insignificant POS....reminds me of Pete Carroll and Butch Davis with their damn pom-poms......how 'bout playing some football versus choir practice?.....McDermott needs to wake up sooner or later...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine-iac Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 In a nutshell they made the defense better and made the offense worse. Their first year still had enough left over talent that with help they edged into the playoffs. Clearing cap space does not equal replacing talent lost. They might be breaking even on defense. The reason that is better is better coaching. They are significantly behind on offense but also struggle because Lynn/Roman were ten times the coaches on offense that anyone currently here are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPar_v2 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 So just because they took a quarterback high in the 1st round of the draft, they’ve found a franchise QB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Every coach should be evaluated after 3 years. The playoffs in his first year as HC was a fluke. This draft and FA will either sink him or save him. If Allen develops into a top 12 QB and we have a good draft/FA he will be the Bills HC for long time. He needs to fire Castillo and make sure Daboll is the right OC for the type of offense that they want to run. The Bean needs to have his best draft and FA in 2019. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 This sounds a bit trollish. Or maybe just foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfod Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Call_Of_Ktulu said: Every coach should be evaluated after 3 years. The playoffs in his first year as HC was a fluke. This draft and FA will either sink him or save him. If Allen develops into a top 12 QB and we have a good draft/FA he will be the Bills HC for long time. He needs to fire Castillo and make sure Daboll is the right OC for the type of offense that they want to run. The Bean needs to have his best draft and FA in 2019. I'm not shocked that people want to write off breaking the drought the season after it happened. I guess the highlight of the playoffs is an Andy Dalton touchdown pass as if it was the sole reason instead of just one determining factor. It's ok to feel that way but it's also leaving out the other team victories like they never happened. To me it was a championship defense and a limp noodle offense all season. It wasn't a "fluke" to me. I guess it's because I saw an entire season and not living in the moment with Andy Dalton. Like the Bills beating teams that people didn't think they could beat. It wasn't any secret this team had no offense coming into the season and yet people are still surprised. Different options were available and McDermott decided to be skimpy and just ride out the season. People are reacting as if this wasn't a bite the bullet year and the offensive choices that were made we're suddenly going to turn the offense into a scoring machine. AJMcarron? It's obvious no splashes were made to solve the short term. McDermott told people the plan and what to expect and the plan is on track despite people not liking the pain. It could be 10 years from now and McDermott could be gone and still be the only HC to take the Bills to the playoffs. I didn't get the Jim Kelly years. McDermott is my Jim Kelly as far as Bills being successful. Edited October 22, 2018 by Lfod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalScotts Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Cusefan66214 said: Too many head scratching blowouts for me to consider them successful when you dont play offense at all thats going to happen again what did we think this season was going to be? its painful to watch and i still get pissed off BUT this is a throw away season get Allen all the playing time we can and go to the draft/free agency its the Rams 2016 season and i agree they have done a great job so far- you cant fix everything in one off season need a replacement for Zo a nickle corner and CB depth need OG (2) a back up tackle and wide receivers Edited October 22, 2018 by CardinalScotts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Kevin1778 said: Perhaps he (Derek Anderson) wasn't interested. I think he was enjoying the time off with his family. If you can sign a contract during the season and avoid all the crap that is training camp, it's an easy choice to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Formerly Allan in MD said: The O line is easy to fix if you use some high picks, for a change, on stud linemen. The Bills have been adverse to doing that for a long time. And you have no way of knowing that McCarron was worse than Peterman. Peterman is hard to top as a negative. Post like these always amuse me. No, the offensive line is not an easy fix. And you're not going to do what in one draft. McBeane has made many mistakes this year, and we're paying the price for it now. It doesn't mean their plan won't work eventually, but right now it's tough to watch. Back to being ridiculed weekly is appalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Boo Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) At this point, I shutter at the thought of how McBeane wll squander $91 mill of cap space. Edited October 22, 2018 by Chicken Boo 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 If playing Peterman is trusting the process then I"m out of the process. Ain't trusting that definition. 4 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said: At this point, I shutter at the thought of how McBeane wll squander $91 mill of cap space. That's like 182 Peterman's! More process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauleeeWalnuts Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Too many embarrassing blowouts We are very far away from a franchise QB at the moment Failing to address the offense, unless you consider making it worse "addressing" it Jettisoning most of the talented players from the team because they dont fit in "the process" (whatever that is) Fouling up the QB situation worse than most have ever seen a franchise do so, all while getting your 1st round pick injured behind a garbage OL Nate Peterman Yeah, they have done a STELLAR job 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1- Allen is way off from being considered anything positive. The guy hasn’t even been pedestrian let alone “a franchise qb” 2- A top 10 Defense does not get embarrassed once every 3 or 4 games like this one does. Top 10 talent, not top 10 actual play. You need to show up more often to warrant top 10 in my eyes. All kinds of potential but constant head scratching underachieving. Which IMO, is even worse then just being bad. 3. The playoffs last year were great. We needed it so bad. I will forever be great-full to Coach McDermott for finally getting us there. Still, that team had a lot of help from old regime guys. Shady, Tyrod, Wood, Incognito, Clay...Guys that we have either pushed out the door or are phasing out. It seems like these guys would rather lose with their own players, then win with someone else’s. I don’t like that. We are in a very tough spot talent wise now, but a ton of that in self inflicted. For seemingly no reason. The talent on this offense is inexcusable. There was no attempt to refill the well. We don’t have to be this bad to rebuild. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaywrizzo Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Kevin1778 said: These guys deserve a thread pointing out what a good job they have done. Other than not sticking with Peterman for at least 4 games (trusting the process) and giving Allen a few games to learn a thing or two, they have actually done a great job. They panicked and rushed him along. Mistake. However, what they have done has been nothing short of a miracle. They made a decision to try to build a team that can win a championship, not just be a 9-7 team every year. This is what great leaders do. They have a plan and stick with it. 4 HUGE SUCCESSES 1) In their first year, they brought the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 17years. 2) They got a franchise QB. 3) They built a top 10 defense. 4) They cleared out a ton of bad contracts and have $91 million in cap space for 2019. Great leaders have a plan and they stick with it. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha....McDermott.....is that U? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Kevin1778 said: They lost Incognito and Wood very late. The O Line is not easy to fix, and it has improved. They have the money to fix it in off season. McCarron was worse than Peterman. The Bills saved $5M. The mistake they made was not getting Anderson before camp. Perhaps he wasn't interested. Ummm ... January is "very late"??? Wood announced his retirement a few days after the playoff loss when his injury was discovered in an end-of-season physical. Moreover, since Incognito was 35 years old, the Bills should have been preparing to replace him, not pretending he was going to play forever so that they didn't need to have as Plan B. The Bills knew they needed a better backup than Peterman (who shouldn't have been on the roster in the first place) after the first game of the season. Why didn't they bring a veteran backup then? Why does it seem like it was always either Anderson or nobody? What the hell is so special about Anderson -- aside from his Carolina connection -- that the Bills wouldn't look at alternative QBs, some of whom are significantly better than Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Pissing more of the fan base off. That’s is their plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent 91 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Alright, thank you Kevin. Next is Tony *Shopp voice 1 hour ago, CardinalScotts said: when you dont play offense at all thats going to happen again what did we think this season was going to be? its painful to watch and i still get pissed off BUT this is a throw away season get Allen all the playing time we can and go to the draft/free agency its the Rams 2016 season and i agree they have done a great job so far- you cant fix everything in one off season need a replacement for Zo a nickle corner and CB depth need OG (2) a back up tackle and wide receivers Why would you need a nickel corner with taron Johnson on the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonMan Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) I agree with those who say it’s way too early to tell if this leadership team is good or bad. Things they’ve done that I think any winning coach/GM would do to turn the franchise around: 1. Get rid of overpaid players and those players they knew they wouldn’t be able to keep in free agency. This includes Darieus (overpaid), Watkins (overpaid and too expensive in FA), Woods (too expensive FA). 2. Have a plan and stick with it. This includes getting rid of players that don’t fit the scheme/culture you are trying to create. This includes Darby (scheme mis-match), Darieus (culture), Woods (scheme, the Bills seems to be looking for speed at WR). 3. Don’t overpay for Free Agents when your are starting the rebuild. The Bills didn’t overpay for a FA QB or FA WRs even though some were out there to be had. Similarly for OLinemen. Signing Star and Trent Muphy were exceptions because they fit the scheme. 4. Don’t sign aging veterans as part of the early rebuild process. Sure, once you are making a push for the ring, you can sign these types of “temporary” players but it makes no sense early in the “process” (sorry, couldn’t resist). 5. Build through the draft. By all accounts, McBean have picked up some gems in the draft including players like Milano, Phillips and Johnson. They’ve also used early picks for key positions including MLB, CB and QB. OT and edge rushers are the other keys that I think they’ll likely look to fill next year. I doubt they draft a WR in RD1 next year unless a no-brainer superstar falls into their lap. 6. Draft a “franchise” QB. The jury is out as to whether Allen is going to be a star, serviceable starter or dud. The point is to draft a QB you believe can be a star. Allen’s physical talent, intelligence (high Wonderlic) and work ethic are what you look for. 7. Fix the cap. The Bills were in terrible cap hell before McBean. They’ve made the hard choices, which likely cost the team wins over the last two years. Nonetheless, it was the right move. Time will tell of they choices they make with the new cap space are the right ones. 8. Stockpile draft picks. McBean has done this as well. This gives the team flexibility on draft night to move around and to find additional talent in middle or late rounds.This also allows them to take some risks in the draft knowing they have the capital to make safer choices as well. I can’t really argue with the strategy but I’m sure some could/will argue with the specific choices. Specifically, I haven’t been thrilled with the pro-personnel choices they’ve make at times and I think they’ve showed a Carolina bias (Tolbert, Benjamin). Nonetheless, the framework looks right to me. I’m giving them a couple more years to see if this plan works. EdW Edited October 23, 2018 by BisonMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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