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1 minute ago, MJS said:

A few of them were from retirees, though. Kyle Williams, Eric Wood, and Lorenzo Alexander.

But they usually have a handful of franchise regulars who stick with the team a long time on both sides of the ball.

Good point.  If they had a franchise QB that would be one.  If this was 2018 we would say Kyle is that guy.  Hopefully in 2022 we will be saying Allen, Edmunds, and White are those core guys.

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1 hour ago, BillsPride12 said:

I remember how butt hurt some fans were when McDermott and Beane parted ways with Sammy Watkins and Marcel Dareus in their first year here...I love the way they revamped this roster with guys who love the game and have football character(I know, I know cliche lol) 

Huh. I remember people being ecstatic about Dareus. By that time Watkins had a lot of detractors because he could never stay healthy, but yeah there was some fans unhappy with that trade.

 

The trade people were REALLY unhappy with at first was Alonso for McCoy.

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4 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

According to todays BN Bills Preview section, only two Bills remain from 2016 or earlier...

 

2013 Jerry Hughes

2016 Reid Ferguson

 

Hard to believe the rest of the roster has been kicked to the curb, and made into a competitive team in 3 years

 

The glass is a dribble one and the roster dribbled away.

 

@ScottLaw was right!

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3 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

Would be interesting to see roster turnover over a 3 year period for every 3 year period for the last 20 years.

 

Team turnover is likely greater than you think, though I admit only 2 remaining is not much.

 

It's like our Super Bowl teams.  I always think of them being pretty much the same bunch of guys over those 4 years.

 

Not true at all.  There were a ton of changes all over the lineup.

 

 

 

In modern football it is eith 4 yrs to UFA. P,Ayers drsfted 2018 and earlier are UFAs.

 

if you add to it coach and gm stability and fo good drafting and resigning players draft you will likely have 8 ordo core players on the roster for more than 4 yrs.  Thrn you will add UFAs to the team for vet depth.

 

also look at the measure of median nfl experience on the teams full 53 man and their top 35 players which is your regularly used offense and defense players.

 

qb, 2 RB, 3 WR, 2 TE, 1 extra rb/wr/te 7 OL

11 DL/LB, 6 DBs., K, P

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2 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2016_roster.htm

 

Quite a few of the starters are still around.

 

Tyrod

 

 

Goodwin

Robert woods

Watkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darby

Gilmore

Lawson

 

 

Ones that are starting or making a difference.   

Woods and Gilmore didn't want to sign a new contract here.

Watkins, Tyrod and Darby were traded for draft picks 

Lawson - not given a FA contract

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2 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2016_roster.htm

 

Quite a few of the starters are still around.

 

Tyrod

LeSean

O'Leary

Goodwin

Robert woods

Watkins

Glenn

Cog

Miller

Dareus

Hughes

Preston Brown

Darby

Gilmore

Lawson

Robey Coleman

 

Seems to me there must be one of the many Williams' we had.

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5 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

They say the NFL rules allow this to happen more than in any other sport.  quick turnarounds often happen.

 

this is true.  and makes the 17 year drought that more frustrating.  And our lack of SB victory just as annoying.  

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13 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

this is true.  and makes the 17 year drought that more frustrating.  And our lack of SB victory just as annoying.  

Also why a little cap pinch down the line is well worth a ring this year or next. 
 

we are rebuilding this again shortly anyway. Don’t shy away from maximizing the opportunity now because of a possible year transition later 

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10 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

Lol. I like to think i follow the Bills pretty closely, but this is the first time i recall hearing the name Reid Ferguson.  Guess I've been living under a rock when it comes to our special teams.

 

Long snappers get notice when (1) they make mistakes and (2) when they make plays other than their regular job such as recovering a football or tackling someone on opposite team who return a missed FG.  He is solid but not spectacular.  He has never missed a game.  He has been involved in a few tackles.

 

 

      Game   Tack Tack Tack  
Year Age Tm No. G Sk Comb Solo Ast AV
Care Care     48 0.0 5 3 2 4
2017 23 BUF 69 16 0.0 1 0 1 2
2018 24 BUF 69 16 0.0 3 2 1 1
2019 25 BUF 69 16 0.0 1 1 0 1
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So I guess this can be pointed out to the Twitter idiots who love to go "hurr hurr Bills suck they didn't make the playoffs for so long".  Yeah, and literally only ONE actual player who knows those years is still on the team since we got new coaching/management and started making the playoffs again.  Might be related.

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9 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

I remember how butt hurt some fans were when McDermott and Beane parted ways with Sammy Watkins and Marcel Dareus in their first year here...I love the way they revamped this roster with guys who love the game and have football character(I know, I know cliche lol) 

Dareus really wasn't controversial.  Getting rid of Watkins and Darby caught people off guard and we knew there was a new sheriff in town.  The fact that we made the playoffs that year under McDermott despite losing them just shows you how awful the Rex hiring was.

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11 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

I remember how butt hurt some fans were when McDermott and Beane parted ways with Sammy Watkins and Marcel Dareus in their first year here...I love the way they revamped this roster with guys who love the game and have football character(I know, I know cliche lol) 

Sammy Watkins was the Chiefs leading receiver last post season.  Even wilder, he Just turned 27. 

6 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

I think I read somewhere that Von Miller is the last player from Broncos 2016 SB roster still on the team. So if he misses whole season Broncos won't have a single player from SB team after just 5 seasons.

Not

For

Long

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Of all the guys pre-2016 the one I’ll always regret losing is Bobby Woods.  What a consummate pro and really good receiver.  In retrospect the Bills were such a mess and he wanted to go home to LA, but in today’s Bills’ culture he would be an unbelievably good fit.

 

Aside from that, I’m a forward-thinking guy and I’m ready for a dominant era of Bills football.

 

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