‘Long gone are the days when the Bills’ acquisitions were largely made without rhyme or reason. There once was far more emphasis on splash — which resulted in the trade that brought McCoy to Buffalo and other players who are elsewhere — than substance. If a blueprint existed, it was pretty much indecipherable. The GM did his thing, the coach did his. Whatever was on the field was mainly filling out a lineup, hoping it would find a way to win rather than with a true sense of purpose of what must happen to get that done.’