WhitewalkerInPhilly

For me, I'm curious if that is part of what flipped the switch for McDermott to come to Buffalo. I mean, I can understand passing on San Francisco because that's really not a good situation right now, but I could have seen the appeal of working with Rivers.

Fixed it.

Fairburn has been doing some quality work for the last bunch of years. Honestly, I think it's better than a lot of what happens at TBN.

Along that vein, I believe there was something in franchise history that went something along the lines of this. Number of 200 yard rushers vs the Bills from founding-2015: 3 Number of 200 yard rushers in 2016: 2

I'll be honest, the division systems have some weird stuff in them. You get Dallas in the NFC East despite the fact that it's pretty far south and in the midwest. You have Indy in the AFC South when it's in the north half of the country. You get a grouping of the northest in the AFC east (Buffalo, NY, NE) and then the Phins to the south I'd be curious to see the conference redrawn by region, but my quick attempt just didn't work.

Devi's Advocate: How many QBs that have been drafted 5th round or later in the last 20 years have gone on to win a playoff game? How many haven't? Again, there are outliers (Romo, Brady) but you see a lot more washouts. Hey, if the kid looks like the second coming of Brady, I will certainly take him, but even then the smart play is to bring him in slowly under Tyrod, not chase out Tyrod in camp.

Every year, teams without a franchise QB or a top 5 pick hope that they have found a gem of a QB who someone else in need has passed on. Even with Dalton, Kaep, Carr and Prescott, the lowest drafted recent QB to get to the playoffs is Russel Wilson. So yes, I would rather enjoy Peterman to become an all time HOF player, I'm just not having it. To me, a successful camp for him is becoming a better backup than EJ and Cardale were last year. Let's be honest here: I don't think that the Bills trade back for KC's 1st in 2018 and pass on Mahomes because they thought that Tyrod's replacement was in this draft. My money, it's for banking a potential 3 first round picks (Bills 2018, Bills 2019, Chiefs 2018) to go up and get the guy and let him beat out Tyrod in camp.

I get that it rankles people when players like Sammy and Sherman talk about wanting more money. But the majority of player careers are less than 3 years, and they take a lot of physical abuse over that time with longer term health problems. I am ok with more guaranteed money provisions and maybe extended health care benefits after leaving. Don't tell me that the owners can't afford it.

I'm going to say: playoffs. Because even getting to the dance gets you an outside shot at winning it. The Ravens and Giants were wild cards in 2011 and 2012. But if we don't, I honestly hope for a top 5 pick bad season. Agonizing as that would be, with the KC pick and the 2018 pick we could have almost anyone we want

Three. It would be 4 next year. Man, who remembers that stretch where the defense gave Manning and Rodgers some of their worst numbers of the season, only to lose to 'effin Carr and the Raiders...

Is there anything on this at all? You would think that all sides would like to have a decision by the start of training camp at least. He's already lost a lot of time by not getting a playbook.

Honestly, the "Best 11" to me makes me think more along the lines of going with a modified Big Nickel as a base. Realistically, we in a league setup when the majority of times you are in subpackages more than a standard 3-4 or 4-3 base, and I see value in being more flexible in a nickel situation than having to risk Brady ripping us because they go no huddle and we can't get subs in. Going off of what Micah Hyde mentioned, he sees himself as willing to be a hybrid safety/LB. Now, to be honest, I don't love the prospect of either Ragland or Brown as a pure WLB, and I have worried about MLB. But if you are telling me that we are going to yank LorAx (really an edge rusher) from SAM on nickel downs to slide in Seymour as an extra CB, and move Hyde into the box to line up over the slot receiver or TE while Poyer centerfields...well, I feel better about Brown and Ragland to shade the other have the field and run stuff respectively.

That's why the Eagles took a flier on him. One line that I can't forget is "he plays smaller than his size." I'll pass.

To be fair, that is one of the biggest knocks on his mentor Andy Reid. Reid does phenomenal work in preparation week to week. There are people in Philly who still rave about how well orchestrated the offense would be on the first few drives, and that he was a master of scripting plays. His downfall has always been what happens after those plays and if they are no longer working. Then his time management skills are blown open.

Look, I know we haven't seen one game from him as HC yet. It's too early to judge. That said, living in the Philly area, I remember hearing people hound the radio stations saying that they should have made a play for him as coach in 2016. There were people despondent when he came to the Bills. They mentioned a story where a reporter was waiting to speak with Brian Dawkins, a HOF level safety, at practice. He stayed out on the middle of the field with McDermott for half an hour, just talking. When the reporter asked about what they were talking about, Dawkins said "He was talking to me. He had said that I was already one of the best safeties in the league. And then he asked me if I was willing to do what it takes to be one of the best of all time." I am paraphrasing, and it doesn't meann anything until September, but he is very highly regarded.

Agreed. Maclin was a borderline #1 who can stretch vertically and would be one of the better #2's in the league, with the potential to also work in the slot. Decker and Zay are fairly close in role IMHO. Any luck on Barnidge?

Because I remember that game. It's a fleeting memory

He also got caught with an unloaded gun in his carry on. Not the brightest bulb.

Right now I am close to 13 Reasons while waiting for the result

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As a housewarming gift, my in laws got me a propane grill. I used it, because it waa convenient but last memorial day I needed to take out my old weber tailgate grill. The smell of that smoke and what it did to the food was amazing.

I would overpay to get this done

I will say that the standard for wings is a lot lower here than in WNY. That's not to say that there aren't any. There are a few good places that I've found, but in Buffalo most places around the corner have decent wings and here...not so much.

well, 6.8 mill, but again, it's pretty high. That said, there's not a lot of guarantees. After this year, he can be cut for $5M in cap space and as of 2019 he is guaranteed nothing so I wouldn't be shocked if they renegotiate.

That sounds in line with what spotrac suggested he would be worth. If so, it makes letting Woods walk on $7 million a year offer look like a wise choice.