BRH

Keep hoping.

Erik Flowers and Aaron Maybin would like a word.

I haven’t read the thread but I hope someone pointed out that if Beane had taken Benford in the 1st round and Elam in the 6th, he wouldn’t have been able to get ***** for Elam. 4D chess!

Agreed, and if anyone had asked me which I would have preferred to keep, I would have said Ty Johnson all the way. Love Mack and the way he stepped up last season, but if we had re-signed him we would have been paying for past performance rather than for the role we expect him to play in 2025, and that’s no way to run a franchise.

So… We’re basically keeping everyone we want to keep, AND convincing player after player to come here from Southern California for the winter. Are those palm trees I see growing around One Bills Drive? Or just a bunch of W’s?

Came here to say this and was surprised it took this long for someone to raise it. It's the size, the high-90s number, the DE/LB flexibility, the NFC experience, and, well, the other thing.

No kidding. We got the Niners' first-round pick in '79 which ended up being #1 overall. We took Tom Cousineau out of Ohio State. Ralph wouldn't pay him so he went to the CFL. When he came back we traded his rights to the Browns for their first pick in '83... with which we took Jim Kelly. We had to wait eight years for the return on the OJ deal, but boy was it worth it.

I see that list and I raise you this one: Bruce Mathison Joe Dufek Brian McClure David Humm EJ Manuel TJ Yates Matt Cassell Dan Manucci Matt Kofler Brian Brohm

The issue I have is he’s negotiating in public. That’s his right, but what have the Bills and Beane done to make him do that? Time and again they’ve proven they take care of the guys they want to keep. If he truly wanted to stay here and be paid fairly, he’d tell his agent to get a deal done, and he’d shut up (and tell his loudmouth washed-up brother to shut up) until it was done. He wants the entire bag and doesn’t particularly care where he gets it. Again, that’s his right. I have no hard feelings. It’s a business. But when people tell you who they are, believe them.

I'm not gonna be one of those "I'm glad we didn't make it" people. The only way to win it is to be in it. It was a nice consolation prize watching the Chiefs get humiliated, but I'd rather have been watching us play last night. I don't think Josh would have laid quite the egg that Kermit did.

I agree with much of what you say but the draft was VERY different in Brady’s time. There were like 50 rounds, more minor leagues, and LOTS more kids getting drafted out of high school as opposed to today when there are 20 rounds and only the very best HS players get drafted.

He can kick it long. But he outkicks his coverage and twice tonight he failed to pin the Eagles deep. Just boom into the end zone for a 30-yard net. He sucked tonight.

Leave the man alone, he retired two quarters ago.