thebandit27

No sweat--he's utterly forgettable.

Does Donte Whitner not count?

His point is very simple: there is a marked difference between "this team isn't good enough" and "nothing this team does is any good, ever". Many folks, including yourself, appear to express solely the latter sentiment, which isn't true at all.

EJ Manuel started against Pittsburgh and led two TD drives. Cassel came in for 2 series after that. Tyrod came in and led a single TD drive, then EJ came back into the game followed by Simms.

I know, but I'm not basing it on his numbers. I'm looking purely at his skillset, and it's far, far different from the Kliff Kingsbury-types that inflated their numbers without the pro-style passing skills. Mahomes has more than the quick trigger. He's a terrific athlete who can buy himself time. He knows how to keep his eyes downfield; he can drop a deep pattern in the bucket, but he's also got the mid-range accuracy and velocity to hit the money throws. He's definitely got some work to do to clean up his footwork and re-point his delivery (he's got some residual baseball mechanics that he's got to eliminate--Blokes and I talked about that a ways back, but I guess he quit baseball this year, so we'll see), but if he can do so, he's got the makeup to be a franchise QB IMO.

Well, to be fair, he was quoting Oscar Gamble; I just didn't know it at the time. And so I went home that night, got hammered with the roommates, and listened to it approximately 492 times in a row.

I'm partial to this one, since it was uttered directly into my tape recorder... "You know that old saying: they don't think it be like it is, but it do." -Jason Peters

I think they'll be top 5 again. Remember that this team finished 1st in rushing yards overall, but also finished 1st in YPC and 5th in total yards when QB yards are removed from every team's rushing totals, so they can definitely move the ball on the ground with their RBs. Personally, I'd be fine seeing a bit of a regression in the run game as long as the passing game improves.

I think they could manage to top the $14M AAV number if they really want to; I did a few calculations on it this weekend. Here's how it would look: 5 years, $70.75M total value. $39M fully guaranteed at signing (that's $2.5M more in fully gtd money than Josh Norman). Season Base Signing Bonus Misc. Bonus Cap Hit Dead Hit Savings 2016 $2M (gtd) $5M (gtd) $0.75 $7.75M $39M -$31.25M 2017 $4M (gtd) $5M (gtd) $0.75 $9.75M $32M -$22.25M 2018 $8M (gtd) $5M (gtd) $0.75 $13.75M $23M -$9.25M 2019 $12M (gtd*) $5M (gtd) $0.75 $17.75M $10M $7.75M 2020 $16M $5M (gtd) $0.75 $21.75M $5M $16.75M * Base salary for 2019 becomes fully guaranteed on 3rd day of 2019 league year The above structure allows the agent to report that the contract has $51M in "guaranteed" money, which means he got more than the $50M "guaranteed" that Norman got, so in all ways the contract surpasses that of Norman. It also allows for Gilmore to be released/extended/restructured after the 2018 season, which is also the final year of Darby's deal. Assuming the team can sign Darby to an extension prior to 2018--one that kicks in after the 2018 season--they should be able to lock up their cornerback duo for the next 3 seasons without having to pay both a massive cap number in the same year. Also, the above contract would keep Gilmore's cap number below that of the 2016 franchise tag number for CBs through the 2018 season, which is phenomenal value for a #1 CB.

The problem with this approach is that, right now, he cannot (as a practical matter) hold out, since he'll accumulate hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Next offseason, if/when he's tagged, he doesn't have to sign it--he won't be under contract and cannot be fined for holding out, which means he could miss all of camp, and even parts of the season before he reports. We then lose out on performance (most likely), which hurts the team, and we still end up paying him $14M in guaranteed money. I'm not saying he would definitely hold out, but it's not a good situation. The smart move is to either get his deal done or let him walk next offseason and try to replace him with either a draft pick or a guy like Darius Slay, Prince Amukamara, or Robert Alford. Personally, I'd rather sign Gilmore, but it's not looking great for that right now (big thanks go out to the Giants for blowing up the market on 3 different positions with absurd deals for mediocre players like Damon Harrison, Janoris Jenkins, and Olivier Vernon).

Sounds like a BS accusation based on her claim and the witnesses' statements. Wrist pain and a red mark? Witness from inside the vehicle says no assault took place? Not buying it at all.

I have so many that it's really not fair to name one. A list of just a few of my faves: Cowgirls Fan Bill from NYC Jauronimo Goooooooooooogny Cugalagringo Kirby K-9 3rdand12 NoSaint GunnerBill #BADOL Rico EDIT: many got left out, so hopefully you all know who you are. There's also a bunch of relative newcomers like BarleyNY, Blokes, Chuck Wagon, & P51 among others that are great. As for a final answer, I'll pay an homage to a favorite poster of yore, who I wish will return some day: San Jose Bills Fan He was polite, insightful, circumspect, and open-minded. Come back SJBF, the board is better with you around.

Male: Jake Gyllenhaal. He's awful in every conceivable way Female: Gwyneth Paltrow. I've never seen anyone so unauthentic get so many feature roles.

Yes; excellent observation! That LSU game told me a lot about his ability to stay with a play. I think he's going to go into the season as my QB1...just so much skill. Hopefully focusing solely on football sports-wise will clean up his delivery and mechanics, because I feel like he could be special.

Just got done watching a bunch of Patrick Mahomes, and I'll call my shot: if this kid can clean up his delivery he's going to be a top-10 pick. He's an exceptional athlete, has a rocket arm, and can get the ball out quickly and in rhythm.

IMO, Kyle is a terrible fit as a 5-tech end, and that's why he won't play the 5-tech much of the time. In reality, when he lines up at "end", he'll be in a 3-tech (on the outside shoulder of the guard) or a 6-tech (on the outside shoulder of the OT), with the Rush 'backer on the outside edge. It's far more likely that Bryant and Washington--who have much better length--will play the 5-tech. Again, if you're looking at Washington as a pure DE, then he's not a great fit. I doubt he'll play as a DE in a 4-man front. He'll most likely rotate between 5T/3T, and play some 1-tech nose (like Rex used to do with Mo Wilkerson on occasion) to mix things up. His skill set actually lends itself quite well to Rex's scheme. From your link: Active interior pass rusher who uses head fakes and foot quickness to open doors to a guards edge. Able to string together pass rush moves and counters. At his best on the move. Can be tough to reach and secure for offensive linemen thanks to lateral quicks. When rush has stalled, will gather himself and look to get his hands in the passing lane. Plus change of direction talent and can hound a runner who tries to bounce it outside. Adequate power at the point of attack and has experience as both a one and two gap defender. Productive tackler with extended tackle radius to get in on the action. Will win if consistently single blocked. ^That reads like an ideal down lineman for a 3-man front. Cardale is no threat to see the field in 2016. That said, he's got a prototype body with very real arm talent, so it's no wonder why a team would spend a mid-round pick on a prospect with a bundle of physical ability if the upside is that he could be a contributor at the most important position in sports.

While I agree that Dareus would be a great fit at the 5-tech, I think you're going to see a lot of rotation between Dareus/Kyle/Washington/Bryant at all 3 DL positions, just the same as I think you'll see a lot of rotation among Hughes/Manny/Shaq-once-he's-healthy at EDGE.

PaattMaann! Where have you been? You may end up right about Wilder; I just meant that--at this point--Gillislee has the inside track on the #2 job for week 1 (assuming J-Will gets suspended, since we know Karlos won't be available).

I guess when you're still young, you have a bunch of money, and you aren't thrilled with your options, that's what you do.

Emmitt Smith. He was the drive chain for those Dallas Championship teams, was tough as nails, and was as classy as they come off the field.

Geez...it's the most desolate time of the offseason, where nothing is happening, and we've got a story in the news about a guy trying to make the team. Wilder will be, at best, the 3rd option on the depth chart in week 1, and I can tell you from the bits I've seen of him at FSU that I'd take him ahead of Reggie Bush--a guy that was clearly on the decline before he tore his ACL at the age of 30. As to Blount, no thanks for multiple reasons: 1) if he can't make the Pats' roster ahead of James White and Branden Bolden, he's not worth much; 2) everywhere else he's been besides NE he's quit on his team. The Bills are in a very good spot RB-wise, where they can lose 2 RBs to off-field issues and still face the prospect of having a 2-headed attack of Shady and Mike Gillislee. Now, if they were to suffer another loss due to injury or off-field issues, then that's a different story.

I think you mean a 1-technique, but yeah, if that's the only role he had, I'd agree. I think you're going to see a lot of moving chess pieces up front this year. Dareus will play 1-tech, 0-tech, and then he'll move from the 3 all the way out to the 5. I think the same will be done with Kyle and Washington as well. Bryant has also shown that kind of versatility.

It's very early yet, but give me Tony Conner (if he's healthy) in round 1 and Cooper Kupp in round 2 and I'll call it a successful draft. Unless he's improved dramatically, I think Barnes is an easy cut. He looked way out of place last year, and the fact that they tried him at OL in OTAs and minicamp tells me that they don't really see much of a future for him at NT. Of course, I could be mistaken.

I'd sign up for that right now. I do think it's more likely that it's WR/S in the draft's top 2 rounds, with NT being addressed a bit later, but nevertheless, I like that approach. Agreed on all.

Here's my evaluation: Let's first assume that the 2017 Salary Cap increases by $10M from the 2016 cap, and thus a cap of ~$165M. This leaves the Bills ~$31M under the cap with 54 players under contract. Assumed Cuts (players that are very likely to be gone) Kyle Williams - saves $6.8M Corey Graham - saves $3.775M Very Possible Cuts (players that could easily be let go without much loss in on-field production) Jerome Felton - saves $1.2M Marcus Easley - saves $1.025M Cyrus Kouandjio - saves $1.08M Difficult Cuts (cuts that would save significant cap room, but would adversely affect on-field production) Eric Wood - saves $4.525M Nickell Robey - saves $1.625M For now, I'll move forward as though the "Assumed" and "Very Possible" cuts go through, but that the "Difficult" cuts don't happen. This results in an additional $13.88M in cap room, so we're talking about approximately $45M in cap space with 49 players under contract. Let's first assume $6.5M to get 2017 draft picks under contract. Then assume that, of the team's RFAs, they'll want to tender offers to Gillislee, Schmidt, Enemkpali, and Groy. Each should get the lowest tender, which will be somewhere around $1.75M (5% increase from 2016); that's another $7M. In total, draft picks and RFA contracts bring the Bills' total cap space down to ~$31.5M. UFAs That Will Likely Re-Sign Cheap Zach Brown Chris Gragg Fernando Velasco Sterling Moore or Corey White Greg Salas Figure another $3.5M for the above; we're down to $28M. UFAs That Will Walk Manny Lawson Corbin Bryant Jordan Mills Robert Woods Tyrod and Gilmore Here's my shot at the contracts to keep both... Gilmore: 5 years, $66.5M, $32M guaranteed Year Base Signing Roster Cap Hit Dead Hit Savings 2016 $11M (gtd) $3M -- $14M $32M -$18M 2017 $6M (gtd) $3M -- $9M $18M -$9M 2018 $8M $3M $1.5M $12.5M $9M $3.5M 2019 $10M $3M $1.5M $14.5M $6M $8.5M 2020 $12M $3M $1.5M $16.5M $3M $13.5M Tyrod: 5-year, $100M, $40M guaranteed Base Signing Total Dead 2017 8 8 16 40 2018 9 8 17 32 2019 12 8 20 24 2020 14 8 22 16 2021 17 8 25 8 The above leaves $3M available for UFAs from outside the organization. The needs will likely be RT, WR, DL, and S. If we assume that two of those needs can be filled in the draft, then that $3M will need to go toward filling the other 2 needs. Sorry for the novel.