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Command and receive are different stories. I don't see Clowney getting 20m. He is not in Mack territory. I think the market will soften a bit and teams are not going to severely overpay unless they are sure they are getting a superstar who will earn the money. Clowney 5 years 75m 45 guaranteed. Lawrence 5 yrs 70m 40 guaranteed. Bell 3 yrs 40m 20 guaranteed and that's the top of the market. I only see someone like the Jets drastically overpaying.

We could sign LeVeon Bell, Demarcus Lawrence, Jadevon Clowney, Daryl Williams and Matt Paradise and have 30m left so I think we are in good shape.

Sure, as a 3rd down RB, or as a #2 for 2-3m, why not? With a better OL, some new WR and some better play calling to get him in space, he may have some use. As a #1 RB at 6m per, definitely NO.

trade deadline had already passed. The only way to acquire Shady was if we released him and KC picked him up like KB.

I was going to concentrate on defense in the next post. It would just get too long, otherwise. I think we have a lot of questions on defense too? From scheme to players, especially depth and the DL.

I saw Diggs listed on a few FA sites. Are they wrong or maybe an RFA?

Before the season started there were a lot of questions to be answered about what the Bills were planning to do and what they could accomplish. After this season, I think we have more questions than when we started. Here is my list; Please add to it and let's get the bottom of this mess: It took more than half a season to sort out the QB situation, but I think the Bills finally settled the #1 and #2 spots for 2019. The biggest question mark to me is: QB? Can Josh Allen develop some touch on his passing game? Allen is not going to become elite with bullets and rushes. After watching Mahomes and Wilson square off last night (both QB's the Bills passed on) I could not help but notice that they made plays with pressure coming by completing unorthodox passes. Shuttles, flings, backhanded throwing motion, all precise and on target that turned short/dump-offs into big gains. With so much emphasis on Josh's mechanics and throwing motion, I can't help but feel he needs to find that short touch game and be able to improvise better. Granted better WR's will make those 25 yd bullets a routine catch, but I still think he needs to work on his short game. RB? Will Shady take a pay cut if he wants to stay? It is clear Shady lost a step and the run game took a hit. I think an incentive based 2-3 year contract with 2-3m base would work. I don't think he will get big bucks on the open market, especially when RB's like Ford, Murphy and Ivory racked up more YPC. It's clear we need a new #1 RB. Do we go after a FA like CJ Anderson, Tevin Coleman, Mark Ingram, David Johnson, TJ Yeldon or do we draft one in Rds 2-4? WR? Do we draft trade down and/or draft Metcalf, AJ or Marquis Brown, Nkeal Harry, or wait until the 2nd round to find a WR like UB's Johnson? We all know the obvious need here. IMO, we need to sign a FA (Lockett, Tate, Cobb) and draft a WR in the first round. As a.homer you want to see us trade down pick up OL in RD1 and take Johnson in Rd2. There seem to be a lot of college WR's putting up big stats, so it will be interesting to see how this pans out. I don't want to make the Sammy mistake again, but if someone starts to jump off the page as a legit game-changing #1, I think we need to think seriously about it. OL? How many starters can we legitimately replace? The OL has been pretty bad at times and other times they seem to be serviceable. It's obvious we need upgrades, but how many and from where? I'd be ok with taking the best Tackle off the board with our first pick. But if may be a case of BPA vs need when we are on the clock. With so many holes to fill, which one's are first? I think Ducasse, Miller and Sirles are gone. Groy, McDermitt, Boettger, are on the bubble for depth depending on how we draft and how they improve, but my guess is goodbye. That leaves us with Dawkins, Bodine, Teller and Mills should stay. Ideally Bodine and Mills would be depth backups and we sign Matt Paradis -C, Daryl Williams- RT Mason or Marpet - G TE? Can we sign a #1 TE? Damn do we need a TE or what. Clay is done. Croom can't hold on to the ball and Thomas can't catch. I say we sign Jared Cook, Jesse James or Delaine Walker, then draft another TE in Rd's 3-4. I like Eifert but his health is a major concern. I'd take a flier for an incentive driven, low risk contract. That about sums up my questions for the offense. Sadly, there's so much to do, I'm not sure how much attention we can give to the defense.

For the Bills I would term a hard catch as- "one that hits them in the hands or chest." A great catch would be anything that the WR's alligator arms have to stretch more than a foot off their body. And the impossible catch involves "leaving one's feet in an attempt to catch the damn ball."

I'm definitely on the Coleman train. I'm so-so on Yeldon. He seemed okay for a bit but never really lived up to his potential.

I've been thinking the same thing. Edmonds might be a better OLB. Unless he bulks up and toughens up, he's not a Luke Kuekly. Vander Esch looks much better at this stage.

He meant McDumwit

I'm with you word for word. It was disgusting and depressing to watch. Waiting 2 hours to spill your guts is fine. Not a Bills fan in the world could say they were not depressed watching the Pats spank us again. It's truly disturbing year after year. I was hopeful we were going to make some strides today and possibly knock NE down to a 3rd seed for good. Instead the resurrection of Foles put NE in the drivers seat for a bye and home field divisional game. I hate it. I abso*****inglutely hate it.

Croom makes critical mistakes fumbling the football. He completely spun the momentum back to NE when we could have closed in on a tie or one point game. It's a major issue that has happened twice so far. We need a legit #1 TE.

The difference between Baker Mayfield and the rest of the first round picks is night and day. Seems like they all fell in order. Mayfield > Darnold > Allen. Jury is out if Lamar leaps past Rosen and Allen.

Been garbage time since the first quarter of the first game with Peterman under center. The whole season was downhill from there.

They actually let him walk first, then he went nuts.

Off topic, but I think Foles is a better QB than Wentz. Philadelphia came back to life when Wentz went down. Foles is over 400 yds and beating Houston. It sucks. I don't want NE with a bye.

Damn, I don't think I've ever heard announcers say "off the hands of the WR" as much as a Bills game.

Croom killed the comeback. He's got to secure the ball. What a momentum changer. We left too many points on the field. This should be a 17-16 game right now with the Bills having a chance to win, but stupid mistakes, dumb calls and lack of talent are so destructive to this team.

a perfectly winnable game f'k up by the Bills again!

I was really hoping to see the Pats go down too. At least Brady is getting old and we have cap space next year. Lots of holes to fill.

or OL.

Damn, worst nightmare coming true. Phila winning and NE winning. AHHHH! hate the Patriots and do not want to see them in Super Bowl.

How many times has Croom done this. He has to secure the ball. Pegging little Pegs daughter will not give him a starting position

it's just a typical Pats game. We seem to climb back in and have a chance then the Pats get some big play when they are on the ropes. We have a lot of holes to fill for next year but I think the foundation is there to begin to compete for the playoffs and div title regularly.