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Bledsoe was really good for half a season and then wasted our time and broke our hearts. Tyrod was a good running quarterback for nearly a full season. When ALynn was the HC and Tyrod the QB, the offense averaged something like 27 points/game. Not stellar, but not chicken feed either. Fitz was a great guy, a great leader, but had an erratic arm - particular on longer passes. All those deep completions to Stevie? I really believe Fitz grunted and heaved with all his might and then simply hoped for the best. Johnson, for all his flaws, had a knack for tracking down a ball. Mitch played really well for the better part of one preseason game. Personally, I'm not ready to draw any conclusions.

So many NFL Head Coaches are set up for failure: no QB, bad GM, weak roster, cheap/meddling owner, etc. Dabs will get offers, that's for sure. But will he get the right offer? Maybe. Maybe not. I wouldn't be stunned if he's still with the Bills in 2022. I wouldn't be stunned if he's not. For our sake, I hope we retain all the coaches McD wants to retain - including Daboll.

I don't see the 'terrifying' concern. The Pegulas hired football people (Beans, McD) to run football operations. They hired PR people to do PR. They hired negotiators to negotiate.

The analytics comment was interesting

I never expect a national media guy to give me information I don't already know except when (1) there's a personnel move, or (2) they have a good interview. King has tremendous access to NFL players, coaches, and scouts. Sometimes the information he picks up interviewing them is interesting. Not this time. Unless you count this quote from Bean about Boogie, “His inside-outside versatility’s been impressive.” We've actually heard that before but it might be a hint at how they plan to use him.

I like Cynthia. Smart lady. Avid marathon runner. More to the point, I think her take on football is often better than what I hear from other analytic geeks.

In-N-Out is a normal cheeseburger. That's exactly what makes it great. Simple cheeseburgers, done right, are fantastic. Some of the fast food behemoths find ways to ruin, much like they ruined shakes by making them with complicated mixes instead of real ice cream and good simple ingredients. I hate In-N-Out fries though. Five Guys fries are way better. Even McD fries are better.

KC is a carnivorous town, saturated with burger and bbq joints. It doesn't need another burger chain - it already has numerous burgers options. What KC needs is more diversity. But I do love a good burger. Both In-And-Out and Five Guys do burgers right. Nothing fancy, just good fresh ingredients making for tasty, juicy burgers. If you want a truly superior burger, go to an upscale steakhouse and get something with real Kobe beef. If you want a convenient, cheap burger made from a frozen patty: go to McDonalds. In-And-Out and Five Guys admirably fill a niche in between the extremes.

It's an interesting idea: get a bunch of NFL insiders to rate QBs. But this approach has limitations. For example, how much does the Giants OC really know about Allen? Or the personnel guy at the Falcons who oversees college scouting? These guys don't watch every game of every team. I'm sure everyone one of the coaches and execs polled know more about the NFL than I do. But I think most of us on this board know more about Josh Allen.

"I'm sure you're right." ~ Lorax

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I voted Singletary though nothing would surprise me. But forced to choose, I think Singletary’s off season will give him a slight edge.

It sounds like a great question to ask: How many yards did the back earn on their own? But the way it is measured seems very subjective: "All yards... beyond what was blocked.... after the first evaded tackle."

Wow, this is crazy. Who can predict the NFL 3 years into the future??? And Wolfe is high on Tag but does he really expect him to significantly outplay the league’s #2 MVP? Fin fans will cheer if Tua becomes almost as good as Josh. Given how quickly the NFL changes, 90% of Miami’s coaches and players 3 years from now will be different than today. Who’s to say how that works out?

Michael Holley is the guy who predicts our new DEs to be busts. You know, the same Michael Holley who took three different teams to the SB as a GM. Oops... No... He's just another talking head. Don't care.

My experience as a new Kansas Citian is very different. I wear my Bills gear proudly, flaunt my Bills iPhone case, and have Bills stickers on my cars. So far, this has done nothing but stirred some friendly conversations about football. The Chief fans I've run into are much like Bills fans. They're appreciative of their coach and QB, but also see the flaws in their team. They also, btw, see the Bills as a real threat to future SB runs. They know Allen is better than he appeared in the game against them.

For many years, we were blessed with good running backs - and poor QBs. Oddly, we face the opposite situation now. Here's what I remember though I can't find this anywhere on Google. Terry got sick after his promising rookie year. The disease (what? can't remember) left him with poor peripheral vision. He was never the same.

Sure. PFF isn't 'real' football work. While teams do subscribe to PFF, I don't think many coaches or scouts concern themselves with it very much. PFF exists to entertain. Their job is to create content that gets attention and drives sales. You can't blame them for doing their job. I do read power and player rankings from time to time but I don't really care what they say. I'm pretty confident I know the Bills better than any of the national media gurus or stat geeks. Most of us here do. I don't need them to validate my opinions.

Like a plurality of folks, I voted for a slight improvement. Josh has gotten better every year and yet still has room for improvement. I'm not sure why I should believe he won't improve this season - that his trajectory will suddenly change.

Great video. Many years ago, I watched "Top Gun" with a bunch of other young army lieutenants. It's hard to described how pumped up we got: different branch, different way of fighting - but we loved watching the fighter jocks. Can't do barrel rolls in a tank! McD was obviously nervous at the beginning, and I don't blame him. P.S. Thanks for your service.

I voted no. There's not much of a gap between them anymore. And its been decades since we've had a successful signal caller in Buffalo. Josh is thriving here and his teammates love him. Why mess with that?

A lot of folks a few years ago were saying Overdorf needed to go for the Bills to be winners again.

The Cover 2 has been around for a long while so there's nothing new here. But what makes this video seriously dated, at least far as it pertains to Edmunds, is that it depicts a 4-3 defense. NFL teams infrequently line up in a 4-3 anymore. I read somewhere that NFL defenses used 3 or more LBs on only 24% of plays last season. That amazes me. I remember the old debates about the pros and cons of a 4-3 versus a 3-4. Not we're seeing only 1 or 2 LBs on the field on most plays. I'm guessing the 4-2-5 Nickel is the most common defense in the NFL right now. If I'm not mistaken, the Chiefs most common defensive alignment in the AFC Championship game against us was the 4-1-6. Edmunds is going to have different responsibilities in a 4-2-5 than a 4-3.

I forgot the mention the Frank Lloyd Wright Graycliff House in Darby, maybe 30 minutes from Buffalo. I've personally never been but the photos are tremendous. And it's open to the public. I'll make sure to visit on my next trip to the area. I really wanted to stay at the Henry Hotel my next time in Buffalo but I heard it closed during the pandemic. Sad news. The Henry Hotel was located in the Richardson Olmstead Campus which is the new, pleasant name for the old Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane. I remember driving by it when I was a student at UB before I transferred out of state. It was my favorite building in Buffalo (that and the Central Terminal which I once snuck inside). The Henry Hotel took over part of the place and won numerous accolades for "adaptive reuse" - the fancy expression architects use to describe the renovating and repurposing of historic buildings.

I love Wade's attitude and it's a great story. But when you look at our RB room, I don't see how he makes the 53.