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I think under Belichick Stiddy will put up average NFL numbers. And I think Belichick and McDaniels will be able to manufacture points. While I am hearing good things about Stidham out of New England, mostly I have a lot of confidence in Belichick and his staff.

Folks say Stidham was miscast in the Auburn offense. True or not, he won't be asked to play outside himself with the Pats. Belichick and McDaniels will build the offense around Stiddy's strengths while avoiding his weaknesses. I think he'll be the starter and I think the Pats will put up points. That's a really small sample size and tells us nothing. Word out of Boston is that Stiddy looked solid in practice last year and understands Belichick's concepts.

I haven't read the whole thread yet so my apologies if someone has already mentioned Terry Miller. Miller finished #2 in Heisman voting to the great Earl Campbell in 1977 and was picked by the Bills #5 in the first round of the 1978 draft. Terry gained 1000 yards his rookie season and it looked like the Bills found a new franchise RB to replace OJ. But Miller only gained about 500 yards during the the rest of his short NFL career. I can't swear this is true but I heard at the time that he developed an eye condition prior to his sophomore season with the Bills that damaged his peripheral vision.

Reaching for positional need results in bad-value picks. I really hope Beane goes BPA like he says. Given the depth of the receiver class this draft, I'd be fine if the BPA turned out to be a WR.

I watched "Greater" and thought it was okay. Not being Christian, the faith-based sports story didn't resonate with me as much as it would have if it was simply a feel-good football tale. "Greater" scores a 7.2 on IMDB which is a solid - but not great - score. A few fans scored it a perfect 10. Naysayers, on the other hand, said things like this: I am a Christian myself, God does not offend me in any way, nor his many followers. But what does offend me is the feeling of being duped into being given a sermon about "Gods will" every couple of minutes. I also feel that had the makers not concentrated so much on "spreading the word", and centered on the story of a sporting underdog done great, it would have been a good film. My Christian wife, like me, also thought the movie was merely 'okay.' I'll add though that I probably would never have learned the story of Brandon Burlsworth, an impressive young man, if not for the movie.

I don't 'absolutely' believe any particular WR in this draft will be better than Diggs though it wouldn't surprise me if 1 or 2 did end up being better. I just don't know which 1 or 2. Let me ask: If Diggs - as a proven NFL vet - was allowed to enter this draft, where would he be picked? I'd guess he'd be the top WR taken because he's a proven NFL performer. Every time a GM makes a pick, they're relying on a lot of scouting, hope, and prayer. Draftees are great because they play on rookie contracts. Otherwise, a proven guy is better than a guess, hope & prayer - no matter how educated that guess may be.

It's so hard to accurately predict the Bills first pick. You'd have to guess which 53 players will be off the board by then and then guess who Beane sees at the BPA. Given our lack of urgent needs, I really do believe Beane will go BPA with his first pick. The only positions I think Beane would NOT draft here are QB, P, and PK.

Nonetheless, he's the best QB on the roster. HOF QBs like Kelly are hard to find. We'd rather have Josh under center than some random journeyman. Let's support the guy. Nonetheless, Josh does wear a Bills uni. He's one of us. He's trying his hardest to bring us W's. He fights for the Bills. Let's support the guy.

5 players actually have negative values.

Thanks for the well-wishes. While things could have worked out better, they could have easily been worse, too. I count myself lucky. I'm talking to friends about exactly this. The key to business is simple: buy low, sell high. We think there may be some opportunities to buy low coming up. Lenders and investors are little nervous right now but a new normal will emerge eventually. Thanks for the kind thoughts. We actually made an offer on a package of restaurants and the offer was accepted. But the owner was extremely slow in providing his end-of-year financials - impeding the due diligence phase of the buying process - and that pushed back the date of the closing of the deal. It was frustrating at the time but it saved me and my partner from a huge mistake. Not knowing where we'll end up, my wife and I are looking at motor homes and will try the RV lifestyle for a while. I imagine myself parked in our RV near a little creek somewhere in the beautiful Cascade Mountains, doing a little reading & writing, and hiking with my husky. While the circumstances are far from ideal, we're looking for silver linings and finding some.

Long story short... after working in the restaurant industry for 20+ years, I quit my good-paying job and sold my house to chase a dream and buy a couple of restaurants. Fortunately we didn't close the deal before Covid 19 hit. If we had, I'd be bankrupt - my life savings mostly gone - because the restaurant industry is in smoking ruins right now. Nonetheless I am effectively homeless and without an income. And given then sad state of the restaurant business (industry experts expect 100,000+ restaurants to permanently close over the next few weeks) and my advanced age (61), I'm not sure how fast I'll be able to pick myself back up and dust myself off. According to estimates, 3,000,000 other restaurant workers are currently unemployed and I personally know mom-and-pop restaurant owners teetering on insolvency. Sad all the way around. Hopefully the NFL season isn't cancelled and the Bills make a run this year. I sometimes proudly wear a Bills sweatshirt that says, "Just One Before I Die."

You want to force the other team to defend the entire breadth and depth of the field. The more real estate they have to worry about, the less successful they'll be. An offense must present a deep threat to be maximally effective. All this talk about trajectory and level shoulders is good. But to me the problem seemed more mental rather than physical. It seemed to me that Josh was throwing not to be picked instead of throwing to complete a big play. I'm not saying, of course, that Josh consciously threw off target. But I think the fear of being picked subconsciously effected Josh's ball placement.

He looks faster than his 4.65 40 time - fast for a guy who likes to bang heads.

This would be interesting if a group of retired scouts put it together. One ESPN guy can't possible do a credible job rating position groups of the entire NFL. When Clay is labelled an "analyst" what that really means is that he's a professional writer and amateur football evaluator.

I've never whined and cried about PFF because I really don't care what they say. They're not very good. It's really hard to evaluate a player without knowing what his assignment is or what his coaches are telling him. To make matters worse, sometimes a player will get out of position because he's trying to cover up for someone else's missed assignment. How is that graded? It surprises me that supposedly all 32 teams subscribe to PFF. What PFF does is an interesting attempt to quantify individual performance in a team sport but they have a long way to go.

I'm too old for Madden but this does seem like a fun thing to follow for those staying at home. But, man, I have a lot of problems with the player ratings.

Not necessarily. The Bills have been so bad for so long, that if the Bills win the AFC East with 12 or more wins, Allen will get a lot of votes even without 35 TDs and 4000 yards.

I watched this game live. Probably my 2nd favorite game of all time - behind only The Comeback. Fun to reminisce. Thanks for posting.

What TT lacks as a passer, he partially makes up for as a runner. Pair Tyrod with a good RB, and opposing defenses need to be prepared to stop two viable running options without entirely being able to neglect the pass. In 2016 when ALynn was calling the plays in Buffalo (after Roman got fired), the Bills offense averaged something like 26 ppg when TT was under center. That's not spectacular but it's really solid - and significantly better than the 19.6 ppg our Bills averaged last year. ALynn clearly knows how to maximize TT's unique skill set and work around his weaknesses. If Chargers can get the right cast around TT, they could potentially score 30 ppg. At least, that's probably what Tyrod's thinking when he talks about 'turning heads.' I personally like Taylor and would love to see him get his day in the sun.

We won an AFL Championship with Jack Kemp at QB. You don't need Tom Brady to win big games. Allen seems to have the same thing that made Kemp a winner: Leadership. And sophomore QBs aren't yet fully made. Josh can get better and hopefully will. Jim Plunkett, for example, in his sophomore year with the Patsies made really bad decisions too - far worse than Josh. That season he threw 25 picks versus 8 TDs! People questioned whether or not he was good enough to start in the NFL. Later in his career, though, Plunkett won two Super Bowl with the Raiders and was named a Super Bowl MVP. I think it's far too early to give up on Josh. There was clear progression from Year 1 to Year 2. Let's see what Year 3 brings before we start looking for another QB.

Agreed. Singletary is not a Bell Cow RB and that era is over anyway. And if Singletary is 1a, Yeldon is not 1b. I don't agree with the posters who seem to think RBs are a dime-a-dozen. There's just as big a difference between JAGs and Superstars at the RB position as any other position. I'd like the Bills 1b to be someone who's good-to-great, not just a JAG like Yeldon. Ideally, the 1a and 1b possess different skillsets. So I'd love to see us draft a strong between-the-tackles bruiser.

That's a really interesting reality and a much appreciated improvement over what we've seen in years past. But if I were a GM, I'd aim to get 2 PB quality studs on the OL. I think the trench is that important.

Gore was a shell of his former self. But our OL didn't consistently create holes, or push defenders back in short yardage situations. Both our passing game and running game need to improve. Getting better weapons will help. Diggs instantly makes the receiving corps more lethal. A bruising between-the-tackles RB to complement Singletary would be great. My biggest hope, though, is that JA and the OL get better.

Sincere condolences to his family and friends. Hope he gets to see the Bills win a Super Bowl in a better place.

Kelce dropped 5.9% of his targets and had 8 total drops versus 97 receptions Knox dropped 20% of his targets and had 10 total drops versus 28 receptions. It's not remotely close. Knox was a drop machine last season - an easy winner of the NFL's 2019 "Hands of Stone" award. https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/stats?season=2019&week=100&category=RECEIVING&opp=0&sort=10&qualified=0&sortOrder=0