Mango

It’s not just emphasis, it’s that they are in such rough shape, they need to hit on most, if not close to all FA and draft picks

All I wanted was competitive and improving football, regardless of record. 1/4 through the season, it looks like they will be letting me down.

I mean, it kinda did. Look at the mobility of QB’s since 2010. Lamar Jackson is coming in off the bench to run it. The NFL game is picking up a lot of tendencies from the college game. You could make a strong argument that the success of Ronnie Brown and the Dolphins were what opened the flood gates to that in the NFL

This needs to to be clarified. Order of importance for the franchise to perform for the future, or right now. Weve heavily invested in Allen. He needs to pan out. If McD and Beane are good at their jobs he will. If they are bad at their jobs he won’t. Because the franchise traded/invested so many assets into acquiring him, they need to protect that investment. Which means that Beane and McD become expendable in that scenario.

Huh. Dude played in the Big 12 and set a bunch of records there against teams like Texas, OSU, and OU. Texas Tech struggles sometimes in the big 12, but they are a major football program and not bad overall.

Local reports were that Whaley wanted Mahomes, and then Watson. Was told negatory on the QB, and selected Tre. Not Whaley’s call. Preferred pick was to stay put and draft Mahomes. Just some food for thought for the “process” guys...

This team is much worse than the 4-12 team that got us Dareus. I’ll take the under on 4 wins.

So you’re saying that we should line KW at FB so he can help Allen with the pre-snap reads?

Sort of fell in love with Allen in Minnesota. Selfless and tough as nails. Tremendous leader and all about the team. Off the charts physical abilities Hopefully that translates into a franchise QB for Buffalo.

Worried about Allen v. Pettine. He’s a good DC, especially against rookies. His D is a tough read. He has his weaknesses for sure, but this will be a good test for Allen with exotic coverages and blitzes.

All depends on which Bills team shows up

I mean he didn’t know “every nuance”. Didn’t we have 2-3 illegal formation penalties on a single series. That partially falls on JA. He’s gotta See that before he snaps the ball.

That pylon photo would be a great Madden cover. Also please don’t put Josh on Madden. The best part of Josh’s game today was he played with tons of moxy and swagger

I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I lived in Boston for a while, and there’s 5 different events/activities/things going on for each of the 10 things you’re into every week. In Buffalo there are less options. Depth is a little lacking if you will. Ive lived a bunch of places. I love Buffalo, it’s always been home, and is now too. It definitely gets a bad rap, it’s not the worst place, it has a ton going for it, I dig it, but it’s also not the absolute best, like some homers like to say it is.

Honest answer.... not yet, but right now I think they’re on the fence. If they blow net offseason and they’re terrible again next year, they probably become part of that conversation. Ive been highly critical of some of their moves, but also understand what they’re trying to do. For me they have the 2019 season. But the more they lose the deeper hole they are digging themselves.

It isn't a pie, right? So if they line is a huge problem, it doesn't make Allen less of one. Let's just remember that our QB was sacked on a handoff. Let the one sink in. The OL is a huge issue, so is QB play.

So 3x more cap space than your original response (2mil) . Or just Star’s money? We wouldn’t have needed to replace DT immediately and could have used Stars money on another position of need. Dareus’ dead cap after his season drops to

I just checked. He’s 13.5 mil in dead cap in Buffalo this year, and 10.1 mil in cap space in Jax. Star is 6.7 mil against the cap. Were spending 20 million in dead cap and a lesser replacement in Star, where we could have just kept Marcel at 10.1? Based on those number we could have Marcel and 10 mil more in cap space.... We would be better in defense and have more money to spend in that scenario....

I guess that’s the second point I’m trying to make. Based on the above numbers, if they’re correct. We wouldn’t need to spend 10 mil on Star. Wouldn’t need 4 mil on Davis. We’d have more money and less holes. More currency to spend on things like OL.

I guess that’s the point (I didn’t hate the Sammy trade) but if we’re talking pure cap, Sammy’s 5th year option is a conversation on if it is the best way to spend available money, not just assume it’s continued. Take it off the board. So whats the cap situation this year with a few moves...or not making moves? Dareus without Star? Does that bring the cap number to 20? No Sammy? 33? Darby without Vontae? 35? Glenn is one I’m not sure on in 2018. If my numbers are close, were we in cap hell, or did we create it? I havent been able to dig up the “what if numbers”. Honest question because I’m curious.

I am a little unclear on this. what was our cap situation in the offseason leading to 2018? Is it the 24 mil you cited? What would our cap situation be sans controllable factors/dead cap space this year if we hadn’t traded Dareus, Darby, or Watkins last year (not including the 5th year option)? What was our cap space thus year minus Murphy and Star?

Serious quesion. Knowing what we know now. Would you keep Glenn, Darby, Bradham, and Dareus, have them on the roster for 2018. Use 2019 (and/or less 2018)draft capital to trade up for Allen and Edmunds. And grab 2 OL this year in round 2? Second question, would we be better if we did that?

Well.... I’ve won as an athlete 6 National Championships... Then as a coach, I won another 6.... There are a few years in there too, where I lived at the Olympic Training Center full time. So, to answer your question, yes, I do get it.

Yeah...I’m not. You do some stuff pretty average, maybe slightly above. Maybe you were MLB in the 1984 Monsignor Martin championship game? Woulda gone to state, and gotten big time scholarship if it weren’t for the ref blowing that call, and you twisting your ankle in the 3rd quarter. Elite talent, specifically in athletics, that you don’t get even a little bit. Mark it down.

I don’t think you have any actual clue how people who are exceptional at their job actually operate. They don’t make things worse. Something, anything, gets better year after year, day after day.