Dragonborn10

No worries, there are no future HOF QB's on the schedule next year

I think they walked on his lawn too!!!

Doug lets Gilmore walk and signs Eric Berry Gilmore is good but just not that good to give top dollar to. Let someone else pay him. Berry is great. He is 28 and safeties can play at a high level at an older age. He has 4-5 years left of great football. Doug has depth at CB already and probably feels he can get a CB in the draft. The best safeties may be off the board at #10 and they need offense at #10 - either QB, WR, or TE. My vote would be for Tyrod and a WR at #10. Graham is then cut and AW returns on a reworked deal. The secondary now becomes a strength along with the DL. These moves get the Bills to 10 maybe 11 wins by addressing the worst unit and weakens a competitor. Silly but not out of the realm of possibility.

Ragland should be an upgrade over P. Brown at MLB. P. Brown was an acceptable MLB in the 4-3. Let them both compete for the job. I would not be surprised if P. Borwn is a training camp cut as I don't think he does much for STs.

Any other DC and the 2016 team is a WC and given the other teams that made the playoffs had a legit shot to play NE in the AFC Championship game. Rex destroyed the defense. Almost any other DC keeps Miami from putting up over 200 yards rushing. They scored enough points. It was not the QB. It was the defense. Could the QB play have been better? No doubt. A few healthy WRs would have helped too. But I think you discount just how much better this defense will be in a 4-3 with the players they have. It would look a hell of a lot better if they keep Gilmore and Z. Brown and add a safety or two. But Z. Brown will cost too much so they will need to find a decent FA or rookie to make some plays from the OLB spot. All that said, I will contradict myself and say they should still get a WR or TE in the first round - preferably with a trade down to add picks and address LB and S as above. A more explosive offense with a healthy Sammy and another true WR threat will make TT better, will pt more pressure on the opposing team to score, and hopefully give the defense some leads to work with so they can turn loose KW, MD, SL, and JH to rush the passer.

Extend him on a three year contract. Lower cap hit. He was second best defender last year after Zach just ahead of Lorax and Gilmore. If they were going to cut him it would have been last off season coming off injury and not knowing if he could play well again. Whaley made the right call then as he did with Fred Jackson. Whaley will keep and probably extend KW.

Sammy had his greatest 8 game stretch with TT. It is more about his health than the QB. Second it is about the offense as a whole. He needs double digit targets every game. But I don't see him as a 100 cath guy. I see him as more of a 14 TD on 75 receptions type of player. TT, Sammy, and this running game are set up perfectly to force the defense to play the safety to defend the run. Another WR threat will allow multiple single coverage opportunities per game. That is when Sammy needs the ball whether he is covered or not. TT has to start anticipating Sammy will get open or make the catch and just throw it instead of checking down or waiting too long for Sammy to get open resulting in a sack.

Top 10 steps to the AFC Championship game 1. Fire Rex - Done 2. Switch to the 4-3 - Done 3. Franchise Gilmore - Soon 4. Keep TT 5. Trade down at least twice in the draft - select WR, S, TE, OLB, WR, DB, MLB, RB Mixon, Oklahoma in the 7th if still there 6. A. Williams returns 7. Ragland is healthy and is at least serviceable at MLB 8. Sign five solid but not star FA's - RT, safety, WR, OLB, DB 9. Bring back Groy and Gillislee on RFA deals 10. Restructure Dareus to help pay for 8 and 9 This assumes Z. Brown is gone.

Need a run on overrated QBs early and then trade down. Whaley needs to get more picks. Too many holes to fill in defensice backfield and at WR

What makes you think he would be a good mentor? Did he help Geno Smith? Just because he may be intelligent does not necessarily make him football smart. Nor does it mean he will be a good teacher/mentor. He still believes he can play and start. I'm not saying he couldn't be a good mentor, but he hasn't shown any ability to do so in the past including publicly calling out his owner for not starting.

Run on QB's in the top 9 is best thing that can happen for Buffalo. It will push the real talent down. Should be a good chance to move down and still grab one of two top WR, the best TE, or a top DB.

Kirby, you are always the voice of reason. You should get your own thread. We sometimes disagree but you are respectful in your opinions and consider other opinions/thoughts.

Let him walk. He wore down as the year went on. He will be a situational pass rusher. He will not be a staritng DE nor starting OLB. He is OLD. They can sign three guys in their twenties to pay LB and ST's for less than what he is asking. They have gaping holes in the secondary and need to spend their FA dollars at LB, DB, S, and WR. Keep Gilmore and try to keep Z. Brown. I think Z. Brown will get overpaid elsewhere.

The D-line is set to play 4-3 or a 4 down-lineman nickel. It allows KW and MD to be penetrating and disruptive DTs. Washington and Lawson will be fine as 4-3 base DE's and Hughes will slide down and play DE in the nickel. The key is Z. Brown or another LB that can cover either in FA or the draft. Bring back Lorax as a situational pass-rusher and rotating nickel DE. Ragland and Brown can fight for the MLB spot. My hunch is neither will be any good and will be off the team in 2018. They need to add another LB or two in the draft that can run. And none of this addresses the nightmare that is the safety position. AW coming back would be huge. Malik Hooker would be great at 10, even better if he fell to 15-18 because of the recent surgery announcement.

Excellent post. I agree sack yardage should count against TT and his sacks allowed number climbed in 2016. But even the most ardent critics of TT, can't look at 2015 and 2016 statistics without some mention of the WR injury situation. The loss of talent on the outside had a negative effect on the entire offense. Even losing Woods' downfield blocking hurt. The eyeball test tells me TT was no better in 2016 and that is a huge disappointment. I do not see the regression in his play that the statistics show. Therefore I am inclined to believe a significant component of the statistics regression is related to other factors. That said, had the defense not completely collapsed against Oakland and Seattle, the Bills would have been playing home games in December with much greater chance at making the playoffs. Even an average defense gets the Bills to the divisional round of the playoffs in 2016. Rex destroyed a top 5 defense in two years. McDermott, the return to the 4-3, and along with TT at QB will make the division title up for grabs until after Thanksgiving.

Bledsoe was terrible after the first 8-10 games he was here. He lost to Pittsburgh's back-ups. Tucker likes to present himself has a smart guy. He may in fact be. But he has never made a football decision in his life.

I'm not buying it. We see tape of guys working on technique in OTA's and training camp all the time. Perhaps during the season it is all about the playbook, gameplan, and situational awareness for that week.

Just replace Romo or Jones with the word healthy and the Bills would have played in the divisional round of the playoffs in 2016. For 2017, McDermott, 4-3, TT and healthy Sammy/Shady and they are in AFC Championship. And I love OJ Howard. If the top two safeties are gone they should be able to drop back 3-4 spots and still get him along with an extra third and fifth this year and an second next year. I like the Roethlisberger comparison. Jameis plays more like Culpepper now than Roethlisberger but I can see the growth potential.

I think the frequency of injury is what will prevent further dynasties. Brady is the anomaly. He is great and has been healthy minus one year. All the others great QB's and teams have had major injuries to key players. The rosters are simply too small and the talent pool too thin to overcome catastrophic injuries to key players.

You think Winston is better than Carr, Luck, and Newton? I'm not even sure he is better than Marriota. Not sure how you define next generation but I would still take Carr over Winston at this point.

Top 100 averages to a little over 3 players. As someone else pointed out two of their three best missed significant playing time last year. You can make an argument for Sammy, Marcel, Shady, Richie, Cordy, and Kyle being included. That is six players, so I would argue the Bills have talent. Gilmore and Hughes have played at top 100 level in the past too. However they have bottom 100 production from starters at RT, MLB, WR#2-4, both safeties, and to some degree TE.

Thanx for the update. Groy as a RFA is a huge plus that I was not aware of. Also agree Henderson in the first half of his rookie season was much better than anything Mills has ever done. He tailed off and who knows how much of that was his illness. If he is healthy, I agree he has a chance to be an upgrade over Mills. But when can he play? 10 game suspension in November means he may not be able to play until week 6???

Let him play. He wil have another 10 months of healing fo rhis neck. He had a concussion not another neck injury. P. Brown and C. Graham are the ones to get rid of.