[Draft trade thought -- complete & total "what if"]

30 minutes ago, Victory Formation said:

Just seems like we would have a better team all around if we just kept Edmunds, traded down and took Freiermuth. Think Freiermuth will be a solid starter as I also think Hunter Long may be a decent target at 61. Once again, are you willing to give up so much for maybe a modest difference in production? Makes no sense to me.

I think most would disagree about the "modest difference in production" assessment. Analysis of Pitts is as arguably the best TE prospect ever.

[Draft trade thought -- complete & total "what if"]

I would LOVE to trade Edmunds and 30 (and something else potentially) for Pitts. I think Edmunds is full of potential but so far hasnt quite lived up to it. The 5th year option is going to be a tough decision on him...so let it be someone elses decision. We just paid Milano, I think its unlikely we pay Edmunds similarly. Trade him now and get a gamechanger for us. 

[Your favorite or most exciting game during the drought.]

14 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

I cannot believe that I don't remember this game at all.

This was the Why So Serious game. Coming out party for Stevie.

 

59 minutes ago, BillsFan619 said:

Surprisingly there was still some exciting times during the drought.

 

The one that sticks out to me though is when we beat NE on a last second FG in 2011.

That was the very next game after this Raiders game. And we destroyed the Chiefs in week 1 so we were 3-0 and on our way to the playoffs! I was also at that Raiders game and it was absolutely electric when we won that. I think we had 5 straight TD drives in the second half

[Bills opening stadium discussions with NYS and Erie County]

I think itll be a roofed stadium down town. Id love for it to be retractable somehow but I wouldnt hold out hope because of cost.

[Is more 12 personnel key to unlocking the Bills run game? (Article)]

The main thing with 12 personnel (mind you two TEs that can both block and catch. This was Lee Smiths problem) is that it puts the defense into a bind and gives the offense flexibility. If the defense tries to match 12 personnel with bigger guys to stop the run, then you send the TEs out to run routes. If they go small so prevent the TEs from catching the ball downfield then you run the ball.

 

It will not only help us open the run game it will add a massive wrinkle to the pass game that wasnt on tape last season. I am convinced our offense will be unstoppable with another premier TE.

[Dolphins trade 3rd pick to the 49ers for 12th pick, 3rd round pick, two future 1sts (per Schefter)]

they added a third, and a first in 2023 (who even knows what theyll look like then) and lost all leverage since there are only 4 QBs anyone cares about. This does very little to make them any more competitive in the next two years, the most important for Tua, then before they made the trade. I dont really see why they did this so early. Wilson's pro day was TODAY. Let the hype build a little bit. Weird move for sure.

 

Add in the trading of Shaq and releasing of Van Noy, the GM is making some odd moves.

[Dolphins trade 3rd pick to the 49ers for 12th pick, 3rd round pick, two future 1sts (per Schefter)]

2 hours ago, SCBills said:

Depends if Tua can be any good.  
 

That timid guy we saw last year gives them no chance.. I don’t care how many 1sts they have. 

Im pro any move by Miami that increases the odds of Tua playing QB.

[Noticed something as I've looked back at last season's games]

I think something that has to be acknowledged in this as well as the defenses rise in the back half of the season was the quality of QBs we played. Aside from Herbert, who was a rookie, we played god awful QBs all in a row after the bye.

[Isaiah Mckenzie Re-signed!!]

as a PR/KR + his value as "the jet sweep guy" he is much more valuable than the role he played last year. I like bringing him back

[Looks like John Brown was released]

2 minutes ago, Da webster guy said:

JB signed for $3.75M w Raiders, does his agent suck or did we not want him at all?  Hard to believe Daboll and Josh would support paying an older receiver $2.25M more than Smoke, plus don't we have dead money in there too?

 

Im baffled by this move.  Two years of chemistry w Josh, a multiple 1000 yd NFL proven receiver and we let him walk because we dont think he's worth $3.75M?

 

This has to be injury concern.  There's no other explanation.

Injuries last year are for sure a factor. He was limited most of the year and ever after injury just did not have the same game. They said they wanted Emmanuel Sanders for a while now. Maybe they think he can do more things in the offense than John Brown.

[Kyle Fuller released]

Why the hell would Chi pay Dalton $10mill just to tread water if it required releasing Fuller?? Just sign another QB!

 

What are Nagy and Pace thinking?

[Bills sign Mitch Trubisky, QB.]

15 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

Signing Mitchell Trubitzky after using a high draft pick on Jake Fromm is a clear sign that every one on the team has to earn their starting role every year, week, and day.  This has serious shades of Rob Johnson and Doug Flutie.  I think the locker room is strong at this point but I really hope this isn't the start of another QB controversy.

 

Lets not forget, Trubixy was the SECOND OVERALL PICK in the draft not long ago.  The guy was considered a serious talent.  The NFL is a what have you done for me lately league.  One or two bad games from Allen, or god forbid an injury, and I think its very realistic we could have a debate about the starting QB and a locker room divided.

 

I hope I'm wrong fellas....

I hope this is a joke...

[The Bears Went HAM After Wilson, Still Came Up Empty Handed]

That honestly doesnt sound like that much. If you trade for Wilson you need a QB. Assuming one of those firsts was this years, CHI picks 20 so no QB. Assuming Wilson helps out the team youre still picking in the late teens - late 20s for two more years...yay?

 

and two starters? Who gives about two starters when it comes to trading picks. Without Wilson the Seahawks are toast. Any trade starts at 4 first rounders.

[Lawson to Jets]

2 hours ago, delirious said:

 

 how the f do we already know Star is in playing shape, going to play this season, the answer to our D line woes?

This is my thought. I see it all over that "we get Star back...". In theory, the best version of Star will help everyones job but to bank on a guy that didnt play football for over a year, and was just average or above average when he did, to come in and re-vamp our defense is a reach.

 

We need to get better on the D-line. So far we have not.

[Matthew Judon Interview: Talks about how to stop the Bills!]

1 hour ago, Ramza86 said:

I think the line is still not good enough. Resigning was nice...but when it mattered...the line crumbled against the chiefs.

 

 

I tend to agree. I like bringing back pieces but bringing back everyone makes improving more difficult.

[The Athletic: Russell Wilson and Seahawks growing further apart]

16 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said:

So, the question is whose acquisition cost will be higher, Russell Wilson or Deshaun Watson? Russell has a Super Bowl on his résumé and a lot of winning seasons. Deshaun is younger, but his stats and skillset jump off the page.

Should be Watson

[Pass Rush was the difference between Super Bowl and AFC Championship Game]

Looks like TB played the way we played the Chiefs the first time around. Play deep, make every throw difficult on Mahomes and make them beat you by winning at the LOS. But against us they dominated in the trenches, while Tampa Bay dominated them. I think upgrading he D-line effectiveness will be paramount this season

[“I love you Josh Allen!” *Cole Beasley voice*]

I love that hes still in OP.

[How can the bills afford Diggs and Allen]

Seems like people are missing that QBs on rookie deals sign EXTENSIONS and not new contracts. Therefore if Allen signs a new deal this offseason it doesnt mean his cap hit will explode for this coming season. It will still be manageable for two seasons before it kicks in. Go take a look at Carson Wentz and see what his cap hit was in 2019, 2020 compared to what it will be this year even though he signed his deal in 2019 for example.

[The AFC East Next Year - QBs On The Move]

You really think Rogers is going to leave?

[Jeremy White’s Touching Tribute to his Mom and to how the Bills Connect us Through Generations]

Im 32, so I just barely missed being able to remember the Superbowl years but I remember having people over for them. My mom was(is) an absolute die hard and was at a couple of the AFC championships. My first real memory of the Bills are them losing to the Jaguars and I can vividly remember my mom crying during Jims retirement speech. Next indelible memory is the Music City Miracle. Again I can remember me and my mom on our living room floor just stunned. We all know what transpired with the team after that, but despite that my love for them only grew. Eventually my brother also became as die hard as we were. We as a family invested so much into them but for years and years got little in return. After college I moved to Albany but would always make it home for a game or two.

 

After grad school I moved to the bay area. The very first thing I did when I moved there was find a Bills bar. After the first week I was hooked and went back every Sunday, commuting from San Jose at first (a 2-hour train ride, games start at 10 AM mind you). It was there that I met a girl that was also from Rochester like myself. We hung out every Sunday and, to make a long story short, we're now married. Every Sunday for the next seasons we were at the bar together but after the game I would always call my mom back home. The Bills were such a good reason to call her, because between seasons I probably didnt do it enough. My wife and I have since moved back to Rochester to be close to family. We now have an 18 month old and another on the way.

 

I owe the family that I have now to the Buffalo Bills. I owe them many frienships and I owe them for bringing me closer to my family for years and years. Now that Im home we gather every Sunday to watch them.

 

I have a nephew that is 6 and he like to toss the ball around with us. His dad is a big Cowboys fan so I never pushed the Bills on him but this season, every time we play football now, he only wants to be Josh Allen. I used to always be the Bills, now I cant be them anymore haha.

 

My son is being trained daily to say "Hey ey ey ey" and "Go Bills". I have told my family, my son can be whatever he wants in life: an astronaut, a teacher, a dancer a fire-fighter, gay, straight, married, single...doesnt matter, as long as hes a Bills fan.

[Counters for forced out of bounds plays]

Well if theyre forced out of bounds behind the LOS it counts as a sack for them

[Would Josh Allen ever consider a team friendly contract?]

Why cant teams tie a QB pay to a % of the cap instead of an absolute number?

[QBs with fewer than 2 playoff wins]

16 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Stafford is just amazing to me. How he got trapped into a long term contract with a dead end franchise like the Lions is a head scratcher. He’s gotta be kicking himself!

Even more wild is that the entire Lions franchise only has 1(!) single playoff win in the the Superbowl era. Stafford has zero to his name.

 

Most people associate the Lions with ineptitude for good reason, like the Bills and Browns. But at least we had a few runs, Browns have mae an AFC Champ game.

[Do you like the term “Bills Mafia”?]

I dont really like it. For a long time I would push back on being apart of "The Mafia". Im not a fan that would argue on twitter or jump through tables the way I thought Mafia Members behaved. For a time it did feel like there was a real separation of "normal fans" and "mafia fans" in behavior and it was ok to delineate. But the term has grown so much, its become ubiquitous and it now associated with being a fan of the team so I guess I am now in the Mafia. I would prefer it went away but I dont think thats possible, probably just my age anyway. If the young kids like it, well, the future is theirs to make it how they want. I wont stand in their way.