clayboy54

Mayfield is the only one I could see the Bills taking in round 1. (Rosen and Darnold are long gone) I suspect we'll see a vet FA and defense with whatever is left over. However, this Cleveland fiasco might throw a wrench in the whole deal. That could work out in our favor if the Browns choose to trade out.

Just think how much fun it would be if they just let the players torture them at midfield.

He clearly was referring to a guy that will go after Gronk. That kind of trigger man.

The more important question is, how many times does DD go hunting in a week? I mean to get this many scoops in the last couple days, he has to be out there hunting 24/7, doesn't he?

I gotta get one of those hats!

Very nice Joey!

I'll keep Tre and take any of the top 5 QBs in the 2018 draft. Personally, I like Baker Mayfield for this team.

Comes down to common opponents and strength of schedule, which won’t be known until all the games have been played.

Walt Coleman looking a little long-in-the-tooth, no?

Try 24th in 2017. Not much to speak of, but hardly 39th in yards. Rk Player Team Pos Comp Att Pct Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Int 1st 1st% Lng 20+ 40+ Sck Rate 1 Tom Brady NE QB 300 438 68.5 36.5 3,632 8.3 302.7 26 4 182 41.6 64T 48 9 27 109.7 2 Matthew Stafford DET QB 271 424 63.9 35.3 3,302 7.8 275.2 22 7 159 37.5 63 48 12 39 98.2 3 Drew Brees NO QB 291 407 71.5 33.9 3,298 8.1 274.8 17 5 153 37.6 54 54 7 15 104.2 4 Philip Rivers LAC QB 272 431 63.1 35.9 3,292 7.6 274.3 21 7 163 37.8 75T 40 7 13 96.0 5 Kirk Cousins WAS QB 275 413 66.6 34.4 3,289 8.0 274.1 21 8 155 37.5 74 48 8 35 99.6 6 Russell Wilson SEA QB 276 442 62.4 36.8 3,256 7.4 271.3 26 8 157 35.5 66 46 9 28 96.9 7 Alex Smith KC QB 273 402 67.9 33.5 3,239 8.1 269.9 23 4 153 38.1 79T 41 10 29 107.2 8 Ben Roethlisberger PIT QB 274 436 62.8 36.3 3,238 7.4 269.8 22 13 158 36.2 97T 41 10 16 89.8 9 Jared Goff LA QB 244 392 62.2 32.7 3,184 8.1 265.3 20 6 145 37.0 94T 49 10 20 98.4 10 Matt Ryan ATL QB 260 390 66.7 32.5 3,057 7.8 254.8 16 8 151 38.7 88T 38 7 16 95.4 11 Carson Wentz PHI QB 242 399 60.7 33.2 3,005 7.5 250.4 29 6 145 36.3 72T 36 8 27 102.0 12 Josh McCown NYJ QB 261 385 67.8 32.1 2,880 7.5 240.0 18 8 132 34.3 69T 40 7 35 96.7 13 Derek Carr OAK QB 244 379 64.4 34.5 2,731 7.2 248.3 17 8 134 35.4 64T 36 7 14 91.9 14 Case Keenum MIN QB 243 360 67.5 32.7 2,703 7.5 245.7 16 5 139 38.6 65T 33 6 9 98.6 15 Andy Dalton CIN QB 222 360 61.7 30.0 2,606 7.2 217.2 20 8 122 33.9 77T 27 7 30 92.9 16 Cam Newton CAR QB 228 377 60.5 31.4 2,583 6.9 215.2 16 11 126 33.4 64 35 4 28 83.0 17 Blake Bortles JAX QB 229 383 59.8 31.9 2,553 6.7 212.8 14 8 136 35.5 52 28 3 20 83.2 18 Jacoby Brissett IND QB 217 359 60.4 29.9 2,542 7.1 211.8 10 7 110 30.6 80T 26 9 47 83.1 19 Marcus Mariota TEN QB 208 329 63.2 29.9 2,423 7.4 220.3 10 12 108 32.8 75T 29 5 19 80.4 20 Dak Prescott DAL QB 232 369 62.9 30.8 2,420 6.6 201.7 18 9 122 33.1 72T 24 4 25 87.9 21 Eli Manning NYG QB 247 395 62.5 35.9 2,411 6.1 219.2 14 7 122 30.9 77T 20 3 26 84.1 22 Jameis Winston TB QB 180 291 61.9 32.3 2,190 7.5 243.3 12 6 115 39.5 58T 20 2 20 90.1 23 Joe Flacco BAL QB 252 387 65.1 32.2 2,144 5.5 178.7 11 11 112 28.9 66 17 4 23 77.1 24 Tyrod Taylor BUF QB 206 326 63.2 27.2 2,090 6.4 174.2 12 4 102 31.3 47 27 3 34 88.6 25 DeShone Kizer CLE QB 181 345 52.5 31.4 2,038 5.9 185.3 6 15 92 26.7 44 33 1 27 58.1 26 Trevor Siemian DEN QB 182 309 58.9 34.3 2,018 6.5 224.2 11 13 99 32.0 44 32 2 29 72.7 27 Carson Palmer ARI QB 164 267 61.4 38.1 1,978 7.4 282.6 9 7 94 35.2 46 28 2 22 84.4 28 Jay Cutler MIA QB 193 302 63.9 30.2 1,837 6.1 183.7 15 11 97 32.1 36 20 0 15 82.1 29 Deshaun Watson HOU QB 126 204 61.8 29.1 1,699 8.3 242.7 19 8 84 41.2 72T 28 4 19 103.0 30 C.J. Beathard SF QB 123 224 54.9 32.0 1,430 6.4 204.3 4 6 66 29.5 83T 16 6 19 69.2 31 Aaron Rodgers GB QB 128 193 66.3 32.2 1,385 7.2 230.8 13 3 72 37.3 72 17 4 19 103.2 32 Tom Savage HOU QB 119 211 56.4 30.1 1,349 6.4 192.7 5 6 65 30.8 57 17 1 19 71.8 33 Brett Hundley GB QB 126 206 61.2 25.8 1,269 6.2 158.6 5 8 61 29.6 55T 11 4 23 70.6 34 Mitchell Trubisky CHI QB 106 193 54.9 24.1 1,237 6.4 154.6 5 4 56 29.0 70 13 3 21 74.6 35 Ryan Fitzpatrick TB QB 96 163 58.9 27.2 1,103 6.8 183.8 7 3 63 38.7 41 15 1 7 86.0 36 Matt Moore MIA QB 78 127 61.4 31.8 861 6.8 215.2 4 5 38 29.9 61T 11 3 12 75.6 37 Mike Glennon CHI QB 93 140 66.4 35.0 833 6.0 208.2 4 5 42 30.0 29 4 0 8 76.9 38 Blaine Gabbert ARI QB 62 104 59.6 34.7 719 6.9 239.7 6 5 38 36.5 52T 11 1 9 79.8 39 Brock Osweiler DEN QB 62 117 53.0 29.2 701 6.0 175.2 3 4 38 32.5 38 8 0 6 65.5 40 Drew Stanton ARI QB 44 91 48.4 30.3 540 5.9 180.0 3 2 29 31.9 52 6 1 4 68.9 41 Kevin Hogan CLE QB 46 75 61.3 18.8 517 6.9 129.2 4 5 21 28.0 49 8 2 6 71.9 42 Sam Bradford MIN QB 32 43 74.4 21.5 382 8.9 191.0 3 0 17 39.5 44 8 1 5 124.4 43 Jimmy Garoppolo SF QB 28 39 71.8 19.5 311 8.0 155.5 1 1 18 46.2 33 3 0 2 93.0 44 EJ Manuel OAK QB 24 43 55.8 21.5 265 6.2 132.5 1 1 13 30.2 41T 4 1 4 72.3 45 Geno Smith NYG QB 21 36 58.3 18.0 212 5.9 106.0 1 0 8 22.2 47 3 1 3 84.5 46 Nathan Peterman BUF QB 19 39 48.7 13.0 195 5.0 65.0 1 5 11 28.2 21 2 0 1 32.5 47 Matt Cassel TEN QB 25 42 59.5 21.0 162 3.9 81.0 1 2 10 23.8 17 0 0 8 55.9 48 Scott Tolzien IND QB 9 18 50.0 18.0 128 7.1 128.0 0 2 5 27.8 32 4 0 4 33.8 49 Cody Kessler CLE QB 11 23 47.8 5.8 126 5.5 31.5 0 1 6 26.1 31 2 0 6 46.6 50 Nick Foles PHI QB 4 4 100.0 1.3 56 14.0 18.7 0 0 3 75.0 35 1 0 1 118.8

My bad. That was Walt Coleman.

"Just give it to them" Walt. WhooHoo!!!

I'll take your suggestion to heart! :-)

The part that I really don't understand why you all don't seem to get, is that in the 1st season of a new staff and team rebuild, how do you know what they're trying to do? I believe they're trying to evaluate what they have and what they need, all while trying to win a few games. If you don't try fitting a square peg into a round hole, how do you know it doesn't fit? Additionally, the staff needs to know which player can comprehend and execute certain schemes. These players for the most part are not rocket scientists. Some can get it, and some just cannot, for whatever reason. Part of it is physical. A lot of it is mental. So, in the 1st year you ask them to try this and try that, each for a few games. You see how they comprehend the mental concept of the play, and you see how they physically execute it. Then you start making decisions. In our case, I believe that at the highest level, you just don't have many players on offense that are complete players at much of anything. So, I ask you, early in a rebuild, do you completely structure your concept around marginal players you have, or do you design a system that you believe will win in the long run and keep a few bridge players at certain positions until you can acquire complete players to properly execute the system over time? I guess it depends on who you are.

Those are some strong legs right there!

Interesting corollary in a little story I want to share with you. When I played hockey (I was too small to play football), I was the walk-on, 3rd team goaltender, and never suited up for games. The starter, and some of our "stars" was often late to practice, didn't take practice seriously, and he didn't take heed to coach's warnings. We had a huge game coming up and everything seemed status quo. In the locker room before the game coach came in and said he was going to start me. You could hear a pin drop in the room. I started, and played the 1st period. I let in a soft goal in the final minute of the period. At the start of the 2nd period, the "stars" were back in their respective positions. They played well, and never took practices lightly again. The following year, we went to the Frozen Four. Coach built a helluva team with that statement. It has been written that coach Dennison instructed Tyrod to "open it up" the previous game (or two). He clearly didn't. He didn't target Benjamin often enough, and he didn't throw downfield. as instructed. For whatever reason, he defied coach's directions. He got "sat down." The results are now in the books, but the message is clear. When I played that 1st period, I definitely didn't give the team the best chance to win. But when the starter came in, he was a changed man. Neither did Nate Peterman give the team the best chance to win. But, did you see Tyrod checking down and looking indecisive when he came in for the 2nd half? No. He pushed the ball downfield and looked good doing it. In short, there is no chance the message wasn't received loud and clear by the team. We'll see whether that equates to performance improvements in the coming weeks. Based on my personal experiences, I appreciate the coaching style. I have a lot of respect for this style of coaching. It worked on my team, and it may start something here. It also explains a lot of the moves this team has made in 2017. I ask that you look at this in this context and give it a chance. This technique actually works with talented athletes. I agree with Shaw. I have a lot of belief in this GM and HC.

Thanks Sean. You may have just saved my career!

Maybe they'll use Tyrod to try to draw them offsides.

Euthanasia might do it.

Like others, I wish everyone would stop with the "garbage time" comments. Watch the video, look at his fundamentals. This was his first ever regular season NFL action. The kid looks the part. Is he ready to pick apart top-10 defenses? No way. Does he deserve to start? Not yet. But NP clearly looks like he has a sound foundation for future consideration. Let him sit and learn as he currently is. Put him in when a game calls for it, to get him a little more game experience. Yes, in "garbage times." Next year he'll have fair chance to compete.

At the start of the season, we were slated as a 4-12 to 6-10 team according to many professional prognosticators. While they're not always right, they are expert at using their formulas to predict results based on talent. As we sit today, we will meet or exceed those expectations even under the worst-case scenarios. This is not due to misrepresentation of talent, but rather due to the coaching and management. We have discovered some positive results at positions of need, such as our secondary. We have cut ties with players that don't fit the team model. We have also identified areas of future need, such as the OL and DL. Though, we have found some players that may grow into those roles, or may not. We have found guys like Matt Milano who will eventually make sorting out the LB roles easier. It's easy to second guess this process when you view the microcosm of single games or even first seasons under this staff. If instead you look at this year as the learning experience that it really is, we ought to be pleasantly surprised. We may have fewer holes to fill than originally believed, and at the same time, we have a few holes to fill that we believed were passable. As we move through the second-half of the season, I bet we'll win some games we didn't expect to win, and undoubtedly, we'll lose some we should've been able to win. At the end of the year, we, and the coaching staff and management will have a much better idea where to use all those draft picks and cap money to fill those holes and take the next step. Kudos to McDermott and Beane for overachieving with a team that none of us figured would be any good. Honestly, I can't wait to see how this develops over the next several seasons. That's what makes this sport so darned much fun!

Which finger is it coming out of?

Person1: Waz Up? Person 2: Can you hear me now? Person 3: Dilly Dilly! Old lady in next room: Where's the beef?

Hopefully, Kraft will hire Rob Ryan to replace him.

I was a season ticket holder for All 3 of Cookie’s years with the Bills. He was a force that defenses couldn’t handle. The late Larry Felser spoke openly that the consensus among league historians was that had Cookie played in the US his entire career, he would have held the GOAT position that Jim Brown currently occupies. However, he didn’t. And his prime years were spent in Canada. Yet, the legacy of the great Bills teams of 63 thru 65 (AFL Champs in 64 & 65) we’re due in large part to his unstoppable running style, and how he opened up the pass because defenses had to stack the box to stop him. Of course, he was a troubled man. His later years lived as a recluse. And, like those kneeling today, Cookie led the movement for equality for players of color. In the 60s, that was not a popular position, especially in the South. But, the game is better because of his efforts, along with the support of his cause from the late Jack Kemp. Sadly his personality disorders effected his off-field life, and when it spilled into the locker room, he was sent to Denver in 65. Maybe it was CTE, even though it was not diagnosed way back then. Like OJ, Cookie’s legacy on the field is legendary. His off-field problems should not lessen his contributions to the game. As a major part of some of the very best Bills teams, his place on the Wall is deserved.