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He’s not very good, so probably.

https://nfltraderumors.co/bills-cut-27-players-to-get-down-to-53/ They cut Reid Ferguson. I'm sure he will be back after someone goes to IR.

There is information that teams are privy to that regular fans are not. I think just about anyone would've taken Allen over Rosen if they'd been informed of the things we've heard about Rosen since he was drafted. NFL GMs had that info. As for me, I thought all four QB prospects at the top of that draft had question marks as well as upside - except Darnold. I didn't see any reason to think he had a chance to be good. But I did expect Rosen to be the choice when it got to the Bills because he seemed the safer pick, albeit one with limited upside. I didn't mind them going for the high risk - high upside pick, but I did think Allen was a long shot to hit.

Agreed. He was signed to be Playoff Von. That’s what we need most.

To the bolded. No, Quessenberry just sucks. I’m very happy they think they have better on the roster.

I think Beane has been doing the shopping off of McDermott’s grocery list until possibly this draft. The Bills defense has been built on excellent talent and a scheme that is very solid, but not very innovative. I’ve harped on this until this off-season, but the offense had been at a resource disadvantage to the defense. That’s still the case, but this off-season might be indicative of that changing. I think it needs to to make the Bills more competitive in the playoffs. It’ll also tell us what kind of DC McDermott is when he can’t fix every problem with a $30M/yr FA or first or second round draft pick.

All GMs miss on picks. However it feels very different when a lot of knowledgeable fans are screaming for a player they’re excited fell to them, but instead the GM makes a WTF? pick. And then it works out like this.

For a moment ponder what the Bills would look like and what the prevailing opinion of McDermott and Beane would be had the Browns or Jets selected Allen in that draft.

I think that means that Beane is twice as good as Jones!

Yup. Arizona is already having their fire sale. I think Washington is waiting to see how the season starts. But they’re a good candidate for something near the trade deadline. The Bills taking on salary might be an issue though.

If he’s your starter at DE, then you are desperately trying to upgrade. A career as a rotational/backup DE is respectable. The problem is taking a player like that in the second round. If he was a fifth round pick he’d be well liked and fans would want him kept around to be DE4. But alas…..

It all will come down to how Alan does though

A successful team will almost always lose some of their staff to promotions elsewhere, though promotions only account for half of the cases with the Bills. I have been concerned that they’ve only promoted from within and haven’t seemed to draw much talent in from the outside. All three coordinators (Daboll, Frazier and and Farwell) plus assistant GM Schein are all gone for one reason or another. Every position was filled from within. The only name of note brought in is Al Holcomb as an assistant on the defense. This isn’t a black and white situation. Sometimes promoting from within is the right move. And McDermott taking over as DC could certainly be the right move. It’s not like he isn’t very experienced. But it isn’t like we heard anything about anyone clamoring for the positions either. I’m not even sure the Bills looked. It might be nothing but something just feels odd about it to me.

Yeah. I definitely got the impression that the pressure ratcheted up on them too. As for the extension, I was a little surprised that Pegs didn’t wait another year. But the standard with him seems to be to do extensions with two seasons left. They got him the new stadium so he probably figured they earned it anyway.

Nada on which teams. Sorry.

Big signing and restructure bonuses will do that.

LOL! No. If traded both would have dead cap hits that would exceed their cap hit for 2023. (Tho some of the dead cap hits would be delayed to 2024.) Oh and we’d have to find and pay new starts at CB1 and 3-tech.

Not always. There are limits to that - and sometimes severe consequences of doing so. The Bills are in that territory.

Not possible. I heard two teams are left in the Taylor sweepstakes and both have agreed to a market value contract extension. The Bills don’t have the cap space for that.

That’s a good way to lose a lot of money. Owners have to stay involved. It makes a lot of sense to focus on the much, much larger organization and sell off the other.

Thanks for sharing that. I can say this for sure, Beane should be concerned about Kyle Allen as the backup QB. Barkley is no better.

I think they should keep Elam at this point. Unless they are sure he can’t “get it”. His contract is fully guaranteed so we’re paying him either way. That also makes it more difficult to trade him (unless we would reassume his contract if he’s cut by the new team). Otherwise I doubt any team gives up an asset for him at this point. Maybe if they were in a similar spot with a player and contract.

After KC jumped them for McDuffie.

4 years, $13.7M, fully guaranteed

Other than LOB with Marino I try to find podcasts that give outside perspectives on the Bills and other teams. I tend to focus on the other teams that matter most in the AFC or ones that I have an interest in. On that last note, I highly recommend The Playcallers 8 episode podcast series by The Athletic (no subscription needed). I am not through the whole thing, but it’s been fantastic so far.