GunnerBill

To be fair he took the Jags to an AFCCG after that.

Milano was a McDermott pick, not a Beane one. I think Kincaid and Cook are really good. The positives of this season are those two and Bernard IMO.

Hmmm. I can't recall. We definitely beat the dysfunction brothers - the Browns and the Lions - but can't recall who our other 2 wins were.

I only remember rooting for the Bills to lose one time... in that 2010 season when it appeared like Luck and Newton might both come out and I thought a top 2 pick was a guarantee of a franchise QB. In the end Luck didn't come out but the Bills blew it anyway winning 4 games down the stretch to pick 3rd. Otherwise I am always in it for wins.

We will see. I'm not totally sold yet based on a good game against the Jets. He has been steady in the other games, was very good yesterday. And I did later clarify my backup comment in that I just don't see him as an upgrade on Jackson and Benford. He can start in the NFL but I think he is a similar level of player to them. But the Bills clearly have considered him as a start so far and, in any event have had injuries to Benford and Jackson that have forced Douglas into the lineup early whether that was the plan or not. Yep, and I did later clarify that was my point.

All season to me we have looked at our best on offense when we have featured James Cook. Brady leant into that without falling into the Ken Dorsey trap of one drive being - run, run, run and the next being pass, pass, pass.

He has played well. Kudos to him.

Renfrow not much for good reason. Kupp is an interesting question.

Hmm. Not sure that is fair. Rousseau is a good starter. And when you pick him where they picked him at the end of round 1 I don't think you can call that a burned pick. I do think it plays to a wider point that Beane is good at finding above average to good starters but less good at finding those special difference makers. If you look at the guys around that selection Tyson Campbell stands out (he was on my shortlist at the time) but Greg has pretty considerably outplayed the rest

Ha! In fairness I think the Bills would have picked Addison if he got to them. Sadly, he didn't.

Ha exactly.

I have missed 1 regular season game and 1 pre-season game since 2009. I might actually miss this Sunday. I don't know yet. A friend who is getting married is having a 1 night stag do at a drag bar on Sunday night. Normally I'd make sure to leave early and be home for the Bills. This time I am not sure I will.

Yea. Jordan Addison is pretty darn good. That helps.

Yea I cannot drink Diet Coke. It is undrinkable to me even as a mixer. Coke zero I am not a huge fan of but as a mixer I can deal.

I am not talking about just last night. I am talking about them starting 3-0 and now being 4-7. They got way too much hype early on and this was just a natural regression to the mean.

What a shock. Not.

100% this. Even on those hip drop tackles a lot of the injuries come from a players cleats not sliding the same way on the artificial turf that they do on natural grass. I know from the end of my soccer playing years as more and more non-league sides switched to artificial pitches (because they never have games called off, they can hire them out to schools in the week and generate income etc) that I really struggled to find footwear I felt safe on them in. Now that is one person and is entirely anecdotal and The Lancet did some work earlier this year that found no evidence to suggest there is a causal link between artifical turf and increased injuries. But there was earlier research commissioned for the NCAA thar suggested knee injuries and ankle injuries WERE more common on artificial turf. Basically I am not persuaded that the two are equivalent and I'd support a move back to more grass fields.

To some extent it is the NFL. But the Bills are one of the older rosters AND they will be going into year 8 of a regime that hasn't won a title. So the importance of this mini reset (and I agree it is a reload rather than a tear down and rebuild) is hightened. Also just on fact checks I think they will have 10 picks once they get the comp pick for Edmunds but they can't create cap room by extending AJE if they choose to. He is an impending FA after the season and thus currently counts as 0 on next year's cap. They could extend Greg but next year isn't his option year, next year is year 4, so his cap hit is like $3.5m. Not sure there is a way to extend for the long term and lower that by much at all. It is when a player is going into year 5 on the option that there is hay to be made from extending and lowering hits. There have been some positives this year from the younger guys. James Cook is really good IMO and Bernard even with chaos around him has been one of their best players and a very nice surprise. Kincaid has made some plays and Cyrus started the season very well (has struggled a bit more the last couple of games it's fair to say) and there should be more to come from him.

There was a lot of luck involved. And when it came to it in that Superbowl the Oline blew the game.

Unless they get an oline it won't matter.

I still say they should have drafted Penei Sewell.

We get it you hate McDermott and everything he has ever done.

Jones definitely would. Diggs might be able to play still but he won't be #1 receiver material in 2 more years. Dion has a chance to still be serviceable as a left tackle but he has ongoing weight fluctuations that make me doubt it. The point is this team WILL lose its core in the next 2 years. It is an old team. So it isn't just a case of needing a new head chef. They need some new ingredients. They could possibly punt one more year but beyond that the surgery on the roster HAS to start in a serious way. If this was a young team I'd be willing to overlook a playoff miss and keep a guy I think is a good coach and give him another shot. But it isn't. Its core is old. So my view is why not start that surgery and if you are doing that a new regime makes sense - GM and HC.

I don't agree. Sure they COULD run it back maybe 1 more year with this roster but they are fast approaching a reset point. If they want to run it back 1 more year they should retain the regime. If they want to start the reset they should fire them. But in the next 2 years it is conceivable, indeed likely, that Hyde, Poyer, White, Jones, Von Miller, Floyd, Morse, Dawkins and Diggs will have to be replaced. That is not even accounting for the guys who will hit FA. That is a LOT of turnover. If you are going to commit to begin that in earnest this offseaon it makes little sense to do so with this staff IMO. And I am far from a McDermott and Beane hater. But that is the reality for me. I think this variation of the Bills roster has missed its window. So the question becomes does this regime get the chance to carry out the reset or is it time for fresh voices. I lean toward the latter.

Yes. And he did on the first pick the other night. Gabe should still catch it. No question. But Josh didn't need to put as much as he did on that throw.