PlayoffsPlease

How do you rank Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford and Philip Rivers vs. all other positions? They are all consider franchise QBs and they haven't been bringing home a lot of championships. I think if you are getting Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers at the beginning of their careers I think 100-1 is a fine ratio. I would draft a QB every year (and maybe two like the Redskins did),. But it is more akin to trying to win the lottery than to be an intelligent investment with an expected positive ROI. As a way of analogy, my best chance of ending up with $100mm is to win the power ball lottery, because I don't really think there is any other way. But I also know that its negative return on investment overall to buy lottery tickets. .

Conceptually I agree that positional value needs to be factored in as part of determining BPA. But your value concept is missing a big point You also need to factor in an "Expected Value" of success for each position. For example if 1 in 30 second round drafted QBs becomes a quality NFL starter, and 5 out 10 of second round safeties drafted become quality NFL starters, you would need to factor that into the equation as well.

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I think over looked is a fairer description than "slighted".

I didn't say Mario will return to form. Whoever replaces him won't even likely be as good as he was in 2015. But in the real world, Aaron Williams is coming back from a paralysis injury that was close to career ending. Anyone with a half a brain realizes that is a dicier situation that coming back from an off year where you were cranky about scheme. CJ Spiller made some runs that "other backs in the league can't". McCoy is a very high mileage running back who couldn't stay on the field to gain more than 800 odd yards last year. HIs YPC was solid, but not elite. He is a good back, that doesn't make him worth the cap space.

Can you imagine how tough it is for people without millions on the line to stop?

The Bills have a slightly above average age team, with an average talent level. There are almost no players with playoff experience on the roster, so no one really knows how they would perform if they actually make the playoffs. This is Whaley's seventh offseason with the team. If he hadn't followed a series of very very bad GM's people would think his performance was pretty bad. But Bills fans persist in a number of myths. 1. LeSean McCoy is a top 3 back. He is not, he ran for a little over 800 yards at 4.4 yards per carry in 2016. Not awful, but not elite. There is a baseball quote from Babe Ruth "Yesterdays home runs don't win today's games". What ever McCoy's history or potential, in terms of actual production he is wasting valuable cap space. 2. Charles Clay is elite. Again five hundred yards and a couple of touchdowns is not elite performance. Highest paid TE in the leauge in 2015. Again wasted cap space. 3. Cutting Mario Williams doesn't hurt the team. Mario under performed his contract, but he is still one of the better defensive players on the team. The Bills will be worse without him. 4. Kyle Williams and Aaron Williams will return to form. This is possible, but based on their ages, types of injuries and the history of the NFL, it will be really lucky if both players return to form. If they don't and Mario is cut, then only three of Nix defenders remain, Hughes, Dareus and Gilmore. The other defenders, other than Darby, added by Whaley are all dime a dozen players, that don't make the Bills better than anyone else. There is no reason to expect the Bills defense to improve this year. Anything is possible but the arrow is pointing down here. 5. The Bills are set at QB. Again maybe, but the eagles were set with Nick Foles, the Redskins with RGIII and the niners with C. Kaepernick (all of whom made the playoffs), and then they weren't. Results on this are still out.

Overrated : Michael Jasper Underrated : Michael Jasper

Aren't the players just listed alphabetically?

This will prove to be accurate.

I hate taking a late round QB and potentially missing out on the next Michael Jasper.

That is pretty good.

Chaos Theory: Doug Whaley was hired by the Buffalo Bill. Chaos ensues and it ultimately affects Shady.

One of the funnest parts of the Bills front office continuity is the inane and often ironic marketing slogans they come up with for each season. My suggestion for 2016 is one that can be used year after year. With apologies to the great Yogi Berra, I think the Bills should adopt as their 2016 slogan: "It's like déjà vu all over again" Lets get the creative juices rolling to see what clever ideas the board can come up wiht.

You pretty much nailed it.

They traded for a running back who probably would have been cut do too his excessive contract. McCoys net value above his contract was no greater or less than Kiko's.

The real pretending is pretending the Bills talent on defense is in the same area code as the talent on the Denver defense. Just as far away, as Tyrod is from Brady.

This is a quintessential Bills fan thread. It involves pretending the Bills won. And it involves criticizing someone for a fake headline for the fake win because you hate the fact that he has often been right in the past, while the average board poster has been wrong.

$1 million is less than the price of a 30 second commercial for the super bowl. I am pretty sure they can make money from it.

Until the Ravens landed Flacco they drafted 7 QBs in an 8 year stretch. After Flacco they still drafted Tryod. They are the only team this century to break the Manning/Brady/Rothlisberger stranglehold on the AFC. I think they have been smarter than the Bills.

Many NFL fans would love to see the game. The NFLs actions deprive the fans from seeing it. They are in the wrong here. They should work something out.

The Seahawks waited a long time to sign a Russell Wilson after he won a super bowl. These guys are expensive assets. Tyrod has durability concerns. If he is injured in anyway, his effectiveness could disappear, a la RGIII. It make zero business sense to sign him early.

It is best known for being one of the founding cities of an AFL football team. Sort of like Buffalo.

After watching the playoffs the last two weeks, I am more optimistic about Tyrod Taylors chances to become a top tier QB for the bills. While we all respect the classic drop back QBs, a trend is emerging around the mobile QB. The NFC's Super Bowl QBs for 2013 to 2016 are Kaepernick, Wilson, Wilson, and Cam Newton. Its hard to deny that it is possible to win with a QB that is not a classic pocket passer. The NFC's premier pocket passers Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees haven't been to the Super Bowl since 2011 and 2010 respectively. Taylor put up numbers similar to these NFC QBs. I think if the Bills can average 5 more passing plays per game (even if they break down into runs) and Taylor is able to sustain his efficiency stats, he may become one of the top QBs in the AFC next year.