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This is smoke to bother the Jests...

This, and he is still a viable power RB.

A better backup plan at RT then what is already on the roster for sure.

Good stuff, good signing! Beane doing it right with good receivers while not overspending!

Good stuff! Beane working like crazy.

Damn, gotta love this! Good stuff! Why then was he rated so far behind Paradis on the top 100 free agents?

Getting a third-round pick for Tyrod Taylor was a brilliant move as the Buffalo Bills entire world knew his limitations and knew he had to go no matter what. The reason Beane didn't sign a backup QB quicker was that he was waiting for Derek Anderson to make up his mind on if he was going to retire or not. Later on, Beane acknowledged that this was a mistake to wait for that long. Also, what he didn't know was that AJ McCarron wanted to start and didn't want to mentor to anyone, much less players he thought were beneath him. As far as Peterman goes, I have to put this one on OC Daboll or McD as somebody must have told the Bills FO that Peterman would be a viable starter on opening day. He wasn't a worthy backup for the 2017 season either.

This past years draft and two #1 picks. In obtaining the franchise QB at #7 overall which required a bit of footwork to get to #7 and then moving up again to the #16 pick to obtain that MLB in Tremaine Edmonds. The Bills had the 21st pick and managed to move up to the 7th, 16th in two instant starters who should be staples at their respective positions for years to come. Now, several sites have done a 2018 redraft including CBS sports and now have included CB Levi Wallace going to Detroit at #20, Robert Foster to Atlanta at #26. Think about it, it's like Buffalo was able to obtain four first round picks in 2018! Those two UDFAs finds were amazing. Beane is not sitting on his hands either as he went after AB the most expensive FA WR and his agent killed it before it even got traction. AB didn't help either by tweeting something like FAKE NEWS, Sure, going to run first Buffalo, LOL

Not if the Bills don't properly upgrade that offensive line and Allen is running more then needed again this year. I'm hoping JW is correct and the Bills draft a top WR, top TE and build that offensive line. If the Bills are going to overpay I hope it's for experienced O line players. To that last sentence, neither! Nothing wrong with a run-first offense to help that young QB develop.

Buffalo Bills GM Stew Barber was a complete moron on so many levels. What pissed off Tom Cousineau was that he was invited by the then-Bills GM Stew Barber to dinner in Buffalo...then never showed up, never called...nothing! Then, the initial offering by the Bills vs the Montreal Alouettes was less than half of what MA was offering. Of course, Ole Tom would head up north. This upset the new Bills HC Chuck Knox who managed to build a solid team despite the GM being a moron. Knox had brought his scouting director (Norm Pollom) with him from the LA Rams and those two were given carte blanch to do whatever they needed by the owner. Still, Barber was involved in negotiations and managed to upset many Bills players by lowballing them. I have to say this was partly on the owner's philosophy because, in the end, Wilson didn't want to pay Chuck Knox either, even after Knox rejuvenated the city of Buffalo by making the Buffalo Bills relevant again. The Bills hadn't beaten the Miami Dolphins over the entire decade of the 1970s and in that 1980 season opener in which the Bills beat Miami 17-7, Bills fans tore down the goal posts! Yes, Ralph Wilson gave Chuck Knox a top ten NFL salary when he hired him, (being desperate as he was at the time ) but this was five years later. In truth, my take is Knox grew tired of Wilson and his overly frugal ways and wanted a way out. Wilson being Wilson, hires Kay Stephenson, Hank Bullough as his next two head coaches. Meanwhile, that ex-Rams scouting director (Pollom)wanted to hire a young scout named Bill Polian. Now that the Bills had lost Knox to Seattle and the Bills were losing big time again with back to back 2-14 seasons Bills fans decided they had better things to do on Sunday so the stadium was more than half empty game after game. Wilson was getting desperate again because if things didn't change he knew he would be forced to sell all or part of his beloved team, or move it. Luckily, his GM/VP at that time suffered a serious injury (Terry Bledsoe), so Wilson fired him and promoted Polian to GM. Y'all can thank Bill Polian for talking owner Ralph Wilson into making Jim Kelly the highest paid QB in the league. Jim wanted to be a Raider as Al Davis had sent him on a vacation trip to London with two Raiderettes. Money talks, so Jim signed with Buffalo! Yes, Kelly didn't want to play for the Buffalo Bills when he was drafted by Buffalo and the weather was only one factor as Kelly noticed that the Bills lost Cousineau to Canada over money. I think Bills owner Ralph Wilson was the bigger reason and Polian not only talked Wilson into paying Kelly, but he also talked him into upgrading the stadium, paying top free agents. Let's not forget the 87 trade for Cornelius Bennett on Halloween that helped turn that defense around. Four straight super bowls! I think you can give a lot of credit to Bill Polian for those runs. Now, let's hope Beane/McD does as well.

I posted that Rich Eisen show about 10 times before the draft last year... Sure you don't want the Bills to trade for Josh Rosen when the Cards select Murry #1 overall this draft?

We will see on draft day! If this is a smokescreen or if McD is genuinely interested in building a decent offense. The Bills do need an edge pass rusher, pass rushing, penetrating DT. They also need an offensive line and star WR, TE. Sooo they also need to protect that QB they moved up to draft #7 last year and some receivers, some O linemen. We'll see.

Howsabout none of the above!!! They all suck! If I had to pick a head coach since Marv Levy it would be Wade Phillips. I sure as heck wouldn't want Chan Gailey back in Buffalo and if anyone else in the league thought he was worth a damn he would have a job in the NFL. Gailey had the right idea with running a spread, quick strike offense it's just that he had no idea how to properly implement it. The Chiefs are running a version of the "air raid" spread offense with Mahomes. Now, Gailey could run that he would still have a job in the NFL.

When you think about the importance of bringing in a player of Richie Incognito's caliber in being a pro bowler then that player will be worth over 10 mill per*. That's only 5-6 guys in the entire NFL making over 10 mill, and the Cowboys Zack Martin is the highest paid at 14 mill. (*average pay) Saffold will be 31 this year and his base pay is 5,375,000.with yearly cash 6,950,000. So, it remains to be seen what price the Bills would need to pay to bring him to Buffalo. In my view, it kinda makes more sense to find and draft a top OG considering all the penetrating, pass rushing DTs in the league. The Bills need a top LG who can block those DTs and pull for the run game. I know I'm greedy but I want an all pro, pro bowler at LG to help that center, LT. Center is another position I would want to see a top caliber player like Kent Hull. Build that offensive line right!

One reason Saffold looked so good was that he had a solid LT next to him in Andrew Whitworth, who just decided he would play another year. Surprising really because of Rams center John Sullivan played so poorly in the second half of last year. Kind of interesting that all five Rams linemen played in all 16 games. Anyway, he would be a huge upgrade over what Buffalo now has at LG. Not really at Richie Incognito's level but at 6'5'' 323lbs he should hold his own. Only one hold penalty last year, 4 false starts.

Yes, late owner, in 1978 Ralph Wilson did hire ex-Rams HC Chuck Knox and make him one of the highest paid head coaches in the league. Mostly because the Bills couldn't have a home preseason game because Bills fans wouldn't attend the games. Attendance was nearing an all-time low and the Buffalo Bills hadn't beaten the Miami Dolphins the entire decade of the 1970s. Chuck Knox turned around a franchise that was a perennial loser into a winner. Now, five years later with the team winning, has been in the playoffs, fans butts have been filling the stadium so... the winningest head coach the Bills have had since the 60s, Chuck Knox left Buffalo for Seattle because the owner refused to give him a rise. Yes, late owner, Ralph Wilson did make QB Jim Kelly the highest paid QB at that time. Mostly because after the back to back 2-14 1984, 1985 season stadium attendance was at an all-time low and the fans that did show up had bags on their heads. Ralph Wilson was getting desperate because he if didn't act quickly he might be forced to sell part of or all of his team or move it. His GM for the 85 seasons Terry Bledsoe had health problems and Wilson fired him and promoted a young, up and coming Bill Polian. Norm Pollom was the scouting director that came with Knox to Buffalo from the Rams is the one who recommended the hiring of Polian. The rest is history What Ralph Wilson found out from those four super bowls is that winning is expensive. Winning costs money as the more the team wins, the more expensive the coaches, players, staff can get. The way the NFL works it's actually less expensive to lose over winning 10 games a season. One of the reasons Barry Sanders quit playing football was he realized the Lions weren't interested in winning. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/01/04/nfl-playoffs-are-not-a-road-to-riches-for-teams/#4b1557685124 "The overall NFL financial model is a socialist one. The NFL splits revenues evenly among teams from national media and licensing deals like other sports. But the NFL is the only sport that also doles out an equal portion of gate receipts to each team ($17 million last season). The NFL's socialist model continues in the playoffs. Playoff home teams in baseball, basketball and hockey keep anywhere from 50% to 100% of ticket revenues, depending on the sport and the number of games in the series. In football, all gate receipts flow to the league. The New England Patriots generate more than $10 million in gate receipts for each home game, but don't see a dime of that." With the NFL revenue sharing and low cost of players, coaches this owner made a profit of 15 to 20 million per and is the reason he was able to have expensive hobbies like horse racing, collecting fine art. Other team owners spending more on their teams ended up selling part of or all of their teams, Al Davis, Stephen Ross. The Ralph is cheap stuff is not a joke. Ralph Wilson was a notoriously frugal owner and there is a real reason over the decades as to why this franchise has almost ignored drafting QBs and have been more intent on drafting RBs, DBs. Hiring the less expensive head coaches, GMs, coaching staffs. In 1979 the Buffalo Bills had the #1 overall pick from the 49ers from the OJ trade and drafted LBer Tom Cousineau. Ole Tom ended up playing in Canada because Montreal Alouettes offered him twice the amount Buffalo offered him, Canada twice as much, really?

Chan Gaily is and was an offensive moron IMO. He was fired as OC after 2008 by the Chiefs for running a pistol offense. That team went 2-14 and his offense was 26th in points, 24th in yards. The only reason the Buffalo Bills hired and promoted him to head coach was that they had nobody else who would take the job. At that time assistant coaches from other teams were turning down requests by the Bills for head coaching interviews. Gailey was the head coach for Buffalo 2010-2011-2012 and he went 4-12, 6-10, 6-10. Gailey then got a job with the NY Jets in 2015 mostly because Fitz was also there and that year's Jets offense was in the top 10 while going 10-6 mostly because of Fitz throwing to Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker. The very next season Fitz crashed as he threw 12 TDs, 17 INTs, Gailey also crashed with the offense going 30th in points, 26th in yards and he was promptly fired after the season. Gailey has been out of the NFL since that 2016 season. If his offensive system was so good why has been out of work for the last few years? In Buffalo Gailey chose Trent Edwards over Fitz in the preseason and gave him all the reps in training camp only to outright cut him after two games. Gailey had stated that Fitz, Edwards, and Brian Brohm were all about the same talent wise and that wasn't true at all. Brohm got his shot and stunk, Edwards was shell shocked and stunk. Meanwhile, Fitz had enough experience to read a defense and set presnap protections, then he had a quick enough release that he could find the open receiver and get him the ball before the rush got to him. That open receiver was usually Stevie Johnson who wasn't a precise route runner but that kid could get open against anybody. Gailey ran a shotgun-based spread formation offense with five WR sets in Buffalo that was mostly smoke and mirrors as he only had one decent receiver in Stevie Johnson. Once opposing teams figured out that all they need do was bump Stevie on the line this kept Fitz from finding him quickly. That 2012 offense was 21st in points, 19th in yards. The Bills went 6-10 for the second year and Gailey was fired. After the 2012 season, the Buffalo News was talking with Ryan Fitzpatrick and what effect his new QB coach David Lee had on him. Fitz stated that previously in Buffalo nobody had worked with him on his setup, mechanics. Which meant that Gailey was supremely lucky that Fitz was even on the roster after he cut Edwards and Gailey had very little to do with mentoring him as all he really did was call plays. While Spiller did have one good season running out of the shotgun spread mostly because opposing teams weren't sure if it was going to be a run or pass. Still, one good season out of a player taken in the first round at #9 overall stinks in my view. I think it's safe to look back at those years and say that Buddy Nix sucked as GM, Chan Gailey sucked as HC. Lastly, while I didn't like Nate Hackett as OC in Buffalo under Marrone, in that 2013 season the Bills were #1 in rushing attempts, #2 in rushing yards with Spiller and Jackson. Which was better then Chan had done in 2012.

Buffalo gets a bad rap nowadays because of the "cold weather" and I gotta say it can't be nearly as bad as in Green Bay or Minnesota. I imagine even Cleveland shares this same attitude by many. I think all the losing gives them a worse rap then the weather. It used to be so much worse in Buffalo in the 1970s because of the "love canal" being front page news across the country, the smell from the steel mills and even the air surrounding the city looked yellow because of the mills. Buffalo was the butt of many a late night talk show hosts jokes. All that was before the four straight super bowl runs and needless to say winning really does cures everything. Now free agents wanted to come to Buffalo and NFL players noticed how rabid the Buffalo Bills fan base was and loved the idea of playing in that 80k plus stadium with crazed fans cheering them on. Now, hold on here! It wasn't just about the weather in Buffalo as the NFL coaches, players knew what it was like to play for an owner like Ralph Wilson. Quite a lot of coaches, GMs, players didn't want anything to do with the Buffalo Bills because they saw that the team wasn't that committed to winning over everything else. The owner was a notoriously frugal, hands-on owner and as team president, he was involved in nearly every aspect of the team from the ball boys to what GM was being paid. Wilson was also involved in free agency and the draft as he would at times make the selections. Winning Buffalo Bills head coach Chuck Knox left for Seattle when Wilson refused to give him a raise in pay even after turning around a franchise that didn't win a game against the Dolphins the entire decade of the 70s. Ralph Wilson didn't get along with Bill Polian as both had a fiery temperament and Wilson was even more cantankerous. Polian went on to help take the Panthers to the NFC championship game in only its second year of existence. After that, the Colts hired and promoted Polian to team president and he got them to a few SBs. Wilson didn't want to pay GM John Butler either because when Butler wouldn't immediately sign a new contract, Wilson stated if I can't hire you, then I'll fire you! Butler went on to build a powerhouse in San Diego. Ralph Wilson wasn't the very worst NFL owner, but he was awful close at times. My take is Buffalo is now looked at as a family type town where it doesn't have that nightlife, party town 24/7 of some big cities. A lot of the star players from the 90s chose to stay and live in Buffalo and the weather isn't that big a deal anymore. As I said, I think it's more all the losing. I still relish the scenes from the Bills locker room in 2017 when the Bengals beat the Ravens to catapult the Bills into the playoffs. I can only imagine things will change so much back into that 90s culture should this start winning year after year like they used to do. These new owners aren't anything like the previous owner and look to be 100% committed to winning over everything else. Bills fans are lucky to have them as owners.

What texts? This was in Jan 2010! The highest paid head coach was Mike Shanahan in Washington at 7 mill per as HC and executive vice president who signed on Jan 6th, 2010. Pete Carroll was next at 6.6 mill per as he signed a 33 million 5 year deal. Jeff Fisher was making 5.5 at Tenn, Andy Reid was making 5.5 in Philly. As I said, Shanny was already committed to the Redskins but he would listen to a deal that offered him 3 mill per year more. Ralph Wilson was a notoriously frugal owner and there was no way he was going to pay a head coach that much money. Not three million a year over the highest paid head coach at that time. This whole 10 mill per was a ploy by Russ Brandon to get some big names interested and interviewed to see how they would set their staffs. That amount of money was never offered to anyone, ever, period! As it was, Gailey would have been lucky if he got 3 mill per from Wilson.

The thing is... that while it was rumored by the Buffalo Bills that they would offer 10 mill per to a head coach... that was never truly offered to anybody. No way was Ralph Wilson going to pay to pay 10 million per year to a head coach. Cowher didn't take the job because that money was never offered. As I said, Shanahan was already committed to the Redskins and wanted to hear what was being offered and that much money was never offered to anybody. The wives didn't matter in this instance. http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4792467 When the Bills interviewed Chan Gailey for the Bills HCing job one of the reasons he was hired was because he told the owner he didn't need star players to win. Last point: I can guarantee you one of the things that the Bills loved was Gailey's attitude about how you can win without stars in the NFL. In fact, that's the kind of team he prefers. More than once in his career, he's told coaches he worked with: "You can win the World Series without Babe Ruth.'' In Buffalo, he's going to get that chance. https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/01/19/mailbag-0 Interesting story about Cowher by Vic Carucci, Looks like the Pegula's really wanted to hire "the Chin". https://buffalonews.com/2018/09/21/one-on-one-coverage-bill-cowher-talks-coaching-flirtations-and-bills/

After the 2009 season while looking for a new HC the Buffalo Bills let slip to the media that they would be willing to spend 10 million a year to a top head coach (this was clearly Russ Brandon). So, this info got Mike Shanahan and Bill Cowher interested enough so that they both interviewed for the HCing job in Buffalo. Cowher had stated he would hire Chan Gailey as his OC so that is a big reason as to why the Bills eventually hired him as HC. Shanahan was already committed to the Washington Redskins HCing job but wanted to hear Buffalo's offer. Realistically this whole thing was a ploy to get NFL people thinking about the head coaching job in Buffalo. Mostly because the entire NFL world knew that Ralph Wilson was such a "hands-on" owner in that he had HC Dick Jauron on the phone for hours daily from his home in Detroit during the season. Nobody that was worth a damn was really interested in coaching in Buffalo because of Wilson. The only guy that really wanted to coach in Buffalo was Marty Schottenheimer and Buddy Nix wanted to hire him and owner Ralph Wilson said no. Probably because he knew Marty wouldn't put up with his constant interference. Needless to say, Ralph Wilson also had much input into free agents and draft picks. There were lots of assistant coaches that wouldn't even take interviews for the Bills HCing job so that's why Nix was forced to eventually settle for Gailey who had been fired as OC in KC. Things are so different now with these new owners who aren't such "hands on" and don't need the team to make a profit to support them.

What's crazy to me is the outright ineptitude of past regimes in free agents, drafts. Jauron needed a top LBer to run his Tampa two defense. He had Fletcher, Crowell, Spikes in his first year and that went downhill after that even though they drafted Paul Posluszny who only played in 3 games that year. Poz was there but the rest stunk and ole Dickie never did get his defense up to par. Buddy Nix came in and while the O line was desperate for an LT they drafted an RB they really had no need for at all. Look at those drafts by Nix and so many failed picks. 2010, 9 picks, one decent player. Spiller #1 pick 2011, 9 picks, one very good player @#3 overall Dareus. 2012, 9 picks, two good players in Gilmore, Glenn #1 & #2 2013, 8 picks, two good players in Woods, Alonso both #2 picks Doug Whaley wasn't any better as most of his picks are long gone.

I don't think EJ was a "reach" as I think it was just more a stupid move as Whaley and his staff weren't very good at judging offensive talent. 2014 Two firsts for Sammy when OBjr was sitting there... The Bills traded up to the #4 spot and passed on Khalil Mack, Jake Matthews, Mike Evans and I still recall the Bills FO stating that they needed a big, tall red zone target right after they drafted Watkins, Mike Evans says hello! Look back that 2014 NFL draft and they could have stayed put at #9 and still drafted 12 players better than Watkins in the first round. There was a real reason Doug Whaley and his entire scouting staff were all fired after the 2017 draft. Look at that 2017 by McD with #1 Tre White, #2 Zay Jones, #2 Dion Dawkins, #5 Matt Milano. Then with Beane running the show in 2018 #1 Josh Allen, #1 Tremaine Edmunds, #3 Harrison Phillips with free agents Robert Foster, Levi Wallace. That's like four first round picks! I think they stole Josh Allen with teams bothered by his tweets from HS being released by some unknown source before the draft (Bills) How can Bills fans not be excited about the 2019 Buffalo Bills having 10 picks in the upcoming draft? Plus free agency and free agent walk-ons. I'm hoping that the 2019 Buffalo Bills offensive line looks so much better.

So, if the draft is stacked with blue-chip DT's it would appear that other positions of need are more scarce. with the combine and pro days ahead we the fans still don't have a clear picture of the draft status of most players. The Bills weakest area was #1 offensive line, OC, LG, and with the RG, RT as free agents and not so good players this puts the Buffalo Bills in need of four line starters from free agency and the draft. First and foremost this team needs to protect the QB and build a decent run game. As it stands there are no offensive line players in the top ten save OT Jonah Williams who I hope they draft.

2000 first three picks were DE, DB, LB 2001 first three picks were DB, DE, RB 2002 first three picks were OT, WR, DE 2003 first three picks were RB, DE, LB 2004 first three picks were WR, QB, DT...6 on offense out of 15 2005 first three picks were WR, TE, C although these were 2nd, 3rd and 4th round 2006 first three picks were DB, DT, DB 2007 first three picks were RB, LB, QB 2008 first three picks were DB, WR, DE 2009 first three picks were DE, C, DB ...13 on offense out of 30 2010 first three picks were RB, DT, DE 2011 first three picks were DT, DB, LB 2012 first three picks were DB, G, WR 2013 first three picks were QB, WR, LB 2014 first three picks were WR, OT , LB 2015 first three picks were CB, OG, RB although these were 2nd, 3rd and 5th round 2016 first three picks were DE, LB, DT 2017 first three picks were CB, WR, OG 2018 first three picks were QB, LB, DT... 24 on offense out of 56 Eighteen years of first round picks 10 were defensive, 8 offensive. As bad as the QB situation has been over those 18 years the Bills only selected a QB 3x in the first round. JP, EJ, JA. First-round picks by position, five DB, three RB, three DE, two WR, three QB, one LB, two DT, one OT, one C. To me, it's kind of sad that this shows the team went offensive line only twice in 19 years with a first round pick and that first one was a failed pick at OT. 2000 had Ted Washington 1995-2000 FA 2001 had Aaron Schobel 2001-2009 2nd round pick, Pat Williams 1997-2004 FA 2003 had Sam Adams 2003, 2005 FA 2006 Kyle Williams 2006-2018 5th round pick 2008 had Marcus Stroud 2008-2010 FA 2011 Marcell Dareus 2011-2017 1st pick #3 overall 2012 Mario Williams 2012-2015 FA 100 million 2014 Jerry Hughes 2014-2018 Trade The Buffalo Bills have expended far more money and resources in obtaining top defensive players vs offensive players over the years.