oldmanfan

My understanding is they are consulted after they leave since they have the historical perspective of how things have gone.

Quit on Ralph twice. I'd also put John Butler up there. Put us in cap hell and then negotiated his job with the Chargers while under contract with the Bills.

I think McCarron will be better in the passing game then Taylor. And we'll still run it we'll. And play solid D.

I agree. What's more puzzling are some folks on the board who actually know what's going on with this team.

I could care less about such predictions, positive or negative. But I would just ask a couple questions about why so many, including a number of TBD participants, keep thinking a playoff team from last season will for some reason go into the toilet this year: 1. Offense: predictions are that the offense will be terrible. But what changes have really been made? a. Taylor for McCarron: I presume McCarron starts. And is he really a dramatic drop off at the position? TT ran well, but at times was a liability in the passing game. McCarron should get the ball out quicker and do better on the passing end. So kind of a wash here. b. O line: Groy I presume starts at C, and he did well when he filled in for Wood a couple seasons ago. RT is still an issue, but Dawkins looked very good at LT, and the G you have the same guys at RG as last year. Really it's filling in for Richie, so that is a loss to be sure. c. WR: Same cast as last year except for Thompson, and you figure one of the rookies gets that shot. So is it a stellar group? No. Any worse than last year? No. d. Changes OC's to a guy in Daboll with experience in two big time college and pro programs. So overall the offense wasn't great last year, probably won't be great this year, but so much worse it accounts for such a dramatic fall off in results? No. 2. Defense a. D line: Better at DT with Star and Harrison. Better at DE with Murphey and hopefully with a slimmed down Lawson. b. LB: Drafted a potential stud in Edmunds. MIlano comes in with more experience. And the kid from Jacksonville St may be that hybrid kind of guy McD likes. So worse than last year? Doesn't look that way. c. DBs: Strength of the team, and you add a solid vet in Davis at CB, some potentially good rookies, veteran at the slot, and the safeties still look really good. So overall the defense looks very solid, certainly as good as last year and likely better. So is this the reason we see such a fall off in record? No. 3. Coaching: McD is in his second year, and that experience should help him with game day situations. Frazier provides continuity, and Daboll replaces a guy that didn't appear to be that great at OC. So is this the reason we go from 9 wins to 3? Don't see that either. So what exactly explains it, because I can't find the glaring reason why a playoff team should drop six games down from last year to this.

It's a dead zone.....

Lighten up Francis. You're missing the most obvious one OP. Lou Saban. Twice.

They have Edmunds and Milano. I think we'll be OK. Ragland is meant for a 3-4.

The Lamonica example was use to debate your comment about drafting before 2017. I could spend all night bringing up different bad picks made by different GMs. But since it wasn't Beane that picked them it's not his fault.

I also wasn't happy with their decision about drafting Lamonica and then trading him if you want to get picky. But again that has no relevance to what Beane and McDermott did since they weren't making decisions back then. Ragland was drafted by one regime. He tore up his knee. The regime then changed and he couldn't get off the third string. So they traded him. Can you have an opinion? Sure. Can others disagree and discuss? Sure. Hope it does for both.

I think I'll trust McD and Frazier on this topic over you.

I didn't like John Rausch making OJ into a decoy, but it's not really relevant to what Beane and McDermott did.

They had a season to play. When a guy can't get past third string you basically have three choices. Put him on the practice squad, cut him, or trade him. Trading him gave him a fresh start and gave us a pick back. Beane didn't trade the picks to get him, Whaley did. And Ryan. Maybe if he hadn't wrecked his knee things would have been different. But he did. And they weren't.

We could see he wasn't going to be a good it. As Beane said sometimes part of trading a guy is to give him a new opportunity

He played in preseason and in camp and did not earn a spot. Simple. He may be a better fit in KC. Good for him. But in Buffalo other guys played better and earned a spot over him in camp. And that's life in the NFL

I hope it works out for him. He just didn't show much here for whatever reason. So they moved him.

He couldn't break out if third string status when with us. Scheme, health, whatever - he just didn't earn a spot so they traded him. Wish him well.

Her training is in music theater and she has been described to me as a classic soprano. If you think of Julie Andrews or Shirley Jones and some of their roles, that's her voice. Right now for example she is Cinderella in Into the Woods. She's never really expressed an interest in opera; it would require an entirely different training as I understand it. But she does absolutely nail the anthem!

Tears in my eyes. So proud to say I'm from Buffalo

Not sure of her range but I know it 's pretty big.

He's head of the Executive branch. The Executive branch executes the laws of our country. DOJ and the FBI are under the Executive branch. Is he personally responsible? No. But ultimately it falls under his direction. If American citizens committed such a crime then his department enforces the laws of our country.

I am under no illusion that our government is perfect and that some horrible decisions have been made. But at present the decision has to be made as to what to do about a foreign country interfering with our electoral process. And I certainly side with us vs. them in that regard.

And have they changed anything? No. And did we have dialog with other administrations with senior level diplomats and other government officials? Yes. And did North Korea change behavior? No. Over Putin? Yes.

Just looked at it. Bizarre of course. And wrong.

I would need to research a whole lot of what you've posted here to determine if there's any validity. Dosing citizens with LSD? If you're going to try and convince me that the North Koreans are the good guys and we're the bad guys, don't bother.