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I'd love to hear this one after he makes a play: Also, "I'm Your Boogie Man" by the same band. I think they might have upwards of 10 songs with the word boogie in the title lol

It's not all on the backs. The OL struggled to create lanes in nearly every game. The run game as a whole needs to improve and I think it will. They shuffled the interior OL almost all season. Ford went out early, Feliciano didn't start playing until nearly mid-season, Morse missed some time, and it took Boettger a while to settle in. This year they have a full training camp and preseason to solidify the OL. Moss had some hurdles his rookie year. Got hurt a couple times, benched because of a fumblerooski, etc. I'm sure he's anxious to get back out there and show what he can do. Singletary as well. Both players have solid attributes and I don't think you give up on them this early, especially if they used a pair of 3rd round picks, they expect guys drafted that high to stick and produce. But homeboy ain't sold on them so uh...I dunno. Tell 'em they're all fired I guess?

I'm not sure, nobody really stands out. Harris seems like he could be really good up in NE but they always go RBBC so who knows. I'm excited for Moss this season. He had a bit of a rocky rookie year with some injuries and getting benched because of a fumble but hopefully he takes the next step in year two. I know it's the trendy thing to harp on Singletary but I don't think it's completely fair to put everything on the RBs. The OL struggled in nearly every game to create lanes. So many times defenders were in the backfield the second Allen handed it off. Singletary may not have the big time speed but he has great vision, tremendous balance, he cuts really well and makes guys miss. Between him, Moss, and Brieda, we should see some improvement. I think they're gonna be alright.

Thanks Yolo. I cut and pasted the link in my OP and usually that works. I screwed it up! My big chance to share the big news on the board and I blew it!! Gah! 😆

https://twitter.com/BuffaloBills/status/1389236576719343619?s=19

Following the 2006 season, "Losman showed he can do it. He's gonna take over next year!" "I think this Zay Jones kid could be really good."

I'm good with it. He has some crazy length which he seems to use pretty well. He shows up on those highlights with a shoestring tackle a bunch of times, able to use that length to trip 'em up as they try to leave the pocket. Interesting that the lined him up over the center at times. That's another McBeane hallmark they look for in prospects: versatility. As a jersey number nerd, I wonder which number he'll take. 50-59 are taken, and then 95 and 96 are available in the 90s, although I don't know if they have #95 in rotation.

I'm good with it. They definitely needed to get a little younger on the DL. He's a bit of a project, sure, but they won't ask him to play like, 65% of the snaps this season. They'll work him in slowly. Eager to see if Beane moves around in the 2nd or 3rd rounds tonight. I wonder if RB is still on their radar...maybe they go with one of the North Carolina backs.

I thought Newsome made a lot of sense for the Bills but it's not to be. I've been doubtful about a trade down, Beane has never actually moved down, only up. The roster is tight for spots so you'd assume they wouldn't be too concerned with walking out with a haul of eight or ten players. But maybe they drop down a bit and then juggle things around so they end up drafting in rounds 2-5 and maximizing their value.

I don't know why you wouldn't. They completely overhauled the entire franchise and changed the culture. They unloaded bad contracts and stockpiled draft picks. They found three starters in their first draft and just re-signed all of them. They get their QB and LB in 2018. They sign Beasley, Morse, Feliciano, turning weak position groups into strengths. Trade for Diggs who goes and has an all-pro season. They've plugged free agents into the right spots, they've kept their word on draft, develop, re-sign. They have plenty of analysts pointing to them as the perfect example of how you orchestrate a full on rebuild. After the crapshows that were the 2000-2016 seasons it's a more than welcome change to have Team McBeane driving this ship.

Joey B to Chase is gonna be fun to watch. I'd like the Bengals if I didn't wanna roundhouse their weasel-faced, spazoid coach right in the nuts.

Exactly. They needed help on offense, Rodgers needed an additional target aside from Adams. They're also in a window where they can compete for a championship right now so you'd think they'd wanna draft players that can contribute very early. But instead, they spend a first round pick on a quarterback who might sit for four or five years before he sees the field. I know Big Rodg can be seen as "mercurial" but I side with him on this. GB has consistently short-changed him at the skill positions. They're basically like, "You got Davante, shut up!" Adams is a beast but he can't be the whole offense.

I'm fine with them grabbing one of the top backs early. I've said before, I believe with their first two picks they want players that can contribute early. They're in the window for a championship right now and don't wanna spend draft capital on a guy that isn't really gonna make much impact until his second or third season. So you have to look at which position groups have players ready to go in 2021. RB fits that, WR, CB, I think those are the deeper groups in this class. RB definitely seems likely. I also think they could potentially look for an LB or DB for their big nickel spot. Whatever they do, I'm fine.

I lean towards Harris. The way he's talked about seems like he's kind of a step ahead of everyone else in that group.

The way I'm looking at the draft for McBeane is I believe they want to draft someone who can come in and contribute as early as possible. They're linked to the DE/edge rushers but I think everyone in that group is gonna need substantial time to develop and contribute. Same for the DTs, unless someone like Barmore falls that far. DL needs some help but I don't feel like they're going that direction in the first. I don't think a LB will be there that they'll like. So that leaves a DB on the defensive side. The CB group is deep so they could wait until the second or third, but I do believe that group is pretty strong this year so they could go that direction because they might find one who can start day one. I also think the 'big nickel' spot they've been looking for could be in play here. Would that Moering kid from TCU make it to 30? Offensively, I kinda jumped on board with the theory that they may want to inject that "instant offense" type of playmaker. Therefore, I can see them going WR or RB if they believe they have an impact player who can start early. For me, that's Najee Harris. I know people get they jimmies all rustled about a first round RB but that dude seems special. WR-wise I know they've been linked to Elijah Moore and other speedy receivers like that so maybe that works too. I don't think they go OL early. Just mah two cents.

Geez Louise, just gnarly. I remember Stevie Johnson used to have a real sick first step and he specialized that basketball style crossover that would get him open a lot. Looks like Diggs has that crossover thing in his arsenal as well. I had to really read up as to why this dude fell to the 5th round back in 2014. Some injuries and overall poor offense/QB at Maryland kinda limited him. Kudos again to Beane and McDermott for fully understanding the type of receivers Josh needed in order to flourish. They could see that Josh was a "see it open a d throw it" instead of a "throw them open" guy. So they said we need dudes who can separate and make it easy for our QB. They go get Beasley and Brown and then Diggs. And now Josh has started to throw guys open a lot more so it helped him grow a lot.

Practice squad. Remember, Trubisky isn't sticking around beyond this season. He's looking at 2021 as a "reboot" for him and will look to sign somewhere with a chance to compete for QB1 in 2022. I think Fromm will hang around here for at least this season as they try to develop him and see what he's got. Davis Webb is likely the third string guy and gets the call up in the event Trubisky has to start a game. I can't see that happening since Josh Allen is made of BDE and vibranium. They really like Webb for his IQ as well. They're moving on without Barkley so I feel like they'll keep Webb since he's been in the QB room with Josh for a couple years now.

I recall reading that Schwentz rustled more than a few jimmies while he was at NDSU. Dude has some arrogance to him and seems like a "not my fault" kinda guy, at least to a degree. He takes some accountability but overall it seems like he'd rather pass the blame. I think it was said that the dude would need some hand holding in the NFL and supposedly Reich was that guy when he was in Philly. So we'll see how it works in Indy.

Overall a pretty good makeover. The numbers remind me of the Bears a little bit. Bears number font is a bit thinner but definitely similar. May Joey B throw four TDs a game unless he's playing the Bills in which case I wish for him to throw a good 14 or 15 interceptions.

I know he's not a player but I couldn't stand Tom Donahoe and his stupid weasel face and his stupid personnel decisions and his big stupid inability to operate a pro football franchise. As for players, I try to give them a chance. If they suck on the field I'm not gonna waste my time and energy hating them, I'm just gonna hope they get replaced. Players that irritate me are the ones causing drama and bullcrap either on or off the field. The one type of player that really gets on my nerves is the one that will celebrate any sort of accomplishment. You know the type, a DB who jumps up and folds his arms like "Aw yeah, not gettin' no catches on me today!" while the reason for the incompletion is the QB zipped it a mile wide or whatever. Or the guys who get crazy when they're down by 30. "My team is down by 34 and there's two minutes to go but I just got this first down, lemme do a dance!" Or the linebacker who makes a TFL when his teams down by 40 and he jumps up like, "I am the greatest tackling machine ever!" It's like, shaddap. You know those types of guys are just in it for themselves at that point. Team guys in those situations make the play and just go straight back to the huddle because what's to celebrate if you're not gonna win? But in conclusion...Tom Donahoe and his stupid rat face. Edit: Cripes, I forgot about OJ. I don't give a crap what he did on the field, I wish his name was eradicated from the entire NFL let alone the Bills franchise. He's literal human garbage.

Nice work! It can be tough to come up with a consensus of best players just because there's so many resources out there now. I remember the days where I'd hit up the magazine section in the supermarket and find a couple of draft guides and follow along with those. Nowadays everyone and their mama got a draft website. I actually had an idea for a draft analysis website a while back. It would poll together player rankings from all over the web and then it would determine the average rank of each player. That way, you'd be able to look at one list and know that Website A ranks him as the #2 CB in the class, Website B has him at 4, so on and so forth and you'd be able to see that the player, on average, would rank 3rd on most analysts lists. I still think it's not the worst idea, I just have no idea how to develop it. And now that I've babbled about it on here, someone gonna steal mah intellectual property! So uh, I trademark, copyright, and give the little circled R sign to this idea. Any of y'all steal it and the Underpants Gnomes gonna be on yo case!

What a turd. Plenty of people have spoken on the possible reasoning behind criminal actions of NFL players and want to see the NFL do something about this kind of thing...they do try. Every year they hold the rookie symposium where there are a number of seminars to help the next wave of players transition to the NFL. They have plenty of former players with cautionary tales come and talk about a variety of different things; how to handle your money, how to handle people around you now that you have money, your role as a player in the community, how easy it can be to slip down a rabbit hole of idiocy by believing your own bullcrap and seeing yourself as above others, how to avoid getting roped into stupid situations, how to handle personal relationships, etc. They offer a lot of information and knowledge for these guys. The players paying attention in these seminars are likely already stand-up individuals with little to no character concerns. It's the guys that skip or sleep through these seminars that end up in the news for stuff like this. Morons.

That's a good pickup. He was rated pretty highly coming out of college. Saw plenty of mocks here that had him going to the Bills. Hopefully it's just been injuries that have stunted his career a bit. He played every snap last season for the Chargers so that's a positive sign. I still think it's Ford and Feliciano at the two guard spots but this dude could give either one a run for their money if he catches onto the scheme quickly and all that.

Don't think I've ever seen a single ad here since I jumped onboard several years back.

The dude never lacked for character. I always liked how he was basically like, "Fine me, whatever. I'mma do me and that's that." He gives a ton back to his community. I think I might've read that he's been doing the commercials lately because he ends up taking most of the paycheck he gets from them and puts it towards his charitable work.