Doc Brown

NFL is where 31 of 32 fan bases are disappointed at the end of each year. You have to enjoy the season in the moment. It was a really fun year to be a Bills fan.

Andrew Luck averaged getting stacked 2.02 times per game. Joe Burrow has averaged getting sacked 2.96 times per game. He's going to have to play through a lot of pain if he wants a long career.

I'd rather this administration just raise our taxes at this point because at least they'd be honest with us.

He was on pace for 114 catches for 1204 yards and 7 TD's last year before tearing the ACL. I never questioned Diggs work ethic when he was "locked in" and I wouldn't bet against him.

I get where you're going but you need the offensive roster similar to what we had in 2020. Three receivers like Diggs, Beasley, and John Brown still at their peak physically and a top five o-line in pass protection. Led to the most passing yards and lowest running yards of Alllen's career.

It's absolutely not nonsense. He could've said $70m per year fully guaranteed or I'm asking for a trade. The Bills wouldn't have flinched in giving it to him.

He's playing. Keeping him in the spotlight by saying stupid crap and then complaining about the media focusing too much on him is what he lives for. Plus, making $30-$40m year is just dumb to turn down. I don't care how rich you already are.

I agree with most of this but I took the question more literally. I'd give Beane a C- during this period because we didn't trade for Metcalf. Just a 2nd rounder for him blew my mind. We could've offered a 2nd and a 5th and Seattle pry trades him here. It was the only move that would've moved the needle for me because we weren't getting Garrett or Henderson. Neither was a real possibility imo. You're right in that the only path we have now is for our young guys to develop. I'd also add that we need whoever we draft at DT in the first two rounds has to be an impact starter and better than DeQuan Jones.

Don't you think that can happen again though? You listed some negatives so I'll just give you the half glass full look. -Continuity with offense and defensive coordinators who theoretically should be better at their job. I think your point about EPA on defense was a good one and maybe Babich should be on the hot seat. I know everyone loves his personality and believe he can grow on the job. However, he has to prove it or I could see McD taking over play calling permanently next year. -Continuity on offense with the same starting five offensive lineman. Has that ever happened here before? Anderson included. -We've seen young players grow in their 2nd and/or 3rd year (Cook, Shakir, Dawkins, Milano, Brown, Knox, T. Johnson, Benford). No reason to believe one or more of Coleman, Kincaid, Torrence, and Carter can't do the same. Players in contract years usually perform well so Cook and Benford should ball out this year. -More competition at safety with signing Darrick Forest and pry drafting another one. I don't think Hamlin's the week one starter. -Again, this is glass half full but Bosa could be the player we all hoped Von would be when he signed here. Do I think he can stay healthy? No. Do I think the Bills will do everything possible to make sure he's a 100% come playoff time when we have to likely play at least two of the three elite QB's in the league (Mahomes, Jackson, Burrow). Yes. I've never been a big free agent guy because there's usually a reason these players hit the open market. It's kind of sad when the best free agent that wasn't re-signed by another team was Jevon Holland. However, Palmer and Bosa intrigue me. You also make a good point about trying to acquire difference makers which is why I'll always be sour that the Bills didn't offer more for Metcalf than the Steelers did. Same goes for not signing Hopkins a couple years back when he went to Tennessee instead.

Comments at 35:57 on Benford and Cook for those interested. Sounds ominous.

I disagree about last year as we got worse after free agency losing Morse and Floyd without replacing them. There were a lot of dire predictions on here and the national media that we'd be lucky to get a Wild Card spot with one of the hardest schedules in the league. We went 13-3 with Allen as the starter and beat the two #1 seeds in each conference. There will be some regression in the turnover department but Brady's offense will still be more turnover adverse than previous coordinators. Our defense still will create turnovers with all those peanut punches they do as if it's drilled into their heads. As for health, last year was a mixed bag. We had a lot of wrist injuries specifically at WR and it seemed like our defense was never at full strength until the playoffs. Even then Benford gets concussed twice and the Chiefs took advantage of it. We won't be as lucky on the o-line with injuries but I won't estimate Kromer's ability to have our backups ready to go more than most teams backups. This whole thread is futile though as you really can't judge an off-season until late August and that's just on paper.

Great. They'll build a soft football team. Only three teams who've played their home games in a dome have won the Super Bowl. The Rams twice, the Colts, and the Saints. So that's 4 of 59 Super Bowl winners. This graph is a few years old so it doesn't account for the Chiefs, Eagles, and 49ers. The teams that play outdoors in the cold are overly represented when it comes to Super Bowl appearances while teams that play in enclosed stadiums are underrepresented. Teams that play with average temperatures below 40 degrees are the most successful. I'm somewhat of a hypocrite though because I watch all these snow games by a fireplace in my living room.

We got within three points of a Super Bowl last year so "stay the same" before the draft is acceptable. I thought locking up Rousseau at $20m was a steal. We got a little worse on defense losing Douglas. He wasn't great last year but he's still better than Dane Jackson. Bosa if he stays healthy would cancel the loss of Douglas I guess. Palmer is an upgrade over Cooper. Special teams coach is a huge upgrade. If we traded for Metcalf it would've been a home run free agency period.

I was being sarcastic.

Pry four of the nine (Saints, Bucs, Patriots, Jets or Dolphins) will be 1:00 games if I were to guess.

We'll pry see a record 4:25pm games which interrupts my 5:00 nap. I hate Goodell.

Thought this might be the case. He's only averaging $22.5m per year as it was only a three year extension after his rookie deal. I really hate the way these contracts are reported. I'd be fine if we gave Benford a similar contract. A four year $110m contract extension would average about $22m per year over five years. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/derek-stingley-jr-s-new-contract-will-be-five-years-113-million It’s not officially signed yet, but it will be soon. And when it’s done, Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. will have a five-year, $113 million deal. The deal adds three new years and $90 million in new money. But it’s still a five-year deal. Stingley was due to make $5.431 million in 2025, the fourth year of his rookie contract. He would have made $17.6 million in 2026, under the fifth-year option.

What reports out of curiosity?

Beane would never trade up a few spots for someone like Zay Flowers or Jordan Addison. Loves his 4th round picks too much.

Most receiving yards by a rookie TE in Bills history. The pick is looking worse and worse by the day as we roll out Palmer and Coleman as our "best" outside WR weapons.

From what I remember for the fall their were a few reports that he didn't interview that well and there were concerns about his passion for the game. Skinny frame too.

Draft the best player available on DL, CB, or WR on your board in the first round. Beane can move up and down a lot in the 2nd round to go after the other two positions if he so chooses.

Yes. Our defense was great against below average in average offenses. The 2021 season was a weird year where the defense only allowed 12.6 points in our wins (9 of the 11 wins with offenses that ranked 19th or worse in Scoring). The meltdown in Jacksonville and the opening game loss to the Steelers were the only exceptions. However, in their seven losses they allowed 28 ppg and five were against teams that finished 14th or better on offense. Kind of reinforced that this team's defense is built to smother below average to average offenses but struggles against top tier one's. It hasn't changed much even with Frazier's departure. As for the Bengals Super Bowl run. The 13 seconds game the Bills didn't make any meaningful defensive adjustments in the 2nd half/overtime and they had 28 points scored on them because of it. The Bengals gave up three points with lesser personnel were able to make the necessary 2nd half adjustments the next week in KC and I give Anarumo credit for that.

We traded for Rasul Douglas because he was playing so bad across from Benford.