Doc Brown

Correct me if I'm wrong but the disparity between points scored (2nd) and yards gained (10th) on offense has a lot to do with turnover differential. On offense we were tied with the 2019 Saints with the fewest turnovers of all time with only eight. We didn't even turn it over in the three playoff games. Only two fumbles lost is absolutely bonkers especially considering one of them was on a trick play. There's no way the offense is that clean with turnovers again and if they don't regress to the mean it would be shocking. Combine that with a perfectly healthy o-line (minus one game?) is also extremely likely not to happen again. The defense forced 31 turnovers which was third in the league. I'm just going to assume we regress slightly in that area because creating turnovers has always been a strong suit of McDermott's defense. Defense should be the focus of the draft but assuming this offense is going to repeat last year's scoring production if we just run it back while making some minor moves is highly unlikely. If we take a WR that falls in any of our three picks in the first two rounds I'd be fine with it.

All true but this on again off again trade policy only adds fuel to the fire. Markets hate uncertainty. An on/off tariff policy fuels panic, panic fuels selling, and selling brings lower prices. Can't wait for Trump to use our tax money to "bail out" farmers again who never asked for it to begin with.

That explains the tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Will all the seats have cup holders? That's the only thing I really care about.

If they aren't allowed to raise prices but their costs go up the only option they'd have is to lay off workers. Either that or they ignore him and raise prices anyways. Either outcome is not optimal. Doesn't he realize a lot of the parts used by American car companies to make cars are imported from other countries? It will take years to move manufacturing to the US and even then it will be less efficient and cost more. This will jack up car insurance premiums too. Also, if you're the head of these companies how can you plan long term if there's no guarantee that these Tariffs will be permanent?

This doesn't exactly impact the game on the field. I'm guessing there's a lot more paper cuts to come though.

No. It shouldn't. The same Republicans that rightfully accused Biden of executive overreach in forgiving student loans are now silent because of self preservation.

Give the Bills a bye week to get as healthy as possible and have an extra week to repair then maybe they'd have better results. No other team has been as negatively impacted by the expansion to seven playoff teams than the Bills.

Sabres should sign him as a goalie.

Used cars will at least go up in value? Wish I never voted for the guy and I can't believe he has this much power when it comes to implementing tariffs.

Just spit out my water reading this. Fantastic.

That's fair but I think it would take at least two losing seasons (or one abhorrent) for Pegula to ever consider making that move imo. Pegula growing up a Steelers fan where they've had like three head coaches since the fall of the Roman Empire makes me think he'd be extremely hesitant to fire McDermott. Also, he just had Adams hire Ruff and that's not going so well right now.

What do you think it would take for Pegula to fire McDermott and not Beane?

I wish he didn't own the Sabres because his absolute failure at hiring GM's and head coaches makes him think at least I've got a good floor with McDermott and Beane.

You saying the Bills weren't one play away in any of the Chiefs losses isn't based in reality either. Especially when you said you laughed at people who thought we were. As for Rousseau, if your argument is we shouldn't have paid for an above average instead of elite DE than that's fine. Two elite DE's are lethal and unfortunately it's hard to find one (yet alone two). If you think we paid too much for him I vehemently disagree with you. Paying $18.5m for five years is a steal for an above average player at the DE position. He's the 18th highest DE at the position and he'll pry be in the 30's by the time his contract expires. That's really good value. The hard part is via draft or free agency finding an elite DE to line up opposite him. There weren't any available this offseaon as the Browns were obviously desperate enough to throw $40m at Garrett. Crosby wasn't leaving the Raiders and I doubt the Bengals would trade Henderson to a conference rival. Bosa's worth the shot but if he's injured a lack of pass rush might easily happen again to hold this team back from a Super Bowl.

I laughed at the title of this thread but then realized it accounted for moves all NFL teams have made the last five weeks. The extensions were smart and the Rousseau one will be a steal looking back a couple years from now. I know Mack Hollins was a fan favorite here (the no shoe thing was weird) but I wouldn't have paid him what the Patriots did. I'd give the free agent signings a C because they still have a hole at CB2 and the two guys they added to their defensive line I thought were overpaid and now the Bills defense will be on constant flux throughout the year because of the suspensions. Love the Bosa signing and am okay with the Palmer signing despite my well documented hatred of the Bills not being in on the DK Metcalf sweepstakes. I wouldn't have put them at #1 though. That's crazy. Glad they re-signed Ty Johnson at such a low price and are happy they won't from all indications give Cook $15m a year. I do think people overreacted to the Dane Jackson signing as only $567k guaranteed on a one year deal screams out to me Beane thinks there's no way in hell Jackson's our plan at CB2.

No. His type of humor just didn't have wide spread appeal with his bizarre references. He'd say stuff like "I haven't seen a surprise play like that since Gorbachev convinced the politburo to put a Pizza Hut in Red Square."

Yeah. He said McNabb wasn't as good as the media made him out to be because of their desire for a black QB to do well. McNabb later said it bothered him and Limbaugh resigned. Not the smartest decision to bring political commentators or comedians in on a sports show/broadcast.

They definitely need one of their young WR's to take a major leap this year.

You can't bat 1,000. Ken Dorsey?

If Diggs tore Achilles his career might've been in jeopardy as a WR. Cousins and Rodgers looked like shelves of their former selves and they played QB.

That's why they call it a premium position. I do wonder if they'll play him more in the slot than outside. It was about a 50/50 split in Houston last year.

He didn't even get the injury right.

They tried to sign Godwin too (it was reported they were willing to offer him a top 5 WR salary) and Godwin's like "Nope. Way less money to stay in Florida with actual talent around me is fine with me." The Diggs signing reeks of desperation. A one year $10m guarantee with incentives to earn up to $15m was the contract I was expecting for Diggs given his age and coming off a torn ACL. I do agree with you about the Pats getting crap for letting Diggs leave the building and then when they do sign him criticize them for overspending. It was pry the only team in the league that Diggs had leverage with in free agency given how horrible their o-line and passing weapons are.

He already knew it was going to be Rodgers at QB just like the rest of us knew. The Patriots just paid a 31 year old WR who was already on the decline even before tearing his ACL $26m guaranteed. That's crazy and you think they weren't willing to play a very good/elite 27 year old WR $30m per year? I've got the Bills, Dolphins, Chiefs, Chargers, Broncos, Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, and Texans as clearly better than the Patriots no matter what happens in the draft.