Drunken Pygmy Goat

Nice play on words

"I know it's only preseason" There's your answer

This sounds about right.

Doesn't matter. When his was in, he was the Mike, and Brown was on the outside. I'm not for or against signing Brooks (I prefer not to, based on age/fit/contract), but I think the SF defense will improve considerably this year. They were banged up pretty bad last year, and their coaching sucked. Their line will be very good, and Bowman is back.

Taylor may not be a franchise/elite QB, but that doesn't mean "he sucks". It's been discussed to death, but most fans agree that, had the defense been at least average these last two years, the Bills possibly win about 2 more games each of these last two years under Taylor, and seriously contend for a playoff spot. Of course, we fans want more than just a playoff birth (although we'd take it at this point), but to say that Taylor sucks is selling him a bit short, IMO. Are you the same guy that claimed that the Bills with Matt Cassel would be like the Panthers with Jake Delhomme on the BBMB? OP would be a hit at PFT.

This tells me absolutely nothing. Take this stuff to Facebook, you'll get more traction there...

Correct, and he wasn't terrible there.

Should we care about trolls now?

Nice work You would assume that they ranked poorly on both ends under Rex.

Professional and classy. I mean, what was he supposed to say?

Great hit! It would be interesting to compare all teams on drives that were extended by penalties, frequency of each type of penalty, and how/if that translated to points. Same with drives stalled due to offensive penalties. I bet there's at least some correlation to the final score and possibly win/loss records.

Necessary?

Zero. When was the last time this kind of scenario played out like that? The Bills are trying to build their roster and free up cap space. They'll save roughly $10-14 million in cap space by not signing him

With our luck, Chiefs vs Rams.

Tanking seems to be a loosely used term. This isn't tanking. People act like Watkins and Darby were our ticket to the Super Bowl. These moves, plus trading down in the draft, put the Bills in a very good position to draft a player that could be the ticket. Now if Watkins and Darby become important pieces, while the Bills miss on their QB and flutter, then we're really going to hate the moves.

PNW gets it. What do people want to hear, the the Bills FO has given up on 2017? That's a great way for a new regime to establish a culture... Time will tell us how well these moves make out. Right now, you can say that they benefit LA and Philly. All the Bills need to do now is hit in the draft, and they've got the ammo to make a serious move if needed. I was as shocked and disappointed as anyone when I heard the trades happened, but after giving it some thought, I'm perfectly fine with them. I don't need the GM to come out and tell me what this was about. Waving Watkins' rookie option was a good move based on his health/availability questions. And if Darby wasn't buying in, getting something for him makes sense. If the new regime is interested in a slight tear down, in order to build around a top QB, so be it. They'll have the assets, in what could be the perfect year for them to take a QB, and they won't be as burdened financially by not extending Watkins and Darby (with roughly a $18-24 million cap hit).

Bills weren't winning a SB with Watkins and Darby anyways, so what is there to lose? Having a franchise QB changes the entire completion of the team. Without one, the Bills have floated around .500 for 17 years. What's more important? Being a little more excited for the year, but knowing deep down that just making the playoffs is a long shot? Or being a little less excited for the year, but knowing that it's because the team is trying to better position themselves for future success? If the Bills hit on a QB, and are making deep playoff runs in 3-4+ years, all is good. The way the roster is comprised currently, the Bills were in a cycle that tops out around 9-7 on a good year. We want championships!

How are these marketing moves? The Bills unloaded two players, and added two players and two draft picks. Clearly the FO wants to be in as good a position possible to make a play at one of the top QBs in a strong QB class. This is a 1 step backwards, 2-3 steps forward (hopefully) move. If the Bills hit on a franchise QB, it will better set the team up for a postseason run, which should time well with Brady's retirement. How is trading away two of your better players a marketing move? If that's the case, it's not a good move.

Players are "wired" differently. This kind of thing doesn't bother me this time if year. Hughes will be fine. Bruce Smith was the same way. Hughes is drawn offsides more often than others, but makes up for it many times with his play. One of his best attributes is his jump at the snap, and Bruce was notorious for jumping offsides.

When the kick returner waves for fair catch, the official behind him raises his hand in the air to signify to the opponents that a fair catch has been called. On the penalty in Thursday's game, the gunner happened to look for the ball at the same time the fair catch signal was made. He would have seen the official's hand in the air, and avoided contact.

Lol We'll see how this grades out in a couple years.

Gaines is decent, but missed all of 2015 with a Lisfranc injury to his foot.

One thing is for sure, the Bills have certainly given him plenty of reasons to post negative articles over the years. I'm sure he's grinning right now, after the trades.

Is this real life?

It's not like he's never posted anything positive. His job is to generate revenue, and posting negative, controversial things gets more reaction from people.