BullBuchanan

How didn't it?

He's 2 years into a 6 year deal. Let it ride until the end. If he's still in decent shape by then, re-sign him or franchise.

If it had to happen, this is the best time for it. It's an extra offseason for the senior citizen to rest up and keep rehabbing that dried up rubber band of a knee.

Peyton Manning

Nah. We already had one predator in our teams group we had to ditch, don't need another. He's also considerably worse than Bass.

Yes, 21 yards - known to literally everyone who has ever watched football as a "deep" pass.

I don't think he is, he is. He's just also a complete receiver who's more valuable on higher percentage plays, so he gets used all over. Of course he just nabbed a 52 yarder, but also: https://www.buffalobills.com/video/josh-allen-s-accuracy-is-immaculate-on-21-yard-seed-to-shakir-bills-at-dolphins https://www.buffalobills.com/video/khalil-shakir-with-a-spectacular-catch-for-a-33-yard-gain-bills-vs-dolphins Let me know if you need any more help.

You don't define a WR by one play. Have you seriously never watched him play? He runs a 4.43 and has an elite level composite speed RAS, and he's ultra successful at go routes. He's not a 1 trick pony where he's just a deep threat guy, but he absolutely has that skill set. As for MVS, him not producing tonight doesn't change my statement. He's known aroudn the league as a deep-ball specialist and has been for years.

Shakir is a deep threat and it's also MVS' specialty.

Thought? I still think it's still a bad idea, and always will . I never like paying a guy as a top player hoping he'll turn into one. If I'm going to spend that money, I want a sure thing. Even if he becomes the best RT in the league, I'll still hate the decision. You're the one advocating paying a player 20x what he currently makes. If this team doesn't end up being good enough to win a Super Bowl with the talent currently on roster, you want to cull $20M worth of players and think we'll be in a better position? That's a hard pass from me. We are currently spending 11.9M this year in cap on Douglas Benford Ingram Hamlin Rapp Bishop Lewis Johnson by himself is 8.5M (5th highest on the team) Elam at 3.7M(9th Highest) and Edwards at 2.8M(17th Highest) are currently dead weight that are more than 50% of the cap we're spending on everyone who's currently playing. I think doubling our starting budget on Benford would be bananas. I have complete confidence McD could replace him for less than the money spent on Elam, Edwards and Benford's current deal when the time comes. As it stands, you have him through next season. add 3-4 young DBs tot he roster between now and 2026 and you'll be fine.

I wouldn't. Of all the things that McDermott and Beane do, their best attribute is getting insane value from players in the secondary. We have guys like Benford, Hamlin, Rapp, Lewis, Ingram all playing amazing ball for this club and no one wanted them. I have total faith that they'll be able to get very high level play from late round, UDFA, and cheap FA players on the back end. Let someone else break the bank for a CB and scoop a 3rd round comp pick. Douglas is gonna be 31 next year. If he wants to play for 4 or 5M, great. If not, you let him walk.

Nah, I just realized conversing with you is low value and I have better uses for my time.

He will if he plays another 5 years at the same level. Mahomes could have retired last February and would be a unanimous first ballot.

I like him a lot. Good coach in a tough spot. We've seen coaching legends look like the game has passed them by as soon as they get turbulence at QB. What's going on this year with typically scrubby QBs having significant success (Darnold, Fields, Willis, and maybe Dalton?) is wild. Maybe you get one of those stories a year. Is it all coaching, or are these QBs just getting hot enough? Miami planned on winning last year and just like us they had to part ways with a lot of their core in the offseason. They haven't been able to handle it nearly as well. The season is still young, and if they can pivot, the narrative will change. Against us? Not likely, but enough to be respectable? I wouldn't bet too much against it.

He's been electric. Really glad to see it all come together for him.

I made wings

I have been a McDermott hater since he interviewed. He and his staff are doing a marvelous job this year. Everything is clicking. Our offense has people running routes where they can be hit in stride, and when something works we keep doing it for the first time I can remember in 30 years. We have completely outschemed our last two opponents and made great adjustments against the Cardinals. They look incredibly prepared. Josh Allen is playing the best football of his career and while he certainly deserves a huge amount of the credit, I can't help but notice that one of the biggest reasons for it is because he's actually going through reads and hitting the open man consistently, which he's only done sporadically thus far. He did miss the read to cook for a TD yesterday when they took that offsetting penalty in the redzone, but he was otherwise flawless. To me, when all of your guys are playing to their max level, that's a tip of the cap to the coaches.

I won't shed any tears for him. Dude's a royal a-hole. Terrible disease, but there are people with it much more deserving of my sympathy.

KC looked like ***** most of the year last year too and it didn't matter. This is all just pre-season. Allen looks the best he's ever looked and is playing the best ball in the league right now, but that doesn't make him better than Mahomes. If he does it for the next several years,collects some MVPs, and beats him in January then we can have that discussion.

He's a great player. I praise him all the time.

plenty of players have had elite seasons without being elite QBs (Gannon, Schaub, Bulger, Flacco, Culpepper, Vick, etc). Each of those guys could thow for 5k yards and I wouldn't consider them elite tier QBs.

It's definitely Burrow for me, though Stroud could make a case this year to climb up there for sure. He was so very good last year.

Good idea. Thanks.

Just because I was wrong doesn't make me a pessimist. My underlying thesis is that under this regime, we are not a team designed to win in big moments under tough conditions. In order to make the playoffs last year, we needed to win out after losing to Denver. I figured that would be all but impossible given how poorly prepared the team was. In the weeks that followed they looked downright awful playing against Easton Stick and Bailey Zappe nearly losing both games. I watched them almost throw away the Tampa game, Fall to the NYG level and win a war of attrition, get panted by the Jaguars, etc. I was wrong that they wouldn't make the playoffs. 100% They were still a severely flawed team that wasn't built to win a championship and they didn't. That's why this is all pre-season. We could go 17-0 and I won't be much more excited than if they go 11-6. The only thing that matters to me is, are they a legitimate threat to win a Super Bowl? For me, based on the team personnel, coaching staff, and front office I can't find any way that doesn't involve injuries to opposing teams or massive upsets, in games we aren't a part of, to rationally think the answer is yes so far. That's been my opinion for most of the last 30 years with some exceptions (99,08,20,21). It's not some Eeyore, woe is me opinion. It's based entirely on their decisions and performance.

I will if it is. The expectation is that they should win 11+ games. Sorry if I'm not excited when they beat bad teams in September.