Rochesterfan

That just shows the the coin toss means very little. The team winning the coin toss won 54.8 % when you excluded ties - why exclude ties. With the ties included the team winning the coin toss won just over 51%. Yes they have a slight advantage, but it is minor. Looking at this year and more offense - including playoffs the team that won the toss won exactly 50% of the time. Even in the playoffs - one team one the coin toss and won and the other winner lost the coin toss and forced a turnover. The article nicely shows that the college rules are no better just favor the team that goes second by a similar margin. The team going second with the advantage Wins 54.9% of the time. Slightly higher percentage the other way because it gives the second team a major advantage. So what is your alternative that gives an exactly equal 50/50 chance to win because there is not one - either way one team will have an advantage of about 5% to win.

Oh gods - please no. I absolutely hate the college OT rules. I prefer the sudden death you get in the NFL - coin toss be damned. Get a stop - teams have been doing that consistently for years.

I can see them making a play - either via trade or a FA signing if cut. I think a signing like this would impact the draft and the thoughts leading up to it.

@OldTimeAFLGuy You do not have to image it. Look at how they treated Shaq Lawson when his friend died this year. Pegula plane to the south. Take your time. Here is the playbook for the week - study. Provided full support of both team and needed resources. Shaq came back and was able to play, staff and players worked to make sure he was ready. It created a more family type atmosphere.

I don’t know about most, but in terms of Left tackles only 4 teams had a LT miss more games than Glenn and 1 of those teams in Cleveland switched tackles in the season not due to injury. 18 teams had a LT start and play in every game this year and 5 more teams had their LT only miss one game and it was almost always a short week or just before the bye. This is 3 straight years he has failed to play more than 13 games and like some of the other tackles that missed extended time it becomes a pattern. I think that Glenn can certainly be a starter, but he is not elite and he was being paid as a top 6 LT and with a lack of playing full time - I would be leary of that salary with his play. He has fallen to mid level starter and in the coming years his salary will align its that, but if you are a rebuilding Cincinnati team - do you pay over 9 million for him or do you try to move on? If you can get a pick - I think they move on. If not it will depend, but he has a roster bonus due in March or they can get out with no dead cap money before that.

His salary this year was over 11 million and 6th highest in the league this year. Was he the 6th best LT in light of the 3 games missed. His salary decreases in coming years, but he has missed time each of the last 3 years - so that needs to be factored.

Sort of - right now he is the 6th highest paid tackle in the NFL and his 2018 pay alone was higher than what 12 teams paid for all of their tackles both left and right - starters and back-ups salaries combined. That will change with this off-season, but the fact is he started the year strong, but his play declined. Then he got hurt missed multiple games and was much less effective upon his return. I have no idea what they will do, but my guess is they will be looking to replace him ASAP with a cheaper and healthier alternative.

I believe early in the year he played well, but then injuries and missed snaps mounted up. He missed 3 full games and parts of several others. I do not think by the end the team was thrilled with the amount of time he missed and the rehab and work that went into getting ready. I don’t know if they will cut him, but it has been over 3 seasons since he played all 16 games and the amount of missed games and snaps have been adding up. I don’t think they can count on him to be healthy and therefore he might not be suited to be a starter in the league any longer and 9 million for a partial back-up is a lot. It is also the potential out year with no dead cap money - so if they want to rebuild - try to trade and then cut him.

Where’s @Gugny and his poll - about this? We need to know. LOL ? or maybe the Gase eyes ?.

Well to be fair if you go through the current Bills roster on NFL.com the pipeline looks to be Baltimore, Chicago, and Miami as each team is connected to 5 players on the current Bills roster. Next up would be Arizona and Philadelphia with 4 and then a group of 7 teams including Carolina with 3 players on the current roster. I understand early on they brought in several Carolina players like Tolbert to fill holes and establish what McDermott wanted, but none of those guys are really left. It is down to 2 back-ups/ non-factors in Marlowe and Anderson, and Star as a rotational player/filler. It does help that Beane and McDermott have a good relationship with Carolina, but the roster, coaching staff, and FO is not filled with guys from Carolina - it is a limited group that have any connections at all.

I guess my counter would be with Dareus in Jacksonville for the full year was their run defense better or worse than our this year? Did they improve from last year or get worse? Did we improve from last year or get worse? The correct answers are the Bills with Star had a better run defense than Jacksonville with Dareus in both yards per game and average. Additionally the Bills rush defense and overall defense got better with Star versus last year - whereas Jacksonville got worse and that was with Buffalo eating a majority of the Dareus contract. Yes it would be nice to pay Star less, but the contract is not prohibitive to do whatever they want and I believe with the bonuses paid - he is not tied to the team for any length - they can move on as they groom replacements.

I don’t know ask Bell and Brown in Pittsburgh.

They shouldn’t care - interview and hire who you want - if they care about optics over hiring the right people then they will be gone anyway. The fact that perception driving by poor logic and no facts would have any impact is just wrong. Name all of the Carolina coaches on this staff hired by McDermott and Beane. Name all of the Carolina players on this team. Name all of the FO staff hired directly from Carolina. You actually do that and you see the numbers are quite small included this new guy as the only Carolina Coach, 2 players, and 1 FO person in Morgan that was only a Carolina connection as a player - not in his current role.

We all understand the national media does almost no homework on the Bills, but the fact remains as far as players in the last game we had 2 players with Carolina connections and only 1 played. The coaching staff at the present had really no Carolina coaches - the only real connection was McDermott and Beane. Did they bring some players in - yes, but that is the case everyone. Is the number large or inordinate- I think not. It is a continuous issue that people make these assumptions and then present as fact with no proof. Again national media is because they do not care - they just speak with no thought because 90% of the readers know nothing about the team, but it should be better on the board where members actually follow the Bills and know the players.

This is so right - people get so blow away over inaccuracies because they believe that all we do is hire ex Carolina players and coaches - when in reality the numbers are small.

Would mind this at the right price.

If this is the case who is the all time lading receiver in Ravens history? Who is the leading receiver in Browns History? Ravens you will find that it is D Mason from 2005-2010 Browns - Ozzie Newsome 1978 - 1990. Try Rushing, Passing, Sacks, Coaching records, anything you want. In the unique case of the Browns the agreement was made for the city of Cleveland to retain all property of the Browns. ”Subsequent legal actions by the city of Cleveland and Browns season ticket holders led the NFL to broker a compromise that saw the Browns history, records, and intellectual property remain in Cleveland. In return, Modell was permitted to move his football organization to Baltimore where he established the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens are officially regarded by the NFL as an expansion team that began play in 1996.” The Browns were unique because the NFL folded instead of fighting for the history. Most other teams move and retain the history in the new location, but not in the Brown/Ravens case. The Ravens were considered an expansion team with no history, but already loaded with players. Now let’s try it again.

Nope - just move it earlier on Sunday - 5 - 6 pm start or play it on Saturday.

Yes the NFL, Browns, and Cleveland reached an agreement because the city and fans sued. This kept the Cleveland history and name intact in Cleveland. I think other cities should attempt the same thing and maintain their history. I could see Oakland losing because they already let the Raider name move to LA with the team, but Houston should have maintained the Oiler name and franchise history. It makes little sense for Houston’s great players to be a part of Tennessee lore. Moving the team to increase the value should be offset by losing the brand and reducing the value - it would cause some additional concerns for ownerships that want to move all the time.

I love this move and the staff he is trying to put together - I think is legit. I just am not sure the QB and the team is the best fit, but I think they will be much better than last year.

I think this is critical - What limited success McVay has had has been with a very aggressive GM getting him a ton of experienced pieces and a DC that was phenomenal last year, but the defense has regressed this year with more talent, but the HC seems to be very hands off. It has cost them games during the season and may end up being their downfall again in the post season. I do not think that will endure long term success. My feeling is KK will be put in an even worse situation because his GM is not even on par with the GM in LA. It is really going to depend upon his staff, but I think this has crash and burn written all over it. Especially as KK has shown no ability to be a HC (an OC or a QB coach yes - not a HC). You are suddenly responsible for so much more and it shows with how poor he did at TT in a highly offensive conference that his offense was just above average, but his defense was non-existent. He does not have to recruit, but he has to be able to bring in FAs going against young QBs in SF and LA. Should be fun to watch.

This is the point I think is key. Rodgers already had the reputation of ignoring an established veteran coach that brought him along. I do not see a young coach as a good fit for the long term for this team. Unless they have a plan to address that - I think they will be exciting out of the gate and by mid season reports of Rodgers doing his own thing as the team falters in 3rd and 4th place in that division. Good Luck to them.

This is not correct - Cleveland sued to keep the history and colors of the Browns. This forced the Baltimore team to get a new name and they have no history of people/players that were in Cleveland before. For example: Belicheck was Cleveland’s Head Coach is is not a Head Coach of record in Baltimore for the Ravens because the team history did not travel. Jim Brown has no history or connection to the Ravens.

Nope because part of the deal when the team left Cleveland was that all team history and name was left behind in Cleveland. Baltimore even though they were the same players as in Cleveland started out as a new team and a new identity in Baltimore. I wish more moves were legally forced to do this.

I think you you are missing the results of the poll or are trolling bad. Looks like most of us is - you can’t be mad at that.