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whoops changed it to Josh McCown my bad.

Same here. I still think even without cap relief Thomas/O'Leary still give equal benefit and they can use the roster spot elsewhere

I hope I am wrong because I really would like a new QB through the draft. But from what I have read and how the team has acted they don't strike me as the type of bunch that would trade to move up which I think they have to do for one of the QBs and I think they want a ferocious defense that can limit an opponent to under 20. They flat out said if the offense scores 24 pts they should win every week with their defense.

Here are five bold predictions I have for the Bills offseason. Agree with them, rip them apart, or make your own! 1. The Bills do NOT draft a QB in the upcoming draft. The team instead strengthens the defensive front 7 drafting a DT and LB with their first two picks due to the fact the cost to move up for one of the top QBs is too steep. 2. Instead Josh McCown is signed and the QB competition is between him and Peterman. The Bills seem very invested in Peterman and sign JoshMcCown as a stable force for the QB spot so if Peterman can't cut it they have a capable starter. 3. Charles Clay is cut despite having his best season yet as a Bill. Nick O'Leary and Logan Thomas development allows the Bills to shed salary on Clay whose numbers never were enough to justify his contract. 4. WR Mike Wallace is signed to strengthen the WR corp and the Bills list Zay Jones fourth on the depth chart behind him and Deonte Thompson. Instead of the draft the Bills add a proven capable vet to take the 2nd WR spot who has speed. Despite the stories of Zay Jones rebounding, Deonte Thompson still out performs him early on in the spring practices to hold the 3rd WR spot. 5. The Bills are not only gifted a MNF game at home against the Jags but return to SNF for the first time in years to face the Indianapolis Colts who are coached by Frank Reich. The Bills finally make their return to SNF against Indy who hires former Buffalo Bill Frank Reich as coach to revive the Colts and Lucks career. (BUF wins on a last second 49 yard FG 22-20 that just stays inside the right upright )

That's not the point and you can't judge everything in a prism. Bledsoe being let go was part of a system of moves by the Bills stemming back to where they let Peerless Price go where the Bills didn't want to pay to keep a lot of good players and were trying to get young. I will defend the younger part, but the Bills were notorious at the time for being cheap and not willing to bring in talent/keep it over a certain $ tag. Truthfully I have no clue with Bledsoe would've been that much of an increase but I do believe he would've been better the JP who like EJ I really wish they took more time to let set and learn. I am a believer with a guy like Bledsoe who was a leader despite declining skills you probably would've seen at least a better team W/L wise. QB's are the face of a team and with rookies it takes time for them to learn that stuff. The worst thing with Donahoe's failure is it scared Ralph for a few years from bringing in outside help at a time where they desperately need a fresh set of eyes. 05-09 IMO was the worst part of the drought with how irrelevant the team was and how badly they drafted.

Agreed. And with Bledsoe and Fitz they moved on far too soon. Both times the team was better with those guys at QB and letting JP/EJ sit and get seasoned like that, but instead cut them for money reasons and to had the new car to a shiny new guy who had no experience.

I've kinda always thought that also and the playoff drought would've been more like 11-12 years had Bledsoe stayed. When Bledsoe left the team the defense was playoff caliber and the offense with him could do enough to make some noise as a whole. Losman was just a year with the team and basically on sabbatical year one due to the broken leg. Even one more year of seasoning wouldn't have hurt Losman and for the veterans on the team keeping Drew would have given them one more chance to do something. From what I have read most of the veteran players were furious when Drew was released because they knew it would be a step back with a rookie QB and most likely a wasted a year. I want to say it was Matt Bowen who said something to the effect.

No. I plan on attending the riot and sacrificing my car bills mafia and collecting the insurance on it!

Not including Thursday night otherwise they beat JAX in 2001 on TNF which was their last victory at night until MIA in 2012

Haha yea my wife and I watch all day to so I guess it isn't too big a difference. I actually really started liking the London games because it was literally football for 12 hours plus all day. I believe Titans in 2000 was really their last night victory.

See I am the inverse I love 4pm games or primetime games because you get the entire day to work or do whatever and then you have the game. Plus more later games means more national exposure which I am always for.

For those of you who read Peter King's MMQB on SI website you probably saw this in his favorite games looking ahead to 2018. For those of you who haven't read his MMQB I highly recommend it. Real strong insight and clues to future NFL moves both team, player, and league wise. Anyway: "• Jacksonville at Buffalo. Just wondering how Doug Marrone will be welcomed when he walks out of the tunnel for the first time since walking away from the Bills after the 2014 season. " This was listed in his top 11. First off its cool that the Bills were finally relevant enough to break into the top 11 games when most are teams like NE, PIT, PHI, & GB. Secondarily though many times the games he lists in pieces like this receive priority by the league networks for being at night or at minimum the 4:15 slot. I invest a lot of time into how the league does its scheduling and previously posted that every team that makes the playoffs hosts at least one MNF and generally gets 3 night games (TNF, MNF 2x or 1 SNF also.) Based off how things are trending I could really see the Bills hosting the Jags early in the season like week 2 as the home opener when both teams still are very early on and you can play off last seasons hype. Do you think the Bills host at night against the Jags or are they 4:15 on Sunday? Or no national attention at all for this game?

haha oh yea just snap your fingers, sign a few guys, and have your backup QB play lights out. Now our backup is Nathan Peterm... sh*t he just threw another pick

This makes zero sense they are rebuilding which is why they traded Darby/Watkins/Dareus. They just happened to finally get some competent coaching and luck that finally led to a playoff year. They could go 6-10 7-9 next year and it wouldn't be a failure to me in the least given the fact they are reseting the talent base right now.

They play in the same division as NE. Until Brady and BB are gone we will always have crappy odds

I have been waiting for the Sabres bubble to burst for years and I really hope this is the season it happens. Fans have invested too much and expected frankly success too fast IMO not that is their fault either from the product for far too long. On the other hand the team has done zilch for the fans in terms of experience, give aways, food, presentations, and the team itself is a tire fire. If it takes a year to ground zero expectations and the Sabres Org has to realize they need to do more then so be it things will long term be better.

McDaniels with Luck should go well I'd think but dear god if I was a Lions fan I wouldn't want Patricia. The Patriots DVOA for defense was only 18th in the league and it clearing illustrated how the offense gave them a huge advantage with field position, situational football, etc.. I think he is Charlie Weis all over again.

Haha by the way how are Lions feeling about that hire right about now lol

If you cannot admit that Brady is the GOAT then just stop even talking because your jealous and your Bills bias is showing. If you honestly are judging QBs solely if SB record then Marino Fouts Kelly and a list of other greats apparently don't register above guys like Trent Dilfer and Nick Foles himself. Bob Griese won two SB titles so with your logic Marino was a worse QB. What Brady has done with the Patriots will most likely never be equaled again by any QB especially in the age of parity. You compare Montana who played where it was far easier to keep a elite team together with no salary cap together. Exactly which of the 41 pts last night was Bradys fault also. They put up over 500 yards of offense 33pts and lost. How exactly for any team or QB is that remotely the offenses fault.

I think if you looked at most teams in terms of coach turnover you would find its far more common then normal. In regards to QB and player holes that is the task of the GM to fill and build the new base. QB is hard whether they draft 1st or 21st just because it is such a roll of the dice either way I just want them to draft someone.

While I don't like the Patriots perhaps don't blow a freakin 28-3 lead in the SB and this isn't an issue. The way the Pats pride themselves as a team/org on 28-3 is the same as how us as Bills fans brag about 35-3 against Houston.

Same here. Honestly I don't understand where this noise about Luck keeps coming from I have read nothing from anyone formidable in the NFL media even hinting this would happen. To me is minor Bills fan sites like Buffalo Rumblings who get excited and read one tiny tidbit about Luck which they turn into the zapruder film.

Haha I can't stop thinking of this with the question:

I am afraid of heights so that 100% makes me nervous with this draft

I think they were more of a 5-7 win team and they got extremely lucky in ATL/DEN/KC to get some turnovers that won them the game. Add in that IND easily could've been a lost had Vinaterri hit the FG and yea the season looks different. BUT they did go 9-7 so credit goes I guess where credits due.