SoCal Deek

I’ve always wondered if the problem is evaluation BEFORE they’re selected or training/coaching AFTER they’re on the team. I believe it’s as much or more of the latter, than the former.

All true but it’s not as if the Bills simply took a pass each round. The real problem is who they drafted instead of a WR. So fast forward to 2024 and our Defensive roster (where we chose to spend our draft picks) is STILL in worse shape than the offensive side. That’s the real problem.

It’s really pretty simple. Just consider the Von contract as a gamble that didn’t pay off. They swing for the fences hoping to grab a Super Bowl and it just didn’t work, regardless of the injury. So fast forward to 2024 and they’d still have an aging, overpaid pass rusher just with a trophy to show for it. The current cap challenge would still be here. Accept it and get younger.

Maybe just until halftime. $10 million doesn’t buy what it used to.

She has a total net worth of between $10 and $20 million.

While I sort of know what you mean; DWI is definitely not someone’s private business. If you wanna get plastered on your sofa…go for it. But do NOT get behind the wheel of your car.

I’m no cap expert to be sure but if what I’m reading here is true about Von then I’d cut him loose. He contributed literally nothing this past season. While it hurts to pay a guy not to play for you (I absolutely love how Brad Pitt tells an aging David Justice that in the movie Money Ball) , the ‘savings’ sound like they can be well used to buy way more than he’s going to contribute.

Isn’t Josh our ‘bruiser’?

Okay, okay already! I’ll do it. It won’t be pretty but I guess if we’re in a pinch.

This thread is making me feel REALLY old!

So if I under, it’s not a lack…but an abject lack. Thats a big lack!

Hopefully he CALMS DOWN! He was way too high strung for my liking. 😉

Good for him. He should be really well rested.

The illness isn’t the one year contracts; that’s the symptom. The root cause is swinging and missing at Epenesa and Rousseau. If those two guys were performing at anywhere their top draft potential we’d have a solid three stalwarts when coupled with Oliver, not the rotational grab bag we see now.

Answer: poor drafting

I was there! Good times.

Shoot! Was I supposed to be keeping track? I had no idea there was gonna be a quiz. (PS: first game was against Len Dawson and Hank Stram at the Old Rockpile….so I’m going to need a calculator)

For the one thousandth time: Thread titles need to be more specific…dammit! Who’s this Diggs person? 😉

You may be right but this sure feels like the perfect year to stockpile Draft Picks.

It was just another year to me. It’s funny how things have gone for Bills fans over the many years. In the Super Bowl era we couldn’t match up with the NFC East. In the Brady era we couldn’t get out of our Division because of NE’s absolute dominance. And now, we can’t get out of the AFC because of the same with the Chiefs. But….I’ll take the winning over the soul wrenching boredom of 7-9 any day of the week. Go Bills

I’m no expert but I really can’t remember a year when a Bills position of need seemed as well stocked in a particular draft class. Certainly not since the latest playoff run has had them picking near the end of the First Round. Feels like the year to sit tight and see who’s sitting there when our number comes up…which also just happens to work out well for our Cap issues.

Next time….come with us. We all had an absolute blast!

Agree, which is why I focus on the very end of the game. Everything else before that would’ve changed the back and forth strategy of both teams. So in the case of the Bills v Chiefs it all came down to maintaining the ball control strategy that had worked for pretty much the entire game. We had them exactly where we wanted them. We had the ball, at home, deep in their territory, with a chance to run the clock down to practically nothing (or at least less than 13 seconds)….but inexplicably we diverted from the strategy that got us exactly where we wanted to be. I have absolutely no idea why but the result is we’re playing golf three weeks too early.

Ha! Small potatoes! I saw a story the other day where some gal in Purchasing recently stole over $100 MILLION from the US Military and bought dozens of houses and cars. I mean….WTF!

Agreed, and my preferred WR2 route tree is not a guy who runs deep downfield on every play trying to ‘take the top off’ the defense. Give me a taller kid who can make the contested catch and get us a first down. And then let’s see if an offseason under Brady’s system will get Josh to find the open guy….because as we’ve all seen they’re there on virtually every single play.