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Absolutely spot on. I think he knows where Woody Johnson has buried his skeletons. ... led by backup QB Jacoby Brissette!

Would any reasonable owner, including Jerry Jones, undermine his GM and HC by giving a player control of personnel? Giving your great QB input on personnel is one thing, but the situation in NY is unprecedented.

It's a reminder that fans should be careful about what they wish for because they might get it. The Pegulas hit the jackpot when they hired Beane who had never been a GM before. They might not be so lucky next time, particularly if they were to "clean house" in the front office (and likely coaching staff) by firing Beane. I disagree. The problem with the Jests is owner Woody Johnson. For most of his quarter century of ownership of the Jests, the team has sucked. In the early 2000s, the Jests had some decent teams with talent left from the previous regime (Bill Parcells). They also had a couple of good seasons under Rex Ryan, but they've had only 1 winning season in the last 13 years. The last even moderately successful QB the Jests drafted and developed was Chad Pennington whom they kicked to the curb for Brett Favre in 2007 -- and like Geno and Darnold, went on to play pretty well for the Dolphins for a couple of years. Johnson's GMs (Bradway, Tannenbaum, Idzik, Maccagnan, and Douglas) have spent a fortune of draft capital on QBs with very little success ... at least for the Jests. Hopefully, Johnson never sells the team ... and lives a few more decades.

Ravens lost.

How can an 11th round (#285) round pick ever be a bust?

I think that the media types are assuming that Cooper is a part-season rental, but my guess is that it's really a try out to see if he fits the Bills and he wants to be a Bill in 2025. I would love to have Myles Garrett on the Bills but I don't think it happens even if Cleveland was interested in dealing him, which I'm not sure they are.

Flutie was never a bust. He chose to play in the CFL because he realized he'd never get a chance in the NFL because he was considered too small. His situation was much like Warren Moon who also chose the CFL because he didn't want to play any position but QB and knew he wouldn't get that chance. Both had great careers in the CFL before coming into the NFL and proving themselves. Absolutely true. Under the control of the Bills' Evil Genius Russ Brandon, the Bills offensive coaching staff was sketchy at best when they drafted Allen. The Bills "QB coach" in 2018 was a guy who hadn't actually coached QBs in 20 years, and only did that for a year on the college level. Brandon was fired in May, 2018, and Beane was given full GM powers. After the 2018 season, all of the offensive coaches except Daboll were fired and Ken Dorsey was hired as Allen's QB coach. The rest, as they say, is history but it could have been very different for Allen, too. Smith, Baker and Darnold all were drafted by substandard, perhaps even dysfunctional, organizations. Hell, the Jests under Woody Johnson, can't even put together a good team with one of the greatest QBs playing for them. What chance did Smith and Darnold really have with them? Once a high round QB fails for his original team, he's generally relegated to backup status. Smith, Baker, and Darnold all spent time as backups under great coaches with excellent assistants (Carroll, McVay and Shanihan) and emerged as better QBs for it. Once again, coaching matters.

Great name for a WR.

FYI GMFB just interviewed the Bills' Ray Davis. It was maybe 5 minutes or so. You can probably catch it again at 10:40-10:45 and 12:40-12:45

You may be right about Darnold but Mayfield has always been at least a decent starter. He was Rookie of the Year in 2018, and he played pretty well in Cleveland, including 2021 when he played hurt most of the season. The Browns kicked him to the curb in order to get Watson. He spent part of 2022 in Carolina and the rest with the Rams (replacing Stafford who was injured). In Tampa, he's shown again that he's a really good QB.

I liked Kay but Jamie is better IMO. Nobody can replace Nate, although Jason was decent as is Akbar. I really don't like the changes brought on by the move to LA. First of all, the in-season show has been shortened to 2 hours, which is why they probably give more cursory attention to less "popular" games. The show also starts an hour later in the eastern time zone (8am vs 7am before). They have a lot of guest discussion participants because Kyle and Peter are frequently in NY. The show also seems more scripted and less spontaneous.

I think that there's a growing sentiment among sports analysts/media types that echo Ryan's sentiments. Kyle Brandt brought it up last week after the Jests lost to the Bills: the Jests have plenty of stars but they aren't a very good team. Somebody else -- maybe Maurice Jones-Drew -- also mentioned something similar after last night's loss to Pitt. They're not a good team despite all the stars on their rosters because they seem more interested in themselves than in doing what they need to do to win football games. I think that Rodgers' throwing Mike Williams under the bus after the Bills game is a perfect example. The quality of ownership. The billionaires who own the NFL teams have lots of reasons for owning football teams and lots of ways of managing their teams, both in style and quality. Some are astute while others are just lucky. Others think they're football geniuses and are determined to prove it. All teams have poor seasons. When a team is a perpetual bottom feeder for years and years, the problem probably starts at the top of the food chain. Management/administration. Owners hire the GM (unless they want to be the GM themselves) who then hires coaches, scouts, etc and eventually selects players. GMs also hire the numbers guys who manage the cap, etc. Teams that regularly make the playoffs always have good management -- and vice versa. Coaching. In a league where the talent differential between the best teams and the worst is really very small, the quality of the coaching -- not just the HC but assistants -- is often the primary determinant of how the teams perform on the field. Luck. The numerous injuries to star players this season has demonstrated how the loss of key personnel can impact a team's season.

That's what we keep hearing ...

The only hope the Pats have is that they can outscore the Jests ... like 50-48. They're totally inept on defense.

I totally agree with this idea. I think that Beane gambled that he could get a much better WR with an in-season trade than he could before the season started given how little cap room the Bills had, and that is certainly true. My guess is that Cooper was always on Beane's short list.

Stefanski will bench DeShaun Watson for Jameis Winston to start the second half ... and the Browns beat Cinci.

I don't think that either of those predictions are particularly "bold". IMO Rodgers will be lucky to finish the game ... and I don't think that's very bold. Even if the Jests lose the rest of their games this season, they will easily be the most awesome 2-15 team in NFL history.

Did you watch the game Monday night? In his first start back from injury, Rapp showed why he's a starter.

How ironic would it be if the Jests just traded for Davante and then lose Rodgers for the season a week later to the Steelers' defense? The Jests will be lucky to escape Pittsburgh with Rodgers not heading for season ending IR.

IMO, Allen has shown himself to be great at ad-libbing in the passing game. Unlike Rodgers, he doesn't need to have his receivers be at some predetermined spot in order to complete passes.

Guaranteed that the day after the Bills win the Super Bowl, some yahoo and his/her cohorts will want to fire Beane because the Bills didn't win by enough points.

Brain fart. I always get them confused for some reason ... I just chalk it up to old age.

The only reason that Watson is still starting has to be because the owner/GM has ordered it. He's worse than CJ Stroud Bryce Young was before he was benched.

Cooper is heading up the 90 to the Bills. I'd take that bet even with Fields playing QB but Wilson is taking #1 reps for the Steelers this week. If he can find even 70% of his Seattle form, he'll be a much better option than Fields.

Rodgers might not survive Pittsburgh.