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Actually, Prescott hasn't been all that good. After his outstanding rookie season, he's not played nearly as well since. There have been lots of excuses made for Prescott but generally if QBs don't take a significant step forward after their rookie season (or their first season as a starter if they don't start as rookies), then they probably aren't going to become better. Prescott hasn't gotten significantly better in his second and third year than he was a rookie. He's not worth franchise QB money because he's not a franchise QB. He's more of a Tyrod Taylor, Blake Bortles or Ryan Tannehill level QB -- a starter if a team doesn't have better.

It only doesn't make sense if you still think that Dak Prescott is a good enough QB to warrant being paid $20-$25 million a year. Personally, I don't think he is. Being a fourth round draft pick, I don't think that Prescott is eligible for an extension of his original rookie contract. I think the Cowboys have to give him a new contract or he hits FA.

Most irrelevant response of the year is above. The reality is that stats are meaningless unless they translate into wins. Wins and losses are the only stats that count at the end of the day. Deal with it. The Tampa Bay Bucs had 500+ yards of offense on Sunday and STILL lost 16-3 to the Washington Redskins.

Exactly. The Bills are #1 in total defense but they're 3-7 and stinking for a top 5 draft pick, not being even as competitive as other bottom feeders like Cleveland, San Fran or Arizona. The Panthers are #15 in total defense but they're 6-3 and would be a WC team if the playoffs began next week. Which would you prefer? Wins or stats? FTR, the 9-1 KC Chiefs are #29 in total defense, the 9-1 New Orleans Saints are #23, and the 9-1 Los Angeles Rams are #13.

I think the Bills' three wins as well as their close loss to the Texans are not really evidence of some kind "split personality" but rather simply proof that the Bills are so poor on offense that they can only be competitive with teams that "don't show up" to play or that have equally poor offenses because of injuries to their starting QBs. The Bills rolled into Minnesota after two devastating losses to Baltimore and the Chargers while the Vikes were coming off a win over the Niners and a tie with the Packers in GB. The Vikes were playing the Rams in LA the week after they faced the Bills. This was a classic "trap game" for the Vikings, and they fell into it in spectacularly. In the games against both Tennessee and Houston, the Bills faced two good teams that were significantly hampered on offense by injuries to their QBs. Mariota was still suffering the effects of an elbow injury that left him with lack of feeling in his hand for several weeks. That DeShaun Watson even played the Bills games was a testament to his toughness because he could barely breathe without pain due to a partially collapsed lung suffered the week before. In fact, the next week, Watson traveled by bus to Jacksonville rather than chance flying. Despite having lost three games in a row, the Jests, like the Vikes, came into the Bills game overconfident. They were starting the well-regarded backup QB Josh McCown rather than turn-over machine rookie QB Sam Darnold while the Bills failed to score even 10 points in any of their previous three blowout losses under Nate Peterman and Derek Anderson. Now the Bills were starting a street FA QB Matt Barkley ... and the Jests thought that all they had to do to win was show up. All of the Bills other six losses were by 11 points or more with the Bills being largely uncompetitive throughout the game, primarily because of their poor offense. I don't think that changes going forward even if Josh Allen returns to action. Before his injury, Allen looked depressingly like JP Losman back in early 2005 when he absolutely didn't know what he was doing. Hopefully, sitting and watching for a bit gave Allen some time to grasp some of the nuances of the game that he's sorely in need of.

People are also allowed to question if the Bills HC/GM use irrelevant criteria (like a player having certain religious views) in evaluating players without being insulted and bullied ("Take you're rebellious college attitude to a political forum.") by arrogant individuals who dislike the idea that others don't think just like they think they should.

ROTFLMAO. My guess is that you always "Billieve". In five years from now, you'll still be praising crappy drafts and claiming the next new regime is "100% different than the poop in the past".

I have to say it's the Saints, Chiefs, and then the Rams. The Saints are a complete team, and they have a QB who's "been there, done that" , is a first ballot HOFer, and is playing some of the best football of his career. The Chiefs are so explosive that they can overcome their defensive lapses, but the Saints are almost as explosive offensively but are tougher on defense. The Rams have recently had an epidemic of injuries to key personnel, most notably and recently Cooper Kupp, and that may compromise them going forward.

McCarron was traded for a fifth rounder. That said, exactly how many decent NFL players have McDermott and Beane drafted? Aside from Tre White, how many of the players drafted by McDermott and/or Beane could start on most NFL teams? Don't even make the excuse that "they're just first or second year players who need to develop" because good/great players show that early on (as White did). That Barkley -- and even Anderson -- were so much more effective than Allen is very troubling. These guys never were good when they were employed regularly as NFL QBs. That Mayfield and Rosen look so competent as rookies, demonstrates how far Allen has to go just to catch up to his peers. ^^^ Ah, yes. We should all be thankful for the small favors of the Vikings and Jests happening to not show up to play, and start fantasizing how the Bills will run the table and squeak into the playoffs, immortalizing McDermott and Beane as deities in the Bills' sorry history.

Holy crappola! That's scary.

The truth obviously hurts, but keep on spreading the manure about how much McDermott and Beane want to build a passing offense. Why isn't there a single starting caliber WR on the Bills roster -- and hasn't been since they traded Sammy Watkins in July, 2017? Why did they wait a month to bring in a veteran QB who was at least competent after they traded McCarron and Peterman crapped the bed in the opener??? Why did they wait until the very end of the fifth round (pick 29 IIRC) to bother to another offensive player after Allen in the 2018 draft? If they "drafted their heir young QB to be their future" why the hell didn't they even bother to get him a real QB coach when it was repeatedly noted by every scout/evaluator etc who watched Allen that he needed significant work on his fundamentals to even have a chance to be a moderately successful NFL QB? The answer is that theyy drafted Allen for the same reason that Donahoe drafted Losman in 2004 and Whaley drafted Manuel in 2013: to put butts in the seats. They have no more commitment to having a passing game than Mercedes Benz has to making economy cars. If Allen somehow develops into a decent NFL QB it will be despite McDermott, Beane, and Pegula.

It's what happens when the HC's anachronistic philosophy meets the GM's incompetence meets owner's "profit trumps winning" mantra to form a melange a trois made in hell for fans.

McDermott/Beane can yap all they want about much they supposedly value a strong passing game but their actions say that they don't value it AT ALL. Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. My guess is that they won't draft offense before Day Three.

The Bills only hope for a TD is a pick six or a fumble returned for a TD. They'd have a much better chance if Darnold was playing, but McKown is usually careful with the ball, so it's not likely IMO.

Well, that all depends upon which NFL team you're talking about. Generally, successful teams with lots of established veterans on their rosters don't play their starters much. They play lots of 2nd and 3rd stringers and Day Three/UDFA rookies looking to make the roster. Even when first teamers are playing, they don't tend to go all out the way they would in games that count. This tends to make less talented teams look better in preseason than they really are. The Bills played better in pre-season than they've played in the regular season because now they're going up against teams that are not only more talented but are also willing to go all out to win. They're also going against offensive coaching staffs that are not only light-years better at their jobs than anybody the Bills have on the sidelines but have offensive talent that is light-years better than almost anybody the Bills put on the field, too. The Bills have an offensive system; that's not a smoke screen. The problem is that it's an offensive system that might have worked thirty or forty years ago but is a joke in 2018.

Keeping Taylor would have given the Bills a real NFL caliber QB! It would have given Allen a real opportunity to sit and learn and to get some first hand advice from a veteran QB who has had some recent success in the NFL. Furthermore, the Bills would not have had to pay for the failed experiment of AJ McCarronl, and Peterman could have been sent to the PS where he might have actually developed a tiny bit of competence so that he's not a turn over waiting to happen every time he comes into a game. What if Allen and Edmunds don't become great? The chances of both becoming "great" are between slim and none. Half of first round QBs other than the guys taken #1, either bust outright (Ryan Leaf, JP Losman, EJ Manuel etc) or are disappointments (Ryan Tannehill, Blake Bortles, Jameis Winston). Numerous non-QB first round picks don't ever live up to their first round draft position for various reasons, including sustaining serious injuries. Both Allen and Edmunds are projects which makes them even riskier than most first round draft picks, Allen more so than Edmunds because he's a much bigger project.

What in Peterman's game says "competent back-up QB"? He simply does NOT have an NFL caliber arm which is a prerequisite for even a backup QB. There are so many QBs available with good/adequate arms who are lacking in other aspects of QB play (which is why they don't/didn't make good starters) that a QB without at least a decent arm doesn't stand much chance to last very long.

The list of mistakes starts with McDermott's 2017 draft when he traded out of #10, passing on 2 QB prospects who were significantly better than Josh Allen, in order to take a DB. I don't care how great Tre White becomes, passing on a QB to take a DB is a mistake. Trading Watkins when there were no other WRs with speed on the team was another mistake, especially when they have failed to bring in a WR with real speed over both 2 seasons. Trading Darby for Jordan Matthews and a third round pick (Harrison Phillips) because Matthews did nothing for the Bills and wasn't re-signed. Trading Tyrod Taylor and keeping Nathan Peterman, incurring nearly $8 million in dead cap space that could have been used to sign more/better FAs. Giving up so much talent and draft capital to get Allen and Edmunds. The draft is largely a crap-shoot, even with high picks, so giving up so much to get only two players when the team has so many needs isn't smart. Except for the #1 pick, first round QB prospects, are only successful about half the time, and Allen is the kind of prospect who is most likely to fail: a raw project in need of significant coaching. Not bothering to address the offense after drafting Allen until the end of the fifth round despite obvious holes on the OL and among the WRs. Failing to hire a better QB coach than David Culley. Trading for Corey Coleman, incurring $3.5 million in dead cap space, on a team already strapped by an enormous dead cap space. Failing to have a third QB on the PS going into the regular season. Failing to get around to signing a better backup QB than Peterman for a month. Are those enough serious mistakes for you? McDermott/Beane have repeatedly demonstrated their incompetence to build a competitive team.

How the hell can somebody even pretending to be a professional football administrator allow his team to go into the regular NFL season WITHOUT at least 3 QBs under contract, even if only two are on the active roster. That's what the PS is for!!! The QB situation is a testament to McDermott/Beane's incompetence.

I've been saying this all year. As poor as the offense was last season with Taylor, it's way worse this season ... there's not even a running game worth the name.

Agree. They tried to play the same "money ball" style football that Brandon and Whaley practiced, but they're too incompetent at personnel evaluation -- both players and coaches -- to come close to even typical Bills mediocrity when they have to depend upon their own people. Bull manure. The only "plan" in trading away Watkins, Darby, and Glenn was to a) get rid of players that McDermott didn't want or b) cut current salary regardless of the impact on the team. Most of McDermott's and Beane's personnel moves have been serious errors in player evaluations rather than "missteps".

The Bills may not score 51 points the rest of the season ...

I think the score depends upon which QB starts for each team. McKown-Peterman - Jests 35, Bills 3 (you gotta know the Jests get at least 1 pick six, and probably more) McKown-Allen - Jests 17, Bills 9 (Bills miss a 2 pt conversion) Darnold-Peterman - Jests 35, Bills 17 (Bills get 2 TDs off Darnold TOs - 1 pick six, and we know NP will contribute his obligatory pick six) "Pick Six Bowl" Darnold-Allen - Jests 17, Bills 16

The Bills don't have to try. It just comes naturally.

Firing McDermott and Beane and reorganizing the team structure more in line with most other NFL franchises with a GM answerable to the owner and everybody else answerable to the GM.