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Probably none

It's all the misses at QB imo. JP, Trent, EJ....those misses just cost the team so much over the years. In terms of guys who had no business being on the field? Some of my most memorable are Aaron Maybin Erik Flowers Torrell Troup Eddie Robinson Keith Ellison Colin Brown Mark Anderson Cidi Ahanotu Melvin Fowler Mansfield Wrotto Marques Sullivan

I just don't want Hamlin here because I don't want there to be a temptation to play him. IMO, your backups should be young guys you are developing. No need to pay a guy like that anything more than a vet minimum type deal. Especially when you can get a vet like Kareem Jackson on the practice squad.

Yes it's a pretty epic failure when considering that these are still huge needs.

Yeah, I like Cooper back, obviously depending on the price, but he is a much better player than what we saw. But he is the best match IMO. In terms of free agency, I don't know what is better than Amari, unless there is a trade to be made somewhere, like a Cooper Kupp. Higgins probably not happening. Diggs obviously a no. Chris Godwin is a slot. Darius Slayton? Hollywood Brown? Maybe. Bouncebacks or younger guys who still have potential... KJ Osborn, Elijah Moore, Josh Palmer, Dyami Brown? You just aren't getting anyone better than Amari Cooper IMO.

Don’t pay running backs. Exceptions for guys on the level of Saquon or Bijan or Gibbs or something.

So speaking for myself as a guy who wants Holland or Andre Cisco this offseason, I am looking for a pure free safety to allow Bishop to play around the line of scrimmage more in the box where I think he will thrive. My thought process is Rapp becomes the third guy, and a dime linebacker. So I’m not replacing Bishop, technically replacing Rapp.

That’s awesome

Meh

I agree. I just think its so funny that we went through 3 years of "The Bills need to draft a wide receiver high" rhetoric and "they need to stop throwing picks at the defense" logic. Give Josh weapons! And now we have circled back around to "the defense is the problem. We need defensive linemen." I just think it is funny. But I think it is very likely defensive line is going to be super high on the wish list. Hopefully, the Bills can trade for one of Garrett or Crosby. Maybe there is a Parsons trade built around Kincaid and picks since we stole him from them two years ago?

Cuz he’s a douchebag. And it’s not like Perine, the third down back did a great job blocking. I hate the Chiefs.

I hope it's a change. The best thing Nick Sirianni did was give up control of other side of the ball and it put it in the hands of Moore and Fangio. Sirianni is a mediocre coach who hired excellent assistants and let them do their thing with the talent they have. McDermott needs to do the same. He fully takes on the CEO role that he is pretty good at and lets go of the other sides of the ball. Let Babich and these new hires work together to develop a new identity. Lock McDermott out of the room and let those guys cook.

Maybe we can grab Nick Morrow and Lewis Cine back

Yeah probably not, but that's a whole other issue altogether.

These decisions seem small in a vacuum, but they have huge long-term consequences, which is why, aside from Josh, this team does not have high-level talents and one of the reasons they cannot get over the hump.

This 100%. I don’t care about Worthy. DeJean was a blue chipper sitting right there because the NFL is dumb and they passed. He should have been the pick, absolutely no doubt in my mind. They could have circled back for a WR like Jalen McMillan or Troy Franklin or something. But drafting for need rather than taking the best player available is how you end up here. It is what it is. It happened with the Elam draft pick and now the Coleman draft pick as well. They reached on guys becuase of need and passed on blue chip players.

To me Cisco is a great fit for what we need as he is a true FS fit alongside Rapp and Bishop. Won't be as good as Jevon Holland but also won't be as expensive. Cisco was actually a 3rd round pick who should have gone way higher if he didn't come in with a torn ACL. I love the fit and Joe Danna would have been a big influence on him and his development. The question as you mention is how does Nielsen feel about his game? Some good stuff:

Diving in some, Nielsen is a more connected hire than Rebrovich. Nielsen played for Pete Carroll at USC and started his coaching career there as well. He was a UDFA in Philadelphia when McDermott was a defensive assistant. He spends some time working in college under Ed Orgeron. Then spends a bunch of time working for Dave Doeren at NC State and Northern Illinois. Doeren is one of the "McDermott inner circle" strong college connections which also include Dave Aranda, Manny Diaz, and Bob Shoop. Nielsen would have had a hand in developing Bradley Chubb and BJ Hill at NC State as the D line coach. Nielsen also crosses over with Joe Brady and Ronald Curry in New Orleans. To me, what is most interesting to me is the number of different guys he has worked for/been around. Jim Johnson, Steve Spanolo, McDermott, Mike Nolan, Jerry Gray, Dennis Allen, Aaron Glenn...guys with some different philosophies. While he is a 4-3 base coach, he has been around some 3-4 guys and plays good amount of man with zone. It seems the name of the game with him is being multiple. Results have not been good as a DC, but he seems to have a pretty good amount of knowledge and seems like a good addition to the room with some possibly fresh ideas. We shall see how it goes.

Yeah read the same about Press Taylor. I gotta say I respect Pederson for sticking up for his guys despite the fact that he lost his job because of it.

Probably the same guy who didn't vote for Ichiro HOF!

I like this one too. He had a big hand in developing Trey Hendrickson, and, as others have mentioned brings a different perspective.

The only connection I could find is he would have worked with Joe Danna in Jacksonville under Marrone. He worked under Todd Wash and Dom Capers was there at the time as well.

I do think it is significant that the Bills, allegedly, tried to get him at the deadline. That does imply that they like him and also implies that they feel he can co-exist with Shakir and others in their offense. It also implies that they can handle the money on the deal. He was like a 55 percent slot player this year, so if they want to continue with the everybody eats mentality, quick routes and mesh plays, he’s a great fit.

Came in with Doug Marrone, but stuck around through Rex Ryan's tenure. Local guy, somewhat interesting hire with a myriad of experiences. In some ways it's good that there is some Rex influence, some Jim Schwartz and some Mike Pettine.

Which, to a lot of people's points, I think @GunnerBill had said, Keon is really a big slot.