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$$$ It changes players... I've seen it first hand.

Yes. That's a big no-no.

A friend of mine has ties to a player on the Browns offense. They hangout quite a bit... he said Baker doesn't know the playbook, doesn't study it and shows up late to offensive meetings with no clue. Seems to be a culture issue... but as we know that doesn't actually mean anything...

It's amazing to me the people who have never worked with athletes a day in their life and either pound the table or diminish the guy based on things like; An article they read The school the player went to The NFL.com draft report on that player The player's stats on a given day The player's favorite color The player's jersey number The player's favorite food It's insane.

I hate that we’re 11th in points because of the pick six. Defense only gave up 8 points yesterday.

Henry Anderson and Harrison Phillips overlapped 1 year at Stanford in 2014. Phillips has to know him... I wonder if someone can get his take on Twitter.....

Hahahaha that’s golden. Thanks for the clarification!

Are we sure it was illegally recorded? California requires both parties to consent to a recorded phone conversation. AB consented and it seems as though Gruden consented as well...

I don't think many people were surprised this offseason when Brandon Beane elected to decline Shaq Lawson's the 5th year rookie option. His name has been popped up in trade rumors consistently since McDermott and Beane have arrived in Buffalo. McBeane haven't been too kind to players left over by the previous regime, so those trade rumors made quite a bit of sense. Drafted by the Rex Ryan regime 19th overall in 2016 out of Clemson, Lawson has failed to live up to expectations that are placed on first round draft picks. Shoulder surgery prior to his rookie season limited him to only 10 games, and he has yet to play a full 16 game slate in his 3 year NFL career. Lawson finished the 2018 season strong and while we're only 1 game in to the 2019 season, he seems to have potentially turned a corner in his young career. I have a feeling that Beane and McDermott are not averse to bringing Shaq back, I just don't think they felt he was worth the $9.5 million the he would have cost the team in 2020 had they picked up his option. A year and a half ago that might not have been true, but he seems to have bought into "The Process". I can only go off of what I've seen on social media but Shaq seems committed to improving, he was featured pretty heavily in Embedded (which isn't much, but Shady was almost non-existent and he was shown the door shortly after) and in that same Embedded series Brandon Beane makes a point about the players that they sign and re-sign for the sake of the locker room. I'm paraphrasing but he says something along the lines of "We need to be careful who we pay, everyone in the locker room is watching who we pay, that's important." This regime has stated that they want to re-sign their own and they have proven it with Matt Barkley, Jordan Phillips, Lorenzo Alexander, Steven Hauschka and Jerry Hughes. Hughes is a holdover from the Rex Ryan regime, somebody that was also mentioned early and often in trade rumors when McBeane came to town. While he has been an impactful player since his arrival in Orchard Park, his buy in to "The Process" was no guarantee. The point of me highlighting Jerry Hughes is to show that McBeane HAVE re-signed a player that wasn't their own acquisition, so they may be willing to do it again, if they are convinced Shaq Lawson truly has turned a corner. Whitney Mercilus Outside Linebacker Houston Texans Mercilus managed to put up consistent sack numbers early in his career. Following a breakout 2015 season (the Texans declined his 5th year player option worth $7.75 million prior to 2015), where he totaled 12 sacks and 32 tackles the Texans locked him up with a four year extension. Whitney Mercilus signed a 4 year, $26,000,000 contract with the Houston Texans, including a $5,250,000 signing bonus, $10,681,012 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $6,500,000. In 2019, Mercilus will earn a base salary of $5,750,000 and a roster bonus of $500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $7,300,000 and a dead cap value of $1,050,000. Henry Anderson Defensive End New York Jets Anderson was a third round pick of the Indianapolis Colts in 2015. He played 9, 12, and 9 games in his first three seasons in the league. Primarily as a run stuffing end. He broke out in his fourth year after a trade to the Jets where he recorded 7 sacks and 35 tackles over the course of 16 games. Henry Anderson signed a 3 year, $25,200,000 contract with the New York Jets, including a $4,000,000 signing bonus, $17,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $8,400,000. In 2019, Anderson will earn a base salary of $2,000,000, a signing bonus of $4,000,000, a roster bonus of $4,000,000 and a incentive bonus of $500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $7,833,333 and a dead cap value of $17,000,000. I think these are some pretty realistic comparisons for Shaq here, with the caveat that he actually has to continue to produce in 2019. Mercilus signed his extension in 2016 so the numbers are likely suppressed considering the rising salary cap and larger contracts due to the increasing cap. The Anderson deal represents a more recent instance of an extension for a player coming off of his rookie contract with similar counting stats to Shaq over his first three seasons. It's likely that if Shaq were to continue to produce and then sign an extension with the Bills it would fall somewhere between Mercilus and Anderson in terms of AAV. My projection would be something like a 4 year, $32,000,000 contract with about $14,000,000 guaranteed. This would be an average annual salary of $8,000,000.

But he still went with Manning, so what is the point? He took into account the total package...

I’m not sure... a lot of keyboard warriors here claim to think they know more than everyone because they watch highlight reals and read mock drafts. I’ll take a HOF GM over y’all. Seems like everyone is just bitter that he got to live out their dream. For the record, a good friend of mine was working in Player Personnel for the AAF, we were both finalists for the role. He sat with Bill during every game and scouting session, said he’s still sharp as a tack. Sure, make quips that he’s losing his mind. The funny thing is he’s forgotten more about football than y’all will ever know.

https://buffalonews.com/2018/09/25/from-thrift-shop-to-starter-cb-ryan-lewis-shines-in-first-bills-start/ Ha, I found it!

Lewis started a handful of games for us last year, right? If memory serves me he played pretty well and the disappeared... he got a lot of hype. He was like the Levi Wallace before Levi Wallace last season.

I agree. I meant to note that I pulled the positions off a Spotrac and that is where they have Long listed.

Taking a look at our depth chart below, I have to say I am quite impressed with what Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott have put together thus far for the 2019 season. No one player stands out as a true superstar at this point in their career. Another poster mentioned on a different thread that we are sort of taking the "Whole is greater than the sum of its parts" approach - a lot of depth and competition for a spot on the 2019 Buffalo Bills. As things stand right now, we have 69 players on the roster with 10 draft picks to boot (I'm not here to debate if we use all 10, although I find it highly unlikely). In years past, we've brought in roughly 20 UDFA to fill out our preseason 90-Man roster, this year I don't even know if we will have enough room to bring in 10 UDFA. Crazy considering two of our biggest surprises last year were Robert Foster and Levi Wallace - Beane even made a point of stating that UDFA would always get a fair shot to compete in Buffalo (or something to that effect). Not saying whoever we bring in won't, it's just nice to know that they will have to work extra hard this season. I'm really curious to see how the competition plays out during Training Camp and while I get jacked up for the draft every year, I can't help but be extra excited this year - we're going to add 1 to 2 more starting caliber players and a heck of a lot more depth to an already deep roster. It's crazy looking at the roster and seeing all of the names who played meaningful snaps last season and realizing a lot of them won't make the roster. What stands out to me is the depth in the secondary both S and CB. They might have the deepest unit in the NFL. Now that I am done gushing, because there is still work to be done, I want to pose a few questions: Should we be targeting UDFA or players from the AAF this offseason to fill out our pre-season roster? What advantages and disadvantages are there to targeting either crop of players? If you've been following the AAF, what players should we be targeting? QB: Josh Allen, Matt Barkley, Derek Anderson RB: LeSean McCoy, Frank Gore, Chris Ivory, Marcus Murphy, Keith Ford FB: Patrick DiMarco WR: John Brown, Cole Beasley, Robert Foster, Zay Jones, Andre Roberts, Isaiah McKenzie, Victor Bolden, Ray-Ray McCloud, Cam Phillips, Da'Mari Scott, Duke Williams TE: Tyler Kroft, Jason Croom, Jake Fisher T: Ty Nsekhe, LaAdrian Waddle, Dion Dawkins, Conor McDermott G: Jon Feliciano, Vladimir Ducasse, Jeremiah Sirles, Wyatt Teller, Ike Boettger OC: Mitch Morse, Spencer Long, Russell Bodine DE: Jerry Hughes, Shaq Lawson, Eddie Yarbrough, Mike Love DT: Star Lotuleilei, Jordan Phillips, Harrison Phillips, Robert Thomas, Kyle Peko LB: Trent Murphy, Lorenzo Alexander, Tremaine Edmunds, Julian Stanford, Matt Milano, Deon Lacy, Corey Thompson CB: Tre'Davious White, Kevin Johnson, Taron Johnson, Lafayette Pitts, Denzel Rice, Ryan Lewis, Levi Wallace, E.J. Gaines S: Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer, Rafael Bush, Dean Marlowe, Siran Neal, Maurice Alexander K: Steven Hauschka P: Corey Bojorquez LS: Reid Ferguson

Just made the change! Thanks for the input!

Afraid of the soldiers option for the reasons you stated. I had Nickels on my preliminary list as well as 15-20 other names. Breakers is actually really cool... Baseball is the sport, it’s kind of hidden in there. My apologies.

I love the feedback! Thanks for taking the time to fill this out.

Yes, it does! Thanks for going back and taking the time to adjust!

You should be able to go back and change it now, if you don't mind. Sorry for the confusion. I really appreciate your help!

Sorry... I can attach the longer one but it's not much different. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKUY3IoDd_meJDF_kJDdUIS4gfLPqSRhreqOBM5VVJQhO8Hw/viewform?usp=sf_link That's a boneheaded mistake on my part. I apologize, I titled it "Choose Your Favorite Naming Concept" and then didn't clarify as I continued. I know this stuff can be tough to interpret. My apologies.

If you didn’t like any, do you have a potential suggestion?

This is a one question multiple choice survey. It should take about 2 minutes to read the prompt and answer the question. It is related to a potential naming concept for a Buffalo Sports team. There will be a short description on each and then 7 choices. I apologize for the shortened link, I know some folks find this sketchy but I assure you it's just a short Google Form survey. There is no other way for me to share the link. It is for a school assignment and I would greatly appreciate if the greatest fans in the world could help me out!!!!! Go Bills! https://goo.gl/forms/VPcjrWX2XlIwYYfq1

Fair enough. I can see both sides. You may have a point... could be them supporting Josh. Didn't think of that.

I agree with almost everything except these two points. It's on record from McDermott and Zay that the throw by Josh was not a "terrible throw" nor was it his fault he missed the wide open receiver, it was a miscommunication caused by Zay running the wrong route.