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Not sure what you mean. They expressed their opinion and I expressed mine. And you seemed to have agreed with half of my post (that opt outs by good players are bad overall), so not sure what was your point. Not sure what you mean either I didn't want to be judge in this. I just think that it is bad to wish injury to anyone, and in similar way it is bad to be happy when players opt out due to COVID. And I used Brady as an extreme example where I can have some understanding when people wish other players something bad. Interesting take from a mod ? Looking back I could've been more civil too (avoid using "genius" and "stupid"), but still. Insect, really? I just find it weird that some people are happy about this, not realizing that it probably hurts us all. Today its Jets, tomorrow it can be us. How can people have fun from this is beyond me. If thats holier than thou for you then you have pretty low bar. Anyway, I fly away from this topic.

I don't get these kind of responses. First of all it's unsportsmanlike - I don't get how you can be happy about this. It is the same thing as being happy that someone has season ending injury. I can get with it if it is Brady or Edelman for some of you, but C.J.Mosley? And sorry but it is also really stupid. Don't you get that every single opt out by good player just makes the season worse, and also increases the chance that there is no season at all? If it is Mosley today, it can be White or Morse or Brown tomorrow. I don't think it needs a genius to realize that this is bad for us as Bills fans. Some of you really deserve season to be cancelled.

Let's not forget poor Julian Edelman who came up just short on place 101.

Haha not fair but really funny.

Translation please.

Exactly. The Patriot way. We need to start strong to have division secured by w16 and intentionally lose with them just to screw them ?

Sad from league perspective but understandable. I'd say many more will follow including big names such as starting QBs. There will be Bills players too. It will be very different season (if there is any season at all). I am still hoping it will sort out somehow but am not very optimistic.

So if I am not missing something we are down to top 40. Anybody tries to list them without making one mistake?

What are you basing this assesment on? Honest question. I am not implying otherwise, I am just a random Bills fan from Europe completely unable to recognize which offense is how complicated (I am actually contemplating starting a thread with my silly questions about things in football I still don't understand). Is this some kind of universal view or your opinion? I remember discussion with another local fan of 49ers who insisted that Shanahan is running really complicated offense which Jimmy G. is able to master but Josh has no chance to execute and he also claimed that Bills run simple offense tailored to Allen.

His 2019 stats: 3089 yards, 59% completion, 20 TDs, 9 INTs and 9 rush TD. If he stays the same and team around him stays at same level, purely on the basis of Diggs and Moss additions and Knox having surer hands his stats should look like: 3500 yards, 61% completion, 25 TDs, 9 INTs, 7 rushing TDs If he takes another step, it could look like this: 3900 yards, 63% completion, 30 TDs, 9 INTs, 7 rushing TDs. In other words, I think that even if he plays on the same level, his stats need to get much better because there will be Diggs on the field instead of guys like Zay Jones or Robert Foster, which will also result in more room for everybody else. And if he actually gets better, then the jump in the stats has to be significant. We have averaged 20 points a game (with him), and I hope/believe that it will be as high as 27 this year, which is 1 TD a game more (~10 receiving and ~5-6 rushing TDs).

Zay will make the roster. Best ability is availability and it is pretty clear that Zay will not catch coronavirus.

Thanks Gunner, interesting read. Seems that you've done a good job, most good/top players seem to be higher on your board than they were actually taken (with notable exceptions in Mack and Beckham). Curious about following years. What I am partly missing is some comment to other players taken by Bills - in case of this draft we are probably talking about Preston Brown only - but I assume he wasn't on your board at all. At first I thought you did not comment on Kouandjio too but then I noticed him in your text. What will never stop to fascinate me are those busts. How the hell can so many scouts be wrong on guys like Greg Robinson or Justin Gilbert? Anyway, looking back, this was really amazing top-heavy draft with some elite players. Who do you guys think has a HOF potential as of now? I've been following NFL too shortly to know how relatively good those guys there are, but I'd guess Donald, Martin and to lesser extent Mack are "locks" and there is a large group of players who have some chances - Clowney, Evans, Barr, Lewan, Beckham, Fuller, Mosley, Lawrence, Adams, Landry... Or are guys like Evans and Beckham also "locks" provided that they have long enough careers?

I just rewatched Ravens game last year. Josh started with overthrowing everybody but in 2nd half he was mostly spot on, and there were drops left and right. Knox, Beasley and Singletary had all major drops, and Knox had really brutal one. I don't know what was the issue but I really hope he gets better next year. That would be huge for Josh and whole offense.

I wanted to write the same thing but googled a little bit and apparently Calvin Johnson had an 8yr extension.

Yep I am totally addicted. Its funny how in couple years I went from not knowing anything about the game to NFL draft being my Christmas. Tyrod was just random reason for me to start watching Bills. I liked him and I thought he was criticized more than he deserved. But overall he got a chance to be a 3 years starter and it become pretty obvious over the time that he is not the solution. I love Josh and expect him to be starter for us many years. I "chose" right time to become Bills fan

Pretty random turn of events. I have accidentally turned on SB XLIX on local TV without watching single minute of NFL before and I got hooked up. It is really funny that I had no idea about any rules that time and had no idea who Brady or Patriots were But the game was great so I decided to check it next season. Then early in the season I saw Bills game (looking back I am pretty sure it was Bills/Pats W2 loss, since otherwise Bills wouldn't be televised in Europe), and I really liked Tyrod's play style - it was different from what I saw from other QBs. So I started to watch him more, started to watch NFL regularly, found BBMB and became Bills fan So its thanks to Pats/Seahawks SB and then Tyrod Taylor ?

It's a no for me, but I guess that makes sense since I am from Europe and I've been Bills fan only 4 years I want to come ASAP though. If there was not corona we'd probably go to Arizona road game this year, since my wife hates cold so the only chance for Bills home game is in September and we couldn't make so early this season (younger daughter goes to school for the first time). Looks like we skip it completely this year due to corona situation. My hope is that next year we get some good home games in early weeks and prices won't be that high despite winning SB ?

Who in the league other than QB is superstar by your definition?

I agree with this. It is hard to imagine that Diggs gets over 1k (which I believe) and at the same time Brown increases his production. I also expect Knox and RBs to produce more, and Allen won't throw 6.000 yards

Sry guys don't have time to check whole thread and I didn't find answer anywhere - do we already know if the gun was illegal? Or is it clear what he violated in relation to gun? Thanks

Not good. The only thing that matter now imo is if it was just a mistake and he learns from it, or if he is just another moron incapable of coping with his life. Let's all hope its the former.

I am just rewatching complete season and I just finished first Miami game. It is hard not to see mistakes he makes and hard not too see his pros and development. I love him and I want him to succeed. As a Bills fan, I can't vote anything else that he'll be a top 10 QB, since tools are definitely there he just needs to work on them, balance things, get more consistent and avoid mental mistakes. What I would love to see is this poll among unbiased experts. Unfortunately there is no such group.

Anybody has an idea why are we actually playing Titans on road again? To be clear I know how it is scheduled, but I don't get the reasoning. Judging by Bills only current format for playing those two conference games with two teams from other divisions which ended up on the same spot is H-H-D-A-A-D-H etc. and not more logical one H-A-D-H-A-D-H etc. (where D means year when you play whole division so you don't play only one team which finished on the same place). Result of this is that we played Titans at home in 2018 (while playing whole AFC South), and then three times in a row on the road 2019 (same place finish 2018), 2020 (same place finish 2019) and 2021 (again playing AFC South based on 3year rotation). When we play complete divisions road/away games change on regular basis, but when it comes to playing same place finishers we always play AFC South opponent 2x home in a row and then 2x away in a row. I tried to google reasoning for this but didn't find explanation. Anybody knows?

My take: I love this schedule. Last year was kinda boring in a sense that we had many predictable games due to relatively weak opponents, so there were many must win games. Whole year I predicted 11-5 and I consider that a correct result since last Jets game we rested starters. We also had clear limitations and winning WC round in Houston was our ceiling. This year there are much more interesting games. There are no gimmies, even Dolphins are expected to be much tougher. On the other hand, we are also better team on paper so I expect us to finally start beating PO/SB contenders, and final result should be open up to AFC CG (and hopefully even SB). Should be lot of fun, especially if JA keeps on getting better. What scares me on the schedule is both Jets games from different reasons. I don't know why, but I just have bad feeling about opener. This time, all the pressure will be on us and I just don't like the vibe. I expect season to start with a disaster (fully appreciated by all doom and gloom posts on this board) and then change to great season overall. Also Josh will start bad so those who don't like have their time to shine (for the last time in season). 1 Jets - Loss - see above 2 @Dolphins - Win - Team is angry after opener and just too good for fish. 3 Rams - Win - "Easy" win against inferior team at home. 4 @Raiders Win/Loss 5 @Titans Win/Loss - From these two road games we will win one and lose the other. Titans game looks more like a loss to me. I expect us to start worse than most and be 3-2 when Chiefs come to town. And thats were the real fun starts. 6 Chiefs TNF - Win - It's time for this team to start beating contenders. Last year we didn't manage this vs Pats or Ravens, but that's about to change. 7 @Jets - Win - This one is really tricky since I fully expect us to split with Jets but this game comes after strong win against Chiefs. This could possibly become a loss actually. 8 Pats - Win - No questions here, any trauma is over. We are better team and there is no Brady. 9 Seahawks - Loss - We can't win them all, so we lose either here or @49ers. 10 @Cards - Win - If everything goes well, this is the game I would like to see (coming from Europe). I only need (i) season to take place, (ii) 100% fans to be allowed and (iii) prices of airline tickets and game tickets to be reasonable in late September when it will be clear that first two conditions are met and I can book a trip. I give about 10% chance for this to happen unfortunately. In any case, we will win this game and it will be fun to watch. 12 Chargers - Win - Same as Rams, "easy" win vs inferior opponent at New Era. 13 @49ers MNF - Win - We are good enough to play with anybody and we prove it again. We might lose this one if we manage to win vs Seahawks earlier. At this stage we are 9-3 or maybe 8-4 at worst and on clear path to win division. 14 Steelers SNF - Win 15 @Broncos - Loss, but only because we just can't win them all 16 @Pats MNF - Win, but we might lose this one if we win at Mile High. 17 Dolphins - Win - We win even though we rest our starters. Jake Fromm plays solid football and everybody is happy. It looks like 12-4 above but I guess we lose one more in reality and end up 11-5. Games I am really confident about are Miami, NE (I think we might sweep both) and home games vs both LA teams. We win division in any case, even in that weird scenario when we lose both games against Jets. Nobody will care however, since we will show that we can beat the best (Chiefs plus either Seahawks or 49ers). Then we finally win a home PO game and from that point anything can happen. Go Bills!

Ok on second glance second half is tougher, but overall very well balanced. TNF vs Chiefs at home good for us I assume. MNF @SF is also fun and I guess it is good to have extra day when going on the West Coast. Bills got a lot of respect with this schedule.