ProcessTruster

Pretty sure McBeanes will stick to their 3 year old process of continually improvjng the roster, position group by position group and position by position. Great example is punter. Did they really need to dump Corey B? No. But they found a guy more consistent with inside the 20 kicks .. marginally better.. so they swapped out for him. This is what the process is. They resist single shiny overpriced objects in favor of multiple incremental improvements. Love it. Trust it.

Broncos were a pretty weak, beat up team when the Bills played them....especially on defense. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in analytics of that game. Now Josh's game winning (shb) drive against a solid Az. secondary, now that was impressive. Just sayin'

yes he is

nah, i think Beane is done at TE. They drafted and like Knox and are going with him this year. no expensive shiny toys at TE this year

Goodwin - type. straight ahead fast, thats about it, from what I understand. deep safety takes him away. pass.

most only get one and only one shot at it, more power to them.

signing their own trust the process

Exactly. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to create what they call "generational wealth" that if managed properly will support his entire downstream family for 50-75 years. Gotta go for the big guaranteed amount. He blows another pec or hammy and its downhill from there...

well there goes that backup QB option

AFC Title game inside of 3 years. Nuf said about McBeanes. Next question?

kinda fun to watch the struggles of "America's team" . gonna be a while before they are relevant

yeah, Simms is a straight shooter; doesn't really seem to be one of those to say things to just stir up views and clicks. I've never seen Wilson play so there's that, so there will be a bias towards Lawrence bc of his exposure, but Josh had no exposure and he turned out better than all in his draft class.

yeah, once they pay Murray that team will fall apart.. no way they can keep all these $15m per year guys .. Murray will not get them to the promised land and they will end up in salary cap jail to boot

I imagine his agent told him this was his last big contract, so probably should go for the biggest $$ . Can't imagine Beane was offering $31m ... he doesn't have $15m cap hit in 2021 to spend.. if he's spending $15m per year, spend $12 on Milano and get a much younger guy.. I'm not big on giving big $$ contracts to aging shiny objects... you end up with just them and a bunch of rookies and UDFAs

not gonna judge a 21 year old just yet, but 2 pro bowls don't make any sense either... this year will tell all with Star coming back to protect him from o lineman

makes sense to me.

Keep him. He and his wife are a blessing to the organization. He can play enough for a game or two. If Josh goes down for the season, the team is f'd. Simple as that in todays NFL for any team with a $40m QB.

agreed, but back then (in my case, I'm pretty old) if you blew out a knee they really didn't know how to fix them very well.. so best to pass in my case

I was good enough, but not good enough for the recruiters to give me a scholarship to play (Colgate). So I didn't as I was pretty banged up coming out of HS (DE, OT) and could see myself getting blown up pretty good by much bigger guys at the college level ( I was young and lighter for my grade). Would have been fun to try to earn the scholarship after 1 year, but glad I did not. Pro game is very recognizable to me albeit executed with so much more size, complexity, speed and talent. The game is still pretty much the game.

Agreed. Lax is tremendous. Plus he already has his SB ring (something no one on the Bills can say). Now he can go back what is probably his favorite sport. Well done. go have some fun.

I think Dick Butkus would be good as well. He's only 78.

yep. franchise-tagging guys won't really happen this year. You could see lots more trades for picks than normal to dump salary and manage the cap.

sure. just don't break the bank for the shiny object.

Bobby Ross years ago as head coach also, he went to Chargers instead. Pretty sure the wifey was right on that one... easy choice that one. Frankly, if you were a single rock star pro athlete with no ties to WNY, making millions per year, all things being equal, why would you consciously choose WNY over any west coast or southern team?? Answer: 9 times out of 10 you would not. The Bills being good now changes the calculus for sure, but the Bills needing to overpay-for-FA phenomenon will always be an issue to contend with, unless the player is a family guy or has ties to the area or both. Do you think Daboll would have come if he had no ties to the area and had other identical offers? Don't think so...

A lot can and will happen between now and September to invalidate chunks of that historical data. Free agency will be wild this offseason and IR type injuries will wipe teams chances out before October even starts, so there's that. Every season stands on its own, But hey, thanks for the numbers....