Ethan in Cleveland

Trubisky getting hurt may cost another position group a player. Do you think they go with three or just try to get through week 1 with a gimpy Trubisky? Normally I don't much care about the last guy on the roster, but this year that may be a critical back up safety or the local kid LB. I'd probably take my chances and just go with Trubisky. Even if Allen gets dinged and needs to miss a play Trubisky can still hand off with a bum knee.

You can shame the Jets if you want but they have had 3 AFC Championship appearances since 1999 compared to the Bills one. Bills have 6 total compared to Jets 4. Oh yeah and that SuperBowl win... The legacy of the Jets is Namath, a fur coat, a guarantee, and a win. Oh yeah and the butt fumble...lol So far the legacy of the Bills is Ferguson's ankle, 2000 yards in 14 games, a double homicide, wide-right, the second best DE in NFL history, the comeback, music city miracle and 13 seconds. Hopefully JA changes all that to a Lombardi!!!

Move SVP to starting center and Edwards becomes expendable. May be able to flip him for safety or better back up QB option.

Cam Lewis for an extra roll of tape would be a steal for the Bills

Good assessment. I'm guilty of hyperbole on this one. We agree on everything except Epenesa. For a second round pick he is closer to a bust and isn't even a regular contributor. If Miller had been healthy he would have been a healthy scratch at times last year. He doesn't just disappear for a game, he disappears for several weeks in a row every season. Has he made a single play in any playoff game? If he has please remind me, but I can't think of any. If Davis was more consistent that would have been a homerun pick.

I did not forget. Still doesn't change the drafted players

All this emphasis on special teams and no reliable kicker or punter.... Beane's 2020 draft starting to look like absolute garbage now... Epenesa - terrible, dumb idea to extend him Moss - gone Davis - one great game and some decent seasons - gone Fromm - terrible Hodgins - injured, hype, and no good Jackson - probably going to be the best of the bunch but just an average CB. Not good enough to keep them from drafting Elam. Bass - for a moment he looked as good as the Davis pick. Now he may be falling apart too

Flores actually had more success than most Weiss, McDaniels, and Mangini all got two chances to be head coaches and sucked Flores only one chance and got fired with a winning record. What is the difference between those four people? One is not like the others....

To be fair, Shakir did that with Diggs on the field. Do you think defenses will allow him to get open as much with no other credible WR threat? And that's not taking anything away from Shakir. He catches almost everything though people conviently forget his brutal playoff drop against the Dolphins. Kincaid and Knox will be sensational this year. Shakir if used like Edelman, Welker, Beasley can get 100 catches. Up to Brady and Allen to feed him the ball.

You kick the ball 100% of the time from that distance and with that amount to gain. The only time you would not would be if it was a wind/weather issue. I think if it was 4th and under 2 yards I probably would go for it so you can burn the clock and kick with no time left. I'd trust my offense to get 2 yards more than my defense to stop the opponent who only needs to get a FG to beat me. The NFL odds of converting the first down at that distance is over 60%. I actually think McDermott would go for it as well. I'd kick in a SuperBowl with presumed dome or ideal outdoor conditions up to 54 yards. I'd say the odds of making a 54 yard kick are probably better than 4th and 7. I found a stat that said 4th down and 8 or more yards converted only 40% of the time. My bet is your kicker will make a 54 yard FG more than 4 times out of 10.

I understand what Tua is saying and I would not want a coach like that. But we know some players respond to that and we know many coaches can be successful. I think the issue is you need to know what works with each player. It seems Tua is psychologically fragile whereas a guy like Tom Brady can handle that coaching even as a young player. In the end these guys are pro athletes. if they need motivation from a coach it's already a problem. They need a coach to put them in a position to succeed and to teach not to motivate.

We've been to four SuperBowls. Perhaps if they had won even one of those we may find more joy in losing a home playoff game. Me I do not. It's Championship or bust. I love that the Rams went all in and got their ring. Do you think their fans care they have struggled since? That said, you can enjoy the games and the wins as they happen and be disappointed at the end. Those swings in emotions are perfectly natural. Not sure why that is hard to comprehend for this board. Being disappointed and frustrated doesn't mean we don't enjoy the good moments. Because some of us believe McDermott is a fraud and Beane is far from a genius, doesn't mean we can't praise them for their good qualities or their good decisions. We just don't have to sit back and say it's ok to lose home playoff games, or that the 13 second loss is anything but one or the worst coaching failures in franchise history(for which McDermott still won't own up to it). Our coaches lost our best chance at a SuperBowl. The second or third (Bruce and OJ) best player in franchise has to carry the team and now has to do it with the worst group of WRs since 2018.

Nah. I already predicted 12-5 for the Bills. People on here think I'm negative but I'm the eternal optimist!

Pretty sure Brady had Gronk and Belichick and Mahomes has Kelce and Reid. Those are two of the three greatest TEs in NFL history, and probably two of the top 10 NFL coaches in league history. Kincaid isn't there yet and let's just say McDermott isn't making any all-time HC list anytime soon.

Is there a such thing as a reverse survival league where you pick a team you think will lose each week?

Yeah except since Josh has been here there are two years that only two were drafted in the first round. One year with six. This last draft there were seven but 3 of them were taken with Buffalo's pick given to KC or later. There are many more WRs produced in college now as almost everyone is running 3-5 WR sets all the time. That said, Beane got Diggs. And Davis after the 4 TD game looked like a star. It is easy in retrospect to say they should have done more at WR in the draft. However only drafting one after trading down and then giving Diggs away is total GM incompetence. Beane even said he made the team worse by trading him. Hopefully one day we will know what made them trade Diggs and why they couldn't make it work. If it was because of McDermott then it is just another indictment of the fraud of a coach he is. If was between Allen and Diggs, then shame on both of them for not working it out.

It's all perspective. During the drought we had bad QBs and bad coaching Now we have a top 3 QB and a coach that is wasting him

Sad that a HC picks the plan before the draft and before training camp. Shouldn't they all be competing for jobs?

I heard Gilliam is fast on special teams, let's line him up outside and throw him a fly pattern...

I can't defend Knox any longer. He's one of my favorite players. At this point however, I'm not getting back on the bandwagon until I see it. Davidson is intriguing. See no reason why they shouldn't keep him over Morris. Oh wait I can. McD has his favorites and Morris is one of them

Dude people still wear his jersey to games which is astonishing to me

Miller is a HOF player MA is a punter Fair or not they will be treated differently He got due process under the law. Not the same thing for NFL contracts I will agree though that the pendulum swung too far. For a long time rape victims underreported becuase they were the one that were put on trial especially if it was an accusation against a star athlete or other public figure. Case in point - Cosby, Weinstein, and Epstein. Then it swung to immediate condemnation in the public of anyone accused - Duke Lacrosse. I think over the last couple of years we are seeing more instances of taking a pause and letting the legal process run its course.

Multiple possibilities. 1. He doesn't care. He's getting paid and McD and Allen basically gifted him several million dollars 2. He's injured and we don't know 3. He's a drunk or some other substance abuse 4. Brady and the QB coach suck and under their tutelage he is regressing 5. He has always been bad and a combination of 1 or more of the above has just made him worse

Isn't anyone a little concerned that the same two guys keep making bad roster decisions. How do you watch game tape from Pittsburgh last year and bring this guy back???

He's better at LB than Matakevich ever was This may sound silly but this team needs a positive story right now. A backup LB will make no difference this year. But some positive vibes can't hurt.