Ethan in Cleveland

Would have preferred them week 1 with Hendrickson sitting out. Bengals usually start slow.

I would so gladly give up next years #1 for Hendrickson. Adding him decreases the reps and risk of injury to Bosa. I think it would truly put the defense over the top even with the uncertainty with the safeties.

Its pure speculation on my part. Just like you are speculating they would have taken Lamar. I've defended Jackson on this board for years. Since virtually no one had Lamar in the top 4 QBs to be taken I think its a good guess when they traded up they would have taken one of the other three if Allen was gone. For me Allen was always the guy to go get. I didn't know a great deal about Baker but didn't like his size or the system/conference he came from. I knew Darnold was going to be a bust. Saw it in college and posted many times before the draft. Any pocket pressure and he panicked even against patsies like Washington State. I'm not ashamed to say for me it was always Allen, Rosen, Mayfield as 1, 2, 3. After that I can't recall. I liked Jackson out of college as I thought he was a better passer than people were stating. That said I also tended to prefer pocket passers so in the end I probably had Darnold 4th with a lot of trepidation. Hope I'm remembering it correctly. All that said I didn't anticipate the running ability that Allen has shown. I fell in love with the arm strength in the Buffalo wind and cold. You can't teach arm strength. Most everything else you can improve.

If Elway took Allen instead of a LB, Beane and McDermott would have been gone a long long time ago. The entire history of the NFL would have been rewritten with Mahomes and Allen in the same division. Beane can use whatever revisionist history he wants, but at the end of the day he needed Cleveland, Jets, and Broncos to make fatal errors. Still wonder if it was Buffalo that leaked the text messages the day before the draft. Has anyone ever learned where that story came from?

I think the offense will be best if Palmer and Kincaid are the top two targets. Shakir is a solid WR but the offense is too plodding when he is the focal point. Really want to see more intermediate to deep throws by Allen and use the entire field. Next will probably be Moore. He should be more of a threat than Samuel. Samuel will be the 5th WR gadget guy. That leaves Coleman as the 4th WR. He may be the Hollins role and be out there on more running plays. Never liked the pick. Just don't believe he can get open against NFL corners. I really like Knox but there just is not enough plays for him to get the ball often. I thought he could be an elite TE but he never developed into a star. If Kimcaod is playing well Knox probably gets 15-20 receptions but might have 4 TDs.

Dropped easy passes Several Allen INTs went off Gabe's hands or were because he ran the wrong route Caught some very difficult passes too Had some amazing toe tap sideline catches Scored a lot of TDs Seemed like a willing blocker but I'm not 100% sure about that Not worth what he got in FA, but a Bills reunion probably has more upside than downside.

Not unless DQ doesn't make the team. DQ is in final year of his deal and may still have enough to get one more 2 year deal from someone else. He should be motivated to play better. With Carter moving to NT, Walker is probably the 5th DT on the team, maybe 6th after the PED cheat. Barring injury to someone else, I would not be surprised to see him a healthy scratch most of the year if DQ, Carter and the PED cheat from Pittsburgh play well. Could be game plan dependent too, if they are playing against a run heavy offense. If he is ahead of Carter on the depth chart then this kid is either really good, or Carter is a bust.

Some great memories!!! I flew from Portland to Chicago in 2014 with my boys age 12 and 11 on a redeye. We landed 7am. Took L close to the stadium. Ate breakfast at Yolk. Walked to the stadium and went to natural history musem first to kill some time. Awesome finish. Stayed in the stands late. Then walked to downtown and had great steak dinner. Took the L back to O'Hara. Both boys were passed out in their Bills jerseys. They were so tired. One of my best pictures of my boys. Flew back that night. No luggage. No hotel. Great memories!!! The Fred Jackson stiff arm was one of the great drought highlights!

Agree that loss to the Steelers was so deflating Me too! Same experience! Oddly calm most of the game, thinking Allen would turn it around.

Agree I like the depth and adding talent at DT, Edge, and Corner. You can even say they added a possibel big nickel S with the kid from Ohio State. Would be nice to see Bosa,Solomon, and this kid play well enough to get rid of Epenesa. That said Epenesa made a few more plays last year than he did the year before. He and the rest of the DL disappeared against the Chiefs. They are still thin at LB but at least 2 of the three (Bernard, Milano, Williams) stay healthy they should be ok. All three can play either LB spot if needed. Yeah that's how I felt too. Lots of quick throws so hard to tell. I don't think he made an inside pass rush move the entire clip. No spin move. Give him a year to learn from Bosa should help. Bosa may be the most important offseason acquisition on defense.

How am I supposed to feel after watching this? Looks like he got one great QB pressure and hit. Seemed like the same pass rush every time. Arm rip and no second move. Going up against a quality opponent but didn't seem like he had many 1:1 wins and no double teams.

Good list. I agree with the list. Not sure if McD will keep two rookie reserves and start another. I think Hancock has a better shot of making the 53 than Strong but I would keep both. Might come down to White vs Jackson for the final reserve CB spot.

Harbaugh's Chargers held Chief under 20 pts both times they played them. Pegula had a chance to upgrade the head coach and didn't. The defense got torched again in the playoffs. Bills would have won the SuperBowl last year with Harbaugh. McDermott is 7-7 in the playoffs. Dan Reeves was 11-9. Marv Levy was 11-8. Both with multiple SuperBowl appearances. All three with HOF QBs and you can argue Allen is playing better than Elway did under Reeves and Allen is better than Kelly ever was Only Schottenhemier was much worse at 5-13. We have a HC problem. McDermott seems like a genuinely nice human being and he is a wonderful ambassador for the fans and the city of Buffalo. Those are important things but they are not as important as winning a Championship for our city and our fans. I got suspended last time I posted all truthful statements as I have above and my opinion. Probably will get suspended again. But there are more and more people like me after every playoff loss that say it's time for a change. McDermott has been giving every resource on defense. He has new players at every level of the defense and as Beane has pointed out has a top 5 offense mostly returning intact. Barring injury to Allen, it has to be SuperBowl win or McDermott needs to go.

Bring back Cook and McGovern. Maybe Bosa on a two year deal if he stays healthy this year. Everyone else can go including Milano.

So many to choose from... I will go with Bills Cardinals storm game, November 1990. I was in college and drove up and back for the game.

Leodis ran a 4.39. He could run with almost anyone. But he was too dumb to play the position.

Careful. You can't criticize McDermott on this board

We can beat any of them. I think Baltimore, KC, and LA Chargers could all beat Bills in the playoffs. Baltimore and Chargers can run on our defense. Not sure Chargers have enough in the passing game with their current WRs. Of those three I am least worried about KC. Kelce is a corpse out there now. KC o-line is worse. Jones is still dominant but he is getting older too - he will be 31 this season. I understand the fear of Cincinnati but I think they have a bottom 5 defense again and probably will not even make the playoffs.

I'm going to guess they repeat the opener from last year with Baltimore and KC on Sunday or Monday night. They will save Bills KC for Nov again.

Punter is the worst skill set LB is the most precarious S is the most unknown CB has the most potential upside WR is the most intriguing

Mason Graham got pranked as well by someone pretending to be Stefanski. But they called him after the Browns had already called him. It was recorded. It was a Buckeyes fan and Graham is from Michigan. Still don't understand why the father got fined for the son's actions? NFL trying to send a message so their signature off season event doesn't get tarnished.

I didn't say it was an easy catch. But it hit his hands. Even he would say he should have caught it. It's not an indictment of the player or indicative of future issues. It actually is reassuring that he was injured because that would explain his lack of deep targets last year. Almost everyone during the season was questioning why he was mainly running 5 yard out patterns and not the deep seam routes like the TD he scored against the Steelers in the playoffs. He has enough tools to be a great WR even if he will never be a great blocker.

To be fair to the Chiefs, in both those SuperBowl losses the Chiefs oline was also injured. Against Bucs both OTs were out and against Eagles the LT was out forcing their All-pro LG to play LT. Doesnt change the narrative. Bills need to get more pass rush. Bengals Oline was devastated with injuries and they never got close to Burrow in playoff loss. Hopefully Beane solved the issue with the mix of FA and draft picks for the DL.

Lol...I usually just stood by the wall...

Hope he bounces back. He had a knee injury. He dropped the ball with his hands. It was a difficult catch. Elite athletes make difficult catches look routine. You can't blast Steph or Davis for their prior drops and give Kincaid a pass. If he can be a 80 + catch guy with 7 TDs it will transform the offense.