Don Otreply

I get the feeling he paid off a debt on that play.... 😂

I’m thinking you need to be more overtly snarky, and unrealistic, but you are on the right track... 😁

Strict / the very BPA overall has always been a myth for the most part, perpetuated by teams to convince themselves , their opponents, and their fans that they are making the correct selection at each point of the draft process. Humans, what else would you expect, it’s what we do... BPA at a position of need on the other hand is in fact what the draft is and has always been since its inception. It is all need driven, otherwise, why in hades would a team select a player they don’t have a need for? It just doesn’t ever happen. A faster stronger more agile better player than a team currently has at every position is always need for every team. Good GMs think this way, but position of need prioritizes the order of selection. There is a saying that was made famous during a winter Olympic build up some years ago, I’m paraphrasing here, it goes like this, “ I’m not looking for the best players, I’m looking for the right players” Beane could have said that... Anyway... Go Bills!!!

I understand how and why corporations use that thought process, and how mergers negatively impact the lives of those former gainfully employed fellow country men and women, but this is not the place for such a discussion.... so I won’t comment further, Go Bills!!!

Technically, but it’s all from the same pool of money... all budgets within Highmak come from that pool. By the way, who owns Highmark BCBS, does anyone know? They are a PA based corporation per a quick google search.

This, ^^^ Beane is in touch with every free agent players agent that he feels can be an useful part of the team, it’s his job, it’s among the tasks he does up there at OBD..., It would be what one could call a fact finding mission...

Some folk whimper about everything, I think these types want it to be “Drunk as hell Field” at “‘Drunk as hell Stadium” cause that’s what they are most comfortable with...

The deep ball will be useful for certain, but if we do not make our run game more viable, last seasons results will be what we get annually. A real damn good passing team, that is one dimensional, and when that dimension has multiple injured/dinged up receivers... We don’t want to be a run first team! What we absolutely need is a run game that has to be accounted for, currently we do not have that, and that makes us easier to defend against, especially in the post season. Luckily we have a GM and HC who know this, and will act upon this shortcoming accordingly.

That is why picks are BPA at positions of need the vast majority of the time, and why a strict very BPA is a rare bird, it’s need driven, and every teams idea of BPA differs by that teams current personnel situation.

It’s worth it only if you still have the finances to have real weapons, to include an Oline so that the QB you gave up huge assets for can actually help your team, and don’t forget you need a defense too. A QB alone can win you some games, but the rest of the structure has to be in place or you are just spinning your wheels.

I suspect it is more a they have “guys” they are targeting at different points during the draft subject to what has transpired as their pick approaches. Not discounting moving up or down, but imo this is a more likely their general thought process.

Every offseason a thread like this appears once or twice, and then mercifully gets forgotten about until the next offseason... it is a ritual, like feeding Vall, It is a thing to do... Next up will be a new colors for our uniforms, and those will be just god awful in every way, and those two will be mercifully forgotten about until next off season as well, all part of the ritual I suppose... Vall is a hungry guy...

Yes it will 👍

They are now one step away from an eighteen game season, bank on that happening in approximately five to ten years. The owners greed knows no bounds, bank on that as well. I’m not saying I agree with this happening, but it’s going to happen.

Can’t have exceptions for a lack of participation, unless you’re really flush and want to “donate” to the SDS charitable organization... Me, I’m just tryin not to get tossed, I’m a cross between being British and being German, as it were, to polite to be honest,(British) and to honest to be polite (German)... it will and has been the source of many of my success and downfalls... 😁

Much ado about virtually nothing,

I’m thinking that drafting a big athletic guy who can cover big athletic TEs and take them to the ground would be a priority, this type of player would help the pass and run defense. This and D and O line monsters. The trenches matter on every single play..,

Yah, and the HC too..

Hell, my wife does those after her morning yoga class...

Folk just think he’s on the team, has anyone seen him? Does anyone even talk about him except on this forum? He’s the ghost in the basement with a red stapler on his desk..., oh and that other guy your talking about..., not a chance in hades is he even a far flung consideration, even when Beane was drunk and taking Xmas pictures...

Anyone who has stuck with this team during the past twenty years, let a lone through all the years previously is one hell of a fan in my book! That is why we have the best fan base in the league.

Is a Chazz any thing like a Chadd...

Beane is Omni aware of his total job responsibilities, and it shows, it’s really nice having bonafide GM calling the shots. It was only a few years back when it we had a string of jags doing that job, and sadly that showed as well, for two decades... Lay off the ganja Ferg... 😁

I do recall that sequence, but in the end they chose a recently back from injury JF over Bates for the task, It appears SM/BD thought having a known entity and a starting O line player with center skills was the preferred choice over Bates, even though Bates could have taken snaps at center, It May as well have had a bit to do with the comfort and confidence of that selection for our QB, as he and JF seem to have established a very good chemistry early on...,

From a fans view, sure, but having JF already a starter with center skills was the more likely choice at that time, coaches are always looking at a bigger picture than the fan base is, just the nature of those that do the job vs those that are watching the job done from a distance...