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Sounds painfully accurate. Really time for a new regime, no more wasting Allen.

Dream on.

Fair as well. Allen is the saving grace for the entire franchise. Could you imagine if he had been gone or they had gone for anyone besides Jackson in that draft? We’d still be routing for anything better than last place. To that end, I give them credit, they got a generational talent at 7. Now they need to pair the franchise QB with anybody else that can genuinely make a difference. When we look at the Chiefs, even if we say Allen and Mahomes are even (they aren’t), you still see them pairing Mahomes with Kelce, Jones, and spending a lot of draft capital on WRs/ weapons in general to help him. They have found elite talent, while drafting later than the Bills, so even that excuse is out the window. Until then, they won’t overtake the Chiefs and ultimately, none of these “solid” rosters will make any difference when you are watching the SB from home.

I have to agree with your assessment, as much as I don’t want to. I hope Coleman turns out to be an animal and does so quickly because early on, it sure looks like we let a young Desean Jackson pass us by. What’s more concerning is knowing the Bills have already traded the rights to Maholmes and Justin Jefferson, so their evaluation/decision making is ABSOLUTELY fair to question. To me, this follows the Beane mold of locking on a specific position and drafting it, damned of all the other options. He wanted an X and he got an X. He locked in on Kincaid last year, I like Kincaid, but LaPorta is a complete TE that out performed Kincaid at the one dimension he offers, so it can’t be said he’s not a pass catcher. He clearly locked in on/got obsessed with Ed Oliver, and clearly wasn’t going to let a CB get away when he took Elam. These are just not good moves and what’s worse is the compounding effect they have. This pick lead to trading a 3rd rounder to get a CB to play in front of Elam, which then lead to trading Worthy to the Chiefs so he could get the 3rd back. He got obsessed with pass rushers and forced 2 picks in a row with Groot, who is an average DE and then Boogie who I’m not even sure is still in the league. All because he’s drafting for needs instead of looking for the best talent available. Not having a pass rush made him force the Von move, which is screwing the cap, having EO already stopped him from taking the best talent in the Groot draft, etc. It’s all compounding. This team has 1 elite player and no cap room and it’s ALL ON BEANE. It’s a “good” roster, but it’s not good enough to get over the hump. It doesn’t even have us as the clear favorite in our own division.

This to me is the ENTIRE point. Beane without Allen is already fired. Because of Allen, he’s given a lot of grace. What only a few actually know is, who did he really want in that QB class? He was lucky it fell the way it did because had Allen gone earlier, in a draft where the Giants REALLY screwed the pooch, he’d be out of a job. If Allen really was his target all along, great for him, but all we really know is he wanted him over Rosen and Lamar. He’s failed to draft any elite talent aside from Allen in his entire tenure. Capable guys? Sure. Quality players? Yeah. Elite? Nothing.

Should be by the end of week 4. No they didn’t.

Exactly, from what I’ve seen, I don’t really want either of them, but at very least MT has had a little success in the league and Lance has not.

The minute a starter goes down for a contender, he’s getting called and he’s absolutely going to be the best available. He’s past his prime, but he’s still a mid to low level starter, capable enough to get you to the playoffs.

What on earth are you watching to think Lance is more than hot garbage? The guy sucks, so does MT. They are back-ups for a reason. Lance is the #3 to a leprechaun, and Rush is CLEARLY better than him. Let Dallas tank themselves if they are banking on Lance. This team is all on JA, if he’s out, none of it matters anyway. This offense is a joke without Allen, it doesn’t matter what back-up you put out there, there’s no real talent to work with, it’s not going to be good.

La Porta is a FAR more complete TE that out produced Kincaid all year, so how is he NOT better? Oh and was taken well later. Rousseau was a solid pick, shouldn’t have been drafting DE when the position was dried up, Barramore was there for the taking, but you can have this one. You answered your own question for Edmunds. Tre wasn’t his pick, so it doesn’t matter now does it? And yet again, you claim Beane to be a Wizard, but misses guys that went later.. So it appears you just don’t like my opinion, because facts ruin your story.

That’s exactly ONE time he got the best player available at the position he chose to draft, forget all the others available to take, in all his drafts. Also Tre White is Whaley.

I have them as a dark horse SB contender.

Cousins is a top 10 QB and they got a guy they think can be one, I have no issue with it. Cousins is 10x anything we had here between JA and Kelly.

This is one thing I really like about what they have done, they built a team that can score with anyone in perfect conditions (well, ok, they have JA17), but they also added big bodies to try to win some physical battles in Dec/Jan. They saw a problem and attempted to fix it? I’ll take that.

Good time to be a Falcons fan, they are all in.

Look, the stats are what they are, BUT who’s to say another guy wouldn’t have been just as good, if not better. RBs have been plugged into systems and succeeded for stints for many teams, over many years. The most famous being the Broncos, making everyone and their brother look good. Cook is pretty fast, but it’s all he brings. I would argue, Ty Johnson would be just as successful and possibly more reliable than Cook. So long as Davis gets over the fumble issue, he will over take Cook as the primary guy, pretty quickly and Johnson may be the primary back-up. NFL is Not For Long when you can’t do the basics. He sucks at pass blocking, can’t be relied on to catch and isn’t a strong inside runner. Davis does all of it, Samuel can do everything Cook does and Johnson is just as fast, just slightly less bounce to him. Cook may find himself the odd man out, pretty quickly this year.

I’m guessing we will be shopping for a kicker at cut down time. Bass can’t be making 2/3 of his kicks and missing the distance you really need to have in the bag, especially when that’s already cost you playoff games.

I mean that was basically the scouting report coming out and why Zamir White was ahead of him in college.. but Beane outsmarted everyone and got Kamara .02.

He sucked, had he been a 5th round pick he’d probably be looking for a camp invite, his potential seems to keep people waiting for him to be more than he is.

I’m not going to say that’s appropriate.. but I’m not going to disagree either.

Kincaid will lead the team receiving and Samuel will lead the team in scrimmage yards. Kincaid should break 1k and I think Samuel will combine for around 1200 yards between runs and catches. Everyone else is along for the ride.

There was no bad PR, just a sect with differing views from his. A bunch of whiny “free speech, if it fits my views” type made it a big deal.

yeah, polling biased fans is going to get a biased answer. I prefer Josh all day long, but I’d rather have the Championships over anything.

Oh you are crazy, nobody of nobody would trade Mahomes for JA and White. I love Josh, but he’s #2 (or 3,4,5 depending on your opinion). The Jefferson reference was to the person saying it’s “nice to be on this side of” the regret. The Bills may be pumped to have Allen, but it’s hard to ignore they traded the best players at both QB and WR in the league. As somebody I would like to root for, Josh, all day. Mahomes I find hard to like, but if he were a Bill, Id be rocking a Kermit head to the tailgate, so it is what it is.

I’ll say this, ANY time you are trading back because you know the guy you “want” will be there, you should just go another direction entirely, ESPECIALLY if it’s a QB. I’m a little more optimistic about Coleman because I think he was falling bc of his speed and the traits available with others made it likely they could get him. Doesn’t mean it’s a good pick, just LESS stupid than taking a QB nobody wants.