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Man that’s funny because I think Oliver/Groot/ Epenesa would all look great in another uniform with their cap hit gone too.

I was a big FSU fan at the time, was SO excited he was leaving bc he was holding them back and the Bills go and draft him in the first round no less. He was a 4th/5th round developmental project at best and those numbnuts took him in the first AFTER trading down. You mean to tell me, you haven’t seen a QB off the board yet and you are trading down, still with intent to draft a QB and nobody says “you know, maybe this is a bad call”? Unreal. GeNO Smith should have been the pick and it still would have been bad, but at least understandable.

Come on man, the possibility of having Wood, Wang and Livitre on the same team was too much to pass up.

Yeah, fortunately for them, most of the other guys they swung for have turned out to be better than the rest of McBeans picks.

He got used that way because he sucks miserably at blocking for the QB even after 3 years so they had to put other guys on the field to do his job. He also has a real knack for dropping easy passes too. Brady maximized Cook. He’s a good player, he’s not CLOSE to Lynch.

That’s just kicking the can down the road. He’s good, but barely got 1k and the other guys here already look good too. Make him play it out this year and let him walk. You are unrealistic with that trade value.

Exactly, it’s not MVU, is MVP. No single player had a bigger impact and that’s why Hurts got the award.

The Eagles D was the key to the game from an obvious standpoint. However, Hurts lead the O to score on the turnover and he himself didn’t turn the ball over when it mattered, plus his timely plays extended series and may be realistically just as important in keeping the ball away from KC. He did everything you could ask of a qb and ultimately that’s the guy touching the ball the most, so yeah he’s the MVP.

Crazy part is, it kinda makes sense for both parties.

Mack had 34 catches, didn’t exactly leave the earth. It wasn’t even close to his best year in the league, I think it’s fair to expect pretty similar from him.

Beane keeps looking for the guys other teams “missed”. BTJ was the guy who slid and crushed it this year and my personal target the whole time, I don’t get it either. I was more optimistic about Samuel, that was a flop. Unfortunately, it’s pretty easy to see there hasn’t been enough WR talent going into the last 3 seasons and they keep going in hope as a strategy. Allen covers a lot, but he can’t make up for everything. The biggest hope for the coming year is Kincaid is healthy and ready to go and Brady remembers he has TEs with hands. The lack of creativity on O this year was pathetic as was the use of Cooper who is/was a proven weapon, he couldn’t integrate. How long do we excuse the Brady excuse, it “wasn’t his O” after taking over mid year, this year he couldn’t get a WR schemed open to save his life even after adding Coop. He’s kind of treading on Greg Roman territory to me. Personally, I think the whole regime is a product of Allen carrying their sorry asses.

It’s been about entertainment, but the official designation as an entertainment league vs a football league came with gambling so they couldn’t be destroyed when it’s let out that they are steering the games.

Yeah, the more it goes in, the easier it’s becoming to detach from the NFE(attainment)L, this ***** is turning into the WWE before our eyes and people are cool with it. I’m losing more interest each passing season.

I think this is just people being pissed that these “dynasty” teams seem to all get games handed to them. It’s super annoying and having watched it happen with the Pats and Brady, now with the Chiefs it’s hitting a boiling point.

This. I hate both teams. I’m not watching, not interested, don’t want the NFl to get the ratings.

My house is in.. I’m not watching this year.

I think it’s pretty obvious it’s both not enough talent and not quite good enough coaching. McD has clearly blown a few games in the playoffs all on his own, 13 seconds for example. That said, this roster wasn’t as talented as that team and he got more out of it. The single biggest problem this team has is continued poor drafting in the early rounds. Non-difference makers to flat out busts all over the first 3 rounds. It just doesn’t work. That poor drafting leads to hole filling in FA and looking for difference makers, which cost big money and bring big risk (Miller). So you are left with little cap space and little talent and now drafting to fill holes, which takes your eyes off the BPA and if ANYONE wants to argue that Beane hasn’t been drafting to fill holes instead of taking BPA, you need to stop and think before you embarrass yourself arguing otherwise. So to the OPs question, yeah I think McD is covering for Beane on D and Allen is covering them both by dragging the team to wins.

They just got rid of Carr, why bring in a worse version of the same guy for more money? If there is one thing Brady ought to bring, it’s QB evaluation. I see no way they swing for Darnold.

Bernard should not have made it, 3/4 of a year wonder and that was really only in the eyes of Bills fans. Spencer Brown, that one is definitely arguable.

Allen could get lower and push, he went high and had nobody pushing him this time, I’m curious why the tush push suddenly became a standard sneak, it was a hell of a time to change the biggest reason it had worked all year. You really think Josh doesn’t work out? You have got to be kidding. What a short or selective memory you have, there have been many published stories about Josh working in the offseason w the guys.

You post says it all, you have one “good” player. Then Singletary wasn’t worth paying 2.5M for, so clearly wasn’t very good, the guy who was supposed to take his place also walk and both were paid less than the 3rd RB Beane brought in as a return specialist. Knox is over paid. Gabe Davis … meh not a bad 4th round pick if we are all being real honest, good #3/4 WR, just not the #1/2 they tried to make him. Doyle can’t get on the field Bernard is ok. So there’s the issue, a bunch of over paid and over drafted for the production you get. If Oliver was a 3rd round pick, that would be pretty good, a solid starter that makes a handful of flash plays a year. Unfortunately, he’s a top 10 pick on a rather rich contract. The RBs represent 4 day 2 picks to get one guy who’s better than replacement level. Knox is overpaid in your own words, Davis isn’t here, Doyle is a nobody and Bernard is “better than we had”, when the last guy got cut mid season by the Seahawks, that’s not exactly a ringing endorsement. Where are the guys that are actually difference makers? They don’t really exist outside of Allen and Cook. In the same time frame, KC has rebuilt their team 2x and is about to win 3 SBs in a row, or at very least 2 of the last 3 with a chance to win this one. Philly has also built through the draft and is back to the SB, so the whole “drafting too late in the draft” excuse just doesn’t work.

That argument works when guys that clearly don’t deserve it are making it, but being that it’s a joke of a system and basically anyone with a heartbeat makes it, it’s pretty telling when not one of your picks has made it.

I think it’s a fair question to ask if it’s worth it or not. My take is the biggest issue is the contract structure so you can fit him AND others in the plan for now and the next 3-4 years. Giving up a shot at a young difference maker with the 1st round pick it hard, BUT if we are honest, outside of JA, the only impact player Beane has managed out of a 1st round pick was Diggs. Those picks were all better than this year so it’s certainly no guarantee he will make anything of that pick. At least Crosby is a known commodity.

I want him, but if you think he’s going to be had for a 1st and 4th you are dreaming. 1st, 2nd and 5th this year and a conditional 2nd next year will get you to the table.

Oh I forgot we evaluate on race these days. That’s got to be the lamest excuse I’ve heard. I suppose to counter, a white safety was better. 🙄