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Those dots you’re trying to connect are incredibly far apart given the seriousness of the accusation you’re suggesting. You’re saying that the front office drafted someone who they knew was accused of SA, and you base this on the fact that he was the third punter drafted instead of the first or second?

Literally laughed out loud at that one.

I’d take Allen at $100 million over Lawrence at $55 million.

They’d better triple check it for accuracy next year.

So Zac Taylor must just be an elite coach given that he’s dominated the Bills and has gone 2-1 against the Chiefs in the regular season and 1-1 in the postseason.

And Beane didn’t draft that linebacker. As far as Higgins goes, I don’t think anyone would dispute that he would be the best player on the Bills not named Josh Allen.

The Bengals and Bills both have elite QBs. Josh is better, but Burrow is also great when healthy. Setting QBs aside, Cincy has three elite players at premium positions in Chase, Higgins, and Hendrickson. Buffalo had Diggs plus half a season of Von.

Buffalo

Yes. Beane’s given big contracts to Allen, Dawkins, Oliver, Miller, and Diggs. Allen was great. Oliver didn’t do a damn thing. Neither did Miller. Diggs was terrible, and Dawkins got worked on the biggest play of the season. The big money guys on the other side dominated them. Kelce had 2 TDs, Mahomes was Mahomes, and Chris Jones did something that can’t be coached when he drove Dawkins into Josh’s lap. That game wasn’t about Xs and Os. It was about Kansas City’s Joes kicking Buffalo’s JImmies.

That’s an interesting question. What did McDermott do in Buffalo before Beane got there? He drafted Tre White, Zay Jones, Dion Dawkins, and Matt Milano while adding an extra first round pick for the next season in the process knowing that they’d need all the extra ammo they could get to draft a QB the following season. Then he took a bad roster and a bad QB to the playoffs for the first time in 17 seasons. Beane picked Allen, presumably with a lot of input from McDermott after Mayfield and Darnold had already been taken. Allen, Rosen, and Lamar were the three left. Basically, he/they were smart enough not to take Josh Rosen. And let’s not pretend that Josh just walked on the field and started balling. He had to be developed over three plus years. Since then, Beane (and McDermott) has mostly drafted average players. McDermott has proven since his Carolina days that he can develop talented rookies into difference makers on defense. Beane has whiffed on them in the draft. It’s not like Basham and Edmunds got better after they left. They were mediocre guys who were way over drafted. If Brian Burns or Montez Sweat was on the defensive line instead of Oliver, things would be very different. Rousseau is fine and might get 10 sacks one day, but he’s never going to be Maxx Crosby. All things considered, I’m taking McDermott’s resume over Beane’s.

It’s not a fact at all. Kicks in Orchard Park have the 9th highest make percentage in the league since 2012. (Yes, that’s an arbitrary date, but it’s what the page defaulted to when I Googled it.) https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/rank-all-nfl-stadiums-by-field-goal-percentage-from-highest-to-lowest-since-2012

“Lack of evidence” and the bizarre loophole in Minnesota law that has since been closed which stated that a person couldn’t be charged for raping a drunk woman if she had consumed the drinks willingly.

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2024/05/31/the-buffalo-bills-signing-ex-wrestler-gable-steveson-reeks-of-hypocrisy-and-tone-deafness/

Super swell guy except for, well, you know…

That’s true, and I admittedly cherry picked the stat a bit, but it’s still an impressively small list that he’s on when only 13 others qualify. My point is that you probably shouldn’t just pencil in 700 yards and 7 TDs for whatever warm body gets slotted in to replace him, particularly when another guy on that list who did it against #1 CBs just walked out the door as well.

I agree with you. Just thought it was an interesting list. I’ve just never understood the amount of disrespect Gabe gets around here. The guy was the 128th pick in the draft, and has wildly outproduced any reasonable expectations. His worst season ever was 63 targets resulting in 549 yards, 6 TDs, and 8.7 yards per target. Everyone here slobbers over Kincaid who just had 91 targets resulting in 673 yards, 2 TDs, and 7.4 yards per target. And yes, Kincaid was a rookie, but he’s only 6 months younger than Gabe. When Gabe was 23, he had 93 targets for 837 yards, 7 TDs and 9 yards per target. Guys who produce at that level aren’t easy to find. When you do find them, they’re generally much more expensive in terms of salary and/or draft capital than what Davis was.

Yeah, he’s not an elite WR2, but he’s certainly top half. Since he’s been in the league, Davis has 2,730 yards receiving and 27 TDs. Here is a list of WRs who have as many yards and TDs as he does over that span: Tyreek Hill Ceedee Lamb AJ Brown Stefon Diggs Davante Adams Adam Thielen Jamar Chase Tyler Lockett Mike Evans Amari Cooper Justin Jefferson DK Metcalf Cooper Kupp

Last season, Gabe had the 41st most yards and 17th most TDs of any WR in the league. In 2022 he had the 30th most yards and 12th most TDs. That is high end WR2 production.

Plus not many teams/CBs even play press coverage. It’s basically a non-issue.

He wasn’t a bust at all. He had a 9 year career with 5400 yards, 34 TDs, and was the leading receiver in the 2019 postseason en route to a Super Bowl. He was a good player who was overdrafted.

Totally agree. Marvin Harrison Sr. was the same way.

I get the impression that Hurts is similar to Russell Wilson in that he’s probably a pretty good person but not really a great teammate. He just doesn’t seem to have it as a leader. On a different note, congrats to the author of this article for spelling several words correctly. I’m assuming English is his 15th language.

Yeah. He’s one of the rare coaches who have both won it all with a franchise QB and been consistently competitive when he doesn’t have one.

I think McDermott is an excellent coach. Tomlin is one of a very few coaches I could understand letting him go over.

This is why you always call “no Clapp backs”.