Billy Claude

I was surprised at the number given how bad the Jets roster was supposed to be in the last two years but the other hand, even though there are a lot of players on other teams, none of them have made much of an impression. However, I do get the impression that Gase, and likely Saleh also, like to run their system whether they have the right type of players for it or not. Also the change from Gase to Saleh probably led to players being release as not a fit to the new system.

I am just going by what you wrote in your original post. It said -- to quote "A quick rundown of former Bills now on other teams the last 2 years." The post then lists nine Bills who were on the squad the last two years that are now on other teams and the post ends with "Just crazy the number of players who can't make Bills roster but end up somewhere else.", implying that there are nine players because the Bills roster is so strong. i am simply pointing out that nine is not a very large number. In fact, there were 26 players who couldn't make the Jets roster in the last two years that are now on other teams.

I am sure you missed a bunch of Bills but you listed former Bills in the last two years on other teams and said that was impressive. Players move around a lot now, nine is actually a very small number. Here is the list of players that were on the Jets since Aug 31 2020 who are on other teams 53 man roster as of today. There are 26, including three former Jets (Lawson, Crowdher, and Van Roten) on the Bills: Josh Andrews NO Mathhais Farley LV Lamar Jackson CHI Nate Hairston MN Jordan Willis SF Sam Darnold CAR Michael Dwumfour TX Shaq Lawson BUF Corey Levin TEN Milo Eifler WAS David Moore CHI Elijah Campbell MIA Ryan Griffin CHI Thomas Morstead MIA Edy Pineiro CAR Blake Cashman HOU Grep Van Roten BUF Jamison Crowder BUF Javin White CHI Jason Pinnock NYG Chuma Edoga ATL Isaish Dunn SEA Rachard Wildgoose WAS Javelin Guidry ARI Del' Shawn Phillips BAL Trevon Wesco CHI

You would really need to compare to other teams to tell whether this is a lot. For example, the Jets had seven players picked off waivers today and 11 players over th3 last two weeks. That's two more than the Bills have in two years in just in two weeks.

Ok. Thanks, didn't know about the rule change.

Is there a maximum? Former Bills rb Jonathon Williams got 510K to sign with the Broncos p.s. after he was cut by the Bills. Unless the rules, changed, I think the maximum is whatever the team is willing to pay, though I agree that the Bills won't give Barkley much more than the minimum allowed.

Right -- I forgot. I will fix it. In any case, I doubt that any team will pick him up for their 53 and I assume he would rather be in the Bill's practice squad than another teams.

I'm 98% sure that he will be cutted and then placed on the practice squad to be this year's Davis Webb. It's highly doubtful that someone else pick him up and put him on their 53 at cutdown.

Given the nature of the accusations, this was absolutely predictable when the accusations came out and could not be easily refuted. Every team in the NFL would have done the same thing with a rookie punter, including the Browns and the Chiefs. You can't give any special credit to Bills for releasing him. A rookie punter is simply not worth the distraction.

Folks will definitely be mad, it just won't be at Barkley.

I don't remember any talk about Daboll in 2017 but definitely agree that well known assistants don't want to work for first time head coaches since there is a high likelihood that those first time coaches will not last very long.

Of course this does not say much for McDermott ability to pick coaches since he supposedly wanted Mike McCoy who did not even last a season as OC at his next two stops.

To be precise, there is a quote from Nick Saban at the end of the linked article that said that the Dolphins wanted Brees but Brees failed the Dolphins' physical.

Tannebaum's arguments were all about why the Patriots will do better than people think. Even if all comes to fruition, it is highly doubtful that Mac Jones will get credit for "two great running backs" or outstanding scheming from Belichek. In any case, nothing that would usually make people think that the QB is the main reason is their success.

You can always tell that people are only looking for people to agree with when they attack the messenger instead of the message. An example is a few weeks ago when Warren Sharp argued that it would be difficult for the Bills to win 12 games and he was attacked as a "hater" and click-bait mostly (though not all) by people who did not bother to listen to his video. For me, his schedule strength arguments while valid, others not so much but it is certainly not unreasonable for someone to think 12 games might be difficult when the over/under is 11.5. If that was so, half the bettors are placing an obvious losing bet simply because they are haters. One of my pet peeves on this board is people responding to headlines without even bothering to read the article.

That makes sense as far as the case before Judge Robinson is concerned but since that Watson has publicly said he believes he has done nothing wrong you would think he would need to come up with some explanation for the 60 masseurs for general PR purposes. But most likely, they have given up on the public as a lost cause.

Serious question. Has Watson or his defense team ever explained why he had 60 or so massage therapists?

Yeah, PFF had the Jets draft rated as an A in their draft regrade after the first year. Becton looked really good the first year but he had injury issues even then. However, everybody blamed Gase for playing Becton when he should have sat. Mims also flashed after missing the first half of the rookie year.

With Becton out, Joe Douglas' 2020 draft is truly horrific, especially considering he had two 3rds and three 4ths: (1) Becton (OL, 15 games in 3 years, finishing only 8 of them) (2) Denzel Mims (WR, 8 receptions 133 yds last year, coaches complained about attitude and that he didn't know the routes -- supposedly better in camp this year) (3) Ashtyn Davis (S, started 13 games last year out of necessity but basically not very good) (3) Jabari Zuniga (DE, spend almost all of 2021 on PS) (4) La' Michel Perrine (RB, 4 games, 8 carries, 31 yds last year) (4) James Morgan (QB, released after one season with 0 NFL snaps) (4) Cameron Clark (OL, retired due to injury concerns) (5) Bryce Hall (CB, only good value in the draft -- but really should not be CB1) (6) Braden Mann (P, 18th in avg net yard punting -- very inconsistent, not what you want when you draft a punter)

I did not listen or read his articles during the Super Bowl year since you just couldn't do it back then if you were out of the area. I listened to him in the on GR after the Super Bowl years and he made a whole lot more sense than people like Chuck Dickerson or Art Wander. I understand that is a low bar.

Its basically all about having a video. If any of the women videoed him behaving this way (and I am incline to belief that most of them are telling the truth) he would be suspended for life.

A fake field goal on 4th and 24? You don't need analytics to figure out that was stupid.

Or you can follow a team and say WTF are they doing? All through the drought years from starting Rob Johnson against the Titans to firing your OC because you lost 34 to 31, any respectable writer didn't need to wait to see if many of the moves were futile or not. Unless you are an absolute shill, covering Buffalo sports for the whole 17 years is going to make you understandably pessimistic. He just held on to his skepticism too long. After all, what did Pegula do with the Sabres or the first two years with the Bills (Rex Ryan) do to inspire confidence? He is suppose to be a writer covering Buffalo sports, he should bring in a more realistic attitude than a fan. I read the article and I cannot see what even the most strident homer should complain about. One quote taken out of context does not reflect what he wrote, which was a very heartfelt sentimental piece. edit: I changed "would complain about" to "should complain about" since obvious some people are complaining.

Yes, there are exceptions but on average they work out and that is all you can really apply statistics to. Statistics cannot predict exact results just what is more likely. If you look at after each of those seasons, I think you would say exactly what the statistics regarding the previous season's record predicted. The schedule for 2020 was really difficult and the schedules for 2019 and 2021 were significantly easier. (Although the 2019 schedule turned out to be a easier than even predicted while the 2021 was a little bit more difficult). To go back to the original post that I was responding to, I am simply pointing that there was no huge difference between what the strength of schedule was thought to be at the beginning of the season and what it was thought to be at the end.

This is simply not true. Based on the previous seasons' records the Bills had the 24th most difficult schedule in 2019, the 5th hardest in 2020, the 23rd hardest in 2021 and has the 12th hardest this upcoming season. In fact, most likely the primary cause of the Bills drop in defensive ranking had little to do with the defense (or missing Star -- a prime example of correlation is not causation) and mostly because they had a murderous schedule especially during the first half of the season. Similarly, the reason the Bills defense did so well without Tre White was not because White was not missed but because they faced a bunch of very weak offenses at the end of last season.