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Your question at the end is a good one, but I’m sure 90%+ go for xp when scoring a td as the first team. Because at that point, your defending the field from a td, and then a 2pt play should they get the td. Lots of opportunities for the defense there, the team would have to have zero confidence in their D, or the other teams qb just playing at an unstoppable level (which is why I said 90%, it could happen, we saw Allen and Mahomes do just that). As far as the second team, I agree 100%. Going for two would make sense in many cases, especially considering both teams just scored td’s on their first OT possession. When having a qb like Allen, it makes even more sense to go for 2 as the second team. Allen is so deadly in the redzone.

Exactly. It depends on the team composition, but with Allen, going for two makes sense.

By taking the ball, your setting the team up to have the ball first should OT move to sudden death. To be honest, there isn’t a one size fits all answer to this question, and both sides have merit. Having the ball second, and being able to use 4 downs is a nice advantage. However, getting the ball first in sudden death is also a nice advantage. The nice thing about going second is having the ability to go for two and avoid sudden death. I don’t think it would be common for the first team with the ball to go for two, so the second team has a shot to either win it or lose it on a 2pt play. I’d take that with Allen all day any day.

I’m warming up to Hall in the first for the reasons you said. It makes sense with the idea of making a super bowl push this year. It’s not common to see 6’+ rbs with 4.3 speed anymore, and Hall is a good wr weapon too. If Hall is anything close to a Taylor or Henry (who isn’t much of a wr) at rb, our offense would be nearly unstoppable, I’m sure we’d see another no punt game or two. I really like Pickens and hope that somehow/someway we land him.

McDermott and Beane embrace a growth mindset, and so far both have shown that growth. I don’t see any reason to believe McDermott won’t learn and grow from what happened in the playoffs. For instance, consider Andy Reid (one of McDermotts mentors), he struggled in the post season/Super Bowl early on with the Eagles. There was narratives that he couldn’t win it all. How many coaches do you think could have turned us into a playoff team in the 2017 season? Especially when everyone thought we were talking. McDermott might not be the best coach in the game yet, but he is certainly better than most, and it’s no given that a new coach would be better. Is the 13 seconds your only reason for not having faith in McDermott? Or do you have other reasons? Who would you want as the coach, a realistic option?

Dane and Levi held the fort well the last half of last season, now add Von and either a vet/rookie cb. I think they can hold the fort until Tre is back. Plus, Allen is going to be even better this year, no reason to think he won’t be. He has shown growth from the start of each season to the end, and more growth in between seasons. I’m not saying we will have playoff Allen every game, but I believe we are in for a real treat with Allen this year.

Could be a bit nickel. But Taron Johnson has done so well with tackling he’s kinda reduced the need for a big nickel. McDermott takes it slow with rookies, and a later rounder safery isn’t likely to have a big role early. More like a situational use that could potential grow as the season progresses. I don’t think Beane is done. I’m sure he has floated offers to multiple vet cb’s and the cb’s are looking to see if they can find a better offer elsewhere, with us being a fall back. Either way, I imagine before the draft Beane brings in a cb who could realistically starts across from Dane to open the season.

Would probably have to move up for Pickens, but I’d love him with a first round cb

I mean to say wr, but totally mistyped that.

Maybe someone will want to trade up with us to jump Chiefs and Packers to select a qb? I also really like Gordon, and would love to see him with us.

I’n this day and age, cost overruns are almost a guarantee too. I work in large construction infrastructure business (west coast), but we can’t seem to get a project to cost it’s original projection. Hopefully it’s easier for a large stadium, with less extra costs.

I’ll note a few ideas that come to mind. But first (even though I’m about to answer). What’s the setting? Will fans be walking around and hop in line to do said event and the players are stationed (rotating?) at different events? I’m kinda curious what the intended format is, or if it’s completely open to ideas? Ideas below: -One of the Bills embeds showed a tug o war contest. Perhaps you could have players vs fans. Or have fans and players mixed for each of the sides. Maybe even with a Bills themed rope or something like that. -(really random): have like a foam table (made of foam but looks like the classic fold up style) that can stand on its own, but also be used to jump on the table. Put the foam table on top of a gymnastics mat so the fall is soft. To more directly involve the players, perhaps have the players throw people (not crazy throw) onto the table ala the Josh Allen fan table throw. - a pretty simple idea that I’m sure others will mention is a throwing type of competition. Perhaps involving either fans throwing to players, or players to fans. - Or even just fans attempting to throw into a net with certain spots being worth points and the goal is to get a “first down” or 10 points on 3 attempts. Could have some 4th down option where you step back a certain distance based on how many points you have left. So like 4 points to go you step back 4 of whatever distance is chosen (like 4 feet, inches, etc). Overall there could be some digital app (or just a card with stamps, or tickets) that tracks completion of the events, with some sort of “prize” for those who complete all of the events (maybe the prize is to be entered into a raffle). I’d be happy to elaborate and I’ll attempt to brainstorm some more ideas. Thanks for engaging the community, such a cool idea to crowd source something like this. Good luck with it all!

It creates a hole and there are not many good vet options out there. Additionally, there is no guarantees with a rookie.

I can’t imagine we don’t bring a vet in before the draft though. That wouldn’t be like Beane to leave such a gaping hole.

What round is he projected to go in?

They are still a run first offense. That part didn’t change. Also, Jefferson put up more numbers as a rookie than Diggs did while there. I’m not in any way trying to bash Diggs, I’m just pointing out that stats are not solely a by product of a system. The system is a factor in stats, but not the sole reason for one’s stats. The fact remains, a rookie wr on a run first offense, put up more numbers than Diggs did on a run first offense. It’s not exactly comparing apples to oranges, more like tangerines to navels. Diggs on the Bills offense vs Diggs on the Vikings offense would be comparing apples to oranges.

Do you think the Bills will consider trading Diggs rather than extending him? It would be hard to pass up a bevy of picks like the Chiefs got and it will be hard to pay Diggs, Hill type of money. If we pay Diggs, I worry about keeping guys like Knox, Oliver, and possibly Davis (could throw Edmonds in that group too). We definitely won’t be able to keep everyone, and Edmonds seems like a good candidate to move on from, probably like Harrison Phillips. We offer Edmonds a reasonable contract, while letting him test the waters and it’s more than likely he’ll get more elsewhere. I really hope we can draft someone this year, who at worst, can be a stop gap next year.

Justin Jefferson has put up bigger numbers than Diggs did as a Viking. You are correct about stats being a byproduct of system. However, talent can also cause change/tweak a planned system. Either way, Allen showed elite traits and play making ability pre Diggs. So put two elite guys together and it’s no wonder they both go off.

This right here! This is the reason I had such high hopes for Allen after year 1, he made our offense competent. Remember how the offense was when Allen went out that year? I could hardly stomach watching the games, our offense was just garbage.

The throw to Robert Foster that game, might have been his best throw his first season. Stood in the pocket, taking a shot, yet delivering a strike on the run. Such a beautiful pass.

Exactly! This is how I felt. Against the Ravens week 1, Allen’s was in the end zone rolling to his right and delivered a rocket to Logan Thomas. That’s was the moment I knew he could be special, it was something I hadn’t seen from a Bills qb before (I was very little during the Kelly years and don’t remember much, but the end of those years).

The reason I knew Josh was the real deal his rookie year was the stark difference in the offense with him vs without him. Even before the injury, think about how the offense had some life and he made some plays from time to time. When he went out, we were on pace for the one of the worst offenses of all time, and the offense had no life at all it seemed. Josh was the sole reason our offense even had a chance. It’s amazing how those in the media have never picked up on this, but at the same time, it takes watching most, if not all of the games. About your comment of him getting better throughout the season, isn’t it amazing how he has done this every season? He’s better at the start of the season than where he left off, and by season end, he is better than where he started. It’s amazing, and I feel like he is still ascending after the playoffs last year.

After seeing Hills contract, this is what I’m stating to think too. I don’t think we can afford to pay Diggs 30 mil per season and we need leverage/insurance.

That will be the Dolphins game next year. Running and short passes. We will have to put up points, and get red zone stops (forcing fg attempts). Then the Dolphins/Tua have to play more aggressively and that will be to our advantage. Besides needing a corner even more now, I think this also shows we need to make sure Allen has plenty of weapons to put points up at will or close enough to it. Maybe we snag a wr at 25 to give Allen another playmaker?

Mike McDaniels took the job committing to Tua and this offseason they have made moves to give Tua plenty of support. It’s makes sense from their perspective, however it’s big time gambling on Tua. Even though this makes the Dolphins harder, I’m happy for this move, because it weakens the Chiefs considerably. Tyreek and Kelce are so hard to stop (as we saw multiple times now). Fortunately for us, Allen has the Dolphins number and their offense will be forced to play keep up with ours. That should force Tua into uncomfortable situations having to try and go deeper than check downs.