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Overdrafted just like T. Bernard & D. WIlliams??? Neither of them saw the field in their rookie year, nor deserved to. Both balled out in year 2, so making any judgement about Bishop's abilities this early is ignorant.

It's a concern, but New England did pretty well for a couple years with that combination. I also think Brady is self aware enough to know that one very good year as an OC doesn't mean you're ready to run the whole show. For example, Daboll's resume was arguably much stronger than Brady's and he certainly hasn't killed it with the Giants.

Josh made a lot of great plays today, but on the first drive he also decided not to throw to a wide open reciever before extending the play and getting the ball knocked out of his hands! I love Josh and would not trade him for any other QB in the league, but he is certainly not perfect! I have been hoping that without Diggs, he would be better at taking the play that's there this year. I have no idea what he was thinking at that moment, but it seemed that he wanted a bigger play than merely a critical first down on a very important drive. This play was a big factor in digging the hole in the 1st half hole and I hope the film will reinforce this so next time he makes a better decision.

Nailed it!! I believe this board just mirrors our society in general, where there is a small group on both sides of any issue represent an extreme viewpoint, whereas the majority is really somewhere in the middle. Unfortunately, the critics tend to be louder than most others and because of that, they want you to think they represent the majority view. I often wonder if the folks that want big organizational changes actually enjoy watching the games or if they're too preoccupied on what NEEDS to be different. Personally I fully expect the Bills to be very competitive again this year, but also believe Beane has them setup for a strong run in the coming years with the draft capital he's accumulated and an improved cap situation.

Leading up to the draft I wanted the Bills to get either Davis or Braelon Allen as a bigger complement to Cook. While I've be happy with Ray thus far, reports have been calling the Jets getting Allen in the 5th one of the steals of the draft. It's still early, so hopefully Ray can continue to show out and overtake Allen as the real steal! Ray's not as big as Allen, but he seems to be a much better receiver. Over time, I'm very hopeful that Ray will be more productive than Allen.

I planned to post this earlier this week as a warning, but never got to it. I'm not surprised by the outcome of this game since the Bears had a chance to reacquaint themselves with game action last week in the the Hall of Fame game. It's not unusual for the teams that play in that game to look better than their opponent in the week 1 preseason game, especially at the back end of the roster. So I'll take this game for what it was and be far more interested in the level of play against the Steelers next weekend.

Thanks Gugny for starting this poll as it supports what I have felt many many times in the past (especially after any loss). Which is that the loudest voices on this forum often do not accurately represent the majority view of the fanbase. If you were only to read the posts this morning, you would likely assume the majority of fans were very upset with Brandon for his tactics last night. However the poll clearly show that in reality the opposite is true with >62% approving his decisions. Obviously, this leaves almost 40% that are unhappy, but it's good to see that the majority of fans can be objective and let this play out before drawing any negative conclusion. It's also really hard for me to comprehend how even a diehard fan/draftnik feels that they have enough insight to the players to be able to call Brandon Beane a moron. It seems that those who felt this was an appropriate comment just may have much bigger problems in life than who the Bills should draft.

All I can think of after this response is Mark Twain's famous line; "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt".

I have no idea what you do for a living, but I suspect you are not perfect at every aspect of it. People in positions that require difficult high level decisions who get >50% of them correct are typically doing pretty darn good. I also doubt that there is a GM in the league that comes remotely close to meeting your perceived expectations of the position. Of course Beane would like to have a mulligan on a couple of his decisions, but I feel the job he done thus far has earned my trust many times over and I fully expect the Bills to be in it to the end again this year. But then again, I find life is more enjoyable when you think positively vs. negatively.

Johnson has played 1T, 3T & 5T. I suspect he will be a stout 3T for the Bills, but has the position flexibility the Bills love.

I believe it's just safer for them to make a reference about someone that has never been a Bill. No emotions involved that way.

It was the mother of the Oxford Mi HS shooter that was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, not Parkland.

You guys are both exhausting and nauseating. You obviously have the right to your opinion, but how about coming up with a new and interesting topic instead of just beating this one to death (again). It seems you just haven’t realized that Sean isn’t going anywhere no matter how many times you demand it. I also strongly believe that the majority of Bills fans support Sean and it’s only a very loud minority that is keeping this discussion alive.

I'm not opposed to this idea as a option (not base). But we also we need a better answer for the times when Taron is dinged up. I didn't feel he was playing to his standard during some of the early losses and suspected that he wasn't at 100%. Cam was a decent backup Safety, but was picked on whenever he replaced Taron at Nickel.

Not sure about that, but La Porta did have a really nice year. I really liked him last year and was hoping we could get him in the 2nd round. That said, his skill set is more redundant to Knox's, so at this point, I believe Kincaid gives us more diversity at the position and I also believe Dalton will prove to be the better of 2 very good players in the long run.