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I understand the trepidation with Bishop, but I think he needs some playing time to progress. The next 3 games could be a great opportunity to give him some, so that he is better prepared if his number is called in the playoffs.

Not me, you were just added to my ignore list!

I'd really like to know what's behind elevating Mike White this week. No injuries reported at QB, but maybe someone is ill. If so, I hope it's not 17. (sorry Mitch!)

The O-Line is pretty much set for 2025 barring injuries. In addition to the signed guys, Anderson & Van Demark are both ERFA's so it's a lock that they both will be back. Gouraige and Edwards will be offered futures contracts and very likely to return as well. Clapp may look for a better opportunity to make a 53, but that's probably the only loss. This is already a very deep and talented group, so any OL draft pick will need to be a bargain that Beane just can't pass on. I expect that they will just add a few UDFA's to fill out the camp roster. The wildcard could be Beane getting a trade offer for someone like Van Demark that fills one of the D-line needs.

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.