McDeerInTheHeadlights

Backward or not, your theory certainly isn't validated by the Bills themselves. I would venture to say that if there is one thing that anyone, from pundits to casual fans, could easily agree upon when it comes to the Bills, is that they're a rather soft team. So much that their QB is indisputably their toughest, most physical player. So unless going through something like the Hamlin's scare and totally s**tting the bed afterwards is the definition of not being soft, yeah playing in the elements did pretty much nothing to make the Bills a though or physical team.

I am afraid this deal isn't doing much when it comes to keeping the Bills in Buffalo for your children's children. The real and only winner here is Terry Pegula. He gets to outlay as little as possible while keeping the Bills where he wants until it's time to pass the torch in let's say 15-20 years. That, in my opinion, is one, albeit not the only one, reason why he is going for a rather basic stadium on the cheapest possible location. His financial commitment must be in line with the projected lifespan of his investment. What happens once he is out of the picture will have to be seen. No one knows and perhaps shouldn't even care at this stage, but it's gonna be a rather interesting situation. Will his five children all agree on sharing ownership of the team AND keeping it in Buffalo? It sure appears there won't be enough dough left for only one of them to keep the team and still be a multi-billionaire, and they seem to care about preserving their lifestyle. Pray for Terry to have a long and healthy life.

Nothing personal against Lawson, but if you were to re-sign him, considering that you can only have so many active DEs and the rest of the D is essentially the same minus Edmunds, where would the upgrade to the pass rush be coming from? McD defensive genius alone?

Well, Bills fans in WNY better jump through as many folding tables as possible while they still can... Seriously though, a similar attempt to start a sort of super league was recently put to rest, at least for the time being, in European soccer. The public outrage that followed once the proposal came to light simply outmatched any financial incentives. The international push from the NFL will likely entail more and more games played abroad by US-based teams. If those "internationalisation" efforts go according to plan, you may end up in a situation in which a team like Buffalo could one day have a larger (extended) fan base than one based in Houston or Atlanta. Sure, some people abroad may still be fascinated by the appeal, real or perceived, of locations such as LA or Miami, and therefore be inclined to become fans of their teams, but generally speaking a dude sitting in Frankfurt, London or Tokyo couldn't care less.

And elect another figurehead as director of the approval of the approval committee.

This is the prototypical win-win situation. Edmunds gets paid and the Bills get the chance to preserve or even improve production at MLB at a lower cost. It's up to Beane to make the most out of the situation.

As someone has already stated, hopefully everything is well in the health department. That's priority #1. If he is fine, this is good news, not so much because Frazier was the only or even the main reason for the lack of success when it really mattered, but because it may (hopefully) be a sign of a willingness to change, to do things differently from McBeane that may carry on during the draft and free agency.

They could compensate for all that energy waste by celebrating an extra Pride day.

I hear you, but this is an almost entirely different topic. Amongst the parties involved, I think Terry is the big winner here. He gets to outlay as little as possible for the new stadium while keeping the Bills where he wants for a reasonably long time, likely for as long as he will be able to function as an owner. He has 5 children and who knows if they'll ever find an agreement on whether to keep, sell, or possibly move the team somewhere else once it's their decision to make. I would venture to guess that their emotional attachment to Buffalo is less than Terry's or Kim's. Terry is a wise business man and this is the cheapest bandaid he could buy. That being said, I'll go back to my original point. It appears to me that the fans in Minnesota, to name a somewhat comparable market, got significantly more value for money with their stadium, with a roofed structure and much bolder and distinctive design and solutions.

It's pretty much a copy of the Tottenham Stadium with Bills logos slapped on it. There is nothing horribly wrong with that, as the original one seems to be known for its great sightlines and amazing gameday atmosphere, which is pretty much what most Bills fans wanted. It just looks very vanilla and underwhelming from a design perspective, and it is somewhat disappointing they can only get something so uninspiring and unoriginal for that kind of money. They better engineer state-of-the-art vomitoriums in that thing.

How can that thing be so expensive?

That was an amazing defense. "The package", if I'm not mistaken that was the nickname, made of Phil Hansen, Ted Washington and Pat Williams was the best Bills DL I have seen play as a fan. Ted had unbelievable quickness for a 400 pounds monster, Pat was pretty much a slightly smaller (still 330+ I think) Ted, and Phil was a great all-around DE. And Sam Cowart, well without the injury I think he could have become as good as Ray Lewis. Thanks for bringing those guys up. I loved them.

I totally agree that's the case. The only person who could change it would be Terry, who is the one who created the situation in the first place... The only hope is that eventually McD himself realizes that it's time to revise his approach (very unlikely, and I'd totally expect him to vouch for a DB or LB in round 1 and perhaps even in round 2, if Edmunds and Poyer leave and given White's uncertain return to his pior form), or Josh put his foot down an demand it (more likely in the mid-term, but I'm not sure it's happening anytime soon). Anyhow, the draft is around the corner. Here's hoping they'll prove me otherwise.

To make things worse is the fact that the head-scratching asset allocation is only one side of the issue. On top of that you have to add the poor job at talent scouting, selection and, if you wish, development. I would argue that with that kind of capital spent on the DL, you should not be in the position to go out and overspend to bring in a 30+ veteran, regardless of his HoF status. Most people here seem to be in love with Beane. Perhaps that's because he is a polished public-speaker and he is, at least apparently, very candid in sharing the 'behind the scenes", the thought process behind each decision, but the reality is that for the Bills to win a SB he (also) has to do much better. And who knows, if part of the problem is McD getting too much in Beane's way when it comes to asset allocation and talent selection, well perhaps it's time for McD to take a step back and let the GM do his job.

I may be overly pragmatic here, but any strategy that entails keeping together a team that couldn't deliver multiple times when it really mattered and neglecting, due to a shortage of resources, clear areas of weakness while also increasing the cost base is, at the very least, suspect. It's like doubling-down on ricing up a Chevy Malibu and expecting to win a Le Mans race. It's time for a change in the roster-building philosophy, with different asset allocation and priorities.

It won't be easy, but this is a huge opportunity for both parties. He could get unbelievably rich finding someone who'll bite and overpay for his services, and the Bills could upgrade the team overall by allocating the resources he'd command somewhere else while still ensuring no drop-off and possibly even better play at the MLB position. It's up to Beane to make a win-win situation out of this.

On a value basis, after Josh and a couple of late round picks, only desolation.

Edmunds is a fine player. That being said, I'm not sure that keeping together the core of a team that couldn't go all the way while further increasing the cost base is the best course of action.

I think we should give Tre credit for fighting like a lion since getting back on the field. Don't get me wrong, he lost many more duels that he won, but the effort was there. It's up to McBeane to assess the risk that he may never regain his previous form and find a way to mitigate that risk moving forward. Clinching their assess and hoping for the best won't work.

As of right now, it feels like the only thing that could put some fire under the collective bottom of this organisation, leading to significant changes in the coaching tree or the approach to roster building, would be something of the magnitude of Josh demanding a trade. It won't come from anyone else, neither McBeane nor the Pegulas. It certainly appears they'll stubbornly ran it back over and over, most likely for a couple more playoff humiliations, until Josh, if he is smart, may indeed demand to be traded.

Since Schwartz is no longer available, I'd vote for the Ryan brothers. Both of them. A train wreck would be more entertaining than a slow, painful regression into insignificance.

Whatever happens, it's hard to think that Josh wouldn't have a say on a possible decision to bring Beasley back. I trust his judgement on his WR group.

That would be great. The Bills would get to replace a coach that may have held them down and he would get a promotion. That's the definition of a win-win situation.

Moving the player inside to guard was what they were planning to do with Tommy Doyle, before his injury. They have drafted two towering tackle prospects that are struggling so bad outside that they might be forced to play them in a position that doesn't suit their physical traits. Sharing juicy insights on their decision-making process and being polished public speakers is great, but they could do much better at evaluating OL (and DE) talent.

Most people seem to point 100% at Allen, and perhaps that is the case. Yet I believe that even Morse, with his history of concussions, may get a bit uncomfortable and less fluid in his execution, being the pivot of line and knowing that a pair of 300+ lbs behemoths will essentially be trying to blow him up on those situations.