Mr. Irrelevant

Once again, the Binghamton CBS affiliate has chosen to broadcast the Giants game vs. the Eagles, vs. showing the Bills. They do this once or twice a year. Whenever they have to make such a decision, they'll show the moribund and dysfunctional Giants rather than the more talented and entertaining Bills. Apparently they think that they'll draw a larger viewing audience with the aging Giant fan base. That damned affiliate is still pining for the days when CBS broadcast the National Conference games. Being in one of the cities where the broadcast markets of two or three NFL teams overlap is a royal pain. Thank God the Jets are a perpetual trainwreck. May it always be so. Kelly's in Endicott is a good choice. Any other recommendations?

After seeing some of the really horrific throwback uniforms of teams like the Steelers and the Giants, the Bills should bring back for one game the 1990's uniforms of the Super Bowl years. Those were good looking uniforms, though I personally prefer the current Bills uniforms. As long as they never bring back the Greg Williams mistakes, those awful navy blues, especially the even worse away uniforms.

Where will Jones land? Not Buffalo, though he'd be a good fit. A Josh Allen type of QB but without the talent. The Jets? Jones is only 27 and Gang Green NEEDS a change. Best bet is Carolina. Jones played at Duke and Carolina's QB is too small to take the pounding their OL allows. Jones is used to being a punching bag after playing for the Giants.

When Milano's rookie deal expired, he could have gotten a better deal, but chose to stay with the Bills. That kind of loyalty deserves some reciprocation. More important, he's played at an all-pro level. HIs injury also, wasn't a career threatening or permanently disabling. He had a broken leg. He should be able to completely recover. Besides, his body has had almost an entire year to rest.

Good luck to them. Whatever money the NFL earns from these offshore games, the players should get half. It's a real speed bump to the season. That game in London, for the Bills, nearly caused their season to cartwheel into a catastrophe. If the entire team had been inflicted with the flu it couldn't have caused more problems. The recent games snowed out by blizzards have been less of an issue.

Considering who will be available at 28, would prefer drafting Ladd McConkey, WR from Georgia or Xavier Leggett WR, So. Carolina. However, since this is a fantasy, my preference would be to move back out of the first to the early 2nd, acquire enough draft capitol to move up from 60 and possibly get a late 3rd round pick as well. Still Draft McConkey or Leggett, then draft a DT with the move up from 60, and draft a WR, CB, S, or RB in the 3rd.

Too bad Stephon is gone, but if he wanted out of Buffalo that badly, good riddance. He was playing with a very tight and competitive team, with a generational talent at QB, and it wasn't enough. Good luck finding a better recipe for success in Houston. His departure also leaves a huge hole in the salary cap for a year. That was Beane's choice, but it indicates how little the organization wanted him back in the locker room, that they were willing to eat millions in dead cap money. Doubtless Josh Allen was included in the discussion and must have agreed that the team was better off bringing in rookie replacements and free agents. Beane has drafted, I believe, 39 players in his tenure as a GM and 33 are still in the NFL, so he has a good record judging talent. This is a draft loaded with WRs and there's good reason to believe he'll grab one or two who'll be ready to contribute this year or the next, in addition to the players they already have on board.

Moving from 28 to 18 would cost way too much. What? Both of this year's 4th round picks and next year's 3rd. Three names illustrate why a trade up would be foolish. Sammy Watkins. As has already been pointed out, the trade up for him was a complete bust. Mike Evans, in the same draft (who is still in the league) was available, though the Bills would have also had to trade up to get him, but for much less. Moving up from eight to six would have cost only a third-round pick. Oh well. Hindsight is 20-20. Justin Jefferson was the fifth WR taken in the first round of the 2020 draft and has turned out to be the pick of the litter.

The Jets already have the Dalai Lama, Aaron Rodgers, penciled in as the starter and Tyrod Taylor behind him. They're just dangling Wilson as bait for some predator to *****, and maybe get a third day pick. It's unfair to Wilson, who needs a change of scenery, and it also sends a message to the league, of how conniving the Jets as an organization can be. They're hurting themselves by the way they're handling Wilson. At least Darnold got a ticket out of town.

Brilliant moves by Pittsburgh. They unload Pickett on the Eagles and get a 3rd (overall pick 98) in exchange for their 4th (pick 120). They then acquire a superior QB talent, still on his rookie deal, for only a 6th. They also get a QB who could immediately make Pittsburgh competitive with Baltimore and Cincinnati and better than Cleveland, for next to nothing. Teams like the Giants, Jets, Vikings, and CommanderSkins, should take note.

So, the successor to Tom Brady is headed to Jacksonville. Bill Belichick is headed to ESPN (presumably). Whatever happens, there has been a sea change in the NFL and especially in the AFC East. Josh Allen and the Bills are the mountain everyone has to climb. The Jets have a 40-year-old QB coming off an Achilles injury. The Dolphins have an oft-injured QB and salary cap issues. The Patriots are back to page-one with a new head coach and a total unknown at QB. And the Bills are looking for a new #2 receiver. Which team looks like it's closest to reaching the Super Bowl?

The only reason teams have worn alternate colors is to drive up sports paraphernalia sales. Want black? Buy a sweatshirt. Personally, I loathe the red unis. (They perfectly mimic the Arizona Cardinals). The all blues are okay, but it wouldn't kill me if they only wore them once a year (as the color rush uniform) or not at all.

Watching the Ravens fall apart against the Chiefs only heightened my appreciation for the play of the Bills last week against Kansas City. Reid did a masterful job of taking advantage of the Bills depleted LB corp. For gosh sakes, A.J. Klein was semi-retired, headed to Key West with the family when the Bills called and pressed him into service. Despite that, if Josh makes that last minute throw to Shakir, or if Bass makes the FG and we go to OT, or if Diggs pulls in that 65 yd. bomb?? If, if, if. The Bills v. Chiefs was the Super Bowl for 2024, and the Bills are closer to getting to the Super Bowl than many realize.

Wow. 7 vacancies so far, perhaps more. Never seen a post-season like this. Carroll can still coach, but even though he's a youthful 72, he's 72. In a division where Seattle is chasing San Fran and LA. Mike Vrabel, a mere 48 years of age, should have his pick of places to land after Tennessee's incredible blunder.

This is nuts. The Chargers are without their NFL best WR, their stud DL, and their franchse QB. Now, they cut a standout DL!?? They've tanked the season without admitting to the same. They're playing for draft picks. That locker room has to be ready to explode in frustration over a team loaded with talent, throwing away the season.