BillsFanForever19

I mean, I didn't say it's impossible no one claims him. Just unlikely. When players with massive contracts are released, 9 times out of 10 teams pass and then try to court them as a Free Agent, where they can get a deal done for a lesser amount structured the way they want. It is possible someone wants him so badly they don't risk not being the winner in the FA sweepstakes. But given the size of that contract, him coming off a major injury, and being released for issues - I don't see teams lining up to take that deal. I was getting killed for saying I'd avoid giving up this years 1st if at all possible before the deadline. I just didn't see this team being one player away (even a WR1 like Olave or Waddle) from winning a Championship. They would have just made us slightly more competitive. There's just *too* many flaws with this roster and coaching staff. With our luck of late, the player would go down (especially with Olave's injury history), we'd do what we're doing now, and go into next season without a pick that's almost assuredly going to be world's better than we've had since 2019. Picking somewhere between 12-18 is a very real scenario.

No. Teams agree to take on the players current contract as written if they claim a player on waivers.

He would be. However, any team that claims him would be on the hook for his contract as written. I don't think anyone's going to take on that contract. So he'll likely go unclaimed. However, after publicly dealing with and inactivated a player for missing meetings - bringing in a WR released for missing meetings would take some not caring about the optics or not caring about why he was released. I would do it. But I'm not sure this regime would.

Terrel Bernard wouldn't stress me too much. With the way he's played this season, I don't imagine the fall off between him and the next guy up will be all that great. Spencer Brown though is a gut wrencher. He may be our best Offensive Lineman and one of the best Right Tackle's in Football. Pretty clear that IR or not, we're going to be without either for some time. Hopefully Brown isn't down for the year. That would be a killer.

Most of this season and especially after last night, people have been calling for the firing of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. It's pretty clear that the coaching and the systems aren't working anymore. And that the roster is in terrible shape with no easy fixes. Both have had a number of fireable offenses. While I understand fans frustration and wanting a new regime, the question I keep coming back to is would Josh want to stick around for that? He'll be 30 years old next season. We've already wasted much of his prime. A new Coach and/or a new GM will surely want to rebuild the roster, the staff, and the systems in place in their image. This is likely to take time and the odds that they'll come in and get back to where they were immediately while rebuilding is unlikely. It will probably take a couple off seasons. And there's no guarantee whomever we bring in will actually improve things. My concern is that at Josh's age and with the clock ticking on his prime that he would rather ask for a Trade to a team that has a roster in place and a good coach and GM in place than waste time and roll the dice on a rebuild under unknowns. There's no easy answer as it's pretty clear that Sean isn't the answer and Brandon has mismanaged the cap and roster. So a lot of things are going to have to be done after this season. But I worry Josh won't want to stick around for a total blow up.

How was Elam a head case? He never caused any problems. He just wasn't a good football player.

You might not fully understand that we don't have the personnel to do that. This ain't the 90's. No Huddle is a relic. In today's NFL, Defenses would adjust and their athleticism (especially an Elite Defense like Houston's) would have us 3 and Out'ing too often - sticking our MASH Unit or an already poor Defense back out on the field with no rest. We don't have Andre Reed and James Lofton alongside a pair of Tight Ends like Pete Metzelaars and Keith McKeller and a Kenneth Davis to our Thurman Thomas or an anchor like Kent Hull. Terrible idea with the makeup of this offense.

You're not going to look perfect when your pass blocking gives up EIGHT sacks on your QB and he's under pressure and hit even more than that. Without taking into account multiple times when he stayed down on the ground. And when your weapons aren't getting open and you have to force throws, playing from behind - as has been the case practically all season. I said it all offseason, even before we saw how poor our pass catching unit would be, that expecting him to be the perfect MVP player he was last year every single season isn't fair to him. We're now at a point where anything less than perfect is "below average". And that also isn't fair to him. I can't tell you why you should or shouldn't watch the Bills this season. That's up to the person. Personally, i'll always cheer them on every weekend and hope we win. But you have to have literal blind optimism and a ridiculous level of homerism to ignore all the many issues with this team beyond the build of the roster to honestly think we have a shot to win a Super Bowl with this team.

You're absolutely kidding yourself if you think this team can advance to the Super Bowl. This is not a Super Bowl roster on either side of the ball, specifically on Defense. We're dropping to teams like the Falcons, Dolphins, and now a Davis Mills led Texans. The Defense can't stop anyone. And the Offense isn't built to play from behind. On top of all of that, we can't stay healthy, the coaching is atrocious, and teams have the blueprint to disect both sides of the ball. We may get in as a Wild Card. But against the best teams in the AFC, we have no shot. Let alone going on a 3 game winning streak against the best teams in the AFC.

Lol yeah - I realized after the fact that you were talking more in terms of the amount of cap designated to bad contracts and people who won't be here anymore than freeing cap space. Thus the deleted post.

Maybe if he was a Football guy and didn't also own the Sabres. He's spent literally decades (22 years) going through countless coaches and GM's trying to find one that could so much as get them to the Playoffs. I don't think that isn't a major key to his reluctancy to pull the trigger for unknowns with the Bills. Beane and McDermott are literally the only hires that have ever won for him in multiple sports.

That's what happens when you're constantly playing from behind and playing hero ball with guys who can't get open. You have to force throws. And when you force throws - picks happen. He was throwing to where Gabe was supposed to be. I don't know if he got tripped up or he fell or what happened there. I walked away from the TV the second they said the penalty was going to be on the Offense and didn't watch the replay.

I'm at a point where i'd rather just tap out on this game and put Mitch in. Josh is getting hit every other play.

Dear lord - has our Pass Blocking ever looked worse?