Coach Tuesday

Trading for Coleman didn’t hurt them? They paid Coleman what, $3.5M for his tryout? How much did Gaines get from Cleveland, again? And yet ... the bigger mistake may have been giving up on Coleman so quickly, while holding on to a washed Benjamin for a couple more months and then having to pay Deonte Thompson. Now Coleman’s career is potentially getting on track with the Giants. So there’s an example of damning yourself when you do and when you don’t! You want to talk about CONTEXT? Here is a partial list of the guys Beane acquired - with draft picks and money - who "weren't who we thought they were": AJ McCarron Corey Coleman Jeremy Kerley Kelvin Benjamin Vontae Davis Trent Murphy and maybe Star, Newhouse, and Phillip Gaines Some of these players (Davis, Kerley, Benjamin and Murphy) were counted on to START. Meanwhile you have to dig deep to find a Beane acquisition who made a positive impact. At this rate, BADOL is right that Beane's 2019 FA class needs to produce some keepers. If Terry Pegula had a pulse, he'd be grilling Beane about ROI. You think Jerry Jones or Handy Kraft would be ok with that list and production? Here is my prediction: if the 2019 class's success rate is less than 50%, McDermott - who has shown himself to be adaptable and icy cold when it comes to loyalty to underproducing coaches (a positive trait IMO) - will make a power move to replace Beane with another hand-picked GM, or himself.

Just like the Bengals employ “character arbitrage,” Beane seems to use “injury arbitrage.” Buying distressed assets only works if your medical evals are spot-on. So far with the Bills I’ve seen little evidence of that. I guess we’ll see.

Vontae Davis's corpse ring a bell? How about AJ McCarron?

You know what would be the most Bills-y thing ever? Gaines and Johnson colliding during training camp and concussing each other...

We are off topic a bit but - Foster was exposed to waivers early in the season, then spent time working with Allen and on the practice squad and somehow developed the ability to track the ball in the air. I’ve been watching football for all my life and I’ve NEVER seen a receiver show so much improvement on tracking the long ball, so quickly. It’s borderline unheard of. The Bills themselves didn’t think he could do it which is why they put him on waivers. So I guess kudos to SkyDiver and the rest of you who predicted, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary and the team’s own actions, that Foster would develop into something... but color me skeptical that it was anything more than a lucky guess.

I don't disagree - his saving grace, so far, is adaptability. The great coaches have it - it's a necessary survival trait. It takes a certain amount of coldness, you've got to be willing to axe loyal acolytes if they're not performing. McD has done this - firing Castillo and stripping Frazier (temporarily) of playcalling duties were ice-cold maneuvers designed to save McD's own hide - which I found refreshing and encouraging.

You would really take Dexter Lawrence at 9 over Ed Oliver??

Agreed. Ceiling is very high at a premium position (pass rusher) and that's key when you're picking in the top 10.

Again, I put this squarely on McDermott. This was his design - drafting a rookie QB without any foundation (no line, no receivers, no QB coach, no veteran QB until Anderson was signed late). Josh was moderately successful DESPITE the poor planning. If Rosen had been drafted by the Bills, he'd already be enrolled in law school.

Huh? No it wasn't... Plus, you don't "go offense" - you go BPA once you have your QB.

I've always that that Special Teams was a reflection of the Head Coach. It's not just a matter of picking up good bottom-53 players who can man the Teams, it's making sure to focus on it in practice (the best coaches give it almost an equal footing with Defense and Offense), film study, and game preparation. PLUS in a salary cap league, focusing on Teams is a great way to improve your margin of victory at a low cost - it's inexpensive to sign quality special team players and coaches and focus on it during the week. Beane seems to understand the importance of it. Not yet sure that McDermott does.

You care about production but you'd take Metcalf? Josh Allen is going in the top 5.

He will. Unless they trade down. They have been chasing the next Derrick Brooks ever since he retired.

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/futures/2019/futures-ed-oliver

Frankly I would trade him if you can get a 4/5 that could be packaged into a higher pick in a trade.

Second round likely, yes?

They sent him a contract and he ate it.

Only the NFL. Literally the dumbest billion-dollar industry in the history of commerce. They are just so stupid.

True - but you need to assess his frame to make sure he can add weight. If his body has maxed out it’s gonna be tough for him to be a full-time player.

This is a neat story that won’t make it past August.

The Colts seem annoyed by having to spend the cap $$. They're acting like Brewster's Millions with these signings.

"Colts have pulse."

Wow I pretty much agree with everything in this post - including your e v a l of Grier.

Other than the Vonte’s Corpse Incident, I would generally agree...

Slants tho. Just like Megatron - slants all day. Impossible to defend a slant.