Coach Tuesday

Good post. I'm not convinced - but you laid it out nicely.

"Could have used the resource" is a red herring when you consider the resources they gave up to get Watkins. They undermined their opportunity to build the proper foundation to make that trade successful.

And he was right - and his comments were a natural and foreseeable result of horrid planning by Whaley and Brandon, squandering high draft capital to bring in a puzzle piece that couldn't properly be used because there wasn't a foundation in place, i.e., a competent QB and an offense that would maximize the talents of a WR with his skills. Whaley was an absolutely horrible GM.

40,000 posts of pure drivel.

It's not going to be any different than seeing Marshawn Lynch and Jason Peters finish All Pro, Hall of Fame careers on other teams, while the Bills spent years and tons of draft capital chasing their replacements. It sucks. The Watkins trade will have echoes for years to come, as the Bills spend high picks trying to find a WR with his skills and he puts up monster numbers on another team.

Yes, the Bills have a tendency to screw up these kinds of situations. Having extra high picks can make a team more willing to take "risks" with their picks, i.e., picking John McCargo with an extra first-rounder. That said, they brought real quality into the scouting and personnel department this offseason, so I'm cautiously optimistic...

Folks joke about the constant discussion of comp picks around here - but if the Bills DON'T take steps to get that late 3rd round pick, after yesterday's trades, I'm going to be absolutely livid. And as I type that, I know that they'll end up keeping that human pylon Ducasse and ruin their chance to get that extra 3rd. Because Buffalo.

It's the grammar that pisses me off more than anything, there. Also - I don't think it was "injuries" per se. I think it was controllability, including with respect to his training and workout regimen. Sammy refuses to take direction about how to prepare his body during the offseason and, combined with the explosive way he plays, it results in significant wear and tear on his lower body. I don't know, but I'd be willing to bet, that the new training staff already had become exasperated by Sammy's lack of buy-in to their strength and conditioning program. Still hate the trade, though...

Please.

Hasn't been for a lack of digging...

Brilliant.

On the bright side, we finally got Sammy into space...

The Bills will not unearth another talent like Sammy in a very long time.

Strange times we live in.

Stockholm Syndrom 101

Also - not for nothing, but if you follow the Bills on Instagram you know that they've been featuring Sammy in their marketing pretty much non-stop for the entire offseason. I'm telling you, consumer fraud.

John! I love you man - never stop.

If signability was a concern why didn't they exercise the option????

What are you talking about? Golden State isn't in Cleveland's DIVISION

Yup.

No that's not the issue. They were informed not involved. But they never should've sanctioned this entire program.

Right, I said that earlier. They may just be waiting out Brady.

Really bad owners which is a shame because they seem like good people. But they hired/retained bad GMs who were in over their heads and then let those GMs plunder their way through lost season after lost season in the NFL and NHL, and I've seen no sign that they're learning.

No.

Yup. And after two years of the 3-13 seasons we're about to see, and as lease negotiations bog down amid a rioting fanbase, those knees are going to jerk again and chase another shiny object GM/coach pairing.