Mark Long Beach

It was definitely a position of need. Like Elam at DB, it means we overpay by a few rounds to get someone with a likely high floor, high ceiling to fill a need. Even if they don't pan out right away, like Bishop & Elam, you still have a good depth player. We also threw a lot of vet spaghetti at the wall to see if any stuck. (we did this with WR too) I think Elam can play well if we need him too. Bishop... probably too young this year for Superbowl aspirations. But like Rapp and Hamlin it can take a year or two in this system. I'm of the opinion that I don't mind having a handful of these stabs with overpaying. We need quality depth, we need solid starters, we need playmakers. We've gotten all of these. We're 10-2 and have a SOLID backup at every position except QB.

Needs to clear waivers first.

Huh. Well I have my fathers bias of generally rooting for (the upstart) AFC teams over NFC teams. Although I did not get his incomprehensible support for the Oakland Raiders. Because I hate them. Al Davis was a loathsome creature that unfortunately stayed out from the rock he crawled out from. I also loathe Jerruh and his "America's team" the Cowboys. Weak-ass team with a pompous owner. Fortunately he and they have sucked since he fired Johnny (and the freebie year of Barry Switzer). While I hate the Philadelphia fans, I have no grudge towards the Eagles. Shrug, it's not their fault. I usually root for poor Cleveland, but I can't since the Watson signing debacle. Oh man, I almost forgot the Jets! It's a good thing their name has only 4 letters their fans couldn't spell anything longer.

Man, if you ever feel sad, just watch this video. omg so many amazing plays

Nice post! This shows pretty clearly that they're not interested in running Cook into the ground, and that they're concerned about him making it to the post season. I'm a fan of this. We definitely needed another RB to carry some of that load and only Ty managed to do it productively to my eyes. An injury to Cook would be very bad, so we needed someone who has a chance to shoulder some real burden. I think this kid can do it! I'm excited to watch him this year. His tape looked sudden with nice moves in the open field. Fingers crossed

Yeah, that QB sprayed the ball all over the place. Really made me cringe. Maybe 1 or 2 in 10 was well placed, everything else Coleman had to adjust to, often majorly. Many times the adjustment was bringing him into the CB. I did see a number of blanket coverage, but I saw more NFL opens that the QB made not open. Honestly, I'm still nervous about the pick because separation is very important in NFL. I feel better after watching, but not convinced he can get open as much as I want vs NFL CBs.

I think they met with him TOO Many times. Like 4. Made me think they kept needing a little more convincing, and didn't get it.

Ah dang. Even though I knew it the day of the injury, it is still sad.

I sure don't want moral victories. I want the full monty. It's just more (albeit unusual) evidence that we are a good team. Better than some of our fans are giving us credit for.

Good post. I truly have no problem with discussions, nor opposing viewpoints. It's the rage and venom spit at our team that's frustrating. The Bills are not a junk team, the coaches aren't junk. We've been a good team over the last couple years, and remain (close to) a good team now. Do we put it together and close out the year strong like we have over the last few years or not will tell us the verdict on this years team. IMO, we're still feeling the loss of Dabol and Frazier. We've taken a step back without them. Our offense clearly has, and our defense is better because it attacks more, I think that it still loses because the Head Coach is doing double duty by being DC. Similar stats as Frazier, but it looks like it hurts our whole team. Fingers crossed that Brady can keep it up, we've definitely looked better with his play calling.

Agreed on those 2. But the other 4 are fighting for playoff positioning.

Roughly speaking you'd still expect .500 wins/losses. It's not even close, which sure implies that they've shot their wad to beat us.

We DO get everyone's best shot. If they manage to beat us, it clearly takes a toll on them. As the title says, beginning in 2021, any opponent that manages to beat us, basically loses its next game with the record of 3-15. If you look only at playoffs with Josh Allen as our QB teams (5 years), teams are 0-5 after beating us. We've been the kingmaker as to who wins the AFC, whichever team doesn't play us. When we do lose it's a close loss. We are in position win almost every game until the end. Out of 16 losing games (5 overtime), 14 were one score losses, with every one this year being a one score loss. We are a good team. We have Josh-Freaking-Allen! This year we've had a rougher time of it record-wise and luck-wise, but we still have a good offense and a good enough defense. We can still right the ship and go for a run into the playoffs. Even with our Key personnel losses like Milano, White, and Daquan, I still think we have enough horses. Especially if we get Miller and Daquan back and effective. We get hot, we can win out. I hate the gloom and doomers that wail and moan like we're New England and everything is F-ed. 2021 (11-6) 5 out of 6 were 1 score losses. 2 overtimes w1 Pit 23-16 (7) -> w2 Loses to LV w6 Ten 34-31 (3)-> w7 Wins vs KC w9 Jax 9-6 (3) -> w10 L Ind w11 Ind 41-15 (26)-> W12 L TB w13 NE 14-10 (4) -> W14 L Ind w14 TB 33-27 (6) -> w15 L NO Div KC 42-36 (6) -> CC L Cin 2022 (13-3) 3 out of 4 were 1 score losses. 1 OT w3 Mia 21-19 (2) -> w4 L Cin w9 NYJ 20-17 (3) -> w10 L NE w10 Min 33-30 (3) -> w11 L Dal Div Cin 27-10 (17) -> cc L KC 2023: (7-6) All 1 score losses. 2 OT w1 NYJ 22-16 (6) -> w2 L Cin w5 Jax 25-20 (5) -> w6 W Ind w7 NE 29-25 (4) -> w8 L Mia w9 Cin 24-18 (6) -> w10 L Hou w10 Den 24-22 (4)-> w11 W Min w12 Phi 37-34 (3) -> w13 L Dal SF

You only convert a DB to a safety if/when he can't be a corner. MUCH harder to fill job. It's absolutely not our best option to convert Benford to Safety. He's a solid starting corner.

Man I loved watching Barry Sanders. One of those very rare players that made you gasp on a regular basis. The best part is, that I actually get that feeling with Josh Allen. Someone who can do something (almost) nobody else can on a regular basis.