dave mcbride

Did Badol ever say the 2017 draft was bad?

That is correct. They jumped to #63, ahead of the Panthers at #64, to get Dion Dawkins, a player the Panthers reportedly liked.

This is just wrong. He's on pace for 1,000 yards this season in an offense that spreads the ball around like no other. In 7 games (he missed one early on with a hamstring issue; he went out after the first play), he has 34 catches for 453 yards. He didn't have a ton of catches for the Rams last year, but 8 TDs (plus a TD in the playoff game) and a 15+ ypc average is no joke.

Again, execs who have been given notice (which Whaley had been given!!) do NOT keep the keys to the kingdom after notice has been served. Sure, he's working with Whaley's people, but also don't think for a second that he didn't consult with Beane, who was already rumored at the time to be on his way to Buffalo. This isn't to knock anyone because the draft was reasonably solid, netting 3 solid starters (White, Dawkins, and Milano) and possibly a fourth (as a #3 receiver) in Jones, who looks like he might evolve into alright JAG (given his speed limitations). It's fair to criticize him for passing on Mahomes and Watson, but at the time most thought that the true great QB draft would be the 2018 one.

A lot of this is right, but Whaley had zero to do with the selecting in the 2017 draft. Zero. He had already been given notice, and there is no way that someone given notice is going to be left in charge of a draft. That's not how the world works. Obviously Beane wasn't involved, but it was in fact McDermott who made the picks.

I think the chances of them being fired are basically zero even if they go 2-14. I strongly believe that they have been given next year.

Yes, and he doesn't dis his time with the Rams here at all. He indicates that the step up in maturity occurred last season, not this one. He played extremely well when healthy for Buffalo. Dominating at times, in fact. Huh??? No one with any real knowledge has ever said that about Watkins.

Pryor has played for the Raiders, Browns, Redskins, and Jets. Not including the Jets this season, the teams he has played on have gone 20-60 the years he's played for them. He ONLY knows dregs, and will feel right at home here.

Indy was 25th when they played them. It's amazing what happens to a D's ranking after they play the Bills. NE's will go up too in the DVOA rankings. The Bills offense gooses the stats of every defense they play.

Touche!!!

Yeah, but isn't that exactly what a backup-quality vet qb is supposed to do? He's not recommending him as a long-term starter. Regardless, it'll never happen.

He's not coming here, but I think you're misunderstanding the recommendation. He wouldn't come as a starter, but as arguably the best backup in the league.

Booger had the best line of any announcer this season: Kelvin Benjamin is one Popeye's Biscuit away from being a tight end.

I'm changing my mind to thinking that they should trade him. On around half of his runs, it seems, he's getting slammed right away in the backfield. Those are no-chance plays and teams know to key on him. You can see what he can still do when gets out in space on passes, but he's useless in the run game because opponents have zero respect for the passing game. He can obviously be a successful player, but not here. It depends on whether one thinks he can be a valuable contributor next year.

The Bills' collective passer rating is 52.8 and opponents' collective qb rating is 93.7. The -40.9 differential is ... unbelievable. Passer rating differential is the single-best predictor of wins and losses in the NFL.

We'll see. I think it's very odd. I'm more pessimistic about this than you, obviously. I hope you're right and I'm wrong.

Don't you think it's odd for a gm to suggest the very real possibility of the worst possible outcome? Teams simply don't do that. He volunteered it on his own too; he wasn't asked about it specifically. This comes in a situation in which we were all told a mere 13 days ago that it'd be 2-3 weeks and that the injury was "not believed to be serious."

I'm not projecting. I'm merely reacting to a comment from the friggin' gm in which he doesn't rule out Allen missing the season. That is both new and genuine news.

Um, the Bills got up to 333 yards tonight. ?

We scored an offensive td vs Houston ...

I have said for a while now that his injury is quite possibly worse than many believe, especially given his reliance on velocity. IIRC, Andrews said it was a partial tear. It is a serious injury. also, fans need to understand that agents have a large voice in these situations.

No he didn’t. The Browns went 10-6 that year but missed the playoffs. I honestly think Anderson sprained his I’ve-had-enough-of-this tendon at the end there.

This won’t happen, but the venomous anti-Taylor vitriol evidenced in this thread is as embarrassing as it is depressing. It represents the worst of the hot-take social media world we live in.

I don’t. The Bills’ talent on O is the worst I’ve ever seen for this franchise since at least the early 80s. And it’s probably worse than those early 80s teams.