dave mcbride

I think you're probably right. Gregg Williams got 3, Mularkey 2 (although he quit), Jauron 3.5, Gailey 3, Jauron 2, and Ryan 2. Three is the median.

Great post. Thanks.

Hard to say - so much of it depends on the talent and how other teams regard the qbs. An elite QB is worth everything, and teams at the high end of the draft order generally have bad qbs. Trading the farm for a genuinely elite QB is not a dumb thing to do. The teams to look at are Chicago, SF, Indy, Cincy, and Houston. All have their qbs, and all could be drafting in the top 10. The Browns will take a qb #1 overall (that's not even debatable). Other bad teams who need a qb include the Giants, the Chargers (Rivers is declining), the Ravens, the Jets, and AZ. Beating SD will hurt the Bills chances, but since they still have a legit shot at getting to 9-7 and making the playoffs, they shouldn't start sucking for a qb yet. Indy, the 2 miami games, and the Chargers games are all winnable, although I'm not confident about Miami on the road. They will get destroyed by the Pats twice and by KC. The big wild card in all of this is Kirk Cousins. He's a legit franchise QB, and Washington can't franchise him again.

The picks they traded for in rounds 1-3 will all be very late. Every single one.

Ha! It's classic Bills luck for their extra first rounder to be KC's pick, their extra second rounder to be LA's pick, and their third rounder to be Philly's pick. They traded their own 3rd rounder for Benjamin.

Tell that to Philly and LA.

I think his issue is arrogance rather than partying. He's from a very well-educated family and I think he brings a noticeable degree of arrogance with him. Manziel seems like the wrong negative comparison. I'd say the better comparison is Jay Cutler/Aaron Rodgers. UCLA is a 2-9 team with a regular qb, and they'll get to .500 with him. PS - with regard to Rosen, something tells me that he's not a McDermott/Beane type of guy. If that's true, I think that's a shame because he is very good and you have to be able to put up with some difficult players if you're going to maximize talent on the team.

I'm pretty skeptical of Walter Football, and I can find any number of articles from more reputable sources saying differently: http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/28/ucla-qb-josh-rosen-is-chosen-for-a-good-reason-5/ . Is he arrogant? Probably. Is that disqualifying? No. Like you, I think he has Rodgers potential. We shall see!

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/10/17/2018-nfl-draft-quarterbacks-qb-rankings-sam-darnold-josh-rosen-lamar-jackson-josh-allen

Talk about exaggeration! Link?

Jerry Jones makes Goodell look like a paragon of virtue.

If history is guide, then trading a fleet of picks, a la both Philly and LA in 2016, is definitely tihe right way to go.

Bingo -- 'You don't want to start creating bad habits or start doubting yourself, and that's what happens when games like this kind of go back to back and you start seeing a routine of things happening," linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said. You can't help but wonder whether Alexander and other senior defenders have reached a point where they simply don't physically have what it takes to do anything more than just wear a uniform. But that's far from the only issue. The younger guys look lost and confused. And McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier appear helpless as they watch from the sideline, offering nothing in the way of schematic answers to put people where they need to be to make stops.' From a good piece by vic carucci: http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/12/plain-and-simple-bills-defense-is-a-full-blown-disaster/

Good take.

I think he was saying no excuses for taylor at least for today, and he's right.

Taylor was horrible today. No doubt about that.

The D gets zero pressure because the talent level on the d-line is abysmal. Hughes is the best of the bunch by far, and he's not even really average for a pass rushing specialist DE.

Kirby is one of the best and most informed posters on this site. Childish insults are a weak way to debate.

Because that was neither the point nor the subject of my post. The Bills' future qb is in all likelihood going to be drafted early in late April.

Did you tead what I actually wrote?

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Eagles? How has Schwartz done against Brees historically? By way of comparison: In 12 games now, McDermott defensive squads have now given up an average of slightly over 30 points per game vs Brees/sean payton. That’s a large sample size, and with this sort of stuff i put stock in past history.

I thought they looked like a Super Bowl team.

Hate to break it to you, but Nathan Peterman is in no way, shape, or form the Bills qb of the future. That person will likely be drafted early in next year’s draft. Peterman is basically tj yates/case keenum - below average athletes who can manage games when the starter goes down. Yates was drafted in the fifth round.

Awesome play