dave mcbride

ST is important. Carolina arguably lost the SB because of a badly blown tackle on ST.

26th in DVOA. End of freaking story.

To quote Jim Rome from 25 years ago: have a take, and don't suck.

As i have said elsewhere, no one effing knows whether Mahomes will be good or not, and if they claim that they do, they are completely full of it. We were also playing frodo of the nine fingers in that game. One of Brissett's fingers on his throwing hand was hurt to the point of uselessness.

Seems like a great pick. A better talent than Woods, who i still like as a player.

I do; i think 1B4IDie is basically right. But I discount future picks. Not everyone does. To each his own.

These guys have no idea what they're talking about w/regard to Mahomes. No idea. None of us do, honestly.

I think KC is better than you say because of the coaching, but it is the case that their pythagorean record last year was 10.1-5.9, and they were helped with ridiculously close and arguably lucky wins against Atlanta, SD, Carolina, and Denver. Almost all were basically decided on the last play and involved flukes. They also went 2-0 in OT. The Atlanta game was the most ridiculous one; ATL had just gone up by one point late in the game and went for two to take a 3-point lead, and Berry returned an INT for a pick-2. They lost one tough one to TN on the last play, but by my count they went 4-1 in nail biters. They lost 19-17 to TB, but it was 19-10 when the Chiefs scored very late (garbage time, basically). TB dominated them statistically. Furthermore, their 6th overall DVOA ranking was bolstered by being #2 in ST; they were 13th on offense and 14th on defense. ST performance fluctuates wildly from year to year.

Dareus was really misused. I expect a huge season from him provided he stays healthy.

43-21 the last four seasons.

The KC franchise has actually-employed-by-an-NFL-team draft experts who will tell us otherwise. Who the hell knows? It's going to take time to shake out.

The Jets game was weird - he was in position on a lot of those plays and simply lost jump balls to tall receivers. It happens. Re that Hogan play, c'mon. That was all Meeks. He blew the coverage. Anyway, all CBs get beat from time to time. QBs had a 70.6 rating against him last season, and he came up big against Pitt and AZ, both teams that have good QBs.

No one here (myself included) has an effing clue about how good Mahomes is going to be, and those who are claiming that they do know are full of it. Let's wait and see how this plays out.

Don't look know, but Carson Palmer is on a path to a HOF-level career when it's all said and done. 44K+ passing yards, an 88.0 lifetime rating, and the teams he has led have a winning record when he starts. And I expect AZ to be very good this season. They were WAY better than their record last year. They lost a ridiculous number of close games because of weird errors and ST miscues. Their expected record last year was 9.4-6.6 and they ended up 7-8-1.

This just in: Gilmore had a really good season last year overall. It's not even really debatable.

They were second that year, not fourth. http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef2014 The Bills D was 26th this past season: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef LOL. So true!

Yeah, this is about right even though it feels all too familiar for us. You do need corners, and that's not debatable. I have no opinion on the player because I know absolutely nothing about him.

That about sums it up. I'm just PO'd about the third rounder, which i don't call a "third" but rather the 91st pick. The pats and a number of other teams believe that this draft is about 75-80 legit starting prospects deep. I feel the Bills should have gotten a late second given the 17-slot swap. Oh well.

But the person who makes that trade is more likely to be gone because of unmet expectations. Delayed gratification amounts to career suicide in a short term business like the nfl. If mcdermott has two losing seasons, he will be gone. Bank on it.

+1, Gerry.

Truth.

You are missing my point. Does the random chiefs fan enjoy the regular season more than the random bills fan? I would argue that over the last decade and a half, the life of a chiefs fan has been happier regardless of super bowl appearances. And what do the patriots have to do with this? Explain your last question.

An even better question: do you enjoy the regular season more as a bills fan or a kc fan? Context, man.

I watch a lot more than you suspect. Probably far more. But carry on. He's not elite and never will be. He will not do enough to help the team beat the pats in a playoff game. But he's precise enough and smart enough to lead his team to victory 11 weeks out of 16 in any given nfl season. After 17 non playoff years, i'll take that.

60-24 including the final two sf years. Assume it all away if you will.