DrDawkinstein

With the Ifedi and Kirksey signings, I love being wrong!

Week 1 would be great, but I'd also be fine with him coming in around Von's return, week 5 or 6.

Very happy to see this. I didnt expect Beane to go after much of anyone. But I'm pleasantly surprised with Ifedi and now Kirksey

To Beck's point, there is an old saying: "You dont pay a prostitute for sex, you pay them to leave". Meaning, the payment makes it a true business transaction with no other strings, drama, expectations, etc attached. Many professional ladies are even willing to sign NDAs which adds a huge layer of security for the player. Dating, feelings, drama, etc just lead to bad situations for these guys. Going with the pros is definitely the smarter move.

Does Whitlock understand what he is describing here is technically Sex Trafficking.

Major part of growing up in WNY. Drinking age is only 19, and it was quicker/easier to get to the Fort Erie clubs than anything downtown (which we couldnt get into at 19 anyways). It's a rite of passage for many young men in Buffalo.

Sorry, Mama HappyDays, but I never said he did. That is why I didnt directly quote him or directly tag him. I already responded directly to him on that previous page. In your quoted post I used parts of his argument, along with what Badol has been saying in other threads, and a couple others posters have been saying. That is why I said "folks". It's not just one poster who is on the wrong side of the Center position. (not in the PPP way!)

Oh for sure, I would assign the majority of the blame to Josh on that right now. However, when we have folks saying that Center isnt that important, they just need to snap the ball to the QB... And we just lost a game due to a mishandled snap... I can't help but wonder if Josh is a little more calm taking that snap from a young, strong, non-injured, known road-grader like Humphrey.

Might have won the Vikings game last year with a different Center.

Tough to say either of the bolded statements when Humprhey could have played OG for us his rookie year which would have been an immediate improvement in 2021, AND kept him off the Chiefs, so maybe that Chiefs playoff game plays out differently. Plus, we would not have had the need to sign Saffold. Failed day 3 picks is not why we have floundered in January. But failed Day 1 and 2 picks certainly contribute. Missing on a late 2nd round pass rusher, after you just drafted a DE with the pick prior, AND you need interior OL help, AND one of the top IOL prospects is sitting right there... is not as acceptable as you make it sound. Not saying fire the guy, but Beane does have to do better.

The Chiefs have the coaching capable of bolstering their Offense and scheming them into over-performing. Not so much with the Bills. Not sure about bottom 10, but I'd say definitely bottom half.

2nd round is the SWEET spot for RB. Cant waste a 1st round on them, but the good ones are gone by the 3rd (unless you strike oil) Long line of 2nd round greats going back to Thurman Thomas. It would seem like much better value had we not wasted 2 3rds on other RBs.

This entire line of discussion spawned off the post quoted above.

I think we're just disagreeing on some details here. Yes, the picks were ultimately made by McD. But he was using the scouting reports and player info provided by Whaley and his team of scouts. The point I was refuting is this idea floating around that McD had some back-office channel to Beane, and Beane was feeding him info on players Beane liked. If you want to call 2017 players McWhaley players, I agree with that. But Beane had 0 part in that draft or bringing in Poyer and Hyde. With regards to Ragland vs Milano, Whaley also found Alonso, Nigel Bradham, and a few other decent late round LBs. That was like the ONE thing he was good at. The Ragland pick was the HC pushing him into picking a Thumper for his scheme, and he got the best Thumper available.

Yes. I totally buy that for 2017, and it's the exact point I'm trying to make. McD in NO WAY was in secret contact with Beane who was employed at Carolina.

This is your real take? That the HCs do the drafting with no input from the GM or scouts? Or is the reality that both the HC and GM work together to get the best talent that will also fit schemes? Otherwise you end up with a 1st round pick of a CB who can only play Man in a Zone-heavy system. The 2017 draft was Whaley and McD. Not McD and Beane from behind a curtain in the Panthers draft room where he was currently employed.

Because the difference between contending for a Super Bowl and actually winning a Super Bowl is likely those 1st/2nd round misses. Still love the dude, dont want to fire him. Still happy to have the Bills at this level of perennial contender. But gotta get better finding the top talent.

Bag of footballs and a soft pretzel. "Swap of late round picks in 2025" is all we know right now.

I'm a big fan of Beane. I have a Big Baller Beane tshirt that is my lucky gameday shirt I wear every week. I love the dude. No GM is ever 100% on picks, or even 75% for that matter. That doesnt mean we cant criticize bad picks that we knew were bad from the moment the card was read. Especially when there seems to be a trend around him missing on those late 1st and 2nd round picks. We need to hit on them in order for this team to win a Super Bowl. That's all. Fingers crossed on Cook, Kincaid, and Torrence who look like they might improve that early draft record.

Hyde and Poyer were both signed March 9 2017 Doug Whaley was fired on April 30 2017 Beane hired May 9 2017

I was always under the impression that an October return would be amazingly early. So this is good news as it fits right into that Sucks he misses games against both the Jets and Dolphins tho.

Tinfoil hat indeed. Take this to the PPP with the rest of the loons. Absolute nonsense.

Yall keep wanting to move the goalposts which only shows we all agree with the main point whether you want to admit it or not. Beane needs to draft better in rounds 1 and 2. End of statement. If you want to argue against that, fine. But dont mention late round picks. Dont mention FAs.

Please lay out the conspiracy theory that the Bills were somehow using Carolina's draft board and Beane, who was not close to being employed by the Bills yet, was feeding another team info. Because the Panthers would have already taken this up with the NFL and the Bills would have lost draft picks if even a WHIFF of this nonsense was true.