Rubes

Man I can hardly express how much I dislike this idea.

To be honest, if he wasn't coming to the Bills, that's probably as good a place as any. Not in the AFC, and probably buried somewhere in the NFC.

Not sure if this was posted elsewhere, but one of the guys on GMFB this morning said Watt had already received offers in the $15-16 mill per season range. Have to believe there's no way the Bills can afford that or would pay that.

I don't recall seeing Beane grab the microphone from Mongo after he said that and yell "Your ass ain't going nowhere!!"

My sense is that we were better with Morse and Feliciano in, rather than Morse and Winters or Feliciano and Winters. To me, Winters was the big problem solved when Feliciano came back. It's not that Feliciano or Morse specifically made the run game better, it was putting Winters on the bench that probably did it.

Sorry if this was mentioned elsewhere in the thread, but doesn't Green Bay have a new defensive coordinator, and one who wasn't particularly inspiring? A new system with someone less than ideal might be a detractor.

Is it really that obvious? I never felt very confident in our ability to run the ball no matter who was in there.

What's a 100% ankle injury? Was it completely disintegrated or something?

I think players who retire have the option of "refunding" the remaining part of their bonus in order to remove the cap hit, but of course players shouldn't be expected to do that. But if someone retired unexpectedly, especially right after signing a new contract with a big signing bonus, I could see why there would be some hard feelings about that.

Not sure I'd be happy to see Williams leave and be replaced with (a) a cheaper FA, (b) a rookie, or (c) Ford. None of those sound very reassuring.

For a team that is up against the cap and needs $$$ to upgrade both of the lines, it's not hard to imagine this coming. I love the guy, but as Yolo said, he's on the wrong side of 30, has had considerable injuries, and he costs a lot. Restructuring might be an option, but less likely for a guy his age.

The three things we learned from the AFCCG: the OL didn't block very well, the DL didn't rush very well, and we desperately need a threat at TE. If we're to get over the hump and past the Chiefs, that's what needs to be fixed. McBeane knows it. Getting Ford back will help some with the OL, if he can stay healthy. I think Beane will want to get Williams back, and I think Morse stays put. Feliciano is valuable because of his versatility, but if you bring him back, too, then nothing has changed with the OL other than Ford. Will that be enough? Continuity is good, but those guys were not very good against the Chiefs. Something has to change for the better, but it's really tough to determine what or how much. If Star comes back, that will be a big help to the DL, but will that be enough? Probably not. They need people who can both keep blockers off of the LBs and rush the passer, and right now we don't have a lot of those. I think we'll see more action on this line during the offseason, it just depends on how much Beane can or wants to spend on the line. No idea what they're going to do about TE. Real good ones are few and far between.

Top 10 most aggressive head coaches in today's NFL Pretty sure that score didn't include the AFCC game...

As an offense, you have to be able to handle a defense that plays 6 DBs. You 100% have to be able to run it down their throats and/or get it to the TE when they come at you like that. That should be the big plan for next year.

I'd like the record to show this was posted no fewer than 10 hours before Yolo did...🙃

If you want crazy trade ideas, figure out what we’d need to send San Fran for George Kittle. How about all of our TEs and a few first rounders?

it was fun watching that again. You can really see the change in Josh’s mechanics compared with that year.

I don't know how they'd stop Kelce, considering this defense wasn't able to stop any TE the entire season.

True, but "maximize" is not quite the same as "top dollar".

All excellent questions. Williams, Morse, and Feliciano are all good players. But are they good enough? And who do you get to replace them? My guess is you keep two of those three at most.

This discussion really gets at the heart of the problem against the Chiefs: it was the O-line's performance (including TEs) that did us in. The Chiefs dared us to run the ball with their 4-1-6 alignment, but the problem was that their 4 + 1 were much better than our 5 OL + 1 TE. Every one of our OL struggled against their defensive front, including our OTs, and Knox was already a below-average blocker. It's one of the reasons you saw more Lee Smith in the second half, but even he couldn't help. No matter what we tried, their front five were constantly wreaking havoc. Folks keeps saying Daboll should have run the ball more against that formation, but he couldn't. The horses up front were constantly getting blown up or missing assignments. It was true with the running game, and it was true in the passing game as well, which is why Allen looked like he was running for his life every drop back. The Chiefs have excellent players in their front four, but no professional football team with aspirations of a championship should ever be beaten like that in the trenches. Our linemen generally played reasonably well all year, but against the Chiefs (both times) they most definitely did not. I like the 5 guys we have right now, but the truth is that they're not good enough. Can coaching/scheme do that, or does it come down to talent? Beane needs to take a good, hard look at who we have and who needs to be upgraded, and that includes Morse and Feliciano, as much as I like them. Just replacing Boettger with Ford is not going to put them over the top. Personally, I think we need to improve at C and both OG positions. Ford will provide one upgrade (hopefully). If they think Feliciano is better at C than Morse, then do it and find a new RG. Otherwise, it could mean finding replacements for both. Tough decisions ahead for Beane.

"Bile chick" has to be the best incarnation of that man's name that I've heard.