Dr. K

I have absolutely no problem with people standing at exciting moments of the game. That's not what I'm complaining about. Standing for third down plays strikes me as pushing it.

Nope. Standing all game so nobody who sits can see the game is stupid and obnoxious.

What a clown. An arrogant, privileged clown. I should add that he has every right to express whatever opinions he likes, and people can take them for whatever they are worth, even if I consider him an arrogant clown.

Brutal schedule. We don’t know how good this version of the Bills will be, but I could see them having a down season, missing the playoffs.

Bills receivers last year saw 545 targets total. Assuming that the Bills throw the ball as much as they did in 2023 (they may not, however): WIDE RECEIVERS (329 targets last year): Shakir got only 45 targets last year. I think that doubles this year to 90. Assuming Coleman gets integrated into the offense quickly, he may start slowly but by the end of the season gets 85. Samuel gets 75. Last year Sherfield got 22 targets. This year Shorter plays and gets 20. Hollins gets 20 Hamler or Claypool 10 TIGHT ENDS (82 total last year): Kincaid got 91 targets in 2023. I think he gets at least that many. Say 100. Knox sees more action and gets 50 targets. RUNNING BACKS (85 total last year): Cook had 54 targets in 2023. He gets 60 targets in '24. Murray got 22 in 2023. His replacement Davis gets 20 in '24. Johnson gets 10. That totals 540 targets. Of course this is may all be moonshine. I'm assuming tight ends and running backs are used more as pass receivers than they were in the first half of 2023. I may be very wrong about Knox getting targeted more; if so his increased targets will be scattered among the others.

I see nothing that persuades me that, as some here seem to be worried, the Bills will become a "run-first" offense. What I see is them trying to assure their passing game will not be negated by a physical defense. That Allen will not have to carry the offense, in particularly the running, by himself. To conclude that the play calling will be "run-run-pass" is silly, in my opinion.

Just to be accurate, it hasn't been "seven years with the most talented QB in NFL history." The first year (2017) Allen was not even on the team. For his first two years (2018, 2019) in no way shape or form was he "the most talented QB in NFL history" or even in the league at that time. You could argue that 2020 was the first year Allen could be called a great QB. So that's four years and counting. I agree that ever year it's Super Bowl or bust as long as he stays healthy. But it's far from the easy thing that so many Bills fans here seem to think.

I've read a lot of the comments here but by no means all, and a lot of commentary on the web about Coleman and the Bills drafting him. Here's my take for whatever it may be worth. I think Beane is taking a calculated risk in drafting a WR with such both negative and positive elements in his history and profile. I compare it to him drafting Josh Allen in 2018 in that in both cases both negative and positive evaluators could cite evidence to support their view. Beane could not move up to get one of the top three receivers and still draft other players to fill the many holes on the current roster. So he bets on the underlying athletic qualities and work ethic of Coleman, the fact that he has not played WR that long, is very young and still learning. His performance in the shuttle rather than his 40 time, etc. If it works out and Coleman is able to refine his native ability, learn better how to beat defensive backs—and if the offense is designed to let him do what he excels in and not immediately force him to do things he can't do (yet), there's a good chance he can, as Allen did, grow into a franchise player. It may not pay off, but the other WRs available in his estimation do not have that upside. It's a riskier move than drafting some of the other second round receivers, but I think Beane sees it as at least one path giving the Bills a franchise receiver. Coleman is a long way from that now, and is not going to be able to replace Diggs this season, but that's the bet he's making.

That's it! I'm done with this team! They keep drafting some players and not drafting other players! Morons.

So should the Bills have drafted him to keep the Chiefs from getting him? Because it was pretty likely the Chiefs would get him anyway.

Justin Jefferson

Ruff's record with the Dallas Stars was 165-122-41. His record with the Devils was 128-125-28. Under him, two years ago New Jersey had its best points total ever, going 52-22-8. In his eight seasons with other teams since he left the Sabres, he made the playoff three times.

Yes, unless Josh is injured.

How many Super Bowls have the Bills won with Diggs, Poyer, Hyde, Davis, Morse, etc. on the team? Diggs has been a no-show int the playoffs, Davis has not progressed as a receiver, and the others are on the downside of their careers. Running them back again and expecting a better outcome is like hitting your head against a wall. Not to speak of the cap restraints if you keep them all. Now is the time for a youth movement, replacing them by players on the upside of their careers or with new ones whose play will get better, not worse as the seasons progress. Maybe there will be a step back in the first year but I'm not convinced that will be the outcome. I am convinced that the Bills would not be better in 2024 than they were in 2023 if they kept all those players.

https://defector.com/o-j-simpson-was-always-more-than-polarizing By Ray Ratto . . . . That's where Simpson lives in America's head, as the obviously guilty man who was acquitted, the celebrity of celebrities whose lawyers made names for themselves by dismantling the Los Angeles police and legal establishment. He blew our own views of the legal system to smithereens and reminded any Americans who thought otherwise that race remains the foundation upon which all other things in this country are laid. And then, because that wasn't sufficient, he capitalized on all of it for the final decades of his life, the embodiment of bulletproof celebrity, police incompetence and/or racism, a finger in the country's eye and a punchline all at once. We shed him of his surname so that he could become just plain O.J., The Guy Who Got Away With It. He is among the most influential Americans of the last 75 years (we aren't getting into a quibble over Franklin Roosevelt or Steve Jobs) because of all of it. The football star with the warming smile and the electric running style who transformed into a game analyst and then a comedic movie star, and then in one night the avatar for all the unattended sins in our nation's subconscious. Mostly, he laughed at us for our anger, and wore the overcoat of celebrity villainy with the same seeming ease that he had the cloak of national hero. He became the mirror for our sublimated cultural and political pathologies, and even if we didn't reference him in everyday conversations like we once did, he'd still pop up on this podcast or that from time to time to remind us who he was and what happened. He all but said why in a book entitled If I Did It, and owned the entire bizarre whirlwind of his work as though the new goal of his life was to agitate the nation. At that point nothing could come as a surprise, including spending nine years in prison after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas over sports memorabilia he claimed was his own. He even framed how we go about handling celebrities' passages through the spotlight. Now no one exists as an unqualified hero in the way O.J. did before the trial, no matter how hard their handlers try. O.J. taught us things about ourselves we didn't want to know and yet now embrace because we can't pretend any longer. This is O.J. Simpson's legacy as the Most Outsized American Ever, whether we are willing to own it or not.

Having given it some thought and listened to various suggestions, I think the Bills should not try to move up into the top ten for a receiver. Too many draft choices would need to be expended when the team has a number of holes to fill, and needs to get younger in a lot of places. There's no guarantee that a WR drafted in the top ten, even one who is called a "can't miss," won't miss. Every year there are names hyped up to the skies, as if they will be instant saviors who don't pan out. It's happened too many times. Often receivers taken later in the first or in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th rounds prove superior. Justin Jefferson >>> Sammy Watkins I wouldn't mind them moving up a few spaces if the cost is not prohibitive. But generally I think they should draft two or even three WR over the course of the draft, taking the Green Bay method. I also don't like them trading for a big name receiver, a Tee Higgins. I'm not sure the Bills will be a better team by acquiring somebody they will feel forced to feed the ball to.

Respect for facts. This particular one is not a big deal, but why contribute to misinformation?

You are talking about two different games. The one where Diggs stood out on the field afterward watching the Chiefs celebrate was the AFC championship game the Chiefs won 38-24. The 13 seconds game where Gabe scored four touchdowns was a year later in the divisional round, and I don't remember Diggs doing any on-field demonstration after that game.

"Brandon Beane MD" ???? Doctor of Medicine? Moby Dick?

You're not serious, are you? Rex Ryan was a fool. He would have totally screwed up Allen--no way he would ever have gotten to be the QB he is today. Those of you who talk about his being a good defensive coach? Ryan took Jim Schwartz's first rate defense and completely screwed it up. He was a clown.

I'm sure he would like at least one more high quality WR, but I also expect he is somewhat relieved and looking forward rather than backward. It offers him the opportunity to demonstrate that his success was and is not dependent on Diggs.

My point was not that Beane made a bad trade, but that the fact that he made the trade on these terms tells us that no other team was willing to give more for Diggs, and so Beane was forced to give up draft picks in addition to Diggs, with only a second round pick NEXT YEAR in compensation, and no 2024 picks from Houston. It suggests that the Bills were determined to dump Diggs, that they do not feel he is worth any more than they got for him. Whether or not it proves to be a "win" for the Bills down the road, Beane clearly thought it was a win now, or he wouldn't have made the trade.

The terms of the trade, which seem quite bad for the Bills, and the fact that Bills made the trade anyway, suggest that nobody would pay any more for Diggs where he is now in his career. It really says that the Bills REALLY wanted to get rid of him, even if the market for him was not good.

I don't know exactly what "The Process" is, but it can't possibly be to hold onto players when they are in decline or when they are a drag on the locker room. Any process to keep a team competitive must include getting rid of players when it's time to move on.

Diggs was in no way shape or form "the heart and soul of the team." Your saying he was, IMHO, calls your judgment into question. Or if he was, that helps explain why they have fallen short.