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Jim Overdorf is the same guy who apparently cannot conduct negotiations with more than 1 player. When Lee Evans was up in 2008 it meant Jason Peters had to take a seat while the former received an extension.

The next time you debate an opinion contrary to yours might be the first.

Pot meet kettle. Gotta keep that post count going.

Collateral damage from the Whaley/Rex spending spree of 2015. Now they'll be looking for bargain bin UFA pickups or draft picks to take his place, a position of apparent priority for Rex's defenses. Better hope Gilmore plays a full 16 which he hasn't done since his rookie season in 2012.

Just call him a hater, Bill. It's what all the kids do these days when they don't like someone's opinion but can't debate why.

He keeps running upright and he'll be back on IR.

No? You need another DL to play Rex's schemes now. Marcell, 33 yo Kyle W., and the spare change they have aren't enough. Who is their interior OL depth? And, how will Dixon's loss be felt on a ST unit where Marcus Easley was severely injured late last season? Sure, there's UFA coming, but with so little cap room after Glenn's tag, hard to see them adding veteran pieces who won't need the lead time like rookies. And, if they're focused on improving the team with bargain bin acquisitions and hope rookies develop, it's basically their method the past 10 years. And it's never worked.

Teams managed well have cap flexibility to handle the unexpected. It's why GMs and their personnel people get paid so well. Incognito outplayed his 1 year deal and has one final chance to earn a NFL paycheck, so I'd expect him to make high demands. Naturally, the Bills have almost zero leverage because they're razor thin at guard and RI's agent knows this full well. If the Bills use the draft again to replace departed players, either UFAs or those players released for cap reasons, it should signal the personnel folks are incompetent.

But this time we're doing it near the cap ceiling and not the cap floor! And I don't think it's all Whaley's fault, but he gets his share of the blame for being GM. As jahnyc said, Rex was pushing for players and he's not the one I want calling the shots. Whaley was interested in placating the new HC and demonstrating he was a team player. The problem was this resulted in a cap situation looking pretty rough down the road. Of course, when you're worried about winning in 2015 to ostensibly save your job, future seasons don't matter.

Takeway: Subterfuge ain't Dougie's strong suit. Everyone in the league and their wives know Buffalo needs front 7 pieces for Rex's defense. And their GM isn't high on the QB...not yet at least. Translation: My job is on the line this year and if this ship starts sinking (because of Rex) then I'm getting my lifeboat ready now.

To have so little cap room necessitating the excise of bad contracts and have their starting QB under contract for punter type money is exactly that...criminal mismanagement. Not as bad as the Cowboys and 49ers 20 years ago, but in this age of competition it's bad. As Bill from NYC has said, the Bills are fast and loose with resources. Eventually that catches up to you.

Makes you wonder why, after the season Whaley was so adamant about needing another year to watch TT. Just a guess, but the team is taking heat in NFL circles paying their starting QB so little. And if there's one thing we know about OBD, it's that they're scared to death of criticism and will act to squelch it. And if they're reaching out to TT's agent you'd hope it's a bridge contract, but knowing the front office they'll act out of fear and doing something irrational. Like pay him starter money before they should.

It takes a bully...to beat up off-duty police officers.

I'm thinking Whaley should be the pre-emptive choice for NFL executive of the year for 2016. Because it's not about your W-L record, or how well you manage the cap or draft. It's much presumed talent you've assembled.

If you're rebuilding a team, then rookies starting is understood. A team that does what the Bills do spending tons of money, then not making the playoffs, only to revert back to trying to find starters in the draft is like a sailboat at sea without any wind. Going nowhere. You're not rebuilding through the draft by drafting guys to replace veterans you just let go. A well built team can cut a high earning player and have a solution on the roster. The Bills rarely are in that position. This is otherwise known as spinning your wheels. See above.

Buffalo's latest rebuild is now going into their 7th off-season and shows no signs of being over, i.e. making the playoffs. It's amazing that after rebuilding from 2010-2013 in 2014, the Bills needed their top 3 picks (including Kouandjio) to be starters. That trend continued in 2015 when their first and second picks needed to start and they'll again need at least the first rounder to produce out of the box. I don't see a vision to what they're doing. One year it's build through the draft and another it's spending big in UFA. That doesn't happen when teams frequently make good personnel decisions. For the record, the Bills drafted 3rd in 2011, preceded by Carolina, Denver, and followed by Cincinnati and Arizona. Those teams are pretty good while Buffalo languishes in NFL "purgatory" as Doug Whaley bemoans.

The Bills were fast and loose with resources in 2015 and it will hinder them this off-season. I've seen plenty of people talk about whom to release but don't provide an option on replacing them or seem to realize it'll cost them a 2016 resources. Cutting Mario, McKelvin, Graham perhaps to create space has to require finding another player. And once again, for about the 10th year in a row, the Bills enter the draft needing a 1st and 2nd rounder to contribute right away. So, if their roster building strategy is so elite, what can't they build a team which doesn't require rookies to perform out of the box? It's because the front office is still reckless with their limited resources. And that shows up every regular season.

Or he's taking one for the team as Whaley's former supervisor and is protecting the guy he hired. I highly doubt there was no transition plan in place to move from Nix to Whaley during the 2013 off-season. The Bills didn't just make Whaley GM in May after the draft and it's been widely reported that Whaley was deeply involved in scouting Manuel. Nix was a bad GM and set-up his successor for failure in a few ways.

Of course Buddy would back up those decisions. Reminds me of when Marv Levy said Dick Jauron was a good HC after DJ was fired. Buddy's big mouth and ego wrote checks his football acumen couldn't cash.

The feud's been simmering between the BN and Bills for a few years now and it has little to do with the Pegula's. Long before T/K Pegs bought the team, writers were critical of what we know/knew was a dysfunctional team that wasn't really competing under RW and Brandon. The relationship worsened because the Bills tend to freeze out local media of team news or given little notice because they don't like the coverage. So, if the local news types are shut-out, you can bet they'll be even more critical because they can't do their job. And now that team is 16 years running minus a playoff appearance so they're only going to be placed under the microscope even more. The BN's purpose isn't to cheer-lead, which is what a lot of fans here demand, because they're fans and totally intolerant of anyone daring criticize their favorite team. Other teams that can't seem to win are criticized by local media as much if not more than Buffalo, especially in larger markets. The Bills get nothing like what NYC teams receive. As Rico already noted, all this franchise has to do is win. But they repeatedly don't and are left trying to PR their way out of criticism. The local media doesn't buy it because they've seen it happen all too frequently. And the feud continues.

The Bills aren't going to be shopping in the UFA lane much this year and as JS said, need to hit on some rookies. So I'd expect the GM and HC to be scouting hard, including the Senior Bowl where talent is on display in real, albeit controlled, game action. Why wouldn't the HC be there? Unless Whaley knows Rex's defense in an out, doesn't it make sense for both to be there? Or, are they focusing on improving the defense via UFA with low cost options. The coaching staff needs to be attached at the hip with the personnel department. And when the head coach is not there it definitely sends the wrong message.

Continuity? Like late 2008 when keeping Dick Jauron was the answer to Buffalo's problems? You get continuity when enough decisions turn into good ones. You don't get continuity when the people running the team make a lot of bad decisions. Doug Whaley hasn't made enough good decisions during his tenure and Rex shares in the blame for 2015. This talk of continuity is just another recycled theme from the Russ GM/DJ as HC days to buy time.

And Jed went with one-and-done Tomsula for 2015, so it makes you wonder. The organizations with ownership who change coaches so frequently, SF, CLE, TB, and TEN bring much of their issues on themselves.

That loud thudding sound is Jed York slamming his head into a desk.

I could swore he majored in Rogue Studies with a minor in office politics.