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McD is the stumbling block who insists on that DL depth and Beane just fills the order. This will become an obstacle next year when Josh's contract kicks in...because you can't keep the DL rotation McD wants, pay Josh, and have enough left over to build an elite offense. Or, devote cap dollars to CB and LB the way they have. I had hopes McD would evolve as Josh ascended. He hasn't and I see nothing that will.

Occam's razor.

That's nice, but in today's NFL it's more valuable to design a solid offense and be able to fit the players. Being the #1 defensively by any metric really means little when put up against an elite offense. And the best way to win those games isn't stacking more DB's, LBs, and interior DL.

Exactly CT. I had hopes Buffalo would be aggressive this off-season and find another elite player, but so far and through most of the 6 off-seasons they fall back on safe decisions. The two exceptions (Allen and Diggs) when they went outside the box they found elite players. Maybe they'll reel in a big fish this week, but seeing their foray in UFA so far I doubt it given their cap space and because... This team is built in the image of the HC re: both personnel and strategy. It's his team and while Beane is the GM, it's not in the classic sense like most people might think. I get the impression after all these off-seasons that Beane is just happy to go along with McCoach's theory of NFL rosters and scheme.

I almost miss those days Bill! Drafting/signing DB's before anything, weak OL/DL, and 7-9 seasons. The board back then was great.

Mouse McNally couldn't improve Cody Ford.

I can see McCoach saying it now..."We are going to make Tremaine Edmunds look good if it's the last thing we ever do."

3.5M AAV for a 3rd down back who is 29 when the season starts. "And there was much rejoicing..." Fantasy football has ruined how people assess value wrt RB's.

They should not need to pay average dollars to a SAM to replace Klein who'll play less than 50% of the snaps. The base defense is practically a 4-2-5 anyway.

That defense failed when it mattered most. The massive investment in personnel and scheme needs an overhaul because no one's content being the best unit in the regular season. It literally means nothing.

Time to hang it up for the night Hondo.

Yeah, I heard he's repping for a temp hire agency now. I'll bet that endorsement earns good money.

None of your previous posts were worthy of a response.

Kansas City, LA Rams...those teams have done it better because (and I'm not sure if you know this) they won SB's. Made big acquisitions to give them an edge either before or during the off-season. When the NFL starts awarding the Lombardi to the best regular season roster, please let me know. I'll change my criteria on success in the NFL. I really can't take you seriously with the third paragraph. Stop falling back on hyperbolic arguments and whining about the pandemic. It's an indication you're whining.

The bad UFA contracts have far outweighed the good ones. Star's is at the top, and 2 good ones at market value don't overcome that level of stupid. As long as McCoach has the dominant voice in personnel, they'll always shade toward defense, spend good money to do it and all at the expense of Josh. They're SB contenders sure, but going from perennial playoff team to winning a SB is a bigger leap than people understand. And right now, Buffalo is taking the pedestrian and safe approach consistent with a risk averse HC.

I'm really leaning toward blaming the cap issues on Russia...everyone's doing it now and people believe it so...why not? BADOL is at the top of the quality posters here. He gives it to you real, not with milk and cookies like most homers want. Ergo, he hurts people's feelings when things go wrong and people start making excuses. Like blaming cap issues on something that affected every team.

No one remembers or cares about perennial contenders. As for the luck argument...you build your own luck by being smarter than your opponents. Buffalo didn't win last year because they did 2020 v2.0 and thought it'd be enough. For all the praise that front office gets, they didn't get much right last off-season...that is if you expect excellence and not average personnel effort. I follow the NFL pretty closely and I have no idea who that guy is. Looks like a blogger and podcaster.

Cite your "consensus" sources because I'm tired of the straw man arguments. Sounds like some MSM reporter who talks about "people we've talked to said X." Prioritizing 2 DT's who'll get no more than 50% of the defensive snaps because McCoach needs his 8-9 man rotation is just same old same old. Been there, done that...they've spent big on the DL (2nd highest paid unit in the NFL last season) and it gets them nothing when it matters. McKenzie is on a minor contract and who really cares? He had 1 decent game last year and didn't play until it became obvious the Bills needed more speed...which speaking of that...I guess they're still working there. The problem now is that people keep being satisfied with making the playoffs and winning a game. Buffalo needs their front office and coaching staff to be elite...and they keep coming up as underwhelming.

The cap situation is a self-made issue. As others have said, notably @BADOLBILZ they've inked some guys who were vastly overpaid and now that's impacting the cap. OBD has no one to blame but themselves. My point remains: prioritizing their first contracts on guys who'll play less than 50% of the snaps is bizarre...provided those contracts are not classic Beane/McCoach overpaying at positions of less importance (DT, LB).

To quote Dennis Green, "if you want to crown them, then crown their a**!" Don't care about your opinion re: the front office. No one's giving trophies out to franchises for best front office of the past 25 years. You get trophies for winning, which means signing the right players to fit a scheme that out-does opponents.

I can see the argument that'll be offered...that Buffalo lacked the cap space to maneuver this off-season. Of course, a closer inspection would reveal that poor UFA decisions in previous off-seasons inhibited their ability for this one. For all the plaudits Beane and company receive, they really just tread water like you note.

Put forth a counter-argument.

Interesting to see the first moves in the new league year were to re-sign a gadget WR, a new guard, and 2 DT's. Not arguing with the Saffold signing, but the other 3 signings are just...Billsy. Or, should I say...McCoach-esque. Would imagine more moves will be made, but interior OL/DL and gadget WR's are not the reason this team lost 2 years running to KC. If they're still following the McCoach team-building approach it'll fail even with a franchise QB.

How long will it be before Sal joins the Bills media group and stops being the resident Bills homer for WGR? Sal knows his audience eats this inane stuff up.

Buffalo got the best QB in the 2018 draft. Credit to Beane and McCoach. Now they just gotta start getting UFA right and not over-drafting players who fit McCoach's antiquated and inflexible scheme.