BillsVet

How did it come to pass that people acclimated to beginning sentences with, "so?" Grammar is becoming a lost art, as is handwriting.

ST spending isn't the main driver of their cap issues, but it's a contributing cause to why they're up against it without paying the QB or his top receiving target. I mentioned this in another thread, but it bears repeating. The strategic roster building plan's insistence on ST and defense is going to run into maintaining a solid offense in the coming years. At some point, those contracts and draft picks devoted to lesser valued positions are going to hinder what they can do on offense. And oh by the way, the cost to maintain that offensive unit went up dramatically over the past 12 months. Even understanding that Morse took a pay cut, Dawkins, Feliciano, and Daryl Williams received sizable increases. Josh and Diggs will, yet they're spending the same or close to it on defense and special teams. And I know the cap was down this year and it'll be back up again. Eventually the strategy needs to come in-line with reality. They'll need to find rookies and vet minimum guys who aren't making 2-3M to play on the kickoff/punt units. Or, replace players looking to cash in with rookies. That's what the draft is for and why signing all your own guys (not a bad problem) is not possible. Bills fans haven't had to face these issues in the cap era because A) they never found the QB to pay B) they didn't have the money during the RW years and C) they didn't retain some solid draft picks into their 2nd contract. One hopes McD will learn that his success runs through the QB, not defense and special teams.

I heard that as well and it aligns with those personalities that have had control of their private business. They buy a pro sports team and delegate authority to people they hired. Ralph couldn't do it and he had years of bad Bills teams. The irony is the Pegula's hockey knowledge is more limited than they're willing to acknowledge. Something anecdotal, but a friend of mine covers the Sabres and once remarked that Terry frowned on Russian prospects at draft time because one (I think Grigorenko) didn't work out. It was part of the reason they passed on a Russian defenseman in a later draft who's pretty good now in favor of a forward they traded. The Pegula's have created a vicious circle in management. They make bad hires, progressively get more insulated from the hockey world, and the results get worse. They respond with the Ralph strategy of hiring strictly insiders like Adams who has no experience. Wash, rinse, repeat. I really wonder how they'll handle getting a trade demand from Eichel. Will they blame him to cover their own butts? I don't know, but at this point it's an emperor has no clothes sort of situation. They just don't know how bad they are and don't seem willing to look in the mirror.

The NHL and the NFL are apples and oranges. In one, fellow owners essentially help others and finding good management is not as challenging. There's a massive television contract to divide. In the other, well, it's run by Bettman and a lot of clowns and owners tend to look out for their own interests. As a result, the Pegula's are now making decisions more based on money than anything else. This, compared to the Bills who are guaranteed a 300M yearly share of television revenue.

Who could possibly oppose signing the 2021 Nickelodeon Valuable Player? https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TrubMi00.htm Championship!

I miss old Foghorn Leghorn...for the quotes not the transactions. Talking down about the Raiders at your introductory press conference really ranks up there. Even if he did draft CJ Spiller with his first draft pick.

Does he point them to an approved jeweler and help plan the wedding? Perhaps he even does the proposal on behalf of the player in dire situations? That's a long list of job responsibilities.

Terry and Kim have become the emperor(s) who have the proverbial lack of clothes on. That is, they no longer can look in the mirror and acknowledge they are in way over their heads. Blaming everyone but themselves and occasionally bemoaning a lack of cash flow from a moribund team they mismanage. I know COVID hit them hard, but even before that franchise was losing money. Gone are the days of season ticket wait lists. Or, parties in the plaza. Maybe when Eichel demands a trade they'll have the humility to see it's they're fault. God help us if they try to wrest control away from McDermott and Beane.

It's the process dangit! Trust it or hand in the fan card!

Forget it, they're rolling.

Don't ask me, ask McBeane. It's their personnel decision to support the scheme.

Winning and improving on the field position battle is important to the team's strategy. Probably a motivating factor to signing a new punter for McD.

How many 50M DT's and 44M centers are not supposed to be "difference makers/core types" are there? Those guys weren't exactly acquired to be spare parts. Lot of verbal gymnastics to differentiate between a safety who signed for 32M over 5 years in 2017 versus Star's deal in 2018 and Morse a year later.

The Star and Morse contracts were big deals. Brown, Beasley, Addison, Butler, Hyde (yes 2017) and Murphy were more mid-tier. They've been no different than any other team in the era of McBeane.

The NFL will hand out a stimulus I guess. I don't know where people keep thinking there's a near unlimited amount to spend or ignore that Diggs and Allen are gonna need contracts in short order. Josh's window opened and Diggs you'd expect wants to get paid after last season's performance. Not this year, and that's essentially what matters. Those 4 players eat up 16% of their cap in 2021.

Did you hear what the team el presidente said? https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/why-bills-owner-kim-pegula-believes-2020-was-just-the-floor

That was so Billsy circa 2006-07. Spending now isn't as much on a CB every year, but in general the entire defense. Because that's the ticket to success.

With this cause identified for NE's 2021 spree, does that mean BB drove Buffalo to spend big bucks in 2019-20? Correlation does not mean causality and yes, I'd agree they had set themselves up Dave for these signings in 2021.

The Jets under their previous GM entered the season with lots of cap space. As their season tanked, he was attacked for saving all this cap space. It's one of multiple reasons he was eventually fired. In the uber-competitive NFL, unused cap space doesn't earn anyone any praise.

That's the downside of spending 100M on defense. Something's gotta give eventually.

This just in: Bills fans can't believe their team could regress.

The HC needs an 8-9 DL man rotation which typically eats up 22-25% of their cap. It's always been his MO to demand that depth to support the defense he runs. I'm not saying they're completely without scheme versatility, but what they want to do on defense is neither cost efficient nor productive anymore. And it's not likely to be improved much. That said, everyone has had another year of film on Buffalo.

You've missed the point entirely. Every team in the league is doing what Buffalo does: assess their team and look to improve. But that requires having cap flexibility and evaluating where your scheme requires more talent. The offense was better in 2020 because Allen made the leap, they traded for Diggs all the while having Brown and Beasley. The OL got a solid RT who thankfully was re-signed. They don't have much cap room now to add another weapon right now. Already in 2021, they've lost their WR2 and not improved a pass rush with an interior OL likely be the same. Meanwhile, they're again going to spending 100M on a defense which delivered mediocre to average results last year. It did not show up when they needed it most. Question is: Does an essentially static group of starters put them over the top? If you disagree, fine. Making broad assumptions ain't what I consider much of a response either.

Never said that John. Chiefs are the best team in the AFC and after that showing last year they need to do more than the status quo. Pass rush would be a good place to start with a veteran who isn't elderly or young unproven draft pick.

If the goal is to be second best in your conference this year, yeah...sure.