BillsVet

One of TBD's finest chimes in. With unprecedented class. Enjoy the season. I know I am. Go Bills!

Really disappointed to not be listed among the group of posters mentioned here. Pulling up 4 month old threads to say "I told you so" mandates better research. Just so...disappointed. I feel like all my work has gone for naught.

Understood

People get offended easily these days. Duke's been on the PS all season (minus Week 7) and no other team wanted to sign him to their active roster. It happens. Then again, Buffalo gave him a paycheck and didn't cut him the whole year. Perhaps he plays this coming Sunday and all will be right with the "offended that Duke might be offended crowd."

Some people have too much time on their hands.

Don't really care about Pats fans or what they think. Do care about the 12-3 Buffalo Bills and tearing up teams in the playoffs. Just like back in the early 90s. There's too much emotional energy directed at other teams' fans, their message boards, and things that don't matter. Enjoy the domination these past 2 weeks as the Bills arrive into the NFL's elite.

Seeing Belichick throw the phone like that. Priceless...and at home for New England.

I'd be more concerned about the light from the Kenny Rogers' Roasters across the street.

Yeah, put him on the onside kick recovery team. His hands will really stand out there.

Didn't factor into the game's result. Now everyone knows that Taiwan Jones should be on the inactive roster every week instead of most weeks.

I guarantee if you wait until the Friday/Saturday after Week 17 you'll know. Then we can post a thread that he was 1st (or 2nd) All-Pro.

You're not going to know much for a at least 24-48 hours. Stop worrying about everything. It doesn't add a day to your life. Be happy.

You don't keep Daboll. This is the territory Bills fans have not been in for years: having a good team with coaches who may be prospects for HC jobs. Same as having good players you choose not to re-sign because they play positions of lesser value. And so, you have to replace them via the draft and allocate cap dollars to more important positions. This is the price of success. I will take it every year if it means having an 11+ win team. I get that people like familiarity with players, coaches, front office staff, etc. But things change and good teams identify those you can't exist without. Right now, Buffalo identified 2 as McD and Beane in management. On-field, for now, it's Allen, Dawkins, Tre, and I guess we'll find out. Enjoy the ride.

"Hear me out" to lead a thread off? The TBD kiss of death. McD and this franchise aren't willingly losing anything. No need to worry about anything.

This is the potential cost of winning. And good organizations reload both their on-field, coaching and front office talent. Not worried.

I'd like Buffalo to re-structure their media talent as they hopefully remain a top NFL team in the coming years. Murphy's PbP voie is horrid and particularly with many of us remembering Van Miller's calls. Then again, they are likely under contract and there's no telling how long those last. But for goodness sake find a real PbP guy minus the fake radio voice. That'd go a long way to featuring a better media broadcast.

Let's say you cut any of those players mentioned. Now tell us who's coming as their replacement? McD gotta have his DL rotation and at last count it was 51M in 2020 without most of Star's contract. OK. Who replaces Brown at the Z? Or a new center for Morse? And don't say they'll find someone in the draft. That looks awfully similar to the RW years where the draft was used to replace departed veterans and that never worked. Besides, the UFAs you've noted where all signed since 2019. Without some strategic changes to roster building and personnel assessment, they'll keep going down the road of finding types that are a bridge to nowhere, i.e. there's no initial contract type player to step in. There aren't many perennial playoff teams, but the ones who do have an advantage on draft day/UDFA and/or can attract low cost talent in UFA. Buffalo isn't there yet, but if they hope to be it'll be on the back of one of those other methods not signing veterans to market rate contracts. And if you keep trying that method, as @BADOLBILZ noted, it'll show up eventually in the cap balances because you don't cut your way out of that problem.

Right....and it'll mean being efficient with picks in rounds 3-4 at the harder to find positions. RBs in the 3rd round aren't going to cut it anymore. UFA has bought Beane time to develop younger players behind the veterans. Now the real work for that front office of "future GM" candidates begins. Whatever the method for remaining competitive, be it the NE or Pittsburgh way, the onus remains on the amateur scouting people.

Not 1 GM in Buffalo during the cap era was successful at maintaining a successfully rebuilt roster. Because of course, no GM ever rebuilt. As tough as the former is, the latter may be more difficult. And that efficiency is gonna mean some players revered on this board will not be re-signed. Gonna be interesting to see how McBeane are thought of when someone doesn't get that next contract and get replaced by (as the top franchises do) by a cheaper draft picks. It's the way of the NFL and soon it'll hopefully produce on-field results with cap flexibility.

Right back at ya, Spanky.

Great...another click bait post. Just say what you want in the thread title. That said, who cares where they were drafted? Doesn't matter on this day, nor will it when the playoffs start.

Posts such as the OP's are what TBD was all about years ago. People basically talking football...be it the players or the games. I wish there were fewer "what if" or LAMP type threads where people are trying to get clicks . Nice post and find CT. 👍

27yanks as a screen name? Awesome...best team in MLB history right there! 6 HOFers and the best 3-4 batting combination that will ever be seen! The Waner boys never knew what hit them.

Yes, but Bosa was able to feast on Dion Dawkins most snaps. In contrast, Klein was blocked on many plays.

We get older. That's all I got. LOL.