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I never put it together until now - the clapping is intended to heal players who are banged up. That's how he keeps 'em in the game.

This year with ~80M in cap room it's an even harder sell to talk about unproven rookies as opposed to the better free agents. OBD needs to start doing some winning. Fans are tired of consolation prizes.

You quoted Incarcerated Bob?

John Idzik was replaced with Mike Maccagnan after 2014 so yes, you are correct.

Jets following Buffalo's lead in clearing the decks of previous regimes' draft picks. Not one remains from the 2012-2015 Nix/Whaley classes.

Look, I'm not going to play the prove a negative game with you. If true, it says plenty about a franchise with tremendous needs on their offense to pursue a RB in his mid-30s. Usually, a team has priorities, and someone like Frank Gore isn't going to attract interest from a dozen teams. You go after the most in-demand types, which I would imagine are the pass rushers and OL. We'll see if they can adequately multi-task in the negotiation game.

Not sure how old you are, but it's been forever since this team competed for a championship. The natives are restless and, after 2 years of this "process" talk not excited to hear about their interest in a backup RB even if it is a standup dude. Still, if Buffalo were all-in on building through the draft and patching things with UFAs...why the interest in AB last week? Your logic here only goes to the surface level, because if you think the HC and GM entering year 3 of this rebuild don't recognize they are under more pressure, you're missing the forest for the trees. This is a pivotal year in their rebuild and they have to show results, especially after clearing the cap they did leading to a 6-10 last year. Taking a patient approach, signing some bargain bin types, drafting well, and some day maybe signing your own isn't going to get them into the playoffs anytime soon. Ownership, I would hope and expect, is watching. 7-9 ain't gonna cut it next year with another pedestrian offense.

Gore would've fit in almost any NFL era and there's nothing wrong if he's still got some life. Good locker room presence I'm sure. I could get behind Williams. I'm most interested to see if McBeane can swing any trades. The free agent market is typically thin and I''d like to see who becomes available and whether a deal gets made. If they end up with a premier WR and fortify the OL and sign a guy like Gore...we'll, it'd be nice. Offense has to be the priority from here on out, although pass rush needs help as well.

Signing another defensive free agent to a big contract is the McCoach way of starting the signing period.

I would imagine Gore is a "Process" Guy. Back to normal after the abbreviated AB pursuit. Bring on the former Panthers UFAs!

Josh Allen has to have someone to block for him. And hand the ball off to. And, receivers to catch passes. Right now McBeane have, as I've read elsewhere, "an empty cupboard" on offense. My money's on AB playing well at 34.

Stringing together good moves for McBeane has been as challenging as the Sabres trying to win 2 straight games in regulation. Hasn't happened in way too long. Last year's UFA/SFA class of Lotulelei, Murphy, McCarron, Ivory, V. Davis, Bodine, Newhouse, and Kerley doesn't exactly make me look forward to tomorrow. In fact, the only decent signings in 2 free agency periods have been Hyde, Poyer, and Haushka. Not one decent free agent added on offense in 2 years.

The entire offense except the QB position is a pretty much all unknown for Buffalo. And there's no guarantee that Allen makes a step without there being some big answers soon on the OL and at the skill positions.

You forgot...trade down with a team that selects a future NFL MVP QB. Worst case is Carolina North becomes even more of a reality. Daryl Williams, Devin Funchess, heck, all of Carolina's cast-offs. May as well hire Marty Hurney at this point.

Can't wait to see great pass protection for Allen only to see Zay Jones drop the pass. Or UDFA TE's and aging RBs not be able to make plays.

McD has used 2 first round picks on defense in 2 drafts.

They are 15-17 after 2 rebuilding seasons and at one point in year 2 of rebuilding they had one of the worst offenses since the late 70s. Jeremy White noted this morning that in 2018 the Bills had the lowest amount of money committed to the OL, WR, and TE positions. They were behind SF at running back by 200k. It may be a plan, but does anyone look at the Buffalo Bills a week or 2 from now and say they're a team contending for a division championship? I don't. I like Josh Allen, but apart from him they've done practically nothing on offense and that's still where most games are won and lost. McBeane's plan set back the rebuild process by at least a year.

Two off-seasons of rebuilding and "the cupboard is really mostly bare on offense at the moment?" The more I see of McBeane is they are conventional thinkers who now realize they need to start taking risks. Fine. They realize, through looking at trading for AB, that might need to deviate from "the process."

I think going through what they did in 2018 and then being "judicious" in UFA is not what most fans want to hear. I sense that many people are re-setting the goalposts and acknowledging that even with all that cap room they won't be a championship contender in 2019. I see Free Agency going the way it did last year. One big contract (Star) a medium sized deal (Murphy) and plenty of short term deals (McCarron, Vontae, Ivory, Bodine, Newhouse, Stanford, Rafael Bush). They have Jordan Phillips and Spencer Long in the third category already.

Acquisitions in the off-season tend to affect the outcome of games, particularly when it could mean 2-3 new starters on the OL and 3-4 new position players at WR and TE. But sure, those things don't really matter. Some people are living in the clouds this time of year. This year has taken the proverbial cake.

All this before free agency, the draft, and, well, the actual schedule release.

Some already believe he's starting material, if not a future All-Pro. Others see him as a former late round developmental prospect. We'll know where the Bills think he fits after the draft.

Unless you're ownership or a team executive, what difference does it make how much the team pays him? All of this is preliminary anyway, but it makes zero sense to draft a big armed QB who's throwing short passes to slot guys. Just because NE does that doesn't mean Buffalo has to. Besides, this draft doesn't feature an elite WR at the top. I wouldn't bank on someone drafted there to come in and play outstanding football right away. We're getting there.

Oakland had a little better QB play last year than Buffalo, don't you think? And, Jason Croom caught a TD versus Minnesota.

No one said Barr isn't a solid player. The point is from a cost effectiveness perspective, he's not worth the contract he'll get based on how often he'd get on the field. SAMs get on the field less and less every year as passing offenses continue to dominate. It's why nickel CBs, much like baseball relief pitchers, are being prioritized and causing a shift in personnel requirements.