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With a screen name like "Logic" I'd expect some logic to a post like this. There isn't much. The biggest contract Whaley handed out went to Dareus, not a UFA. And of course there was McCoy's extension when he'd been traded for. Same for Cordy Glenn and Jerry Hughes. Fact is, Whaley re-signed his own (questionable) guys, some of whom were cut loose by McBeane. As for the cap-constrained additions, Ivory did next to nothing this year, DiMarco didn't see the field much, and Haushka, as excellent as he is, did/does not win games on his own. He makes some kicks, but it's a team game and the team got in his position for him. Hyde and Poyer have been very good at times. You've left out the trades for Benjamin (not good), did not mention Murphy was frequently injured, or that Vontae Davis exited stage left at halftime of one game. Their pro personnel decision making has been a lot of hit and miss. I would agree that this will indeed be the most exciting and interesting Bills off-season in quite some time, well, since last off-season that is. As for this narrative preached by so many about Buffalo having the second ranked defense, well, how much did that count for? They went 6-10 and were blown out 5 times this season. When they needed to stop the run, for example in the second NE game, they couldn't. Not all of that is on the defense, given the time of possession, but they were not good that day. Buffalo will need to spend this cap money somehow given the CBA requirements. At present, there aren't many solid options available, especially on offense.

I'm glad you finally figured out that the players Whaley and earlier regimes acquired weren't "going to go anywhere." You assume they're going to nail the entire off-season and rebuild the offense with all those cap dollars and 10 draft picks (3 of which are in rounds 1-3). All this from a HC/GM who entered the 2018 season with Nathan Peterman and Josh Allen at QB. The same duo who didn't think it necessary to have a veteran on hand. The same pair who acknowledged this mistake by signing Barkley and Anderson before the 2018 calendar flipped to 2019. The same pair who've invested so many resources into a defense without doing much of anything on offense. And, what they have done on offense (Jones, Dawkins) who have underwhelmed. (Cue the Robert Foster reference) The same HC/GM combination that admitted late this season they needed more speed at WR. Or, traded picks to acquire Kelvin Benjamin who flamed out before he could complete a full season. And all this knowing their QB was someone with a big arm that excels throwing the intermediate and deeper routes. In short, the planning on the more critical side of the ball has been nothing short of a cluster. And now you're expecting they'll go from 6 wins to 10 or more given all this? It's a bridge too far to take a step back from year 1 to 2 and then expect a huge leap forward in year 3. With 90M in cap dollars or not.

Welcome to the board and nice first post.

Get ready for a healthy dose of Bucky Brooks. I'm OK with Daniel Jeremiah, but not having Mayock will make the draft process less interesting.

His performance today came against a depleted Phins secondary that will see significant turnover save Fitzpatrick by next season. Not something to prove he's graduated to being a Z.

Ron Darby is more of a M2M corner and McD is a zone guy. Not going to happen for scheme and probably personality differences. That said, Philly looks real bad trading Wentz, who likely is still not healed 100% from his ACL tear. They paid a king's ransom to move into 2nd and take him just 3 years ago. Every off-season gets longer and longer with all this speculation swirling 24/7.

Your quibbling skills are unparalleled. You'll fit in fine here.

Well, if oranges come in red and are in the red delicious box at the store, then yes: Richardson in 2012: 15 gp / 267 carries / 950 yards / 3.6 avg /11 TD in 2013: 16 gp / 188 carries / 563 yards / 3.0 avg / 3 TD Fournette in 2017: 13 gp / 268 carries / 1040 yards / 3.9 avg / 9 TD in 2018: 8 gp / 133 carries / 439 yards / 3.3 avg / 5 TD

Bobby Douglass and Fran Tarkenton haven't played a NFL game in 40 years. Whatever they did has no bearing on whether running QBs (whatever that is) works in 2018. Vick was on the winning side in a post-season game twice as a starting QB and not after his suspension. His highest total for rushing was 2006, when Atlanta went 7-9. Every example you've cited in this thread has not been relevant to the modern NFL or proven that "running QBs" can win consistently. Furthermore, Kaepernick and Vick were exposed because they were simply not accurate enough throwing the ball. Defenses learned how to contain them. And besides, Kaepernick, Favre, Cutler, and Rodgers can never be lumped into the same group. All were different type QBs.

Fournette is quickly becoming Trent Richardson 2.0 Acknowledging that you're out of shape, getting into on-field fights, and all while on a team overseen by Tom Coughlin is not the way to start a career.

He only responded when Kiki Alonso went head-hunting.

This may be the worst post I've ever seen on this board.

Let's give up AND ignore economics. That would be even better.

Not McD's biggest fan, but insecure men do not end up as NFL HC's, play college football, or win national HS wrestling championships. Insecure men look like this.

Fran Tarkenton played literally decades ago. What he did in the 60s and 70s isn't relevant to 2018. Favre, OTOH, made plays with his arm and never rushed for more than 220 yards in a season.

At this point, 2 other teams have more cap space and two are within 15M of Buffalo. Besides, this will change significantly by March when the new year begins. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/2019/ BTW, which guys is this team going to re-sign? It's too early according to the CBA for the '17 draft picks. And who from '15 or '16 are the types to retain on big contracts? Meanwhile, the hit rate after round 4 is low, so if you're looking for top end starters there, the chances are very slim. Johnson is injured all the time and Milano has finished his first two seasons on IR.

Wilson is the only one of his kind and OC's struggle (ask Darrell Bevell) to game-plan with him. Wilson's game is dependent on moving around regardless of the play-call: https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/12/13/russell-wilson-seattle-seahawks-mvp-darrell-bevell Meanwhile, classic drop-back QBs are the most likely path to winning each year.

7 picks in rounds 4-7. Multiple other teams have plenty of cap room. And UFAs know it. Defense itaelf is nice, but less important than many fans realize. They need significant help at RB, WR, TE, and at least 3 OL positions.

Quick: Name a running QB who has perennially led his team to the playoffs. This off-season opposing DC’s will study the running QBs and figure out ways to force them to play from the pocket. Allen’s future and that of other running QBs will be decided on how they throw the ball.

I'm sure Kraft has a replacement option in the works

10.5 sacks in 2013.

Guy is a great athlete. Still able to move pretty well for a 35 year old.

I think even EJ could have made the throw to Zay and Ronnie Harmon would have caught that ball. LOL

Kyle will be slimming down this year.

I live in upstate NY and I've never heard it pronounced that way. Not to nit-pick, but I've never heard more player's names incorrect. I'd like to think someone's memory is better.