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If Beane is smart, he's calling the Pegula's to get in front of the question's they'll inevitably be asking for why their 1.4B investment remains a marginal NFL team.

Even if Buffalo uses their 2019 cap space, there aren't many options in UFA to spend it on. It's also proven that a team doesn't adequately build through UFA, only augmenting a base which, at least in Buffalo, doesn't exist. Your opinion and insistence on Richie returning are the equivalent of not using a helmet while sky diving. Perhaps even a parachute. The man is not mentally capable of playing in the NFL right now. End.

I didn't expect McCoach to go full Jim Mora after the game, but at some point he needs to balance protecting his players with being cognizant of his where his HC career is going. He can't talk about reviewing the tape after every game and it's quite clear that his decisions need to be further examined. Twice in the span of less than a year he's gone with a QB who is completely unprepared for the speed of the game. That's unacceptable in today's NFL.

Whaley wasn't fired because the team was a playoff contender. He was fired because he was spending like a drunken sailor and bet the farm on guys that weren't committed. They topped out at 8-8 essentially on his watch. But McBeane haven't built much of anything in 2 off-seasons, aside from trade up 4 times in 2 drafts and have little depth. Their UFA decisions aside from Hyde and Poyer are abysmal and they've placed too much emphasis on people who buy into the system than individual talent. Coach McD better get more flexible or he'll be processing his way out of town by the end of 2019.

Tells you plenty about this guy when he's in a contract year and this is the result. On another note, McBeane have traded quite a few 2nd and 3rd round picks to move up in the draft. They also did so for Benjamin, who to date hasn't done as much without his least favorite QB, Cam Newton.

There is a lot more wrong with this team than the starting QB. Sure, Peterman is bad, but the surrounding cast is equally putrid. 47 points allowed, a poor OL, receivers who don't get separation.

Whaley chose (correctly perhaps) not to re-sign Jairus Byrd, which at the time many on this board cited as a reason why they'd re-sign Levitre. As others have pointed out, the Bills back then weren't interested in competing and ultimately let both go for nothing. Out of the 3 1st/2nd day picks who actually were NFL players from 2009, they kept only Eric Wood. And, 9+ years ago the Bills essentially traded Peters for Eric Wood. As nice a player as the latter was, that trade was a major win for the Eagles and showed Buffalo wasn't interested in keeping their best player. Peters' replacement in 2009 was initially the ill-suited Langston Walker (later cut) and then Demetrius (Demetress?) Bell. Sound planning there. Both of these contract situations were a result of not negotiating early enough and letting both get close to UFA or into a bad contract where the player has leverage. IIRC, OBD had no negotiations with Levitre prior to his walk year in 2012. Peters had contract issues in the 08 and 09 off-seasons, and in the former, the team would only work on a Lee Evans extension. Apparently they couldn't be bothered to handle two (!) extensions at a time.

There's an urban sombrero joke in there somewhere. ? He earned the job and is not as concerned with the SD result from last year as some fans are. He knows this is a new season and opportunity. We'll know soon enough if he's up to the task.

One more reason Doug Whaley is managing a college all star roster not on par with the East-West Shrine game. 7 are in rounds 4-7. Buffalo is going to take a step back before it can take a step forward. The question remains as to how fans can take that after the generation of fail from 2000-16. At the end of the season if they're 5-11, but have developed a starting QB, feature a solid pass rush, have a rising MLB, and the secondary remains tough, well, perhaps it's worth it.

5-11. Reasons? They play 5 of their first 7 on the road. McDermott isn't sneaking up on anyone this season. There will be an untested starting QB. Daboll doesn't inspire much in me as an OC. Offensive skill positions are not scaring anyone. OL is a mixture of low grade UFAs and then Dawkins who isn't going to do it by himself. Defenses are going to load up to stop the run and dare them to pass. WR's are largely short to intermediate targets with no established deep guy. Defense may be better, although a rookie MLB is cause for concern. Cue the poster accusing me of doom and gloom. ?

No one knows for sure what is wrong with Richie, but I had hoped his involuntary psychiatric hold in May would get him the help he needs because the man is not mentally well. Nor is he suited to playing professional football. It's bizarre that he's training hard, but continuing to act out. I hope he has a moment of clarity to see that he needs help.

It's not that cut and dry. Whaley put together teams either treading water or trending downward. And, it took a huge expenditure of cap dollars to get there. After 4 years of Marrone and Rex the Buffalo Bills were out to sea without wind and featuring broken sails. They weren't going anywhere. I get that no one wants to hear patience, but I'm more open to it now that there's at least some plan in place. I couldn't get there under previous regimes because the plan was either short sighted or knee-jerk. This was always a 2-3 year rebuild, given the need to find new personnel. And, to get out of a bad cap situation, find better talent evaluators, and put together a plan that worked in the modern NFL.

I can't recall teams using DE's who can't rush the passer and are strictly run defenders. Besides, McDermott's defense needs to generate pressure from the front 4. Lawson doesn't do that, but copy and paste remains adamant that he won't be cut. He may be in large part because they owe him nothing and didn't pick him.

So much hate. Did Tim kick your dog? ?

Some people have far too much time on their hands.

I knew there was a problem with EJM when he announced after Rookie Mini-Camp in 2013 that the playbook was easier than at FSU. http://miamiherald.typepad.com/florida-state/2013/05/ej-manuel-says-fsu-offense-harder-to-learn-than-buffalo-bills-.html Either little Nate was too simple or EJ was talking out of his fourth point of contact. Perhaps both, but that sort of statement from a rookie is mind-numbing. EJM has been told he's the best since HS and I actually believed it. When Marrone benched him, it probably didn't make sense to him because he'd never had anyone tell him he wasn't good enough.

Symbolism over substance. Had a guy at work years ago talk about how, "sweat doesn't count...results do." Still, I wish Allen the best and hope he becomes the guy.

The old prove a negative argument. A sign of desperation. Keep on keeping on. Or posting relentlessly.

Whaley was also the guy who was leaking to the media at the end of 2016 that it was all Rex's fault. RR is obviously a loudmouth who didn't work extremely hard, but it's difficult to land another NFL job when you're blasting the HC through the front office. And I fully acknowledge that him not getting to hire a HC was not ideal. Brandon essentially hired Marrone and of course TPegs chose RR. That said, it doesn't surprise me Whaley isn't in the NFL yet. He's gonna have to earn his way back into the league after his personnel decisions and behind the scenes shenanigans. That, and he wasn't know as the hardest working dude in the league.

I know BADOL said this earlier, but Shaq's explosion off the snap is really poor and even in college it wasn't all that great. McD's defense needs to generate a pass rush from the front 4 and he can't have one DE who's not a threat to get to the QB. Shaq may be healthy and buying in to keep his career going, but it's not going to make his a quick twitch type.

Something is amiss, but it's impossible to specify anything at this point. Perhaps being sent for a psych evaluation can determine this, but we cannot. I have no idea if it's CTE or mental health issues, but it is something. We know much more about the brain, but not nearly enough and especially considering everyone's is different.

What about high frequency posters who clog and or start numerous threads seemingly every day?

I attribute this to a more competent HC and OBD being in place. The writers and columnists see these people and typically know what right looks like. That's not to say it's a guarantee McBeane will be successful, just that they have a plan which doesn't change every year.

That's nice. I took Latin for a few years as well. There are many reasons why the NFL is losing audience, one of which is players protesting during the anthem is not received well by many in the general public. The NFL's ratings issued started in 2016 and I'm cannot be solely attributed to these protests. But they are most certainly part of the league's issues, or else they wouldn't have taken the step of instituting this new policy. Alea iacta est. The only reason this policy change has occurred is that the NFL is losing money. If the league was making as much as they were and TV ratings were high, ownership and the commissioner wouldn't care at all.

Sal Caffe Latte said this morning that Groy is like the 6th man on a basketball team because he offered flexibility at both guard positions and center. I laughed. An OL isn't a basketball team despite the common number of starters. I wasn't a big TT fan, but his mobility made a less than ideal group at OL look better than they were. Whomever plays QB better have eyes in the back of their head.