BillsVet

Your lack of knowledge on mental health is noted. ZJ had a nice game today no doubt.

Good question. Interesting just before their Week 13 game it is released/leaked. None of us know the context and it looks bad for Hunt. Just questionable why it was put out there now.

Perspective? On this board. People practically fall over themselves to pronounce something or link to "breaking news." It's less discussion now as much as it is people looking to get attention to their own threads, click bait, or LAMPs. Defenses aren't going to catch up because the rules have so fundamentally changed over the past 20 years. RTP and PI is called so much differently now that it's hard to see a tough defense dominating. And even then, how many teams can feature a top defense for say, 5 years running? Not even the Seahawks could keep their group together. BB not only changed, but he was two steps ahead in personnel acquisition. In one off-season he picked up Randy Moss and Welker (2007) after NE was beaten in the '06 AFC Championship. Then, 3 years later he drafts 2 TE's that presented huge match-up problems.

Sams aren't on the field much of the time and so investing big dollars there doesn't get this team much closer to 10+ wins. With the league dominated by passing, teams are more likely to have 2 LBs on the field, and in the 40 front that's the Will and Mike. Buffalo seems to have those 2 in Milano and Edmunds. No one knows who the UFAs will be when the new league year opens in March 2019. But if they're using big money on any UFA defender, it's the wrong answer to their issues.

Bill from NYC just exploded again. Another CB? Defense isn't the main problem becoming a playoff team because they've already spent big on Lotulelei, Murphy, and Hyde not to mention 1st round picks of White and Edmunds. Their resource allocation is already heavy defense and it's time that side of the ball be less prioritized. They're going to need those cap dollars anyway to improve an anemic offense which, until recently, was on pace to be one of the worst in recent NFL history.

Who cares? The team watches film and knows his MO. I'm sure the offensive coaches are aware that he plays dirty and perhaps looking to injure players. That sort of thing gets around the league quick. I've never seen so much worry about everything. Don't worry.

The Bills season has become anti-climactic and the only thing left to watch for is how Allen does. Other than that it's devolved into a question of potential UFA signings and where they will draft in April. The Sabres are exciting, have loads of young talent, and are winning.

To me it's better to invest in WR's and OL than the RB to support Allen. It's a nice to have thing that Bell would give them some offensive production, but still not worth the cost. I don't assume that even with huge cap space the Bills are going to be in on UFAs like some believe. If they are, it'll take a premium and that cap space will dwindle quickly. Spending 15M+ a season on a RB seems like a poor investment.

I'd make the move to add him...if this were fantasy football which is what I believe prompts observations like this. From a resource allocation perspective I wouldn't consider sinking so much into the RB position. The positional value, even for a currently top level back, is not sufficient to warrant the investment.

One of the Pegula owned teams is good. The other will have another top 10 draft pick. Football season was over a few weeks ago for Bills fans. Unless they play fantasy football.

An NFL HC/GM who needs a season plus to learn this has one foot out the door. For what they're getting paid, it is expected they will know from the outset what to do, not learn on the job. These guys are hired on their potential to win, innovate, and get the team in a position to win, not slog it out through a season and a half trying to invent the light bulb.

Al Davis had it out for Marcus back then. But what a combo at RB. It probably extended Allen's career. The best way I ever heard Bo described was someone saying when God made him, He broke the mold. Buffalo played on Thanksgiving 1994. A 35-21 loss the Lions, who were QB'd by none other than Dave Krieg: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199411240det.htm

You gotta trust the process...even when the process repeatedly changes. How many iterations of the process have they been through after a season and a half?

By which metric? http://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense/year/2017 29th in yards allowed / 30th in yards passing allowed / 20th in rushing yards allowed / 5th in points allowed / 11th in turnover differential (+7) / t-18th in sacks (35) / t-28th in INTs (8) / 29th in fumble recoveries (4) So yes, by points allowed they were up there. I guess their RZ defense was better than I thought given the yards allowed. Especially considering they weren't adept at creating turnovers.

Belichick is a master of adaptability and around 2006-07 began seeing a need for his teams to be more offensive focused. No one has been more flexible about de-prioritizing defense and getting players on the offensive side of the ball.

The Red Sox claim to be "small market." Buffalo is a small market. McD would do well to avoid using the Red Sox adversity card ever again. Too many Yankees fans in WNY!

I can see McD sitting at home convincing himself that his defense would shut these teams down. And of course how the Bills still need more defensive players.

Vontae Davis' impact is nothing more than the answer to a trivia question. No one will remember him for anything but quitting mid-game. He owns it.

That is one heck of a run on sentence.

If Oliver is on the board when Buffalo picks and is the pick there are bigger issues whether or not the player had issues with a coach. This team can ill-afford to use another top pick on defense.

Teller just started his first game. Edmunds was a guy they traded up for. Milano has played well at times, Dawkins lately is not playing really well, White is good, but another first round pick. Johnson is banged up every game, and Phillips is coming along. The key isn't just getting good players, it's using your draft resources appropriately and building the whole roster. I see 4 trade ups in 2 drafts and it's yet to be determined if they've been worth it. But, like a lot of fans, you're already counting 1st or 2nd year players as hits. And, it's been a long time since Buffalo could find solid starters for the long haul in rounds 4-6 Go back to 2006-07 when people were saying how great those drafts were because guys started. In the long run, they weren't good drafts even though early returns were there. We don't need an opinion on a player immediately because careers can start out and then flame out. Beane and McDermott have proven nothing after '17 and '18 drafts aside from how to trade up.

It's hard to understand his behavior and how much of it was just immaturity and what was mental health related. Something was wrong, but it's hard to pinpoint what. Major mental illness, if this was the case, can affect someone more than most people could ever know. I hope that in the US we can begin tackling mental illness by encouraging people to talk about it. Then get them the right treatment so they can achieve some balance in their lives. The bottom line is this is a tragic loss, both for the family he leaves behind and for a life cut short.

No, they traded with TB from 12 to 7 for Allen. They traded with BAL from 22 to 16 for Edmunds.

Defensive rankings would be better if this were 30+ years ago when the rules suited that side of the ball. Now, it's practically irrelevant. New England was ranked near the bottom last year in defense among many statistical categories and made it to the Super Bowl. KC this year can't stop anyone and they're perhaps the best team in the AFC.

No argument there and that's really the end goal for this lost season. They have to know what they're working with re: Allen.