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The last thing for people to criticize or highlight is the mental health of a 22-23 year old man. His parents may be aggressively protective but I cannot stand seeing people throw around terms like "crazy" and "nut." Mental health is not a joking matter.

And without a GM to get him HOF and Pro Bowl talent...so far. One thing Marv did was manage the enormous personalities in the locker room. I'm not sure McCoach is close to that either.

I just want to make sure our 2019 compensatory picks aren't being jeopardized by signing street free agents. I know those things are mutually exclusive, but I need something else to be angry about.

The jury is still out on McCoach/Beane. Whaley is running a third rate college all star game. McCoach/Beane are 9-8 in the regular season. Neither McCoach or Beane strike me as the type who were content rebuilding and not really competing for 2 seasons. Their decisions are open to criticism, but the book has not been written on their tenure. Whaley's NFL career is, at the least, on hold no matter how well he dumpster dived. Last year was not a tank year and neither is this season. Think they would have one of the oldest rosters in the league if that were the case? Doubtful. Or spent what they did in UFA this off-season? The main issue now is how flexible are they with the process. It got them through last year's peaks and valleys. This year will probably not result in playoff contention by week 12.

You're the one debating the issue. And, comparing LTs to DEs is comparing apples to oranges. Both, at the time of their trade, were elite NFL players at hard to find positions.

Where is Buddy Nix to re-sign him to a four year 24M contract provide solid veteran leadership?

Russ Brandon did in 2009 with Jason Peters. Mack wasn't playing this year despite being under contract. Oakland is a small market team and paying 2 players 25M per eats up a lot of cap with a number of other contracts coming due. Not many teams can afford a guy like Mack and a top QB. Besides, teams aren't prioritizing defense at the expense of their offense and winning consistently. It's a methodology that doesn't work long term.

The only thing McBeane have shown is that they can deconstruct a roster. Whether they can rebuild it is another story. They've taken their QB of the future and McCoach got his LB in 2018. Beyond that I see little to nothing in talent on the OL (besides Dawkins), the WR group is and has been poor and the RBs are old. The defensive is by no means close to being a strong unit either despite plenty of UFA dollars and draft picks going to that side in the past 2 years. I had/have high hopes for the GM and HC, but entering the 2nd season of this rebuild looks like it's already stalled.

McCoach will be the first to go unless he changes his ways. And it's ridiculous to write that given how long he's been an assistant, a coordinator, and now a HC in the NFL. If he doesn't reinvent himself he'll end up like Jauron, albeit with far less time in the league. And that means getting away from being a defense first, conservative offense type who doesn't take risks and believes it's better to have choir boys who trust the process than talented types. This franchise is a mile away from competing. Some is the result of a previous flawed GM who wrote checks that are now coming due. But both the GM and HC are not demonstrating anything other than how to tear down a roster and rebuild the long way.

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.