iinii Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 8 hours ago, Dan Darragh said: Anyone remember a team with 2 seventh round rookies on the 53? Pretty remarkable. That tells me there was a remarkable lack of talent on the team to begin with.
BADOLBILZ Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Logic said: Well those are certainly words. At least...some of them are. With all due respect Logic..........you really shouldn't be knocking anyone's take in this thread that you started it to crow about the entirely false premise "Bills have one of the youngest rosters" when it's actually one of the very oldest rosters in the league still. But fwiw........I really don't care how old the roster is and neither should anyone else. A stud QB and withstanding and still growing thru constant change on the rest of the roster is the key to sustained success in the NFL. Said it before........the Seahawks won the SB with THE YOUNGEST roster in the NFL and two years later they were back running with the rest of the pack. I give Beane credit for not being stupid enough to try to just patiently build his roster thru the draft. 1
BADOLBILZ Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 3 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...if (IF) memory serves me, we came off a year during Whaley's tenure faced with 23 UFA's, primarily due to litany of one year deals.....short term/stop gap thinking defeats any long term, continuity ideas..... Beane is taking short term deals to the next level so if you didn't like Whaley for it you gotta' hate Beane for it. We look at this roster and see progress but in terms of next year.........their OL and WR corps in particular are patched together with veteran free agents on short deals(or in Morse case a likely short deal). They are going to have their work cut out for them every offseason just fending off attrition with this many vet starters...........but as I said above that's a test that a good organization has to be able to pass. They certainly have the cap space to work with the next couple years.
WhoTom Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 5 hours ago, Kemp said: Over 7% of the roster is named Johnson. 2 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said: Would you prefer Williams? Yes! We're the Buffalo Bills, not the Buffalo Johnnies.
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 37 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said: Beane is taking short term deals to the next level so if you didn't like Whaley for it you gotta' hate Beane for it. We look at this roster and see progress but in terms of next year.........their OL and WR corps in particular are patched together with veteran free agents on short deals(or in Morse case a likely short deal). They are going to have their work cut out for them every offseason just fending off attrition with this many vet starters...........but as I said above that's a test that a good organization has to be able to pass. They certainly have the cap space to work with the next couple years. ....wasn't/isn't a matter of like or dislike for me....just seemed like 23 created much work in the offseason....I'll probably never be convinced (opinion) that Whaley was a bonafide, "fully in charge"GM.....saw him more as a "personnel go find 'em" type being directed on what to shop for....FWIW, I do see McBeane as THE "in charge guy (of course with coaching input) and has a formidable staff of 17, far superior to Whaley's.....he obviously will have one year deals, but I think (opinion) there is more due diligence done prior to signing, with potential for some to be re-signed....
XXXtraAnchovies Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Kemp said: Over 7% of the roster is named Johnson. You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, but you doesn't have to call me Johnson
The Frankish Reich Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, WhoTom said: Yes! We're the Buffalo Bills, not the Buffalo Johnnies. I never thought of it that way, but now that you mention it ....
WideRightRevenge Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 6 hours ago, PlayoffsPlease said: Blls are one of the older teams in the league by average age. Only 6 teams are older. https://www.phillyvoice.com/ranking-nfl-teams-age-after-53-man-cutdowns-2019-edition/ But that's heavily influenced by Gore (age 62) and LoMax (age 46) .. net those two and their cryogenics gene pool .. we might be top 10 in youth
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 I cannot believe that we are carrying 5 TE's. Most teams are carrying 2 or 3 TE's why the hell are we carring 5?
LSHMEAB Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 Having a young roster(which overall the Bills don't) is not particularly valuable in the NFL. If the young player's in question become studs, they're going to need to be paid and some will inevitably move on. I think it's more of a "feel good" narrative. We've got all this young talent so the sky's the limit! And it's not like Beane hasn't been relatively active in free agency. He hasn't given out (many) huge deals, but he's paid a premium for both Star and Morse. He HAS gone with the model of acquiring FA's on short/easy to get out of contracts, which is a solid approach. But the real question is going to be whether he's acquired the right players to WIN games.
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