Bills rank 9th in poll of top front offices in the NFL (article)

[RochesterLifer]

This poll in two years will be interesting for Bills fans, as the team evolves to its second core during Josh’s time.

The first core was fun and solid, consistently among the NFL’s best teams. I don’t understand anyone who hasn’t enjoyed this run.

Now, we are moving on to core #2 (probably of 3, maybe 4 with Josh) We’re seeing very good, consistent drafting and signs of good player development. Three games into the season is way too early to declare success. But, it is not too early to get optimistic, even excited.

 

If our new core’s performance matches the past four years of success (gulp, and maybe win a Super Bowl?!), our front office will be viewed as top three and deservedly so.

[RoscoeParrish]

1 hour ago, Savage said:

Don’t overthink things.

 

Sounds like some Buddy Nix talk. 
 

“This running back at #9 is just a good football player” 

[Savage]

13 minutes ago, RoscoeParrish said:

Sounds like some Buddy Nix talk. 
 

“This running back at #9 is just a good football player” 

“Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.”

 

[RoscoeParrish]

1 minute ago, Savage said:

“Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.”

 

It’s true that it’s my opinion that positional value matters. 
 

It’s also the opinion of 32 Front Offices and 32 GMs.

 

Which is why the best and highest paid off-ball linebacker in the league is making 25th best WR money.

[Savage]

1 minute ago, RoscoeParrish said:

It’s true that it’s my opinion that positional value matters. 
 

It’s also the opinion of 32 Front Offices and 32 GMs.

 

Which is why the best and highest paid off-ball linebacker in the league is making 25th best WR money.

Fair enough.

I’m not going to get into a pissing fest with you.

 

 

[GreggTX]

Given the success of our youngest players and new coordinators, I genuinely feel we should be ranked much higher. I can't say where exactly, but several spots higher.

[GunnerBill]

20 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

So someone says Beane is the best GM in the NFL, yet the Bills FO got no 1st place votes.  Color me confused. 
 

🤔🤔🤔

 

I think it was supposed to be wider than just GMs. It was how does the football operation work. But given that I'm slightly surprised the Bills are not higher. I absolutely think Howie Roseman is the best GM in football when it comes to talent evaluation and roster building. But I can argue the Bills overall front office - coherence with ownership, coherence with coaching, strategic decision making etc is superior. Roseman's fallen out with 3 coaches and despite their run in 2022 I'm not sold that Sirianni was a great coaching hire either. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Ravens at 1 with that playoff ineptitude they’ve shown for years now is a joke imo…maybe they prove me wrong in the next couple years but as it stands they’re feeling pretty close to Miami to me in that something is seriously wrong with the composition of that team preventing them from competing well when it matters 

 

eagles seem pretty overrated too. I’d probably slide the rams and bills up a few spots if it was me.  Rams absolutely sold out to win that Super Bowl and seemed primed to enter another period of irrelevance but they’re right back in the mix again 

Edited September 27 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[ProcessTruster]

21 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

This narrative is growing old.

spot on though.  go ask Kevyn Adams.  

[Mr Info]

This was published yesterday and placing it here. Admins can move it or perhaps a separate topic.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5797292/2024/09/26/bills-front-office-moves-orchard-park/
 

Some excerpts if unable to view:

 

With a new stadium being built across Abbott Road and owner Terry Pegula moving closer to selling a portion of the team, the Bills needed to add to their executive leadership team after years of upheaval and front-office chaos.

The Bills hired Milwaukee Brewers executive Jason Hartlund as chief commercial officer and Major League Baseball executive Kate Hussmann as chief strategy officer. As senior vice presidents, they will join chief administrative officer Josh Dziurlikowski and chief legal officer Terry Gilbride and report to executive vice president and chief operating officer Pete Guelli.

 

The Bills have grand plans for their Orchard Park campus once the stadium is complete. They want to host the 2028 NHL Winter Classic to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the event’s launch in what was then known as Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Bills have submitted a request to host the NFL Draft in 2028 or 2029.

 

Just four and a half years ago, the Bills had eight executive vice presidents and one senior VP. The Bills now have five senior VPs and one executive VP (Guelli). He said there won’t be any more additions to the Bills’ leadership group.

[Saxum]

10 minutes ago, Mr Info said:

With a new stadium being built across Abbott Road and owner Terry Pegula moving closer to selling a portion of the team, the Bills needed to add to their executive leadership team after years of upheaval and front-office chaos.

 

Part of the chaos is Bills front office being tapped by other teams but Tiny Tim only mentions the "professionally unethical romantic relationship" in linked article he also wrote. 

[Mat68]

Only gripe is Detroit.  Buffalo has been more consistent for a longer time.  Everyone else has won or made a Super-bowl.  I think Buffalo right now is ahead of Seattle.  Those Superbowl teams are further and further away. 

[Kmart128]

Bills should definitely be higher. They didn't inherent a good team unlike the others and built them into a consistent contender.

[DrBob806]

The 49ers are #3.

 

This list is therefore invalid. Sent three #1 picks to move up and draft Trey Lance. 

[Augie]

On 9/26/2024 at 12:22 PM, RoscoeParrish said:

I think they have a very popular process, similar to the Eagles. 
 

They are constantly among the leagues best when the it comes to the comp pick formula. They very rarely make short term moves and usually have a pretty healthy cap situation. All while being pretty competitive in the AFC.

 

All the teams have personal warts, it’s just what you value more. Because no one is perfect.

 

You can argue the Ravens stink at getting WR talent around Lamar, especially because they try and fail constantly.

 

You can argue the Eagles spending a pretty penny on Barkley is bad team management.

 

You can argue the Niners whiffed on too many 1st round DL picks. 
 

You can argue the Chiefs have also thrown away assets on bad WR’s and threw away a lot of cap on crappy OT’s. 

 

I should have bolded the second sentence.

 

Why don’t they win more, if they are always so great? Why don’t they advance? 

 

If you look at the recent AFC SB threats, you think KC/Bengals/Bills, in some order. I know Bills fans would be all over them to put up or move on if they finished where the Ravens have finished. I wonder if Ravens fans are fed up with the lack of playoff success?