Kelly to Allen Posted December 7 Posted December 7 On 12/5/2024 at 8:24 PM, JimBob2232 said: You are never as good as you think you are when you win... Quote
SinceThe70s Posted December 7 Posted December 7 On 12/5/2024 at 8:24 PM, JimBob2232 said: You are never as good as you think you are when you win... ...or as bad when you lose. 1 Quote
GASabresIUFan Posted December 7 Posted December 7 (edited) This has been a wonderful season so far, but this was not a reset. This was a clearing out of older players whose careers had run their course in here. On offense we returned our QB, our top 3 RBs, out 3 TEs, our FB, 5 our top 6 OL and our starting slot receiver. Yes we dumped 4 WRs, 2 who were awful, 1 who was oft injured and often ineffective and one diminishing star with a bad attitude. This included 8/11 starters. On defense we returned 4/5 our starting DBs with new 5th a former starter in Hamlin. At LB we returned on paper our two starting LBs in Milano and Bernard. Unfortunately, we needed 2nd year player Williams to step up with Milano got hurt in camp. Williams did grear and now Milano is bad giving up even better depth. Lastly we brought back 3 starters (Groot, Oliver, Jones), 1 former starter (Miller) and one key rotational player (AJE) on the line. That’s 9/11 starters on D. Teams bringing back 17 starters are not in a reset. What Beane ultimately did was rid the Bills of overpaid not productive players and filled up the depth with kids (10 Rookies) and/or multi-positional players like Smoot (DT/DE), Cam Lewis (CB/S), Mack Hollins (WR/ ST Ace) and even Codrington (KR/CB). This fixed the cap short and probably long-term, helped the Bills to become young again while maintaining the high standards for the starters. The real kicker here is that this transition began 2 years+ ago with Beane using premium picks on skill players and then hitting on some late round gems like Benford and Shakir. Edited December 7 by GASabresIUFan Quote
ColoradoBills Posted December 7 Posted December 7 Sure does feel like this could be THE year to me! I will feel even better when they lock up the #1 seed. Quote
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