The mighty Bills from Buffalo will take the AFC this year.
For two decades I watched people say the Patriots window was closed, that their time was dwindling, that it was all over… seemingly every time those predictions happened, the Patriots went and won another Super Bowl.
A lot of doom talk simply because we lost to the Bengals in the playoffs. Let us not forget that the Bills watched their brother DIE on the field just a few weeks prior. Their heart was simply not in it. If it had been, the Bills would have captured the AFC last year.
The Bills have won 2 of their last 3 in Arrowhead and they’re ready to make it 3 of the last 4.
Remember that there were 6 QBs taken in the first 12 picks and that pushed many players down from where they might otherwise have been taken. That made for a fat bunch of talent available early, almost as if the teams had moved up in the draft.
Just because Buffalo didn't trade up, that doesn't mean they weren't trying. I'm sure they identified Thomas as the guy they wanted, but a lot of other teams did the same thing. Thomas went at #23 to the Jaguars and I'll bet they were very happy. I'll also bet that they were demanding a high price to make any trade, so it might just have been too much for the Bills to pay. [Reply]
Bills have no skill players that are deep threats. Joe Brady might want to run a ball control offense, but defenses have little reason to sit back in deep zones and let it happen. Beane can talk about transition years, but his screw ups are the reason their cap was in such a bad shape. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Basileus777:
Bills have no skill players that are deep threats. Joe Brady might want to run a ball control offense, but defenses have little reason to sit back in deep zones and let it happen. Beane can talk about transition years, but his screw ups are the reason their cap was in such a bad shape.
Might not be good for Allen’s health.
When he takes off, he can expect more defenders around to stop him. That equals more hits.
It won’t be as easy to make it to the secondary with at full speed. [Reply]
Though still not as bizarre as what ATL did in the draft. First Penix, when they already signed Cousins to a $100 million deal, without talking to Kirk first, then their biggest need was apparently DB, and they didn't take even one?
Sure were some strange things going on in this draft. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Basileus777:
Bills have no skill players that are deep threats. Joe Brady might want to run a ball control offense, but defenses have little reason to sit back in deep zones and let it happen. Beane can talk about transition years, but his screw ups are the reason their cap was in such a bad shape.
Originally Posted by Basileus777:
Bills have no skill players that are deep threats. Joe Brady might want to run a ball control offense, but defenses have little reason to sit back in deep zones and let it happen. Beane can talk about transition years, but his screw ups are the reason their cap was in such a bad shape.
Josh is gonna have to do what Patrick has done two years in a row. Without a Kelce. Or a Reid. :-)
Shitkur and Curtis Samuel :-) Buffalo actuallyhas worse receiving targets than KC had...Josh is going to play hero ball and get hurt you watch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Basileus777:
Bills have no skill players that are deep threats. Joe Brady might want to run a ball control offense, but defenses have little reason to sit back in deep zones and let it happen. Beane can talk about transition years, but his screw ups are the reason their cap was in such a bad shape.
It’s what they did when Brady became coordinator. Run heavy offense and their offense was better.
Originally Posted by staylor26:
I'll say this, if they just take Mitchell, it's not a bad move at all for Buffalo. I could see that working out for us and them.
Or, Coleman becomes an absolute star (I love his potential and would not have been too disappointed if we drafted him) and they can't exercise the 5th year option, and he either leaves or costs them a huge percentage of their cap.
The fact that they couldn't afford to pay a rookie salary, so they traded out of the first round should have consequences. [Reply]
