I think it’s safe to say Buffalo fans base state is miserable. If they aren’t improving or actively stimulating us to be happy we divert to our base state. The first 3-4 yrs of good Bills was a vacation like bliss, kinda like the Sabres are for us now. We have re-entered our misery base state
@PatrickMoranTB I don’t even see much debate about what the Bills did among everyone…pretty much everyone on the same page that this seems like a sick joke of a draft.
I’ve slept on it regarding my thoughts on what the Bills did on night two of the NFL Draft. For anyone that follows me on here and/or listens to Talking Buffalo, I feel it owe honesty to fans, even if it’s not going to score popularity points.
I don’t like what the Bills did with either pick Friday night and so we’re clear, its not so much about the players itself as it is the picks.
The Bills traded three times out of the first round to pick 35 and as luck would have it, they still had the opportunity to take the best run stuffing DT in the draft (two choices actually) for a defense who’s stunk against the run the past few years, or their choice of ANY off ball linebacker they wanted (Rodriquez, Allen or literally anyone else)
Instead, they opted for a rotational defensive edge rusher and on top of that, not one with a skillset they don’t already have. They took a guy cut from the same cloth as Chubb.
I understand the value thing. I understand edge is a premium position and while they were big “needs”, understand early down DT and off LB were not. Had this been pick 26 instead of 35 I’d completely get taking Parker (or another edge). It matched the value.
But at pick 35 in round two after stockpiling more picks, I think it was a mistake to take an edge, one’s that’s the same type you already have over guys who were almost certainly plug and play starters like McDonald/Miller or Rodriquez.
I also understand how January CB injuries have killed the Bills and Beane wanted to guard against that with quality insurance, but a SECOND ROUND pick for a guy with no non-injury path to playing time for probably a few years (minimum if ever) is just crazy to me. What kind of scouting staff do you have there that you can’t identify a really solid depth boundary guy in the fourth or fifth round??! Hell you found a good one in Dorian Strong just last year in the sixth.
And it all ties back into the trade downs. I thought for sure when they were stocking up the extra fours and moving up in numbers, they’d package two of the fours together to get back into the third round of night two (and still have a fourth rounder left)---but they did none of that. That’s as surprising to me as either player they drafted. I’m honestly stunned that after three trade downs they STILL only ended up with two picks in the Top 100.
Taking an edge even with the DTs, LB and even WR that were still there, and taking a cornerback in the second round tells me that Beane and this staff had tunnel vision coming in.
I’m just one dude with an opinion. It doesn’t mean more or less than any fan or media folk reading this. We are all entitled to feel however way we do. And obviously none of us knows crap right now---Parker an/or Igbinosun can become studs, and Beane can hit on one of the three fourths he has that he may not have had if had traded up.
I understand that most the time when we criticize it’s because we didn’t get what we wanted. But right now, in this moment for me---I think this draft has been very “blah” if not lousy so far for the Bills.
@Aweir15@TheBillsGuys And who said that I have faith in Beane??? I've said absolutely nothing about him because I believe that McDermott should be here and not him but what happened last night was a good thing no matter if he facilitated it or not because what's best for the team is my only concern.
Coming from the guy who loves to yell just to hear the sound of his own voice, I’m telling you some of you are way too in your feelings over all the trade backs. This wasn’t the draft to trade up + we didn’t have a 2nd Rd pick + we have a multitude of glaring roster holes.
Whoever we take at 35 will be close enough talent wise to who we woulda gotten at 26, 28, or 31. You can be mad all you want at the GM who assembled a roster that needed so much depth resetting, I am. I don’t think he deserves to be in that room he shoulda been out the door with Sean. But being mad at him for the trade backs, especially when 99% of you aren’t willing to stand up and state clearly who you woulda taken at 26 is a little over the top.
@dhilliard329@TheBillsGuys If you think Bernard is good I have bad news for you lol..I’m not new here..Beane has to regain trust idk what he’s done other than Allen to make you think he’s capable at this point
@Aweir15@TheBillsGuys Just go back and find out how many 2nd, through 6th rounders have become huge starters, role players and contributors for us in recent history such as Christian Benford who was a 6th rounder or Terel Bernard who was a 3rd. Please do research and stop relying on your emotions.
@Aweir15@TheBillsGuys So if you believe that we made a backwards move like that then what makes you think that we would make perfect moves now? And even still if we hadn't traded for DJ Moore I still would be 100% for trading back last night because of the talent left plus more picks are always great.
@kml423@TheBillsGuys I mean you had other GMs in complete disbelief we gave all the guarantees and a 2nd round pick on top of it..Beane shouldn’t get the leash he has
@TheBillsGuys@Aweir15 Is DJ gonna be better than any WR they could've taken at 26 / 60? Yes.. wasn't an overpay, this was just a very top heavy, fairly mid draft.. trading back from 26, adding picks and still having a shot at 6-10 players that were 26th pick worthy, that's how the Pats built a dynasty
@ForePlayPod@BrentleyGC Played with him in the stroke play rounds Saturday and Sunday. Him and his caddy are great dudes and this rule should have never been in effect for the extra holes. We got rides on multiple holes that had long walks between holes…you don’t get penalized for that..
The craziest thing you will read today.
A 20-hole match at the U.S. Mid-Am decided by, you guessed it, one of the caddies accepting a cart ride to the next playoff hole, resulting in loss of the hole & the match.
INSANE.
(via @BrentleyGC)
🚨LEGENDARY: #Bills QB Josh Allen is the FIRST PLAYER IN #NFL HISTORY WITH 5 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 40+ TOUCHDOWNS.
🤯🤯🤯
WE HAVE NEVER THIS BEFORE. CRAZY.
I’d say 90% of Americans wouldn’t know Scottie Scheffler if he sat down next to them. And that might be conservative.
Don’t think it’s crazy for officers (especially those who likely responded to the accident scene and were not assigned to the event) didn’t know who he was.
@thadbrown7 90% wouldn’t know who Scottie Scheffler is lol? 30 million golfers in this country and mostly all of them would know who the #1 player in the world is.