What the Bills Need To Do

[Mike]

GMs have said this about mediocre teams. What they need more than anything is to bottom out. With a new HC and many of the recent moves no one would be surprised if the Bills are picking first next year. Lastly, there is almost Zero chance Bills win an SB in 2013.

1) do nothing in FA
2) release unproductive players
3) draft best available player in position of need @ #8
4) Draft a QB no earlier than rounds 2 or 3 of this years draft
5) make 2013 an evaluation year
6) Draft great QB prospect in first round of 2014 Draft
7) surround new QB with talent via draft
8) make appropriate FA moves in 2015 after new QB shows something!

[Jeff1220]

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The 'approach' the Bills seem to be taking is so bad, that I have given serious consideration to this scenario being what's up.

[Don't Panic]

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This obviously isn't a retool and try to compete ASAP... that much is apparent. What you've mentioned is a wise and patient path, one I hope they have the resolve to take. Still... Geno could very well speed up the plan at QB if he is there at #8.

[YardRat]

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1) do nothing in FA
2) release unproductive players
3) draft best available player in position of need @ #8
4) Draft a QB no earlier than rounds 2 or 3 of this years draft
5) make 2013 an evaluation year
6) Draft great QB prospect in first round of 2014 Draft
7) surround new QB with talent via draft
8) make appropriate FA moves in 2015 after new QB shows something!

So far, so good...

[OpIv37]

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GMs have said this about mediocre teams. What they need more than anything is to bottom out. With a new HC and many of the recent moves no one would be surprised if the Bills are picking first next year. Lastly, there is almost Zero chance Bills win an SB in 2013.

1) do nothing in FA
2) release unproductive players
3) draft best available player in position of need @ #8
4) Draft a QB no earlier than rounds 2 or 3 of this years draft
5) make 2013 an evaluation year
6) Draft great QB prospect in first round of 2014 Draft
7) surround new QB with talent via draft
8) make appropriate FA moves in 2015 after new QB shows something!

Drafting BPA in a position of need is basically the same as drafting BPA. We need pretty much everything except RB, C, DT and arguably DE and OT.

[kingJofNYC]

Re: What the Bills Need To Do

They need to be contracted

[mjt328]

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To end up with the number one pick in the draft, you absolutely cannot win more than 3 games. And in many years, 3 wins will push you to the #3 or #4 spot.

I'm confident that we will suck this year. But are we worse than the Jaguars? The Browns? The Raiders? The Jets?


The 2014 prospects look very good right now. But Barkley was the hands-down 2013 #1 pick at this time last year. This year, nobody on this board wants him.
There are no guarantees the top QB picks (Bridgewater, Manziel) will be looked at so highly next year. Heck, there is no guarantee they will even DECLARE for the draft next year. Manziel was a freshman and Bridgewater was a sophomore.

And if we end up with a top pick next year, there will be just as many people calling for us to draft DE Jadeveon Clowney - and for good reason.

[Bone]

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Clowney on the Bills...could you imagine..

[ServoBillieves]

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Clowney on the Bills...could you imagine..

I'd have that jersey in a heartbeat, barring catastrophe this upcoming season.

[better days]

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They need to be contracted

Your talking about the NJ Jets right?

[fluteflakes]

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Clowney here... my god our defense goes from terrible to great over night.

[OpIv37]

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They need to be contracted

Why?

Bills fans are perhaps the least fickle in the NFL. Through 13 years of suckage, they still sell tickets and merch. They'll never make as much money as Washington or Dallas or NE, but just wait til NE starts losing and see how their income drops.

I could see why the NFL might want to move the Bills to LA or Toronto or some larger city where they could potentially make Washington or Dallas money, but I don't know why they would want to get rid of a consistently poor product that still makes money. It's win-win for them.

[Typ0]

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The team only makes money because it's expenses are paid and the gov't helps them. This team is dead weight from the top down no matter what the annual report says. The NFL is the other owners...and they aren't going to want to maintain dead weight they want growth potential because once growth potential ceases it's inevitable the product will die.

[Mike]

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The team only makes money because it's expenses are paid and the gov't helps them. This team is dead weight from the top down no matter what the annual report says. The NFL is the other owners...and they aren't going to want to maintain dead weight they want growth potential because once growth potential ceases it's inevitable the product will die.

I think it was in 2009, the Bills were 9th in profit! They made more money than the Dolphins, Jets, and 23 other team including that years SB winner! What made this possible was the old CBA, loosing was simply great business. Now with the new CBA, things will change, but one thing the Bills are not, is dead weight!

[Mike]

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To end up with the number one pick in the draft, you absolutely cannot win more than 3 games. And in many years, 3 wins will push you to the #3 or #4 spot.

I agree for the most part. Each year there are 3-4 teams that could potentially have the #1 Pick.

I'm confident that we will suck this year.
But are we worse than the Jaguars? Toss Up. Gabbert might improve in year 3 and some of their other weapons will begin to flourish. I think their LB, DB, WR, and QB is superior to ours so this might show up in the rankings.
The Browns? They are definitely better. At the end of last year they were better and have slightly improved in FA.
The Raiders? Its unfortunate how much they suck and they have gotten worst in FA however Palmer is years ahead of any Bills QB currently on the roster.
The Jets? They too are cleaning house and preparing for a subpar year. In the last 15+ years, the Jets know when and how to lose. When they lose they lose, and in turn they quickly turn around. Its a toss up on who will be worst this year, but I could see the difference between us picking first and them picking first being an 80yard TD run by Spiller. Before we completely write them off, lets see what happens with Revis.


The 2014 prospects look very good right now. But Barkley was the hands-down 2013 #1 pick at this time last year. This year, nobody on this board wants him.
This happens every year. However, prospects value increases and decreases at same rate. A couple of years before Luck declared for draft, it was debatable weather he or Locker was the better QB. Both were scene as Top 10 picks, however many preferred Locker. A year later, Lockers stock went down and Lucks went up. Luck ended up not declaring for another year, but stock goes in both directions. Another example can be Miller.

There are no guarantees the top QB picks (Bridgewater, Manziel) will be looked at so highly next year. Heck, there is no guarantee they will even DECLARE for the draft next year. Manziel was a freshman and Bridgewater was a sophomore.
The KNOWN at this point is that this QB class is subpar and the PROBABILITY is that next years QB class will be far better. Playing the odds is really what the draft is at the end of the day. You draft the prospects with the highest probability for success.


And if we end up with a top pick next year, there will be just as many people calling for us to draft DE Jadeveon Clowney - and for good reason.
I am ok with that too. Sometimes the best moves are the ones you dont make. Even if there is no QB available in next years draft, I would still prefer Clowney with a top pick next year over signing a bunch of ok FAs and wining an extra two games.