11-5 and a wildcard. My thought is that they have a 2 year exemption from apparent weaknesses thriving purely on Ryan's motivation with decent smallball and creative defense.
If they use those two years to address apparent weaknesses we're back in business. If they slop around and go Sabres dubious long view because everyone is cozy with the temporary magic, it's back to painful middling for another 3 after.
How are they going to address weaknesses when they already killed the cap?Originally Posted by Mace
Well, artfully using the draft for better or worse. FA is band aid in most cases. They'd better thrive in the draft on training previous picks.
The cap is not killed, it just needs to be managed.
Look for restructures/extensions of Darius & Mario which will tie them to Buffalo & help the cap number.
This.
Same problem different year.
I'll sit back and see what we have come summer with this team, in regards to QB, OL, schemes and any other questions (which all teams have this time of year). Etching things in stone during the spring is a waste of breath.
I'll give Roman a chance to get this O going, since it sucked quite often last year. With all the positive additions, hope isn't foolish. Plus I'll watch the D schemes, since many here are convinced Rex will ruin them...much like after Pettine left and we were left with Schwartz.
Get them in pads and let's see. Outside of the Pats, I'm not nearly as impressed with other teams as many are here. They ALL have their warts.
On to the draft.
Mace (04-02-2015)
I think we're the Rams of yesteryear...coming out of nowhere to win the SB....only our strength is our defense.
better days (04-02-2015)
Doug Marrone took an o-line loaded with crappy Whaley-picked players to 9-7. It's pretty amazing. The Bills mistake, perhaps, was not giving Marrone the power to pick the players over Doug "I like black guys" Whaley. Then maybe we could have gotten a better o-lineman or two.
Do you complain about getting laid as well?
better days (04-02-2015)
Marrone didn't do that. Schwartz did.
better days (04-02-2015)
April fools day was yesterday!
And Marrone was not responsible for that 9-7 record.
It was MUCH more about Schwartz & the defense than Marrone & his crappy offense.
And by the way, with apologies to Meathead, RACIST
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Getting ****ed would be a more appropriate comparison. This is looking more and more like the exact mistake Pegula made with the Sabres.
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Last edited by OpIv37; 04-02-2015 at 01:27 PM.
and this is where we have to separate hope from expectations. I hope this happens but there is no reason to expect it to.
Assuming those guys want a restructure....
And even if they do, there is only so much cap that can be gained.
Yes, it is an assumption that Dareus & Mario would want to be PAID a LOT of money with a restructure/extension.
And a LOT of cap space can be gained by restructuring the contracts of those two players.
So, your solution for freeing up cap space is to give guys raises and extensions? All that does is punt tha cap hit to the future. And you can only punt so many times.... Eventually this will catch up with the team and they will be in cap jail.
Maybe the Bills will be in cap jail long down the road.
But it is not just for the cap. The bills will have TWO GOOD players tied up for a long time as well.
And I will be fine with that cap hell down the road if the Lombardi Trophy is on display at the Ralph.
Agreed. It will be worth it IF we win. But I don't see how that's gonna happen with the QB and OL situations.
better days (04-02-2015)
Both the QB & OL will have to be MUCH better than last year.
But the Bills have time to work on both.
I think that's what I'm falling back into.
It doesn't bother me so much this year to wait and see though for some reason I can't put a finger on. Maybe the wholesale improbable changes (Ryan, Roman, Kromer, Harvin, McCoy, Cassel even, Felton, Incognito) make me think they finally broke enough status quo to move ahead.
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