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I don't know what you call it, but Benson, Doan, Kesselring, and Krebs are RFAs next season. Tuch is a UFA. Keeping all these players probably requires moving other contracts (Greenway, Quinn, UPL, Byram/Power). Moving on from Tuch means trading a contributor before the trade deadline, probably for draft picks because the cap space will be needed for the RFAs. Roster decisions need to be made, whether they are considered a retool or rebuild.

That's 3 MORE points than last season. On the Adams scale, that's progress! Seriously, this teams has some good building blocks. Bring in a GM who can take advantage of them.

Two 3 game losing streaks in the first 11 games.

The concept of Greenway is actual Doan. Actual Greenway is much worse than actual Doan. Its time to dump him and his albatross contract

Greenway just sucks.

I think we're at that time for big decisions, whether it's a rebuild or not. If you want to sign the RFAs and Tuch, you need to make decisions on Greenway, Quinn, UPL, Power/Byram soon to clear cap space. If you're not signing Tuch, you need to figure out the timeline to trade him. I don't want Adams anywhere near those decisions.

They're not terrible, but they're not good enough. Unfortunately Adams ceiling is 'not terrible.' Turn the team over to Jarmo to see if he can get rid of the remaining rot to make this an actual contending team.

I'm not.

Nice back-checking by Greenway.

Not good enough.

10 games, 10 points. Not on playoff pace. There are promising things happening on the team, but more work needs to be done. It's time to fire Adams. Tuch's contract, the three-headed goalie situation, three highly paid defensemen who can't play on a line together. Turn it over to Jarmo to see if he can make the decisions needed to get the Sabres into the playoffs.

Gone but never forgotten

Get those dirty goals!

Columbus is playing a strong road game, taking away space. The third offensive zone pass isn't there tonight.

I seriously doubt that. There've been a few, but not 2 dozen.

I knew Adams should have traded for Chinakov.

Yeah, that's why he was available late in the first round. By-passing him though triggered a lot of the local media types, which sort of started the Beane-is-ignoring-WR narrative that continues while Coleman struggles.

Yeah, no doubt. Beane has referenced the weather in winter multiple times when discussing building the Bills roster. He cited needed a strong-armed QB to play in bad weather when he drafted Allen. So in his mind, running the ball is a big part of winning in December and January. The Bills run game, which is one of the best in the league, uses heavy sets and 9 man blocking schemes. But I also believe that he watched Diggs get manhandled enough in the playoffs (where PI and defensive holding calls are few and far between), that he also decided that he wanted bigger pass catchers. Which is why he drafted Kincaid and Coleman. Because of this, I don't think he saw Worthy as an outside receiver in the Bills offense. He'd saw him as an inside guy, and he already has Shakir on the roster.

Beane traded a first rounder for Diggs, used a 2nd on Coleman, traded a 3rd for Cooper, used a 4th rounder on Davis, and a fifth on Shakir. He signed Beasley, Brown, and Palmer as FAs. Additionally, he used a 1st round pick on Kincaid and a 3rd on Knox. He signed an outstanding 3rd down back in FA in Johnson. Aside from defensive line, during his tenure as GM, Beane has spent more draft assets and cap space on pass catchers for Allen than any other position group. The argument that Beane doesn't value receivers for Allen isn't true. The type of receivers he values, however, can be debated. Aside from Brown, Beane hasn't added speedy, downfield threats. Instead he favors bigger, possession WRs. And they want these guys to block for the run game. Beane, McDemott, and Brady aren't looking to out throw cover 2 defenses. That approach left the building with Daboll. They want a ball-control, possession offense, and their personnel decisions reflect this strategy. That's why they chose Coleman over Worthy. Is that the right approach? That's the real question. Allen won the MVP under Brady, but, you know, the Chiefs in the playoffs.

.818 save percentage. We don't have to deal with this nonsense this season.

So the question is why would you start UPL if you don't have to

Sabres getting Toronto'd this game