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Originally Posted by PATRIOTSFANINPA
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I like to call these articles "Predictions I'm embarrassed to admit."
Mark Anderson represents the reason why the Pats are the Pats and the Bills are the Bills.
Last year, you wouldn't find his name in any articles or bold predictions... the Pats get him for peanuts and get a motivated player fighting for survival in the NFL. Anderson nearly leads the pass rush to a Super Bowl win.
The Bills then sign a guy who is no longer motivated, no longer in the right situation, and is aging pretty fast- for $9M per year- and it's hailed as a great signing! Mario Williams? Highest paid defensive player in the league, yet no one could say with a straight face that he provides defensive value in the top 10.
The Bills did not make a single signing where a player can realistically outperform his contract. They were the Redskins of the offseason, and come next year, they'll have a lot of holes and no resources left. I'd think at this point in times teams would learn that auction-style building does not work in the economic realities of the modern NFL. It's a lazy way of doing things- just targeting the biggest names and outbidding your competition. It's a sure formula for epic failure and disappointment.
That said, I'm glad the Bills did this because I think they'll beat the Jets at least once- if not twice. I'm rooting for them as long as they're not playing against us. I predict the Bills go 7-9.