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Loud Losses and Hidden Gains

The Bills 2016 season will not be defined by a loud offseason but by how well Tyrod Taylor plays in his second year in Buffalo. (Getty Images)

The Bills 2016 season will not be defined by a loud offseason but by how well Tyrod Taylor plays in his second year in Buffalo. (Getty Images)

Evan Sally

The Bills offseason has been a comedy of dysfunction, errors and plain bad luck. Since Rex Ryan declared that his team “won the offseason” the football gods have seemed determined to render that statement false, even if it was kind of silly in the first place. The team and it’s fan base has taken a beating, once again leading to low expectations and the belief in some circles that this season may already be shot. It’s pretty hard to not feel this way. From top draft pick Shaq Lawson needing surgery shortly after Doug Whaley said he wouldn’t, to the hiring of Rob Ryan after he led the Saints defense to one of the worst defensive seasons of all time in a move of seemingly blatant nepotism, to reports of LeSean McCoy fighting a cop, to the litany of suspensions and training camp injuries, it’s been a chaotic offseason from hell.

But how much does it matter? Continue reading

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