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WGR was talking about Coleman yesterday, how if he can become a WR that has to be doubled regularly that will free up so much more the offense can do. An obvious point but very true. A lot hinges on his second year leap. Bosa has been downplayed by us fans because of his injury history. The main thing is getting into the playoffs with him healthy. If he has a nagging injury in mid season and misses a few games, while not ideal, isn't the deal breaker. Having him healthy in the playoffs is key. Because we need him to cause mayhem in the standard Chiefs rematch. Same with Hairston. It sucks that he's missed so much time and who knows if he'll crack the starting lineup this season, but if he's healthy at season's end he will get playing time in the playoffs and that is where he could be hitting his stride as a rookie. His speed could really make a difference against someone like Worthy in the playoffs. Also, the additions to the defensive line could take the team up a notch, if they're able to get pressure without blitzing it'll mean a lot less of those annoying 3rd down conversions that drive me crazy every year. It's all what ifs but potentially could be well above last season. At the least I think they'll probably be pretty much the same

Thing is with Reid and why he's arguably the greatest offensive play caller of all time, if teams find a way to stop what they're doing he'll eventually figure something out with the pieces he has on offense. He's like the offensive version of Belichick in that way. All those times the Pats lost players on D and would start the season conceding a lot of points, people would say"this is it for the Patriots dynasty" and then by mid season he'd figured out a way for the defense to play based on the personnel they had available. Reid is the same with the offense. I always go back to a couple of years ago when the Chiefs had been struggling on offense all season. When they played the Bills in the playoffs Kelce was WIDE OPEN, I mean he couldn't have got more wide open. Mahomes simply tossed the ball to him and the announcers immediately started shouting "THAT'S the Mahomes we know!" No, that's Reid scheming people open. I really think if you look at Mahomes' best plays on YouTube, so many of them are him throwing to guys who are wide open, or throwing a little screen to Hill who then burned past everyone. Watch Allen's best plays and he's doing stuff completely off script and just making an insane play. I know Mahomes has hose plays too but I feel Allen has more because he's had to have more, because there's nothing mind blowing about the plays being called.

This is how you handle the reliable media.

A German newspaper now has the full story of how the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up and why the Ukrainian government was almost certainly involved. Here’s a condensed version: A commando-style team of Ukrainian professional divers carried out the operation from a sailing boat rented in Germany, which gave them easy access to the Nord Stream site. While the German government would have preferred to ignore the story, diligent law enforcement officials pursued the investigation and matched explosive residues found on the sailing boat with those recovered from the pipeline fragments. The most interesting part is how they traced the perpetrators. This is where a speeding camera comes in. By sheer coincidence, it caught a car speeding with the saboteurs on their way to port. Investigators tracked the car via its registered owner and discovered who had been inside. But the names turned out to be fake. Coordinating with Polish border security, they confirmed these individuals had crossed from Ukraine. But here’s the twist: The names were fake, but the passports were real, meaning that the Ukrainian government had to have been involved. For years we were told Russia was responsible, when in fact it was Ukraine all along (which is very similar to what happened with the 2016 election interference). If I were Trump, I’d use these stunning investigation results to apply serious leverage on Zelensky.

Have high hopes for Deone Walker. He stood out in TC and the Preseason. He has the ability to replace Jones in the 2nd half of the season and the playoffs. He appears to be a difference maker. Go Bills !!!

Reliable.

Of course it does! When we choke down this garbage: https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/lifestyle/how-to-get-food-freebies-to-celebrate-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engagement/ 😔😟 I just got diabeetus:

Veteran salary for PS is $17,500 to $22,000 per week. So his salary is somewhere between $315-396K assuming 18 weeks.

AND people only use the towels with clean hands AND pull fresh towel from it. NOT as bad as it looks... Maybe a little blue light would go miles in the psychological department.😏

Both of those were top quality starting players that we traded Day 2 Picks for. We're not talking about Amari Cooper level WR's or the kind of quality CB that Rasul Douglas (who was specifically traded for bc he was extremely adept at Zone coverage) was in 2023. We're talking about Practice Squad level players with "potential". You said those kind of players "get signed off the street mid season and learn enough of the playbook to play all the time", "like every season". Those two don't apply to that statement. They were starting on other teams the week before coming here. As for the names you mentioned, we don't know if Jordan Whitehead is willing to sign to a Practice Squad. Just bc he's floating out there now doesn't mean he's open to just anything. Tony Jefferson has played 24 games in total over the past FIVE seasons. He's started only 5 games over that time. I don't view him as an upgrade over Jordan Poyer. And he just re-signed to the Chargers Practice Squad, so there's no saying he had any interest in switching teams for the same role.

Before the season started, Shakir was getting nowhere near the love he did once the season was underway. Ty Johnson started '24 as third on the depth chart, and finished listed as co-#2. But yes, I believe he will continue to be utilized as the third down back, as I said. I'm not sold on Palmer, as most folks on here are, any more than I was on MVS last season. Who knows? But, I have no idea what your point is. Are you saying that Allen won't average 8+ different targets a game, as he did last season? I don't think you are. But, you do seem to be suggesting that Moore, Shavers, etc. will not have the opportunity to move up in this offense the way Hollins did last season, which I certainly do not agree with. Not saying they will, but they will have the opportunity.

Depends on who they got to replace Andy. I could see a new coach come in and keep the same playbook and let Pat do his thing and not mess anything up. Sort of like Barry Switzer did with Troy Aikmen and the Cowboys.

Actually most people thought Shakir followed by Kincaid would receive the lions share of targets following Diggs’ departure. As to Ty Johnson, he is the 3rd back in the RB rotation. As much as we the fans like him, he only had 25 targets last season. Baring injury to Cook or Davis (G-d forbid) his role will remain similar to last season. Josh attempted only 483 passes last season (all attempts 495) the second lowest he’s attempted in a full season. If you round that to 500 attempts, how are you allocating between Palmer, Kincaid, Shakir, Coleman, Cook, Davis, Johnson, Knox, Hawes, Shavers, Moore and Samuel? Last season, the top 4 pass catchers received 57% of the targets. With the addition of Palmer, a healthy Kincaid and an improved Coleman, I’m expecting that number to increase to 62-65%. Also the backs had 17% of the targets. I’m expecting that to remain steady. That only leaves 20% (or about 100 targets) of the targets to be allocated between, Moore, Shavers, Samuel, Knox and Hawes.

Why "other than a heavy defensive draft"? Why leave that out, and the same with "no eye popping free agents"? If Joey Bosa isn't an eye-popping free agent, your definition is arguably too narrow. Bosa - if healthy, a legitimate concern - shows every sign of making a serious difference. Same with Hoecht although I hadn't expected him to be as good as he has seemed to be in camp. And our two rookie DTs are making plays, Sanders here and there and Walker fairly often. They'll show a lot of inexperience, particularly early in the year but around halfway though they're reasonably likely to start making a visible difference, IMO. There's also the chances of real second-year improvement from guys like Cole Bishop, Coleman, Van Pran-Granger and Ray Davis. I'm a bit less hopeful about Solomon, but if we're lucky. There's reasons for concern as well. The injuries in the d-backfield sure haven't helped. But I think there's very reasonable likelihood for last year's terrific offense to play in the same neighborhood and for the defense to take some real steps forward, particularly in terms of the pass rush. On a team that came very close to the Super Bowl last year, that's a hopeful outlook. The rubber's got to meet the road. Still a lot to prove, but the same is true for every team every year, really.

The Eagles did this last year, and I’d say it worked out very well for them

They dropped Keleki Latu (who made some nice plays blocking, and on ST) off the PS, I assume to make room Poyer. A bit surprising to me, as there are no TEs now on the PS. I suspect this PS is not altogether set...

I agree. I never watched before, so I hadn't seen players cut. I'm sure a part of me might enjoy seeing them go through that but it just seems wrong.

It's remarkable to me that you leave out Ty Johnson, whose receiving abilities, along with his pass pro, make him what Josh Allen refers to as "the best third-down back in the league." He will likely be relied upon every game in third down situations. Those receptions aren't "leftovers." In 2024, Allen averaged 8-9 receiving targets per game, and only two players saw more than 60 targets in the regular season (Shakir, and Kincaid). But it's way too early to say who's going to get the bulk of targets for the season, anyway. I don't imagine anybody was predicting last September that Mack Hollins would get over 50 targets on offense-- fourth most on the team. I don't think there were too many people who predicted Shakir was going to explode into the team's leading receiver at 100 reg-season targets. (Shoutout to @Alphadawg7, who did make that prediction). Samuel, Shavers, Moore, and the rest will get their opportunities on offense, and if one of them shows up more than the others, they will get more targets. For all we know, Josh Palmer could be this year's MVS. Be that as it may, my point stands. It'll be fun to see how many different receivers Josh hits in a game.

Let me know if anything becomes available. Thanks all

We traded for Amari Cooper last year mid season. we traded for Rasul Douglas midseason the year prior. The defense and offense weren’t that complicated for 2 vets to come in and contribute without practice squad reps.

I remember Yankee talking heads saying he was like Gunnar Henderson. Well a couple of years latter it looks like they were wrong. But never fear, his agent is Scott Boras which means he will be a FA in a few years and could be a Yankee

No sense in Mitch playing and your giving White some seniority by allowing other teams to make their decisions on him free of injury. Buechele Needed the tape as well. Looks like it turned out ideal for everyone. Let’s question something else how

Why wouldn’t teams go CB/CB in the draft.. first and second rounds. If you have one ONLY, Benford, why not? Best case is they both start in nickel. The best of the duo plays outside corner, other guy nickel with TJ7. The competition pushes them to their max potential. Win-win-win. Worst case should be that you’ve got your CB2 no doubt and the other guy is Elam.