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1) Weak schedule so while 4-0 is great, I’m not sure I take a ton from that aside from a great comeback against a healthy Ravens team and then beating teams we absolutely should beat. 2) JA is the best QB in the league and continues to prove it. His floor game is the ceiling for 90% of QB’s in the NFL. 3) Cook proved me wrong. I didn’t want to pay a RB. I didn’t think he was in the Henry, Saquon, JT realm of running back.. He is. James Cook is elite. 4) Free Agency anyone, anyone? Beane talked a whole lot of defiance this offseason about WR and hyping Josh Palmer. Let’s hope he grows in this Offense because ehhhh ok. 5) Kincaid & Hawes could become the best TE duo in the league in coming years. 6) Deone Walker absolute HIT. Potential high RD1 pick before the back injury and he clearly looks back to being that guy now. Sky is the limit for him. 7) Team is coasting on an early easy schedule with the core. FA additions and Draft Class not giving us much. Hairston injury, Sanders is meh to ok so far which as a rookie DT isn’t awful, Jackson can’t even get a jersey. Hoecht/Ogunjobi out til Week 8 and Josh Palmer looks like the same guy with the same usage in LA but for more money. Need to get more from the additions than just Walker & Hawes.

I never said Knox would be here next season. In fact, if you go down 3 posts, you'll see that I said it's likely he won't unless he pretty much rips up his contract by taking an insane pay cut on par with what we'd save for him being gone. What I'm saying is that Hawes will not be switching his role from an incredibly integral part of our Offense as a Blocker to becoming someone who's running routes all the time, like Knox. As I also said, he out snapped Knox in the last game. So in that sense he's already TE2. But if you think they're going to all of a sudden stop using him significantly less as a Blocker (where his skills are Elite) to be a route running pass catcher to replace Knox, based on the 1 time he's caught a ball in each of the 4 games - i've got a bridge to sell you.

Hawes played the most snaps of any tight end on Sunday. Id gather if you go to the season snaps he has outsnapped Knox. That said, I am not sure they even play the some position in the offense. Yes they both play tight end but Hawes is a Y inline tight end and Knox is more of a hybrid F back. Hard to say Hawes has surpassed Knox when they dont play the same position in the offense.

For many of us, all we know are the drought years. We are the opposite of entitled. We finally have THE guy and it hasn’t happened yet because of coaching blunders and continued holes in roster construction that we just can’t seem to figure out (fingers crossed that’s solved this year as time goes on). That’s not to say we aren’t grateful for the team we have, and have had in recent years - but one can be appreciative while also critical, as many of us worry the current regime isn’t capable of holding up their end of the bargain around (likely) the best chance we’ll have at winning a Super Bowl in our lifetime.

Way too early for you to make any of these claims in my opinion. If anything I would be leaning toward the opposite of everything you said, but we will know more as the season progresses. Hawes has caught everything thrown at him and has out targeted Knox the last 2 games. Releasing Knox after June 1st would save the Bills approximately $7M in cap ($12M cap save - $5M dead cap). If I am Beane, that is… intriguing. Pre-June 1st cut would save $2M without amortization.

Knox is 'Mr. Brightside'. He's not going anywhere. Don't overlook the chemistry that Beane has built into this team. Knox is an entrenched 'Allen guy', They always carry 3 TEs anyway. No great need to make changes at that position quite yet. When Kincaid is up for a contract in a couple of years that may change. They'll probably want to re-sign him. By that time Knox will be 30-ish, and still have some value on the trade market. I don't know how they manage their cap, but they may limit how much they want to allot to that position group. But, to answer the OP, I think Hawes could eventually be TE 1 or TE 2. We haven't seen enough targets to him yet to truly evaluate his value as a pass catcher/route runner. Right now, Hawes is a great addition to a group of tenacious blockers helping James Cook to be a weekly threat. I'm good with that for now.

Keep calling people nazis!!!

It won't be Leslie Frazier... 😀 He's been the Assistant Head Coach in Seattle for the last two seasons.. I've posted several times that I think they'll improve as the season progresses. But I've also questioned whether it will be enough.

I'm pretty certain the Bills defense is going to get better as the season goes on, provided there aren't a bunch of injuries late in the season. This year feels different than previous years. A bunch of minor injuries early in the season as well as guys coming back from suspension is setting the team up for a late season run. This is key. With a Bills defense improving, forcing more stops, that gives Josh and the offense more opportunities to score. Nothing is guaranteed but I really like how things are playing out so far. Could be a special year.

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Now I know why he breaks so many tackles.

Yes i read Kirwan's 'Take your eyes off the ball' book... an excellent read, especially for someone like me who (living in Ireland) has never played the game, or been coached etc. It defintely helped me understand the game and get more out of watching it.

I'm looking forward to this particular shutdown... There's a certain magic in the air today... Fingers crossed...

Good!

The Fins will owe him this years salary and any guaranteed money in forward years will stay on their books as dead cap dollars next year. Bills went through the when Eric Wood was forced to retire.

Flying in to take my four kids ... this will be my son-in-law's first Bills experience. Prefer together, but willing to take a couple, close locations.

It was weird seeing Hill smiling on the cart. Maybe it ended his misery of being on the team this year. I don’t think people are feeling entitled, it’s just that they fear that some of the weaknesses are lethal to our Super Bowl hopes, bc they’ve seen that show before and better versions of it. The D for all intents and purposes has been a huge investment in draft capital over many years with Beane and McD and it just doesn’t seem like it’s any good as a unit. There are guys that can play and are good talents, but for a light, speedy unit at LB they don’t seem very fast at recognizing the play or being position to make the play, and the tackling…yikes. The secondary with White and Rapp seems a tad too slow with some glaring weaknesses covering certain route combinations. The line is probably the strongest part of the D and it has been inconsistent in run gap discipline and pass rush lane discipline. All in all it doesn’t seem very coordinated and it’s hard to tell how much of a % each aspect of scheme vs personnel philosophy vs actual player performance is the issue. The bottom line is that they may need to try something different. I’m at the point of wanting Strong and Thompson to start as the first attempt to cure some deficiencies, but I’m not thinking it’s going to solve all the problems.

I don't frequent the ticket area on TDB, but we are looking for 6 tickets if anyone knows of any leads.

K, I don’t see the Bills moving on from Knox as McD really likes these heavy sets. Based on the opponent, we may some games where there is a ton of 13 personnel, and 12. We basically can bully some opponents. Hawes is promising and cheap. Knox may need to take a reduction in his contract after the year is over, but doesn’t necessarily mean they cut him. Just one guy’s opinion. I don’t know anything more than the rest of you. I have learned quite a bit over the years listening avidly to Movin the Chains on Sirius. In the off season they call it the R’s. Reduce, Release, or Restructure. It’s basically what GM’s and Capologists do each off season. Those guys, Pat Kirwan, a former coach and front office guy along with Jim Miller, a long running second string QB for several teams have really nice insights into how football people think. I know Pat and Cower have written several books in “First Take Your Eyes off the Ball”, and teaches people who love football how to break down games, etc. Ive read it and learned a lot. I’m a guy who played and coached football and learn a lot from them.

Maybe we can draft a punter, worth a shot right?

Again, I was talking about the OFFENSE. For whatever reason, you're twisting my words and arguing a point I never made.