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Knox had 20 receiving TDs his first four seasons at the TE position. Chris Olave, who most Bills fans coveted to fix this offense, has 13 TDs over the same time period as his team's #1 WR. Don't act like Knox wasn't somewhat effective before Brady took the playcalling reigns.

It's not a coincidence that many receivers - Diggs, Moore, Samuel, etc. - were more productive before they played for Brady than they were under him. Brady isn't adept at scheming a downfield passing game. It's also true that we don't have an elite receiving corps. (But it's more talented than the stats may suggest). And it's also true that Brady and McDermott seem to prefer a low-risk, balanced attack that minimizes TOs while scoring a bunch of points. And this is true too: the Bills see a lot of 2-high shells because opponents don't want cannon-armed Josh to heave the ball down the field. As I see it, the Bills general crappiness in the downfield passing game is a multifactorial issue. However, I'm glad Big Turk posted about the misuse of our wide receivers because that's a part of it that doesn't get enough attention.

I have a hunch cook will play but Ray Davis will be the feature. I could see Bosa out but I expect up Vanessa to play. I'd love to give that guy with alopecia a chance. I'd learn his name if he actually dressed on game day. Jackson or something.

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I like this play design! Samuel takes top of. Shakir draws some attention out in the flat, nothing crazy but it made the LBs freeze a bit. Hawes brings some attention forward. All that left Moore wide open and woulda been in space with his speed

The talent of a number 4 wide receiver versus #4 cornerback cornerback is staggering. On top of this usually it is the fourth wide receiver against a linebacker. The drop off in skill set talent is tremendous. Few linebackers can cover a wide receiver even if it's the fourth on the depth chart. More rare yet in today's NFL is that a safety can cover a number four. The number for safety is generally a depth guy with a well-rounded toolbox. The number four wide receiver is usually a one tool specialist; being elusive, being fast, large body, something. For that kind of matchup you will get amazing opportunities. A David Tyree opportunity. A guy who could come in and make a valuable contribution.

Passing game should go through Kincaid. He's a matchup win.

Haha well played - this was funny, and yet while a fun joke its also quite plausible given the expected strength of the DL class. Only way its a DB though is if there is a Safety there sticking out when we are on the clock. And if WR isn't the first pick, we can still land a WR in rounds 2 or 3, looking around the NFL many of the best WR's in the NFL were not first round picks anyway. So if we did go another direction in the first, I would think based on Beane's intentions this trade deadline that WR would still be an early pick. Outside the draft, one guy I am going to have my eye on this offseason is if DJ Moore is gettable.

Can we rename this the James Cook thanks Ray Davis for losing weight thread?

As I mentioned in the multi page Shaheed thread….its an absolute shame/travesty that they just spent millions to bring in Palmer only to have him become a virtual afterthought. Isn’t he supposed to be Josh’s WR2?

The guy is a dawg. Natural leader. Really hope he makes a full recovery and can give us something next year.

When trading for a proven commodity, you are removing the biggest variable, and that's whether or not a guy can excel at the next level. In reading what Kirby posted in the trade thread, and Beane's presser from yesterday. It almost all but confirms that they were really going after BTJ. The million-dollar question of course, that we likely will never know, is how close they got to a deal. Was our max maybe a 2nd and player, say Keone or Samuel? Was Jax wanting a 1st+ ? Did Jax jack up the price at the last minute? I still say that he was worth, about the price we paid for Diggs, and I'm willing to bet that Beane was probably willing to at least come close. I'm wondering if the Sauce trade happened, and Jax thought, wait......maybe we should also push for a 2 1's, and at that point, Beane hung up on them.

He's never been a TD machine. He had one great year TD wise when he was the only TE playing and had some fluky scores and a lot of goal line targets. That offseason Beane gave him a huge contract top 5 TE money, which is why so many Bills fans were incensed (at least the fans that aren't delusional). It was a TERRIBLE contract, it's still a huge egg on Beane's face. Knox's friendship will Allen probably played a part I'm sure, to be fair it was an uncharacteristic mistake for Beane. The fact that we spent a first round pick on a TE a year later is an indictment on that contract and admission by Beane he screwed up. Kincaid is clearly the better player, particularly from a receiving standpoint, not sure why you would expect Knox to ever be a big part of the offense again.

My point is that those players can be used in those roles more often, but they choose to use Shavers and Coleman instead, which are obviously due to their run game blocking and I get it... The point I am trying to make is that we have shifted too far in one direction with it and need to be balanced, especially at the times when the defense has answers, which isn't often, but does happen. All too often, it seems their plan it to simply double down.

"No concern too small" for the government to care about is one of the most horrible things I've ever heard.

Just wish he would have waited until the playoffs to say this. Now he gives worthy tips to change this Yeah, Worthy is like "what the hell is he talking about? I don't do that" lol

love any mismatches, but WR4 winning against CB4 is usually more of a nice added feature than a focal point of sustainable success

I was on the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge in 2012, ready to jump. I was rapid cycling from my Bipolar, and my doctor had screwed up my meds. I had a friend who I was talking with throughout the day call me while I was on the bridge, and she said go to the Psych ER one more time. If it doesn't work, you have my permission to jump. I went to the ER, and in California where I was living at the time, they immediately gave me a prescription for meds. I went and got those filled right away, had a come to Jesus meeting with my doctor to straighten out my meds. I reconnected with my now wife 3 months later, moved to Buffalo, and my Bipolar has been in remission for over 10 years. You're so right in saying mental illness is no joke.

I will try not to make this a run-on sentence or get too long winded. Doing this while being lazy and doing voice to text Coleman needs to be off the field more at the wide out position. It's just not working or scaring anyone. He can go out there on certain Downs to help lock and maintain some mystery on offense but he needs to be tucked inside or off the field all together. The outside needs to have speed and people to draw defenses deep and the off balance coverage. Josh might look there and capitalize on a deep ball threat. Gabe Davis will be the one to do this better then Coleman but who knows if Davis will get there this year Putting samuel, palmer, Moore, or someone else on the outside that can draw coverage with over the top help to be bracketed. We are not seeing much from Shakir right now and using him wisely needs to be considered. He's overvalued by the fan base but extremely talented. Nonetheless putting in Coleman as a big slot or second slot guy will draw in the defense a little more. This gives us options to run outside, or push Coleman to the boundary where he's big enough to get a contested catch or over the Middle where he can survive the big licks by a linebacker. We are misusing our talent plain and simple.

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don't worry it'll be romo and nance glazing mahomes while he's not even in the stadium

I honestly think they have enough if they just used them better. Moore or Samuel against most CB4's should win.

So even if you extrapolate the math on this it is 4% inflated. That is not awful at all. ***** people are stupid. ***** ***** stupid.

I remain perplexed about the usage of Knox. Guy used to be a TD machine, and now he doesn't seem to get any looks.