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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.

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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.

he is going to get cut when we bring hairston and gable off IR

I find this whole thread to be batshit crazy. They are going to get married and it has absolutely no effect on any of our lives.

The Bills always make it look hard. Big plays, a lot of times they’re broken plays and Allen scrambles to throw or scrambles to run (someone over). What I’d love to see is the Bills get more creative in the element of short yardage passing designs tobe called in RB running play situations. Know what I mean? The screen game to anyone but Shakir is weak to the point of completely counterproductive. We know they used to be good at tight end play designs.. where those been?? Have the play callers.. Dorsey and Brady.. been to Josh dependent on what they are signaling in and not working hard to be innovative and expansive? Imagine if Josh had an experienced master play designer and game day caller. How about a defensive coordinator that knew how to screw up an opposing QB’s afternoon in the playoffs.. Because bottom line is he has not had any of that so far.

Did you even read? Nothing we stated said that you are just making stuff up

Was watching/listening to a podcast on the YouTube where a guy that was totally committed to his take that the Bills and the Chiefs are at exactly the same spot as last year, all things considered. Basically, nothing’s changed. Until they beat them in the playoffs it does not matter… ….if we brought in Garrett AND Parsons. It would only matter AFTER they beat the Chiefs in the playoffs. Ya wanna know what I’m really disgusted by… is that bad thought creeping’ into my head that this is all a dream and McDermott and ALL the Bills coaches, and front office staff, and almost the whole roster is just simply average. Middle of the pack. And that it’s Josh Allen who is the whole f’ing show. Like for reals. That frightens me to hell.

"overburdened with mitochondrial challenges" indeed

What the hell is that supposed to mean? I was asking about the strange numbers you were writing to me. 1 hr and 54 seconds? Are you being some kind of fukwit, or worse? Or perhaps, we have no idea what each other is talking about. What does 1hr 54 seconds mean?

Great, another thinly veiled thread to trash McDermott. Such an ignorant take, but unfortunately all too common among the “Super Bowl or failure” crowd. There’s really only one playoff game under McD in which the Bills came out flat (Cinci), and against KC they simply haven’t gotten the same breaks as their opponent.

I said could, not would, and I understand what you’re saying, but I do think several would have a decent shot at unseating starters in this league.

Who does that for us? When did that happen? Bc last year, Kareem Jackson and Lewis Cine were in our system before the season started. And Cine wasn't called upon until late into the season. When was the last time we plugged and played a Practice Squad player "off the street halfway through the season"? That's not something that happens every season with this regime. Maybe with other teams, but a lot is required of our Secondary. It's a complicated scheme. Who is the Safety that's floating around right now that would agree to a Practice Squad spot that would be an upgrade over Poyer without knowing the Defense?

I mean, guys get signed off the street mid season and learn enough of the playbook to play all the time? Like every season? I’m not really overreacting because it’s not that big of a deal to me, I just disagree. I think if you want Jordan Poyer’s mind helping the young kids out there, he doesn’t need a PS spot to do that. I think I would take my chances on elevating a Tony Jefferson or a Jordan Whitehead week 8 from the PS after learning the playbook than 35 year old Jordan Poyer. That’s jmo

Viagara is making eye drops now. Makes you look hard.

There’s dozens of specific reasons we could be better and dozens why we could be worse than last year. Too many for me to want to list all of them. The general factors will be: - How much our young players develop throughout the course of the season - If we’re healthier on defense and/or less healthy on offense compared to last year - How well our free agent signings gel (or don’t gel) in a new system - Unforeseen regressions from players that were on the team last year (e.g. Kincaid, Oliver, Rasul last year) - An underrated one is how much Babich and Brady improve after their first full seasons as coordinators Im trending more towards us being better than last year, but I’ve also told myself that before 4 of the last 5 seasons. And the one season I thought we would be worse was last year and it ended up being our best season of the McBeane/Allen era. The truth is we really won’t have a good idea until a few months into the season at least.

I don’t think its the same team. Sanders, healthy Milano, Bosa, Walker, Hoecht and Ogun make a very different front 7. Then in the secondary, 2 of the 4 starters are new.

The "potential" that actually matters is Cole Bishop and Jordan Hancock. If there's injuries to the Safety room or that potential isn't there this year, you want a veteran that knows the Defense that you can plug and play. Anyone but Jordan Poyer or Darrick Forrest would require learning the Defense and the Playbook while real bullets are flying. While also being the type of talent that was just put out on the street. I think you're really overreacting here. Whatever "potential" you're getting from a Practice Squad Safety here is likely the same and potentially less than we'd get from Poyer, if we have to put him in. Especially when you consider the familiarity Poyer has with what McDermott wants.

We're -45M in dead cap year-over-year. All our young vets have been extended. Most of our roster is young and still improving. Everyone of consequence from last year is back, and we have some new defensive signings and a decent looking rookie class. Our new faces suggest more blitzing and covering one-on-one which might mean McD is finally planning on trying something new vs. Chiefs.

Mahomes is the better passer and the better overall QB. For all the power Josh has, he's not a very good deep ball thrower, and if I need to pick a player in the league to make one play, it's unquestionably Mahomes. Mahomes throws a better ball to Kincaid, and makes the right read on that incompletion to Shakir.