WhitewalkerInPhilly

M Agreed. I will not panic if the Bills are 3-3 to start the year. We have a lot of new pieces and quality opponents. Losing week one makes getting to 3-3 a rough ride.

This game??? I am conflicted because in pretty much every way this *should* be a blowout win. The Cardinals are baaaaad bad, have their WR group kneecapped to start the year and are flying to the East Coast for a raucous home opener. I can only see them winning by the Bills beating themselves. Unfortunately, we've seen so little of the starting offense together I have no idea what that looks like and with starters injured or held up I expect a healthy dose of rust. I remember the mantra: Week One is a Liar. The Chiefs lost opening day and then took another Super Bowl. No Week One game is a "must win" but looking at the schedule ahead? Things get *rough* if the Bills come out flat.

I expect he'll get a call up unless some team snatched him

"Oh no, I collect a full base salary, get a full year of offseason conditioning and working with coaches to have a better shot next year!, where I can make even more money if I just hold even." It's not a bad deal for a rookie.

Now it's like $700 so hell no. Even if it was the same price as last year it wasn't worth it. If it was every game? Maybe $400 would be worth it. I'd watch more. But with Primetime games and exclusive streaming games and local broadcast blackouts? I'd maybe get half of them. I'm also expecting a newborn imminently so NFL rewind is looking like a far more likely option.

That's the biggest difference: this wasn't playing 2s and 3s in garage time. I know it's due to injury that he started but Joe made the most of his time. This was against starters and whatever McDermott and Babich saw in practice made him first among equals on depth players

I know, as fans on the board, tend to overhype preseason wonders. We see an undiscovered underdog and we jump to support them, even if the talent doesn't match up. But, in this case, I really don't see the harm in rostering the guy. Milano will start the season on PUP or IR. Last year, the team rostered 6 LBs (Milano, Bernard, Dorian Williams, Dodson, Spector Manaketitch) Dodson and Manny are gone. Right now our depth chart is Bernard, Williams, Spector, Nicolas Morrow (who Eagles fans are cheering the departure of) and then... Edefuan Ulofoshio (5th round rookie, likely practice squad fit)? Shayne Simon? Deion Jones? You're telling me that even if one spot is held for a guaranteed special teams players that Andreessen can't beat one of those guys for spot #6? UPDATE: And he's a special teams player! When was the last time we saw Manakevitch come off the bench and tackle like that? At this point I'll be shocked if he's not on the roster

Sorry I was at family dinner and I have the game recording. I kind of turned out when Josh wasn't playing. But considering that Milano's return date is "indeterminate" he's almost sure to be on PUP to start the season if not IR. I know it's one preseason game but Bernard and Dorian Williams have looked solid so far and having a young guy on the team working up? There are worse things to find.

Massare posted something about Andresson at LB. Is there something noteworthy?

I mean it's hard to fault the logic when they have another one next week but it's disappointing as hell to miss watching the gear up

Is there a reason why Josh isn't playing?

We could have made that work.

I'm sorry that seems like a cherry picked stat. Goal line passing? When you have one of the best Red Zone running QBs in the league? Why do you care? And congratulations, why do you think we brought on those big bodies?

It's a shame because I think he is legitimately talented, but his list of screwups meant that he was going to need a near perfect camp to get through to the roster. With Coleman effectively doing what we'd hope Claypool would be ahead of schedule, Shakir and Samuel set in stone, Hollins and MVS seemingly having an inside track and Shavers getting rave reviews it was looking like long odds.

I've seriously been thinking about that

Something most teams can do with ease? What?!?

I agree that with McDermott's track record rookie defenders really have to earn their spot. The thing is, drafting guys and forcing them to beat out journeymen/putting them in the role has kind of been working. Milano started behind Humber, Epenesa was rotated in, Bernard had to earn his spot and so has Elam. Some have washed out, but they were never forced to be the sole point of failure

I will say that after being pretty doom and Gloom about our receiving prospects in April and May I am pleasantly surprised to be having discussions of how deep we are. Chase Claypool had what, two 800+ yard seasons and right now he's on the outside looking in with a rookie who looks like he can do what Claypool does better.

I would not be shocked if it's 7 WR. 6 is more likely, but Brady has been preaching position less football. If it comes down to Hamler and Shavers I think they try to sneak Shavers onto the practice squad

Can they confirm or deny that Von Miller was on the field last year?

It's getting extremely difficult for me to not hype Coleman. My pre-training camp standard was cleaning up enough to be used situationally in the red zone and gradually spool out for a greater role but he has been consistent in holding his own vs the teams best outside corners. I think Kincaid starts as the primary downfield threat but if Coleman keeps it up it might be forcing teams to pick their poison.

I'm not *eager* to, but if 2024 is a catastrophe or he gets outplayed the team has options

They are pretty close to. Before this they were 44 million over the cap and Hill was one of the few players they could release. I assume this brings them down and if they leverage the Waddle and Tue to maximum they can probably squeak under but only just. They brought on a bunch of FA defenders this year and one year into a contract does not give you a lot. They are likely going to break even and have the draft so they really are putting all their eggs in few baskets Beane took some bitter medicine this offseason but the result is that they look the be under the cap with a few very easy moves to make space: Allen restructure or new contract, likely a Von Miller cut and if our 2024 rookies work out DaQuan, Edwards and Rapp are expendable.

I mean with the way the secondary is banged up I would not be upset if they roll him over to safety. They need a more center fielder type and it might hide the grabbies I mean people freaked out over the 58 but yeah

Ducking autocorrect But oh man, Conehead is my childhood. I still hear him after not going to a Bison's game in over a decade. "The Comehead guarantee You get a warm beer from me You drink it for free"