Alphadawg7
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This article/thread is a bit misleading as it isn't about anything he has been doing thus far. Its just an article about his potential as an UDFA based on his college history and player profile.
By default, he has a shot as safety isn't really set yet in terms of the depth, but there are some guys ahead of him that they either like or paid like they feel will contribute. So I would say its a bit of an uphill battle still, but not unsurmountable if he shows out in camp.
BUT - Until I start seeing his name come up as someone impressing or standing out, he will remain a long shot though because there are guys well ahead of him going into camp. If he does start to impress, then sure, there is room in the competition for him to make a case to make the roster, especially if he is also making an impression on ST.
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18 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
You should worry about the receipts you leave around first.
Remember when you started that thread guaranteeing the Bills would reach the AFCCG late in the 2023 season?
Or when you started your Shakir thread and included things like extrapolating his 2023 15.7 yards per catch number as if there were any chance he was going to replicate that from the slot with a greater target share in 2024. He predictably dropped to just 10.8 yards per catch.
I know that when pressed by yours truly, you put in the fine print later that a mere 900 yard season would justify your hyperbole about how great he was going to be but that's just how you roll.
Aim high, shoot low and claim a bullseye.
Except this isn't what I exactly said now is it (and you know that). Its pretty funny you want to call receipts about 2 threads I was pretty spot on in just about everything I said, and by most peoples accounts. Ive been wrong on things, as has everyone here, just funny you pick 2 things where if you read the threads I was pretty spot on.
It’s cute though that you are playing your usual games and twisting context to paint a different narratives which is your calling card. You on the other hand did spend plenty of time arguing Shakir can't catch and a lot of other nonsense your selective memory likes to gloss over.
18 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:Last offseason in the "quietly better" thread those of us who expressed concern about the quality of the WR corps were near universal in expecting the Bills offense to be good in 2023.
As people like @Kirby Jackson and myself said numerous times that they should still be a top 5 offense regardless. Because Josh Allen is great and they could always generate points in the regular season if they are willing to let the still prime athletic age Allen run 100+ times per year. It was proven by the results of 2023 after Brady took over.
The question is do they have the playmakers in the passing game to win big road games and playoff games?
Just like the issue wasn't whether the Bills Leslie Frazier top ranked and second ranked 2020-2021 defense's were good enough in the regular season.
The question was did they have enough playmakers(specifically pass rushers) to win in the postseason.
The people who got to flash the receipts last year were those of us who knew the WR corps wasn't going to be good enough against top competition and that Beane would be forced to make a trade to try to remedy it.
Shocker that again this is not exactly what you were really saying now is it. This is what you want people to believe you were saying when in reality you were slamming the offense, defending Dorsey after he was fired, even arguing Dorsey over Brady despite the results.
And while there were people who thought some of these things here, most were negative or all doom and gloom about the offense going into last season. And as I said then, before a down of football was even played, that the predictable "spin" once the offense proved to be great still was going to be the classic "Its all Allen" or even give all the credit to Brady...which is verbatim what happened.
However, myself and many others had said all offseason we were still going to be a top 5 offense, had potential to be the best offense of Allens career, addition by subtraction, and might be Allens best season and chance at MVP before a down of football was even played.
But keep on doing what you do where you blur reality and truths to desperately try to never be wrong when a LOT of what you said the past 2 years are things you certainly don't want "receipts" called on.
But you do you boo
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Dont let Henry run 80 yard TD's would be a nice start
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46 minutes ago, Malazan said:
Are there any other caveats you'd like to add? If Diggs is cut, it's because he can't play and they will not cut him until they know that which won't be soon. As I said, it will not happen until he "sees the field" which is just as true now as it was prior to the video being released.
All good man, if you want to believe that so be it. I mean I have no dog in this race or crystal ball and I am not here to say he is for sure getting released. I am just sharing that NE is has been considering it, and its not about whether he can play football still or not. And as I said, it stems beyond just the video. We will see what happens...this is more of a near term consideration, so if he makes it to camp I am guessing he is likely safe barring doing something else stupid or just falling off a cliff on the field.
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2 hours ago, Malazan said:
This is made up BS to capitalize on the attention and get views. There is zero chance he gets released before he sees the field.
Actually it’s not. No disrespect…but…You just stating your opinion doesn’t make it BS.
I’m not claiming he is getting released…but I’ve also heard there is real substance to this from people I trust.
Doesn’t mean it’s imminent, but the Pats are looking at how to get back some of the guaranteed money if they do. There are already things not meshing well with the coaching staff that go beyond the boat and Vrabel isn’t thrilled with the situation right now. And Vrabel wields a big stick there right now. Can it be salvaged still…sure…but to outright say it’s BS and has no chance of happening is not accurate.
If I was forced to choose between whether he is on the team week 1 or not, I would lean towards he probably is. But I also wouldn’t be confident enough in that to place a wager on it either and just rule out a release.
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There is buzz the Pats might release Diggs, not just over the boat incident either…including things like questioning if he’s really all in there in NE.
He better find a way to convince people in NE he is worth keeping around and fast because there is no way at 31, coming off an ACL, and then being released (if he is) that he will get anything close to what NE gave him which honestly was already a legit shock.
He gets released then he better be ready to play on a cheap 1 year deal because that’s all he will get, if even that.
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32 minutes ago, chris heff said:
If you do meet him will you tell him that I love him?
Absolutely.
My wife asked me “How willyou hide your b*ner if we meet Josh?”
And I said “Who said anything about hiding it?”
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My wife’s friend and her husband are, she is Hailee’s makeup artist. Hoping to meet them at the Golf Tournament he’s playing in Lake Tahoe in July that we are going to.
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22 hours ago, MarlinTheMagician said:
Tell me I am stupid, a hater or just off base.
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1 hour ago, NoSaint said:
is there a reason we think diggs would be strict about party drugs other than suspension concerns?
He’s been pretty strict on what he puts in his body and he’s hyper focused on proving he’s not done after the injury. So I would just personally be a little surprised if he was a user rather than just a provider in this instance. Especially with camp here and the risks with drug testing as well.
It’s not uncommon for athletes to bring “party favors” when they aren’t using them themselves. But who knows, maybe he does…just saying I’d be a little surprised
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2 hours ago, Yard Monkey said:
Yes, pathetic. If you are referring to the Packers game, it was his last play as a Bill thankfully. Chan Gailey was furious on the sideline. All of the receivers ran vertical routes and he didn’t throw it.
“Trent Edwards' infamous 4th and 11 play happened during his final game as a Buffalo Bill on September 19, 2010, against the Green Bay Packers. Instead of attempting a pass, he ran out of bounds after gaining only 6 yards, sealing Buffalo's fate in a 34-7 loss.
It was a frustrating moment for Bills fans, and just eight days later, Edwards was released by the team.”
Yeah that was it...so bad, for some reason I thought he was on the team longer than that after it, but still should have been cut before he hit the showers lol
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2 hours ago, The Wiz said:
Random drug test incoming maybe???
He gave the items to the girls, so doubt he was using them. But certainly warrants a drug test, but I would be surprised if he failed from what we know about Diggs personally.
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10 minutes ago, SoTier said:
"Captain Checkdown" never learned to read defenses ... which is why he earned that nickname. He was the perfect QB for Dick Jauron (who believed in playing not to lose games by too much) because Edwards was good with throwing a 4 yard pass on third and 5 and then punting. Jauron disliked Losman because he (Losman) tried too hard to make plays and win -- IOW, he took risks, which Jauron hated.
The worst play I have ever personally witnessed was watching Trent run out of bounds on 4th down on our final drive of the game instead of trying to make a play happen. Most pathetic, gutless, unacceptable play I have ever seen live in a game. She should have been benched or cut before he hit the showers.
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Lol...the dumbest part of this by Diggs is he knows there is a camera recording lol.
That being said, not sure how anyone could discipline Diggs here. I haven't heard of Pink Coke before, but regardless of what it was or wasn't, not sure how anyone can prove it was if Diggs denies it and says it was something else.
So I think the only person Diggs may be in the most trouble with is his boo Cardi B lol...although rumor is she was also on the boat, so maybe not lol
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1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:
Trent was never good, even before that hit
Thank you!
The myth of Trent Edwards is wild to me. I remember that season when we started 4-0 and I started a thread stating if he doesn't play better we would miss the playoffs. I got flamed left and right because we were "4-0" - albeit we had just beat 4 of the worst teams in the NFL. Trent had 1 TD in each game...our Def/ST combined for more TD's over that 4 game span than Trent had himself. And we barely beat 2 of those really bad teams that year.
He wasn't good, all he did was just not make mistakes while we beat the bottom feeding teams and let our defense/ST help carry us to wins. Soon as our defense and ST stopped scoring TD's we couldn't win a game with the president of Dakota Fannings fan club at the helm.
He was never good. He showed some potential as a rookie, then created false hope when he wasn't doing a whole lot in a hot 4-0 start against bad teams where our D and ST were scoring an unsustainable amount of times, and then just went on to never improve from what he had been.
And the injury myth still persists to this day for some as the reason he stunk
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1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:
I don't miss the days of trying to convince ourselves that Justin Fields is going to help us compete
Oh wait, thats the Jets message board
Bahahaha...post of the week
Man, those were some dark days. When your teams most popular or clamored for football player is the back up QB no matter how bad they are, its a very dark era at QB. I mean we lived through times where people made cases for guys like Brohm, Cardale Jones, etc just because they had yet to get on the field in a real game and prove they were trash yet. Gross
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15 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I agree with all this except I still think Keon is best suited as a big slot rather than as a Z receiver. I maintain if he ever ends up putting up really big numbers in the NFL it will be playing at least half of his snaps inside.
I also think the fact he has the most upside of anyone on the current roster at X is a bit of an indictment on the Bills outside receiver options, but that has been done to death elsewhere.
On a positive note...I will say this...the notes coming out on Keon so far this offseason are very encouraging so far and raising the level of excitement and optimism around Keon IMHO. Earlier this offseason Josh was speaking publicly about how Keon has been in his ear all off season about how he can get better and be better for Josh. Then he shows up with 10 more pounds of muscle and reportedly looking faster than ever in his cuts and just faster overall.
It's way too early to put too much stock into anything, good or bad, especially before pads go on. But we are at least hearing the things we want to hear about him thus far. But the one thing I maintained heading into the offseason is that Keon wants it...he wants to be great. And that for me is what I want to see in the young guys, that drive, commitment, extra gear to really push themselves in the offseason to come back and be a better version of themselves. And he has a lot of guys on this team that know what thats like and put that work in during their own careers, including his MVP QB and fellow WR Shakir more recently.
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1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:
Whether he is our best X... possibly. I think Palmer is more of a natural Z. There probably isn't a ton between them. But the Bills are going to start Keon as their X receiver. No doubt about that for me. They are going to try and force it to work for at least one more season.
Keon has the most potential/upside on the current roster at the X, but based on where he is right now, he is probably best suited to play out of the Z. Watching him in LA, Palmer can play both, but the Z is what best suits his game. So Keon 100% is going to be given every opportunity to try and demonstrate that on the current roster he is the best option at the X this year. That being said, I also wouldn't be surprised to see them rotate Palmer and Keon some this year between the two either, especially if Keon isn't taking enough of a step forward at the X.
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8 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
It's hard to heal calf injuries.
You can go easy on a hamstring but it's hard to walk at all without aggrivating a calf injury.
They are so often the precursor to a torn achilles.
It's happened so often to so many big name players now that it's odd when people try to brush it off like you are doing.
The Bills have good depth a DE. That's the saving grace. Not the insignificance of the injury for a brittle old pass rusher.
Oh don't get me wrong, its smart to sit him as I know it can lead to other injuries. That is why in my post I said the injury on its own isn't serious and sitting him is precautionary. Just look at what happened to Durant on the Warriors in the postseason his last year there.
What I was brushing off is that its May...calf injuries themselves are not hard to get past or heal. When I pulled mine playing basketball it hurt so bad I thought something in my knee popped. I was back to playing full court without issue 4 weeks later just from sitting on my 48 year old butt at home playing with my kids and not doing too much to aggravate it.
And this is a 29 year old professional athlete with a full medical and training staff at his disposal. So a call pull its not very concerning at this point and him just sitting out some early parts of the season ins't a big deal and just precautionary.
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8 hours ago, Doc Brown said:
It was a joke. Anybody that isn't a little concerned that he's injured already given his history is lying to themselves. Anybody that thinks the sky is falling is overreacting to a May injury of a calf pull.
Fair enough...I didn't pick up on the joke, so my bad. I agree that a little concern is warranted given his history and agree that the sky is falling stuff is way over the top. So agree with all of this and sorry I missed the sarcasm initially, its hard to tell who is joking or over the top sometimes here because the over the top is comically absurd at times.
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36 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:
If we cut him now we save $520k this year and $5.4m next year.
Why would we cut him though? He is on a 1 year deal and has a calf pull, something I play full court basketball on at age 48 and without the benefit of a training staff.
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55 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
I subscribe to texts from Matt Parrino, he sends out updates throughout OTAs and training camp. It's worth the $5 per month. His first update today is that early defensive standouts in team drills were TJ Sanders and Landson Jackson. So that's a promising start. Sanders in particular I am really excited about. The more I watch of him the more I think his skill set will really translate to the NFL.
Im really high on both of them and never expected we could get Landon where we did, could be steal of the draft IMHO. So its even better when we start seeing some early buzz on them and hope that momentum just keeps building throughout camp and preseason
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I get this is TSW, so TSW is gonna full on TSW every chance it can add to the theatre of dramatics and negativity...
...but come one...its a pulled calf...hardly concerning. Its better to just be cautious and keep him out, its not a serious injury, on its own. Its just OTA's too
Its May...long time until January.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program of beating the dead horse on receivers...lol
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2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
And the answer was not Joe Brady. It is all on Keon.
Gotcha, but I just didn’t take his post as out right blaming Brady, he threw out lots of potential factors. All good-
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Rashod Bateman, Contract Extension: 3 year, $36.75 Million, $20 Million Guaranteed
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Then who plays DE? What DE are you getting off the street for less that can be at least at Groots level? Much easier and cheaper to find a RB than it is DE's. This isnt about who to pay...its about who is playing in their spot if you don't pay them and what does that cost and what is the return on the investment.
Not paying Groot and replacing him with a cheap FA is going to hurt more than not paying Cook and letting Ray Davis and Ty fill the duties.