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The Dawkins one was a complete “phantom” call. The Cybo one was a “soft” call in that while Cybo may have held it was a hold that could have been called on any play.

It’s a very very good draft. 4 starters and 2 solid reserves is a great return on any draft let alone a draft that wasn’t heavy on premium selections. I know Elam hasn’t had a great time but I think he’s a quality backup and so is Spector. But Benford and Bernard and two high end starters on offense while Shakir and Cook are quality starters on offense.

McDaniel called a good game give him credit he coached like this was their season and it kind of was. Bass hitting a 61 yarder with room for more is just something you didn’t think you would see

I really love that Bass was the “hero” of the game. He could have nailed that kick from 65 or possibly more. This team let Miami hang around with a rather poor defensive effort in the second half minus the one turnover they produced. Josh without Amari there and a defense having a suspect game had to be super man at times more so than I think he should be but good teams “grind out” games that they maybe shouldn’t have won or could have lost. Amari gets a week off to rest his injury as does Benford. Gotta like getting a divisional win.

I really loved the draft right after it happened. I thought that short term and long term it was a nice piece of roster building. Early returns look solid

Looks fun, honestly love to see this team comradery. Only way it could have been better is if Keon went as himself with the yellow jacket.

Is this a serious question?

I think if Edwards wants out and there's another team willing to toss the Bills a late round pick or possibly a late round pick swap for Edwards then I think they are going to do it.

Once Cooper gets going he's gonna be that true breaker route runner. I do agree there isn't that true elite speed burner out there just yet. I am hoping that Samuel can get his toe healthy and be that guy that can add some pop of speed to the offense. Samuel ran a 4.31 and while he's never been more than an average ypc player in the NFL he's also never been utilized consistently from the boundary or in a more "gadget" situation. I think as the Bills offense gets more and more film on it a good way to add wrinkles to the offense to stay ahead of coordinators adjustments is to get Samuel into a role where he's a "supped up" gadget player. With Cooper/Coleman/Shakir as the top 3 WR there is a really good chance to have Samuel and Knox put in more unique situations. The team goes 4 wide Samuel can do things like jet sweeps, reverses, and deep shots down the field. Knox could be used more like a Full Back and out the backfield more. Lots of room for creativity with those two players in more complementary roles.

Dionate went to the Ravens, Not sure Ridley's contract is tradable he signed a 4 year massive deal. Mike Williams is on a much smaller deal. Only hang-up with Williams is that his deal has a lot of void years tacked onto it. He's got a 5.8 million dollar void year dead cap next year and then 3 smaller dead years of 800k afterwards. Not sure how void years work on a contract. But the Jets after the Devante trade have a glut at receiver and aren't using Williams anyway so if they can get a late round pick might as well take it.

He was playing well for the Texans, he was an elite WR2 with Collins operating in the boundary it was allowing Diggs to operate all over the field and make good plays for them. Without Diggs they are missing some serious pop from their offense. The Texans also have 4 less WR's on the trade market so that's also going to be an issue for them. That being said the trade market is still open so they at least have the option to explore a move.

Nice move for the Ravens got him dirt cheap too. Someone that could add some pop to an offense that needs better WR play. Lots of contending teams (and the Jets for some reason) making big WR moves. Texans with the Diggs injury also going to be in the market for a WR.

Injuries are the worst part of football. While it didn't end pretty with Diggs he had an amazing run here. Sad to see that he may have run out his prime with this injury at age 31 (soon to be 31 anyway). He was having a solid year too. He was on pace for close to 100 catches and over 1k yards in an offense with a lot of mouths to feed. Sad to see it happen to him no matter how badly it ended here he doesn't deserve to have that type of injury. Texans will likely be another team shopping for a WR at the deadline. With Dionte Johnson off the market along with Devante, Cooper, and Hopkins where could the Texans go to get another WR to pair up with Collins (when he gets back from his injury) and Dell? Maybe call up the Jets for Mike Williams? It's also the risk of any trade you make. Any player can get hurt. It also wasn't like Diggs was constantly hurt. He was fairly healthy throughout most of his career.

Chargers are for sure going to push the gas to try to make the playoffs. I think he's looking to set a tone with his culture by making the playoffs year one. The Chargers are taking 55 million in dead cap this season which is 7th highest in the league so they will have a chance to really rebuild quickly after this season.

The Bills have missed some of their better D-line players. Von has been suspended the past 4 games, Ed Oliver has missed 2 games, and there's been a few others that have missed some time. I think if this team is healthy it has a quality pass rush.

When it comes to the secondary I trust McD, if he feels like Demar can execute the system I think he will do just fine.

Von getting a 4 week rest early on in the season might actually help him. He's older and still coming off a serious injury less than 2 years ago. He got to ramp up and gain his confidence back in the first 4 games. Weeks 1-4 Von while maybe not 100% back to his 2022 form looked about 90% there. Now's he had a chance to stay fresh and rested and he's gonna get 3 games before another bye week. Seems like a great schedule for an older player.

Reid always made QB's look better than what they were. McNabb was an MVP candidate top 5 QB in the league for years under Reid. Vick was the best version of himself that one year under Reid when he was healthy and still at or near his prime athletically. Alex Smith also put in his best seasons under Reid as well. Mahomes is a generational talent and he's been able to reach his max level of success under Reid whose always gotten the most out of QB's.

I feel like Chan in 2011 with Fitz had a solid screen game for 5-7 weeks. I think Chan knew that he had to work around Fitz's limitations and take advantage of Stevie and Fred Jax strengths. Haven't seen this team develop a good screen game since until now. I think if this team can get Samuel healthy that could also be a weapon in the screen game.

Defense being banged up makes it very impressive. But what is making it more impressive to me is that the defense has made some clutch plays. Week 1 the defense shut the door on the Cardinals. Cards had the ball down 6 just under 2 minutes with 2 or 3 timeouts (I don't remember but they had at least 2 timeouts) and several times last season this team (first Pats game comes to mind) would let up a TD in that circumstance. But week 1 the defense forced a turnover on downs to close out the game. The only reason this team had a chance against the Texans was due to the defense forcing two 4th quarter turnovers. Against the Jets the Bills defense came up with that huge Taron INT to put the offense in position to ice the game. That's three games where the defense came up clutch which was not happening a lot last season.

I agree, I was just joking because with the new CBA the 5th year option is pretty worthless for any position besides QB. The options are listed below they aren't much better than the franchise tag. Multiple Pro Bowls: $21.5 million One Pro Bowl: $15.5 million Playtime Criteria (without Pro Bowls): $14.3 million Basic (no Pro Bowls or playtime milestones): $13.1 million

My only regret is trading down from 32 to 33 to take him, gonna need that 5th year option haha.

Keon has been great having a better impact than I hoped for or expected (and I expected him to have a decent impact). I knew he was going to be a capable NFL player when they showed his draft day visit with McBeane and he talked about how at Michigan State he went and learned what the offensive linemen were doing so that he can understand how much time he had. I also liked Beane saying he was happy Coleman ran a "slow" 40 time saying it will help to get him.

Not many "bad" games when you win 31-10 and it isn't even that close you tend to look good. Bills go to 6-2 and have a commanding 3.5 game division lead. I didn't see any injuries right that is huge. I love that they didn't even need Amari to have a big game and they still had a big game. Only negative is Josh had a pick but he's on pace to only have 2 on the season and still had 2 TD's.

I would put in Bishop on defense. Bills assuming there isn't an onsides kick recovery are gonna grind the clock out on offense and likely put this game into blatant garbage time gotta give the young players some snaps.