billsfan89

I don't forget how far the team has come since the drought era. The team has a great core of talent, drafts well (the team has extended 2 or more players from each draft class from 2017-2019), has a franchise QB age 27 and has been massively successful the past 4 years. Four playoff appearances, four playoff wins and three straight division titles. AND There still is a window of opportunity to win a Super Bowl. The team is still a quality team that boasts what could be a top 3 defense in the league, a quality offensive supporting staff that improved the offensive line and added the best TE in the draft and a quality ST unit. I get playoff failures being frustrating but come on its still a much better ride than the drought years where making the playoffs seemed farther away than this current team winning a Super Bowl is.

I don't think they do either. I don't see a small extension because Tre is still under contract until 2025 when he will be 30 so the timeline of his deal works perfectly for the Bills. I don't see a restructuring because the Bills have the ability to get out of Tre's deals if they don't restructure. They can get 6 and 12-million dollar cap savings on a 16-million-dollar overall number as the deal currently stands. The Bills would effectively have dead cap numbers on Tre for 10 million in 2024 and 4 million in 2025. If they restructure his deal they get locked into him in 2024 and effectively for 2025. Whereas if they keep his deal as is they have major flexibility in future years and if he has an amazing bounce-back year they can do a restructure of his 2024 deal and save 5 million on that year's cap.

The Bills also have some ways they can open up more money if needed I think a D Jones extension and or a Dawkins restructure both open up 4-6 million each.

Concerning that a 6 foot 8 guy is already having some back issues. BUT it is August 4th and we don't really know much about it. Could simply be spasms from heat/dehydration. Until we get more information I can't get too worked up about it. I am curious as to how Brown has been doing in camp thus far? How has Snell and Queese done behind him?

If I were to design the rules for the NFL, I would set it up the following way A simple one-point conversion is from the two, similar to the current two-point conversion. A two-point conversion is moved back 5 yards and the snap is take from the 7 yard line. A three-point conversion is moved back an additional 10 yards and is taken from the 17-yard line. Even though a 3 point conversion would be insanely difficult it still would allow games to be within 1-2 scores a lot longer. Currently, a 17-point lead is a "three possession" lead. By adding the ability to get 18 points in two possessions you push back the "three possessions" lead to 19 points. I wouldn't even hate the idea of adding a 4-point conversion from the 30-yard line but that may be too "gimmicky".

I think if that were adopted into the NFL most teams would just go for 2, not really much of a difference in earning 2 vs 5 yards. I do genuinely like the idea of an "action point" and a 3 point conversion. I just think you probably would have to adjust the yardage.

I think the team carries 5 safeties given the age and injury history of the starting pair. I also think Hamlin sticks on the roster because he is signed to a cheap deal the last year of his rookie contract next season. Marlow is older and Rapp is only signed to a one year deal. So having at least some younger option at safety that is signed for 2024 only makes sense for the Bills longer-term roster building. I think given that Rapp is going to likely be used as a "big nickel" and moveable "piece" while Hyde and Poyer play likely means that they carry one less LB or CB and given that Marlowe is a good ST player they can justify it easier as well.

Kickoffs were the most dangerous play in the NFL, I think 30% of ACL injuries occurred on special teams plays despite ST snaps only being 18% of snaps and kick returns heavily part of that stat. I think doing the XFL rule is fine there is no reason to have such an overtly dangerous play when you can do it in a simpler safer manner that accomplishes the same thing.

Hamlin should make the 53, he played decently last year and there is not a lot of depth at safety

I think you can make the case at safety that the Bills are more injury prone and of course a year older. But I think for the most part the Bills despite the loss at MLB and the concern at safety are better in several other areas. Offensive line, pass catcher, corner (more experience and Tre further removed from injury) and DT the team has improved.

Looking forward to seeing how Torrence holds up in pads. Good reviews early on but O-line players really need the pads to really evaluate them. Also interested to see the RT battle, can Brown have a rebound season?

I wonder how Snell is doing at RT thus far in camp. I think Spencer Brown can and will improve but Snell has a lot of experience under his belt and various levels of productivity.

I never bought that McD "hates rookies" I think he plays players when he thinks they are ready. Torrence and Kincaid were the best players at their position in the draft and filled needs on the roster. So I am not shocked to see them getting mostly first-team snaps. I can't really think of too many rookies that were worthy of snaps that didn't get them under McD. Josh and Edumonds were thrown in pretty quickly as was Tre White. Ed Oliver was among the top 3 snap getters along the D-line in his rookie year.

The season was a wild ride. On the positive side 13-3 with a division title and a playoff win. But the season was hellish on the team from many perspectives ending with a blowout playoff loss that exposed a mentally exhausted team with some flaws. It was a wild season of ups and downs, but hopefully, this team can finally get over the hump in 2023 learning from the past roster construction and getting some luck.

I just honestly don't see it with Miami. Tua is constantly hurt and even when he plays he isn't much more than a poor mans Matt Ryan which while not a bad QB is not a QB that pushes a team towards contention. Their RB's are decent but nothing spectacular and their O-line is below average. Hill and Waddle are super dynamic but there isn't much on their roster once you get past those two so that puts a lot of pressure on those two. I don't think Miami is bad, their defense is good even without Ramsey and they have some talent on offense. But between Tua's injury concerns and a lackluster O-line and skill position depth, I don't see them being much more than a decent 8-10 win team. I a more concerned about the Jets in the division and even the Jets have massive O-line concerns.

I just don't see Doyle being viable there. He was never really anything more than a JAG before the injury and now he is coming off of a very serious injury. I think he gets put on IR to redshirt the year and try to come back in 2024 to make the roster. Shell and Queese are likely the guys to push Brown on the roster. But I do agree that Bates who should see snaps as the "6th" O-linemen out there but it would be nice to see him get some snaps at RT esp if Brown struggles.

I loved him coming out of the draft, I think he can be an All Pro guard at some point in his career. Getting Josh some pieces in the draft that can impact the offense short and long term was crucial hopefully they accomplished that

Next year is a void year at a 29 million dollar hit I bet they rework his deal to extend for a bit longer to avoid the huge hit and have no QB. Likely going to try to draft a QB and groom him behind Cousins for a couple of years.

So many premium picks spent on RB’s hopefully Cook is a keeper. At least Singletary was solid his time here just never dynamic

I just don’t see it happening either, the Bills need all the firepower they can around Josh.

Getting Josh the best guard and tight end in the draft may pay dividends immediately

Gotta add in Kirk Cousins for 40 million pretty much locking in half their cap for 3 players

I don't know if he was having personal issues or just got a bit lazy living off of his reputation but yeah he was not great last year.

Glad to see he is fine relatively speaking. Hopefully, this isn't a nagging injury.

A lot of the NFL will seem "overhyped" largely due to the fact that esp in the AFC where there are a lot of teams with expectations (I can honestly only think of the Colts, Texans and possibly Raiders as being in a true rebuild or lower expectations mode) to make the playoffs and/or make a deep run in the playoffs. Only 7 teams will make the playoffs thus 3-5 teams with high expectations will fall flat. 3 teams will be out in the wildcard round likely cutting 1-2 more seasons short of expectation. Another 2 teams will be out in the divisional round causing more teams to fall short of making a deep playoff run. Every year most teams fall short esp given that only 1 team wins it all. But the AFC is loaded with about 13-14 teams that have expectations to make the playoffs or farther. The AFC is super stacked this year again but that's likely going to mean that many fanbases will be disappointed. That's always the case. Injuries and bad luck can derail so much.