Utah John

I can't name a single song by her, nor could I pick one out if I heard it. As far as I know I've never had the experience of hearing one. And somehow I sleep just fine at night.

Stepping away from being a Bills fan, this is really sad for the Jets and their fans. Their FO has finally put together a very strong roster assuming they'd plugged the hole at QB with Rodgers. For him to fail to be a leader is really inexcusable. OK, putting my Bills fan hat back on. Carry on.

Could be right about releasing him after Hardy returns, but who knows, maybe he'll surprise everyone and be a good pickup. Very little cost to the move.

Says the Josh Allen fan. (shakes head)

Thanks for that link! It was an enjoyable fantasy discussion. I can remember as a child of 8 or 9 talking to friends about whether there could be a championship game played by the Bills against the NFL champs, but it wasn't to be until the 1966 season, when the Bills were aging and the Chiefs had gotten really good.

I think the reasons a team would release players early, are to give the players a leg up on finding a new team to try to stick with, and to open up roster spaces so the Bills can bring in players other teams cut to see if they might be useful, probably just for the practice squad. For the Bills, except for a possible QB3, I can't see how a new player could absorb the system quickly enough to be useful.

The Browns were the NFL champs that year. Jim Brown was playing great. But so was Cookie Gilchrist. The Bills' run defense might have been the best in football, so it would have been a very tough game, but the Bills certainly would have had a good chance to win.

Deion Jones being cut is a good sign for Joe Andreesen sticking.

OK, in 2022 they had three losses, all close games. But the nature of the NFL is that you also win close games. The week after the loss to Miami in the heat, but Bills fell pretty far back behind the Ravens, in Baltimore, and ended up pulling that game out by 3. Later on they beat the Chiefs (in KC) by four, and they beat the Lions and Dolphins by 3 each. All four of those wins could have been losses, just as easily as the three losses could have been wins.

The Bills have quietly gone large with their WRs and TEs. Except for Shakir at 6'0'', all the WRs and TEs are all around 6'3" or taller. With many teams following the Bills D by going to fast, smaller LBs, I think the Bills plan is to create height matchup problems in the pass game, and body mass problems in the running game downfield, for defenses. This is a completely different approach than the typical WR1 diva mentality. I have no idea if it will work, but with the Bills cap situation this year probably they Bills didn't have any choice except to be creative with their offense. They're going against the grain, which works sometimes and doesn't work others.

To evaluate safety play you'd have to know what the player was supposed to be doing on any given play, and then see whether he did the right thing. That's tough to do in a complicated three-level defense. The Bills defensive structure relies on smart, athletic, and brave men (considering some of the big guys they have to take on) working as a unit. Fortunately players like that are usually available.

Karl Malone.

Well he WAS a favorite of McDermott. How do you know he got worse in Pittsburgh? He never played in Buffalo as far as I can remember so we don't really know how good he was while he was here the first time. Trubisky can't be the backup until he's cleared to play. Until then it looks like Larry Daryl and Daryl will be the guys. Hope to God that Josh Allen doesn't get hurt. This year they went with expensive mediocrity.

Moving McGovern to center is just the best band-aid available for McBeane. Morse was a lot better than many of us realized, and his loss is huge. But McBeane couldn't patch all the holes at once. So they are taking a chance with this move, which on paper seriously degrades two positions (center of course, but also left guard, where McGovern played well at his best position). My hope is the rookie with all the names learns enough to take the job, and McGovern can go back to guard where he belongs.

In the Music City Mugging game, the Bills had both Andre Reed and Eric Moulds playing. Thurman Thomas and Antowain Smith. Great defense still led by Bruce Smith. But no QB. Not sure what this has to do with anything, just reminiscing about past years brought on by seeing these old names.

4.62 40 in 2021. If you think Coleman is slow... But putting another really big guy out there would be very interesting. The two starting TEs are 6'4" and 6'5". Most of the WRs are 6'3" or taller. Davidson is 6'7". It would be strange to see a Bills huddle where Josh Allen is one of the short guys. (OK, that's an exaggeration, but maybe the Bills are going to try winning with bulk.)

I'm sure there were several Beane would have been delighted to get but our draft position meant the top few were out of consideration. I am convinced Beane is building for 2025, counting on Josh to keep things respectable this year, but really lighting the fire next year. The personnel losses after last year were really devastating. This year's team will not be as good as, but next year's could be better than, 2023's.

I'm sorry but I don't think so. Before Milano's biceps injury, there were a small handful of Bills the team could not afford to lose. Well they just did lose one of them, and the playoffs are out of reach, i think. If they lose another key player, they won't even have a winning record.

I have to disagree because I want injured players to have enough time to get back on the field. I don't care if the Bills play scrubs for the next two preseason games. I wonder how large the burial grounds were. If they extended far enough south to be under the new stadium too, we're screwed for life. Hey! A lot of us are OLD slightly porky keyboard warriors. I'm just glad it's not related to the leg he broke.

The Pats are already throwing in the towel on this season, and you can't blame them. They are clearly the fourth place out of four teams in the division. So Judon was an asset, and a good player, but the Pats think they're better served with the draft pick they got in return. The Bills tried working things this way for years, and it didn't really work until they got lucky with in-team leadership (Kyle Williams and Lorax) and an amazing draft with Allen and Edmunds. No FAs wanted to come here except for overpayment, and the Bills lost many good players after their rookie contracts ran out. The Pats are trying to dig out of a hole by tossing out more dirt and hoping they get a ladder in return.

Zach Wilson has landed at the Broncos, where he's the #3 QB behind Bo Nix and Jarrett Stidham. There's talk that the Broncos will keep only two QBs so Wilson might be available. I always thought Wilson had a very good arm but he was caught in a lousy Jets system, and now he's in a lousy Broncos system. He might end up a career backup but in the right situation he might turn out to be a decent starter, if he gets the chance. (Not being able to beat out Stidham is not a promising indicator.) The Bills did exactly that with Jake Fromm. Well, the fifth round, not the 3rd or 4th. He's turned out to be a mediocre journeyman backup, recently signed by the Lions.

Trubisky is the unAllen. Trubisky started out great for Chicago, and then became very unproductive. I can only figure that defensive coordinators in his division analyzed his game and figured out how to stop him. He's been very mediocre since. Josh Allen started out as a raw, inaccurate passer, but he worked his butt off to become a very accurate passer and of course has always been a strong runner and a great leader. He's continued to improve season after season, although his biggest improvements came in his second and third seasons. (Not much room to get better when you're as good as he is now.)

Unfortunately, not so tough. The Bills will end up with some players on the roster who wouldn't usually have made the team. Some of the players who don't make the team wouldn't even sniff training camp a few years ago. From the comments here it sounds like Hamler has been cut. Is that right? But also the Bills had a full set of players, up to the limit for the roster for training camp. How are they bringing on board Byrd and DiNucci?

The Eagles GM should be arrested for grand larceny. Getting a third for a guy who won't play.

Same impression I had before. Not enough talent, not enough depth. The D was missing Milano, Miller, Oliver so the starters will get better when everyone plays. No O line openings for runners -- not sure we're actually better with this configuration, or if we'd be better with the rookie with too many names at center and move the center back to LG. Traditional Bills preseason penalty fest. The team fell apart when second or third string players were on the field -- and that's what we'll be seeing if a couple of starters get hurt. It was the first preseason game for the Bills against the Bears second game, so the poor results don't have me terribly concerned. I was hoping for reasons for optimism but I guess we'll just put it all on hold until the regular season.