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Corey Coleman was a shot in the dark, given his speed & draft position. It was a low risk high reward type of signing. Upgrading the punter position is a different story. It's a different type of position. The ball is snapped & you kick it to an area of the field. Its the same thing anywhere you play. Theres no playbook to learn, no new terminology to learn. The only thing that you need is to develop a camaraderie with the long snapper Reid Ferguson. And after a bunch of reps in practice they'll have that. As a GM your goal should be to improve at positions all over the field. Schmidt had a down year last year. His preseason performance wasnt that good either. Before you come to the conclusion that this is a mistake or careless, do a little research on the new guy & i think you'll be surprised. You may even think we got a steal. He was on the Patriots afterall.

They did plan ahead, they brought in Jon Ryan & Cory Carter to compete with Schmidt. They weren't satisfied so they picked up this guy. At 1st i thought you were trolling with your comment on how 'careless' we've been with handling our punting situation, but now i see your serious. Seems to me they've done their due diligence & have upgraded the position. Have you even looked at this guys college stats? His punt average is a full 3 yards greater than Schmidt & his punts inside the 20 are impressive. Apparently on his pro day he punted one time for 85 yards. We'll be fine dude lol

Cant have enough threads on punters around here. I'm sure we're not done either. By tomorrow we'll have a few more threads about punters, just because people will be too lazy to use the search function! But yeah I think people are overly concerned about us releasing a punter whose performance has been declining. This new punter, Corey Bojorquez has a leg up on Schmidt & because of that he's now a Bill Best signing of the offseason!

We've been discussing this in the other threads but no i'm not concerned by it. The Bills obviously saw a need to move on from Schmidt. They brought in Jon Ryan, they brought in Cory Carter. Those guys didn't pan out so they signed this new guy, who from all scouting reports from his college years, he has the stats that show he'd be an improvement over Schmidt. I'm sure they wouldve rather signed an NFL veteran, but from what ive seen, this guy has a strong leg. We havent seen him kick in the preseason because we think the Pats mightve been trying to hide him from other teams to stash him on their PS. I'm not worried at all & think its a good move

Paxton Lynch is available

at least we kept The Beer. Good to see our front office has their priorities straight!

PLEASE, not this again! Idk if I could live with another one. If they sign Reilly & he puts up 900 yards, sure i'll be happy for the kid but i'll probably kill myself.

the consensus is that the Pats were trying to hide him from others so they could stash him on their PS

Thought it should be obvious. Theres a risk in starting a punter who hasn't kicked in a preseason game or regular season game. But it was a calculated risk given the teams dissatisfaction with Schmidt's punting.

The Bills obviously saw a need to move on from Schmidt. They brought in Jon Ryan, they brought in Cory Carter. Those guys didn't pan out so they signed this new guy, who from all scouting reports from his college years, he has the stats that show he'd be an improvement over Schmidt. I'm sure they wouldve rather signed an NFL veteran, but sometimes you have to take risks, calculated risks & that's what they did. They have time to build a relationship with the long snapper & punter, and on the place kicking duties. I'm not overly worried about our punting situation lol. This looks like a good move imo

the punter is our mvp lol. But it does make a big difference. Playing the field position game with a solid running game & hopefully a strong defense behind it. Winning the turnover game & having a solid place kicker. With that formula we've seen you can make the playoffs as long as you execute. It's the best we can hope for i'm afraid

With our interior o-line having issues, it still sucks a bit to lose Ike Boettger to the Chiefs. I know our staff knows more about him than we do but i'd like to see more depth added & not see these guys go. The punter & cb look promising however!

Corey's been cut so that wont happen. I also don't see us trading Shady anytime soon.. Maybe after this season is over, but not too many teams are gonna dish out anything great for an aging RB. If our season gets off to a horrible start & we're already too far behind to think playoffs, then maybe Beane will trade away some of our older vets before the deadline to teams in the playoff hunt. But I don't see much else happening until then

Patriots & Falcons even older than us... Tbh I wouldn't care about the age of our roster if we were built to win a title right now. But since we're still "in the process" of rebuilding/retooling our roster, you'd like to see our roster younger i'd imagine. Kind of like how the Sabres have a young core. Theyre built for the future. With the Bills you're not so sure. But I can't be too critical given the state of this franchise these past years. Things were so bad ownership thought it was a good idea to hire the Ryan Brothers... You know its bad when you think they look good lol

Yeah i was surprised Foster beat out Streater. I know Foster has the speed but I haven't really seen much more out of him in terms of route running or good hands. Streater at least seems like a safer bet. I mean a few years ago he put up nearly 900 yards with the Raiders, but I suppose they recognize the need for a vertical threat. And who knows, maybe they feel they can coach him up a bit. He is pretty raw

Anyone surprised that Foster made the team & not Streater, Reilly or Proehl?

I feel like we've been waiting for Logan Thomas to turn into a good TE for years now... I know it takes time but hopefully it happens this year or it might just be time to move on from this project. How many years can you devote a roster spot to a project TE?

Insert Nick O'Leary & Logan Thomas to the abbreviations, it'll make more sense that way

All these statements from Jalen is gonna put him on thin ice. I like personalities & think its overall good for the sport, but dude needs to put up a couple seasons 1st before his words mean anything. You think you can be in the NHL Jalen? How bout learn how to skate 1st? Dude talks smack about Edelman, but yet still got smoked twice last year by him. I'd like to see more of his talking take place on the field personally. If he keeps putting out ridiculous statements, people will eventually mute him out & ignore him... Which in turn will probably lead Jalen to get even more outlandish & ridiculous. Keep your popcorn handy i guess

and to think just a week ago everyone was making threads that Allen/Peterman was Kelly/Reich. How bout we just stop trying to make false comparisons to other players, when our current guys have a grand total of 1 half of regular season NFL football.

it HAS to be... it's just gotta! To be honest, I don't take anything for a given with this team. All options are on the table until the game starts come week 1. But by the time the game is over tonight, we should have a little better of an idea, but surely nothing we can cement in stone.

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In the past it was primarily for training camp, the announcement today is a season long promotion

It's good for her, good for the NFL, is it good for the Bills & the improvement of our players? I don't know. Kinda like how our QB's coach Culley hasnt coached the position in some 30 odd years, here's another coach being added that appears as more of a student than a teacher. From an ESPN article 20 days ago, it says: Schecter's role for three weeks with the Bills included compiling play scripts for practice, assisting defensive backs coach Gill Byrd in running drills during practice and helping break down film from each session. So i guess her role is more of a support role? I guess that helps. I'm sure our coaching staff needs as much help as it can get. While this is a good story for the Bills & NFL in general & will garner some national press. The lack of quality coaches in key areas of our team worries me. Hopefully I'm wrong to worry & our players are coached to their strengths & are able to succeed. GO BILLS!

surprised to even see Culley appear on this list, yet alone any list lol. I wish we had a more experienced QB's coach. His track record in this regard hasn't been that great, & thats an understatement lol. Is Culley here because McD thinks he is the right man for the job? Or is he here because he's all we got? Here's to hoping he can coach.