BADOLBILZ

Buffalo Niagara Airport sighting.........hasn't lost weight, but shaved beard.

Of course he's not quitting and walking away from his otherwise fully guaranteed pay day........all he's gotta' do is show up for camp and do some walk thru's and pocket $4.75M. He might even be able to pocket the $250K workout bonus without showing up if the owners/players agree to do a virtual offseason again.

Singletary had a 51 yard TD run this year. It's easy to cherry pick a small sample size or site a highlight we remember..........and sure Fournette had a nice run in the playoffs........but he ran for a woeful 3.8 ypc on the season and averages just a slightly less woeful 3.9 for his entire career. I want to see them add some speed options in the backfield but they can literally do that late in the draft or in street free agency and find a dude who can average more than 3.8 ypc.

Maybe the Chiefs will waive Damien Williams and then everyone here can get a Super Bowl champion quality RB. Remember him.........4 years a turd in Miami. I don't think much of Motor or Moss..........didn't like drafting either of them...........but backs good enough to win with are still a dime-a-dozen.

I want them to add some speed to the backfield mix..........but yeah they can win a SB with Singletary and Moss being the lead backs. Runnin' bax aren't that important.

But I think Belichick warrants A LOT more benefit of the doubt.......on account of being the greatest coach in, at least modern, NFL history. People can talk all they want about Tom Brady's impact.......but that team Brady was on in Tampa this year was likely the most talented one he's been on and they were unfocused and ragged for most of the year and didn't even win their division. 11 wins in NE was a down year and they never had to play a wild card week game on the road. The Patriots won a ton with modest rosters for a decade before this.........rosters that didn't allow Brady to maximize his production.........and they still dominated.......so you can expect them to remain competitive. Really competitive. The Bills took so long to find a QB in great part because they weren't all in to win every year. Short cuts, financial excuses to pad the pockets of Ralph and Littman, skimping on quality coaching and personnel staff.........the Krafts will not be playing any "cash to the cap" BS either.........amirite @Bill from NYC?

Playing out of the shotgun all season..... the 2020 OL run blocking was terrible. Doesn't matter how light the box is if the back is being met by a defender untouched or virtually so in the hole at the LOS.......which was the case far too often. Singletary and Moss both ranked highly among NFL RB's in yards after first contact........so your contention that they were easy outs doesn't match the stats. And it's not uncommon for teams that use 10 and 11 personnel as much as the Bills did to end up not being very good running the ball........despite forcing the other team to play nickel and dime defenses.

In recent years they would sign a ST player for $3M-$4M and a backup OL for $4M-$6M and the seals on here would be clapping and honking! No sweat.......that's backup money! Now that would be the first year cap figure they'd have to bring a stud pass rusher in at. Some of that depth helped them have a legit excellent season for the first time in a coupled decades........Matakevich is a nice ST guy.........but the wizard coulda' been a little bit less generous on some of those deals.

If you think Singletary was bad.........Leonard Fournette ran for a measly 3.8 ypc on the season with Evans, Godwin, AB, Gronk and Brate clearing out the back 7. And Kareem Hunt ran for just 4.2 on a loaded run blocking line. Yes Singletary got extra blocking and had a knack for being on the field for light boxes in 2019..........but the reality is that the Bills OL wasn't blocking it up in 2020........and Singletary ran for 4.4 on a team that averaged 4.2........he wasn't the limiting factor.

On the plus side.......almost to the half way point of season.

Shaq played out of his head in a contract run...........you had to know that as soon as he got to a place with a bag of money and more Popeye's per square mile he'd slow down. I thought they milked Phillips for all the production they were going to get.........I wasn't a believer that he was going to be able to sustain anything. He started out hot though.......but then the other shoe dropped. Really fat guy on relatively skinny legs.

Olivier Vernon Cheap.....start out the season on IR.......hope to have him back and tuned for the playoffs? OK that probably wouldn't be the first signing but he's a fit for the "got no money, gotta' rush the passer better in playoffs" mindset.

Phillips and Lawson had really poor seasons so that really worked out poorly for their teams. Star not being back? Irrelevant........as "meh" as he was in 2019 a street free agent might be able to beat him out at this point. Maybe Snacks will jump over from Green Bay for the minimum salary. And he's actually tackled a RB in the past 3 years.

I had a feeling they weren't in on Levi. That's why I proposed a tender and trade with Denver. Then Denver went out and overpaid Ron Darby.

They do..........but if you are going to push money down the road in the manner you are talking about.........I think you want to do it to acquire talent at key positions, IMO. They need that pass rusher.

Toney won't be there in the 5th round............but I think there very well may be be an undersized, big play WR and KR.....or multiple........from the 5th round who will end up better than Toney. Tyreke Hill got people over-projecting elusive guys, IMO.

People expect the Patriots to just become irrelevant because the Bills did after the 2000 season..............the Bills aren't going to get a 20 year free pass.......they barely beat the Pats in Buffalo last year. Expect divisional dog fights with them even if their free agent haul turns out to be inefficient. Going to have to earn it.

Glad he is going to consume $10M in cap space there...........even if it is spread out with some voidable years...........I was hoping it would be at least $8M so that's a win...........don't want to see guys playing for peanuts just to be with Tommy.

I think he's a 4-3 DE all the way.........but when you already have an undersized pass rushing DE in Hughes it's more of an invitation to get ran on..........so not an ideal fit in that regard.

That's pretty irrelevant, actually. But fwiw, he's known as a very high character guy and hard worker. I think he went to the wrong team and won't win there.......... but he's kinda' reminiscent of Fred Dean........same size guy..........gifted pass rusher.........considered a malcontent in San Diego because he wanted to get paid........went to the Niners and everyone found out he was just a great player and good teammate.

Coming out of college.......Lindsay at 4.39 and Hunt at 4.62...........that's almost a quarter second difference and we've seen it with Lindsay's highlights.........he looks like the fastest back in the league in the open field. We've come to accept 4.5 as fast for RB...........I want real speed.........if he's healthy he's that. Not that his career trajectory is a lot better than Hunt's.........to me they are both guys who put up huge rookie years and are likely to flame out pretty quick..........but I prefer the cheaper, faster back in a walk year.....always a huge factor...........over the slower, more expensive one who knows that if he blows up the team will just pick up his roster bonus and he won't get a chance to get a big pay day.

I never saw that since he has been a Brown.......so I went to his 2019 and 2020 highlights on youtube and saw one such play........against Miami, not a fast flowing D. Hunt and Singletary are both 4.6 guys............Singletary is more efficient on the ground.......Hunt is better as a pass catcher. With all the undersized LB's in the league it's hard to get to the edge........Shady found that out in those transition years between Philly and Buffalo when Chipper got sick of him trying to bounce everything and then when he had to watch Karlos and MG break inside runs off for 5.5 ypc. The gap between the guard and tackle is the new "outside" in the NFL........and Singletary was quite good at that in 2019. We do need more speed because defenses have our entire running game timed up with two 4.6 kinda' backs.........but I don't see Hunt as that speed or quickness guy.

Do yourself a favor and read a post thru before responding with snark. I said Hunt has averaged a measly 4.2 ypc in his past two years......which is since he came back from his high profile suspension to join the Browns. You read it wrong and responded with snark.........I gave it back to you. If you are going to half read the post, inaccurately complain about the context and talk sh*t........ then don't whine when you get it back and your feelings won't get hurt.😘

I don't know the exact definition of "elite" back.........but what Hunt has done the past two season in Cleveland has not been anywhere close to that. When I watch him I keep expecting him to do more with the opportunities. To make those plays he made in KC. Decades of watching football tells me when you see that over a couple hundred carries.......that's what you got. From an analytical standpoint.......4.2 yards per carry represents exactly "replacement" level for a RB. His Y/R numbers in the pass game are way down from KC too. I like Njoku.........I'm a Hurricanes fan.......saw all of his games........but he's a tough fit on this roster as an "upside" option.........especially when Dawson Knox is kinda' like a rich mans version of him already. They need something different more than they need two similar ones.

Kareem Hunt = Shady McCoy ? No. The position is diminished and the quality of player at the position is also diminishing. A guy like Hunt would have entered the league as a backup 20 years ago.........there were lot's of quality backups back in the day and sometimes they got their shot and had a good year or two then flamed out. Hunt reminds me a bit of Barry Foster.........same build......good pass catcher........lead the NFL in rushing yards with 1690 at 24...........not much after that.