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Bills would save 1 million by letting the older guy go. Reid was getting quite the work today on the other field. Didn't see Sanborn.

It's possible Falcons didn't give Kroy Biermann adequate time to heal from that Achilles. He could be better than they ever saw. Not that I trust the Bills med staff.

Rex said it was now one of the deeper positions. Here's how I have it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mPhlH_vlqvgrWNkpVH-oxlCsBTEDbDFelpvahy08mb0/edit?usp=sharing Nailed It! I still dislike Velasco but there's nobody else in camp except Kugler, and he's worse.

Only 2 of these left for me. I won't be writing up the evening practices. Thanks for the info on Robey-Coleman. What you mean is, Robey-Coleman is now #21. Didn't get the Arenas memo. Dean

Bump. C Christiansen, thank you for your help today. I enjoy it immensely. -Astro

It's a pleasant 73 degrees with a cover of clouds, light breeze. One my way in, I pass Russ Brandon who's texting as he's walking. I say "Go get 'im, Russ" and he says, "Oh hi, how you doing?" Chris Brown is sitting at the other end of our row. My sidekick @CJChristiansen3 comes over, and lets me know Kroy Biermann has been signed. Powell is on the field early, alone. No sign of Reggie Bush. We didn't see him all day. Powell's shagging punts from the JUGS machine with no let-up. O'Leary's off to the side doing side-bends. He's soon joined by Jim Dray, and later Jimmay Mundine (rhymes with sunshine). Eric Wood strolls in, sans jersey. Goodwin's the first of the WRs to walk in, Little second, Woods third. Little goes over to the exercise bike and Woods plays catch with Goodwin. Dray is doing some backwards steps, as is Hankerson, who can't afford to drop any today. Gragg and Karlos Williams arrive. Karlos has been cleared for practice, and he looks like he's lost the paunch from three weeks ago (I'd guess his wife and Rob Ryan are still working on theirs). Tyrod enters giving hand slaps to everyone on the right-hand side. Rex signs a few autographs on the way in. Hawthorne's looking none the worse for wear from his collision in Game 1 as he walks in with Brandon Spikes. Darby, Wilder, and BabyGronk sign some autographs on the way in. Corey Graham is doing a lot of hammy exercises, then enlists a trainer to do some hammy stretches for about 10 minutes. Ed Reed, sporting a white Bills shirt, red Bills shorts, and his daily camo hat and olive drab towel hung like a loincloth, saunters in. At 10:00 am on the dot, the SJF steeple bell chimes, a blast comes from the bullhorn, and the song "Lightning" (This Is What You Came For") fires up on the PA system. The song is right; it's the notes of thanks from Wyoming, France, England, and Australia Bills fans that let me know why I'm here and why I persist at writing these notes. You're welcome. On the sidelines, away from calisthenics, Watkins, Lawson, McCoy and Gilmore are doing running, leg crossovers, and ladder drills. Again, no sign of Reggie Bush. Calisthenics are over in SIX minutes. Think back to PE Class and how long your cal was. Mine lasted 15-20 minutes, and swim team calisthenics were 45 minutes long. We don't know what these players did inside, but 6 minutes? Really? I see more evidence of diagnostic-prescriptive teaching. The PR team is practicing blocking out the gunners, and avoiding the out-of-bounds gunner penalty. After 12 minutes, Corey Graham is all stretched out, hands his headphones and player to JustAGuy on the sidelines and trots out to Spikes and Preston Brown's spot. More people are in the stands today than all of last week, which was hot and humid. Today's nice in comparison. It's nice to see Greg Little out there participating, but Dez Lewis, with a towel over his head, is just sitting on the exercise bike. Manny LAwson is doing situps vigorously, doing leg raises, hammy stretches. He's fine. Tyrod is playing catch with Goodwin; Watkins and Woods are talking with Sanjay Lal. Some warm-ups against air begin. Tyrod fakes a handoff and throws out to 88. The setup has Kujo at LT and Groy at LG. They both perform admirably, and this is a silver lining to this cloud. Glenn and Richie get fully better and the twos get some long, hard looks from Kromer and Company. Karlos is practicing full-go. Positionals start. Sammy makes two impressive catches on the far side, one using just one hand on a ball that went 25+ yards. The 10-year-old boys from a Penn Yan Day Camp in front of me just "Ooooh!" in admiration. The WRs continue with out-routes. Walt Powell still stands out to me, and, unprompted, one of the 10-year-olds turns to me and says, "Walter Powell is pretty good". A long one from Tyrod to Woods with excellent hands catch nets applause from the 2/3-full stands. Goodwin misses a 60-yarder from Taylor--how does this even happen? After EJ overthrows a WR, Tyrod throws another 60+ yarder to Goodwin right on the money. The rest of the positional drills for the WRs is spent on comeback routes, deep cuts, and post routes. OL does blocking combinations. I'm not impressed with the players we have behind Wood. Velasco was a fiasco in Game 1, and he's short--not a terrible thing I guess, especially if your QB is short, but I'm not sold there. Kugler is also small, and he was beaten early and often by the twos and threes of the Colts. The only other player with OC experience on the roster is Lalk, and he's seen the trainer several times for knee injuries in his football lifetime. TEs do a block, break, cut, and get a quick pass over the middle. I watch Clay and he's full-go for these drills. The TEs join the OL and do more combination blocks. RB's do handoffs, work on lead blocking, then run the gauntlet. Then the RBs have giant bands put on them as they run against this resistance. They finish positionals working on low blocking. Gillislee is beginning to impress; he looks faster than JWilliams and KWilliams, but not Shady. Still no sign of Reggie. On the turf field, Reid Ferguson is working with the kickers Carp and Gay, both kicking field goals. Manny Lawson is over there, doing explosive starts, running 10 yards, then doing it again and again. Seantrel is looking a bit bigger this week than last week. He's walking. Kolby Listenbee is working his way back, providing an interesting 7-man race for 5-6 WR slots. IF the season starts today I'd have it Watkins, Woods, Goodwin, Little, Powell, Dez Lewis, Salas, Boykin, Listenbee, Easley. @CJChristiansen3 says that Shady has said we haven't seen his best yet. I'm telling you his 90% looks pretty damn good. In 6 on 6, looks like the twos are out there. Striker and Max Valles are the EDGE, Spikes and Hawthorne the ILBs, and Meeks and Duke are the DBs. Blake Annen makes the first catch of the day OVER THE MIDDLE. Gragg has a drop, then Robert Blanton takes away a caught ball by Boykin on the way down to the ground. That was the Defensive Play of the Day. I know Corey Graham likely nails down the #1 job for the Regular Season, but at some point Robert Blanton will be playing with the ones. Sammy goes out in traffic OVER THE MIDDLE and doesn't catch the ball. To be fair, it was high and away, but would have been within his catch radius in a real game. On the other field, Corey White makes his best play of camp, an INT. Tyrod runs a very nice swing pass play, leading Gillislee perfectly. Watkins comes back OVER THE MIDDLE, but Tyrod throws incomplete to Goodwin after waiting too long --not his fault, no WRs were gaining the separation to convince Tyrod to throw. Tyrod is now warmed up, and throws it right to Sammy at the right pylon for the Touchdown. Dez Lewis, towel over his head, comes in now to be with the ones who are waiting their turn, but he doesn't take one. Tyrod makes a throw to the left side to Gillislee for the Touchdown on the left side of the field. On the next play, you could tell Tyrod wanted Sammy deep, but dumps off to Shady, who takes it upfield. Gilmore slips on the next play, and Tyrod throws to Clay at the sideline. Clay almost takes out Ed Reed, who's awfully close to inbounds. Tyrod throws again to Clay; they are building chemistry back up. Boykin goes down hard, and we see him walking to the trainers; my guess is concussion protocol, as he came down on his head. Gilmore's on Watkins almost every play, and it's helping them both with their skills. Darby has Goodwin on a fly pattern, with very good coverage, or good enough as the ball falls incomplete. Tyrod comes back OVER THE MIDDLE to Shady, but he's stopped quickly by Corey Graham. Watkins has played some slot, but Sammy is now the "Z", with Woods in the slot, and Goodwin the "X" on the other side. Robey-Coleman defends well against Robert Woods. Note to self: find out what Arenas' number is, as I have him as 21. EJ overthrows Powell, with Darby again in excellent coverage. Miscommunication on the next play causes Hankerson to run an out, while EJ throws long. I couldn't tell from their body language who was right, but Hankerson's on a short leash. Shady's in a big collision, and seems gimpy, but he's right back in there one play later. Sammy's back in the slot, but Tyrod keeps it and runs. On the next play Sammy lines up in the slot and Tyrod hits him OVER THE MIDDLE on a nifty slant. Now they line up with 2 TE, 2 WR, and give the ball to JOnathan Williams, who take it upfield. He likes to run the plays out, as does Wilder. Sammy's in the slot and Tyrod hits him on an out pattern. We see Richie Incognito on the exercise bike, watching the action. He looks good to go. We see Easley on the far field. We don't see Aaron Williams, and again, no sign of Reggie Bush. EJ has Little and Boykin as wideouts, and Karlos Williams back in the mix. Two handoffs to Karlos, and you know he'll be back in the 3 spot come Week 5. He gets strong blocking as he zooms up the middle for good yardage. They're using Chris Martin and Marquis Lucas as LTs. Of the two, I prefer Lucas, who looks more comfortable, with better footwork and bend. They're both behind Cordy and Kujo, who are definite 1 & 2 LTs. EJ has Watkins out wide, and he takes a slant for 40 yards. Clay's split out on the next play, but EJ opts for Woods on a roll out for 10 yards. Corey White turns in his second good play today, tiopping the ball away from a sure catch by Powell. Tyrod is back in there, and Gillislee picks up a blitzing Safety well enough for Tyrod to complete the 20-yarder downfield to Powell, who lays out for the second Catch of the Day. After overthrowing Watkins, Gillisless has a nice 15-yard run, sprung by an impressive block by Ryan Groy. Jonathan Williams takes a swing pass, then Tyrod goes the other way on a keeper. Gragg now splits from the line, with Watkins and Woods out wide. Watkins hauls in a perfect pass for the Touchdown. Tyrod finishes my page of notes with a throw out to Gillislee, who's showing reliable hands today. On their way out, the players I saw signing autographs included Dez Lewis, Sammy Watkins, Preston Brown, Brandon Spikes, Jarrett Boykin, Jonathan Dowling, and Richie Incognito. Rob Ryan's not losing weight; his stomach reached the field house door five minutes before his butt did. I'll be back at camp tomorrow, weather permitting. Right now, it's touch and go. Go Bills! ~Astro .

My DraftTek peeps put us at #18, out of the playoffs. Teams like us with so many "ifs" and "hopefullys" get placed in the midrange. I like our chances even without Lawson and Ragland. They weren't here last year, and we brought in 2 vets to replace Ragland, having already brought in Zach Brown.

This. They have 3 stinkin' fields. Spread the drills out.

Offense (27) QB-3--Tyrod, EJ, Cardale RB-5--Shady, Reggie also KR, JWilliams, Gillislee, Wilder (Week 4: Karlos for Gilly or Wilder) FB-1--Felton WR-6--Sammy, Woods, Goodwin, Dez Lewis, Little; Powell as better KR over Salas (Listenbee NFI, Easley PUP, Boykin to PS) TE-4--Clay, Annen, Dray, Gragg OL-8--The starters (Cordy, Richie, Wood, Miller, Mills) plus Kujo, Velasco, Richardson (Lucas, Groy to PS, Seantrel NFI) Defense (23) CB/S-8--Gilmore, Darby, Robey, Kevon, AWilliams, Blanton, Graham, Meeks DE/OLB-9--Manny, Hughes, Enemkpali, Striker, Spikes, ZBrown, PBrown, Randell, Hawthorne DL-6--Kyle, Dareus, Adolphus, Corbin, Worthy, TJ Barnes Special Teams (3)--Carp, Schmidt, Ferguson Active PUP-2--Shaq Lawson, Reggie Ragland NFI-Designated to Return--2--Manny Lawson and Kolby Listenbee NFI-llness Karlos Williams, Seantrel Henderson, Jonathan Dowling Practice Squad--9 of 10 filled DL Zimmer EDGE Albright EDGE Douzable OT Renfrow OT Lucas OG Groy FB Gronk OLB Valles WR Boykin

It was perfectly accurate. I'll be out there M-T-W next week. And yes, Powell is the guy nobody thinks will make the 53, but will. I said the same thing about Deonte Thompson, and he's lighting it up in Bears camp. Kujo's looking like the rust is shaking off and he's got strength and some technique. He was mano-e-mano with our EDGE rushers. Having Cordy out may be a blessing in disguise, as we'll have a chance to give Kujo experience in preseason. Cyril Richardson isn't running with the ones; they put Groy in instead of him. Underperforming, but still may make the 2nd-string. I'm 67. Clipboard, pen, and invented shorthand. At one stretch, Tyrod had 4 TD plays out of 5 downs. That's with various WR and TE groups, straight-ahead blocking, and nobody running at full torque. We're good.

78 degrees when I left for camp, VERY cloudy and humid, iffy whether practice will be curtailed by thundershowers --the same kind we had from 3:00-4:00 in the morning. Even fewer people in the stands today than yesterday, so I'm thinking they're staying away due to weather, jobs, vacations, and the Ragland update. A shout-out to @CJChristiansen3 for coming over and saying hello! The team took the shortest calisthenics to date. I won't second-guess the trainers --or maybe I should... Sammy, Woods, and Goods are on the other field doing their own drill with the WR coach. Gilmore and Aaron Williams are off doing their own exercises. The OL are on the third field, doing their own exercises. The QB's are on that field, too, doing sidestep deep knee bends. Blake Annen continues to add his own twist to each of the exercises. We can debate whether this is proper training discipline, good individualization of exercise regimen, or the cause of so many injuries. Only Bush and Powell are back for punts. That's likely your duo for preseason. No Salas until much later. Jim Kelly gets the biggest applause of the whole day as he walks in with his daughters and nieces, five of them. They're taking pictures of each other with the team taking a break in the background. The LB's and CB's head for the third field. The first drill is throws to the running backs. They do this motioning out of the backfield, and it puts that side of the defense in a stressful position: Do I bite on the motion (think Shady or Reggie) and reveal that we're in man coverage, or slide out a bit and try to look like we're in zone? Meanwhile, you have 1-2 WR's also on that side of the field, the possible TE from the strong side coming across, Goodwin slanting OVER THE MIDDLE. I love this offense. During positional drills, the OL worked on blocking sled, then adding movement to hitting the pad of a coach at the second level. Kugler's a bit wild and off-base with his 2nd-level blocks, but I really have to compliment the OT's we have Lucas gets it, and handles himself well in space. But Renfrow and Martin are worth keeping on the practice squad, as well. Some observations about who's paired up during positional drills: -Kugler is 3rd team Center. Kain Colter and Salas ran with the 3's for this drill.. -On one blocking sled, The OC and OG's: Wood, Groy, Lalk, Cyril, Kugler, and John Miller. -On the other sled, The OT's plus Velasco: Kujo, Mills, Velasco, Lucas, Renfrow, and Martin. The TE's are running around a tackling dummy and trying to catch a pass as soon as they clear the dummy. IT isn't working well. Only O'Leary was able to catch it moving to his Left. Moving clockwise around the dummy to their right, all of the TE's caught it. Clay and O'Leary have very nice hands-catches of the ball. Jimmay Mundine caught it and immediately turned upfield. He needs good tape, as he's in a horse race with four favorites, Clay, Annen, Dray, and Gragg. The WR's have Watkins back today. They are running dig routes where they fake the out route and come back OVER THE MIDDLE. Colter has the most trouble; Watkins, Goods, and Woods have the least difficulty. The TE's get Tyrod for a few minutes, to work on downfield throws. All of the TE's rounded off their route; nothing crisp about them. Tyrod moved onto the WR's who ran routes in tandem, with TT throwing the underneath and the downfield WR becoming a blocker in front. G-Ro is talking to Gragg and Clay, gesturing and pointing. He's wearing a white Bills shirt today, with blue shorts and the familiar blue bucket hat. Tyrod's back with the WR's throwing 30 yarders. Watkins isn't running full steam, and TT overthrows him. Goods puts out a double move and Tyrod hits him perfectly down the right sideline. I wasn't impressed with the effort Little showed on his next opportunity; he missed a make-able ball. Time for some red zone work from the ten-yard line. Sammy makes a nice snare of the ball running diagonally into the end zone. Tyrod overthrows Woods, then throws strikes to Dez and Salas. Boykin misses on TT's last throw. Cardale comes in second, and overthrows Goodwin and overthrows Little. CJones connects with Hankerson for the redzone TD. EJ has defenders now, and Annen's the target. IK Enemkpali gets a nice PBU, which is important because we need IK to show coverage skills in training camp just to keep him. Wilder does a good job on the next Cardale pass, then Cardale overthrows Powell. By now, EJ is at the left end of the grass field, and Cardale's down with Tyrod at the other end. This was something we saw last year, with the vet (Cassel) at one end with the new guy (Tyrod). It makes sense. EJ's likely to play two quarters, and Tyrod and Cardale will likely get one quarter each vs the Colts. Felton goes along and gives a hand slap to each of the offensive linemen. Jim Kelly is talking with Murph on the sidelines. The only notable thing in Session 4 that I saw was that Kouandjio lined up at RT for a stretch of plays. We're likely cross-training for the possibility of Cordy's return and for the possibility of injury to Mills. Seantrel Henderson, off next to Cordy on the sidelines, still looks skinny, so he won't be an option. Groy seems to be the first OG in if Miller needs a breather. WR's, CB's, and S's join for Session 5. Tyrod's the thrower. Dez Lewis is first up against Gilmore, and Gilmore wants a contract. You can guess who wins. Walter Powell, a guy I love to root for, wins against Darby who falls down on the play. Goodwin's up against Corey White --a mismatch--except Tyrod overthrows him. Salas catches one against Nickell Robey. EJ comes in, and has accuracy issues. Sterling Moore is on Boykin, and EJ can't get it to Boykin. Little can't get to EJ's throw against Mario Butler, who's a guy we'd hate to have to cut. Sterling Moore awkwardly has an interference call against Kain Colter but the ref doesn't throw his flag. Finally, Goodwin gives EJ his first reception vs Jonathan Dowling. Tyrod returns and is throwing to Woods against Stephon "I'll play the year out" Gilmore. Woods overworks his man and doesn't attend to the ball, incomplete. Sammy "I can't believe I haven't been cut yet" Seamster gets Powell, and Powell takes SS downtown for a TD. Dez Lewis against Corey White is another mismatch; Dez makes him pay as he's wide open for the pass from Tyrod. Salas lays out and dives for a throw Tyrod overshot, but misses; Salas and Little are letting a slot slip through their fingers. Jarrett Boykin catches Tyrod's next ball for a long gain. After a Mario Butler pass break-up, Sterling Moore very awkwardly pushes Greg Little (his second awkward play in 2 paragraphs), but Little comes away with the catch. Goodwin, going against Jonathan Dowling, shows a double move, giving Goods all the space in the world to reel in Tyrod's touchdown throw. Not to be outdone, the feisty Powell replicates the 2-move on Sammy Seamster and lopes into the end zone. This time Woods doesn't overplay Gilmore, works his route instead, a curl route netting the separation he needs for the reception. Hankerson is unable to replicate the separation woods gets, and the ball falls incomplete. Salas tries a subtle pushoff on Corey White and doesn't get called for it, making the catch on a slant. Cardale's up but doesn't get a lot of reps. He throws an incompletion before Dez shows a sweet double move on Nickell Robey; the ball is right where it needs to be for a long gain. Kain Colter gets the lucky draw of Sterling Moore, makes a double move on him for the completion. In 11 on 11 in Session 6, the sun is out. It didn't rain. The aluminum bleachers start firing up like a Char-Broil. A snow cone, the nearest stand next to the bleachers, starts to make money. Nothing sells like artificially-colored corn syrup over ice on a sultry day. Rob Ryan must be hating life, dressing all in blue today. He's standing next to Dennis Thurman, the ball is on the 20. All players go back to their regular positions, with Sammy, Woods and Goods your wide-outs, although Dez comes in early and often. A collision between Watkins and Gilmore causes the bleachers to fall silent, but both bounce up, and the bleachers sigh in relief. Tyrod shows roll-out skills, hitting Shady for 5. Tyrod moves again, this time hitting Watkins in the flat. The OL is keeping a clean pocket for the most part; kudos to Felton on several plays for its tidiness. Tyrod is sacked by a corner and safety blitz from Gilmore and Robert Blanton. Tyrod puts trips left, Goodwin on the far side, Shady in the backfield. Great pursuit by Hughes. Little, continuing with his bad day has the ball go through his hands, with Hawthorne right on him. Kyle Williams is on the sidelines, talking, teaching with Lorenzo Alexander. I saw this later on, as well, as Kyle gave Douzable some tips. EJ hits Boom Herron, left uncovered out in the flat; it's good for 20 yards. Wilder wildly attempts to block Bryson Albright, and it's not pretty. Count it as a sack for the blue team. EJ's in shotgun, clapping, which means hike any time now, Velasco. The ball falls incomplete to a player with his number covered up by his raised jersey. That'll teach you. Cardale does the same clapping motion, throws too high for Gragg, but on the next play, Kain Colter gets Cardale's pass despite really tight coverage by Randell Johnson, who seems like a plausible backup to Zach Brown. Randell has been a favorite; he just needs teaching time and a consistent defensive play scheme. He stands next to Spikes on the sideline--they're the same size and build. Meeks gets a PBU on a 30-yarder intended for the TE, then Kouandjio handles IK to allow a long bomb. Little continues his bad day diving desperately to reach a 40 yard bomb. Due to the excellent communication of our defense (hello, Jeremy White) the offense is flagged for time violation. Kouandjio pancakes IK with 316 pounds of downward pressure. He's making the case for Cordy's backup. EJ comes in and completes a 15-yard ball to Greg Little, who must be relieved. EJ throws another 15-yarder OVER THE MIDDLE to Powell. EJ overthrows Gragg, which would have been a 25 yarder OVER THE MIDDLE. Hankerson catches a quick 10 yarder, and the clock is running. Douzable and Bryson Albright (good day for him) combine for a sack on EJ. In his defense, EJ made 3 different looks before being tagged. The D brings the house with Striker, Hawthorne, Albright, Randell, and Douzable, but EJ passes it to Powell but it's just over his head. Blame Powell that he's not 7' tall. Cardale's in, and it's still the 2-minute drill. Maruis Lucas stands out, showing strength and anchoring at LT for the 3rd team. Cardale gets it to Hankerson for 15 yards, then throws a quick one to O'Leary for 5 more yards. We see Martin in at LT now, and he has skills too, worth a PS nod. He had to switch off blocking a second man during one play, and handled it with aplomb. Groy at OG next to him should also get credit. They both had to be communicating well pre-snap. I didn't stay around for the FG practice at the end. Carp's a done deal there. Go Bills! ~Astro -

Come to the far end of the bleachers, top row. Look for the guy with the clipboard. Heading out in 10 mins.

I think the storms have passed, so I am heading out for the Wed. Practice now. I'm going to sit at the far end of the bleachers. I'm the nerd with the clipboard. Do come say hi! Astro

The most changed player from last year is Dez Lewis. They won't throw his height and size off the team. He's either the #3 or #4 receiver, depending on where Goodwin ends up. Salas had a rough day today following a rough day yesterday. Good one! He's 31, though.

I just cut Sanborn. We just got better and younger there.

Fixed. It takes a billage to raise a roster. Fixed. No. Powell's use at PR and KR, saving Bush for regular season, trumps Salas. Plus Salas didn't even get a punt today. Tomorrow I'll count reps. Fixed.

My DraftTek guests and I came up with a 53 to add to the post. Offense (27) QB-3--Tyrod, EJ, Cardale RB-5--Shady, Reggie also KR, JWilliams, Gillislee, Wilder (Week 4: Karlos for Gilly or Wilder) FB-1--Felton WR-6--Sammy, Woods, Goodwin, Dez Lewis, Little; Powell as better KR over Salas (Listenbee NFI, Easley PUP, Boykin to PS) TE-4--Clay, Annen, Dray, Gragg OL-8--The starters (Cordy, Richie, Wood, Miller, Mills) plus Kujo, Velasco, Richardson (Lucas, Groy to PS, Seantrel NFI) Defense (23) CB/S-8--Gilmore, Darby, Robey, Kevon, AWilliams, Blanton, Graham, Sterling Moore DE/OLB-9--Manny, Hughes, Enemkpali, Striker, Spikes, ZBrown, PBrown, Randell, Hawthorne DL-6--Kyle, Dareus, Adolphus, Corbin, Worthy, TJ Barnes Special Teams (3)--Carp, Schmidt, Ferguson Active PUP-2--Shaq Lawson, Reggie Ragland NFI-Designated to Return--2--Manny Lawson and Kolby Listenbee NFI-llness Karlos Williams, Seantrel Henderson, Jonathan Dowling Practice Squad--9 of 10 filled DL Zimmer EDGE Albright EDGE Douzable OT Renfrow OT Lucas OG Groy FB Gronk OLB Valles WR Boykin

Okay, I'm done. With the post. Not the Bills... I'm not allowed to say, but his name rhymes with Fair-of-me Sight.

It's a hot one, about 90 in the stands, but a saving breeze kept me, Vito, and Joe (ardent DraftTek fans) from heat exhaustion. Clear blue sky with several cirrus wisps up there. Vito is a retired social studies teacher from the Buffalo area and Joe, also an ardent Bills fan, lives in the Pinnacle area here in Rochester. Both know Bills football, Buffalo Sabres hockey, Yankees baseball, and UB Bulls. I'll have to bring my "A" game today The punt team consists of Walter Powell right now, and he's fielding JUGs punts. Vito asks me what college Powell's from. Ugh. I'm 0 for 1 out of the gate. Turns out he's a Murray State Racer, Division 1. Schmidt comes on, and he's now punting to see how close to the sideline he can get, and Powell's making that "catch it or let it go" decision. Salas joins into the fun. Bush comes by later. Schmidt's punts are 5.0-5.5 seconds of hang time, and with gunners like ours, that's an eternity. Schmidt's punts travel between 57 and 60 yards Random thoughts as the guys are doing calisthenics: We decide we'd like to see a race between Goodwin, Listenbee, Watkins, Kevon Seymour, Tyrod, and Gilmore. Anybody else you'd add? How long a stretch do they have to travel? We'd like to see more of Seymour. Ed Reed would still likely be #2 on our Safety depth chart behind Aaron Williams. Ed is 37. Aaron is 26. The Tampa stadium looks like a giant went and sat on it. Hopefully the Bills' new stadium will look better. EJ shouldn't ever stand next to Cardale, because he looks smaller than he really is. We look at Garrison Sanborn (cap hit: $1,057,500) and LSU Free Agent Reid Ferguson (not one of the top 51 salaries) , and there's no difference in the line of the snap, right back to the belt buckle, although Ferguson's gets there a split-second sooner. How does a long snapper know when it's time to hang it up? Does Whaley like the idea of going with a guy who'd save $1M and is going to be around for a decade? In positionals, we see Groy in for Richie, Kujo in for Cordy. Cordy's over with the medicine ball and has a strong ankle brace. The running backs are with the QB's. You notice that Shady is extra-quick, with amazing change-of-direction skills. You wish for a healthy season for him--heck for every player out there. Reggie is also looking good, and we're reminded that consistent health has been a challenge for him, as well. With Jonathan Williams looking good, and Wilder's insane goal-to-go leap, and Touchdown Mike Gillislee and Karlos Williams' touchdown record--who is going to get cut? The WR's are right in front of us. Boykin learns the hard way not to fall in front of a video cam. They are doing catches with a man in coverage on their left side. A coach is throwing perfect balls over their right shoulder. This is diagnostic-prescriptive coaching. More than likely, a coach noticed that too many misses the day before were on right-shoulder fade routes, and added this drill today. The WR's then do a block, push off the block, and catch the ball before hitting the sideline. None of the WR's really have trouble with this. The TE's have been doing a similar drill, but now come over with the WR's and do double-move receptions. Clay and Annen exhibit wonderful hands catches. They are more athletic than most of the WR's except maybe Watkins and Woods, possibly Goodwin and Dez. Not that Watkins is out there for positional drills. In fact, we didn't see him out there at all. Most-improved WR's are Dez, then Woods. If Goodwin can stay on the field, he's an addition to the most-improved. Powell had 2 drops today and two yesterday. He's a lock for the returner job, though, if they want to mothball Reggie Bush. Salas has trouble with one of Cardale's bullet throws. He didn't distinguish himself today. Tyrod has a nice pass-nice catch connection with Dez Lewis; you're seeing that more and more. Kain Colter drops one. OL and TE groups are now doing more two-on-one blocking, working on moving the defender and hooking them inside, right or left. Later, TE's and RB's are practicing blocking pass rushers. Randell Johnson blows right by Wilder. Gragg keeps square with good knee bend on his rusher. Clay wins a one on one with Striker who's a head shorter at least. Zach Brown and Jon Williams is an even draw, and so is Spikes against Baby Gronk. Zach Brown did okay against Felton, but Felton fell down at the end --a rare mistake by this fullback. We now get to see real football plays. EJ has become an expert at what his receivers are supposed to do; he motions to Dez to get further inside. The play took too long, and EJ stared down Powell, but Powell makes the catch. When Cardale is in there, we see him going through progressions, looking R, looking L, then looking R and throwing it for a completion. The difference is that Cardale is doing it in the second week of training camp of his rookie year. The plays are relatively new, because Cardale is looking at his wristband more often. He deals a 40-yarder to O'Leary, leading him over his left shoulder perfectly. Tyrod comes in and matches the throw, this one to Clay, the first stringer. In 11 on 11, we see that good players elevate good players. Darby is right on Dez Lewis, Tyrod makes a perfect throw, Dez makes an impressive catch, and immediately Darby's on Dez's back pulling him down. IK Enemkpali curls in quick on the next play. The offensive line is using plain-vanilla, straight blocking like you ordinarily see in Preseason. Tyrod heaves a 20-yarder to Blake Annen who uses athleticism to beat his man. The next two plays shows how a QB is supposed to handle a pass rusher: On play 1, Tyrod moves to his left, freezing Enemkpali, and then Tyrod executes a delayed handoff to Shady, off to his right. On play 2, Enemkpali, determined not to be fooled again, moves initially to his left and in. Wrong move. Tyrod moves to his left and out, bringing Shady along as a blocker in a QB sweep. Lorenzo Alexander is the edge rusher replacing IK when EJ comes in. His throw to Hankerson is right on the money. EJ executes a hard count, hoping to draw off the D, but it is Marquis Lucas that is tabbed for the false start. He lopes off. You have a soft spot in your heart for the guy. His story of being homeless is still my favorite from preseason. http://bills.buffalonews.com/2016/06/30/from-homeless-and-heartbroken-to-a-shot-with-the-bills/ A QB keeper and a second attempt at a hard count (this time catching the defense's Leger Douzable), plus a nice little run by Jonathan Williams, complete EJ's turn. Cardale tries a hard count and gets another false start, but nobody runs a lap--today's biggest mystery. Cardale throws it long, but it seemed like a Hail Mary to all of us. Kain Colter was in the area. Cardale sends O'LEary into motion on the next play, which is nice to see from the developmental QB. Striker took offense to the way he got blocked on the next play. Tyrod is back in and teaches the D that you really have to cover the RB we send out in the flat every time, because we'll make you pay. IK Enemkpali is drawn offsides by Tyrod, who has also picked up on the hard count nuances first seen with EJ. He throws to McCoy for a chunk of real estate, followed by a throw out wide to Gragg to minimize the pressure. The throw to Clay on the next play may have been a sack by the time he got it off. EJ comes in, and Striker come off the edge quick on the very first snap. Marquis Lucas neutralizes him with his 318 pounds and Great Bend, which was so great it should become a national park. EJ throws a long pass to Boykin, who's making this squad or die trying. An out-route to O'Leary and a QB keeper follow. Gilmore just levels Kain Colter after he makes a reception. He may still be there. Powell runs a crossing pattern OVER THE MIDDLE and hauls it in for a nice gain that's most likely Goodwin's play when the ones run it. We notice that Lucas uses his hands well but loses leverage when he gets too far from his powerful base. He's not as good as Groy, but he'd be a developmental OG as well as RT. Watch him coming to a practice squad nearest you. Tyrod comes in and throws OVER THE MIDDLE to Clay who's at the end zone line....but he drops it. To be fair, Robey had good coverage on him but Clay has to make that catch somewhere in the 7" above Robey's helmet . Robey hasn't grown from his 5-8 height, and Clay's 6-3. On a Goodwin crosser OVER THE MIDDLE, Darby does one helluva good job in coverage, but Goodwin reels it in. They run the same play over (that's called practice), after which Clay has trouble with Tyrod's pass again. Little makes a very nice move and catch on the far side; you'd like to see him make the squad if only for the extra 15 pounds he has on the other 6-2 guys. EJ begins with the Goodwin crossing route. Goodwin makes a Catch of the Day. Nobody is knocking Goodwin's hands any more. He takes a little too long, likely four seconds, before hitting Salas on a hook. You see Tyrod over on the side, talking to Little, you wonder if it was clarifying the route he just ran, or something that's coming up. EJ throws a very nice ball right on the money to Boykin, who runs it out downfield. Behind us, a spectator is being rolled off on a gurney, likely from dehydration. Powell on a crosser OVER THE MIDDLE, looks dependable, and is either the 6th or 7th receiver, depending on Easley and Listenbee. EJ goes into a five-wide, and hits Powell again in the corner for a TD. He hits Blake Annen on an out pattern on the end zone line for a TD from the 12-yard line. Cardale's in at the 12, and throws short of the goal line to Little, who steps in for the TD. Cardale impressed me again as he considered the short receiver, but goes to the downfield Powell for another TD. A bullet pass to Blake Annen for the TD follows, even though the pass looked like the wrong velocity for point-blank range, but Annen's known for his ulta-quick reaction skills. Kicking practice followed, where the instructional goal was to down punts inside the 5 yard line. Schmidt was kicking from the 45, doing those 9-iron shots with the nose of the football down when he drops it. The punts were downed at the 5, the 1, the 1, the 4, and the 1 to make a long paragraph short. In the final 11 on 11, Shady delays and catches a pass OVER THE MIDDLE for about ten. Tyrod "climbed the ladder", moving up in the pocket to deal with pressure and delivered it to him in stride. Tyrod's next pass was OVER THE MIDDLE, and Aaron Williams almost intercepted it. Aaron gave himself 10 push-ups to do. On 3rd and 7, Darby has a near-INT of Goodwin on the crossing pattern. "You gotta hit 88 in stride on that; the ball wasn't where Marquise could take off", my DraftTek companions remarked. But it was good coverage on Darby's part, as well. A draw up the middle by Shady worked better than last week, and Nickell Robey tags Tyrod in the backfield on the next play, but Tyrod lets fly on a 50-yard TD to Little anyway. Cordy and Richie would've seen to a blitzing nickel corner, right? I'm still burning about a certain Buffalo sportswriter saying I can't detect improved backfield communication in practice, so here we go: Rob Ryan on the next play (and maybe Dennis Thurman did too, but Rob's wearing a red jersey today and looks like a tomato with grey mold on the stem) hand-signals, a ILB or Safety barks a word, like "BRICK!" two backfield defenders switch spots on the field, and EJ has to throw the ball into the turf at the blitz his guys can't pick up. On the next play, Mario Butler hand-signals to a fellow defender, and both show an adjustment. Jonathan Williams had more than his share of work today, Wilder got very upset that he wasn't thrown to in the flat (he was wide open, waving his hands, and jumping up and down, but EJ didn't throw to him), we didn't see Gillislee, Boom Herron got very little going, and Baby Gronk did some fruitless led blocking. Several high snaps from the backup OC. We think it may have been Velasco, the 31-year-old, 6'0" guy brought in late in Free Agency. Max Valles got some nice pass rush today on EJ. One more shout-out: Justin Renfrow could push a pile. Working against twos and threes, Renfrow, who's likely a PSOT (Practice Squad offensive tackle), was able to block his man at will. Meanwhile, Seantrel's still looking skinny. Chris Martin has some developmental talent at OT, as well. Hopefully I can see practice tomorrow if it doesn't thunderstorm, and if I'm not hit by lightning. Go Bills! ~Dean Kindig

More 5 yard slants to Goodwin. More deep patterns with and without crossing two WRs. They've motioned quite a bit, yes to an empty backfield, but also with TE motioning with RB still present. More double-moves by WRs. I'd tell you more but then there'd be a knock at your door.

Hey, aren't you coming to practice this year? Eh?

Not a cloud in the sky, 83 degrees, and low humidity. You'd think we'd be more than 1/2 full, but the Ragland news took some of the wind out of the sails. But Kyle Williams and Sammy Watkins were both back, and their addition is greater than Ragland's subttraction. I am wearing my old Takeo-Brandon Spikes jersey. Numbers 14 and 95 weren't full-go in 11 on 11's for example, but Sammy caught 3 passes and Kyle was in on a few stops. I met a few people today. I said I'd give a shout-out to Phil Dorr, a Baylor alumnus living in Austin visitng Bills, Rams and Cowboys camps this week. He's a former roommate of Mike Singletary's, and Phil was out at the trendy steakhouse, Black and Blue, with Cyril Richardson last night. Phil reminds me that Cyril is a triple all-American who blocked for such greats as Lache Seastrunk. Dorr hailed Cyril as he trotted out for practice. We got a wave back and Cyril promised to remember Phil to his Baylor friends. On the other side of me was Howard Simon, to whom I give major props just for coming, taking some notes, and paying pretty close attention. Jeremy White, who I had a minor skirmish with on Twitter this morning, was nowhere. I tweeted to White that I hope he enjoys the aid conditioning back in Buffalo and that I had to get over to Bills practice. Twitter-Battle won. The kicking unit is already out on the field at 9:45, and Gay is doing an exercise where he tees the ball up, and without taking any approach steps, kicks it as far as he can. One went nearly 60 yards, which blows my theory that the approach steps are what add momentum and distance. The first non-kicking players into the grass field were O'Leary (who now must be really nervous since they brought in Jimmay Mundine), Walter Powell, and Reggie Bush. No autographs were signed by any player this morning (Gugny?) Danny Crossman is talking in his usual "precise command" voice during kickoff practice. Powell, Felton, Boom Herron, and NOT Reggie Bush took the kickoffs, with Corey White and Greg Little the gunners. Not really sure we saw the first string today. I think more players are being mothballed. Inside the two gunners were Meeks and Salas. Reddick and David Hawthorne, the new ILB who's not Spikes in number but IS Spikes' skill-set in his run defense. Basically, we have Zach Brown, a very good coverage linebacker who Rex says could throw himself in there a bit more, and three thumper-type run defenders in the middle: Preston Brown, David Hawthorne,and Brandon Spikes. What this signals to me is that (1) the Bills will be a "run and stop the run" team, and (2) the Bills will be in the market for an elite "do it all" ILB in the draft. Powell is definitely the understudy for returning kicks; he'll see lots of action in preseason and Bush will be mothballed for Week 1 kickoffs. It was such a thrill to see Watkins trot out with his uniform on. He was in some early work with Woods and Goodwin and Clay, catching simple throws and a screen. At this point in the practice I'm thinking he looks 90% back. Cyrus "Kujo" Kouandjio is running with the 1's at Left Tackle. Cordy is doing the ropes, working his arms over with a trainer (All trainers think like this. If you hurt your ankle, we'll work your arms). In posiitonals, the OL does blocking drills. Incognito pushes Marquis Lucas back a yard, then takes Lucas's place, allowing Kujo to block him, then, in turn, Renfrow blocks Kujo, etc. I watch Cyril more carefully, as Phil Dorr encourages me to. He does push then turn Fernando Velasco, creating a gap to Velasco's right. Tyrod is practicing hand-offs to the RB's at the other end of the field. Along the near sideline, the TE's are getting good instruction on blocking left, then turning right for a pass (They do this, then switch sides, turning left for a pass). IMHO, Blake Annen is the biggest and most athletic-looking of the bunch, with Clay a close second. I notice that Clay is doing the plantar fascitis-prevent exercise, pulling his foot back behind him. O'Leary was used as the demonstration victim (Now he must really be freaking out, as he's now been reduced to a mannequin role). Gragg stays impressively square to his block, and showed very good hands, away from his body. He made some good catches during the 11:11 today, too. Jimmay has okay skills, but still is a deer in the headlights, not knowing where to go, or when. WR's are working on separation, whether it's with quicker stops, tighter turns, or legal push-offs. Tyrod is 6/7 on this round through, with Powell having the rare drop. It was now that I saw Sammy do a quick out pattern that made me wonder if he isn't more than 90%. Tyrod joined the WR's and threw 40+ yard bombs. Little had a nice one, Sammy's got applause because he showed some speed, Goodwin's was faster than Sammy's, Jarrett Boykin showed his jets with a nice catch, and then Hankerson caught one. Tyrod was 5/5 on the 40+ yard passes; the WR's caught against air. One more time through, with Tyrod with throws coming OVER THE MIDDLE. Tyrod was 8/8 here. Dezmin Lewis made his catch first for EJ, but didn't see Tyrod sneak up behind him and poke the ball free on his way off the field for EJ to take his turn. I love Tyrod's sense of humor, likely more than Dez did. I wouldn't want to have to cover Goodwin on a slant route. Nobody could cover 88's speed. Nobody. Goodwin also showed how to run the perfect WR screen: keep your feet moving. Most of the WR's are not convincing when they bluff the pass route and return behind the line of scrimmage for the screen. The other fault I find in these plays is that EJ throws late and the WR just stands there. I'd like to see more timing between EJ and his receivers on timing routes, and screens are a timing route that is vulnerable to the Pick Six. Tyrod and EJ are now at the 20-yard line, with Woods in the slot, Goodwin the X receiver, two TEs and 1 RB. Tyrod occasionally lobs the ball downfield; you don't see that on the other end of the field with Cardale. They work on comebacks, corner routes, back-shoulder fades, and some double moves. The TE's are mixed in with the WR's, and at times you can't tell if it's the first team or second team, as they are mixed. Shady, in fact, is over working with the 3's end with Cardale and Company. Not for long, though. Everyone comes back to the grass field. The offense will be sending 3 receivers (WR-TE) out against 7 defenders. Ed Reed's eschewed his normal camouflage outfit today, wearing a red bucket hat and red shorts with a white shirt. He still has that olive drab towel, though. He's barking to Blanton (who often acknowledges the signals from Rob Ryan and Dennis Thurman), Meeks, Duke Williams, and others who rotate in. Tyrod throws incomplete on his first throw, not Gragg's fault. We can discuss Tyrod's slow starts anytime now. He then fires complete to Baby Gronk, then the Doe-Eyed Jimmay who seems surprised but catches it in self-defense. The next throw is a Play of the Day even though it's 3 against 7, a beautiful throw and catch by Wilder. Tyrod then throws OVER THE MIDDLE to Gragg, and that's a Wow play; the ball was in the air before Gragg made his cut. He looks up right as the ball is coming and snares it. The next incompletion was because there was no separation created. Baby Gronk and Hankerson (I think) did not get free enough, and Tyrod had to throw it into the turf. O'Leary showed Gronk how it's done with a slick double move on Bryson Albright, who clapped, disgusted with himself for falling for it. Gragg caught another one OVER THE MIDDLE, then O'Leary gets another OVER THE MIDDLE reception that is my Catch of the Day especially because Bush had a crossing route that cleared it out first. Then.... It's OVER THE MIDDLE we go to Shady, who runs 25 yards just for fun. All the while, Ed Reed continues to talk with his peeps. I love this. He's talking to Anderson. He chats with Meeks. I wish I was the fly on that red bucket hat. Cardale throws one in the flat to Bush. His next pass was for Blake Annen OVER THE MIDDLE, but Zach Brown made his first "Ragland Who?" play, tipping the ball, which was almost caught by one of the Safeties. I must say the Defense was stingy today, but the Offense had some impressive plays as well. You could feel the presence of one Kyle Williams, in on a stop here, mixing it up with Kujo and Incognito there. Zach Brown makes another great play, getting a tag on Tyrod and causing the refs' whistles to blow. Just when you think the D will carry the day, Shady takes an OVER THE MIDDLE screen for 30 yards --albeit against mainly the second-stringers. EJ comes in and I see Worthy and Adolphus Washington jump offsides, but Ryan Groy begins his Trot of Shame around the field. He was flagged for a false start (won't end well, either). It's good to see old #51 in there, as he matches my shirt/can stop the run. Reggie Bush has a nifty run with moves and everything. I think they are going to use Bush for more than punt returns. Cardale returns, and his throw to Walter Powell was almost complete. Powell had fallen (for the 2nd time in 2 practices I've seen), but almost made a Sammy-type grab. Almost. Justin Zimmer helps hold the middle and blow up a run play; you see his functional strength that he showed on the bench at the Combine (he won). The ones return to the field, all except Sammy. The receiver replacing him ran a nice route, was open, but Tyrod under-threw it and the ball was tipped at the line. Some great battles today were Clay against Darby (I give it a draw), Woods against Gilmore (Gilmore got such good position on him that Woods had to knock it down to avoid the INT), and Salas vs Aaron Williams. Salas burned Williams on a botched call--I say that because Salas was 10 yards open. Dez Lewis caught a ball on Darby up the far side, making himself look like a True Number Three. The defense stopped Shady from running up the middle (yes, PBrown, Jerel Worthy and Kyle Williams helped), then we saw the best block of the day from O'Leary comes back from the Dead to spring Shady on a 25+ yard TD. Hughes takes issue on the play and is screaming; Aaron Williams attempts to calm Jerry down. Sterling Moore gets an INT by being in perfect position on an EJ bomb to Woods. (PS to Jeremy White: Rob Ryan and Dennis Thurman are signaling with a horizontal fist pre-snap, the Safety barks something and 2 players change positions). Striker is in at the QB in a flash and gets the sack. Cardale returns, and the draw play to JWilliams goes for about 12. Max Valles gets a sack on Cardale, then Jarrett Boykin makes another Catch of The Day on the far sideline. Not to count himself out, Kain Colter makes a sweet catch, another Catch of The Day, on the sideline nearest us; he has two defenders on him when he makes the catch on a perfectly-thrown ball over his right shoulder, likely the best throw Cardale has made yet. Cardale's next play has triple WR's to the left, and a handoff up the gut, but again my man Justin Zimmer muddies the waters in the middle so Striker and Randell Johnson can make the tackle. Striker comes out of nowhere to "sack" Cardale on the ensuing play. The OC and OG double Zimmer on the next play, and throw to Blake Annen who's near the sideline. Field Goal practice was Carpenter vs Gay, with Carp's lone miss coming from the ball hiked at the 22. He was 7 for 8 on the day. Gay was 5 for 5. No there's not a controversy; Carp is on the 53. In the next 11 on 11, they used plenty of 21 Personnel, and the extra blocker helped Shady spring for 17 yards. After IK Enemkpali tackles the ball-carrier on the next play, Sammy Watkins clears out the underneath coverage and Woods catches the ball OVER THE MIDDLE for a 15 yard gain. I could swear Jerel Worthy dropped into coverage on the next play to make the tackle on Bush; Gilmore was also in the area. There was also a good Shady Block in this drill. With 22 Personnel, I saw it again: Dennis Thurman and Rob Ryan signaled to Robert Blanton. He made one call real loud and the backfield adjusted. Highlights in this drill were Sammy's very neat sidestep after catching the ball; Robert Kugler-Cyril Richardson-Marquis Lucas ability to keep the pocket clean for EJ; EJ's throw to Dez Lewis who was covered nicely by Randell Johnson; and Zimmer's excellent pursuit reminiscent of a younger Kyle Williams. Striker was drawn offsides by EJ, who is a master at baiting the defense with his voice. Just don't call him a master baiter. Tyrod is back in and Kyle Williams shows JWilliams why you shouldn't run plays in his direction. He's baaaaack! You see Thurman and Rob Ryan's signals again with Duke Williams acknowledging. The defense, especially Bryson Albright, Lavar Edwards, and Brandon SPikes stop the next play for no gain. Catches by Dez Lewis, Salas, and Woods followed, as the see-saw battle continued. Red Zone work was a big focus. Jerel Worthy was offsides, but they'll refuse that penalty as Clay catches a perfectly-thrown ball OVER THE MIDDLE for a Touchdown. Next, Tyrod throws and deals Shady a too-easy Touchdown, and Shady lays it up over the crossbar of the goal posts. In 5-wide, Tyrod keeps the ball and --oh, no! everybody in the stands watches Tyrod hit by two linebackers and go airborne. He gets up immediately and signals Touchdown. The crowd scratches "QB Keeper in 5-Wide" off their Armchair QB Playbooks. I'll be going tomorrow with two DraftTek buddies, Joe and Vito; I'll give you everyone's synergistic perspective tomorrow! Astro

Much obliged, Eric. Good stuff. We saw exactly the 22 personnel grouping at practice last week, and I expect to see it today. -Astro

Wow, NY Nole! Superb job! I'm going Mon Tues and Wed if you want to meet up

We have plenty of possession-type receivers. I count 7 that are decent. Robert Woods +51.7 PFF Greg Salas (knee, 28 on 8/25) 68.1 PFF Walter Powell 57.6 PFF Dez Lewis 57.9 PFF Greg Little (age 27, winter work w TT) Jarrett Boykin (fav target at VaTech) Leonard Hankerson +48.7 PFF We also have three world-class, but injured WR's that can make underneath catches happen for others: Marquise Goodwin 68.7 PFF Kolby Listenbee (groin) Marcus Easley (knee) 56.3 PFF We have a feature receiver. WR is not going to be our problem. Neither is RB.