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Because he's going to end up with a long extension with an 8-9M cap hit

He doesn't, but that seems besides the point, rather it's what people expect of him, what coaches expect of him, what an actual NFL MLB is capable of on elite, great, average, below average, poor tiers, and what he does. And also the fact that people seem to think he's the problem with whatever issues we have on defense, rather than a basic lack of speed, explosion and individual pass rushing you're going to be very disappointed this summer

Concentrated fire on the MLB when the Bills probably don't have a single DB who runs under a 4.55 or a DLineman who can get 10+ sacks

My dirty little secret is that I think Derek Carr is better than Burrow right now, but he shouldn't be getting Mahomes/Allen money

I'm a bit surprised there's not rules against this sort of thing. It's even more of a disadvantages to the have-nots, that a well marketed star can take 80% of what he can get on the open market to play for a championship, all the while knowing he can make up for it with his endorsements

He was special even as a Grad assistant at PSU. Joe Morehead immediately picked him out as his personal protege, and even Josh Gattis had him in his WR room, Brady soaked up the entirety of Morehead's offense and was instrumental in Trace McSorely's development (3* safety/QB to All conference QB and draft pick) - he was basically PSU's unofficial QB Coach - as a GA. That dude is an offensive savant.

Remember that day when he released a 9 page insta letter to announce his retirement? That was a great day

Having an OC and QB on the same (succesful) page is a no brainer

I would pass on Bradberry. Similar profile to Levi Wallace, which are average to below average speed so almost exclusively a boundary/zone corner. Now Bradberry is a really GOOD zone corner...but if the bills are going to spend capital, then it better not be on a zone corner. The Bills need to get faster in the secondary. If they're coming back with the exact same zone heavy scheme to protect their boundary corner, then I think that's a mistake. Get a corner who can play both Zone and man. It'll cost money, but the key to beating these elite QBs isn't going to be blitzing them, it's going to getting elite coverage. Against the Chiefs, the Bengals actually played a lot of man, and were able to do so because Bates is an elite safety who ran a 4.5 40 at the combine and can cover large parts of the field. If either Poyer or Hyde are sub 4.6 I'd eat my Allen jersey. Same with Levi Wallace.

The $80 Jersey I own says you can send that idea straight to hell

No I'd turn around and give that offer to the Falcons for AJ Terrell, but I'd also offer both picks we get for losing Lezlie Frazier

Agree that the Bills don't need an overhaul. I would much rather the Coaches re-evaluate some of their schematic stuff, and then add a piece or two on either side, that adds something they don't have already. I keep harping on it, but speed in the back 7 and in the offensive skill set is that one last thing.

So Joe Bus made a big deal out of the lack pass of pass rush on that Hill TD - a play where neither AJE nor GR won their battles. That's where a GM earns his money. Does he look at that play and think - well a DE means Mahomes doesn't get off an easy pass, or does he think - a better corner means Hill isn't quite so open

10 years down the line, I think we're going to look back at Poyer and Hyde as legends, so I can appreciate that, and I'd imagine every coach would love to have safeties as good, smart and charismatic as Hyde and Poyer - I mean ultimately they were central in turning around the drought years culture, along with McDermott and some others. So I can appreciate and empathize with that hesitancy. It's easy for me to sit there as a fan and say time to move on from one of them, because I'm not in that locker room and I don't know the intangible impact to the locker room and scheme. But hopefully they at least entertain the possibility, and if not at safety - doing so elsewhere. Because running it back is just going mean next January we're gonna get our hearts broken again

You can definitely work with those guys and win a super bowl - but I don't think you can have three guys back there with average speed and defend elite offenses consistently - and I love both Poyer/Hyde but they are definitely average athletes, while Levi is also an average athlete for his position.

At some point he's going to lose his speed. Just gotta prepare for that

I said in another thread that my spiciest take would be replacing one of Micah and Poyer with someone like Jaquan Brisker - a dynamic safety who can run, cover and hit. I honestly think the Bills need more speed at both Safety and Corner

And if they do that....well. That means no upgrades to the secondary

I agree with this. I'm not unhappy with how Rousseou developed this year either, and I thought I saw AJ flash a few times against KC as well. I want to put resources into the secondary. Whether it's a trade or FA or moving up the draft I dunno

I'm just thinking math. But the real question is if the Bills can afford to lose both McKenzie and Sanders. My assumption heading into the offseason was the Bills would keep Isiah, lose both Cole and Sanders, and invest in another position while using late draft picks as depth for WR. Dunno, the offense loses it's only speed thread without McKenzie

That wasn't a pick play, I think the Bills were trying to bait Mahomes into throwing it deep where they had Micah able to help. The right side cleared with straight flys, the RB took Edmunds attention, and Hill simply claimed the space. For me, I'd rather put the money into a corner opposite Tre rather than a pass rusher. The Bills moved MAhomes out of his spot fairly consistently, and that's not why they lost. Actually I think the defense did well considering the personnel available to them - and that was the limiting factor. I'd rather spend on a corner to free up the safeties to be more dangerous in the intermediate game against good teams.

IF Cole Beasley is back then it means Manny Sanders isn't

I don't know about this. We play a ton of Cover 2/4/6 because I don't think McDermott are confident their off corner can handle their jobs. Getting a 2nd corner means you're able to drop one of Poyer and Micah into a shallow zone far more often than the Bills do - especially against good teams. Think about the Hill TD - that was one of the rare times the Bills were in straight cover 1 with Micah Hyde over the top. Hill utterly dusted Levi on a crosser, and with everyone manned, they didn't even realize he had the ball until he was at full speed, and that's game over. A corner who's 30% better than Levi probably means Hill doesn't have a full 2 feet of seperation - and it also means you can unleash your really talented safeties. I think someone like Rasul Douglas makes this defense A LOT better

Wait, so he didn't go over his game planning, and week specific plays, during meetings? My understanding is that in the NFL most of the meat of what happens on Sunday, happens OFF the field. That's why in the NFL you can do so much virtually. You're not spending in season working on fundamentals - you're expected to do get those down in OTAs, summer camp and players own time. You're trying to get players to understand their jobs for the week. If someone can't do that, they shouldn't be working with pros.

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