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Right, it's crazy to me that he knew stuff about perigrine falcons accept that they live in all the places that he has ever lived. He talks about them like they're some exotic jungle species.

It was crazy to me that he knew what a perigrine falcon was, and how fast it dives, but was like "I think they're only in Africa". Some of these guys are just so incredibly dumb. My hot take at the end of last season was that I think Knox is still the better TE, but Kincaid's athleticism, age, and draft status keep him as TE1. Nothing in camp/preseason seems to have changed that.

Lewis is a guy that I'm not really happy with anywhere at any level of the depth chart. But he's just barely solid enough to be 2nd/3rd string in a million spots that he sticks around. As a DB I think Ingram is a better overall prospect at what he does but he has less utility than Lewis. Also doesn't exactly fit the solution here. But again the problem is, Can Lewis sticks around because we haven't addressed the depth chart above him nearly well enough.

Am I the only one who thought it looked like James Cook came right from a safety meeting and into his Hard Knocks interview/contract signing?

Things don't apply generically to all teams. McD relies heavily on his safety tandem. Porter/Hyde injuries and aging have been a major hurdle that McBeane haven't been able to get over. If McD can take any old cerebral 7th round safety and turn them into one of the best (active)safety tandems the league, and our best safety tandem in franchise history, then he's welcome to sprinkle that magic dust again at anytime. But until then it's held this defense back and it's a vital position group for the team.

I think he's still recovering from injury right? Curious if they let him work back on the PS and at that point who knows what we need to do at WR.

Also worth noting that our base isn't cover/tampa 2, it is cover 3.

Right, he isn't a dud, but I think the expectation from fans is for him to be "the guy" on the line. I like having him. His contract is fine. But I think there's an itch for him to be a bigger impact player.

I think it could be Rousseau. He got his pay day but he just doesn't get home. The murmurs started at the end of last year. If he doesn't take a very large step people are going to be upset. Special mention to Brandon Beane. A lot of whiffs on the defensive side of the ball, hasn't addressed the WR position well and has been publicaly aggressive about defending it, most recently a lot of resources put into the DL that seems to be raising some yellow flags. More often than not you will get worse when you replace Brandon Beane, but people may start to grow tired of the high floor, low ceiling players holding the roster back. EDIT: These are not my whipping boys. I am saying I could see the boards frustration with these guys possibly growing.

He's an OK looking dude worth millions. I have no doubt Bass could bed at least 4 50+ year olds. EDIT: word

I don't know if this whole post is a joke or for real. And I'm unsure what one I prefer.

This feels very frantic, anxious, and not how football works. There's a lot of calls to be mad at. Picking up a bad flag during preseason is the absolute worst football related thing to be mad at in the history of football. Enjoy the weekend, football is back, today was meaningless outside of seeing some film on some fringe players.

I didn't see any holding on the replay.

We're rigging preseason games now?

If I am a team looking for a long term solution at QB and Sanders is in my locker room, I likely sit him this year. Not because he sucks or whatever, but I do think if Sanders is going to be a franchise QB he needs some time to bake. I'm watching the game now. He certainly made some nice throws. And he is "athletic enough" for today's NFL. But I think he needs to get stronger to play in the league. He really seems to have to heave it into some of those throws. He also sucks at throwing on the run. I'm not QB guru but I think both have to do with not understand good footwork and having a strong base. All that will be much harder to correct in the regular season. Edit: Curious to watch any A22 of this. As the game goes on he tries to squeeze a bunch of balls into windows that are just too dangerous against NFL starters.

I'm rewatching now and I am only on drive two but his first pass was a bit high in tight coverage but off the hands of his WR. His second pass was completed and the WR ran his route a half yard short of the first down, and they punted. The WR has to know where the pylon is on 3rd down. His second drive he converted he moved the chains with two first downs. One with a pass and one with his legs. To be fair his duck on 2nd and 12 wasn't good and stalled an otherwise good drive. I'm not convinced he's a starter but those drives weren't exactly how you described IMHO.

I low-key thought that comment about "micromanaging" was him trying to talk about the Sabres. Terry doesn't own the stadium. Sure he could walk through whenever he wants. But he also can't really micromanage it if he wanted. That was Terry trying to tell the world "I'm not the person you think I am". There's no way anybody should trust a guy who built Kevyn Adams in their own image.

Benford is a very good DB, and that is a good play from Keon, but Benford is not one of the most physical DB's in the league.

Allen should have taken $45M. Because everybody should take 2/3 value due to the salary cap.

I am a firm believer that not having these guys in house more often is part of the reason that we see more injuries. I think more in person practice (without contact/pads) will reduce injuries and greatly improve the product on the field. That isn't a knock on the work these guys put in all offseason. But individual sessions and maintenance work isn't a replacement for team work and constant in persons with S&C. A track star can run all they want, but it isn't the same as racing. Both need to be happening regularly and in tandem.

Don't even get me started on the puppies.

My guess is the 17 hour meeting before the draft where they watched every single snap Josh Allen ever took. Taylor Hall. He required a 17 hour meeting with just Terry, McD, and himself dedicated to every snap Josh Allen ever took. That is about as heavy of a lift a GM could have for a pick. That meeting doesn't happen if everybody is "all in" on the pick.

You guys still have hair?

At the risk of being pedantic. I think it was more that the Bills were upside down on Tre's contract v production due to injury. I think they would have stood with Tre on another year of rehab at a much lower cost. We're basically seeing them do that right now.

It's tough. I think the NBA does a pretty good job with this stuff, but the season is so much longer. On the other hand the NFL looks like Steve Buschemi in 30 Rock. They league can and should do more, but you can very quickly let it get out of hand and dominate 17 games.