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    Tom Brady tweets at Josh Allen [Edit: QBs will face off at golf in June]

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    1 hour ago, ProcessAccepted said:

     

    I'm not sure that I'd call it a sole proprietorship but really more of a general partnership.

    I'd say at best to paraphrase the Beatles, he gets by with a little help from his friends.

     

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    Especially last year in that game in Tampa.

     

    https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/12/13/key-pass-interference-call-non-call-rile-up-bills-fans/

     

     

    Josh does the same thing Brady mentions, and the refs seem to be fine with it.  Except that time he spun the ball 😅

    Am I the only one who hasn't completely given up on Zack Moss?

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    3 hours ago, Logic said:

    It seems that just about everyone has written off Zack Moss as a reasonable RB2 option going forward. 

    I understand that he had a down 2021, but he certainly showed promise in the 2020 season, to the point where he was viewed by many as the Bills' true RB1 heading into 2021. He is a hard running, physical back with good balance and catching ability. He was drafted in the third round just two seasons ago and Beane was very excited to get him (cue pithy Cody Ford remark here).

    A few things stick out to me:

    1.) In 2020, when the Bills offensive line switched to primarily zone running, Moss became very effective. Singletary, less so. In 2021, the Bills tried to do a bit of everything, rolled out the "RB by committee" approach again, realized it was a failure by mid-season, and scrapped it for a heavy reliance on Singletary and power gap runs and pin-and-pull concepts. These are Singletary's bread and butter, so whereas he had struggled in 2020, he rebounded and flourished behind the blocking scheme with which he is most effective. Moss, on the other hand, went the opposite direction. After averaging 4.3 ypc in 2020, he averaged just 3.6 in 2021.

    Here's the thing with that: if I'm not mistaken, new o-line coach Aaron Kromer will most likely be bringing in the wide zone, one-cut-and-go stuff full time. As just mentioned, Moss thrived behind this running scheme in 2020. Why doesn't anyone think he can thrive again?

    2.) We saw just last year, with Singletary himself, the following phenomenon: A running back comes in and thrives as a rookie, has a sophomore slump partly due to change in blocking scheme, then rebounds in year three upon returning to the blocking scheme with which he's most comfortable. This exact scenario seems to be playing out with Zack Moss right now. Nice year one, down year two behind new blocking scheme...why can't year three with a zone running scheme see the same type of bounce-back from him that Singletary enjoyed?

    I'm not saying he's ever gonna be a top five back or light the league on fire, but so many Bills fans seem completely ready to ship him off for a late round pick or cut him outright, and certainly aren't counting on him to contribute meaningfully in 2022, and I can't quite figure out why that is. It's not as if he has NEVER shown that he can be effective in this league. Bring up the 2020 game highlights and you see plenty of really nice plays and both the running and passing game from Moss. Does everyone just assume he completely forgot how to play football?

    If you're one of those who have given up on Zack Moss, I'm curious to know your reasoning. I'm also curious to know: if you don't believe he can rebound behind better OL personnel, with a better o-line coach and a blocking scheme better suited to his skills, WHY don't you believe it?



     

     

    Yes.

    Buffalo has become an NFL destination once again

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    2 hours ago, Big Turk said:

    It once was when Kelly and company were playing and it is once again...

     

    Von Miller actively recruited the Bills and let them know he wanted to come here(he was the FA Albert Breer referred to when he said at least one big name FA had his agent reach out on his behalf to the team).

     

    OJ Howard said he is excited to be here and that players around the NFL want to come here because they know something special is being built here and they want to be a part of it.

     

    Jordan Phillips and Shaq Lawson said they are back home and Phillips said he didn't miss a single game, communicated with the guys constantly and hung out with them in the offseason. 

     

    Miller said he talked to Diggs and said how he told him he loved everything about Buffalo.

     

    Whatever the vision Beane and McDermott had for this team in terms of atmosphere, culture, on field results, etc I am not sure they could have pictured it all coming together quite like it has so quickly.

     

    It's a testament to what they built, the fans, the city and players around the league wanting to be a part of a family atmosphere and something amazing.

     

    I keep hearing it from multiple players so I know it has to be true but I keep having to pinch myself because I still don't think it's real...after all the years where we had to overpay and beg FAs to come here, now we have players active recruiting us to try and be a part of the team...

     

    I don't know if we truly appreciate just how special this is yet and how players around the NFL talk glowingly about what they have heard about Buffalo and what's going on here.

     

    I've never felt more confident that we are going to end the Super Bowl drought than I am now.

     

    He was?  We know this?

    Flashback...Josh running at the Combine...

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    21 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

    Yes as "Hap" mentioned as well, no doubt BUT with his form was so bad why even run the 40 if you dont care about it.  And no, not as someone posted, I would be shocked if he was "trolling".  Josh wanted to be picked high and he is not going to goof around on a combine test.  The issue is, I could have with 10 minutes, got him better form and lowered his time.

     

    It really is all very odd. I specifically remember Josh saying he didn't know he was as fast as he is in the NFL. He attributes his speed to combine prep and actually working on form and speed, as he had never done before. 

     

    ...then this performance 😅

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    Aaron Rodgers hinting at retirement? (Update - no decisions yet, just a “cleanse”)

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    Posted · Edited by BringBackFlutie

    2 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:

    If that's the cleanse I'll still do the yoga and meditation, plus drink lots of water and eat only veggies and citrus fruits for a few days instead. That'll accomplish like 90% of the same thing, right? 

     

    Hell, just drink a couple protein shakes a day. May as well pull a pipe cleaner through your digestive tract.

    2022 return of the red helmet.

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    1 minute ago, Greg S said:

     

    First I heard of it. I have nothing against the red helmet but to me the charging Buffalo "pops" more off the white helmet.

     

    I agree. I just really want to see the red helmet as a throwback. White helmets are my favorite uniform ever in football. 

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    Is McDermott going to scare players away?

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    Posted · Edited by BringBackFlutie

    7 minutes ago, cDAVIS said:

    I love how he benches players. They made it very clear from the start, noones job is safe. They will always bring in competition and will not be afraid to punish players screwing up in ways that can cost them the game.

     

    The only way McD. Scares players away are of they are scared of winning.

     

     

     

    I'd also like to point out that, while many want to point to similar offenses to insinuate favoritism, they aren't the same level of offense.  Singletary gets the ball punched out and stays in.  Moss has a lapse of concentration on a hand-off, and Mckenzie gives up the ball on his own.  I believe Breida was also benched for simply coughing the ball up uncontested.  Being the victim of a good play is a much different situation than demonstrating lack of focus. The latter is a reason to sit down and get your head in the game.

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