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Yep - entirely skippable when i know like 3-5 guys who play will make the roster.

I think its a tad overblown on the pass rush "sucks". The team was 10th in pressure rate a year ago (with the 5th lowest blitz %), added several young pieces as well as joey bosa. They were also #3 in takeaways which is usually somewhat influenced by a pass rush.

Very true statements. When we blitz, or when mahomes knows buffalo is in man - he has consistently hurt the team scrambling. It's getting pressure through the DTs, and proper containment and clean-up from the edges. He makes mistakes when under pressure, and usually when he can't buy time.

I think Hancock was an attempt there. Same with Hardy a year ago. Like you don't need to be a big guy to be a nickel - but you do need to be able to tackle well. Cam lewis tackling has always left a lot to be desired, and i'd feel even worse having him at safety for an extended stretch.

A friend of mine has hyperhydrosis. If he's barefoot standing on a carpet, it will leave footprints. It's pretty weird.

Even hancock out-performing him doesn't really push hamlin off the roster. Need 4, and i personally would want a backup who's played in the system. Lewis is too small to play safety imo.

Wilson has his own issues like Mitch though. Namely, holding the ball and escaping backwards to his throwing side. Teams know this - the second he pats the ball the plays over. If the young kids had it between the ears - they wouldn't be available. It's not always coaching. Jones, PIckett, Wilson etc. have put out a TON of bad film and formed a ton of bad habits. Some of the options above are a bit better at other elements of the position, but their arms will let them down.

Yeah like... it's definitely one of the reasons the lions lost to the commanders last year. Turnovers were really bad in that one - but 481 yards and 27 first downs is also pretty hard to overcome. With no consistent pass rush, you're left with Daniels buying time to carve up the banged up secondary.

I'd assume there's something down there to pump water out into the piss troughs 🙂 Even playing touch football, i felt a noticable difference when i switched from turf to grass. I did an indoor session at the new UB field house a year or two ago, and my ankles and knees just straight up hurt the next day. I know they can get taped up pretty well by a trainer vs. me doing it myself but man it was hard to walk some days.

Yeah - like no interest in the FA market and not being in anyones camp isn't a good sign either. Could be league min and PS to try and get on the field later if people are injured.

Its after june so his 2026 bonus is eaten in 2026. But still like no 2025 savings - so the replacement likely costs more.

Why can't anyone push him off the roster first i think is the thought. Forrest hasn't jumped him. Hancocks played multiple positions in camp and is a rookie. Lewis is not big enough or good enough at tackling to play safety imo.

Yep - and calling him out will always indicate that they need him to get on the field and out of the trainers room.

I'd say his availability issues probably hurt him more. In a communication heavy defense you need to be on the field making mistakes so you know how to prevent them in a game. Missing tons of camp the last 2 seasons is hurting his ability to do that and be trusted as a defensive leader.

Right - he plays the snaps behind palmer and coleman. Gets open downfield. Plus blocker. Has some "clutch". He did end up missing the playoff games that year with an injury and we ended up getting to see what playing trent sherfield for 66 snaps looked like.

This is where i'm at. I know there are limited savings even as a post 6/1 - but he's missed a ton of camp for the last 2 years, and was on the injury report 6x last year. Had a couple of TDs in the playoffs but like 20+% of his catches came in the finale last year.

On the all-22 dane was dogging that - like you know you're in man, and you know the safety is going to have eye candy in front. He didn't even look like he was running.

Hard to say - i've really never seen Mitch play with the actual offense. Even in last years finale, he played the entire game with the backup offensive line.

I think you can play bend but dont break - but you need to be able to have the aggressive defense in your back pocket. Defenses keeping things in front of them gives you more chances for turnovers, penalties, sacks, and other types of drive killers. What Buffalo needs to better prepare for is the changeups - the mahomes/reid tricky looks, the power run game of baltimore, etc.

Injuries happen - but the player you see today isn't the player you necessarily see tomorrow Bishop - Mistakes happen, in that situation it was a misstep on a switch release that he bungled. Should NOT have been a TD either wya. Tre - he's always been a good zone defender and tackler. You also have hairston available down the line if he isn't up to snuff. Screens - This is often cleaned up in the film room

Tough matchup for a young player against a PA heavy offense. He failed his test - but its also a glorified bad practice. It's not like any film study went into it. I'm not going to just assume he can't play based off of a bad game.

Everything felt low energy and effort. Bishop never got a hand on the guy and didn't really have to swim through a ton of traffic. Just a mis-step and a low effort chase. He know's he messed up, the key is learning from it and playing with the required aggressiveness from wire-to-wire.

i shut the game off pretty quickly when i saw who was lining up - was moore bad? With Shakir injured i would think Moore is the likely next man up to play those snaps - potentially even in the opening game. Samuel's been nursing a hamstring for apparently like 5 seasons, so I'm not sure how you rely upon him for much more than what you got a year ago.

And that may be by design - test your secondary to disrupt the catch point... and tackle. You also get an advantage of being able to get eyes on QB. Yesterday to me indicated that they need work on both. You can't play press man all game long - there's tons of motion and natural picks - you're also setting up players to get roasted by double moves.

They are soft. From the lines out. To the coach. Physical teams will give them problems. Playing on the road will give them problems because of snap count issues and their motion heavy offense. Playing in bad weather, problems. They aren't this like 4-13 team that people think, i think there's still a very good chance they end up ahead of the jets and patriots in the division. But they are not good, and they will continue to lose to playoff teams.