MarlinTheMagician

Admin has gone out of their way to compliment Big Puff lately. If he keeps it up, may have to start calling him Big Puff. I believe Bills are (and I would prefer) see if he catches up to the train, grabs a handle on the caboose and hops aboard. It is not too late. I think of Jones in Cinci - who was a lot worse than Cinci - while still a turd, he has largely remained available to Bengs the past years and played to his ability. Sometimes guys realize stupid is no fun, and I would rather give some time for Dareus to make that realization than give him away. Er, start calling him "Big Stuff" - sorry

At minimum, Milano has proved he can be a valuable part of the rotation. And he is probably our best coverage linebacker. Both he and Vallejo run like the wind. The speed of those two later picks say a lot about what McDermott wants in LBs long-term.

This thread is insane. Oh the hand-wringing! Six games, rookie year.

Never like to see any player injured for any team. But if an injury must hurt some team, it might as well be the Pats!

I agree with the poster mentioning Wilson. Give TT Seattle's roster and he will win just as many games and be doing television commercials. They are very similar in so many respects. If he continues to develop in second half I am confident we won't "chase" a quarterback like we were forced to do with EJ. Then we were forced to anoint him prematurly when Kolb was ruthlessly attacked by a rubber mat. We won't have to do this either - no reason to rush any QB we might draft. And they have to get through Peterman before they get the right to challenge TT, and he may have something to say about that. Our QB situation is the best it has been since Kelly.

Yes. Pitts is the great nephew of Elijah Pitts. Okay, I am lying -- Perhaps son of Ron Pitts?

Tyrod Taylor can cover Sammy Watkins. Jordan Poyer can't throw him open.

Saw Lee on the field vs Bucs - looked like a big dude.

Give 'em the local water and they will never stop the "run" again! In fact, their D tackles will weigh like 225!

That is good to know. Pats could lose several of these. Including one to us. I don't see them getting to 12-4 at all. But then again, I didn't see them winning the division for 100 straight years! Fish beat them once, because they are crazy.

Take a look at that sucker. Not easy for them going forward. Don't like that they get to play Raiders "on the road" in Mexico City. Conspiracy!

Milano is Robert Woods crazy in coverage. When Humber comes back maybe play those two at outside LB in nickel. Moving Zo up to line is not a terrible idea.

C'mon boys - HEAL!

I take offense to that, but yeah, that's pretty good!

Ha! I am really not, I get it with cliches (how many rings does he have" being me least liked), but I really believe with Zay you have to trust what McDermott sees and is doing with him. I really believe the targets mean he is getting separation, and he would probably have more targets but for his drops. Especially with my dawg TT who, for all the TT love I have (considerable), still does not throw wideouts open very often. I really believe one never forgets how to catch and Zay is pressing. So on this one I just trust the process. Hey, I am a lunch pail guy, it is what I do!

Totally agree with the above!

Hopefully smokin Jay comes back and we sweep the Fish. They are not good. Should beat Jets again. Wins vs. three of LAC, Oak, Aints, Colts and we are at 10. Likely NE would not matter so they are not essential, but sure would be nice to beat them once or twice.

If we are lucky maybe NE gets Gilmore back

Let the Rivers flow buckets of ELITE performance on Sunday! Wish it was not in NE.

He deserves very significant credit - for McDermott and Beane being here!

Trust the process. Blue collar guy. Buffalo kinda of fella. One of 11. The cliche "trust the process" fully applies. So no, I won't atopy with the cliches. Trust that CRAZY process and Zay will be fine! Haters gonna hate. er, won't stop, not atopy!

He has - has been widely reported how close him and Zay are.

We all wanted more out of him. But he will be fine - trust the process. He is being targeted by a QB who is reticent to throw receivers open. That tells me this will be okay. But I completely agree with OP that he should change that cursed number. Something in the 80s would make him look bigger

It means he is a rookie and people that want to give up on him are clueless. Good hands is not something you ever forget, and bad hands cannot usually be overcome. Anyone who is now in their 50s and once had "hands" fancies that they still do. And they are usually right - it is a lifetime skill. There is Zay has a body of work in college that establishes Zay's hands if nothing else. What would his numbers be if he had zero drops and caught the "catchable" balls not counted as drops? This is where he will be. The concern I had is "can he get enough separation in the NFL to be targeted." He is doing that, which is an overwhelming positive. While painful, the drops will end. But haters gonna hate and they can't follow this because of some stupid stat based on six weeks of NFL play for a rookie. And add to that not messing up his routes. The Carolina pass was on him, not TT. He finishes his route in the second half of the year. Do you doubt he learned something from Carolina? Young man was in tears. He wants it.

Haters gonna hate. Zay is going to be a meaningful contributor second half of year and a star by year 3.