MarlinTheMagician

Agree. Shakir and Diggs, if I recall, have nearly identical height, weight, speed numbers. Physically, he is kind of a Diggs clone.

Best dude ever. So glad he is our QB - having an equally talented jerk would not be as gratifying.

On "buying greatness" - it has worked, but I think it has failed a lot more. Just my impression, have not gone through all the names.

Kind of funny, I posted how much I like this board because of its fan insight and enthusiasm, despite some issues. Then the thread immediately degenerated into a bunch of insults and arguing. I guess that just has to be part of it, unfortunately. 😔

Agree with this. Suspect rebuilding his confidence is as important as working with TJ to refine his footwork. Rooting for the young man. I went to the preseason game vs. Colts when he and Bedford were both rookies. Both of them had pretty dominant performances in that game. Day time preseason games are underrated. It is a wonderful way to kill an afternoon, see the depth of the team, and have a couple beers without being stressed out of my mind. I live in the New York area and my fiance and I took in the preseason game, went to the Fair and then saw Zach Bryan at Darien Lake. Gave her the full Buffalo experience! Was awesome.

No worries. Was glad to be able to share it. This board has its downsides, but on the whole I think it is really pretty great and reflects the insight of our fanbase and their commitment to the team. So it is a privilege to add a tidbit!

Safety. I have inside information (maybe it is public and I don't know it), that they really want to look at him as a safety. That might help the grabbiness at the top of routes - seeing the play unfold and running to the catch point rather than trying to mirror sometimes. Others on here have posted he would be terrible at safety, but the Bills believe there is at least some chance those posters are wrong.

It is sad indeed, but not at all unlikely that it helps the Bills more having him on another team than it would having him on the Bills. If so, the 2nd rounder we got is a windfall. The $31 million is a sunk cost.

Of course it is a passing league, but it is beyond doubt that a running game that challenges the defense helps open the pass. Singletary and "the bag of balls" backs with him scared no one -- even after Devon gutted out eight yards, he was going down. Cook and Johnson can both take it to the house. Sleep on that at your peril. Big help for the passing game.

Standing with Mom and Dad and my first wife while Whitney Houston sang the National Anthem and Jets roared over the stadium. I lost my beloved spouse in a car accident nine years later. Luckily I have three of her great children. Dad is gone now, Mom has Alzheimer's. Happily I have a terrific new spouse who loves the Bills and is so similar to the wonderful woman I lost it is eery at times. Second - Dad protecting me from the throng at the men's room when I was five years old at the Rockpile before the Raiders at Bills in 1967. And seeing how green the field was that day when I walked in and saw my first NFL field for the first time.

With all the hue and cry over our wide receivers there has been limited mention of our running back room. I think it is really good. Cook looked pretty elite last year, especially down the stretch. I thought Ty Johnson was a helluva addition and was a very valuable contributor - has size and speed. And I am so excited about Davis, who I think will bring a lot to the table receiving and running - as well as a can of whoopass. Would not shock me if Gore sneaks on the roster and contributes as well - his old man will kill him if he doesn't! So much better than when we had Singletary and a bag of balls. Loved Singletary, but he was a little small and a little slow. This group is really talented.

I think Hollins will be a great addition. A glue guy who every once in a while comes up big when not necessarily expected, and who rarely has a negative play. A gamer.

I think the key word is "weapons" rather than just "wide receivers". Until our boy Coleman proves it (and I think he can), our wide receivers alone may be middling. However, when you look at the totality of our "weapons" - pretty darn good, more than enough I believe. Spreading weaponry across RBs, WRs and TEs is likely a reflection of Josh's maturation. He has ample game experience to know where to distribute the ball all over the field and how to put playmakers with YAC skills (Cook, Davis, Samuel and Shakir), opportunities to make big plays out of short passes in space. I like that so much better than "gotta get it to Diggs." Stretch them vertically and horizontally, challenge them with size, speed and agility. The ability to do that with this group is pretty awesome, IMHO. Seems that across all our weapons we have a good sampling of every trait that threatens a defense - size (both height and weight with our two tight ends), speed, and shiftiness. The cherry on top for me is we also stand to run the ball much better than at any time since the Shady days. Feeling dangerous!

The board has the least faith in Shorter since Bernard. As I said with Bernard - let's see what happens! He has traits, he has challenges, none of us know how hard he worked (or not) to develop his game for the past year.

I have always kind of liked MVS and thought he had untapped upside - but how many of these guys can we collect? Going to be an interesting training camp.

Please - no one over 26 years old. Save our money and develop our guys. Josh has so many weapons - can't just look in the WR room. I'd rather get a good corner than another wideout, if we had to make a move. Our problem last year was defense.

I think Beane gets under-rated here sometimes - his long-term lock-ups have pretty much all been spot-on, marred only by injury (Tre White). But Josh, Milano, Dawkins, Power and Hyde in their prime, Oliver (a surprise to me) -- all great moves that have provided a ton of value and kept us competitive year-after-year-after-year (plus Josh's greatness, which he gets fair credit for projecting). And making hard choices on beloved players were all good calls as well (Singletary, Edmunds, Diggs, Horrible Harry). I think he is in a small handful of the very best GMs.

You're right on. I think this is one of his most impressive years. He got us much younger, and out of cap hell. People are fearful because there is change, but here is an optimistic view on the "slash and burn" -- Diggs gave us literally nothing for 2/3rds of a year and removing his persona hints at addition by subtraction; love Po, always, but Po looked slow; Feel so bad for Hyde, hope he retires before injured, but probably not worth his contract rate last year; Morse was one concussion away from being a cap albatross and always had trouble anchoring, and he always had trouble anchoring; Tre White was an all-time favorite for me, but performance year 1 after an achilles is typically poor; Gabe Davis - love the human, the player added little and contributed a lot to Josh's interceptions by not being "on the same page" with Josh; Jordan Phillips and Shaq Lawson - it was time. All along the past 2-3 years, we have injected impressive young talent. Cook, Torrence, Kincaid, Bernard, Benford and Brown. I was very skeptical at the time, but locking up Oliver was genius. I think we are a much better team right now than last year. It may take a bit to gel, but we are younger, stronger, faster, healthier and cheaper. This is a golden age of team management - probably the best ever - as well as on field performance. Judge me now, but save the post -- the on-field team in 2024 will be better than 2023 and 2022 teams (that 2021 team could have really won it though). I think we need one more year of reloading to optimize the roster, but we are a strong competitor for the Super Bowl right now. Staying healthy, rookie contributions and Von's hoped-for recovery will all be key. But give us a couple breaks and we can win it.

Boy, we stand to be so loaded with picks next year. Can even do a Douglas-type deal at the deadline to get some of what we need this if Beane wants with one of our fourth's (I know, NFL may screw us again).

Miss Tre' a lot - and have since the ACL save three games last year. Hope he comes back and kills it for LA, and works his way back to Buffalo to finish up at the end, sound and healthy.

All good here. Entirely reasonable for two fans to see a player differently. Go Bills!

You got your opinion I got mine - except you got no vision bro. Just a bowl of vitriol, a cup of vinegar where there should be sweetness, negativity that. drips. That ain't got no swag at all. You a one trick pony - and the trick is to pee on all the other ponies.

Would not hate getting Zay back at all. He is a professional wideout. I don't know if he fits the "process" - if Beane/McDermott concludes he does he would be a nice add, IMHO. I don't really hold the hotel dash against him - he was obviously going through some sh**. If he has his head right, he could be interesting add of a vet presence.

Nah man, you don't want him on the Jets. He can win if he has a top D. Be happy bruh.

Coleman going to be all that! I would not bet my house, but I would bet a lot.