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Maybe receivers wasn't the most accurate description, but this evidence says that they didn't value the slot like maybe the Bills will this year.

Also true.

I guess this would make sense if they actually canceled "1/3 of the minicamp." I'm sure they still had their meetings and worked out, but instead of a 2 hour practice, they're playing games. No big deal.

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/how-veterans-and-alumni-play-a-key-role-in-rookie-development-for-the-bills Good article. Sounds like they're putting a lot of pressure on the players to start performing early and often. I like it, find the players that want to work and weed out the rest.

A poster complains about short area accuracy with the evidence being an article they read. In said article, turns out the evidence is inaccurate, while at the same time, the sentence before actually shows the opposite of what the poster was trying to say. Fantastic. I imagine this might be where the frustration came from with Ethan. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I get it, you want him to be perfect. Hopefully he'll get there. Sorry if I offended you Ethan.

These should be really good. Looks like we'll get more in depth looks into the draft, the new facilities, and hopefully a lot more. I hope we see a bunch of behind the scenes footage of Oliver and the draft.

Josh's arm strength is ridiculous. Look at how easy he makes this throw. The throws around 1:45 since the embedded video doesn't keep that information. https://youtu.be/OTBLE79ZW8Y?t=107 He made a 40 yard throw look like he was lobbing the ball to someone 10 yards away. All-22 here:

This is how I imagine the OP while writing this post.

This got a little bit long, please forgive me. Great interview. I love when they get into more gritty details like the grip, shotgun stance, pre-snap routine, etc. That's a wild story about the Houston game. I can't imagine how frustrating that was to go from, oh... I think I got it, to jacked up elbow in a blink of an eye. I can't believe Simms didn't probe about that a little bit more. Maybe he did and they just didn't show it. With that in mind, I'm super jealous of the camera man, I would have loved to see their entire interaction. Sal was on with Schopp and the Bulldog and they talked about how his numbers to the right of the field were noticeably worse than to the left. What do you know, while talking about his stance from the shotgun, he mentioned how his old stance led him to be too open when throwing right and he'd lose accuracy. I really think this staff does a great job of self evaluating. This might sound minor, but I really appreciate Josh's ability to be critical of himself. When talking about the Chargers game, he mentions how he said the wrong word for protections and it screwed up the offense and it was all his fault. It's obvious it was his fault, but I've run into too many people in my life who cannot admit when they are wrong. It's so annoying and I still haven't figured out what it says about a person who refused to take responsibility for their mistakes, but I'm happy Allen isn't like that. I thought his "new" mindset was interesting and he dropped an interesting note about the option routes. Going short to long at times should help keep the sticks moving. I noticed some nice short crossers in the OTA videos where he hit guys in stride. The most interesting part was when he mentioned the number of option routes they run and how important their body language is. Below is Zay's quote about Josh. Josh's comments give us more context into exactly what Zay was talking about. If Josh and the receivers can get on the same page on the option routes, that should really help them move the chains. Simms', "I had a pretty good arm. You can tell? Good." was kind of hilarious. He sounds like a little kid talking to someone he looks up to. tldr: awesome interview and I love Josh Allen

You missed the most important one...

That's encouraging. Big year for Dion.

Mrs. Hughes is happy and rightfully so. Is that supposed to be her drooling over the $$$ or something... less safe for work?

I mean sure, it'd be great to have a mauler that pancakes guys every play, but a guy like that would probably be a top 5 pick. This article was shared, but I think it got buried in the original thread from after he was drafted. https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2019/4/17/18309044/nfl-draft-2019-cody-ford-buffalo-bills-oklahoma-scouting-report-offensive-tackle-ranking You sound a lot like the author before he watched a bunch of film on Ford. Sure, he's not a huge mauler that's running guys over, but he does enough in the run game and is a very good pass blocker. Honestly, that sounds so much better than the nonsense that's been put at RT recently. I don't need the O-line to be this insane dominant force (although that would be amazing), they just need to do their job. My favorite part about watching Ford is once he's engaged, you almost never saw guys shed his block and make a play. Sure it happened here and there, but for the most part, he's a steady RT that does his job very well, albeit maybe unspectacular.

That's a very good point. There's a cut between the Singletary pick and Beane saying they want to get Knox, so who knows when the Knox comment came. I'm glad you brought that up because at first watch is seemed like they wanted Knox as soon as they picked Singletary. Between that and them wanting to trade up for Ford, it almost seemed like they're falling in love with players and may push a bit to get them as opposed to letting the draft unfold a bit. They obviously still let the draft unfold since they didn't trade up for Oliver or make a huge jump for Ford, but it was still something I found interesting while watching the video. Yeah it did, that was interesting. They looked pretty dejected when Carolina traded up. I'm not sure who it was, but Beane asked who traded up and it sounds like someone says, do you really want to know? All of these guys were on the same page, they all knew they wanted Ford and they all knew Carolina was probably trading up for a tackle, hence, the guy not wanting to break the news to Beane.

That's a great and very encouraging article, a lot of good gifs. "Just enough" in the run game and a very good pass protector. I really hope he wins the RT job. RT has been so freaking mediocre (at best) for years. I've probably said and thought this 100 times, but damn this FO is refreshing.

On WGR, Beane said Singletary wasn't asked to catch many passes in college, so during a private workout they had him run routes and catch passes and he did a good job of it. Singletary said he did some catching drills at the combine to show off his hands as well. Sounds like he can do it, he just wasn't asked to in college. I thought RB was an option in the draft, but not in the 3rd round. That said, I can see why Beane described him as the funnest player to watch in the draft. He's very shifty and does a great job of setting up blocks.

A bit off topic, but I didn't want to start a new thread. I'd seen the end of this video where he says he's going to enter the draft, but not the first part. She asks him what the MVP trophy means to him and he immediately starts talking about the team success and how he couldn't have done it without his teammates and scout team. I freaking love this kids attitude. Back on topic, McShay's, "there's no way you watch every snap of the Bills." is so obnoxious. With cutups, he could probably knock that out in a day. It might not be in depth, but he could get a good idea of what Allen is about.

Talking with Chris Brown.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation.

Love his quickness, change of direction, and ability to stay low. He's nice and thick and has good strength. Excited to be a Bill and wants to work, what's not to like? I'm very excited about the pick. When the Bills went on the clock, I felt pretty confident that's who they'd pick. It made perfect sense and this staff doesn't seem to try and outsmart themselves like previous regimes did. Not an official combine time, but holy $#!t snacks that shuttle is impressive.

Wallace only played the last half of the season. It's smart to make sure there's competition there in case he struggles. I'd love for him to take the starting job and keep it for the foreseeable future, but it's not a guarantee. I like the signing a lot. Gaines should be able to come right in and start or be strong depth that can step right in if someone struggles or gets hurt. Damn I am loving me some McBeane these days.

@Mark80 is definitely out of his mind for thinking the cash bail system is broken and disproportionally hurts poor people or to think that the justice system is biased towards rich people. Yes, he's definitely out of his mind... smh