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As a Gator fan, I was already calling for Beane to take Elam. Glad it panned out. He has been the bright spot in Gainesville on an otherwise struggling unit. Make no mistake though, taking on the opposite side of the best DB in the NFL is going to be a big mountain to climb.

NFL strength training and some technique refinement could make him decent depth along the OL.

My hope is that the tight end room ends up being as good as it looks on paper. I think this actually plays into the uptempo offense more than it does running 12 personnel. Obviously they can but I think if it's Knox and Howard, in an uptempo situation you could see Knox or Howard in the slot. Gives Dorsey more felxability without having to substitute. I'm thinking we take advantage of mismatches more this year. Less cute play calls and more just outplaying the other team and exploiting weaknesses.

Unless Daboll has arranged a clone of Josh Allen to be drafted by the Giants, I think you are going to see a guy out of a job in a couple years. Coordinating and being the team executive is entirely different. I'm glad he's moved on because the passing game is all set, we need the rest of the offense to be fleshed out.

I would pack his desk for him. Play calling suspect, his run designs are awful. Josh is the only reason he's serviceable.

Nope. He's not shown the improvement you'd expect to see out of a guy with his physical talent. He does not have the instincts and they clearly aren't teachable.

Maybe we need to do like in hockey and send a goon in after something like that, who's sole purpose is to injure Judon or whoever the offending player is. I've seen people try to purposely injure Josh multiple times now in his career. If it were me, personally, as a coach I'd send a message to one of these guys' knees.

I still remember that game. It was amazing. Probably one of the greatest games in NFL history.

Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida Travis Jones, NT, Connecticut Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State It's bowl week people.

Never said he'd be good at it. Just that's how he's built.

He's built like a 3-4 OLB. He's way out of scheme and position.

Star and Klein are two of our better players on defense. Our defense is completely different without Star. And Klein has stepped in and played about as well as you can hope for a backup in a 2 linebacker system. What I will agree with you on is the drafting. We've drafted more defensive ends than we've got sacks it seems. Boogie to me was the worst one though. Complete waste of a pick and two great offensive lineman went right after him to the Packers and Cheifs. Two teams who understand you have to protect your MVP QB.

Funny you say that because Milano was playing middle in some instances. I don't really care what they do as long as it includes getting rid of Edmunds. People have made excuses for this kid for 4 years now. If he doesn't get it yet, he's never going to.

The weather is only advantage if you're built to play in it. We are not.

This is a shameful thread. A guy has a rough start to the season and it's time to run him out of town already. Yikes. Until the game plan turns around, Allen won't. You don't go 5 wide against one of the best defenses in the league time and time again. You don't run gadget plays on 4th and short. Until the run game gets on track and we can consistently threaten teams with Josh's legs and Devin Singletary, we are going to struggle. Teams were so afraid of Josh's legs last year from film study, they just didn't expect him to pass the way he did. He was unbelievable off of play action and most of of our success was from 3 wide sets. We got away from all of that against the Steelers. Then against Miami Josh just never got into a rythmn. He made some great throws and some poor ones in each game. Did you guys really think we were going to go undefeated this year? This is what it looks like after you go to the AFC Championship. No one is over looking you, they are looking to beat you. My honest opinion of what's going on is that Josh didn't play all preseason and I think that was a mistake. These guys should've prepped like starters every week and at least went in for a drive or two each game. Things are just of sync and we'll be back on track by mid season.

He will be better than last year. If the pass rush is as legit as it looked in preseason, he will have a ton of opportunities to put points on the board. There is absolutely nothing about his talent at this point that says he's peaked, let alone that he will somehow be worse. The click bait bull#### has really reached a fevered pitch right before the season begins.

I like the City of Buffalo one also, could be a winner. I also like the Rockpile Red helmet but I think they'd have to go with dark grey pants and red jerseys. Not historically accurate but would definitely look "retro."

I watch football from noon on Saturday to the end of the Sunday Night Football game. Gators and Bills are my favorite teams but I love football in general.

You only watched a little of him because he only played one year. It's an obvious need with how bad the defense was at times last year. Picking this low in the draft, you can gamble.

Surprised he isn't just going to be a part of Meyer's staff. In terms of leadership, it doesn't get much better than Tebow.

Etienne represents the leap in talent you saw when we brought in Diggs this past season. He is that much better than anyone on the roster at running back. This offense is in need of serious balancing and E-T-N would bring that and then some. Najee Harris would be my first choice just because I love his size and power while still running a 4.45 40 but Etienne is very elusive with ridiculous balance. I'm a believer in any back that has back to back 1,600 yard seasons with an 8.0 avg YPC.

Not with Davis and Hodgins on the roster. I'm not that far into the draft stuff yet, emotionally draining season. I did a quick 2 round on PFN and selected Travis Etienne (RB, Clemson) at 30 and Ronnie Perkins (EDGE, Oklahoma) at 61. Brown was our #1 receiver prior to Diggs arrival last season. That jump in talent and production is what Ettiene would represent at the RB position over Singletary and Moss. Moss would end up being the backup or change of pace guy but Ettiene is an absolute weapon out of the backfield and could bring much needed balance to this offense and a reliable outlet for Josh out of the backfield. Perkins I've seen more than a couple games of his over his career. He's a high effort guy with pretty good bend, great speed. He would probably want to add 10 or 15 pounds at the NFL level if he were to play 4-3 DE like he would in Buffalo but he typically gets good leverage in pass rush over powering much bigger tackles. Fairly patient in the run game and probably a good value at 61.

I still don't understand why people hate on Phillips here. Scorned lovers I guess. He played a prominent role in this defense. It improved in every way when they signed him mid season that year. The arguments against guys like him and Shaq don't hold water. They worked in this system, our rank that year proved it. And if you want to bring up what he did in Arizona, what did we do without him? What was our overall rank without him? Who replaced his production this past season? Goes both ways.

A lot of people made a lot of money betting on Brady. Now that he's no longer there, the Patriots are not a desirable situation at all.

Najee Harris or trade down.