GunnerBill

He is overrated as a receiver. Bang average. And a nutcase who is no way worth the hassle.

Yea. Dotson sucks. I was never particularly high on him. Shakir would definitely go higher in a re-draft now. I had them about a round apart at the time. Mid 2 on Dotson, mid 3rd on Shakir. Was an awful trade for Philly.

They were not at all. McDermott ran that draft.

And guys that win outside. The guys who play outside get paid more in the NFL. Wide Receivers make more than backs and tight ends Boundary corners make more than nickels and safeties Tackles make more than guards Edge players make more than defensive tackles Why? Because when you are outside it is much harder to win with or protect with scheme. It comes down at some point just to talent. Mano v mano. Thats why having scrubs, career backups and out of position slot receivers as your outside options was never a viable plan.

And this might be the biggest burn haha. Oh he was wrong beyond wrong. All off season. At least he is here and hasn't run away. But he needs to own his wrongness. It was colossal. He would not hear any opposition to his "Samuel can be Diggs" argument.

Not since suspension it isn't. If he'd carried on the pace from the first 4 games I don't think anyone would be disputing.

Grable is right up there too. He was a 9.83. They like athleticism and length in their tackles.

Yes. Penei Sewell is going to end up one of the best to ever do it. He is destined for the HOF. But take Sewell out (who is a left tackle playing at right tackle while they still have Decker) and Brown has been the next best RT in the NFL this season IMO. If I was voting for All Pro they'd be my two voted. Sewell 1st team, Brown 2nd team.

Yea they are, without question, a better offense with Coop than without him. He makes teams defend the entire field against us. It is that simple.

I don't think it's fair to type case everyone as saying you had to have a dominant #1. Some of us were saying you have to have a viable separator on the outside and that guy wasn't MVS, Hollins or Coleman (or Samuel as one or two wanted to argue). Cooper to me was never about having big stats. It was about making teams genuinely defend the outside. Roquan Smith himself said it after the Ravens game. Their entire gameplan was to give the Bills the outside and take away the middle of the field. Once that was out there on film the Bills weaknesses were laid bare. They had to address it. That was my concern pre-season. You cannot win in this league without a legitimate separator outside. That guy doesn't have to be a dominant #1 like peak Diggs. That guy doesn't even have to be your #1 receiver. He doesn't have to be a volume guy at all. But he does have to exist to make defenses defend the entire field against you. If the Bills saw the Ravens again they couldn't run the same scheme they did last time or Cooper would have a stat line like the Rams game where he had around 100 yards. And if they come out of that defense to account for Cooper then the backs, tight ends and Shakir have room to operate.

Dion has been in the league 8 years and in terms of consistency from the let tackle position over that period it is a really small elite group. I don't think he gets as much love as he should at times because he isn't as physically dominant as some left tackles but his technique is and always has been impeccable. And he is a leader and a grest locker room presence. That 2017 draft... Tre White, Dion Dawkins, Matt Milano. They were the first 3 pieces of turning this around and it was a great draft.

So he averages 1 sack per every 76 snaps (and I think giving him that as a season average is generous IMO because it is 1 in 137 snaps since his suspension, but I'll go with the generous interpretation) if you multiply that by Groot's usage (as our most used edge player) you get 8.5 sacks on the season. So that is what the data suggests. And as I say I think giving him a season average when 3 of his sacks were the first three weeks is generous. He has had two really good games by the eye test. The first Miami game and the Indy game.

There is ZERO chance Miller would have got 12 to 15 sacks this year. Zero point Zero.

I hope not. I've watched the tape. The pocket was squeezed by multiple rushers, not just Von, Murray tripped up and Von tapped him. Gimme play and no more than that.

Ah the sack vs Arizona where Murray fell over... Von is washed. I don't hate on the decision to sign him. It was a calculated risk. Sadly it hasn't worked out with the injury. 3 more regular season games, a playoff run and then he is gone. Hopefully he ends holding the Lombardi he was brought to be the final piece for.

There is a difference between flexing between Sunday and Saturday night and Sunday and Thursday night though.

Yes, I think it could. But it remains a niggling concern for me. Whether it was base defense that put the worst player on the 53 on the field more in Baltimore, blitzing a Quarterback who was trying to exploit intermediate windows (thereby making them bigger) in LA or sinking into soft zone then still giving up a quick score anyway on Sunday. I think he gets a bit impatient. One of the things I value the most in my defensive coordinators is patience.

Until that play the defense had been good. That was a great play by the Lions, a bad angle by Lewis, but the Bills responded by going into a really soft zone too early (note to all readers - not all zone defense is "soft zone" which is a common mistake on here, but after the St Brown play they did go to soft zone) to try and avoid another quick strike. The result of which was the Lions went from a 5 play, 70 yard drive in 1:50 with a quick strike touchdown to a 5 play, 70 yard touchdown drive in 2:02..... so dropping off did not work. It is a worry for me in terms of Bobby Babich. I think he lacks patience. That is two weeks in a row I think he has been too quick to make an adjustment and the adjustment was not the right one and he did it in Baltimore too.

I don't have an issue with any of the other stuff but this, moving a game that was scheduled for a Sunday to a Thursday at 4 weeks notice is completely ridiculous and totally insulting to fans who want to attend these games. It should never have passed at the league meetings and I wonder if the backlash will make them re-think.

It was either the corner route to Kincaid or the over the shoulder throw to Johnson first drive of the game. Definitely not the Knox finger tip grab. That might have been his worst throw. Great call, great catch, but if Josh misses that it is a bad miss to a wide open guy. Was probably his one genuinely iffy throw of the day and his guy made a play for him.

Id say Shakir the same, Coleman slightly better (his overall production is gonna be probably slightly under what I expected but he missed 4 games and that matters). But otherwise I agree totally. And the fact that last week they attacked Detroit's beat up linebackers with backs and tight ends is not proof that you don't need outside receivers who can win down the field. It is just proof that Brady is a good OC (and to be fair I was consistent pre-season that I thought he would be a decent upgrade on Dorsey) and can gameplan against his opponent's weaknesses.

The Bengals problem is the owner. I forecast all this two years ago. To be a consistent contender now in the NFL you need an elite QB, good talent evaluators and an owner willing to write cheques each spring to create cap space. Mike Brown was never gonna do that and as such they've let key pieces on D walk. I also think their DC is massively overrated on the basis of that one brilliant playoff adjustment against Mahomes. Which was, no question, an exceptional piece of in-game adjustment but his overall record is sketchy. That said, Burrow wanting Brady is something I absolutely can see. Not for any reason other than he is his guy.

They never have been. The Eagles have always been my most hated NFL team. They still are.

I don't think it was. Yes, we were missing receivers that day but Josh never got in rhythm and missed throws you gotta make. He sorted himself out after half time, but that first half was a clunker and was on him (and Cole Bishop who gave up the two touchdowns by being in the wrong gap in run D and then giving up the big pass play).

Not sure I would now. I was in favour of considering that rather than cutting him a year ago. But I think I was wrong and Brandon was right. There isn't much left sadly.