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He didn’t have much of an impact. I don’t recall hearing his name at all?

Some observations on the DL: I was disappointed how many times the veterans, Bosa and AJ, bit on the run fake and let Lamar get outside. I was surprised to notice Solomon in on the first series. Seems he played a lot this game. I'll be interest to see the snap counts. Sanders stood out to me on a few plays; Walker did not. I hope this is the Ed Oliver we see all season--mostly unstoppable. All in all, I'm encouraged with the young guys--trial by fire. We will need them come February...

A few thoughts about this game. Ravens: This is probably the most talented Ravens team since Jackson has been QB. The only question mark is the new kicker. Jackson will be highly motivated to make amends after last year's playoff loss. Bills: Home field advantage helps, and the Bills O will need it against this D. I'm sure Phillips will be elevated for this game, so there aren't two rookie in the second DL wave. The Bills' secondary is the big question mark in this game. Would they also elevate the experienced Poyer for this game? I see another dogfight coming down to the last few minutes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

No worries. I appreciate your effort to try to put some facts toward the other poster's hot air! 😄

Thanks, I understand, but I'm not so sure the poster I responded to does?

Can you define what you mean by wasted? At the very least, you need to state who Beane should've picked instead and why? I don't think anyone will argue about Basham, but the rest of your list is questionable.

As Michael would say in The Office, "That's what she said!"

This and the fact that all last year various players and coaches said the WRs had to learn all positions because they want everyone to be able to lineup in any position. Moore also said something to this effect in his post-signing presser.

As I watched Sanders get up from this drill, I thought, man he's a big dude! Then Walker comes into frame and makes him look small.

No one remembers the Colts playoff game?

I think it's more accurate to say it forces Beane to decide which other position(s) he should spend big on? Beane's choice has typically been to spend on an Edge rusher. In addition, he has spent a lot of cap money on the D-line in general--it's a long list of folks he's signed to one-year contracts to bolster the DL over the past several years, with mostly average performance. This year he finally decided to make a major investment in bodies through the draft, in a draft that was loaded with talent across the line. A wise move. I think he also tried to address a weakness that was made glaring in the AFCCG, depth at CB. Benford's injury was a major reason they lost that game. At any rate, wrt to the WR discussion, I think with this addition, the group is stronger than last year's.

I could see Hawes taking Morris' roster spot, focused on STs, and Hawes is definitely in-line and would get playing time as a blocker. Davidson is a receiving (move) TE and played when Kincaid got hurt. I don't know if Hawes could also take on the H-back role of Gilliam, but I think the roster decision has Davidson looking in from the outside since he's basically competing for a role that both Knox and Kincaid play. I think Davidson has a lot of potential and would hate to see him not make it, and I think he'd certainly get picked up if the Bills try to get him on the PS again.

Oliver, Carter, Rousseau, Hoecht, and Solomon are the only players (on the 53) whose contracts go beyond this year, so the Bills certainly needed to re-stock the DL; or, Beane could do his usual and patch it together with one-year vet contracts. This draft was certainly needed.

Don't know if I'd call that interesting, it was very odd. I mean, their first pick was at 30 and they took Hairston, so they were trying to get him before they got Hairston. Just a weird comment.

Irrelevant anecdote: UConn trounced UB this year too, and UB had a good year.