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I think peterman will do a good job running the offense, and I think the TE group will be the strength of the passing game. The O-line will be more critical to its success though. On D, I’m most worried about depth at CB. I think the starting D will be fine, but an injury or two will make a big difference.

Croom and Thomas will make up for his loss

They had a very weak group at the position. I still expect they will find someone on the waiver wire.

Won’t take long before we know for sure

Could be blowing smoke? They bring him on the 53 last year, and now he’s done? Hmmm...

1. Having your QB in place with a year under his belt 2. I assume you saw the Benoit tweet in the thread about their D 3. Which O-line would you want? we have Shady is about all one can point to for the Bills

As others have stated, they are further along than the Bills, as well as having a year of experience with Trubisky.

You only make this trade if you believe you are close—that the rest of your roster is strong enough to make a super bowl run. The Bills are two years away from making that trade.

The bottom 30+ of this roster sucks.

I'd like to see them keep 4 TEs: Clay, O'Leary, Thomas, and Croom. I think this group would create a very dangerous middle of the field passing attack. I'm sure they'd like to keep a blocking TE like Lee, so if that's the case, maybe it's time to move on from the grandson...

I was in the camp that argued Allen should sit and learn for awhile, and he only starts if he clearly wins the job; he didn't. He was viewed as a very raw talent, and I think he's shown better than what many expected--myself included, but it's best to let him watch and learn a bit. Nate deserves the chance at this point.

I wouldn't throw Teller into the fire just yet, though it's too bad they didn't give him an opportunity to go against the ones to see what he could do. He's going to have some growing pains too, so I wouldn't junk the current group just yet...

It's the usual gnashing of teeth after a bad game, but it is still preseason ... a few other things to add: im a Teller fan, but much like Allen needs to sit and watch and learn, so does Teller. He'll crack the lineup in due time. The O-line is much better against the run, and that should once again be the focus of the O, I hope The strength of the passing game is the TE group--Croom and Thomas need to be on this team. Vontae should be fine, it's the fact there is no depth behind the two outside starters that worries me more. Unless AJ lights up the final, it's Nate on day 1. Btw, He seems to have a very good connection with KB and the TEs mentioned earlier.

"A little" was the operative qualifier...

Whiffed on his first opportunity, and it didn't get better. Bodine wasn't much better.

Dawkins would've helped a little. They are a decent run blocking group, which is why they need someone who gets the ball out quick.

He's the only one to play well with the ones, twos, and threes. It's going to be difficult for McD to go with anyone else at this point.

Good comparison on the pass pro as they were both going against #71. It’ll be interesting to see if teller can take it from Vlad at some point; if not now, his day is coming.

Yes, essentially what he did the last game would help lock it up. It's not the big play he needs to show, it's the ability to sustain drives and operate the O.

The real question is “how will tbd react when Allen lays that first egg”? As all QBs do...

As I've said to my wife since this started, they won't find anything substantive about Russia, but they will dig up lot of financially-related dirt. While this would probably be true of 99% of D.C., it's especially the case with Trump and his ilk. And as I've stated here before, it would be very easy to trap Trump in a perjured statement if he testified, but it won't be related to Russian interference (though there could certainly be financial connections to his real estate interests), which is essentially what happened with Clinton's BJ and Whitewater. This is why I replied to Joe that hypocrisy goes both ways.

It works both ways Joe. Again, I would not use progressives to describe the group behind this, it's the centrists--the so-called deep state goes across political lines. Aaron Mate is cited in the piece, a real progressive who has continually questioned the Russia narrative, but he's also not a member of the MSM.

An editorial that I'm partial towards, 99% of D.C. Would be found guilty if put through similar scrutiny, but also the comparison to Clinton's "perjury." https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/24/be-careful-what-you-ask-for-wasting-time-with-manafort-cohen-and-russiagate/

I was heading in that direction with Rex, but then McBeane!

Yep, if he can hold up against Atkins, he wins.