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I agree with this. I feel as if Dixon will learn the FB role. His flexibility could be very helpful in disguising plays and confusion among defenses. If Boobie is on in a 3 WR (Sammy, Woods, Harvin)/1 TE set on 3rd and short, there are 4 potential ball carriers (assuming Cassel isn't QB) and 2 potential lead blockers out of the back field. I like to think Roman wants this in his offense.

Fixed that for you All the named players were on the offensive side of the ball. Including EJ, that's 9 players that regressed on one side of the ball (assuming you don't disagree that those players regressed). Seems to be indicative of a larger coaching problem. But yes Roman may not be silver bullet to fix the problems.

This is what I keep telling my wife. But seriously you don't know.

Other things Kromer was with his college age son at the time of the incident Kromer will claim self defense (claims victims were belligerent and he had trouble seeing in the dark) Inferred Confrontation likely occurred at night but before the 1 AM arrest

Agreed, I also don't see how we resign everyone and keep Harvin. I am still very skeptical Harvin can be healthy all season.

Agreed. Glenn's I do immediately and I also would take the estimate for Bradham. Here's hoping the cap goes up pretty high. Also I think McKelvin is going to be gone if the Dareus estimate is right.

Great post thanks for the review. For the first time I noticed Thomas after the fumble score. He's in the middle of the field looking very disappointed and thinking the play was dead. His hands are on his hips; he's shaking his head; and thinking about how he just got beat again (and called for his third holding penalty). Meanwhile Jerry is making the strip, picking up the ball, and starting to run towards the endzone.

Good read on MarQueis' journey to Buffalo. I think he will get a lot of snaps this year (might even be our number two TE). http://bills.buffalo...ing-with-bills/ "At receiver in 2010, Gray caught 42 passes for 587 yards and five touchdowns. At quarterback in 2011 and 2012, he threw for 1,967 yards, rushed for 1,356 and scored 24 total touchdowns. Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill used the word “athlete” seven times in one response describing Gray’s game. In Kill’s first season, he insists Gray “single-handedly” beat Iowa down the stretch with his legs."

Also agree injuries. While our backups can play for a stretches in games, I don't think they can replicate the production of our starters.

Wondering what you guys thought of this. Hogan, I envision, to be used more in 4 receiver sets because this personnel grouping will see more zone coverage, and his route running should have him open with our other 3 receivers out there. Basically obvious passing downs/formations I expect to see Hogan, and I expect to see him get a lot of targets because the defense will be keyed in on the other 3 receivers. Goodwin, I envision, to be used more in 3 receiver sets because he can blow the lid off the defense and will prevent safeties from creeping into the box. The choice for the defense basically being try to stop the run and give up a shot to Goodwin over the top, or keep Goodwin contained and allow us to run. Putting Goodwin out on 3 receiver sets will also allow Harvin to rest, which I think he'll need because he will get some touches out of the backfield. To summarize on second and short or first down, will be when Goodwin gets the bulk of his snaps. Hogan will see snaps in all situations, but I would be surprised not to see him on the field if its 3rd and long.

I agree he will be challenged to make the roster, but I have him making the 53. I don't get the how of him getting injured at a track meet. OTAs and TC are another thing, but is Goodwin's participation in track meets actually a thing posters are worried about. I think others need to get Yolo's chicken little avatar.

Minimal risk of injury (is that better)? I am unsure the risk of running on a track.

Rex told them to take some time away from football before TC. He took it to heart. I don't see the problem. He's staying in shape without risk of injury. Also nothing says he's not reading his playbook in his downtime.

Thanks for the awesome work Big Cat, running the data and explaining the results. I plan on using that site to run some histograms. Don't know how to give you a big high five over the web. Do we have a like button yet?

If plays like he did last year I would not offer >$10 million per year.

I agree that has been out biggest liability. Assuming we improve on this metric, I would say improving Yards Per Carry is second most important because improvement will help shorten the game and keep giving our defense rest. Good topic

If we just get some data sets we won't have to speculate about what most backs do. I would be down to run the stats (we could even have 2nd person verification), but I don't know a good source for the data.

Nosaint you've piqued my interest. I think this would be worthwile data to look at. I would like to see a histogram of CJ's carries versus the typical back. I would imagine CJ's median is much lower than someone like Sproles. On that same note I think the data sets on CJ's carries under Gailey and under Marrone would be great to look at as well (and probably more relevant to TBD discussions). Anyone know where this data would exist?

I agree. Boobie may not be the number 3 back, but I feel as if Roman wants versatility (and yes I know he cut Boobie in SF).

was it the sarcasm? I tried to use TBD approved font, but couldn't find it. Sorry if it sounds like I'm on tirade.

I just don't see anyone breaking the bank on Glenn next year. The list of UFA LTs is up thread, and its pretty impressive. I'm not saying it couldn't happen (particularly if he has a monster year), but because of the available talent on the market next year I don't think it will. I'm hoping we can lock him up for $40 million over 5 years. and then move him to guard

I would love to keep him too. My question is how much do you pay him to keep him around? I think $8 million per year for 5 years seems great (but I haven't really looked into it much yet).

I also don't think, the Brown trade, was as bad of a move as some have made it out to be. Particularly because the insurance policy was already cashed in. If only he holds onto that damn ball it might look like a great move.

I think this is the case as well, but have often seen the argument (not so much here) "Brown is Whaley's guy and he doesn't want egg on his face."

Unless EJ or TT become dominant, I suspect we will be taking a QB in the first round.