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    PFF Ranks for Bills

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    Well these are completely pointless and a waste of time for the people who make them and the readers

    5 hours ago, VW82 said:

    I think the Singletary grade was due in part to his lackluster pass protection and other mistakes (i.e. drops and routes) in the passing game. The Milano and Hyde grades are a little surprising -- those guys looked great! Other than that everything else matches what I saw. Not sure what all the fuss is about. Go Sweeney!

    So Wallace was also poor, Hughes bad? Ok

    Tremaine Edmunds' run stopping

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    20 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    Isn’t it possible that he could have just improved from his rookie year?  Personally, he was the least of my concerns but he definitely had some things he could improve on.  Instead of being angry at people thinking he could improve, be happy that he does. ?

    That’s his point , people were saying he had no clue, too tall, out of position among other things and that he couldn’t play mlb. They thought a rookie 20 year old was already at his peak 

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    Is There Any Position That The Bills Got Worse In The Offseason?

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    5 hours ago, TaskersGhost said:

     

    I'm not sure I see an upgrade at DT.  Lotulolei as a depth player is no loss and was a horrible signing in hindsight, but losing Kyle will be big and replacing him with Phillips a/o an unproven Oliver isn't a given.  Lotulolei didn't get the job done and he's an expensive backup.  

     

    Also not sure that the RB situation is improved.  A small-school diminutive RB that put up gawdy numbers against competition that he won't see in the NFL, ala Zay Jones, coupled with Shady who didn't play well last season and the oldest RB in the league also is no given.  

     

    WRs are an upgrade but no one's going to confuse the group with being above-average, at least no objective person.  Among the entire WR collective they've posted a single 1,000 yard season, barely.  None of our WRs are prolific TD scorers or even close.  Again, not sure how much of an upgrade that is.  

     

    The OL was upgraded but by how much is the question.  Again, no objective person is going to mistake that OL for one that's much more than marginally above average.  Everyone talks about Nsecke like he's great, but he came from a horrible offense and in five seasons has only 16 starts, only 5 of which were last season.  We'll likely have four new OL-men that have never played together including one rookie and a Center known for injuries the past two seasons with nothing of note behind him on the roster.  I think it would have been much wiser to have drafted Risner instead of Ford, who graded better in pass protection, comparably at minimum, but more importantly has experience playing C.  What, Bodine if Morse goes down?  That's hardly encouraging.  

     

    At TE with Kroft having sustained a serious injury we're reliant upon a rookie that has never scored a TD.  Upgrade?  

     

    Lorax, who's starting, is a year older and well beyond his prime at 36.  His position alone is not an upgrade as a result.  

     

    Also, one has to ask, since Beane/McD are just now getting around to rebuilding the OL, why haven't questions arisen as to why that has taken three seasons to address even if it is better, which according to PFF's ratings of the players is only marginally better and primarily only in run blocking.  In the prior two drafts they've only drafted two OL-men, Teller late in round 5, who appears to be going nowhere already, and Dawkins late in round 2.  

     

    In order for the current roster to be an upgrade, backups like Nsecke have to play above-average as a starter when he's only served as a backup for five seasons to date;  

    aged players like Gore and Lorax have to not show continued signs of age; 

    Shady has to prove that last year was not age-related as he enters his post-prime;  

    Singletary, who played against second-rate competition in college, will have to play above-average in the NFL when against the only power-5 competition he faced in college he had 44 carries for 162 yards for a 3.7 ypc avg. and 2 TDs in four games, and to do so will have to overcome his diminutive status;  (watching his video, I don't see NFL speed, when he looks fast it's only against players that have little to no chance of ever playing in the NFL.  His best game was Oklahoma this season which had a very mediocre rushing D and sent no one to the NFL from their front-7.)  He was also a completely different player when playing teams that featured OL-men that got drafted.  Prolific vs. lackluster.  Which will be the case in the NFL? 

    Knox will have to start scoring TDs, something he hasn't done; 

    Ford will have to play well immediately.  Even then, Dawkins & Nsecke at the Ts?  Upgrade?  Maybe, but if so not by much.  

    Phillips and/or Oliver will have to make up for the loss of Kyle, not sure I see that happening;  

    and lastly, Allen will have to put up at least average NFL passing numbers including at least a 2-1 TD/INT ratio, a 90+ rating up from 67, and limit total TOs.  

     

    I mean it's fun to think about this time of year but it still has to come together.  

     

    Things I wouldn't bet on:  

     

    Morse making it thru an entire season, meaning that as of now Bodine will be playing some.  He's missed 14 of 32 games the past two seasons.  That alone could derail any OL progress.  

    Oliver (small school), Ford, Singletary (small school), and Knox all playing well.  I'd be content if two of those players turned out to be above-average.  

    Allen making the enormous leap from bottom-dwelling as a passer to above-average given his significant issues with reading Ds and checking down along with other mental issues.  Tough if not impossible stuff to coach.  

    Offensive linemen that have typically played like average or slightly better than average on teams with poor offenses doing much more than that here, particularly together.  As they say, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, ... Simply because they've changed uniforms doesn't change them as players contrary to popular opinions otherwise.  

    So basically you have a negative outlook on every aspect and position of the bills

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    Is There Any Position That The Bills Got Worse In The Offseason?

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    8 hours ago, Chill said:

     

     

    I did watch him play. The Coaches and I agree that Clay was the best TE on the team last year. How did we improve that position? He still is better than what we have, just not worth the price. 

    Not sure if he was our best te last year, I thought croom played better when out there and was more of a threat. Didn’t the coaches make clay a healthy scratch last year, maybe they didn’t think he was the best either

    Is There Any Position That The Bills Got Worse In The Offseason?

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    12 hours ago, TPS said:

    Debatable. Croom was the leading receiver at the TE position.  Clay didn't even crack 200 yards, and Logan Thomas was the #3.  If Kroft is healthy, then I would argue it will be a better group. Kroft, Smith, Croom, and Knox.  

    I agree, I’ll take the tes we have now over the 3 we had last year. Our only decent te from last year is still here. Clay and Thomas were both below average to terrible last year. Kroft can atleast match that, lee smith gives us a good blocking te and Knox gives us some potential and a possible answer to the te problem 

    Is There Any Position That The Bills Got Worse In The Offseason?

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    13 hours ago, Utah John said:

    The DBs were excellent last year and they're not really old but they're not youngsters either.  If anything someone back there might lose a step.  Maybe this won't happen and this is just looking for problems where there aren't really any.

    White is entering third year, Wallace and Johnson their second. They aren’t considered youngsters? Hyde and poyer are 28, gaines 27, the other Johnson 26. That’s more the age players enter their prime not lose a step 

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