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HappyDays

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  1. I know it's just OTAs but this theory doesn't look good right now:

     

    https://expo.newyorkupstate.com/sports/g66l-2019/05/eb79ee4188dc4/buffalo-bills-otas-2019-10-things-we-learned-about-josh-allen-ed-oliver-and-more-from-week-1.html

     



    5. Zay Jones may just be Bills No. 1 receiver

    Zay Jones got the No. 1 receiver snaps at practice and was the first man in line on all the individual drills. When Kelvin Benjamin was traded last season Jones spoke about needing to step up and become one of the leaders in the receiver room. The Bills added veterans Cole Beasley (who didn't participate because of a core muscle injury) and John Brown (who also didn't practice for unknown reasons) to bolster the receiving corps.

     

    With the caveat that Brown and Beasley didn't practice. I still feel pretty good about my prediction that Zay will end up sharing time as the #3 outside receiver.

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  2. 46 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

    Football disaster, eh?  Rex won 15 games in a bit less than 2 seasons with the team.

     

    McDermott?  15 wins in 2 seasons as well.

     

    McDermott and Beane came into a bad team on both sides of the ball promising to repair the salary cap and build a long term contender. It was well understood that there would be a couple painful years. Rex came in to the #2 defense and promised to improve to #1. This upcoming year is where the team really needs to show improvement.

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  3. On 5/1/2019 at 6:58 PM, ScottLaw said:

    these guys didn't come in their and blow up there respective teams

     

    Uh the Rams definitely blew up the team. I mean did you not pay any attention at all to what they'e done? They've been trading for players and using up cap space with reckless abandon since 2017. They're a bad example anyways because Les Snead has been the GM there since 2012 - doesn't that go completely against the narrative you're trying to prove? But since McVay took over they added Woods, Watkins, Cooks, Fowler, Peters, Talib, and Whitworth.

     

    Yeah, almost exactly the same team as Jeff Fisher had. Other than the 3 new starting receivers, the new DE, the 2 new starting CBs, and the new starting LT. And a rookie QB entering his 2nd year. And going from $21 million in dead cap in 2016 to $10 million in dead cap in 2017. Does that remind you of another team Scott?

  4. 49 minutes ago, SoTier said:

    The Bills beat the Colts in OT when McCoy ran for 65 yards for the winning score ... after the Bills allowed the Colts to score their only TD on a 19 play drive that took up nearly 10 minutes of the 4th quarter.  

     

    The Bills wouldn't have made the playoffs despite Shady's heroics against Indy if Andy Dalton didn't throw a 49 yard TD pass to Tyler Boyd on a fourth and 12 play with less than a minute to play to keep Baltimore from taking the final wild card slot.

     

    Yep. And we won 9 games. 9 win teams make the playoffs all the time and it always depends on other teams losses.

  5. 1 hour ago, Shaw66 said:

    And FOSTER's role can be to get CBs and Ss away from the line of scrimmage.  I'm not dissing Brown, but everything points to him being, at most, a piece of a larger puzzle.  He isn't likely to be the answer at #1.  

     

    There's nothing wrong with Foster and Brown offering the same skill set. It's a very important skill set and there's no such thing as too much speed on the outside. Personally I am hoping they just build a vertical offense. Obviously Allen needs to get better at choosing his shots, the check down to the RB or TE or Beasley will sometimes be the better choice. But I don't want to see us try to build a dink and dunk offense. I want our receivers 15+ yards down the field more often than not. Why not play around what Allen does well?

     

    I don't expect us to have a true #1 this year but I think Brown and Foster will essentially double as our #1.

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  6. 43 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

    It amazes me that after all the blowouts we saw last year that people thought that defense passed the eyeball test as one of the greatest defenses in Bills history..........which a top 2 unit would indicate it was.

     

    Well no, it doesn't indicate that. Defensive rankings are relative to the rest of the league. I don't know if you've noticed but the era of elite shutdown defenses is over. Rule changes and new offensive concepts have made it harder than ever to stop teams from scoring points. You can't compare defenses today to defenses from past decades.

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