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I can't help but wonder if Julio Jones' 2022 season will be a lot like Emmanuel Sanders' 2021 season. That is: he'll have a dynamite first six games or so, where he seems fresh and fast and like his old self...but then age and aches will catch up with him and he'll start to look slow and old. It's okay if that DOES happen. Jones really just needs to give them a strong first quarter to half of the season. By that point, Godwin and Gage should be back to full strength, and Gronk may or may not have come out of retirement and gotten back up to speed. One thing's for sure: anyone who counts out Tom Brady or any of his receivers does so at his own peril. He's got a giant horseshoe up his ass.

Regarding Elam vs Benford: It seems clear to me that the Bills want to get Elam out of his comfort zone and teach him to play off-coverage. Throughout his college career -- as acknowledged by Beane on draft night -- Elam was most comfortable in press-man. I think they already KNOW he can do that capably. The book on him was that he was pretty grabby and relies on his hands to win in coverage. As such, forcing him to get better at the thing he's worst at from day one by having him in off-coverage, throwing him out there on an island against Diggs and Davis and coaching him up on his weakest points...that's what I think is going on right now with Elam. Benford, meanwhile, is a less athletic corner who is ALREADY well-versed in off-coverage, and whose strengths are zone spacing and anticipation. Given that our defense employs a lot of that kind of thing, I'm guessing he has looked more "natural" a lot of the time than Elam. He's like Levi Wallace: big, physical, smart zone corner who can play within the scheme and be successful, but who is probably going to struggle when asked to stick with receivers in man coverage. The preseason games will certainly tell us more, but I have high hopes for both guys. Benford seems like he has a high floor but lower ceiling. Elam seems like he has a lower floor, but much higher ceiling. White, Jackson, Elam, Benford has the chance to be a really good depth chart at outside corner.

There were other high quality quarterbacks during the era of Brady-Manning, too. Roethlisberger and Rivers are both future Hall of Famers, and both were active in the same AFC as Brady and Manning. That didn't stop the dominant Brady-Manning from being the dominant and defining QB battle of the decade, though. Maybe it's more like the 80s and 90s, where you had Marino, Kelly, Elway, and Moon all active in the AFC. The 2022 AFC is maybe as stacked at quarterback as it has EVER been in league history. Still, I think Mahomes and Allen are the cream of the crop. I CAN see a world where Herbert usurps Mahomes.

I mean... If the discussion is "two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks going at it for a decade+, constantly playing for AFC titles, and spurring debates of who really is the best", I don't really care whether Josh's name is listed first or second. The mere fact that Allen is now being mentioned as the Brady or Manning of this generation is pretty astonishing. What a time to be a Bills fan.

Scarily enough, I DON'T think Josh is done growing and improving. I DO think his best football is still ahead of him. I know that's an outlandish notion, but I believe it. I haven't seen any signs that he has hit his ceiling yet.

At the following link, you can find several different links to listen to the podcast, from Spotify to Apple, etc. https://www.theringer.com/2022/8/9/23298232/patrick-mahomes-josh-allen-new-tom-brady-peyton-manning-nfl-football Is Mahomes-Allen the New Brady-Manning? Lindsay Jones and Kevin Clark examine Kansas City’s revamped receiving corps and how they’ll affect Patrick Mahomes’s QB play before discussing Buffalo’s new OC, Ken Dorsey, and speculating whether he’ll be able to elevate Josh Allen’s game to the next level this season.

I like Singletary, and Moss for that matter. When I was speaking of that personnel set above, I was envisioning it for passing downs. I DO think Cook will be the primary receiving back. If the Bills are sending a running back out into a pattern instead of keeping him into block, it’s likely going to be Cook more often than not. That’s what he was brought in for. Cook, based on his physical skill set, is going to stress a linebacker in coverage more than Singletary or Moss.

Diggs, Davis, and Beckham can all play outside and in the slot. We know that all three of them are high quality outside receivers, but all three of them also can play -- and have played -- very well from the slot. 11 Personnel featuring Diggs, Davis, Beckham, Knox, and Cook ? Yeah, sign me up for that. If Beckham is healthy and ready to contribute come December and the Bills feel they can afford him, sign me up. Having "too many" weapons is a wonderful problem to have.

Oh man, don't tell me we have a concerning lack of depth at INSIDE receiver, too. My heart couldn't take it.

I agree with your stance that Beasley's production noticeably declined. That said, if I'm not mistaken, the Bills offered to keep him at a reduced salary. In other words, while they weren't willing to continue to pay him top dollar, they WERE willing to continue to roster him. In any case, what's being discussed in this thread is Cole's assertation that "the organization changed". That's the specific notion to which I was responding. Between Beasley's passing of blame (no mention of his own declining production or distracting antics) and Feliciano's smack-talking about the Bills organization (and this isn't the first time he's spoken ill of the team since his departure), I see addition by subtraction for the Bills. Two less "me first, pass the blame" guys on the roster. Good.

I, for one, can't wait to get some good pictures of the stadium I'll no longer be able to afford to sit in!

As others have said -- if the offensive line is anything less than full strength, I wouldn't play Josh for a single snap. There's always the second preseason game, if they think the "getting reps with Dorsey calling plays" thing is truly important.

On the one hand, Beasley played through all sorts of injuries. This indicates a degree of selflessness. On the other hand, leading up to and during seasons where the Bills had realistic Super Bowl aspirations, he became a huge distraction on social media and elsewhere and made everything all about HIM rather than about the team. Selfishness. It kind of seems to me that if anyone in this situation changed, it was Cole.

All the people saying there aren’t good camp reports this year: y’all just don’t know where to look. Joe Buscaglia and Matt Parrino and Cover 1 are all pumping out daily camp reports and details.

Yep. Also: It is not a coincidence that the run game improved once Gilliam started playing more snaps.

Im not sure how many times this needs to be said: When a deal is first announced, the numbers are coming from the player’s agent, who makes it sound as good as possible with language like “up to” x amount of $$$. You must always, ALWAYS wait for the real details of the contract to come out, which almost ALWAYS look very different than the initial announcement.

Those who have an issue with Reggie Gilliam must have missed the part of last season where his being inserted into the lineup at the expense of an extra WR diversified the Bills’ offense, allowed it to keep opposing defenses more off balance, and helped to resuscitate it from its moribund state. He plays FB, TE3, short yardage back, and all four special teams. He’s a glue guy. He’s the type of player every roster needs. He does lots of dirty work. He’s not a star, but fullbacks rarely are. He’ll continue to be a big part of the Bills’ team success, and when the full details of his deal come out, they will likely reveal that he’s making peanuts. Good job by the Bills rewarding a key piece of the roster.

Thank you for doubling down on your own awfulness in order to prove my point about you being the worst. I can’t imagine having the massive ego and total lack of appropriate boundaries it would take to try to psycho-analyze a stranger on an internet message board. You’ve never met me and know nothing about me, yet you sit here talking about male authority figures and touting your superior masculinity. I used to find you irritating. You used to arouse anger in me. Now I just pity you. Here’s some psycho analysis for YOU: Your weird cyber stalking and bullying (engaging people with cruelty and insults when they aren’t even talking to you, tagging people obsessively to try to draw them into arguments), massive ego, inflated sense of self worth, meanness and arrogance suggest that you are a deeply insecure and unhappy person, who attempts to make others just as unhappy by constantly tearing them down. This is an internet football message board. It’s so EASY to have fun, friendly discourse here. Almost everyone here has a nice, pleasant time conversing with each other. And yet, almost no one enjoys conversing with you. Why? Because you make a sport of acting rude, superior, and insulting people at every turn. You are genuinely unpleasant. Your quality football knowledge and opinions are rendered obsolete by your deeply unlikable and argumentative disposition. I genuinely hope you find whatever peace or contentment is lacking in your life that makes you feel it necessary to attack strangers on the internet for no reason all the time. Let me know if you ever want to have a mature, reasonable, normal discussion about football, like a normal person. I won’t hold my breath.

Excellent post all the way through. Thanks!

The fact that you: 1) turned a simple, silly post into an opportunity to insult me and 2) think the 13 seconds jersey is "hilarious" says soooo much more about you than it does about me. You, sir, are certifiably

Quiet, Bease. You HAD your shot!! Er, well, actually…

You're not setting your sights high enough. I'm thinking GOAT.