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I think 5 would be a more reasonable over/under. 9 is too high and is unlikely for a rookie.

As mentioned by a few others before me, the most interesting part of the article was the coverage vs pressure debate and the "pressures > sacks' bit. Both appear to be true in today's NFL. Quick passes rule the day. As such, coverage DOES seem to trump pressure. You want to affect the QB as much as possible as quickly as possible. This is why pass-rushing DTs have become such hot commodities: The quickest path to the QB is a straight line through the center. They're right to point out the Patriots, too. It's why Belichick traded away Chandler Jones and let Trey Flowers walk, but is willing to spend big money on guys like Gilmore and Revis. He understands that you can find different ways to put pressure on the QB with various tactics, but if your cover guys can't hold up, then it's useless. Interesting stuff.

Yeah. Sometimes I don't think people can imagine what it's like to be quarterbacking an NFL defense -- and playing a position that you never played before in your life, no less -- at the age that most players are still sophomores or juniors in college. It was a MASSIVE amount of responsibility and learning they handed him. He had his rough moments, yes, but by December, he was starting to really get the hang of things, as evidenced by his Rookie of the Month award. His future is extremely bright.

This. Nsekhe was signed as insurance, in case Dawkins didn't bounce back at LT or they couldn't land a top RT in the draft. Luckily for the Bills, both things happened. Dawkins "has a lock" on the LT job and Ford has yet to play himself out of the starting job at RT. Nsekhe will push both to be the best they can be, and he'll either beat one of them out or be one if (if not THE) best swing tackles in the league. And best of all, if Ford or Dawkins go down with injury at some point, the o-line shouldn't miss a beat.

Lots of great beer in Oregon these days. I've been enjoying Fort George's latest version of 3-way hazy IPA, which is a collaboration with two other breweries. Pfriem Family Brewing has finally started producing CANS of beer, which is a nice change. Their pilsner, which won the Silver medal as the second best in the entire WORLD, is outstanding. And last but not least, of course, is Great Notion Brewing. They specialize in hazies and sours. Just about everything they make is delicious, but the Juice Jr is my favorite these days. Portland is a beer mecca. Can't go wrong.

Been enjoying "One Strange Rock" on Netflix. Cheesy at times, but overall, really cool. Makes me look at the world with new wonder and awe, which is a hell of a thing for a tv show to be able to make a person do.

Good post. Thanks. I'll add that two factors -- the addition of Ed Oliver and the emergence of Tremaine Edmunds -- should be huge factors in our defensive improvement. The return to health of guys like Milano and Taron Johnson will also help. Added depth in the secondary will be helpful, too. Between the natural growth and maturation of our youngsters, the personnel additions, and the likely improvement of the offense, the Bills defense does indeed seem to be set up for improvement.

I wonder which rookies, other than Foster, were slacking off last year. Could that be an explanation for Siran Neal's almost total lack of playing time?

Dave and Busters has no idea what's coming their way!

It's going to be the greatest Hard Knocks season ever made. Hands down. Bar none. It's not even a question. "Oh man...let me tell you about my favorite play: Spider 2 Y Banana!

After watching the AEW event, I became curious about Kenny Omega and what makes people say he's the best wrestler in the world. As such, when I get home to work today, I plan to watch the first Omega vs Okada match from NJPW. I was GOING to just watch the most recent one (the "seven star" match), but I figured I'd better just watch the whole series of matches between these two instead. It's my understanding that they're ALL excellent, and I know that in Japanese wrestling, matches often build off of and have references to past matches. So I'm just gonna do the whole darn series. Excited to see what all the buzz is about with these dudes.

Sounds like Chris Simms feels the same. His quote from the above video? "Ass, legs, big arm..he's a man crush of mine". ?

What's crazy about Josh Allen is that he has top two or three all time physical abilities at the QB position AND off-the-charts intangibles. Often times (though not always), great QBs fall into one camp or the other. Brady and Montana had insane intangibles and smarts that made up for their average athleticism. John Elway and Steve Young had such tremendous athleticism that they often dominated with sheer physical superiority. Allen has a great head on his shoulders AND insane athleticism. He has absolute All-World potential. He has a long, long way to go, of course, but he has the potential to go down as the greatest quarterback in Bills history.

This. In fact, Frank Reich told Jim Kelly when the Bills played the Colts this season that the Colts were running a ton of the same concepts and plays from the K-Gun and that it all still works.

This seems like a good hire for the Jets. I can't find an analyst or writer or knowledgable person anywhere who has anything but glowing things to say about Douglas. Even though their ownership still stinks and I think Adam Gase is a bad head coach, they now appear to have a quality GM and a good quarterback. As a Bills fan, I don't like that. I would have preferred if they had landed Kirk Cousins in free agency, not drafted a QB, and then stuck with John Idzik. Instead, this whole "good GM and franchise QB" thing is really gonna mess up the "Jets continue to be a tire fire" narrative for me. Darn it.

For me it's the disgusting, low quality food and poor sanitary conditions.

Two things drive me nuts, and they both involve people being inconsiderate in vehicles: Why do people park in such a way that turns two parking spots on a curb into one. I live in a neighborhood with extremely limited parking available, and every day, without fail, there is at least one vehicle that has parked dead center in a "two spot" area of curb, effectively turning it into one luxury spot for their stupid car. Why do this? How hard is it to pull up an extra 5 feet to ensure that others can park behind or in front of you? To do this, you must either be so self absorbed that you don't even notice, or so selfish that you don't care. Either is bad. The other is not using your turn signal when driving your vehicle. Again, how much effort does it take? The flip of a pinky? It is crucially important that the vehicles around you know what you will be doing with YOUR vehicle so that they can react accordingly in THEIR vehicle. This one reeks of total self importance, laziness, and just generally being a bad driver. Lack of consideration in vehicles drives me nuts.

I agree. But if, in the interview, McDermott was talking about OTAs, then those are the 4 guys currently starting, since Zay and Beasley and Brown are either not there or not on the field.

If you look at who is out on the field right now during OTAs for the Bills (McKenzie, McCloud, Roberts, Easley), it's pretty smurf-y.

Even if we say a 3rd round pick, it's still a "no" for me.

......That's a shame.

People don't think he's going to be had for a 7th round pick or something, do they? If you want the Bills to trade for him, fine, but are you ready to give up a 1st or 2nd round pick? Top 5 franchise LTs don't come cheap.

ED OLIVER'S ARM IS FALLING OFF EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

A roommate of mine had a pitbull for about 8 years. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, 99% of the time he WAS the sweetest, gentlest, most playful dog around. On the other hand, there were times when he would display a really intense prey drive and go after my cat is if he was going to kill him. Now, obviously a dog going after a cat is pretty normal, natural stuff. But like I said, the ferocity and suddenness with which he would go from "playful and sweet" to "trying to kill" was pretty wild. Rarely, there were also certain human visitors to the house that, for whatever reason, he just didn't like. His demeanor became rather scary around these people, as well. At the end of the day, I stand by the notion that the most vicious dogs I've ever met have generally been chihuahas. Nasty little buggers!