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Indeed. A few bad snaps. HOWEVER One thing I forgot to mention in the OP: This was his first time EVER playing center in either the pros OR college. He took snaps at center at practice for Penn State, but never did it in a game.

I was watching the Panthers game again, and I thought Ryan Bates looked pretty damned good for a UDFA playing center in the NFL for the very first time, on a team he's been with for just a week. It seemed like a throwaway trade, but maybe it wasn't. If you watch that game again any time soon, keep your eye on Bates once he comes in. And by all means, keep an eye on him against the Lions. We may have something with this kid.

This.

Ooh! Here's another: Shouting what songs you want the band to play. 99% of bands put together setlists ahead of times these days. Aside from that, it's kind of rude to just shout demands at an artist. A concert is a rhetorical event. Your job as a fan is to listen, look, maybe clap and sing along and cheer, and that's about it. You're not there to dictate the setlist, to be a videographer, or to a host a live talk show.

Not many people have said "talking incessantly" yet, but it's my number 1 pet peeve at a concert. You can literally talk ANYWHERE, ANY TIME, but you've chosen to come to this very expensive concert and talk over this legendary musical artist because...WHY?!?!

Knox and Sweeney will be an awesome 1-2 punch at TE for the Bills for years to come. I expected Knox to be good, but Sweeney is a total surprise to me. I'm just glad that the Bills traded in front of the Pats* to take Knox, and that the injuries this offseason have allowed Sweeney the opportunity to show his stuff. If Kroft winds up being any good, the Bills are quite well stocked at the tight end position for the first time in forever.

These Days Best line from the song: "Please don't confront me with my failures, I have not forgotten them". Love it.

Robert Foster left practice with an ice wrap on his left foot, per Twitter.

Speaking of Kay Adams and fantasy....

Getting beaten one-on-one by Kawaan Short is gonna happen. It just is. Short is a top 10 DT in the NFL. I don't know what people think happens in the trenches, but you win some reps and you lose some reps. No one -- not even perennial All-Pro guards -- ever wins every single rep against defensive linemen. Spain is the least of my concerns when it comes to the Bills o-line.

This is Bob's usual schtick. Anyone who still believes him even 10% is a rube, plain and simple.

He was not getting beat on every single snap. He was beat a couple of times by Kawaan Short, who is one of the best in the business. Short gets paid, too. The book on Spain has already been written: He's an above average run blocker and an average pass blocker. Everything we've seen thus far in camp and preseason backs up this notion. There's a reason he's been basically the unquestioned starter at left guard since camp opened. He clearly brings stability and skill that the coaching staff likes. Notice that with all the mixing and matching they have done on the o-line "to find the best five guys", Spain has pretty much been a constant. He'll be fine.

I'm at the point where I'm just going to assume that Feliciano is going to start at center for most of the season. If Morse is healthy, it's a great bonus. At this point, after 3 weeks in concussion protocol, I'm not counting on him.

What makes any of the other receivers that he would be cut in favor of -- none of whom have ever caught a regular season touchdown -- worthy of booting him off the roster? The fact that they impressed in camp or a preseason game?

Josh Allen!!! LeSean McCoy Frank Gore Devin Singletary John Brown Cole Beasley Mitch Morse (might not play in preseason as it is, but still) Jerry Hughes Ed Oliver Star Lotulelei Tremaine Edmunds Matt Milano Tre'Davious White Levi Wallace Micah Hyde Jordan Poyer So yeah, I don't see much value in trotting any of the above listed guys out for the third preseason game. I just don't. Bubble wrap them all and we'll see 'em week one against the Jets. I'm not alone in this. Sean McVay and Matt Nagy have been resting just about their entire starting 22 the past couple preseasons, as well.

What I don't get is why they haven't been trying him out as a punt returner. And, to my knowledge, he hasn't been playing special teams, either. There's no way they keep an RB4 on the main roster who can't play special teams. Even if they did, it would be Yeldon. I like Wade and I'm enjoying his story as much as the next fan, but he needs to be on the practice squad at best.

Well first of all, he plays all four special teams units. A player that plays all four special teams units is more valuable than a back-end receiver who doesn't really contribute on special teams. So even if special teams were ALL that Dimarco did, he would be worth keeping over a non-ST contributing depth receiver. But it's NOT all he does. He plays about 20-30% of the offensive snaps. Daboll's offensive playbook is extremely similar to New England's. It features a fullback. In the NFL, your offensive system either features a fullback or it doesn't. Daboll's does. You could employ a back-end-of-the-roster TE as a fullback, but he probably wouldn't be any good at it. Unless and until the Bills change offensive coordinators and offensive playbooks, you can count on them continuing to employ and use a traditional fullback.

The level of hate that Zay Jones gets among Bills fans is UNREAL. It truly boggles the mind. Anyway, that having been said.... I believe the six receiver spots are all but set: Brown Beasley Jones Foster Roberts McKenzie This staff loves versatility. The fact that McKenzie can return punts and kicks in a pinch while also backing up Beasley in the slot and being a useful gadget player will get him a roster spot. Well, those things and the fact that he has balled out the past couple preseason games. It's hard for me to imagine a Duke Williams or a Ray Ray McCloud making a big enough late-preseason roster push to kick McKenzie off the squad.

I'm not really sure why the Bills would want to trade away their leader in touchdown receptions from last year for a late round pick. Seems like bad business.

Exactly. To pretend that there's no correlation between preseason execution (or lack of it) and regular season execution is silly. If you can't block to save your life in the preseason, why would you suddenly be able to do it in the regular season? Conversely, if you get open against quality cornerbacks in the preseason, why should I think that you won't be able to do it come regular season? This whole "there is ZERO correlation!" idea has gotten out of hand.

Betting wise, that's a great move on your part. Truly, though: Between the reports from both McDermott and Frazier -- neither of whom is given to heaping praise on players unless they deserve it -- that Murphy looks like a different player, the fact that opposing offensive lines will be devoting more blockers/attention to Oliver and Hughes, and the play I have seen from Murphy with my own two eyes thus far, I'm sticking with my prediction. His career high for sacks in a season is 9, by the way, so the 10 prediction isn't as out there as some might think.

Just to back up my point that it's not a GIVEN that you dominate the opponent in preseason when they're resting key starters: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/08/17/jacoby-brissett-plays-well-in-andrew-lucks-absence/ "Brissett started today’s preseason game against the Browns and played well, capping his 8-for-10, 100-yard day with a touchdown pass to Eric Ebron in the corner of the end zone. Brissett also ran once for 11 yards." Hmmm...He sure didn't look that way against the Bills!

This year, Hughes and Murphy will bring an adequate amount of pressure and the Bills defense will be very good. Murphy will have at least 10 sacks this year, in my opinion. The main emphasis of the next offseason, though, should be beefing up the pass rush, and I trust it will be. Luckily for us we can go into that refurbishing of the position with a still-producing and recently extended Jerry Hughes, at the very least. And a big bonus: Darryl Johnson seems like he can really play. He may be a true late round steal. I expect 2-3 new edge players to be added using premium resources in the offseason.

In my 10-team PPR snake draft league, The Bills D was chosen...the pick RIGHT before mine. Grrrrrr. Josh Allen was not drafted. Cole Beasley also was not drafted (I picked him up after the draft)..