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You're saying it was ridiculous before even a regular season snap? How very dingus like.

This Is AWESOME!!! This is satire, right??? Awesome!!! If it's being serious... AWESOMER!!!!

Hines Ward made his name in the NFL for being a willing and ferocious blocker. He caught a lot of balls over his very long 14 year NFL career. But he actually started his career as a special teamer, which is probably where he got his taste for hitting. Hell part of the case being made for Ward as a HOFer right now is how much he contributed to Jerome Bettis's induction into Canton.

He was a 5 star recruit when he transferred to Auburn and the #1 JuCo recruit. The guy is immensely talented. His problem has been stuff off the football field, which he appears to have under control.

To your 1st question: Kurt Warner... and I didn't even need to think long about that. The rest of that paragraph is idiotic. You can't prove a negative here with that argument. As for the 2nd paragraph... I'm actually pretty sure since Beane got to Buffalo the McBeane regime said something about Beane being in control of the 53 man roster with McDermott in control of everything else, namely active vs inactive. Beane has come out on multiple occasions this offseason talking up Zay. You're just wrong there. I hope Beane isn't, though.

So this, I admit, is the biggest reason I don't think Duke made the roster. Fit. I wonder if Beane and McDermott want to feel out Allen's improvements, first. Because you could very well be right here. All of Duke's success catching passes were with Barkley this preseason, not Allen. Even those clips in practice today were from Barkley. I'm sure there will be a bit of a feeling out process there.

Good God. Let him be Hines Ward then. We all saw the Cover_1 analysis of his run blocking in the preseason. Start there. But he's bigger hand has better hands than Ward, so he's probably a bit more of a receiving threat. If Duke just refined his route running, he'd be even better.

That's a pathetic number, especially for a guy who was drafted essentially because he caught everything thrown at him in college.

You put strange emphasis on Zay's time as a starter as somehow being meaningful. Zay was part of 2 of the worst WR corps in the NFL over the last 2 years and wasn't even the best WR on either of those WR corps. Last year Robert Foster was the best WR in Buffalo and the previous year was Deonte Thompson. Zay is on the team because Brandon Beane loves him. And honestly, I hope the light switches on for him this year and Beane's proven correct. But guys like Zay who came out of college pretty highly regarded with pretty high expectations who utterly disappoint in year 1 and then are just "Meh..." and not even the team's best WR in year 2 get cut across the NFL all the time for unproven guys with lots of talent like Duke. I want Zay to be good finally because thus far, for a guy who had some 1st round grades and who's biggest attribute was not dropping the football, he's been a bust. And once again, Duke not getting claimed off waivers does NOT mean that he can't/won't be a very productive NFL player. There are exhaustive lists out there of guys who've been cut/released in the NFL who went on to productive or even HOF careers. Just because the Patriots didn't claim him doesn't mean Duke Williams can't/won't be a productive NFL player.

Literally said Duke might never be a solid contributor. See the post above yours. If you have a difficult time actually reading--seems you do--it's words 2-9 in the 2nd sentence. Uhhh, it was pretty clearly and obviously implicit in several posts... oye!

Gotta bode well for the scouting department that our PS is almost entirely guys we had on the roster this offseason and that 3 of the guys we cut were claimed off waivers.

31 teams missed on Robert Foster last year when he was cut from the active roster mid season.

And as for the "look!!! Duke wasn't claimed by another team so clearly he's just a scrub!!!" Well... Duke might not ever become a solid contributor, but last year Robert Foster was cut from the Bills active roster mid season and went unclaimed. Then we activated him for the last 7 games and he averaged 73 yards receiving per game. Duke went unclaimed = He won't be a productive NFL player is bad logic.

If you've paid attention to my posts on Zay Jones over the last month or 2, I've been pretty emphatic that I don't think he should have been guaranteed the roster spot he's been penciled in, but that Beane has a weird undying love for him and that I thought he'd make it for that reason. Been saying that for months. And I honestly still think, at the very least, Zay should be our #4 WR behind Foster. If I've phrased anything as I thought Zay would be cut for Duke, point it out to me. I thought and still think he should have been, but as I said in the OP, I wanted Duke to remain a Bill, and he has, so I'm good!

Good!!! That's all I wanted

Don't we have sole rights to him if he's unclaimed? Glad we couldn't put him on the PS. He sucks.

Nice job with your twisted narrative and alternative facts. What a bunch of horsecrap! If you really believe that you belong in a white room with rubber walls... we don't want you hurting yourself. Iago said it best: reputation is an idle and false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving. Don't give a crap about my reputation. I just don't like liars or twisted narratives. You and my other fanboys can PM me if you wanna keep up this off topic discussion. It'll be more than happy to respond to your individual gripes.

Cited them because they're all examples of me being right. I'm certainly not always right, but neither am I always wrong.

Yes, he was an alternate. But it's revisionist history to pretend that even calling an alternate for the Pro Bowl for him in 2015 was anything other than outlandish. I know our bet. I'm sad for you that when Allen makes the Pro Bowl (1st selection) that you won't be able to just enjoy it.

I've had plenty over the years, assuming I'm the "poor guy" you're referring to. From Tyrod making the Pro Bowl in his first year starting to the Bills making the playoffs in 2017 to the Bills beating the Chiefs in Arrowhead 2 weeks after Taylor was benched for his horrid play against the Saints to my CONSTANT stance from the very beginning of the 2017 preseason that Peterman just didn't belong in the NFL to Allen being the guy who should have been named the starter very quickly last offseason in order to get all the reps since McCarron and Peterman clearly sucked and weren't viable mentors... Yeah... I'm all good, bro... pretty far from the "bet the opposite of what that guy says narrative" you and Foxxy like to push... Thanks for your concern, though

Good for him. Glad we don't play him... until the AFC Championship

Wait... did we keep 6 or 7 WRs? Am I reading people saying we kept 7 and the 7th is Ray Ray? If we did that, I think Beane made a stupid move. Ray Ray sucks sucks.

I still think McKenzie and Roberts are interchangeable

I trust Beane, but I don't agree with this decision. I hope we get him on the PS.