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  1. Interesting. Is Gabe a relative? Some of the miscommunication plays may have been somewhat on Josh, but objectively the VAST majority of plays involving miscommunication in 2023 were between Josh and Gabe. I can't find the advanced stats and I think Joe Marino finds them through a paid PFF subscription, but Josh's passer rating this year was AWFUL when targeting Gabe. It was in the low 70s if I remember correctly from his podcast. Go ahead... pin all of that on Josh... it'll say a lot about you
  2. Yeah it would be the same pre-McBeane. Not anymore, obviously We all felt that way when we brought Jordan Poyer in as our SS. Look at Sean McDermott's history coaching Safety. You don't have to trust him. I do. Tua is still their QB, right? And??? Samuel plays all over the place.
  3. Nah... it's an issue of utilization. Shakir wasn't utilized much at all in the first half of the season. Then he was. Everyone knows what Gabe is... it's not like we had to discover he was a _________ player. Who was better over the 2nd half of the season. Not even an argument, right? That and the inability to be on the same page with Josh, which I was more disappointed in this season. There are multiple interceptions and missed big plays including TDs from 2023 that were on plays where Josh and Gabe clearly weren't on the same page.
  4. Career reception % when targeted Gabe: 54.5% Shakir: 75.4% And if you want an argument about context regarding recency, here are those same stats just for 2023: Gabe: 55.5% Shakir: 86.7% Gabe's biggest problem from day 1 has been drops. As we saw this past year, it's also a lack of connection with his QB. Happy he's gone.
  5. In this draft a round 2 WR might still be a future #1. I could see guys like Legette, Coleman and Franklin being picked up in the 2nd by Buffalo. Deep draft. Round 1 or 2 and we should all be excited.
  6. Nah, Shakir is already better. And PLEASE don't spew out stats without context in disagreement
  7. Honest question: do you ever listen to national sports media??? Wait, better question: do you pay attention to what the national sports media says about team rosters outside of the stars??? Do it from now on. They make so many mistakes so often that you can tell the wide, vast majority of them don't know much. Too many slip ups on things like play style, strengths and weaknesses of players that you'll almost miss if you aren't paying attention.
  8. Serious contributor doesn't mean they have to start. Buffalo rotates its DL a ton so you're probably going to expect a rookie DE and rookie DT. That's 2. Then it'll be a rookie WR. That's 3. Rookie short yardage RB to round our the trio. That's 4. Maybe a rookie Safety would be 4. So that would be 2 starters and 3 guys who are "depth" but serious contributors. And totally disagree this roster is guaranteed to be worse. With the Samuel signing now our WR corps is already better. And we'll still get one of those early. Wow, Gabe got signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars. You're right... that's a stellar organization with a long history of great decision, making he got signed by. We made a mistake letting him go
  9. This thread is irritating because it's obviously not accurate
  10. Honestly... I stand by that. I wish we did trade Gabe and just let Sherfield roll in as the #2 because we would have had all the blocking and Sherfield's catch % throughout his career has been much higher than Gabe's. I can't remember if it was a Sherfield interview I was listening to or a podcast but there was some frustration on his part in his lack of use in the offense. He got very few reps throughout the year. But did you notice how our offense started humming after Gabe got hurt against Pittsburgh and Sherfield came in???
  11. Rookies at certain positions actually frequently have an immediate impact. One of those positions is WR, which will almost certainly be one of our first draft choices. RBs do, too. One of our 3 RBs this year will also likely be a rookie. Allen, Edmunds, Milano, Taron, Dion, Tre, Oliver, Knox, Gabe, Moss, Benford, Kincaid, Groot, etc. all beg to differ
  12. Developmental depth, bro. Not starters. As far as rookie "starters" go at this moment we need 2... and 1st and 2nd round picks are expected to start year 1 in the NFL usually. Beane has spent money on vets in FA and the team has prioritized experience over youth in terms of depth. Now that's going to need to shift.
  13. Getting Milano and Daquan back alone will be huge. In fact... thanks for pointing this out because the Bills were without TB and Benford against the Chiefs. Notice we were also without Gabe and our offense was solid and Josh was spectacular... just needed Diggs and Sherfield to make some catches... and I'm sure everyone would agree we can upgrade on Sherfield. So yes, I absolutely think we'll be better.
  14. Most of the holes the Bills need to fill are depth roles, but leave it to you to not consider the bigger picture.
  15. I guess you believe WR is the only position on this team. Interesting. Also, our WR corps is incomplete at the moment, but losing Gabe in FA was addition by subtraction. He had a 50 something percent when targeted over the span of the last 3 seasons and Josh Allen’s Passer Rating when targeting Gabe this year was awful. I also think Shakir is going to take another step this season and Diggs is going to get back to his 1st half of season form. A lot of this is my belief that Joe Brady will have an entire offseason to figure our how to best utilize his weapons. Are you really worried about the departure of Sherfield and Harty??? Isabella/Hamlet can fill the Harty role and Shorter came into the league advertised with the Special Teams ability that Sherfield gave us. So... one WR hole to fill in a deep draft at a time in the NFL when rookie WRs come in and contribute??? Forgive me... I'm excited, not worried. But you're probably a blast at parties Yeah... for depth. Our starters are set outside of the Safety position. So it's either 1 or 2 holes on D depending on what you think of Rapp. And I really think everyone should brace themselves for a Cam Lewis & Taylor Rapp tandem.
  16. Oh hell.... did you even read what I said in literally the very next sentence????? All of the players you just listed were somewhere in the NFL on an active roster in 2023 with the exception of Araiza (we all know the situation), Stevenson and Wildgoose. We don't need starters at any position on the team other than arguably WR2 and Safety. See everything I said about Safety already. WR2 we're drafting early. The difference this year will be that a lot more of those day 3 picks will be kept as developmental depth by the Bills... and a few may surprise us and win starting jobs the way Benford did in his 1st year.
  17. I think the 2024 Bills are going to thrive off the Underdog mentality because I think most people nationally will feel exactly as you do. Can't wait to see it! Notice I said I said I'm definitely not predicting Super Bowl
  18. Nope. You can just post TLDR and get outta the thread if you want.
  19. We have lots of day 3 picks that will be used as ammunition to move up and move around in the draft. Anyone tracking the Bills over the last few years would notice the Bills actually have done pretty well in their day 3 picks. The problem is that those players come to a team that's full of entrenched veterans already in positions they're competing for, so when those later draft picks are inevitably not beating those veterans out, they're cut by the Bills and poached by other teams before we can get them on the PS. But right now the Bills have 7 picks in the 5th-7th rounds and I'll bet they only pick 2 or 3 in those rounds because they've used them to trade up and go get the guys that they want. And in terms of relying on those guys to play, you only really need to bank on a starter at maybe a couple positions. As for Safety... read what I said about the position. Sean McDermott knows what he's doing. You might think we only have one starting safety on the roster, but McDermott might not see it that way. I trust him over you in terms of judging Safeties. Luckily, there are still a ton of Safeties in FA and we still have the draft, too.
  20. I mentioned the draft. Maybe take the time to read the post rather than looking at the title and maybe the first sentence or 2 and responding, which is clearly what you did.
  21. This is an offseason I'm probably going to largely avoid the national media. I just don't think they have a clue about what the Bills were, what they are, and what they will be. First of all, I love what Beane is doing as we move into the beginning of the new league year right now. Release the old and expensive players and retain a few valuable pieces. All of this in order to get our CAP situation in order moving into future season. Meanwhile, he's accrued 11 total draft picks as ammunition to go get the guys that he wants. We aren't drafting 11 guys and you can bet we'll be trading around in the draft to end up with between 7-9 players. Hopefully 5 or 6 of them turn into SERIOUS contributors in 2024. Pretty sure all of these are what Beane is banking on. But honestly, even without the draft and at a snapshot moment in Free Agency when all the Bills have done is re-sign Jones, Epenesa and Lewis and signed Morrow and Hollins, I think the 2024 Buffalo Bills are set up to be a better team than in 2023. Coaching First of all, the Bills revamped their coaching staff almost completely. They got a lot younger, so some fresh perspectives are likely coming into the fold. On top of that Joe Brady will have an ENTIRE offseason to build and implement his own offense in Buffalo rather than using Dorsey's offense. Our OC and DC are young and energetic and infectious by reports from all the players and media. And what's more, McDermott will still be able to help Babbich grow where he needs to while focusing on more aspects of the team than he was able to last year. Special Teams Bass had the worst year of his career last year, but was a consistent kicker before that. I don't think he goes anywhere but up... and bringing Haack in to (possibly????) compete for the punting job might be a sign Beane & Co. believe holding is a notable part of the problem. And maybe it was???? Remember how bad a holder Bojo was and what happened to the Packers kicking game when he went over there as the punter? If Haack's our punter... he's not a great punter, but hopefully we don't punt a lot Returners are a dime a dozen to me and we have potential returners in Shakir, Isabella and Hamler already on the roster. I'm sure we'll bring someone else in, too. Offense OL-First of all, 4 out of 5 pieces on our OL will be back. And the 1 new piece might end up being a familiar face who played a big role on the team last year. The Bills clearly believe in McGovern as a Center, so I'll trust their judgment. If Edwards is the LG next to him, I'm fine with that, too. He was the starting Guard for the Super Bowl champions a few years ago so he has the talent and experience. Alec Anderson seems like a dark horse to come in and start at that position, though. We'll still very likely draft a young IOL, though. Plenty of other young developmental OL talent to be excited about with the likes of Van Demark and Gourage. and then we'll have what I believe will be one of the best right sides of an offensive line in the NFL with Torrence and Spencer Brown next year. And Dawkins gonna be Dawkins. As far as the IOL moves, I was listening to Daniel Jeremiah on his Move the Sticks podcast yesterday and he was saying how he spoke with Brandon Beane relatively recently about OL and Beane was talking about how it's becoming more and more important to have a more stout, strong IOL nowadays than more of an athletic IOL with what's happening on the defensive side with DTs. I thought it was interesting and seems like that might be a reason for the Morse release and move for McGovern. QB-See above about Joe Brady. Otherwise, not much needs to be said here. Let's just hope that our freak QB stays healthy this year and doesn't get injuries that affects his throwing motion the way he did the last 2 seasons. If he has to sit for a week or 2, I think we should all feel a little better with Trubisky than Kyle Allen WR-See above about Joe Brady. I think Diggs was hurt in the 2nd half of the season. I don't know what game that was where he was thrown to the ground, but I think he was playing hurt for awhile. Yes, he's getting older, but Diggs is still a #1 WR. He just needs more talent around him, and with Shakir's development last year, we'll likely see him as a bigger part of the offense. I really think either Isabella or Hamler makes this roster. I don't know which one, but one of them is going to be our 4th or 5th WR/gadget guy/ returner. Mack Hollins feels like a roster bubble guy. Justin Shorter might be the guy to replace Siran Neal as the gunner and will be sitting in the 5th or 6th WR spot. So a lot depends on who we draft at WR. And I think everyone knows we're drafting a WR in round 1 or 2. Whoever it is, let's hope he's better than Gabe. Long term I think odds are he will be. TE-A healthy Dawson Knox and a year 2 Dalton Kincaid with an entire offseason to work on his game???? Sign me up!!! RB-We all saw the weapon James Cook can be. Dude just needs to spend plenty of time on the Jugs machine. RBs are a dime a dozen... we'll find a couple to fill roles and be just fine. Defense admittedly D is our biggest worry. But I think we have less to worry about than feared. DE-Groot was hampered by a foot injury most of last year, which was obvious. Von was clearly still recovering from his ACL tear, which was obvious. I expect both to be better in 2024. I don't really understand those who think Von just all of the sudden sucks. He had an ACL tear and tried coming back to play full time less than a year after it happened. Most athletes say they take a couple years to feel like themselves after an ACL tear. Just ask Tre White. Epenesa re-signing is exciting! If he takes another step in 2025 then our top 3 rotational edge rushers would be an upgrade from last year even with Floyd leaving. I almost anticipate Lawson coming back, but even if he didn't and Jonathan and Kline were our 4th an 5th DEs, that would still be pretty solid depth. DT- Oliver and Jones is a lethal duo. Just getting Jones back and healthy for a full season will be an upgrade. And Jones has been pretty healthy for his career up until this past year. I don't think he missed a regular season game in the previous 5-7 seasons. But that's it for DTs other than Ankou, who frankly might make the team and just might be an upgrade on Settle/Ford/Phillips. But we're going to draft at least one and acquire one... maybe post June 1st as our late offseason Floyd signing. But it's all about Oliver and Jones, really. We didn't have Daquan most of last season. If we do in 2024, that's an upgrade. LB-Everything I said above about Daquan Jones and what the impact would be in getting him back is amplified with all of the same stuff for Milano. Losing Milano last year was the most devastating thing that happened to our team. He was absolutely unbelievable to start the year. His injury isn't the kind of injury that lingers once he rehabs and heals, so I'd expect him to be back to himself. Top that off with the now-known-commodity of Terrel Bernard and we might have the best starting duo of LBs in the league. Throw in Dorian Williams, who I believe will be used as an X-factor in a league that is shifting more and more towards 3 LB alignments because of the heavier personnel and the LB Unit will already be better in 2024. CB-Our starting CBs are pretty much all studs. Taron, Rasul and Benford are all really good to exceptional. I really do think Elam still has a decent shot with this new coaching staff and potentially new (maybe only slightly) system that will utilize some more man principles. I wouldn't sleep on him finding a way into a significant or even starting role. When he does get on the field, he makes plays. We'll draft a CB or 2. We always do. The difference will be that there will be room on the roster for them to actually make the team rather than get poached by other teams the way Alex Austin or Nick McLeod were. And don't sleep on the 2 guys on our PS. Ingram might make the team to play a critical backup role. S-Personnel-wise, this is likely the position we have to worry about the most. But at the same time, Sean McDermott throughout his entire career has always turned other teams' trash into his treasure when it comes to the Safety position. From the Eagles to the Panthers to the Bills, you can go and track all the safeties that have come through those teams and find quality to elite contributors. It's actually pretty insane the way he does it. I expect he does it again. We'll likely get a guy in FA and draft a guy, but I'm really not gonna be shocked if our starting Safety tandem is Taylor Rapp and Cam Lewis. Everyone is going to freak out if that happens. I won't. McDermott knows the safety position better than anyone. I don't even think that's hyperbole. We'll be good. Now... am I predicting Super Bowl???? Heck no!!! Too many variables always come into play and the playoffs are one-and-done so you just never know. However, the widespread national narrative and narrative among some on this board is that Buffalo's Super Bowl Window is closed and what we're seeing this offseason is the start of a rebuild. Not a rebuild folks, We're re-tooling. And the tools we'll have in 2024 will be sharper, shinier and more effective!!! I can't wait to see who else we add in FA. I can't wait to see who we draft, but outside of the positions we just need to bring in some bodies to fill them (RB, DT, & S), I'd feel pretty good about where we are even at this moment. The great thing is that we still have additions coming. It's gonna be a great 2024 season!!! Go Bills!!!
  22. What about the signing of Morrow and Hollins? Or are those 2 contracts small enough where they don't impact the formula?
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