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More proof Diggs isn't going anywhere

Joe Marino liked it, too. As for the Saffold thing... most would agree that Saffold was pretty good before this year, so you might be right about the "puff video," but that wouldn't necessarily be an indictment so much on Cover 1 as Saffold's free fall this season. Are you sure this isn't just an ego driven post trying to slam others who do what you do?

Erik Turner at Cover 1 likes him

This idea of hiding contracts ignores what happens in year 2 or year 3 of said contract. If we haven't retained Edmunds at what would have been a minimum $8 or $9 million CAP hit, using that money on one of the highest impact players on your defense over the last 5 or 6 years and biggest locker room guys might not be unwise. I'm not predicting it happens, but if Edmunds walks, I'll be happy if it happens. Safety is INCREDIBLY important in McDermott's defenses.

Not gonna lie, if Edmunds is gone, I want Poyer back. Make it a 2 year deal. Dude was still playing at such a high level this season even with 6 injuries. He has an entire offseason to heal up. If I could choose between Edmunds or Poyer I'd bring Edmunds back, but that doesn't look like it's happening and honestly his pricetag and lack of impact plays just makes me hesitate. Poyer, on the other hand, is the vocal heart and soul of the defense and played really well in 2022 despite all the injuries and being without his running mate. Why not? Bring him back.

Where?

Edmunds obviously. He still hasn't reached his prime.

Only...? Considering the number of 1 yard TD runs and 3rd and shorts that's pretty incredible

Isn't Tremaine still on the team and FA over a week away? Have we heard a bad word out of McBeane about him. Not saying it happens, but I think it's premature to pretend we can't retain Edmunds if we really want to, especially considering his age. Make it a 6 year deal and frontload it with a big signing bonus. Makes the CAP hit this year 7-9 million, which doesn't hurt the team in terms of FA for other positions and keeps a player we drafted and developed, which is a big McBeane philosophy.

Tommy Doyle has the potential to come back as the swing tackle. He also might compete at Guard. I'm not saying don't sign anyone. We need to based on sheer numbers. We just aren't using a 1st round pick on one. Yes. And also Josh Allen. And Tremaine Edmunds. And Groot. Every GM misses. Even the great ones. Howie Roseman passed on Justin Jefferson for Jaelan Raeger.

Extremely new to the position. Back injury setback. Think Josh Allen but at Right Tackle and with an unfortunate offseason injury after his rookie year. But even more raw than Allen. Competition is fine. Just don't wate a top pick on a RT. McBeane believes in Spencer Brown. I think this is his breakout season

Spencer Brown is one of the most athletic players in the entire NFL. He's incredibly physically gifted. So many things might have factored into his play this season, including missing much of the offseason with a back injury. I'm content going into this year with him as our entrenched starting RT for another season. Get some veteran depth behind him.

Some news!!!! Finally!!!

Nope. Haven't forgotten that. But he's consistently been one of the main problems in our last game of the season for 4 consecutive years. I think Joe Marino captures the "we're grateful to Leslie Frazier, but time to move on" sentiment

I love bringing him in as a backup, mainly because I live in Hawaii and suddenly the Bills would be in the news and on TV consistently (though honestly they were this past season, anyway) and there would suddenly be a bunch of Bills fans out here. He'd be a great backup and should be cheap.

Good. This is the classy way to go about things. Sorry for any Frazier defenders but our last 2 Postseason losses have really soured me on Frazier as a Sunday big game gameplanner. The defensive gameplan against the Bengals was absolutely criminal. McDermott or Babbich or the new guy we just brought in from Carolina all seem like good replacements.

Marino had a HOF coach at the tail end of his career and very little Elite talent surrounding him. If I were to compare 90s vs now Bills. Allen, Diggs, and Knox (though not by much over Metzelars) get the edge. 90s Bills had an OL I'd drool over today. Thurman and Kenny Davis were obviously far superior to what we currently have. Any wonder that our focal point for discussion has been WR (can you imagine us tracaliber? or aquiring a WR of James Lofton's calibre?), OL, and RB? I just don't care about defense anymore. Does defense even matter anymore? I'd love to see McDermott more hands on next season. Andy Reid showed he's a brilliant enough offensive coach that he could scheme an offense with Mahomes, Kelce and a buncha JAGs. It'd be awesome if McDermott could figure out how to do the same with the Defense (especially if Tremaine walks) while investing heavily in offensive talent in FA and the draft.

Dan Marino was a better QB than Kelly. He never won a Super Bowl and only got to 1.

Because Josh Allen is better than Jim Kelly. Yes, I'll go there

No they didn't. Short passing game was going strong all the way up to the bye week. Football Outsiders has a stat called Intended Air Yards per attempt or Average Depth of Target. I'm providing the link and you can take a look yourself, but knowing that Allen got injured in Week 8, take a look at those first 8 games. The 5 lowest numbers on the entire season were in those first 5 games. Plus, the Pittsburgh game had 2 passes alone to Davis for over 150 yards, so that 13.5 belies what was actually going on in that game. Buffalo's best and most efficient games of the season offensively (especially with regards to Allen) were likely the Rams, Titans, 1st Phins game, and the Chiefs game. All were games with an Average Depth of Target 7.4 yards or lower. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlleJo02/gamelog/2022/advanced/

You spend a long time bashing the credibility of him. Are you arguing that what he said might be incorrect because he isn't knowledgeable enough? What he said doesn't seem like it would be groundbreaking stuff you'd need to learn from years of Residency--and just as a side note, many physical therapists do go on to Residencies... it's just a choice for them unlike the medical Doctors. A UCL sprain is a pretty specific injury and seems like physical therapists would be pretty darn familiar with it. So you either think he's incompetent and lacks the knowledge in his field to provide the educated opinion he provides, or you think he's lying and using his title as a means to convince people his lie is correct. He was? Can you provide examples? Josh actually said he had to alter his throwing motion because of the injury. I don't understand why this is being viewed as some kind of ridiculous theory.

My bad! Fixed it!

Ummm... really? If he doesn't need the surgery my guess is that's because it'll heal 100% with rest. If it were still going to limit him, he'd get the surgery.

If you listen to Joe Marino, you've heard this. I'll post the YouTube video below of his podcast as well as the source material it was quoted in. Both are super interesting. Basically, Josh Allen’s UCL injury is why we may have shifted to a more downfield passing game. From Dr Kyle Trimble: “the arm/elbow angles based on the type of throw affect how much pain there is and how much stress was placed through the joint. Deeper throws require less accuracy due to decreased elbow flexion, thus reducing stress on the injured joint. Shorter and intermediate throws require more precision with a different throwing motion requiring more elbow flexion. The increased elbow flexion places the injured ligament on tension, causing pain. That in turn would affect speed. The faster he threw, the more torque is required through the elbow joint. However, the pain and instability limited how much torque the elbow could accept. With the offense predicated on timing to be in a specific location at a given time, any alteration in mechanics due to pain, adjusting for elbow brace, or speed could greatly affect the accuracy for ball placement to the receiver.” https://www.cover1.net/buffalo-bills-josh-allen-ken-dorsey-struggles-2022-nfl/ As Marino says, it doesn't exonerate Dorsey. But it may give us hope that the offense we saw is not the offense we're seeing moving forward or even the offense he planned for.