KingBoots8

Writing “5 Takeaways” and showing Peterman could give some people around here a hernia if they didn’t know the context of the post lol.

Murphy for sure. Ford... well... I think we need another game or two before I throw him under the bus, but he needs to cut the penalties down ASAP or he won’t make the 53.

How much do you sell these hot takes for? I mean the whole point of preseason is to run plays as practice for these guys and to evaluate your talent. If you’re not doing one, you’re doing the other. They already practiced a 4th down at that point- so watch the special teams go out there and do their thing. The punter actually did a good job from what I saw. You need to sit sit back and trust the process, man. There’s no reason to think the sky is falling. This regime has made plenty of positive moves thus far to have faith in their plans. Plus- it’s the first preseason game after a season in which we made the playoffs. In the words of Aaron Rodgers: R-E-L-A-X.

I also meant to highlight the blown 4th down near the goal line for the 3rd string: From what I recall the second the ball was snapped Allen was under pressure (I think the left tackle missed an assignment or just didn’t anticipate the blitz). He tried to stay on his feet and make something happen, but he had someone at his heels the entire play. He tried for the heroics but ultimately should have thrown the ball away. I’ll chalk it up mostly to his rookie status and the line not expecting the blitz. He will learn as he continues to grow, and it could have ended a lot worse than that.

He also had a personal foul on a third down, as well as a holding call on another earlier third down. The guy is a mountain of muscle but he definitely had a bad night.

Murphy played great, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Ivory has plenty to offer, and last night was a showcase of QB play for most of the first half. Let’s get through preseason before we get too excited for him. I meant to notate that- Davis has looked great in camp and had one great play early on, but had a few whiffs last night that were just ugly. I think he will be fine but it was definitely an off night.

I agree a bit on the O-line. If you want to play him behind the 3rd stringers- ok, fine. But get him a possession or two with at least the 2nd string o-line (if not the whole 2nd string offense)

I just got back to the 607 area - finally got to take my dad out to his first professional football game (even if it was preseason). We had a good time, and we were on the 50 yard line (13 rows back behind the benches). I tried to make some observations on the team and the game as a whole. 1. Peterman and McCaron seemed to be in good communication on the sidelines before and during the first half. Josh was involved sometimes but looked to be spending lots of the first half with his receivers and o-line on the third string. Could see all 3 working together during the 2nd half (mostly McCaron talking with Allen from what I saw) 2. Peterman looked pretty confident both on the field and sideline. Came out and played well. I think training camp has really helped him compared to last year. The pick wasn’t on him- the ball may not have been a perfect throw but it was certainly catchable. 3: McCoy was hard to find a bit tonight. Obviously he didn’t take any snaps but I think he stayed tucked away most of the game. 4. Murphy earned his spot I believe. He played all over the place and seemed to be involved quite a bit. Excellent running and a few good catches too. I think he’s our RB3 for sure at this point- especially if he has one or two more preseason games like this. 5. Edmunds and KB are giants. They’re about the same height and frame (although Edmunds seems to have a little bit more mass on him). Edmunds played well for a rookie I thought. A few missteps but not a bad debut for him. 6. Harrison Phillips is going to be a star- he’s absolutely the Next Kyle Williams for this team and I hope he soaks in as much advise as Kyle throws at him. Seemed to be pretty close before the game going over a few things. Great showing for him. 7. McCaron can absolutely manage the offense. I definitely want to see him with the 1s but she showed some resilience bouncing back from the early sack. I don’t think he and Peterman have all that much space between them, and the coaches have put them both in a position to control their own destiny at this point. That being said, I hope after the next game they have the starter pinned down so they can get the most reps with the 1s. 8. The crowd was PUMPED for Allen to take the field, and the first play/pass going as deep as he did got people on their feet. He has an absolute canon for an arm, and his release is really quick. The TD pass was like lightning- I couldn’t even tell he made that catch right away. His physical gifts are great, and we have a lot to be excited for when his time comes. He also seemed to stay poised and sensed pressure fairly well in the pocket. It wasn’t always pretty, but not bad for the first game. 9. That being said, Allen made some rookie mistakes. People may look back at the 4th down and wonder what he was thinking. I’m not too worried- let him attempt these kinds of plays now when we don’t have anything on the line. Same with the 2-pt conversion. Was bummed we didn’t get either play, but glad to see the coaches let him roll with it. 10. I also think Allen needs time with the 2s. He seemed to need to make a lot of his own magic happen, and only had a little help from McCloud (who played admirably well on 3rd string- I think he may have a spot if he plays at least 1 more good game). I’m not sure if his first pass would have been different with the 2s, but the bomb to Foster which would have been a TD likely would have. I just want to see more people around him who can hold onto his passes. 11.Foster had a rough game. Seemed like he had some miscommunications and definitely gave up on a play or two. I hope he has a better game next week, but tonight was not a good night. 12. I can’t remember his name, but #51 also he a rough night it seemed. I believe he blew his coverage on one touchdown, and had one or two bad decisions. The helmet penalty I believe was in him, and he committed a holding penalty on 3rd and long early in the 2nd half that would have killed a TD drive for Carolina. Definitely a rough night for him too. He also easily has some of the biggest arms I have seen on anyone. From the 13th row it was obvious he was a freaking monster. Definitely looked the part at least- maybe he turns it around next week. 13. Seemed like a good preseason crowd. Bit more calm than I’m used to, but good size considering. Lots of people there to see Allen for sure. Didnt see any blantant stupidity either, so a big plus on that lol. All in all, a great time. Sucks we didn’t win but there’s lots to take away and to look forward to. Hope my writing wasn’t too boring to scroll through.

Murphy is a beast. Definitely earning his place tonight.

Murphy has been playing well tonight- hope he keeps it rolling.

Rough pick but Peterman looks more composed. yadda yadda yadda preseason and everything but I’ve liked the offense during that quarter. Not bad. Let’s keep the momentum going.

Gonna echo just about everyone else- it’s a shot in the arm of arguably our weakest position. Guy has upside and we didn’t have to trade much to get him. He’s low cost and if he looks good we can add that 5th year on. This is a win for the Bills, and yet another great move by Beane.

I feel McGahee was a bigger traitor than Lynch. Sat out year one, played 3 for us and wasn’t bad, but sure thought he was #1 in the league (even though he was never a top 5 back here). He talked about moving the team to Toronto and talked a bunch of crap about Buffalo in general. Screw that dude- Lynch hurt for sure but when he left I felt I could cheer him on. When McGahee left I was hoping he would get stuffed every play. I say swap those two.

I’m lucky to say even on the ones I “missed” on, I’ve had fairly good luck with my jersey choices. I got a Mario Williams jersey his first year here, and Dareus his second year in. While they didn’t last too long in the grand scheme of things, they were great jerseys to have (especially considering that amazing 2014 season they had). i have the following jerseys aside from those 2: 12 Jim Kelly SB25 12 Jim Kelly AFL 35th anniversary 8 Brian Moorman 8 50th Anniversary AFL jersey (custom nameplate) 95 Kyle Williams (New design, but the one year Reebok made them) I feel like these days you can only reliably get a jersey from the glory days (SB era, 64-65 era, OJ if you want to get strange looks once in a while) or for well respected players during the drought (Moorman, Kyle Williams, Fred Jackson, Aaron Schobell). Anything else is a crap shoot at this point- maybe Allen if you’re feeling brave, or McCoy (although I would wait until the season starts lol)

Wouldn’t the easiest way to avoid any issue at all be to simply play the anthem before the players enter the field? I mean, sure, it’s “less patriotic” but at the same time it eliminates the controversy entirely. Uncle Sam won’t send checks to the NFL anymore (or they won’t be as lucrative) but now it’s done.

Glad I waited until the kids were in bed and my wife was in another room before I started watching this. Off to cut some onions and cover my tracks. Proud of you Jim. Keep fighting.

His only saving grace is that if she knew the objects in question and pegged this assault on him, she could add credibility to her story by stating that the intruder asked for those specific items. There are a lot of concerning circumstances related to the situation at hand. I won’t make any declarations until the investigation has had time to sort the half truths from the truths. I hope McCoy didn’t do anything, but should he be guilty I’ll be happy to move on from him.

Jim Kelly SB 25 and 35th Anniversary Moorman Dareus (Nike) Kyle Williams (New style, pre-Nike) I want to add a new one this year. I’ll probably get an Allen jersey, although Harrison phillips is an option. Big part of me wants to find a way to get a Kelly jersey from when he played with the Gamblers.

I hope they saw something special. Make or break time. Just have to trust the process now and see what happens.

We need to call Jeff Tuel up and let him get a “fair shake” too while we are at it- poor guy wasn’t given a whole season to show his stuff. look, I’m sure Nate is a good guy, and probably a better QB than we have seen, but he needs to take the opportunities he gets and run with them. He’s got to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he’s better than what we have/had at starter. He did not. Perhaps next time- if there is a chance- he can do it... but he has shown nothing to this point that he is the future HOF QB for the Bills. We have a potential prospect in a Rookie via the draft, and McCarron. They’ll go to camp and the best prostpect will start. Peterman has until then to show us something we haven’t seen yet.

I’m not sure about that- he did absolutely get his bell rung that game... but a few weeks later he went 25-30 260+ yards and 1TD vs the Chargers. Maybe it was a fluke but he looked good through that game. Afterwords we collapsed in glorious Buffalo fashion

This list shows them as having their 3rd rounder they gave to us for Tyrod- is this list correct aside from that?

I’m betting it’s the latter- I’m thinking the colts want Chubb and they’re not going to get him at 12. 6 is highly likely. It makes sense for them to do so and gain some picks.

So the Jets did what they did... I can’t fault Indy for doing it either since they’re still going to get their guy most likely at 6 since everyone else is fighting it out for QBs in the top 5. Its going to take a hell of a lot to get to #2 now. Maybe too much... and #1 is out of the question. Since Cleveland has the draft capital and many holes to fill, would a trade for #4 be a possibility? I’d imagine with all the QB craziness that Cleveland would absolutely get their QB at #1. Giants MIGHT roll QB #2, and the Jets obviously would. If the Giants decide to get Barkley at #2, do we send Cleveland some picks for #4? I cant imagine Cleveland passing Barkley if he’s there at 4. If Darnold and Rosen are taken 1&3, we can get Mayfield (or Allen, but not my preferred choice) at 4. Obviously this is a draft day type of trade, but if this plays out I can see Beane making some phone calls to Cleveland. What would it take to get 4? Both firsts and maybe a later second?

He’s certainly got the skill set, but would he be a good fit with McDermott and his no-BS coaching style?