Rochesterfan

Do you have a source for this? I have not seen the conditions that were agreed to. If it was snap or plays based as a Buffalo Bill - the conditions might still be met and they would still get the pick. If the condition was making the initial roster (typical) then yes the Bills would get their pick back. I have been looking, but have not seen a tweet on the conditions of the pick.

Holy God - just give it up. Yes they will fill all 17 of their spots. Andre Roberts will be back on the primary roster. Players will be activated more frequently because the PS rules for the year. Why would any team not take advantage of the space especially with it taking 3-5 days to get someone onto the team.

Sweeney is already on PUP - 6 weeks till he will return. There is another shoe that will drop. Maybe a trade or we see who makes it through waivers to decide who else to chance - maybe Fromm if Webb makes it through? Maybe a RB?

Since it’s Rapport - does that mean we have really traded White? LOL Congats to Tre with this - whatever it becomes.

Yeah his 75+% approval rating and over 83% approval of his COVID handling suggest that most people can’t stand him. LOL - get real. He has screwed up - admitted mistakes - and most importantly listened to the science and positioned NY to be more open than most states.

We’re glad your no longer here as well.

Would not surprise me - also makes TJ Yeldon a need until Taiwan is healthy again. Adds up to me.

Agreed - 3rd round pick - traded with a 6th for a 4th that was the Raiders fourth the week before. Just a weird series and not sure how he fits with Miami.

OMG - really?

This exactly - ask Steve Tasker about this option. It has been this way for years with little push back - teams assume the risk.

I would not expect it. Carolina was going to cut the guy. If teams want the loop hole covered - they do that via the conditions. The conditional 7th could be based on making the team, could be on playing time/games snaps, could be based on being named to any roster (active or PS). The NFL should not have to police this - this is team to team based. Carolina was going to cut him- now we are - the risk moved from them to us. Carolina lost nothing an may still get a pick depending on the conditions. It hurts them not at all and moved the risk to the Bills to lose him via waivers.

Would not surprise me in the least if Smith is called back up when Mongo goes to IR. I think they felt he could slide through and it may negate the loss of the conditional pick. Win-Win

What? I don’t expect the Bills to use 16 PS spots - I expect they will keep Wade on his designation and keep 17 PS players. If the league has any issues and adds more spots the Bills will fill those also. They will have some Vets and some young players and they will figure it out. I really do not see how anyone would think different - it makes no sense for a team not to have a full compliment. I also expect Beane will bring in guys weekly and will routinely adjust 3-4 of these guys depending upon injuries and gameplans - just like the last 2 seasons as he looks for those diamonds for next year.

For me - I’d go back to the Championship team - Jack Kemp or Mike Stratton just to hear them relive the moments. That was well before my time and I would just love to hear the stories. I may even accept Lou Saban, but would be afraid he would run out on me for another lunch on a college campus somewhere. The 90’s team - I lived in Hamburg and knew several of the players - so although their stories are great - I have heard many before. I love those guys, but would be intrigued by the 1960’s squad. Currently - The HC and GM both would be great and Allen seems fun and I would enjoy that very much.

This is true once they clear waivers, but if a team (GB/SF) has their eyes on one or two guys in particular - their waiver wire spot is low enough they may miss out. Much like the Bills did with Andre Smith - sometimes you throw a 7th rounder out to ensure you get your guy. A lower/bad team should be using the waiver wire to their advantage and not trading, but picking these guys up free and clear. Until they clear waivers - the players do not get a choice.

Actually it makes what he has done even more remarkable- many teams are in a lot worse shape going into next year with the projected drop. Because of how he fixed the cap - we are in a good place to continue to sign our own guys. Teams like the Eagles are in a death spiral right now because they have been living on the increase in the cap to get by year over year. A shrinking cap just kills them.

So sorry for your loss. Bless

Prayers for the family.

I hear you and maybe there have been other things I’ve missed, but I was surprised because the few things I had seen were 4-6 weeks and similar injury to the Dolphins rookie LB last year that did the IR designation to return thing. The whole thing seems weird and I have yet to seen anything from Cleveland on the move - so I am assuming they are holding him till cutdown day and going to try to IR him to bring back later.

But that is not the question asked by the OP. The question was could that player (1992 Frank Reich) that played very well in minor spot starts lead this years team to the Super Bowl. To me the answer to that is a resounding No. There are 2 reasons why I think that. 1) Reich played alright and even well with a team that had a ton of Hall of Fame level talent across the offense. He was a good guy to fill in for a game or 2, but he did not elevate them or make them play better. Coming to the 2020 Bills - they would need to rely more on his passing with a weaker offensive team. I just do not see him being able to take the reigns for a 16 game schedule with a team with less talent and suddenly make it a better team. I just do not see that happening. 2) When we look back at the time he spent in Buffalo - it was all a game here and there - so yes he looked good in a great offensive system for a week or 2, but to answer this question we need to see what happened when he became a full time starter. So you look at Carolina and the NYJs as signs to what he was when teams expected him to start and he was not good at all. If I look at that - there is no reason to suspect that he would have been a quality starter and a guy that could have taken this team to the Super Bowl. If you put him in the right environment - as a seldom used back-up - he was fine, but nothing more. That is how I see this question.

Definitely expect a lot more soft tissue injuries. Not enough quick twitch activities without games. Would not be surprised to see a significant increase in things like ACL tears - as those tend to happen in camp and without the games - those injuries will push to the regular season. Overall - I expect to see more injuries especially early.

YES!

The reporters talked about this in the scrimmage thread. Years past - you had more flexibility about this because at training camp - there were tons of fans posting images, snap counts positions- everything - so the info was readily available. The team could not limit the fans. This year with no fans - they have refined the policy and tightened control - not just the Bills, but across the league. Most teams have limited what can be discussed because the only info getting out is by a limited group of credentialed reporters. They were all informed and given rules about what could and could not be discussed. The rules also extend to something like today where because there was no stream - the reporters were not able to tweet until after the practice was complete. And therefore perhaps the easiest for the team to give a small punishment to and therefore reinforce the rules for the rest of the reporters.

Yes they are afraid the Jets will gameplan based upon info released. Just look at what happened on this board alone based on Joe B’s report about Ford blocking on a DT and Williams blocking a DE to open a hole. That one tweet set told us (and the rest of the NFL) that right now the starting right side of the O-Line looks to be Ford at Guard and Williams T Tackle. The prevailing sentiment before that was that Winters would be starting at Guard until Mongo returns and Ford and Williams were battling for RT duty. Now without an injury - the Jets can begin game planning and watching tape of Williams as RT and how best to attack him rather than the ambiguity of either Ford or Williams there. It also impacts their attack plans at guard - because they had a strong understanding of Winter’s strengths and weaknesses and how to attack and now may have to adjust that. It also may reveal where the Bills would like to attack and how based on having to powerful run maulers on the right side - that may adjust how they decide to attack this offense. Every little thing that the other team has to account for is one less thing they have time to perfect before the game and gives teams more they have to get ready. It could mean the difference between the Jets Defense coming out bland and vanilla to react to what the Bills do or coming out aggressive because they have an idea of how to attack. We have the same people running the offense and defense, but with Diggs, Williams, Knox, and Moss - there is potential that we could have 4 new starters on offense and 5+ guys in different position and I would imagine the planning of the offense will be different with Diggs as a WR than last year. Why do the Bills think it matters - because they have their scouts doing exactly what you are looking at. They are scouring the internet and podcasts to piece together what players are excelling and what formations they are using to have a solid plan for game 1 and who they want to look at or pick up if anything happens. Does it seem over the top - yeah, but I get it. This is the first year they can completely control what comes out. They could not control the fans - so in other years all of the info was available- this year it is a war on info because everything that comes out - provides something to your first opponent and is an advantage they have over you. With no preseason games and no fans making counts of every play and who lined up where - you have a lot of unknowns going into game 1 and they all want an advantage for that 1st game because that game will drive the season and with their already being disadvantages in fan numbers at games - you want every advantage you can get.