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Literally the only year that Pats fans didn't complain about their receivers corps was when they had Moss in 2007. Otherwise, that unit was largely ignored - because Brady made everyone good. Worked out okay for them during the Brady years.

3 weeks before the season even starts? Sure.

I think it's Shakir. Guess we'll see how the season goes.

In what world would Hollins be #2? Shakir & Coleman are 1 & 2 right now, imo. And there is a good chance Samuel is back if he's week to week - it likely means it's low grade, and we have almost 3 weeks to go here. On your 1st point, I'd agree KC's top 3 are better - but I'd be hard pressed to call it a slam dunk. We have absolutely no idea on the Coleman/Worthy comparison yet (and lord, do I hope that's clear in favor of Coleman when all is said & done). Are Brown & Rice better than Shakir & Samuel? Maybe a little. It's not night & day between the 2 groups.

Is Samuel our #1?

Close to the weakest unit on the team. But, let's see what Brady can scheme up. We have 2 good TE's, and a good RB group. It's hard to imagine the O becoming anemic like the old days. It does harken back to the WR groups of the drought years, though.

We need a R-E-L-A-X from Rodgers or someone. I'm not loving it - but it's kind of obvious it's not Grade 3 if he's week to week. And we have a few weeks before the start of the season here. And the 1st game is home against the Cards - we can survive that one without him. If it does turn into some kind of lingering thing - they'll simply have to make a move. But that hasn't even been hinted at yet.

That's overrating Hollywood a bit. We'd have 3 #2 guys.

I remember that draft. Most of the board would have lost their minds if we picked Mahomes.

Man, the KC hype already. I hope we can give them more resistance this year. Another SB and I'll feel like it's right back to living in the shadow of the Pats dynasty. Those were dark times.

He could have gotten hurt w/ the way the defender came in. He absolutely made the right decision in a preseason game.

Feels like that one is a TD w/ Allen 10x out of 10.

Ray Davis is going to give us some big moments this year.

"The Bass game."

McD was fired up on that one.

Man, I'm genuinely excited about Ray Davis.

Man, if Groot can take that next step this year - it will go a long way toward the Bills contending for a SB.

I don't know - it's just hard for me to imagine that if Josh Allen stays healthy, the Bills miss the playoffs. He's a top QB. And it's not like we're devoid of talent elsewhere. This has potential to be our best running game in the JA era, and the O-line is solid. We have some playmakers on defense also, even w/ Milano out (and he will be coming back, btw - hopefully for the home stretch). I just can't see us missing.

I kind of like the lowered expectations - here and nationally. I mean, no one nationally has Buffalo in the title conversation this year. Under the radar is a good place to be. They might be right nationally, but I really like this team, and I definitely like this quarterback. The Bills rarely get blown out - games will be close, and if we can eek out enough of them, we can can be there in the end.

Honestly, that's important. We should all visualize that. And if you don't believe it can be effective - it certainly can't hurt.

It's possible. I don't rule anything out at this point. We don't have that many weaknesses, and we have a great QB. I think the running game stands a chance to be better. Given the production of Diggs & Davis for large portions of last season, I'm just not seeing a huge dropoff at WR. The line should be good on O. The defense is a little more iffy - but we'll see if Von can make it back, and if Groot takes a next step (that could really be a key, imo). The secondary is solid. I really don't know, but I take some solace in the idea that we very rarely get blown out over the past few years. The Cincy playoff game stands out, but most games seem to come down to the end, and JA is a clutch performer.

This might be a better overall team that the one that went on a run in the 2nd half of the season last year. People forget how beat up we were by the time we got to the playoffs. Even some of the guys who were on the field were playing hurt - but we were missing too many guys. It hurts that Milano is out, but I'd give this team as much of a chance as last year's to win the division and get a high seed. We know how it is; most games will be close. Can we come out on top in those - as we did in the 2nd half run last season? Probably.

We have the best QB in the league - of course we're making the playoffs.

It's August. I have no worries in August. Just pure excitement and anticipation.

You're not serious w/ this, are you? We're talking about 20 years vs. 1 year. And Brady joining a stacked team, while Belichick had a team that was clearly on the decline. If you want to move goalposts all over the place to prop up Mahomes, have at it - but the fact remains that the Pats were faves for close to 2 decades because of the QB/coach combo.