Richard Noggin

I think the OP is ABSURDLY overvaluing the Bills current/recent WR talent as compared to most top NFL teams...however the example above DOES lend credence to the notion that there is obvious meat left on the bone each week even with our current WR room. In this clip, it MUST be the early flash of pressure that brings Allen's eyes down to an underneath crosser, right? Playing it safe, I guess? Nonetheless you just GOTTA climb the pocket and smoke one downfield to the third level, to Samuel, even if it means taking a hit upon release. That's an open intermediate chunk. Damn it.

Couple clever moments with Tasker, but overall, super stiff and corny.

Netflix original programming is intentionally obvious and literal throughout, making it fine background fodder for simpletons. It's a documented effort to eliminate intellectually challenging/ambiguous content. Thereby accelerating our cultural decline. That being said, sign me up for some Antonio Brown content!

No one ever gets hurt going fast down snowy slopes.

Groot lacks the violence and explosion you're looking for in this unique role. He can be stout af and disruptive at times, but he doesn't have the combat hands and twitchy flash needed to cause chaos. He was the immediate replacement for Hoecht last week, and it wasn't terrible. He's got some tools, but maybe needs to get away from the length of NFL OTs to get going. Jackson has much to learn about pad level and awareness, but he flashes the kind of frenetic, combative length you admire in a pass rusher. Obviously, he's an explosive physical specimen. We've seen Bills Day Two defensive draft picks show steep improvement after year one (Bernard and Bishop are recent examples). He's got the tools to invest some patience in.

Suggestion? Yeah, don't. (Effing hate that stadium and all the Miami "fans" who attend parts of the games. Terrible place lol)

Kinda crazy what Indy did. Such a high draft price (plus a young day two WR) for the highest paid CB in NFL history who also has issues with penalties and run support effort/physicality. He's so gifted as a press man boundary corner, but can he rediscover all-pro play without all the clutching and grabbing he got away with earlier in his career? It's a fine line for these aggressive, long-limbed cover corners. One recalls dominant NE and KC and SEA (and others) DBs over the years who, if the broadcast or later film reviews allowed, could be seen holding and tugging and mugging so dang often that refs would get desensitized and ignore it for untargeted routes and also just more broadly**. Or not even call it at all in such glaring examples as the Saints "losing" to the Rams in the 2018 NFCCG. Will the refs give him some wiggle room on a defense known to be very physical overall? Would highlight and reward one of the most aggressive trading seasons in memory. **Not unlike the way KC's OTs, especially Taylor, have lined up too far off the LOS and/or false started and/or held on nearly every single passing play for years but only get flagged once or twice per game at most.

Did Mathis flash at all for anyone else against KC? Saw some serious motor, if not major impact. Was surprised to learn of his impressive college pedigree. No glaring reason why he can't possibly grow into a meaningful depth role if he stays healthy.

There's recent evidence that Cook is still very..."uneven" in pass pro. Whether it's a lag in pre-snap recognition or limitations in blocking aptitude, it's still risky to rely on him 1:1 against a blitzer. He has shown some willingness, to be fair. Despite this lingering weakness in his game, I believe one key to further unlocking the Brady offense is more aggressively attacking defenses through the air with Cook lined up in the backfield. Gotta take advantage of heavy boxes (hehe) and run blitzes and known tendencies. Whether Cook stays in to block, or chips and leaks out, or motions out and runs a route...you gotta continue to diversify and evolve. Keep em guessing. That Bills offense became incredibly repetitive/predictable towards the back half of their run. As a dialed-in teenager at the Bills vs Lions Thanksgiving game ('94), I showed an uncle how predictable the Bills had become by correctly predicting their first 4 consecutive offensive plays (then punt), down to the nuanced results of each. And Thurman logged consistently heavy YoY NFL usage with only one fully intact ACL. While a less rigorous offseason training regimen (than we see these days) might have allowed for more recovery, it also didn't maintain or even improve upon speed and explosion as the years rolled on.

Didn't we see at least tiny glimpses of Davis and Johnson providing some juice? Davis on returns mostly, and Johnson out of the backfield. At least a little uptick. And now with Cook's sore ankle, they're definitely getting more reps in practice this week. So let's see if they can actually help to spread out the workload on gameday against the Phins in the heat. It's a style/vision issue to my eye, whereby Cook is the ideal cut-back slasher who thrives in this zone-heavy, Shanahan-y rushing attack, and whereas the other two might be better suited to hitting pre-determined gaps in a power run scheme.

Mucho parallels here for me (and so many others in WNY), but my first two searing Bills memories were the goal posts coming down in '88 (obviously amazing scene with Van Miller soundtrack), followed by the Ronny Harmon playoff drop in the endzone to essentially end the '89 campaign. I was 11 for that one, and my mother and her cousin were just losing their damned minds with a rage I couldn't yet fathom. How many of you can then relate to your first REAL human heartbreak being that Norwood kick sailing wide right in slow motion...I was 12... And yeah, it's been getting more difficult to ignore the billionaire bread and circuses distraction that is the modern NFL and sports in general. That week one win this year was pretty damned invigorating, though, especially for those of us who stuck it out at the stadium. Nothing cynical about that feeling. Now add Dalton Kincaid's production despite his limited snaps and only 33 targets...

And Strong (who was playing significant snaps) and possibly Oliver (tbd). And Rapp. Not sure who Happ is but hope he wasn't impactful 🙃

Do you have any of these compromising photos/pics of him? How is this the first I'm hearing of this!

Oh right, yeah for sure I knew that lol That was part of my original point though, in that players and their trainers are pretty good at running cost-benefit analyses on training schedules and league testing protocols and determining how much risk they're willing to assume. But so many players are definitely seeking to maximize recovery and resilience with the assistance of all kinds of regimens, and that then allows those interested in mass and raw strength to push harder and gain more. *so important to always reiterate that anabolic steroids in particular actively DAMAGE connective tissues in ways that accentuate the strength/stability imbalance of getting overly developed, especially when you consider the physics involved in giant NFL specimens accelerating and changing direction and sprinting like MUCH smaller humans.

Well sure, achilles tears are just one of many connective tissue injuries NFL players can endure.