Richard Noggin

Says the guy from Rochester, I love it. More I-90 turf wars! Herkimer can get WRECKED

Absolutely turned around in Yahoo after registering for the Survival League. Never to be found again.

Neilsen, it's been reported (was it Parrino?) looks during practices to be the guy running the DL, the loudest voice in the room, over Marcus West who IS technically the DL coach again. I'm really hoping the influx of some more assertive, demanding, pedigreed coaching can get that talented DL bunch attacking in waves and working together to win the LOS. Let's hope he can revitalize Oliver and help Rousseau to finally take the next step as a pass rusher. Maybe he can maximize Sanders and Walker sooner rather than later, and maybe even develop Jackson into something down the line. Bless whatever we can get out of Bosa. He should at least flash a few times here and there, hopefully in a big moment. Who knows, maybe Hoecht goes all Lorenzo Alexander on it down the stretch and something is actually trending up on defense heading into the playoffs.

Milano and Bernard when healthy have proven to be a dynamic duo. Along with Johnson, that Bills 2025 2nd level could reach its All-Pro potential behind a more disruptive d-line (we hope). That is the (only?) way they can take the next step to beat the best. (I also have continuously harbored the contrary suspicion that they should just clearly be going ALL THE WAY IN ON OFFENSIVE WEAPONS to surround Allen with other game changers who demand defensive attention. The world deserves to watch Josh freaking Allen with another bona fide stud WR and other dangerous dudes.)

Ideally, the Bills PS this year is well suited to BOTH a) contribute weekly to the preparation of starters and coaches, and also b) fill in at a replacement level for a week or two late in the season when a particular position group or two come down with the injury bug. Can't have any more guys putting off an RV trip to instead suit up against an HOF HC, QB, and TE trio in the playoffs. (Would a Ciarlo or a Jenkins represent upgrades to a retired AJ Klein in a playoff pinch after their full seasons in the program on the practice squad? Would Dane Jackson or Jalen Kimber outplay Elam from the AFCCG? *personally I think Ingram would have (?) and still could...)

Hasn't recent SB history shown that the DL is more about collective talent than about fielding one elite EDGE guy? Or moreover, if you have one elite guy, it's better to have him on the inside? I actually prefer McBeane's approach to building a deep DL, it's just that they haven't picked the right guys and/or haven't properly developed the guys they've picked (coaching/scheme). Hopefully Nielsen can help get more out of the DL room overall. Some interior disruption would go a LONG way towards making this D work. Especially while the dynamic LBs behind them are healthy.

Super cohesive group. No doubt genuine comraderie helps to make the grind more meaningful, and it very likely helps some guys push themselves even a little harder. Can't let down the squad you go to war with.

Javon Baker? More surprising than an aging Kendrick Bourne coming off injury.

Haven't seen Green Bay, but I did live in Dallas for 2 years. Thought it was a very metropolitan, world-class city with a solid food and bev and entertainment scene across many distinct neighborhoods. Not prohibitively expensive (when I was there ~15 years ago). Fairly diverse. Lotta trust fund southerners, but nowhere is perfect. My girlfriend at the time actually bartended at Cowboys games, in the bar the Cowboys players run through. Happening place to be in my early 30s, even if I was behind enemy lines. Don't think I'd go back, but also not sure Green Bay would be an invigorating place to live.

Wah, why can't we just go back to 90s unis full time, full stop

Jordan = Williams Jordan Williams, the ultimate Bill

Or, if you like: There, chances just got a lot better.

Those fallbacks are no soft landing for a long while now, let me tell you

When I go down this path of lamenting all of the unfortunate, and often concentrated among a couple position groups, injuries the Bills have had to manage into the divisional and championship rounds of the playoffs in recent years, I mostly just angrier about 13 Seconds and the opportunity squandered that year. We had young Josh Allen HISTORICALLY ON FIRE in an era when offenses still had that pandemic upper-hand of referees mostly ignoring offensive holding. To see Allen and Co (Davis) win that game in legendary fashion, and then to watch McD and his coaches actively string together an improbable chain of historic blunders, resulting in an overtime loss.......really redefined the term "Billsy" for the world to see, and has always been unconscionable for me (and many others). Despite my immense appreciation for Sean McDermott's culture of process and success, I have for two offseasons wished for McD to get fired and replaced by Ben Johnson. That dream died this year. So as always, I will be rooting for McD and his team, in Orchard Park for half the games, screaming when we're on defense and shutting the eff up when we're on offense. Go Bills May this be the blessed year it all comes together.

Commit to the bit.

I'm uncharacteristically guilty of not knowing (beyond what you've shared) the objective stats/traits on Dolac and even Andreesen, and only knowing what I've heard/read from others. Weird especially because I have historically LOVED football for offseason "franchise mode" as much as for the actual games. The scouting/draft process, player development, and roster management were all we had to latch onto for hope for decades. Those early Bills drought years coincided with my early 20s and grad school, which just happened to include a handful of the very best iterations of Madden football.

Sounds good to me. Bills would obviously give him elevation guarantees and would probably use those up early and often while this other guy gets up to speed and Hancock gets healthy and more seasoned.

I think Ingram was retained to potentially start outside in White's absence early on. He has seen the field and acquitted himself well enough for a short term and/or rotational stint. Plus he offers position/scheme flex (dime/nickel safety looks) and probably would play STs? Who are candidates to be cut and reliably signed to PS? Lundt? Hamlin (doubt it)? Or maybe a sneaky "injury" somewhere simplifies the decision...

Van Demark hasn't exactly displayed the value we've previously ascribed him during this preseason, has he? The book on him has seemingly been that he can play replacement-level ball at LT, but is not so serviceable at RT. And then he pooped the bed all together against Chicago. And might have been disappointing in one of the other games as well? I don't love him as the swing tackle tbh. Hopefully Grable gets well sooner rather than later. Anderson is probably only an IOL now except for injury constituencies or 6OL alignments. Lundt I don't think looked super ready to dress on gamedays at all. Suddenly our vaunted (even by me, repeatedly) O-line depth doesn't look quite so deep. Maybe overreacting to Anderson and Van Demark looking less compelling in our limited glimpses this summer, and Grable getting banged up.

#1 is what I've suspected kept Dolac's representation away from signing with the Bills (assuming the Bills had any real interest in the player) -- total multi-year log jam at WLB with Milano and Williams #2 is what I don't fully agree with, in that a local tryout signing (in Andreesen) grew enough over one year in an NFL system/program to catch up to a far superior/higher ceiling (physically and for sure college production) priority UDFA prospect. It's not impossible at all in a league where early draft picks flame out and UDFAs comprise 1/3 of the player pool. But wouldn't Dolac be a better prospect than Andreesen? Or is he too much of a WLB guy (which harkens back to #1). He's not any smaller than Bernard was, right? I have this nagging fear about McBEANE's roster management approach: that each year they think of/select primary backups (at most positions) in terms of floor 100%. In terms of "trust" and "confidence" in this moment, rather than true, iron-sharpens-iron competition at all positions, like they sometimes claim. Wouldn't a Dolac represent more talent in the pipeline than an Andreesen? I'm afraid the Sabres have been demonstrably guilty of that tendency to not actively threaten the progression of their young pipeline talent with better players. Are they haunted by the ghost of Wyatt Teller? Is that last paragraph at all cogent?

Is Dolac not actually a much better prospect than Andreesen? (from the Bills perspective) I've been assuming it's more about Bernard in front of him being a young core guy signed long term. (from the player's/agent's perspective)

Probably need to get over my little developmental crush on Solomon. Exactly the kind of sleeper prospect I like to follow. Some traits and serious college production, but also some limitations. If only the Bills developed d-linemen the way they develop the 2nd and 3rd levels of defense.

He's right to call them out for being cheap relative to other franchises. Ownership there is brutal and completely undeserving of success in the league. Very similar to how things operated in Buffalo for a decade or two, unfortunately. He's wrong if he was complaining about how HE was being treated, specifically, being personally worth approximately $20 Million (US Dollars).

ZERO guys on IR or PUP to start the season? No way. Gotta use those tools to punt on a few decisions: SVPG and Hairston and White and who knows who else could easily NOT count towards the 53 at first. Opens up spots for Carter and/or Shavers and/or a cutdown day addition at S and/or CB, one can hope.