Richard Noggin

The Chiefs have spent on the RB position, sort of. And while they've been elite for a few years now, it really has NOTHING to do with those high-value RBs (Edwards-Helaire in the 1st and signing Ronald Jones, a former 2nd but for peanuts, who seems to be behind the 7th round rookie Pacheco). I guess one easy criticism is that one of the last three years that RB draft pick could have been spent on another OL. Gotta start redirecting assets to that group (who then makes RBs more effective). Obviously Ford not panning out here hurts. Trading away Teller remains a major ouchy. Hence, we seem to be missing at least ONE promising IOL in the pipeline. Backup G/C is lacking. Backup RB is NOT. Wouldn't we all rather invert those two groups?

Love your post except for the bolded point. Moss is MUCH better in the passing game (especially as a receiver but as a blocker, too). I've actually never seen or heard someone suggest Singletary is even "good" at that facet of the game. LOVE where Devin's at as a ball carrier; he might even be underrated there. But Moss is actually a decent complimentary committee member for the superior skill sets of Singletary and Cook. And he's under contract for another season once #26 is gone (as you rightly recognize).

"I have all the characteristics of a human being, but not a single identifiable emotion." That's good stuff. He's like a preppy Frankenstein's monster fueled by fear of losing, rather than fire. Not at all convincing as a human being off the field.

I don't think it's been shared here, but this is a long thread already: how many of us think this organizational blind-spot in drafting a player who clearly had such a serious off-field time bomb is the unfortunate result of Araiza being projected to go much higher in the draft than the Bills were willing to consider taking a punter? What I mean is that the Bills probably didn't do a DEEP dive on a nicknamed, award-winning punter projected to be drafted possibly on day two or at worst EARLY day three. Araiza clearly fell, and by the 6th round the Bills likely couldn't ignore the value prop of such a high-ceiling prospect. But that means they probably hadn't invested pre-draft resources in vetting him off the field because they reasonably expected him to be gone before they were willing to consider a punter. Like most organizational failures, it's often a combination of oversights and unfortunate circumstances. I'll bet Araiza was not a serious pre-draft target for the Bills, and the decision to draft him was less informed than their usual selections. At least, this is a plausible rationalization.

Keeping Bryant? Interesting. He's flashed at DT. But that's TEN (10) DL then? That's a lot.

Something not being considered much in this press conference commentary, is maybe, just maybe, Sean McDermott is incredibly upset by the gravity of the allegations and the potential that a young woman was savagely attacked. Maybe his demeanor was an honest reaction now that the game's over and he can finally and/or must finally face this horrible situation. I thought he was fighting tears several times.

Civil court is a bit different, though, innit? Not sure how admissibility is different there, if at all, tbh.

I thought it was a face-full of bare butt?

It is not embarrassing for McDermott to be upset and to take a serious matter seriously, in public. The team's non-handling of this up until that press conference IS an embarrassment, though, for sure.

Do you think that one option is cutting the accused player? I agree with that option as an immediate move in the event the accused player has misled the team in any way or withheld salient information from them, which certainly seems likely from the early reporting we're getting. It becomes an easy decision in that event.

This is...surprising. Probably adding to McD's rawness up there.

I appreciate coach putting an empathetic, human face on this upsetting situation. That tracks with his integrity. I hope to see the team make the sober, correct decisions moving forward. As coach just said, "Find out the truth...and do the right thing." We can work with that.

We're on to the Rams.

4 TEs is highly unlikely, imho. But I'm guessing most Bills fans already feel similarly. Sweeney and Morris should not force more difficult decisions elsewhere on the roster. Another OL or DL or DB or WR all seem like better ideas to me.

Of course. His measurables are elite and he can catch. There is something missing, to my eye, though. Maybe just circumstances, QBs, org disfunction/turnover. Seems suspicious that such an amazing athlete can't figure out how to block well enough by year 5. Or maybe the current regime just isn't interested in making it work with a tweener who might want top-of-market money, and aren't helping to pump up his apparent value to them.

Obviously his RAS is elite as a TE. Now do it as a WR (it's probably out there). That's the real measure of a guy who doesn't block much or line up tight to the line much. Might still be impressive, given his head start with size and his bonkers 3 cone drill. ***trigger warning for coach Kromer*** (just to be on the safe side)

On one hand, there are QBs who physically fell off cliffs after repeated/cumulative punishment: happened quickly with Cam Newton, happened a little more slowly with Jim Kelly, and happened eventually with Ben Rapelessburger. Those guys were limping shells of their former selves when they retired. John Elway had just enough athleticism left at the end of his career to steer that Cadillac, but sure seems like he is fairly broken. Brady's obviously never allowed any physical punishment with his elite decision-making, release, and sometimes cringe-worthy sense of self-preservation. He's just a walking, breathing business decision. And look at him flourish, that vapid victory machine.

His off-field antics aside, this guy BELONGS on McDermott's staff. What an amazing approach to teaching offensive line play and assembling the best OL group possible. Coaches who are willing to tailor everything to the specific talents they're coaching will continue to have success in today's and tomorrow's league. More than ever, players (and students) respond to feeling "seen."

Waiting to report is different than pre-scheduling a 10-day conflict mid-camp. That's team-sanctioned special treatment. It just adds to his utterly hate-able, dooshier-than-thou ethos. And in the end, because he'll probably play really ***** well, it probably doesn't even matter. Unless, of course, the OL losses do in fact undermine the Bucs' ability to keep Tommy squeaky clean up the middle (and to impose their wills on the ground when necessary). If Tommy starts regularly spiking passes and turtling to avoid punishment, which we've seen him do in the face of fast pressure, then that could be fun to watch people react to on a national stage. He is capable of looking like a scared brat out there. I'd like to see that side of TB12, and have people conflate that with his training camp getaway, just for ***** and giggles.

Love that energy

#3 needs to chill

Depends how big he is?

To be fair, he started out that way as well. Then exploded onto the scene. Then evaporated from the scene. Methinks maybe Allen's primary strength as a rookie passer lined up with Foster's only strength during that brief, but fun, second half of 2018.

Crowder is a solid Slot WR insurance policy, though. Unless of course the team was targeting a certain injured FA.