Rock-A-Bye Beasley

The improvements from year 1 to year two are encouraging. His running and intermediate passing can be exciting. I’m confident in converting a 3rd and 15 with him. Everyone agrees the deep ball needs to improve. The problem with that is that EVERYONE knows that, so defenses are able to leave the top open until it’s a consistent threat. The short/intermediate plays and even the running game will improve, in theory, if this happens. my concern is that he just doesn’t have the ability to be consistently accurate deep no matter how hard he works to improve it. I say that because it seems like something a QB with the strongest throwing arm would have been working on already. Also, I remember thinking the same thing about EJ. If he could just connect on a couple of those deep balls instead of them sailing out of bounds his numbers would be great! that being said, Josh is an anomaly when it comes to QB development since he didn’t play at a big school and was thrown into the fire by complete mismanagement by Beane/McDermott year one. So I have hope he can put it all together this year.

It’s not even possible to calculate that. It’s speculation. I would speculate that with this secondary some of those many pressures he gets while adding to the run defense would turn into sacks.

First of all it’s only one year hypothetically and not restricting any extensions or other free agent signings The top ten pick is still a valuable asset to use on a player only getting around half the snaps on defense. despite the dui charge I think he will get more than that as his career goes on, but the system will always be set up for him to split snaps. edit: and then you have to pay him big bucks to split snaps if it works out.

but you draft one in the top ten?

Just remember this thread if Tua becomes good or great. Not for an “I told you so” but because everyone that’s up in arms about this will be the ones complaining about the Tua love just like they complain about Mahomes love. This same argument was had before 2018 season when Mahomes was getting training camp hype. if you’re complaining about this and the guy is good, I don’t want to hear any excuses like I’m still hearing with Mahomes. (not saying I predicted Mahomes or that Tua WILL be great)

I think Joe Marino from locked on Bills podcast also had him ranked 3rd behind darnold and ritz. I don’t think it’s worth defending any low ranking of a QB with under 200yards/game and <60%completion percentage in his first two years. Even though you could say a lot of that has to do with his supporting cast/offensive scheme. It’s not unreasonable to think Tua could be better than that out of the gate. it’s just someone’s opinion.

I used to be in the camp of locking up solid players as early as possible, but this Covid situation could make the cap actually go down or remain stagnant. I would see how the team looks at the trade deadline before I would give extensions to Milano or Dawkins. That way we protect against a big injury to either in those early games and get more of an idea of their progression. If god forbid the season is going downhill for any reason such as Allen lost for the year, at that point I would look to trade Dawkins. The Tunsil contract may have over inflated the LT market and it’s possible we could get one in the draft for much cheaper. if everything goes as planned I would sign Dawkins and Milano but heavily front load both contracts to protect against the cap going down.

Back? The deep ball was horrible his rookie year also. He was 3-24 on balls that traveled 30+ yards in the air in 2018. but don’t worry I heard he’s gonna work on it this year.

Well the good news is if he’s suspended we only need to replace 54% of defensive snaps for those games. The same reason I didn’t want to draft a DT high considering McDermott’s system.

There are a few more steps from wild card loss to super bowl win ask Marvin Lewis. I really hope McDs extremely poor record against playoff teams is not typical going forward. for me it’s hard to imagine 3-4 wins in a row in the playoffs when they’re 3-17(?) against teams that end up making it to the postseason. I really hope I’m wrong. I’m excited to see how they do against teams like SF and KC this year. as for Sammy, it’s hard to put up with that type of behavior from someone. But they kept Zay Jones despite his off field incident. I’m over it now but I felt the trade was the wrong move at the time. I don’t think it would’ve worked out here with him since he was so unhappy and no 5th year option, but you can’t deny his playoff success 2 years in a row. I just wish they would’ve tried with him like they did with a much less talented Zay.

I’m wondering this too if there’s a Critics l dropped pass that would put the team in fg range that could be another easy calculation.

mystery solved. Knox had more drops than all rookie TE combined at one point late in the season. Not sure if he kept that pace all year.

I might be out that way around that time

I never said he wasn’t regarded as one of the best coaches in the league. So is Reid, Harbaugh, and Reich. I may have been hasty in putting Ten ahead of us but they’re close imo. Houston is ahead of us for Deshaun Watson alone. The contrast of his play vs Allen’s play in the playoff game is undeniable

True. I forgot that play was Allen's fault.

running Frank Gore was more the issue for me

I like the Fromm pick simply because QB is so hard to project. He could be Peterman or he could be Cousins. I like taking fliers on guys even if you have one already as long as it’s not too high of a pick. the only pick I didn’t like too much was Davis Also, just a reminder that Fromm beat out Fields and Eason as a rookie

1) there’s no guarantee he will improve. I personally think he will, but plenty of QBs have regressed or plateaued at age 24 for various reasons. His stats should at least improve with Diggs. 2) the game day stuff is THE gripe. It was all last season. Even dating back to the Colts overtime win in the snow. McDermott just wants the game to be over the second we get a lead even if it’s the first half. Some posters called it out all last season even in wins, saying that kind of thinking will cost is games in the future. Those people were told to shut up and enjoy the wins, but what happened in the playoffs? You can blame the refs or take a critical look at your team. 3) I’d be legitimately interested to compare the Bills’ record against playoff teams with other top teams to see if there’s a statistically significant difference. edit: having said all that I put the bills behind KC, BAL, IND, HOU, TEN

I disagree. Questions about Allen and the coaching staff are reasonable. what is their record against teams that end up making the playoffs? I’m not sure exactly but It’s very bad and the same issues keep arising despite keeping most of those games close.

Coronavirus is the only reason Clowney isn’t signed. With his injury history no one wants to give him a big contract without a physical. If we can get him for a 2 year deal what is there to lose?

Not saying I’m an expert but I like Jonathan garvin DE Miami

good, That’s why he’s available. it’s a lottery ticket and he’s available because Of the lack of production. Plenty of tape of him adjusting to inaccurate passes though.

DPJ could be a #1 receiver eventually. Had bad QB play at Michigan that affected his production, but he was a 5 star recruit out of highschool.

He was listed as a potential future 1st overall pick after the National Championship loss to Daboll.

I'm fine with it. Top player on most boards. I like the idea of drafting a QB every other year.