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Hodgins getting more snaps with the ones today! Bills keep 6WRs. Diggs, Davis, McKenzie, Crowder, Khalil and Hodgins. Kumerow cut and goes to PS. His ST duties taken over by Terrel Bernard. If the Bills feel they need another ST player, they keep Giles-Harris or Spector (if he looks good), but I think Spector is PS bound. I'm watching what Gilles-Harris does in the next 2 weeks. Smalley has already talked him up and I want to see how he is at LB too.

I'm going to assume you meant DL not DT. If you did mean DT how many do you need? If you meant the entire DL all I want to say is you need to look at other team's depth. While it's true that the SB champs have a great DL with their 3-4 defense, their depth is abysmal. The 3 depth DL on the Rams have almost no NFL experience with a total of 22 career tackles among all 3 of them. FWIW.

Look like practicing his downfield blocking.

He was according to depth charts. Now in essence it's replacing CJ Jackson with Terrance Mitchell and not much proven depth after that.

Spector and Giles-Harris are going to get a lot of work in the next 2 games along with Smith and Bernard. I'm scared to say this, but Giles-Harris is also very good on ST.

Rich Eisen talking about the 6 hours after the Zach Wilson injury, "It was like sitting Shiva". No one talks about the "Jet curse" better than Rich. He actually makes me feel bad for Jets fans.

It's also true that many "fringe talent depth players" once given an opportunity have excelled. The Bills to their credit have a couple of elite gunners already with hopefully another (Bernard) in the wings. At this point Kumerow is a depth gunner. I'll get off my Hyde Park soapbox now!

LOL so true. But if they win the game, they will think they are playoff bound! Out here in the wild, wild west the Russell Wilson signing is Peyton Manning 2.0 and it's paving the way to the SB.

This is all I've been saying. Slow clap from me. The crazy thing is when Kumerow was picked up by the Bills I had high hopes he could be the cheap/reliable depth WR that all teams need. I feel that last year was his big chance and I have to now admit, he is who he is. A JAG receiver at best who is pretty good on ST. In regard to ST, the Bills have a lot of players who excel on the squads and if they move on from Kumerow I am confident they have other players that can take up his snaps. The only other point I try to make is we haven't seen how effective Hodgins can be on ST. My hope was for Kumerow, now it's for Hodgins. If he fails, they need to reload with another next year.

True. But let's not inflate Kumerow's WR skills. He has proven he can't separate from CBs. He had his shot at being a reliable depth WR last year. I think we have seen his ceiling and unless he is destined to replace a guy like Jones for a ST Core Elite guy his lack of WR skills will put him back on the PS IMO. Hodgins' ceiling is not yet known but he also has taken snaps with the 1s in camp and from all reports played well. While his play in the next 2 preseason games are important it's been said repeatedly that the overall camp performance is just as, if not more important. It is an interesting situation and you and I see it from different points of view which is fine with me. I'm quite sure that what you and I are debating will be exactly what the coaches will be doing in the next couple of weeks. We will soon all find out what they decide!

It was pretty good sarcasm if I do say so myself. Yes, I agree, and Jones and Neal are those guys. Bernard also was an elite gunner in college. ALL of last year's top core special team players are still on the roster and new players destined to make the team (Bernard as an example) will also be on ST. Not every depth player HAS to be a core player. If that's true, then Moss needs to be traded/released! I will say it again, Kumerow was only a core ST guy for 1 year in his entire career and he was on the bottom of that list in total snaps. If he has to be a "roster lock" this year in regard to his ST skills, then Smalley needs to be replaced. The main "sarcasm" in my post is that a guy like Hodgins can learn to take some ST snaps. If he continues to impress as a WR in the next couple of weeks he will make the team IMO.

How can this possibly be true? From what I read here ST duties can only be performed by highly talented elite players who are born with that skill. Like speed, these skills cannot be taught. Asking a guy like Hodgins to run down the field and either block or tackle would be disastrous and borders on insanity.

Good come back!

Sounds like cheating to me. You...have...to....say....it.....using.....William.....Shatner's.......voice..... LOL, it is hard to type.

Once MA gets acclimated, he will have a bunch of schemed punts in his arsenal. Sideline directional punts could net 55+ yards without a chance of a return.

Rumors here in Colorado are Javonte Williams will be bulimic by halftime.

There aren't Piggly Wiggly's in NJ.

@ScottLawhas all the details.

Local sports news here in Colorado is hyped to see the Broncos performance against the mighty Bills team. They are also excited to go to Buffalo and most want to see Russell Wilson start.

If it ends up a full year for Watson, his game has to suffer. He won't have rust to knock off in 2023, it will be corrosion.

So true. I will say that Blackshear had a great junior year at VT. Over 1,000 yards rushing and receiving. He seems a much better player than the William's and Wade's of recent years. I hope he develops on the PS this year and can be a RB3 or better next year after Devin leaves.

All very possible and I would think the handful of bubble guys all have pro's and con's. Not sure about Tenuta. IMO it's not "coach speak" when McDermott says it's so hard to pick these last guys. I got to believe that Kumerow didn't help himself with that after catch fumble and Hodgins didn't hurt himself catching 9 passes. I'll end my opinions with this. I refuse to believe that when Beane signed Kumerow to a 1-year contract McDermott immediately put his name on the "locked" list.

If you mean that Hodgins could make the team because of his WR skills this year and not need to have ST skills because he will be a healthy scratch to start the season, I totally agree. I'll add that there is only a need for 6 or 7 "core" (4 way) special teamers. Guys that are in addition to K, P, LS, PR, KR's. Not every depth guy HAS to contribute to special teams. Then again, your post could have been sarcastic! LOL.

If Gilliam is a TE in your totals, I agree with almost all of it. The only difference I see is exactly what I'm talking about. Kumerow is cut (and goes to PS) and another LB is kept. Bills kept 6 LBs last year. I say that because Smalley said in his presser that ALL of the LBs are excelling in ST roles. My opinion notwithstanding, you may be totally correct.

Daron Payne, Johnathan Allen and Matt Ioannidis.