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Beane bringing in another washed up has been just because it's a guy that Beane is familiar with. You can go out there and find a better UDFA than Beasley or ***** a guy like Kumerow off a PS. This is not a team that needs veteran leadership. If, indeed, Beasley is a "leader" at anything other than mouthing off on twitter. Edit: I used a synonym for "grab" that this site censored. Didn't realize it was banned lol

It's way too early, but based on on-field production relative to draft status I'll go with these ratings: Elam - 5 - wasn't terrible when he was playing (wasn't great either). Healthy scratch for the past few games. Cook - 3 - Got off to a very slow start with fumbling his first NFL touch. Looked like an NFL quality player vs NE and CLE. Bernard - 1 - Looked like a wasted pick when we made it. Continues to look like a wasted pick Shakir - 3 - Barely played, but that's not bad for a 5th rd pick Araiza - 0 - DNP Benford - 9 - Looks like at least a playable depth guy. That's great value for 6th rd Tenuta - 0 - DNP Spector - 0 - DNP Elam, Cook, and Shakir have all shown flashes to make me think they can be quality starters in the years to come. But for now they've barely contributed to the current season.

A lot of our problems this year have been player's execution and not coaching. How many drops did we have yesterday ? Holding penalties ? False starts (inexcusable at home) ? Player mistakes either flat out killed drives or put us behind the sticks in a poor weather game. The mistakes have been a theme all year. So has poor O-line play in general.

Does that mean social media rushing to judge him guilty before police/prosecutor investigated the claims was a mistake ?

Pretty darn bad, but maybe we can restructure it to mitigate the damage Von Miller's contract by year: Active Dead Cap 2023 18.7 40.2 2024 22.2 22.8 2025 21.2 7.4

Off the top of my head contracts that are worse even if Von Miller never plays again Russel Wilson Kyler Murray Deshaun Watson (that's a spicy take but we'll see) Kenny Golloday Dee Ford Michael Thomas

RB does become a need if we let Singletary walk, but for the love of god, do not draft one in the 1st round. O-line and WR are bigger and more important needs.

The Titans haven't had a losing season under Robinson and have 4 playoff appearances with 3 playoff wins. That's pretty impressive with Tannehill and Mariota at QB The problem might be with first rd draft picks: Year Pick Player name Position 2016 8 Jack Conklin T 2017 5 Corey Davis WR 2017 18 Adoree' Jackson DB 2018 22 Rashaan Evans LB 2019 19 Jeffery Simmons DT 2020 29 Isaiah Wilson T 2021 22 Caleb Farley CB 2022 18 Treylon Burks WR Simmons is the only good pick there. Maybe Burks will turn out.

I was wondering this as well given the timing was highly suspicious. I don't think it makes sense having your best defensive player be the one to fake an injury - they still have to sit out the next play

What Edmunds could sign for on the open market : 18mm+ What I'd like to see Edmunds sign for: 12mm What the Bills can afford given their cap situation: ??? The Bills cap situation for 2023 is not being talked about enough in this thread. We already have 229mm in active contracts. That's 9mm over the projected cap of 220mm. The current number of 229mm does NOT include the 20 expiring UFA contracts at the end of this season. The most notable of which are Tremaine Edmunds and Jordan Poyer. It's going to be difficult to re-sign Edmunds at any price. Is he worth the cap shenanigans ?

That was particularly egregious. I'm surprised the NFL is only issuing a warning and didn't fine Bates and the Bengals for it.

Bengals defense only forced 1 punt yesterday. The win was more about their offense controlling the clock and putting up points (and a well timed fumble recovery)

It is a related discussion at least, even if there is some difference. I'd like to see refs be a bit quicker with the whistle. Is it fair that offense can push a pile forward to gain additional yards, but if a defense pushes a pile backwards the spot of the ball is forward progress ? Defenders aren't launching themselves into a pile with reckless abandon like many O-line do. They are targeting the runners arms to try and force a fumble. The goal is to force a fumble or bring the runner down. For Offense the only goal is push the pile forward

There's 2 types of plays like this that I think would be very easy to legislate. 1) A designed play to push a runner forward. IE what the Bills were doing earlier in the year with Gabe Davis lining up behind Allen on sneaks. 2) O-line running downfield to crash into a pile when forward progress has been stopped, but refs don't want to blow it dead.

It's only a matter of time until we see a major injury from this. It doesn't feel like a football play to me and I'd like to see it removed.

I don't think the offense was all that different. Josh could've easily been picked off 3+ times. Gabe Davis did a great job playing DB to break one up and the Patriots either dropped or couldn't quite make a play on the others. The defense was excellent - by far their best game in a while

How about when the Patriots rolled into Martin's legs after a punt ? The broadcast completely ignored it

I agree the "tuck" part is a more compelling argument. I know the time element part of this rule doesn't necessarily apply to the tuck part, but I don't think Poyer had the ball tucked away long enough to be considered a tuck (looks like half a second at most before he hits the ground).

As I said in my first post, a toe tap counts towards part B of the rule. b. touches the ground inbounds with both feet or with any part of his body other than his hands; and Note that they use "both feet" and not "step". Part C is a separate part of the rule and clearly says "step" c. after (a) and (b) have been fulfilled, performs any act common to the game (e.g., tuck the ball away, extend it forward, take an additional step, turn upfield, or avoid or ward off an opponent), or he maintains control of the ball long enough to do so. I don't think any reasonable person is going to consider Poyer tapping his toe down for a fraction of a second while falling to the ground to be a "step".

It's basic English right? If the rulebook literally says you need to take a "step" I think you would need to take an actual step and not just tap your toe.

A toe tap like that is not "an additional step". It would count towards part b of the catch rule, but not part c

The biggest reason the Bills DEF looked so good last night was that we were playing the Patriots. Edmunds return was mostly coincidental. I still think Edmunds is an average to above-average player, but most definitely NOT an elite difference maker. If he wants to sign for a discount I'd be happy to keep him, but it would be to the detriment of this team if we make him the highest (or top 5) paid LB. The cap is mostly imaginary and easy to manipulate, but that does come at a cost. We're already over the cap for next year with Allen's extension kicking in. It wouldn't be worth it to manipulate the cap to the extent needed to get Edmunds big $$. Frankly it will be tough to keep him even at a discount. We're going to either have some cap casualties next year or play some extreme cap shenanigans.

I agree to an extent, but it's kinda silly to say "If we ignore your elite QB and top elite WR1 how talented is your offense?". Do the Chiefs look like a super talented offense if you ignore Mahomes and Kelce ? I think our O-line is a bottom 5 unit in the league and would look so much worse on a weekly basis if Allen wasn't a houdini back there.

Pretty cool award and well deserved. Unfortunate that his one missed kick of the month loomed large in the Jets game.

I have fond memories of listening to Roscoe Parrish post game interviews as a kid. Almost incomprehensible world salad. Doesn't help that he had a thick accent He's probably lucky his career was pre-twitter (or maybe he would've been smart enough to avoid it altogether)