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  1. Just now, HappyDays said:

     

    On one hand I understand this take. No question they have not done a good job of finding OL talent.

     

    But also this is the NFL... QBs are going to take hits. Allen and Mahomes have had their share of poor OL play over the years and they haven't missed chunks of their career. The tackle that he got hurt on yesterday was as routine as it gets, he was trying to step up in the pocket and got tackled by his ankles. Watching it back you wouldn't think that will end up a 3+ month injury.

     

    Burrow unfortunately is just injury prone and short of building the greatest OL of all time it feels inevitable that any random hit he takes over the course of a game will knock him out for a while. This will be the 3rd season out of 6 that he hasn't been able to finish. Half of his career...

     

    Agreed. He has quickly become Mr. Glass.

  2. I like games like today when the team can win with Josh doing basically nothing. He can save the Superman stuff when it really counts. This game reminded me of an old patriots type game that was boring as hell, but efficient and relatively easy. I’m very happy with what I am seeing so far as it is a great formula for longevity and long term success in the season. 

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  3. Cole Strange. Hasn’t been good, but he is the kind of ridiculous athlete that Aaron Kromer has had a ton of success developing. He was also over drafted into a dumpster fire and thrown to the wolves. He was always a small school guy athlete who needed development time. Good piece of clay for Kromer. 
     


     

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  4. 51 minutes ago, Brand J said:

    I remember when he was booming punts with the Titans, I thought he was still there. Dude made the all rookie team and was a 2nd team All Pro. Lead the league in punting. I don’t know why he wasn’t tendered by TEN and how he wound up losing the punting battle in MIA. On the surface I would’ve said he’s much better than Robbins, but there has to be a reason why he’s already looking for his 3rd team. 


    Yeah makes sense. It seems like Robbins has maybe turned a corner here, he’s looked pretty good

  5. I complained a bunch when they re-signed Hamlin because I think he is terrible and I feel like McDermott likes to stay in a comfort zone with guys.

    I was fearful having that dude around would tempt coach to go with ole reliable and that’s where this is probably headed.  Hopefully, Bishop or someone steps up. The Simmons thing has been a no brainer for 2 years now, perhaps he wants too much. 
     

    I am guessing McDermott is trying to light a fire with his public comments but that stuff is cheesy. Get the Bishop coached up…the mistakes he is making are fixable. 

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  6. Who knows what happens, but I've been all about Moore all off-season. His skill set is tailor-made for what we do offensively. It's extremely early, but it's a good sign that he is making plays. 

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  7. 9 minutes ago, Walking Tall said:

    How much will we hear about James Cook being unhappy during this?

     

    I don't think we see a lot of him. He is lacking in the personality part of things. It's not good TV. 

  8. Cool.

     

    The UDFA they obsess over is probably center Jacob Bayer with the mullet. 
     

    Probably a bunch of stuff about Ray Davis’ difficult upbringing. 
     

    Dion will steal the show and Bobby Babich will be good TV as well. 

  9. 1 minute ago, boyst said:

    Douglas is confusing to me - i had heard the Bills did offer him a contract at what they thought was reasonable to the degree that he can compete for a backup job but was told they want to go another direction as a starter. perhaps that was enoguh for both sides not to actually extend the offer but douglas has been tagged by teammates to come back and given credit for addign to the team. with white being back i think it is less likely.

     

    Johnson, Smooth, Phillips Jefferson will get a chance on a roster at some point in training camp as injuries happen. teams don't need to bring in those guys because there is already tape to grade. all 4 could be depth rotation guys on a shallow roster or just join PS to stay in the league.

     

    Miller doesn't have to sign anywhere but will stay in the league and market himself as some mentor to keep his name famous.

     

    back to Coop - some team will sign him to try to tap the last potential from him. a team maybe light at WR (Carolina, New England). Many teams are just as weak at WR as we are.

     

    I think the Douglas ship has certainly sailed, between White and Jackson signing plus Hairston and Strong. Not to mention they gave his number to Hairston. I liked Douglas, but I feel like he was just terrible this year, and getting younger and more athletic at the position was the way to go. Now if we wind up with Dane Jackson starting corner, I will be extremely disappointed.  

     

    I agree on those DL guys will get a shot at some point with teams, especially Smoot and Jefferson. Phillips is tricky because he has pretty much proven he can only play in Buffalo.  

     

    Cooper thing is interesting, but with how Beane values draft picks, to give up a third and not even attempt to bring the guy back it certainly feels like they think he is done. 

     

    Miller should sit out most of the year and then sign with a contender late as a hired gun as a designated pass rusher. 

  10. 2 minutes ago, eball said:

    I appreciate what Q brought to the Bills but I also believe this kid Hawes is going to be an excellent addition to the roster.  If he is as good a blocker as advertised, he allows the Bills to nix the 6-OL formation and have a guy in there who can actually catch the ball as well.  Q was just a ST guy and occasional red zone presence.

     

     

     

    Agreed. Having a real receiver in that spot adds a ton to what you can do offensively in those heavy formations. 

  11. 53 minutes ago, DCofNC said:

    The way the Safety position was handled at large?  Awful.  They went into last year with one guy who is a quality back up (Rapp) as the clear best starter in the room and then drafted Bishop who basically plays the same role, signed Edwards for the sake of spending money I guess, but again wanting a back up as a potential contributor and left camp with Rapp and Hamlin, who isn’t even quality depth as the starters.  It was worse than assuming Gabe Davis was your #2 and having nobody else on the roster below him at WR they pulled the year before.  

     

    They backed themselves into a corner with the safety spot. I think they wanted Edwards or Bishop to start with Rapp and knew they were better than Damar, and they both got hurt in training camp and then they just couldn't justify playing them over Hamlin. And that is why keeping those guys around is a bad thing. To cut or bench a very popular teammate/player in Hamlin to play a guy like Edwards, who had done nothing to earn the spot, borders on losing the locker room. Please get rid of the feel-good stories in the offseason and then you won't feel the pressure to play them. There is no galaxy where Hamlin is a better player than Mike Edwards. And after all that, Hamlin is still around because no one was interested in free agency. I hope the front office has the courage to move on from him so they don't feel forced to play him. I respect all that he has been through, but he is one of the worst safeties in the NFL and isn't good functional depth because people like him so much they feel the need to play him. Move on from the solid good guys who are terrible athletes at the bottom of the roster and replace them with younger, faster, cheaper. It's nothing personal, he just isn't good. 

     

    But anyway, how about that Casey Rogers guy? 

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  12. 49 minutes ago, TPS said:

    As I watched Sanders get up from this drill, I thought, man he's a big dude! Then Walker comes into frame and makes him look small. 


    Kinda interesting that Marcus West the DL coach is not working with those guys. Maybe he is working with the ends. 

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