MrEpsYtown
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Bills are not in line for any comp picks, so that ufa tender should not be an issue. I guess it comes down to price, opportunity and fit.
Browns just signed Diontae "No hands" Johnson, so extending this tender feels a little disingenuous, but Browns gonna Brown.
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7 minutes ago, transient said:
Soooo… is he being funny with the Moneyball reference… or does he really think Billy Beane is the name of the Bills GM?
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5 minutes ago, turbo044 said:
You have a link to this - would love to read it
At around 43 mins in
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So I know people don’t love McShay sometimes, but he loved the Bills draft and had a pretty interesting take.
He said the teams with quarterbacks like Josh Allen (Ravens, Eagles, Chiefs) should do everything they can to improve the defense because Josh can’t help on the defensive side of the ball. He was afraid the Bills would not stick to the strategy and he was happy that they did drafting defense early and often. I just thought it was a pretty interesting take when you typically hear guys talking about adding weapons around the QB.
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21 minutes ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:
F5 F5 F5 in late April is weird yall.
if they can make this happen I can go back into hibernation-
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28 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:
A first draft of many to be sure, and I'd like to see more of the draft picks make the final roster, familiarity from myself and how I see McDermott, might figure into it as well.
Hancock will battle the familiar Cam Lewis and last years 6th round pick Daequan Hardy (Penn St) who can return punts as well. Should be a good battle.
Strong has to beat out Dane Jackson and Ingram (both familiar) to make the final cut, could be tough to do but certainly not impossible.
Punters - Robbins seems to have a higher percentage of fair catches so I went with him ... Why did Camarda only punt 4 games last year ?
And yes, 2 return men isn't the best use of resources, they need to fix that.
Camarda was highly touted, ery athletic, highly drafted 4th round pick. He had two very good years for the Bucs. I read he had something going on and had a couple of bad games and the Bucs cut him. So he only played in a couple of games last season but he has the pedigree. Beane said they liked him a bunch coming out but he was drafted earlier than anyone expected. Anyway, during Camarda’s first two years, our new special teams coordinator Chris Tabor was in Carolina gameplanning against Camarda. Anyway I just think it’s his job to lose because of the pedigree and upside.-
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1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:
Shenault will not make this roster
I guess my thought process on him is that he is a better receiver than Codrington is a corner. To me neither should make it and they should find a returner who can do both. I don’t think you can have two exclusive returners on a roster.-
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41 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:
QB - Allen, Trubisky
T - Dawkins, Brown, Grable, Van Demark
G - D. Edwards, Torrence, Anderson
C - McGovern, Van Pran-Granger
RB - Cook, Davis, Johnson
FB - Gilliam
TE - Kincaid, Knox, Hawes
WR - Shakir, Coleman, Palmer, Sanders, Moore,
DE - Rousseau, Bosa, Epenesa, Jackson, Solomon
DT - Oliver, Sanders, Carter, Jones, Walker
LB - Milano, Bernard, Williams, Andreessen, Ulofoshio
CBB - Benford, White, Hairston, Ingram
CBS - Johnson, Lewis
S - Rapp, Bishop, Hamlin, Forrest
K - Bass
P - Robbins
PR - Codrington (CB5)
KR - Shenault (WR6)
LS - Ferguson
PS - Prather, Strong, Lundt, Hancock
Hancock will make the team 100%. I believe Strong will too. Jake Camarda way over Robbin’s imo. Other than that I think it’s pretty spot on. It should be interesting to see what happens when Hoecht and Larry O come back.-
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1 minute ago, JoeF said:
Beane also mentioned on OBL that Moore's wife was with him on the visit. When you bring your wife on a visit about a job, its usually to look for housing, etc. I would say this has advanced to at least making a final decision between a couple of finalist options.....
Also, Moore was Palmer's teammate at Saint Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale. They didn't cross over with Joey Bosa - but he went to the same HS (an NFL feeder - Darryl Porter Jr and Sr and lots of others - including Michael Irvin).
Assuming he has to take a 1 year prove it deal, this is the place to be. If the excuses for him not reaching full potential has been terrible QB play, let’s see what he can do with a real QB. It makes a ton of sense on both sides.-
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37 minutes ago, chris heff said:
I don’t disagree, but didn’t the Eagles hand us the blueprint to beat the Chiefs? They made that offense and Mahomes look pretty average. Seems to me the plan for this draft and offseason was to get the bodies on defense to do just that. The Bills have not fared well in shootouts with the Chiefs.
I agree with this. The way to beat the Chiefs is to smash them in the face, rushing 4. Beane seems to be trying to get there.
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1 hour ago, Nephilim17 said:
Moore is under 5'10" and weighed 178 at the combine. He may have put on a few pounds of muscle since but I doubt he has the size to block at the level the team expects. Very curious.
He is wound pretty tightly physically. And this is not a knock on you at all, but many on this board were banging the table for Tez Johnson near the end of the draft, the soon to be 23 year old who goes 5-9, 154 lbs and his 4.51 forty. It's okay to be a bit smaller when you go 4.35 in speed.
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3 minutes ago, NewEra said:
I agree- we don’t have that guy.
Other than DK, which WRs that were available this year could’ve been that guy? I’d put Josh Palmer up there with the other guys acquired. He plays faster than his 40 and makes plays downfield.
I think it was a tough year to need to bolster the X WR. Not giving Beane a pass, I feel it was a mistake to wait til rd 7 to draft a WR, I just don’t think there was a guy that would’ve given us the bolded.
I would even add, in last year's vaunted draft class, who really did that aside from Nabers and BTJ both of whom were out of reach? Those guys are hard to come by. Don't grow on trees.
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1 hour ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:
"Throwing assets at the position" is literally what we've done to the defense for years
But his argument is going to be that they used a first on Kincaid, a 2nd on a guard, a 2nd on Coleman, a first on Diggs etc. A ton of money on Allen, Palmer, Shakir, Knox and Samuel and a ton of money on the offensive line. The players they have on the offensive side of the ball have a ton of unrealized upside. Drafting Troy Horton is not making this a Super bowl team.
The defense was God awful and slow and had zero upside. He changed all that with 1 draft.
I am a Beane hater. I am on his side on this one.
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1 minute ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:
I'll be honest at this point I'm not interested in what a side of the ball does during the regular season. I'm interested in what happens in the clutch moments of the playoffs.. and we repeatedly have been let down by pass catchers in big moments.
But those pass catchers who let us down were big money #1 Diggs and the first-round pick Kincaid. We certainly need people to step up, but just throwing assets at the position isn't going to fix that. I agree, we need some people to step up. Guys like Coleman, who was a high pick, Shakir, who is being paid like a #1, and Palmer and Samuel, who are being paid a lot as well. To to mention first round pick Kincaid and highly paid TE in Knox. Those guys all have to be better.
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1 hour ago, The 9 Isles said:
That's awesome. And he's right.
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2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
There is more to being a vertical, downfield receiver on the outside than speed. A bit part is getting off press and his short arms restrict him there. I think you can do some stuff with him vertically if you can get him in advantageous situations vs bracket zone coverages but he isn't going to be a consistent enough outside vertical guy to back teams off the line with any regularity.
That isn't saying don't sign him. I like the idea. Just be realistic about what it is.
I agree. Teams do respect his speed as a he runs a ton of deep comebacks. But his deep game is more digs, posts, and post corners, which to me is more in line with Josh's strengths.
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27 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:
See to me 54% is not primarily a slot. Khalil Shakir at 70% slot snaps is primarily slot IMO. 50/50 means moves around in my world. People see Moore's size and assume he is a slot.
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I have been pushing for this move. He's 24 years old and has a chip on his shoulder. He is not a gadget player. He makes a ton of plays in that 20-30 yard range in which Josh Allen feasts and while he isn't a go ball guy exclusively, he can do it. Honestly would love this.
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1 hour ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:
Not trying to blow smoke but I've wondered it as well. What are you using Hoecht for? Why was he a priority signing when his calling card is positional flexibility?
At the time I dug up this article about a 4-3 under
https://weeklyspiral.com/2021/10/04/4-3-under/#google_vignette
Basically the advantge is that you'd give the 3 tech (Oliver, Carter, Sanders) a cleaner shot at penetration by shifting the attack to the weakside but the things you need:
-a 3 tech who can penetrate
-a weakside LB who you have to trust as play flows to them (Milano)
-a strongside LB who effectively plays as a 5th down lineman but who can fall back into coverage (Hoecht) that I would assume would be the 9 tech DE on nickel packages or swap to single S with Taron out playing
Is this going to happen? I have no idea. Do think it would be reasonable to at least have that as a subpackage for bringing pressure against, say, a run heavy team *cough Ravens* while keeping coverage options open? I'd say so. Would it explain chasing Hoecht and ignoring Safety (if you plan on just using 1 a lot of the time)? To my deluded brain it just might.
McDermott ran a ton of 4-3 under when he was with Carolina. I suppose it’s possible, but he has been pretty exclusively 4-2-5 since he got here. And yes I think Hoecht could play that wide 9 sam.
That article explains what we thought the defense would like when he came over to Buffalo. The double A gap mug and nickel package is essentially all we do here these days.
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It’s a dumb prank from a really dumb generation who trash movie theaters etc. however, if the Sanders crew wasn’t documenting every second of every day no one would even know it happened and the embarrassment of situation could have stayed private. All around everyone is stupid here including the coach who did not secure his device. Just all around, old fashioned stupidity.
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1 hour ago, BigDingus said:
Listen to his opinion on Walker (1:07:55 in the video).
Again, the more I watched & read on him, the more I dislike this pick. I don't dislike the player, but it's rare to hear someone say "he's just not good" about a prospect overall. He's big, and that's about it.
I just think you have to watch the film yourself. There are some really interesting things he can do. Additionally, I’m gonna probably side with Pete Prisco’s or Trapasso or whomever’s grade literally on the screen behind this guy who is talking in his mom’s basement.-
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2 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:
Watch him win CB2 lol
This is your high floor guy and Hairston is the shoot for the moon. I like the double dip. I think Strong will be CB 3. And long term there are some things you can do with Hairston inside if you want to in nickel and dime stuff with Strong outside. I really like this pick adding you and depth to that room. Way too good to pass up in round 6.-
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On 4/26/2025 at 3:39 PM, wppete said:
Love this pick!!!!
This video he is essentially playing the Anderson role, but he has some upside as a receiver. Ton of split zone, H counter, some iso from fullback, some in line Y, and blocking on the perimeter. This is a really fun piece to have.14 minutes ago, NewEra said:🤷🏻♂️ but he will
2 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:Has he lined up at FB?
He does a bit in the video above-
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1 hour ago, Logic said:
Fair.
Guys like Troy Franklin, Jordan Whittington, and Devaughn Vele at least showed flashes of being legitimate contributors in year two and beyond, though.
And of course the overall hit rate of late round receivers is generally quite low, but there are guys like Stefon Diggs, Antonio Brown, Puka Nacua who were drafted in later rounds. There doesn't appear to be one of THOSE types from the 2024 draft, but on the other hand, you never even get a CRACK at it unless you take a swing. I think I just wanted to see them take some more swings.
Yep it’s that old “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” thing. They don’t even take shots unless you count Márquez Stevenson-
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Elijah Moore Visiting the Bills today (Update: Signed!)
in The Stadium Wall
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So there are 2 huge differences between Hamler and Moore. They are durability and production. Moore has been 3 times as productive in his career and has been extremely durable. Hamler has not played a meaningful snap since 2022, a year in which he played in 7 games after playing in just 3 games in 2021.
These two are not the same at all.