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  1. 16 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

    Across the league, only 27 players claimed:

     

     

    Haha Jacksonville, Cincy and Jets have more players (2) claimed by other teams than Bills (1).

     

    Maybe we don't have such strong roster after all :)

  2. 2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    Depending on health and possible IRs I have it down to Taiwan Jones (though I am very sure he is in), Jake Kumerow, Marquez Stevenson, Tommy Sweeney, Vernon Butler, Tyrel Dodson, Cam Lewis, Damar Hamlin Josh Thomas and maybe Tommy Doyle as the final 10 fighting over five spots. So it is just the final 5 cuts that are hard. 

    Yeah I am not saying that there are not tough decisions, just that people are overreacting a little bit :)

     

    I think you said Jones is almost a lock and Hamlin>Thomas so its more like 7 people for 3 spots.

     

    If I had to guess I'd say Butler is gone (if Phillips looks good injury wise), Sweeney will be cut and put on PS (with very low risk). Doyle is very tricky and WR decision will be most interesting one. I do agree that Stevenson needs to be on 53 otherwise we lose him. Dodson will be also stolen if he doesn't make it.

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  3. 3 minutes ago, Crayola64 said:


    Oo me me!  Please bet me all the money that all of the players we cut will be out of the nfl or on our practice squad 

    Huh? I didn't say all, I said almost all. And my point was that despite overall strenght of our roster, we are still releasing fringe players, not starters. It might be tougher to release Hodgins or Kumerow than Steven Sims or Duke Williams, but the difference is not huge.

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  4. Why people keep saying that cuts are brutal? I know that we have overall strong roster but its not like we are cutting starters or something. They are imo 2-3 really tough decisions and one of them was already made yesterday. What is so tough now? Maybe one DL cut, one WR cut and Taiwan Jones situation?

     

    Almost everybody who we cut today will either be out of NFL or on our practise squad.

     

    I do get that all cuts are tough from the human point of view obviously, but that is another discussion.

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  5. So how do you feel about this after preseason games? Did you change your mind?

     

    I still think this is single most interesting roster battle, and still think Obada is going to be traded, hopefully for 5th round pick. I'd hate to give up on him but I just don't think they will or want part ways with Addison. On the other hand, Beane sounded pretty ruthless to me in his interview during Packers game so maybe he actually is capable to deal Addison if he finds it best for the team.

     

    Other possible option is that they actually keep all 7 on the roster, but I don't think it makes sense - we wouldn't use more than 5 on gamedays anyway.

     

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  6. 13 minutes ago, Greg S said:

     

    That all changed when Allen threw that TD pass to Diggs with 30 seconds or so left. Then to lose on hail mary when 3 Bills defenders were in perfect position to make the play. That loss was "THE LOSS" for 2020 as it certainly felt like getting kicked in the nuts.

    Ok I misunderstood you. I was talking about games that we are (betting) favourites before them, but you are apparently talking about games Bills shouldn't lose based on the game itself.

  7. 31 minutes ago, Greg S said:

    I will say 12-5 or 13-4. We always have one of those losses that is "THAT LOSS". A game the Bills shouldn't lose but do. I could see losing to Miami at home as being "THAT LOSS"  or on the road at Jacksonville. That one loss that is a kick right in the nuts and has everyone pissed off. Last season it was the Cardinals game. I do think the Bills win the division. What kind of seed they end up its to early for that. Have a better idea late Nov or early Dec just waiting to see how the AFC plays out.

     

    Always? I didn't happen last two years imo. I don't think Cardinals game was in the shouldn't lose category, entering the game I think it was 50/50.

     

    But like I said above I agree it happens this year, we are due.

  8. Gunner just like last year I think you are overally underestimating our ability to score points. You have us at 28,5 per game, we will go over 30.

     

    I think 13-4 is most likely while 14-3 is certainly possible.

     

    I do agree we lose with Chiefs again and we will look overmatched, so everybody will say that we won't be able to beat them. Until we do in PO (unless somebody like Browns do that for us).

     

    I am also pretty sure we will not sweep division and loss against Pats seems most likely. Dolphins are interesting since if we sweep them once again it starts to be serious mental problem for them.

     

    My guess is that we will beat Tampa and Titans. We are too good to lose to both Chiefs and Bucs imo.

     

    On the other hand, we are really due for some random loss when we are (big) favourites. Maybe Jags or Jets?

     

    So gun to the head I say 13-4 while losing to Chiefs, Pats, Jags and one other (WFT, Dolphins, Jets or Panthers).

  9. Totally sucks. I know its weird but I sort of like Jets and I hoped they could be better that Pats and Dolphins this year and years to come and create new rivalry with Bills. This guy was great through the TC and was destroying Becton. It really sucks for him and the Jets. I feel for them. They seemed to finally have a good young passrusher after centuries and now this.

  10. 13 hours ago, Rigotz said:

    We can easily eliminate a few guys from your list:

     

    Addison won't be cut. He is owed $8.1M this year. He counts as an $8.05 dead cap hit if we cut him. Solid vet.

    Jerry Hughes is our best pass rusher. Zero chance he gets cut.

    Groot is a 1st round rookie and has been great. Zero chance.

    Epenesa has looked solid and is a 2nd year player on rookie deal. Zero Chance.

    Obada is cheap, has looked great, and has positional flexibility for $1.5M. He won't be cut.

    Basham is a 2nd round rookie and can play DT and DE, which is valuable. He won't be cut, but might not dress.

     

    That leaves 2 options:

    - Cut Johnson, who is a great special teamer and decent depth

    - Keep 7 guys, two of which can play inside and out. I think it will be this one.

    I am very close to agreeing with you (in terms of how unlikely those first five options are), but apparently 40% (72/180) of voters right now think that at least one of these options cannot be easily removed.

     

    And I think it can be easily argued that Johnson stays since he is core special teamer and also that there is zero chance we will keep 7 DEs. Maybe like you said keeping 10 DL overall including these 7 could be an option.

     

    However, I think they will prefer keeping Star, Ed, Zimmer and Phillips which will exclude this scenario.

     

    Therefore my call is still trading Obada for 6th or something, even though I wouldn't like it.

  11. 13 hours ago, Mango said:

    Thinking about this today. The Bills defense was relatively mediocre last season as a whole. Given the continued investment in this years and past years drafts, what are the expectations for the front 7 this season? Is there a line for pass/fail based on draft and salary cost? 
     

    We have invested: 

     

    3x 1st round picks in Edmunds, Oliver, Groot. 

    2x 2nd round picks in Basham and Epenesa

    A major extension to Milano. 

    3rd highest paid DL in the league for 2021 (source: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/positional/breakdown/)

    Did you mean DL or front 7? I'd say it is better to compare front 7s due to teams playing 3-4. If you look at the chart you posted Denver has only §15M invested in DLine, since Chubb and Miller count as linebackers.

     

    So if you compare front 7s, it looks like this:

     

    1. Bears 80M

    2. Cards 78M

    3. Bills 72M

    4. Chiefs 70M

    5, Raiders 67M

     

    League average 56M.

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  12. Each day I wonder more how this gets resolved.

     

    Jerry was our best DE last year and he is a valuable vet presence.

    They seem to like Addison, he is a vet and he took a paycut to stay. I can still hardly imagine Beane cutting him.

    AJ is in his second year and seems to be doing good - I almost excluded him from the poll.

    Obada seems to be doing great and has already proven something.

    Groot is 1st round pick and looked great so far. He shouldn't even be in the poll.

    Johnson receives great praise from the coaches all the time, like today from Frasier, and he is a core special teamer, which they value a lot.

    Basham seems to be clearly the weakest of the bunch right now, but he is a 2nd round pick and it will be extremely risky/impossible to try to sneak him into PS.

    I seriously doubt we will keep 7 DEs.

     

    So what is your solution?

     

    I don't see any. I prefer trading Addison but I doubt Beane can do it. So I go with trading Obada, even though I'd hate it.

  13. 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

    Taron Johnson (I think) is after Addison 

    I’m not sure who is after poyer because of the mask but I think it is Tre white?

    Tyler matakavich and Davis Webb are after bease and McKenzie 

    Thanks.

     

    Johnson you are probably correct even though I don't see any picture of him with that beard. But should be him.

     

    But guy after Poyer doesn't have mask, only glasses. Next one has mask and I'd say thats Singletary.

     

    Anybody knows who comes after Poyer?

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