WideNine

Now. I am happy.

He will push for reps for sure. Good to know we have some depth there in our back 7 with the way our LBs drop like flies each year.

Bishop sighting.... and in a good way.

Then pull Allen...right?

I don't like this shell we go into on offense. I know it is a McD thing to be a good sport and not to run it up, but open up the playbook a bit and get some decent reps in. Especially with how poor theit backup is and backup OL.

That was barely a tap and he was out of it. See that in hockey too, they just tend to happen easier each successive time. Tua needs to wear those big bubble helmets that came out this year for his own sake.

I agree. He has played well, but we have some decent prospects in the pipeline and Beane has a history of over-paying with guaranteed money. One of the reasons we have so much dead cap. If Groot has the year we think he will have he will need to get paid to stay with us. Not a cap guy, but curious how much dead cap we will carry next year.

Yet when asked a lot of defensive coordinators point to Detroit being one of the hardest teams to defend. Balanced and effective. Hard to lean into what you want to take away without giving something else up. I think that is where Brady wants to get the Bills - we can run it, we can hit the short passes and bubble screens, we can hit our RBs, we can hit the skinny posts with our TEs, we can take some deep shots, or Josh can tuck it and do his thing. Multi-dimensional. I think Samuel was supposed to be a key component of that, but that turf toe will likely take a while to heal and limit his role.

Keep them coming Virgil. I may not always agree with every take but still enjoy them. I thought it was noticeable when our rotational DEs were in as they seemed to lose contain often. Groot was huge. Torrence looks out of shape and slow getting to his spots and playing over his base with balance/leverage. Took some costly penalties. I thought he was going to put in the work, but he has been struggling. I think AZ was doing things to take Kincaid away, rolling coverage his way, etc.. Just opened things up for the other receivers and Knox.

A lot of different takes on that same play. The one angle I watched I thought the ball was a wounded duck - low, and behind him too. I respect Joe's take though and he also mentioned looking at it from a lot of different angles. Then you get to that point where folks can agree to disagree. It is just one play and there was nothing in his college tape that showed that Coleman was afraid of or avoided contact so I am just looking forward to seeing what kind of chemistry he and Josh can develop as they seemed to have some very good reps in camp.

Goodness, all the fear and narratives off of a Worthy TD in preseason. I get it... KC is our new giant to slay now that the Goliath in NE that stood in our way for so long is no more. How many actually watched the play? Worthy lines up in the slot and perhaps Detroit was not expecting that or simply did not adjust, the slot defender was 10 yards off him and the safety that could have provided any help over top was flat-footed staring at nothing on the weak side of the KC formation. Blown coverage is a common thing in preseason and I cannot imagine any team playing him that way in the regular season. In fact, in a Detroit review of their DB play they said what folks have been saying about playing Worthy, ...Vildor was just as good, and he did a lot of that against the Chiefs version of Jameson Williams, first-round rookie Xavier Worthy. No. 29 was in perfect hip-to-hip stride with the speedy Worthy on a few routes, one of them forcing a throwaway by Carson Wentz. While he tends to be a little grabby, on this day Vildor did a good job of realizing that Worthy doesn’t handle contact well at all and a simple nudge would send him off track. Taron would have jammed him into next week and off his route and one would hope if we had one safety back there, he would not have taken himself so far out of position that he could provide zero deep help over top.

They say Coleman has a high football IQ, and that pass had getting lit up in preseason written all over it. *** Listened to Marino today and agree it was a catchable ball the kid alligator-armed. Other than that, it is a lot of spin on the value of preseason and how hard players play for their roster spot. Perhaps those taken early do feel they have a leg up on the roster while those on the bubble will take more chances in preseason and is that wrong? Good question for the coaching staff. I agree that Allen would have tried to put a bit more heat on it, and put it where the kid would not have been so exposed and defenseless. It will be interesting to see how much the offense and receivers magically look better when Allen takes the field again. They do need a legit backup who can at least manage a game, especially with how well we can run the ball. They don't have to be Josh, but they need to be a bit quicker on the trigger. Have to be a few guys in street clothes out there better than what we have.

Not this season, but perhaps next they need to move on. A history of Missing too much playing time and players generally don't become more resilient after they hit 30. They can probably show Spector the door too, but he will injure himself walking through it. Get by with what we have and beef up the vet depth to squeeze a season out of them and retool in the next draft.

Why not? Not like this is the first former Jet that has looked to make the switch to the Bills. I can empathize with an offensive skills player saying goodbye to that organization. Kick the tires.