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8 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:
Bills voted for the ban....interesting
All other AFC East teams voting against
It is interesting considering how much success we had running that play for short yardage.
I am sure it is related to protecting Allen, but he usually does not play like a guy trying to protect himself - although he did take more steps to avoid unnecessary collisions last season with more slides.
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It was interesting to hear Jerry Ostrosky's take on the tush push having played in the NFL as an O-lineman.
He basically went back to football's rugby roots and said pushing the pile is just part of the game and should remain. When it came to player safety, he felt the scrutiny should land more on how the league wants to expand to more games and how they currently feature more games outside the traditional Sunday/Monday cadence which often end up creating short weeks and not enough down time for player recovery.
Mentioned that if the league wants to expand to more off-schedule games and more games in general they should also seriously consider expanding rosters to better accommodate that format (assuming he meant more player rotation bench strength and room on the roster for those PUP scenarios). -
Cincinnati because they have zero fear of our team.
Why would they? We haven't beaten them.
That is a monkey I would like to see this team get off their back - boils down to defense too. The last few meetings they ate up our defense that basically gave up everything underneath and waiting for their timing offense and receivers with good hands to make a mistake - ended up looking like a knife going through butter.
They just ate up yards, TOP, and scored on just about every possession.
Would like to see if this defense has evolved to challenge the 1st and maybe 2nd reads you have to take away with more elite QB play.
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1 hour ago, boyst said:
As long as he is not running down field routes on 4th downs in the playoffs he can be Lee Smith.
Despite the highlight reel someone pieced together for him catching passes downfield, I don't expect him to be much of a downfield threat.
We have TEs for that.
Opposing teams forgetting about him usually blocking and him slipping out for a quick few yards to move the chains I could see.
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21 hours ago, TBBills Fan said:
Bingo
Also, I am pretty sure that it may not be particularly easy to find a field stretcher, with good hands and catch radius, who is unselfish - what I mean is that he can play in an offense that distributes the ball and balances pass with the run without throwing a sideline or social media tantrum, that will be a good locker room presence, that also has early round grades.
There is likely more to it than some seem to be suggesting than just take a WR with talent early.
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1 hour ago, HappyDays said:
I find it weird that Beane and others say "don't forget about Kincaid" in the WR discussion, but then they point to the Pats dynasty use of WRs while intentionally leaving out a certain elite pass catcher that was kind of critical to their offense...
I have stated before that there was a lot of meat left on the bone as far as scheming Kincaid open and Allen connecting with him.
I hope they worked in the offseason on that timing and precision route running as they just seemed to be always a tick off and Kincaid was left making too many circus catches. They get that figured out it will go a long way to adding more production - heck KC marched to a SB one season with virtually no WRs of note and it was just the Jason Kelce and Mahomes show.
We forget about the coaching turnover an organization has year over year - it is the nature of the business. I think this team misses Chad Hall a bit when it comes to WR development - he was a good coach in that regards that players seemed to connect with.
They also realized that the defensive line took a step back last season when Eric Washington took his gig in Chicago and OBD took steps to address the coaching talent needs around the DL in anticipation of an infusion of rookies and FA players that will need to be coached up or acclimate to our defensive playbook.-
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10 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:
Gilliam’s $2m salary is guaranteed this season…leads me to think it’s likely he is still on the team in 2025 ….Gives this kid a year to ramp up with some depth. We have not had a physical blocking TE since Lee Smith.
Not sure Daboll, or Dorsey really would have gotten too much out of that kind of role in their offenses, but Joe Brady likes creating mismatches at the LOS with personnel groupings, alignment, and motion and seems to be on the same page with Kromer.
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42 minutes ago, ChattanoogaBills said:
I swear remember Josh being totally banged up by the playoffs (Hand i think).
I don't think Allen's hand/wrist injury was from getting beat up in the pocket.
I think it happened when he was doing a super Josh thing earlier in the year on a scramble.
Easy to reaggrevate though as I think we saw it as a nagging issue throughout the season from contact as benign as Josh breaking a fall when pushed, etc.
There seemed to be an epidemic of hand/wrist injuries across the team last year.
As far as the Cook situation there is no sense getting wrapped around the axle and we have some solid backups in Davis and Johnson and they both have good hands and decent speed.
Worse case is that Cook plays out this season committed to showcasing his value so he can hit free agency with the best negotiating position possible.
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6 minutes ago, NeverOutNick said:
Super balanced and efficient that’s why we had to trade for Cooper
Did Cooper really do that much? How many TDs did he reel in?
Granted, I will always love his unscripted lateral back to Allen that led to a rushing score as that was pretty fun.
We still scored the 2nd most points across the league and I believe Allen was one of the least sacked QBs and the INTs were way down too.
Not a bad recipe for wins if you are not just looking for style points.
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10 hours ago, Brand J said:
Don’t disagree at all with what he said. It doesn’t matter how you get it done on offense, or how you score, if you set team records on that side of the ball, but have a defense that continues to bring the squad down year after year, shore up that defense.
Would we like an alpha #1 receiver for Josh? Sure. But that guy likely wasn’t available in the 3rd+ round anyway. Or maybe he was, time will tell. I’m more than happy with the draft’s focus on defense. Most of you overlook the fact that a better defense (I’m not talking about a #1 overall that consistently folds) will directly help Josh and the offense as well.
Also, Allen did not take a beating last year waiting for things to uncover deep.
We were balanced and moved the ball pretty consistently against some tough defenses.
We also have some pretty fast receivers that we really did not unleash as well as we could last year for a variety of reasons and I think the addition of Palmer will get some of the focus off of Shakir who was drawing a lot of attention down the stretch.
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On 4/25/2025 at 6:55 PM, Ralonzo said:
He looks like a Russian contract killer.
Just add that bar code on the back of that head...perfect.
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On 4/26/2025 at 12:35 PM, ExWNYer said:
Athletic, blocking TE 3.
From all accounts a beast blocking, a nasty streak and the best in this class for those tangibles. This brings something we have not had from that position for quite a while.
Finesse route-running and receiving TEs we already have a-plenty.
This fills a positional need that may allow for some more flexibility out of similar personnel grouping, or think of those short yardage and goal line packages where the Bills bring in Alec Anderson as that 6th lineman where you add this guy too.
He should be fun to watch and be a great asset to outside or split zone runs and special teams too.
I am pretty excited about what these new guys and FAs may add to our Bills who were already pretty good last year...with the exception of those defensive gaps Beane really focused on shoring up.
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7 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:
You’ve been here 20+ years…this is the norm.
Truth.
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If folks get a chance check out the Locked on Bills squad with Jerry O commenting.
He really sheds some light from a player's perspective on the injury, Walker's toughness playing through pain his last season, and perhaps how confident OBD felt that they could rehab him to a much better place.
Made a great parallel with Spencer Brown, tall guy, a bit stiff and imbalanced, with back issues that they rehabbed and conditioned to be a player who could play at a high level and one they locked up for a longer term deal.
A good positive spin, where if the kid really is committed to the NFL-level rehab and training program the Bills can provide, not only will he make the pain more manageable, but also be able to tap into his pre-injury potential.
I wish him the best for both our team needs and for his own well being.
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2 hours ago, Mikie2times said:
For those that want to know it, this is 2014-2016 for Carolina, then 2017 to current with Buffalo. What WR's Beane has drafted. I'm sure some will say he didn't have as much involvement in 2017 and he wasn't technically the assistant GM in Carolina until 2015. So if you want to exclude those years, Benjamin and Jones would be removed and the list would start with Coleman. I think it's more than a fair question at this point to wonder if we can draft and develop players at WR which seems to be our formula everywhere else.
Well they did trade away a first for Diggs and for a few seasons that worked pretty well I think.
I expect they will invest again at some point in a vertical boundary receiver that can stress cover 0 (or cover 1 - Happy Days call out earlier in the thread).
Assume with defensive needs and a limited pool of speedsters with hands the board did not fall that way this year.
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Some folks act like OBD had a lot of options to pass on a deep defensive class with all the expiring contracts across our D-line.
Addressing the line and DB position was not optional.
As far as the doom and gloom time will tell this season. We are not the only AFC team that hits the KC wall...and likely one of the few that is close enough to topple them.
One would think we had a sick offense last year. We did not.
More than a few games where Allen got to sit and relax as his backup closed out the games.
Teams that know us better play us better, but that is not unique to the Bills.
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2 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:
It's not an 'if', it's a 'must'. Beane basically ignored offense at the draft, despite a mediocre at best WR room, and spent highly on offense. If it let's the Bills down again then the way the team drafts and judge players on the defensive side of the ball has to be questioned.
I agree they have to get it right, but they brought in a lot of help in free agency for the D as well
Granted, there are the suspensions, but those assets should be available down the stretch.
A field stretcher would be nice, but I do think we have man-beaters the can use scheme and routes to create separation, not to mention how good we were at running the ball.
All teams have gaps, it is how well our staff coach up the talent we have and put them in position to succeed.
Our biggest obstacle has been KC, and their ability to lock up their conference, rest their starters, and game plan for us each year.
Even then it has been really close...maybe more mental now than talent gap...tough to say.
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It's not like this team has no speed and it looks like the Bills drafted a DB that should be good at negating a burner from opposing teams without having to leave safeties deep.
Samuel is not exactly slow, but the turf toe really limited what he could do.
Palmer is an instant upgrade on the boundary and honestly Allen and Kincaid left a lot of meat on the bone with the lack of chemistry.
In regards to Kincaid it was not the personal connection as teammates, just anticipation and ball placement has been a tick off between them to unlock the potential that is there.
This offense will likely be productive, and if the defense can maximize the investments OBD made this offseason we will be taking about less 3rd down conversions by opposing teams (our D sucked allowing 3rd down conversions and getting off the field last year) providing even more scoring opportunities for our offense.
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14 hours ago, Augie said:
I’m not reading all of that. I trust them with the pass on that kind of guy.
Especially how quick they were to distance themselves from the punt god.
OBD did not say that kid was guilty, just that it was a distraction for the team and they needed to part ways so he could take care of his personal legal business.
I think or hope they would have done their due diligence this time prior to drafting a kid this high.
Will trust OBD and how they value culture.
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Rest in peace bro.
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11 hours ago, NickelCity said:
Not sure I agree with that turn of phrase. I don't think the fan base stopped believing in something...I just don't think they ever really understood or accepted that McBean don't want a traditional 1T. I don't know that I totally agree with McBean but I understand what they're after. What's funny to me is that Beane comes across as somewhat confused about what the fanbase and media see as an obvious role for that 1T.
This.
Some fans think we are talking about a Ted Washington, but that's not it.
But someone like a younger version of DaQuan who can attack the A-gaps and force the double teams, sometimes split the doubles and collapse the pocket.
Someone who can read leverage and anchor on inside runs...not rocket science.
This kid has back problems and some of that may be due to how imbalanced his frame is... He's top-heavy and needs work to strengthen that lower body so he is not trying to do everything from up top.
Our strength and conditioning team has some work ahead, but could mold this kid into something special if he is willing.
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2 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:
Playing nose in this defense has nothing to do with leverage. They are a gap attacking, penetrating scheme. They pick the guys they think fit their scheme. What we think their scheme should be is and what they should be looking for in a nose is irrelevant.
Folks will say this, but if one blocker can put him on skates, and pushed him out of the A gaps how is he attacking a gap?
I hope I am wrong as he is a Bill now, but I do think he is a project and hope he can be developed. DL development has not been this Orgs strength to date, but they brought in some new coaches on the defense we will see.
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With all the solid 1-techs the Bills go for a project.
Big. Yeah, but playing nose is about leverage and this guy plays tall and small. Gets rooted out of gaps and turned around.
Not sure what made the Bills go that's our guy. Maybe there is more to the story, injuries or a high ceiling they see.
Just an interesting roll of the dice. You don't look at this guy's tape and say yeah, were set when D. Jones leaves.
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6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Ugghhh... first pick I don't like
Totally agree, why can't the Bills brass scout decent 1-tech players.
Sure this guy has size, but look at the tape - he gets rooted out of gaps even when blocked by one dude. Gets turned around, plays with poor leverage and gets stonewalled. Not sure if the motor is there from play to play either. Really poor lower body strength which does not pair well with the fact that he plays too tall with poor pad level.
Sure, you don't want just a space eater, but a guy that can anchor and force a double-team. Someone who is gap-sound and can play the run and also compress the pocket on cage rushes....
Really feel that Bean has done a decent job in this draft, but this pick just made me think "what about this guy says future replacement for DaQuan Jones?".
Bean and his scouts seem to have a 1-tech DT glitch where they undervalue the very thing that frees up their other DL players and LBs to wreak havoc
Bills on Hard Knocks
in The Stadium Wall
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For some reason I feel like the "hard knocks" teams get jinxed each season.
In my mind it is becoming like the Maddon or Sports Illustrated jinx.
Not superstitious at all 😁