Ethan in Cleveland

Not listed in top players under 25. Leadership is not unimportant. But leadership without impact plays is not worthy of a top 5 contract which is what he will want. He's supposed to be a professional tackler. He doesn't do that well no matter how people want to spin his role on the team. The media has already moved on to other playmaking linebackers that are true impact players. All that said, he has 17 games to prove he can be an elite player and earn a top dollar contract. I'd pay Knox and Oliver and let Edmunds walk. Hope he plays well enough to change my mind, because the defense is going to face far better offenses this season as compared to 2021.

Hoping for more two TE sets. Ideally that is their base offense like Pats ran with Gronk and Hernandez, only with a better group of WRs.

Good post. McKenzie has had some of his better games against the Pats and Dolphins. One concern though, is he has never played well in the playoffs. Pretty much a non-factor three seasons in a row. Feels nice to write three playoff seasons in a row. Thank you Josh for rescuing the franchise!

7th because either Stephenson or Austin is your 6th WR for returns.

I stand corrected. Thanks.

LOl. I don't even know what fify means. I see you are now a community member and not a mod. Hopefully that is true and you will be held to the same posting standards as the rest of us.

He is correct APML is by far the most curable form of leukemia. Best of luck to him. There is some maintenance medications he will need to take long term that can cause neuropathy so he is not totally out of the woods.

The urban legend is that it was Kelly who was colorblind and thus the red helmets. I'm not aware of it being related to Ferguson.

No to the blue helmet. They never used one in the past though it is a cool look. Bring back late 80's red helmet and Navy blue uniform for one week.

I've posted this many times before. I would be fine with zero or 1 preseason game. The coaching staff (and most of this board) almost assuredly knows 50 of the 53 guys that are going to make the final roster now. Those 3 they don't know are just choosing between the 7th WR or a back-up OG. Sure some marginal guy may surprise but they will pick that up in camp not a fake game. Even with two full preseasons and a handful of real games, McD and Beane managed to trade Teller away. There is zero upside to playing the starters in the pre-season. The COVID year proved the quality of play is unaffected by lack of preseason. I wouldn't dress a single starter the entire preseason.

Lol. Allen was my no 1 and Rosen my no 2. Had Allen gone to the Browns or Jets "expert" Beane would have taken one of the other QBs. Beane was bold trading up to get Allen but he was taking one of those QBs in the first round no matter what happened earlier in the first round.

100% agree. The ranking will drop but they will be a better defense. Hopefully when it matters most in the post-season.

Glass houses...Rob Johnson, JP Losman, EJ, Edwards, Peterman ...I want to puke just thinking about thus list I still don't understand why they just didn't keep Baker. Why spend all that money on Watson. Is he really that special? I never thought so. Baker played hurt much if last season. Dumb moves but Bills fans have no room to criticize bad QB decisions.

Exactly. JA was instantly the 2nd highest paid QB in the league, just behind SB Champion Mahomes. When Bills win a SB this year and Allen's contact drops out of the top 5 don't be surprised if gets a new deal.

QB - Namath and Griese WR - Lynn Swann RB - Curtis Martin LB - Willie McGinest DL - Howie Long, Cortez Kennedy DB - Ty Law

Unfortunately the hardest part of the schedule is the first 7 games. They play Stafford, Jackson, Mahommes and Rodgers during that span in addition to the wrecking ball Derrick Henry. Good news is only one of the 7 games is against an AFC East opponent.

And Reid's replacement won it in year 2 going from 4th in the Division to 1st and a SB win - with a second year QB and a back-up QB in the SB. Dungy's replacement won in Tampa the first year. McDermott needs to win in the next two years or they need to find someone that can. They can not waste Allen's talent.

I look at it the other way. If no SB in the next two years with Allen, the Bills need a new coach. Obviously I hope McD can win multiple Championships with Allen. But I remain a skeptic and 13 seconds did nothing to assuage my skepticism.

Tyrod is still tied for second all time in lowest Interception percentage at 1.6%. He is tied with Mahommes and only Aaron Rodgers at 1.3% is lower. The difference obviously is those two QBs still take plenty of chances with the ball and produce TD's and wins. The Bills led the league in rushing two years in a row with TT and I believe were top 10 in points both years. If Rex didn't destroy the defense he could have been an average winning QB. His Bills legacy was forever written in Jax. It was a game the Bills should have won but he was terrible all game and missed a wide open TE (Clay?) for a go ahead TD in the second half.

I was there too

These are my bottom 5 1. Barkley - It is stupid to carry 3 QBs when you have a franchise guy and Barkley has already shown he is not good enough 2. Haack - They are only keeping one punter obviously and it will be the rookie 3. Stevenson - he didn't show much last year and Austin can return kicks and play some WR if needed 4. Gilliam - He has no talent at a position that is useless. If they really wanted a FB, they could upgrade without difficulty. Hope this is the year they just get rid of him. I would rather keep Taiwan to play special teams and I hate special teams only players. 5. Doyle - OJ Howard is a legit 2nd TE and far superior blocker than Sweeney. Doyle has no athletic ability to play OT. There are far better OT options on the team now that can perhaps play some OG. One of them can play the third TE role Doyle did last year when needed. 5a. Kumerow - see OJ Howard above. Howard gives you another guy they can split out wide when they want to show a power run formation. Jones does more on special teams, and they are 6 deep at WR without Kumerow. I think they carry an extra CB and one less WR this year whiel White gets back in to playing shape. Ford and Epenesa still have a shot at the final roster. Ford has a new OL coach. Epenesa has shown little but if they carry 9 or 10 DL again, he probably makes it. Sweeney has a small shot to make the roster but only if they get rid of Gilliam. Sweeney does not have NFL talent but if he flashes in training camp or Howard is slow to pick up the offense he might make the final 53.

Why all the hate on this player? Bills just signed a 33 year old to 120M. Chiefs traded a ton of picks for him, why would he not ask for top dollar? He my not be as good as Trent Williams but he is in the conversation for top 5 LT, he is young, he is already playing under the tag, and the salary cap is going up. He put in his time and the system is set up to reward guys on their second contract. He might not get $25M a year but why would you start negotiating at a lower number if he is already playing on a tag.

Please explain? How does a pound of muscle weigh more than a pound of fat or a pound of flesh?

18 games, 2 bye weeks, 1 preseason game. The pandemic showed preseason games are worthless. Paying full ticket price to watch guys that will be bagging groceries two weeks later is ridiculous. This gets you twenty weeks of great football as compared to the 17 of the past and 18 weeks we get now. More revenue for the league and therefore more revenue for the players. Additional benefit of two bye weeks is with proper scheduling most teams that play on Thursday can be given more rest.

Is it just me or does the mom, girlfriend #1, #2, Zach, and the BYU WR all look related to each other? I can’t even tell the guys from the girls that well.