Ethan in Cleveland

Can you define what he was drafted for? At Stanford he was a penetrating DT that made a ton of tackles behind and around the line of scrimmage. He was anything but a 4-3 1-tech DT. So if you are asking him to occupy two blockers and free up Edmunds to misdiagnose a running play, only one of those things is likely to happen. See what I did there? Clever huh? Can he be an adequate 1-tech DT? Nobody knows. Maybe, I guess. Do any of us really know what McD and Frazier want from their DTs? Outside of Star, all their DT's seem to be the same body type. All are a bit undersized but are athletic enough to move along the DL.

I did the same in the 90's when I lived in Ohio.

Not necessarily. Remember he is speaking for the whole team as the QB and leader of the team. He may in fact be vaccinated but he may just be saying we as players are not disclosing that information. The real issue will come in the season when an unvaccinated player test positive and misses three or four games. A team may call it a non-football injury and decide not to pay his salary for the games missed. This is a union HR issue that every employer in the country will now have to deal with. Not necessarily. Remember he is speaking for the whole team as the QB and leader of the team. He may in fact be vaccinated but he may just be saying we as players are not disclosing that information. The real issue will come in the season when an unvaccinated player test positive and misses three or four games. A team may call it a non-football injury and decide not to pay his salary for the games missed. This is a union HR issue that every employer in the country will now have to deal with.

Wonder how many go to fans and how many go to investors who are just going to sell them

Does 1974 get the most overrated award? Neither Swann nor Stallworth belong in the HOF. Agree 1996 just edges out 1985. Rice and Reed are two of the all time greats with Rice in my top 3 players of all time. Too soon to tell but 2015 with Diggs and Parker looks like a top 3 class of all time

Don't forget V the television series

You are forgetting this little thing called COVID. There were no pre-season games. No other team drafted Jackson in the 6+ rounds based on his college play. There was no other tape for teams to judge him. There were no OTA's. Only a handful of practices to get him ready for the season. There will be many more stories like Jackson of guys that went unnoticed in 2020 and make some impact plays in 2021.

You solve CB#2 with pass rush. Wallace is fine and Jackson may push him for snaps. CB#2 is not even in the top 5 worries on defense. 1. Pass rush from the new edge players 2. Pass rush from Oliver 3. Edmunds improving in all facets of the game 4. Run stopping from 1-tech 5. Milano staying healthy

I suspect few teams are deep at any spot on the OL. I disagree with McD at times but having versatile OL guys that can play multiple spots is the correct approach. Guys like Felicano and Bates that can fill in anywhere in a pinch is a smart depth move especially when these guys do nothing on ST's. Bills look liek they have depth now but they won't by the end of camp. Barring injury Spencer Brown will make the roster which really only leaves one other spot for swing tackle. They can go with Bates who can play center in a pinch or they may go with someone else who can play G. The 2020 line did not play a single snap together all season due to injury. The top 5 were not on the filed for even one play last year. Assuming Ford is still the LG starter, and everyone stays healthy in camp, the season opener for 2021 will be the first game that lines up Dawkins, Ford, Morse, Feliciano, and Williams.

So TT career rating is 89.5 and Trubisky is 87.2. So who is wasting more money?

Bills did the same thing in 2019. Only Dawkins stayed. They had 5 new players including the TE. Morse, Ford, Spain, Feliciano, and Knox were all new in 2019. My guess is continuity is overvalued and one of those things that is nice if you have it.

They should just fire this guy now

Just watch the games. Edmunds drops into space and makes almost no plays. He has no instincts of where to flow in the run or pass defense. Just running backwards and occupying space is not enough. No doubt he helps protect the deep middle and let's the safeties cheat to the boundary some. But as others said the Bills rarely play a straight Tampa 2 defense. The Bills need more from Edmunds if they want to get back to being an elite defense. He is not th biggest issue on defense but he is a flashpoint because he plays the middle, he is a first round pick that has not played as well as others in his draft class, he is still young and might improve, he had a legit injury that no one on this board truly knows how much it affected his play, and he is going to look for a high dollar extension.

I'm really interested in the mentality of fans that root for the underdog less talented players over the stars. Wade is just the recent example but you can go back to fans calling for Reich to play over Kelly. It's not as if the fans are always wrong either. Fred Jackson is case in point where the underdog fan favorite ends up being more productive than several first round picks including Lynch and Spiller. But in most cases guys like Wade, DaRick Rodgers, and Duke Williams never amount too much. Is it jealousy that none of us have star athletic ability and we root for these guys?

He will get about 15 snaps a game in obvious pass rush situations for the first four games. If he shows promise he will get more snaps. The question will be will that be at the expense of Epenesa or Addison? My hunch is Addison is a healthy scratch after the bye week and they go with the young guys. Addison might make a playoff return because McD will want a veteran presence.

Like other's I'd be just as happy with none. That said two a year to highlight the city and the fans is worth maybe missing the first quarter if I can't get home from work in time.

Don't like Thursday games, but it's the same time zone and not a cross country flight. Saints look like a team ready to implode and go full rebuild. Winston is the wild card. He threw for a ton of yards and TDs so there is more talent there than this board gives him credit. Of course the turnovers are a major issue. If he cuts those in half it would still be a lot but he would be a solid starting QB. I've been to NO several times but never for a sporting event. I've always wanted to go to an LSU football game so maybe it will work out to go to both. LSU plays at home on the Sat after Thanksgiving against Texas A and M!

I don’t recall any injuries on the OL in the playoffs. The issue was the top 5 guys never played a single snap together last season as Feliciano was out at the beginning of the season and Ford got hurt just as Feliciano was ready to come back. They have a solid group of O-linemen. There is probably not a single all-pro on the line but there are no bad players either. Just a solid group that pass blocks extremely well. The draft will do nothing for 2021 except be depth for injury. Maybe Brown will see a few snaps in a heavy package as an extra tackle. Beame made the decision to keep his own and not spend much on free agents. His free agent spending has been muddled at best to date - great moves like Brown, Williams and Beasley mixed with terrible contracts like Murphy, Star, and several others. Last year was all on Allen. This year it is all on McD. He was out coached by Reid twice and probably by Reich as well. The rest of the AFC East, Cleveland, the Chargers, and maybe even KC got better. Steelers and Ravens look like they have peaked and Houston is imploding. Colts have a massive question mark at QB. Barring injury Bills should win 11+ games, win the AFC, and will need to go on the road to beat Cleveland or KC in the Championship game.

They won 13 games in the regular season. They need a pass rush and a MLB that can play.

I don’t know the context of how they are rubbing stuff in our face. Honeslty dont care either. The play itself is one of the most athletic plays in NFL history. One player out jumps three others for game winning TD pass on the last play of the game. It will go down top 5 this decade for sure if not number 1 and is already in the top 50 plays of all time NFL history.

You didn't see Stevie Johnson flash Why so serious? Buffalo trademarked No Goal. Let them have their fun. It was a great play. We have a 101 yard INT TD to celebrate. We as fans don't need to knock down others to have fun. And we especially need to remember our history of ineptitude before criticizing others.

We were the joke of the NFL for nearly two decades. Should the Bills show no highlights for the 17 year drought? Pretty sure the Bills have only won two championships (last in 1965) as well and also played in Toronto. So I'm not sure what the point of attacking the Cardinals is? It was one of the greatest plays of the entire 2021 season, Taron Johnson's 101 yard INT being among the top 5 too.

With the Brady intrigue the Bucs and Bills as a possible SB preview is a better game for the NFL. I do agree with Jags Jets being on the list. Of course it depends on where it lands in the schedule, how and if each rookie QB is starting. I would sub out KC Ravens for KC and the Chargers for this top 10 list. Herbert is the shiny new toy and the Chargers are a division rival. Otherwise it is a solid list and still many other games like pretty much every NFC West division game could be considered.

Mine too until Thurman came around. I am so biased towards RBs that can catch the ball out of the backfield. Faulk and Tomlinson were so amazing, just like Thurman.

Yes but I think he is a healthy scratch by week 8 as they go with the young players