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I have never seen any team come right out and tell you their plans, but Dorsey ran 12 quite a bit. They still have the personnel for it, but it’s like Brady doesn’t know it. It’s criminal how few looks the TEs are getting when you have a top 5 TE DUO in the league and a bottom 3 WR room. I wish.

Yes, but as of now, those aren’t guaranteed so you have options to make it whatever you want to bc he’s going to want guaranteed money. He’s one of the best in the game, it won’t be cheap, but it doesn’t mean it has to be a massive cap hit.

Those “outs” are for the original team, all the signing bonus stuff hits their cap, not the team he goes to.

it wasn’t supposed to be his replacement, this was supposed to be a 12 personnel team and both would get a lot of touches.. then Brady happened. Now nobody touches the ball.

He seems to be a head case. He has pissed off two teams to the point where they won’t put up with him. He’s got talent, A LOT of it. If and it’s a big IF he can do his job and keep his mouth shut, he would be a great addition to a real sore spot in this team. I’d bring him in for a workout/interview, offer a no guarantee vet min contract with incentives and the opportunity to reset your value in the league. If he can’t handle the professional aspect, he’s probably done in the league. This could be a last shot to perform and stay in check long enough to try to get another contract.

Yes he could have been had and he was my realistic target. It does take two to make a trade, I feel like Beane was hell bent on moving back to get his 3rd round pick back though. I’m of the opinion, 1 stud is worth well more than another rotational player. So either they didn’t believe he was a stud, or they really don’t think they need that type of difference maker at WR. Either is concerning to me. I am high on Bishop too, assuming he turns out to be a good/excellent player, a lot will be forgiven. You really can’t judge him on his first real action after missing a lot of camp. I have high hopes for him going forward. I would actually rather suffer through the growing pains for him vs throwing another mediocre vet out there in his way. I firmly believe the Bills have the least talented S room in the NFL, Bishop showing up could change that. I’m sincerely hoping Edwards and Bishop take over and start to play fairly well.

I’m absolutely beating the drum that he has not hit on those guys, BUT I think he swung for them. Edmunds, physical freak, should be a super star, didn’t work. Singletary, “most exciting” back in his draft, ehh. Moss, all the right tools, turned out average. Oliver, some thought he was Aaron Donald 2.0, turns out he’s just solid. Groot.. same.. Basham was a wild swing for the fences that failed miserably. AJE also a physical specimen with high output in college, has turned out just ok. More recently, he went after Elam who has all the physical tools to be elite. Torrence again a physical monster who’s been ok.. he did kinda hit on Brown.. Kincaid, looked like he could be a Kelce clone.. well actually he kinda is this year.. even Knox was looking at potential and it’s turned out to be just a “good” player. Cook was “over drafted” in my mind, but he went after a game changer and as much as I don’t love him Cook is a legitimate top 10-15 back when you consider everything. Until this past draft, I don’t think he really played it safe, he swung for big potential, he just didn’t hit. What I find interesting is he’s swung for high ceiling guys and though they really haven’t hit, not many have actually been a complete bust. I don’t necessarily agree with who he chose, but on the same token, I would have taken wrong Josh over JA, so I don’t have much ground to stand on (but I also would have had Watson or Mahomes on the team already.. so nobody would have hated me.. I was unsure which one I liked more, both had great starts to their careers, one obviously got derailed).

Allen has shown the ability to throw with anticipation, I don’t think that’s even a question. What’s also not a question is he has no body he can trust to get open/ know their assignment at this point. Coleman is a rookie, I’ll forgive him. The inability to separate at all by any of the other guys is a major problem. Anticipation requires you to know your guys will get to their spot ahead of the defender. Would you make that kind of throw with this goon squad of WRs out there? No, you wouldn’t. This team was built to beat the cover 2, it does it really well. The problem is, teams see that and are going away from cover 2 because there is nothing to worry about over the top. The only guy with speed is being used at the LOS, the two guys with experience and hands (Shakir and Kincaid) are not known for separation, but the ability to find soft spots in a zone. There is NOTHING stopping teams from taking away what this team does best because there is zero threat. Allen is not without flaw, one being he’s not a great deep ball thrower, yeah it looks nice, but it’s rarely on target. He’s also showing his nerves with a collapsing pocket this year, I don’t blame him, he’s been under fire. He continues to roll right and throw back to the middle, that’s a known tendency and if Houston is any indication, teams are now playing that. His throw back to the middle was more black jerseys than his own. It’s bad. I won’t blame him for not throwing with anticipation when guys have clearly shown they can’t get to their spots or create separation, that’s just asking for picks and we all can see he’s trying to limit those. They have to get out of the same patterns or this is going to be a long season and Josh will miss time due to injury. He’s been getting smacked around and it’s adding up already. To my eyes, there is an unwavering, non-adjusting scheme and a bunch of guys without the real talent to do much else. I don’t know where it goes from here, but a couple more games of this and we should be right back to looking at a mid-season Coordinator change. The real issue is a need for a coaching change in general, but it seems Terry isn’t about to make that move, so we’ll be here year after year, just short of being good enough.

That contract is fine, there’s no guaranteed money left. Inherently there’s a lot of risk bc you know he’s going to WANT to be paid and he’s older, but for a contender (or a desperate team), it might be worth it. For the Bills, I’d have him as the 3rd option, first is Cooper (cheap and effective), Hopkins (slightly more long term impact on dead money vs Cooper), Adams because you know he’s going to want to be paid and this team isn’t in position to make that play and re-tool the team.

Some of you forget who got them into the cap situation and still haven’t been good enough to beat the Chiefs and act like those people aren’t the problem.

he bounced a ball of the back of his hot route wr’s helmet, his guys routinely can’t separate with 5 seconds to do it, what exactly do you want him to anticipate?

My fears have come true; as I described, when a team doesn’t fear being beaten in the air, they’ll stack the middle and stop the run/ Inside routes. Shakir and Kincaid both occupy the middle, there’s nobody to worry about outside. So teams are keyed in on the short routes, stopping the run and know that Josh wants to roll right, so they just go after all that and don’t worry about being beaten. If I told you, a team will challenge the Bills to throw the ball over them, at least last year you would have been happy, but with nobody able to get open, they are handcuffed. The line isn’t getting it done on blitz pick-ups, the backs aren’t either. Allen is getting hammered and has nothing to show for it. They need another WR, badly. SOMEBODY had to make teams think twice about just teeing off on Allen and the run game.

Just get used to it, you have defensive HC and an OC looking to ride JAs coat tails to a HC job. He’s going to lower JAs interceptions and wind up in the playoffs bc of JA and then bounce.

It’s got to be better than a coin flip in close games. What I take away is, teams they can slap in the mouth, they do. When a team is near equal in talent, it’s highly questionable if the Bills will find a way not to lose. Also known as Feast or Famine.

Edwards was a backup, pressed into starting. That said, still not sure how he could be worse than what they are running out there.

Well I think it’s pretty obvious he needs more targets for those numbers to rise, which is why he’s protesting!

His signing bonus would prorate over the course of the 3 void years on his deal, less than 2M a year. It’s stupid cheap.

Marv never held a candle to BB and it’s not close.

Well guys also were harder back then. More diagnosed injuries and preventative measures are in place to keep these Ferraris available as long as possible.

Kick Groot inside on passing downs, should be doing it anyway, but it’s time for the D coaches to show they really can justify all the credit they get.

Cooper is dirt cheap and it would not take much to make Hopkins also dirt cheap with a simple restructure. The question is the draft capital cost IMO. I’d throw a 4th or 5th for Cooper, he’d eat up less than 1M in cap space for a guy that’s at least capable of being a low end #1. We are paying WAY more for far less on this roster.

Literally looking at missing HALF the starters on D vs a team with arguably the best skill player set in the league, what could go wrong?! Oh and I forgot, not a single starting WR on the field either, this is going to be fun.

Ehh, I don’t want to look at Bellichecks ugly mug, maybe just the Pats old school logo

I purpose they save money and just make it one statue, of Allen hurdling a charging 🦬

Easier said than done, but I do agree.