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So you do t buy it because guys that have done something in the league have a higher ranking than guys who didn’t even start in college? Solid.

I tend to be a little pessimistic, I don’t think this was a good off-season and generally think the team needs a fairly significant over haul and philosophy change. That said, this team will contend this year as long as Allen stays on the field. If they get hot at the right time, they could win it all. If Allen misses more than 5 games, I’d guess it’s a playoff miss.

Does is again this year and I’ll be on board. The league has film on him now, it will be interesting to see if he can back it up.

If he’s got anything left.. could be a big year for him.

Great points. The East is the Bills to lose, probably for as long as Allen is here and healthy. I do think the other teams got more outside help than the Bills did, but the Bills will be better than we saw for a lot of last year, assuming everyone comes back healthy. I would certainly have preferred to see more talent added to the offense, but it is what it is.

Yeah, I bet you thought the same thing about WR last year. All you just said is, there isn’t a starter on the team. It’s a bunch of JAGs, one who is fast and was over drafted by a team with a reputation for wasting higher draft picks on poor RBs, so you are expecting a lot from him. This is why Beane deserves far more criticism than he gets. He gets infatuated with “potential” and over spends on players that don’t need to be paid for, then we all sit here and say, “ would love X, but we don’t have the cap space.”

DN sucks, they are the lackluster crackheads that run a lot of the thruway stops too, they manage to make franchises horrible. Can’t say I’m sad they are gone, nor surprised for that matter. This stadium is going to require better amenities to make it profitable DN was awful for years and deserved the boot.

The Ravens will regret the Jackson deal the most, they are hitched to a guy who can’t finish. My bet is he won’t see the field for more than 30 games in the next 3 seasons combined before they have to cut bait and rebuild.

That’s about it. Basically saying, here’s an incredibly gifted guy, who you can have for a 7th rounder OR you can compete to sign him, hopefully we get something.. anything..

I’d try to sign him to the PS. At very least his speed would give you a comp for routes in practice.

Remember when people were worried bc they signed Julio ( w Brown there)? Yeah. This is less of a worry.

And there it is, he took the bag. Winning didn’t really matter.

I’m just sick of their fan base. I have found there is a distinct pattern to their claims. Once the first is argued, they move to the next. 1) Lamar is better than Allen bc Allen has Diggs and Lamar has no weapons. 2) It’s Roman’s fault. 3) MVP. 3) Race card.

Where’s the Raven fans to tell us Lamar does more with less?

My exact fear. Hopefully, it’s not a repeat.

Pitts is too low, but whatever. This sounds about right for Knox.

I think you are right, that said if he didn’t have the name, I’m not sure he has more than a Sam Bradford career. There were far more reasons to bench him than consider him a HOF QB, but here we are.

Not saying he was bad, but he was never dominant, even for a season, they won nothing and he quit after 6 years. There is no place for that in the HOF. Look, if Maholmes quit tomorrow, I’d still say he deserves a look. His numbers are insane, he’s got titles etc. Luck has nothing.

If he gets in, the HOF is officially a joke.

Shorter was a late round pick for a reason. The guy was a higher rated prospect than Jamar Chase out of high-school, he sucked in college. He transferred because he blamed the coaches, needed to “be used properly” and still was a nobody at Florida. The chances of a guy like that magically realizing he has to work at the craft and becoming something are next to nothing. He’s a physical specimen, but we’ve seen plenty of them end up out of the league in a big hurry. I expect the same for him. I also hope he reads this and decides to prove some random fan wrong and becomes MegaTron, I figure that’s as likely as me hitting the lotto I don’t play.

I disagree with everything outside of not loving the Cook pick. Murray has been very good for a long time and does not have a ton of miles on him, if I had to take one back to get the touches, I’ll take the guy who can run like a real back. Ekeler is about as much finesse as CMC, he’s “small”, but the guy has tree trunks and powers through a lot of contact. There’s a reason he lead the league in TDs most of the year. It’s not because the Chargers have a substantially better OC than the Bills. He’s a lot closer to Marshall Faulk than Jerome Bettis, so I get what you are saying, but he’s really the definition of an every down back.

They are and they have enough power to lower a shoulder and score as well, something Cook has never shown. They also have exceptional contact balance, another thing he lacks. Cook is a finesse player, those guys are complete players, though CMC and Ekeler are on a different planet than Jones.

That’s my point exactly, there is no lead back on this team IF Harris gets hurt. If he does, there’s nobody to pick up the power game, but Allen. This goes back to my dislike of the pick of Cook as he’s not REALLY a starter and you shouldn’t be using 2nd round picks on guys who are so limited. That said, we have him, and a very similar player in Hynes. Then you have Harris, who is talented, but has not stayed healthy and Murray who is better than people want to give him credit for, but is not the guy you WANT starting. That said, the only lead backs on this team are Harris and Murray, the other two are simply not guys who are built for, nor run with the style of a #1 back.

I think you forget, there is no primary back on this team if Harris goes down and he has a history of it. Murray, though not spectacular, becomes the #1 guy if Harris isn’t playing. He’s almost a lock to make the team. Cook is not going to be the lead back, he’s a 3rd down/receiving back. They need somebody to hammer the ball in at the goal line, besides Josh and it’s arguable the best player on the team for that is Murray. Hynes is the bubble guy, he has to hold on to his return job to make the game day roster.

Please, nobody actually cares about a back up safety’s job. He has his platform, he’s doing great work in the world, if the Bills cut him, such is life. He’s not a great player, he’s not really even good. Had the incident not happened, people would be clamoring for Rapp over him all day.