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😂 but if we get one to sit and tell everyone the Bills are going places, everyone will jump on board with the “told you so!”. It’s all a bunch of blowhards looking to get paid for talking about nothing. Bills fans are horribly gullible, they will defend the team to death, even when it’s not deserved.

I mean, how do you justify the struggle to beat the Phins w a rookie third string QB with no heat? I’m not going to say ruining, but wasting may be a possibility.

I can’t say it was really embarrassing, but I thought Josh was going to be Trubiski 2.0 after his 2nd year, then he absolutely blew the league apart.

Oh congratulations you found ONE guy who was the focus of the offense, now go look at all the others. He’s not going to be option 1 on this team, he might MIGHT fight his way to option 2, but a guy with 5 years of football experience is not going to jump out on the NFL field and drop 1k on you as a secondary, likely 3rd or 4th target. He may get more looks in the red zone because he’s got size and creates matchup issues, so his TD number might be higher. That said, if he does that early in the year and teams slide coverage to him, it will open up other options and most likely a lot of opportunities for Knox. I’m happy we have the guy, I think he COULD be great, but he’s not likely to be a huge contributor early. He’s got a ton to learn. I know people are all hyped up, but remember this, if Utah’s starting TE doesn’t get hurt, he may never have seen the field. This whole conversation would be about some undrafted guy they brought to camp who has measurables but never got on the field. I expect a developmental year this season and you will see more from him in the future. He has the tools, he has great hands and should see some red zone targets. I think people are setting themselves up for the typical “bust” thoughts as he struggles to get meaningful reps. I tried to warn people to temper their enthusiasm on Cook last year too, he was never worth a crap as a blocker in college and that meant he wasn’t going to see the field until he figured it out. People pouted about his lack of use for half a season. Fans need to come to grips with the fact you aren’t getting top 10 players anymore, most late first round guys are drafted for physical potential, they are going to need some time. It gets worse the further into the draft you go. Elam has tools, as does Cook, but they both got limited reps because they had to put it all together to play in the NFL. Expect more of that this year as well. The only guy we reasonably should expect to seize a starting job out of camp is Torrence. He should be a day 1 starter, assuming the real reason he dropped was the feeling he’s a pure guard and nothing more, I’m a lot gun shy on falling linemen after the Ford situation.

He’s an TE, no matter how you try to twist it, he’s not a WR. He’s still going to line up as a TE and run routes. History says rookie TEs rarely contribute much of anything. A Slot WR is an even more nuanced position than TE, so whatever take you want to claim to have, it’s still not likely a guy as inexperienced as he is, is going to make a huge first year contribution.

Yep, I’ve said it before and will say it again, this team is at their ceiling with him at coach.

I’m going to side w history, 32 catches, 297 yards and 3tds. I’m hoping it’s more like 55 catches, 600 yards, 10 tds.

It’s not all bad, keep the rights to him, he gets paid and gets use of the facilities. If he can be something, you have a year of development under cover.

One more ***** 0 as an o and I’m going to lose my mind.

Well, if he wants more money, he’s got a lot of leverage to get it.. the season is pretty much over before it starts if he refuses to play. The team has no other viable weapons to replace him…. Not that this wasn’t obvious last year, but nobody wanted to admit it… now due to the cap, you can’t cut or trade him without destroying the team either. Your move Beane.

Based on what, his rookie year? Last season was a nice year, but 1300 rushing and 350 receiving, is nice, but not worth breaking the bank for.

Get off the points per game, you have one of the best QBs in the game that has to shoulder the entire load bc he has arguably the worst line in the NFL, zero running game and only 1 WR that’s ever sniffed 1000 yards in a season. The reason it fails is being completely predicated on Allen balling out. When it’s stop one player, playoff teams get it done.

So to sum it up, the Bills spend more on offense because they have Allen and Diggs vs Defense. Cool. Now the biggest additions to the team were guys averaging ~7m and 3m a year on offense, but we had no issue dropping 20M a year in Miller. So I agree w Coward, entirely too much dumped into D, when O is winning the big dance.

I don’t see the Jets going 13-4, but I could see the Bills at 9-8. I don’t think this team is as good as the record has made them look the last few years. It’s going to be all on Josh again.

By the wording, if you are running and one foot is off the ground when you hit the guy, it’s a penalty, they really do want flag football at this point.

Opinions are like buttholes as they say. He’s definitely top 5, where you rank him from 2-5 is a preference.

I certainly wouldn’t say they are a lock, they barely made the playoffs last year. They are a team worth watching though. Lawrence has to make a pretty big leap for them to be considered real contenders, he has the ability, just has to do it. Barring injury, the one seed goes through KC and Cinci. Both teams are very talented and though their divisions look tough(er) on paper, I don’t see anything for either one to be scared of. Whoever comes out of the East will be battle tested and I don’t see anyone in serious contention for a #1 seed because they all get to beat on each other. I thought the West would make the #1 tough for KC last year and they proved me wrong, so who knows. My feeling is the playoffs will look pretty similar to last year.

This is spot on. I was worried we were watching Mitch Trubiski 2.0 after 2019. He absolutely blew expectations out of the water in 2020 and had been a top 5 guy ever since. The narrative I can’t stand is Diggs made Allen, that’s some serious BS. The ONLY WR Allen has played w in Buffalo that hasn’t enjoyed a career year is Sanders. That is much more to do w Sanders being washed than Josh, but literally everyone who has seen the field w Josh has put up their best numbers ever.

I believe most contracts have language written into them that allows the team to rework it as needed, so long as the money stays the same. It would actually suck for the player a bit, but I do think this is why you saw Allen take a “small” signing bonus and larger first year base pay. I sure as hell would.

I’m surprised to see a guy with this much starting experience and with pretty high quality tape out there at this point on the cheap. This could be a really good addition. Maybe there’s something we aren’t aware of, but looks like a great signing on the surface.

Meh, would be a nice piece to have, but in no way would I ever consider paying him what he’s making now so a trade is out. I think he would make Miami better and they should be able to fit him in. They don’t have much in the way of a power back, they are all speed, he’s a complete guy, don’t want to see him there, but nothing you can do.

Actually, neither scenario is correct, the bonus money is deemed NYS, so in the very likely scenario that he takes a big signing bonus with a bunch of voided years, he’s getting slapped with the 11% on that and the 1.1M vet contract would be at the rates across where he’s playing. In opposition to signing w a team in a no income tax state, the bonus won’t be taxed and you will only pay where you play. Ideal scenario is honestly outside of the AFCE because barring Florida, you are getting slammed w high tax rates for divisional games. Taxes matter, like it or not.

Everyone cares about the bottom line at the end of the day. If the offer from TN or others is considerably larger than what he can get from a real contender, he may well choose to take it and I don’t blame him. If it’s a trivial difference and he chooses to take the same offer from TN vs Buffalo bc of taxes, then yeah, he’s not really in it to win (even though 11% of a contract in taxes is no joke).

“It’s possible they are a better team this year even if their record is worse in 2023… success to me means progressing further …” This is my definition of success as well. There’s potential for things to be better this year, I’m hopeful they will. I am not 100% sold on the changes made on D, but McD gets to show us what he’s got.

I have been lit up for pointing it out, but the Bills D has had the benefit of exceptionally weak competition over that time. In 2021 they got 8 games against either back-up or rookie QBs and another 4 of those in 2022. That’s quite literally over half the wins the team had in that span, the stats don’t tell the whole story. If you look at the numbers against teams over .500, they aren’t nearly as good.