Einstein's Dog

To me, it seems like you are placing way too much importance to a press conference. For a veteran, this is similar to coachspeak, not worth much. A self-aware K Allen may have discussed his upcoming press conference with his agent. That advice would be "put a positive spin on it", emphasis your experience in the league, don't talk negative about anyone. You don't admit problems or put out a negative media segment when you could be looking for employment in a couple of weeks.

The DK2 semi-automatic

Great to hear. One step closer to having Josh go no-huddle when they get advantageous player situations. And that should happen quite a bit more this year with the problems Kincaid can present to D Coordinators.

IMO, there could be a third option. That Tre is back or close to back. But Elam and Benford and the rest of the room show so much, that the difference is minimal. In other words the CB room is such that the while Tre is still the man, the others are in the same tier, but at a much greater value. This would be using McD's expertise to coach and scheme with a less expensive group of CBs.

My understanding was the rule was about piped in noise. And it was not dumb. I have a recollection of a playoff game, at I think Cincy, and they intentionally blasted in noise in from the stadium when the Bills were on offense to make it more difficult for the Bills. It was wrong. It wasn't crowd noise, it was from the stadium speakers.

I'm hoping the FO is interested in the in-season trade candidates, such as: Mike Evans - Tampa should stink. Their WR group is expensive and they will probably want draft capital for a run at a QB. Evans is on the last year of his contract, and they could pick up his $13M a third of the way through and send Tampa the Edmunds third we have. Tyler Lockett - Seattle will probably suck and like Tampa above would want draft capital. Seattle also has a lot invested in WR and may want to move Tyler. J Jeudy/C Sutton - there had been rumors. Probably harder now that T Patrick already had his year ending injury. M Thomas - probably a long shot in that N Orleans should win the division, but if things go badly for them. Honorable mentions: H Renfro (but I don't really want a slot), A Thielen (maybe too old and just signed this yr), C Samuel (don't know how good he is).

Often times the "discount" is you're giving the current market rate to rising prospect before they hit the open market. The player is amenable to doing it because they get big guaranteed money a year early. I would expect to see this type of bargaining to take place with Groot. As for Gabe, I would like the FO to consider other options for WR2 in the $10-$12M range.

I agree, the idea of giving Gabe $15M per season seems outrageous. That's more than DHop got. If you are signing Gabe early, like now, the FO would be doing so to get a discount. A perceived discount to what he would get when hitting FA, so around $8M - $10M. I wouldn't do it if I were the GM. Personally, I am still holding out hope that the FO will pick up a WR2 before the trade deadline. Move Gabe back to where he is a stellar Wr3 and let him hit FA next year and hopefully get a compensatory pick after another team signs him to a contract.

Apparently from the discussion people aren't seeing Klein in the mix. I liked the defense the second week without Edmunds, when they adapted for Klein. They made an attacking defense where Klein either stuffed the run or went after the QB. He seemed more suited for that role than Edmunds, and it sped up decisions needed by apposing QBs. I liked the defense better in that attack mode.

I agree it is something Kincaid will need to learn. But hopefully with the huge advantage of being 50 - 60 pounds heavier than your average DB it will be something he could master quickly.

For me it's Dorsey and Josh...we think Josh should be able to do it. Josh now has almost 5 years in, he needs more of a command out there, take control of dictating pace's at times when he thinks it's advantageous, better grasp of time management, get more free plays, changing calls, and knowing when and implementing no-huddles. While we often know we have the more talented, physical, QB, it is getting time to also want the smarter more experienced angle to show.

I'm hoping we see Dorsey/Josh take advantage of personnel mismatches that arise with putting Kincaid out there. I hope to see some no-huddle used to keep the defense from substituting when the offense has caught the defense with a situation the Bills like. For instance when putting Kincaid out in 12 grouping and the defense responds by putting out an extra LB. Then the Bills might do no-huddle to force the D to have to keep that LB out there and try to cover Kincaid w an LB. Or if the D puts out a DB when Kincaid goes out there, the Bills might want to go power smash ball and run it down their throat for a few plays.

Oops. My apologies @GunnerBill

I have said before, and still think, the unexpectedly good start last year was not great for the long term. It may have altered their moving Barkley and may have been a factor in their decision to fund Danny. Being one of the teams with a mediocre QB and a good, expensive RB is not the answer. Looks like Shoen/Daboll are going a different path than what they experienced with the Bills years ago. This is like extending Tyrod and paying McCoy, hoping you can keep a slightly above .500 team together and sneak into the playoffs again. I don't know if they'll make it, and even if they do their long term prospects don't look great to me.

He is not 34, quite the exaggeration there. He is 25. Not really a slowing down type age. As to the overall signing, I like it. Not because of this guy but because they are sticking to the overall strategy of going cheap on RB. I am hoping the plan is to use remaining resources into an upgrade at WR2 during the season (barring no big injuries at other positions prior).

Your situation is more plausible. It's not 50/50 just because those are the two possibilities. Hines was probably with a bunch of friends and something bad happened. If this was some extremely random person hitting a stationary Hines, I think the agent would have put that out there in milliseconds. It is fishy enough that the stationary part came out a good amount of time later. The agent probably had to make sure story that would fly first (all Hines friends will cover for him on that and no one else was around to say otherwise).

Huge difference between investigating to see if a violation occured and not enforcing the contract when dealing with a clear violation with a resulting injury. They have these clauses so the players think twice about doing the activity. It's backwards thinking to think they will let Hines slide but go full out contract technical on a Josh or Diggs. These things usually work in the opposite direction. I agree with you and think Sal C is mistaken. Make Hines pay and give Josh something to think about before his posse engages in things like this.

Took several pages here (a time delay) for the stationary jet ski tweet. Might have been talked through with his agent. We'll also get to see if Hines presses charges against the person who allegedly rammed him.

I had mentioned this possibility a few pages back. A dirt cheap offer at this point should do it - he was released from Wash. A dirt cheap McKissic and getting back the money from Hines, and all of a sudden this has to be one of the least expensive RB rooms in the league.

Good odds that the Bills do pursue getting it back. The players need to know the consequences involving risky activity. IMO, it would be bad precedent to not go after it. I'd be ticked off if Josh did something this stupid. And are all you really buying the stationary bit. If Hines was really stationary and has a case, he can use legal means to get him money from the alleged person that rammed him.

Need the backup to J Cook. Do you think they'll give J.D. McKissic a look? Throw him a low ball offer.

Do you really have to include the snarky "but since it makes sense, it won't happen"? Like the FO does illogical things all the time. Lets face the reality, it's a "you" problem. You want a 3 down back. Getting Dillon would require giving up draft capital and paying him. This is not the FO's strategy. Their strategy is solid and ahead of the curve. The FO has it right, you come off looking like a spoiled fantasy football nut.

Another attempted linking to an RB to the Bills. I am hoping Beane is laughing somewhere. IMO, one of the excellent strategies employed by the FO has been the conscious effort to keep the monetary investment in RBs low. It is ahead of the curve as we now are starting to see the rest of the league start to copy the strategy. IMO trading and paying for an RB would be a bad allocation of funds. I would rather read conjecture on the WR2s - that's where the last remaining money should be going.

Why would the Bills look to trade away their #2WR, they are not rebuilding. And as GB mentions, it's possible to get a compensation pick if the Bills don't sign him. There is no error to even be considered here. Even if we had DHop, you keep Davis. I don't see how you come to the conclusion Beane is pounding the table for Davis. The Bills have been discussed in the OBJ and DHop sweepstakes. Of course Beane is not going to bad mouth Davis to the press, who would? It's posts like these that just reek of an anti-Beane bias. Posing a question on error in judgment when none exists, and claiming Beane is feeding the fans a ray of hope because he hasn't publicly bashed his current WR2. C'mon.

I agree with you, on the whole the WRs as people are a harder to root for position group. DHop has had prima donna tendencies, and the reports of poor practice patterns was a real concern to me (and probably Beane/McD). You like Tyreek Hill? How/why? My god no. He's made it about Tyreek plenty. KC moved him. That's KC, not exactly a pillar of morals. Remember when he wouldn't restructure for KC? And please don't forget the whole college saga/behaviors that had him slip down the draft. I like M Evans, and wouldn't mind Tyler Lockett/C Godwin/H Renfro/A Thielen.