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I still remember Sherman talking on some podcast about the first time he tackled Josh Allen. Said he saw Allen lower his shoulder, and he was thinking "Oh, you're the QB and you're gonna lower your shoulder.........Next thing I know, I'm on the ground, I see them little blinks" You Party Animal You!

He's got a hammy, he DNP all week and was designated "OUT" yesterday.

The "late to meetings" doesn't seem to be alleged. Coleman acknowledges it, team acknowledges it (seems to be some question about late vs so late, the meeting was over before he arrived) I doubted he'd get out of the doghouse without a full week of high-effort practice. As for your opinion, my own eyeballs can see he was half-assing routes and he doesn't seem to be very QB friendly when Allen breaks the pocket. Why that is, can't tell you - absent inside info, your guess is as good as another. I do think if Davis and Shavers have a good game, Coleman is going to find himself playing "left bench" for a while.

It's not the (now proven) report that he would be inactive again tonight that I question. I agree, there are a lot of people who might have that info and share it. It's all the stuff about how "The Bills think Keon Coleman “has not grown as a person” His reaction to being a scratch VS The Bucs was not take over well, and he apparently believed “it was just one meeting, what’s the big deal.” The Bills obviously did not like that. This is all per an NFL Credentialed source I will not name." First of all WTF is an "NFL Credentialed Source"? A team credentialed member of the press? It doesn't say a Bills coach or staff member or player. So how do they know what the Bills think? Dion and McDermott have gone on record saying that he got the message and understood it couldn't happen going forward. Coleman has said he understands it can't keep happening. Now it's possible that's all Smoke and Mirrors. Or it's possible that this @Billsreport account is taking what's factual (Coleman benched again) and fluffing it up. Me, I think it was an abnormal week with walkthroughs and light (if any) practices, and part of what the Bills likely want to see is what kind of effort Coleman puts out during a normal week of practice. They want to see him walk the walk, not just talk the talk. How do you know he's not taking it too well?

We know Erik and the Cover1 crew actually interview players and watch film with them on the regular, so we know they have connections. I (at least) don't know what connections the person(s) behind the X account @billsreport - whether he or she talks to players on the regular, knows guys, knows a guy who knows a guy etc.

That's very clear. The question is whether, once the player is past his 3 free elevations, he is subject to waivers and MUST go to a new team if offered.

I'm pretty sure that practice squad guys are still FA, and have the choice to say "Yes" or "Nope, I'm good" to a waiver claim. It's just that the difference between a practice squad game check and a vet minimum game check is significant enough that most guys want to be signed to a 53 man roster, either where they are now, or where they're offered. TL;DR Bills can always have a gentleman's agreement with Gabe that if someone offers him, he'll give them the chance to match it.

That was an interesting clip

Rumor has it...(Adele) Fair

Hi. I think you might be conflating two issues: the journalistic standard of the media or individual account publishing the info, vs whether or not their source is anonymous. As far as @Billsreport, the issue for me is who is running the account and how accountable is he for reliability and accuracy? It's not just an issue of sources. It's an issue of transparency and standards. If John Wawrow of AP is reporting something, it had two independent verified sources (whether or not he names them) If Matt Parrino of Syracuse.com and SHOUT! is reporting something, I know he has sources (whether or not he names them) but he'll also amplify stuff other guys tweet out (that may or may not be accurate) without additional sources or verification. So it's a bit lower reliability. There are other guys who are pretty much willing to just make stuff up. Then we have posters here who know someone, and sometimes get good info from sources they want to protect. But we're rightly cautious of them until some of the info they give is proven correct. So even accepting that it's reasonable to protect sources, the affiliation of the account and its standard of journalism matter. Since you brought up Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein worked for the Washington Post, which had a clear standard of multiple sources. Felt wasn't "the source", they had 6 or 7 sources they were protecting. One of the roles Felt filled for them was to confirm and serve as a second independent source to confirm information. Or too often these days, just reiterating some random tweet

I don't know if I'm right, but I think one factor is that McDermott, coming in as a head coach, deliberately did not want a "stars and guys" type D. He wanted a "buy in, do your job" type D. This stems directly from him taking over Jim Johnson's D in 2009 and getting fired in 2010. The D went from 4th to 19th/21st and one of the "lessons learned" he took from it was "make sure guys buy in to your system". That seems to me how McDermott's D is designed to work - everyone know their job and do their job. The problem is, if we pile up too many injuries and have too many guys hobbled or replaced by guys who can't quite get 'er done, there aren't any "freakazoids" on D who can take the game over and change it with a play. I thought it was pretty clear when McDermott came here as head coach, that he valued guys who he thought would buy in to his system above "freakazoids". IT's why he stuck with Star Lotulelei and some other DL players as long as he did. I think he reluctantly changed after 2021, which is why Beane "swung for the fences" signing Von Miller in FA - he hadn't managed to draft a DE "freakazoid" at the end of the first/top of the 2nd, so he decided he'd buy one. We all know how that worked out.

I find it an improvement - I loathed the second-guessing about whether the player would have been in or out without the defender.

What time was it before it got flexed?

Could be. I can't find any info on who's behind the "@Billsreport" account though. So no info on credibility/reliability.

If we want to look at just Beane's 1st rounds, we have Guys who worked out (they are good to great) - let's call that 5 Allen Edmunds Oliver (traded for Diggs) Rousseau Kincaid Guys who can't pay Elam Coleman (apparently - though it's technically early) Skipping over the Diggs trade and giving Hairston a verdict of "too soon", that gives Beane 5/7 good, 2/7 bad or 71% "hit" rate which is better than average. They aren't all studs, of course, but what GM drafts "all studs" in the first round?

Thanks. I think I understood the gist of the message, I just couldn't parse "was not take over well" If he didn't think it was a big deal to miss a meeting, wouldn't you think he'd be angry about being benched, not dancing around on the sidelines?

==> sarcasm: What, you mean Dawkins telling us fans the "straight talk" was given and taken well by Keon was "sugar coating" what happened? Seriously, I don't know what this means: "His reaction to being a scratch VS The Bucs was not take over well" Josh said similar things about Shavers post game, that he "does things the right way" - which is always interesting as it does imply someone else may NOT be "doing things the right way".

FWIW, I agree with @Buffalo716 that Beane's track record is very good drafting in the middle/late rounds. The overall league'hit rate' there is like 15-20%, lower in the 6th and 7th. Beane consistently finds guys who can ball - both guys who can start, like Milano, Benford, Shakir - and guys who can make the roster as backups/ST. A lot of the guys we don't keep, wind up on other teams. For the season, Kincaid's snaps are 63%, 57%, and this season 43% of the snaps. The lower % of snaps are due to leaving a game due to injury, and then working his way back in after missing games due to injury. Seriously? Yikes.

I think the bottom line is production. If Shavers continues to "go off" and Gabe Davis is truly healed from his knee injury and able to contribute, that gives Josh two targets he trusts, who seem to be giving good effort to run good routes and be in the right place at the right time. Gabe will be "QB friendly" when the play breaks down. As long as that happens, Keon may find himself on the outside looking in.

I agree with you that (what I perceive as) Beane's late 1st round draft strategy (go for high ceiling guys who need development) is problematic.

I don't know if it's an "internet lie", but it was definitely PR. Like Allen was watching college ball or maybe some scouting film and he saw some Coleman highlight catches and said "that would be nice to have on the team" so then after the draft it becomes the Grease song "You're the one that I want...ooh ooh ooh honey!"

Well gosh and I heard here he was looking good in Dallas back in pre-season Look, you're not wrong, but every GM whiffs on some. The overall hit rate in the bottom 3rd of the 1st/top of the 2nd is something like 30% And that's 30% you get a guy who can ball capably, not you get a freakazoid

Hardman only played 4 offensive snaps. Moore has been playing for Samuel.

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OMG Basham. Let the record show that, even though he's still in the league, he did NOT go on my list of "players the Bills drafted, no longer on the team, who are remotely any good". Creed Humphrey was drafted 2 slots later.