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This article uses a flagrant mis-quote. It wasn't "speculation about his relationship" which Josh said gave him "a gross feeling", it was photographers in a boat offshore with telephoto lenses snapping pictures of them in a private pool and on a private balcony. Basically, being stalked by paparazzi, despite having booked space at what was probably a pretty exclusive resort. The article isn't wrong, in that Josh will have to raise his "privacy game" or get used to it, but that will pretty much apply with any woman he dates now. There were apparently paparazzi stalking Josh and Brit when they went to Miami during bye week, and he said in an interview he didn't like that. Well, they weren't there for Britt, the attraction was Josh.

the "prototypical 245 lb MLB", no. But it's a long step over a steep fall to go from that to "MLB is the least important defender" or "just about any other position is more important"

No, it doesn't, any more than it matters why Zay Jones squibbed with the Bills and took 3 years to "wake up and smell the coffee" with the Raiders, after he had a strong year with Jax. But his 4 previous seasons of disappearing ink ARE reason to question whether what we're seeing from Isabella is pre-season heroism which will fade under the faster, more focused defensive play and film study of the regular season. And sometimes "why?" is helpful to predict what's going to happen. For example, Stevie Johnson had three 1000+ yard seasons with Chan Gailey's Bills and Ryan Fitzpatrick as his QB, then fell off to half the yardage and had his catch % drop under Marrone/EJ Manuel. Why, because Gailey's "beat your man, get to the spot" version of an EP offense played to Stevie's strong release and unconventional route running. When placed in an offense that demanded precise routes with good timing, he couldn't deliver. So San Diego could have understood that and passed on bringing him in. Reminder that the general consensus of last summer was that Isaiah McKenzie looked GREAT and was ready to walk on the field and take over for Beasley. Regular season, results were far more mixed. Why, teams were game planning for us, they were watching film, and McKenzie couldn't decode the zone defense and get on the same page about it with Allen. So I think in predicting how Isabella may do here, it's relevant and even important to understand why he didn't work out with his 3 previous offensive coordinators (with a bit more depth than "Arizona's offense and Kyler Murray sucked" or "Greg Roman's passing offense sucked") Spotrac

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh..... Generally respect you, Shaw, but....Lawdy

I want Triple T - Terrible Terry Tate.

Well, to be fair.....linebackers can't always take on run blockers and make plays tackling running backs. One reason Edmunds and Milano looked so much better against the run last season was that the DL played the run better and kept the LBs clean to tackle the RB.

Sherfield is a proven STer who played 611 snaps on offense last year, excels at downfield blocking, and had 30 receptions for 411 yds. That's as proven as you're gonna get on the low-budget side of the FA market. He was intended as Kumerow's replacement with an upgrade at playing receiver. I think he hits that mark. When you look at Harty, the Bills offered him a 2 year, $9.5M contract with $5.25M guaranteed. When a team pays a guy that much guaranteed money, they typically consider him a "lock" for a spot. I agree with your point that his one year of decent production and his injury history make him far from a sure bet as an available contributor, but yeah. Shakir is interesting. We have him for cheap for the next 2 years, and he showed some abilities to play in the NFL last season. To push aside a guy like that, you have to either have this year's 5th rounder be lighting up practice (by all reports, he's not) OR bring in a FA who is lighting up practice, Well, in Isabella, maybe they have - but he's had 4 years of "not much" in the league so one has to wonder if he's a training camp phenom.

I believe that responsibility usually fell to Milano?

Mind sharing where you heard that? Because I have literally never heard that. What I have heard, is that Taron Johnson is able to play the run like a LB, Milano was able to provide pass coverage like a dime CB, and Edmunds as a LB was good at clogging up passing lanes in the middle of the field - which is one reason the Bills evolved to stay in a 4-2-5 as their base D. I also heard Frazier say that Milano, Edmunds, and Taron Johnson had some interchangeable responsibilities, and that when one of them was out (at the time it was Milano) they had to rework some defensive responsibility Last, I heard that at times last season teams were keying off Taron Johnson to decode the coverage, and that one reason we may have changed safeties coach was to alter the defensive scheme in that regard (which might mean interchanging some safety and nickle or even LB responsibilities in coverage But I have never heard that the safety and LB spots are interchangeable in this defense.

Just watched Latavius Murry interview. Noticed he's wearing sleeves. Are we concerned about elbow injuries?

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/terron-armstead-injury-update-what-we-know-about-the-miami-dolphins-ot/ Isn't he the guy who just came back to Dolphins practice after knee surgery? Update: On the other hand, isn't that what we heard from Von Miller? I wish no ill on any player so I hope he's correct

I'll just drop this here: I'm gonna go with "no" Clearly off the turf

I could just be a Nattering Nabob of Negativity here, but I didn't think Bernard looked like he could tackle a RB with a full head of steam last season, and he looked just the same arriving for OTAs. So unsure why they thought Bernard would be It at MLB

I think you're right. I think they were concerned about Dodson's ability to cover the run and not get sucked in by PA, and how to handle the coverage responsibilities he couldn't manage the way Pteredactyl Arms could. Dodson has been a leader on a top ST unit - I think he has the green dot on ST - so I don't think they anticipated any leadership and communication issues there. You're correct, but on the other hand we've seen it before that a guy is a Preseason Hero and Squibbs on Sunday in the regular season. The Bills have a draft pick and an UDFA invested in 6'4" WR who can play ST. Then they have Ateman and Dezmon Patman, who are also 6'4". That suggests that the Bills see a need for a tall strong WR and are quadrupling down to try and find a guy who can play. Do they cut them all, and keep Isabella? Do they move on from last year's 5th rounder, Shakir, who has already demonstrated similar numbers to Isabella's rookie season (but with less WR talent in front of him as a roadblock and in 6% more snaps), and who shows both great promise and inconsistency? Or do they keep 7 WR? But how do they do that, and maintain depth at TE and keep all the guys they want to keep on D?

The fact is, McKenzie managed to stay in the league and on the field for 6 seasons, now going into his 7th and still fighting for a roster spot. He's a popular whipping boy here on TBD, but 5th round picks don't do that unless show something. What are the options here? Either McKenzie, in fact, doesn't suck - he didn't succeed when asked to take on a broader role as Beasley's replacement in the slot, but when he was used in ways that exploited his speed, he stayed on the team and on the field. Or, our FO/pro player personnel and offensive coaches are just stupid because they failed to agree with you that he sucked. (And built a top-5 offense the last 3 years while being so stupid) "Don't hassle me with the Facts, Son" My point wasn't about McKenzie succeeding or not in his role as a Beasley slot replacement (he didn't), my point was that the Bills offensive coaches last season had Hines for half the season and McKenzie all season (two fast guys), and did not manage to use them in a way that leveraged their best attribute - their speed. Isabella was drafted in the 2nd round. High draft picks usually get more leeway, yet he was dumped off his first team before the end of his contract. They tried to trade him and no one was interested. It's always possible that "3rd team's the charm", sure Who do you feel they could have signed at MLB but didn't? Don't tell me Lavonte David or Bobby Wagner. The first wanted to keep his family in Tampa where they've lived for 11 years. The second wanted to "go home" to Seattle.

Well, with one possibility still sidelined with a hammy, the third guy coming back from being sidelined (or maybe not, according to Sal), and the lead horse swinging his helmet around and getting a new one torn by Josh for it on Weds then needing to be addressed by both the LB coach and McDermott yesterday (and fetched off the field by the head trainer and director of player personnel afterwards), ===>would any of us find him credible in the least if he didn't express concern?

But we had speedy Isaiah McKenzie and super-speedy Nyheim Hines last season, and somehow couldn't figure out how to use them effectively very much Joe Buscaglia breaks the tie: he heard it the same way as Parrino on Spector, both different from Capaccio: Spector will practice

don't know yet whether the practice is open or not. Last practice before Bills travel to Pittsburgh for game on Saturday Good news on Gabe Davis if he's actually better. Disagreement on Baylon Spector. Parrino says he's back, Capaccio says "will not practice" It's official. Even McDermott thinks it's a problem: If that's so, then why did his first 2 teams dump him, the first after he couldn't get on the field for a season and a half? Is he just a practices like Tarzan, plays on Sunday like Jane type of guy?

Anything is possible, but Beasley will have to get his leg injury healed up and get back on the field and make the team first. Missed the last 2 days practice (see above)

Christian Wilkins sitting out team drills https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38202284/dolphins-christian-wilkins-sitting-team-drills-contract

Dude, preseason depth charts are one step up from astrology. Even regular season depth charts need to be taken with a salt shaker. The Bills acknowledge that there are a bunch of active battles, including for RG. This version of a preseason depth chart doesn't

That has got to be some kind of a joke account y'all are falling for Makes zero sense But goes well with this

Well, I could be wrong, it's not like I've made an in-depth study of Beasley's rap music. But I did listen to a couple of his 17 weeks podcasts and a song called "adrenaline junkie". And from that I gathered that playing pro football is a helluva rush for guys who have the mindset for it. It's not just "attention", it's the adrenaline rush from being out there pushing to your physical limits and hitting and being hit. You don't get that from being at practice or being on the practice squad. He could get the "push to your physical limits" from training for an Iron Man or something like that, but the physical contact is part of the rush. Allen just recently said himself that he "likes to get hit sometimes, it makes him feel alive".

We don't? During the whole controversy he was at pains to tell everyone his family was completely set for life and that it was not about money. Truth. And I think Beasley is probably past his expiration date. My point was that I think he is motivated to join the Giants from desire to get back out on the field every Sunday and experience playing professional NFL football again. Sitting on the practice squad won't do that for him. By the way, he's out of Giants practice right now with a leg injury. Missed his 2nd practice.