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It's the snaps that are my big concern. It's not going to get easier to snap the ball cleanly when he's facing a 300+ lb behemoth who considers him the enemy and is hair triggered to knock his block off before trying to flatten the QB he is trying to protect**, when the game time weather is "monsoon" or "iceberg" etc **as oppose to a 300+lb behemoth who is hair triggered to knock his block off as the bestest of bros

When evaluating Poyer last season, it's probably important to keep in mind that 20-30% of the time, he was essentially being asked to play "linebacker lite" up near the LOS, substituting for Dodson and with Rapp backfilliing him at Safety But yeah, it was pretty clear he had lost a big step (Hyde too)

Has there been any news on the specifics of Bishop's arm injury? Even a mild hammy can take 2-4 weeks to recover. According to this article, there was an MRI study of sprinter's hamstrings 6 weeks post-injury which showed that even when the athlete perceived the hammy as healed, 20-55% were not fully healed. Apparently 16% of NFL players with hammys rush their return and re-injure themselves - not good. It's an older article, 2015, but well written and worth a look IMO

It's actually 241 combined targets, so 200 understates it. May have missed Hamler, Valdez-Scantling, and/or Claypool, or at least one of 'em. I understand your irritation, but while we may hope and believe that between whoever makes the team we have the ability to replace those targets, until someone or several someones step up in actual games, the questions will be there.

That last is a fair point, he did throw the ball down in what looked like disgust. Though depending upon how he rolls that could be in disgust at himself for double-clutching it

He and Gunner believe Keon's feet were not in bounds. I don't know how they can see that definitively from the video clip above, but that's why they believe it's incomplete.

I don't think so, just generous fellow fans

The Bills kept 5 safeties last year by some listings, but one of them was Cam Lewis (who as we know is also the backup Nickel and has played CB in a pinch) Which I think amounts to agreeing with you - they're not going to keep 5 guys who just play safety. Do we even know yet what Bishop's arm injury is?

Dude, the Bills are not going to sign one safety to play "the Houston D scheme" against the offense while the rest of the team is playing their roles and responsibilities within a play call of the Bills D scheme. That's not how it works. Now maybe the coaches want to pick his brains some about elements of the Houston D scheme and what they could incorporate, that could be.

The second clip does not appear to me to show his feet at the point where he secures the ball after double-clutching it.

Wow. Bet Goff has that clip on his phone. Lions play the Giants in preseason Week 1, in the normal course of preseason neither starting QB would be likely to play. Yeah, Stroud over Mahomes or Josh at this point is nuts. Don't get me wrong, I think Stroud looks very promising, but at this point he's had one promising season and one playoff win, then a pretty decisive loss. I think Daboll has "Pygmalion Syndrome" where he thinks he made Josh Allen and he can make Daniel Jones, too. Maybe the random exec was Schoen or someone in his office?

There was a thing where Erik Turner of Cover1 gave his wife a glass that said "Drink until your husband looks like Josh Allen" and apparently she crossed it out and wrote "Matt Milano" LOL I don't think the Guido Torpedo goes lonely

In hindsight, of course it appears significant, but Timmah Graham didn't make it public until when? Last April? After the Diggs trade took place? A case could be made that Graham himself didn't think it was that significant (whether that's good, or bad), or why didn't he report it at the time? My point was, I don't think any of us fans were going "Oh, OK, Diggs-Allen relationship broken, time for a trade!" during weeks 1-6 of 2023 season based on what we saw/heard reported on the field or off.

1) these are different plays 2) all of our players have had good and bad plays - Douglas, Benford, Elam, Rapp, Hamlin, Bernard and yes, Milano It's impossible to get a full picture of how a player is doing from media training camp reports which are typically high-lights and low-lights Brasky has been kind of beating the "Milano Watch" drum I think as his personal way of drawing clicks and views I go with this Milano watch:

I understand that expectation, but actually, that's where I was last year after we lost Edmunds in the off-season and didn't have Von Miller. I was expecting a mid-pack defense and hoping it was good enough, and it exceeded my expectations Regarding Milano, it's the start of training camp and he's out there showing flashes. I'll see where he is at the end of training camp before being concerned.

Would be curious how this changes if the bar is moved to what the NFL considers a "long pass" (20+ yards from the LOS)

Well....a couple weeks ago I caught a sizeable sea bass, and the fillets were most excellent and tasty when brushed with lemon juice, coated with breadcrumbs, and fried.

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I tend to think of Mack Hollins as this year's Jake Kumerow or Trent Sherfield - the #5 or #6 WR who is primarily there for ST but can hopefully play well enough to give the starter a breather or fill in for injury. In terms of receiving chops, though, I don't ever remember Kumerow or Sherfield "going off" with the 1s like this. Maybe I just don't remember

So what's up with all the route jumping? Are our DBs just really familiar with our playbook or are we too predictable in what we're running? One thing it seems to me from the clips and reports we see, is more receivers willing to climb the latter or dive or reach for balls.

At this point, no, don't think so. I mean we're seeing AJE with the 2's and etc so But I do think there is some issue, either MVS isn't getting into the playbook like he needs to or is taking his position a bit for granted - I mean, Keon wasn't here when they were putting in some parts of the offense back at the start of OTAs, right, OTAs before draft? I'm with you, when a guy has nothing but bad luck on injuries but keeps fighting you really want to see things turn for him.

LOL there was an exchange on "4th and Forever" with Mark Sanchez and Josh where Josh talked about how his feet run cold, and in cold weather when his center steps on his foot it "doesn't feel too good". Sanchez immediately asked "who's fault was it?" and Josh was like "um" Sanchez said "it has to be your fault, right?" Josh goes "yeah, it was my fault. Mitch Morse. Love ya Mitch!" It doesn't come across typing it out, but watching it was like "QB Code" where they both knew "it has to be said to be the QB's fault even if it wasn't"

I saw that. The thing is, Josh will always claim responsibility where he can and say "I have to play better" "I have to find a way to get him the ball" He's never gonna say "receiver made a mistake and ran the wrong route" or "he's got to get open" Some of the shotgun snaps that were bad, were reportedly dribblers along the turf that Josh had to scoop up. There is no way that's on Josh.

Eh. This season's Christian Kirksey

If you say so, I guess. "Last October, I didn't hear anyone talking about how drafting Terrel Bernard was a bad move" "Oh yeah? Here's my receipt from Draft Day 2022 showing I thought so" "But...." "Take the L" This isn't rocket science. Yes, everyone including you thought Diggs relationship with Allen and with the Bills was broken around the time of his non-appearance at Day 1 Mandatory Minicamp (June 13, the date of the quote you provided) Then, after Diggs was a Good Boy in training camp, talked to the media, and came into the season hot for the first 6 weeks, I didn't hear anyone still expressing that opinion. Including you, though I would change that view based on evidence *from that time*. If you want me to give you a "W" for claiming you were silently chanting "Diggs is trying to force his way off the team and the Diggs-Allen relationship is irredeemably broken" through the first 6 weeks of the 2023 season, As You Wish