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Hollister makes zero sense to me as a cut. I honestly thought he could push Knox for the starting job. Why not keep him as the primary backup is beyond me.

If someone never at a burger in their life, would McDonalds be in the top 10 places you’d recommend they start though?

I’m torn. While I’m incredibly happy for Josh to get the national attention, I’m not thrilled with a guy from Buffalo endorsing those wings. They are average at best. It’s the McDonald’s of Burgers.

If there's anything an out of towner can buy and bring, please let me know. I would like to contribute in some way. I will most likely be parking and walking from Kettles so I can get out quickly. My friends flight time that night really messed up my plans

Agreed. Beasley and Sanders aren't going to be on this team for long and Kumerow could easily have a starting role in this office come 1-2 years from now. Diggs, Davis, Kumerow isn't that far away for me. Even if Beasley stays a few years, our number 4 WR (Davis last year) still gets a lot of work.

Yes, I will be there. Just wanted to confirm that I can’t park there because I have to get to the airport after the game

I picked up Gus Edwards in my draft yesterday morning. While I never want anyone to get hurt and I like Dobbins, my timing was good. I also picked up Pittman Jr about an hour before they announced Hilton will be out for a month

The Bills Store had the best selection when I went up last month. The BFLO a store was a close second.

Even if he wasn’t facing a possible suspension, that’s a big ask. However, who was the last Top 5 QB to be traded in his prime? Should be interesting. I still think Baltimore should be in on this.

Obada is on a one year deal making stones. Addison would make the most sense of those two.

No thank you. One hit wonder, and it wasn’t even that much of a wonder.

I figured it was implied that his performance would have been needed to be better. I'm more talking about him as a person and member of the team. We had to move on from him with the money we paid him and his performance cap. I really do wish he was the qb to break the playoff drought.

I love him so much. Always will. I wish he stayed here and was our transition to Josh.

Unfortunately, it can all happen again at anytime.

I’m in a few auction leagues and need some guys not in the top 25 that I can target that may need to start on bye weeks or if someone goes down. Who do you got?

I can’t wait for the scores prediction thread

@SDS I have to update my RSVP. I’ll be coming to the tailgate lot, but I can’t park there. One of the people coming with me needs to catch a flight after the game, so I need to be able to get out of there quick. I still plan on getting there early and can bring whatever an out of town can bring, so just let me know.

90s team had HOFers at positions we don’t. You give this current team a Bruce Smith and Thurman Thomas….watch out

I watched the whole thing. It was difficult at times to keep track of who was on the field with then subbing people in and out so much. My apologies

I was sick this weekend and on meds. I was struggling to stay awake.

Gilliam is another player I wanted to talk about. I think he could be a real threat in situations this year. I’m curious to see him next week. Good call out

Agree to disagree. Take the one deep pass out of the mix and Dalton was dreadful. I know they to support their team and keep it interesting, but it felt like they were watching a different game. However, I watched on NFL network and maybe we had different announcers. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t fully coherent in the second half and may have missed that. I didn’t remember his jersey standing out to me.

Fair enough. I felt like I saw him out there a lot more, but they may have spread them out

Basham is a concern for me above everyone else. I’m not really seeing anything from him and he was considered to be the most pro ready. I’m going to focus on him more in the next game to see what rotation he’s in I could be wrong, but I remembered the announcers saying they just pulled their starters on the play before. Yes, it’s a little scary honestly

If ever there were a game to remind yourself "it's only preseason," this was probably it. Call it the Trubisky revenge tour or whatever you want, but this was a preseason game that felt like anything but. To the contrast of our previous run happy game, Daboll came out firing and drastic difference between where the Bills and Bears are as programs was ever apparent. With that being said... 1 - Mitch - Trubisky had a really good game and showed well enough to give comfort to a lot of fans in case Allen should get hurt. However, as I watched him play, it made me appreciate just how great a talent Josh Allen is. Overall, Mitch played well. However, that's not to say there weren't opportunities in how he played. There were a few passes where the receiver had to adjust to the ball, which cost them a step and extra yards. Mitch got happy feet a few time and found ways to take unnecessary steps as he escaped the pocket. There was one play in particular where I wish Josh were on the field as I have zero doubt Allen would have delivered the throw on the run to a dot for the touchdown. Mitch did show off a strong arm and made quite a few passes in the flat to the sideline. Preseason or not, 200+ yards at the half is something to be proud of. Especially in the stadium of the team that didn't want you back. 2 - Motor - In another "it's only preseason" thought, it's hard for me to not think the starting running back job is Motor's to lose. While I understand that Moss is still hurt, Motor is making the most of every carry and is showing a burst to the outside that hasn't really been seen since he got here. He's decisive, breaking arm tackles, and looks overall like a starting back. Also, kudos to Daboll for running a lot of misdirection plays that delayed the linebackers just a step slow enough to give Motor a head start. 3 - Groot - Okay, I'm officially excited to see this kid play in the regular season. While I assume it's because he's now locked in as a started, Rousseau played less snaps in this game than he did in the previous. Even so, Groot was an absolute monster pushing through the right tackle for the Bears and notched another sack. So far, technique has meant nothing to this kid because he's so powerful that he just runs over people and can sack quarterbacks with just his hands. For my first painfully wrong prediction of the season, I see Groot getting 10 sacks minimum this year. 4 - If you haven't seen the movie "Return to Paradise", I recommend looking it up. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, and Anne Heche. I don't remember if it was an independent film, but it didn't get a lot of attention. The plot, acting, and ending are top notch and guaranteed to hit you in the feels as well as telling your friends about it. It's older, so you may have troubles finding it. If you do, I strongly recommend it. 5 - Epenesa - This is where many of us are about to disagree. Epenesa logged a lot of snaps in both preseason games so far and I believe it's because the coaches still want to see more from him. Yes, he had a monster of a sack where he bull-rushed over the 3rd string left tackle and delivered a monster hit. However, I'm not see Epenesa get the same push against the starters or back-ups. He gets very close to the quarterback almost every time but he just can't quite finish. If the coaches were sold on him, I don't believe he'd be out there as much and into the second half. Same goes for my opinion of Obada, who had a very quite game. 6 - McKenzie - I only wanted to see one thing from McKenzie this preseason and that was solid hands in the punt return game. Unfortunately, he muffed a punt this game and now I'm just waiting to see how long it takes to cost us in a real game. As a receiver, he was a main target for Mitch and made the most of his catches. However, as we know, there aren't going to be a lot of snaps for him at receiver and he needs to looks punts into his hands before taking off. 7 - Haack - Speaking of Haack, he didn't get a lot of opportunities in this game, but did boot one off the side of his foot. His other punt was a beauty and pinned the Bears inside the 20, but I can already see the threads about bringing in some competition for him. Haack isn't going anywhere and while I didn't like to see the miss, his track record in Miami indicates that's more of a fluke than anything else. 8 - Defensive Playcalling - The Bills ran a lot of single safety with extra coverage in the box. The Linebackers did a great job of staying close enough to the line to reach to the rushing attack, but jumped back in coverage quickly. It was the most aggressive defense I've seen Frazier call in recent games and hope it's a sign of things to come. I'm not sure if this was because Hyde and Poyer sat out or if they wanted to see how the DB's handled man coverage, but it led to many 3 and outs. Additionally, we didn't play contain when Fields was out there, which gave him a few free scrambles, but I don't believe we cared honestly. 9 - Press Coverage - The Bears played a lot of press coverage and I was happy to see the Bills receivers not be phased by it. Each receiver got off the line fast, ran slants or shallow crosses that didn't allow the defenders to initiate hard contact with them. Our speed was on display as there was YAC yards multiple times. Again, it's nice to see the coordinators try new things and be effective. I personally believe this team is going to be that much more effective with halftime adjustments as we are becoming so much more versatile in our schemes. 10 - Hollister - This is hard for me to say, but I believe Hollister should be given the starting job at TE. Knox had both a drop and a missed block in his limited action while Hollister continues to be effective blocking, catching, and with surprising speed. He looks like a receiver in the open field and a match-up nightmare for some linebackers and cornerbacks. I'm sure Knox will continue to get the start and we haven't see what Josh's rapport is with him (should be strong since they played together before), but I think Knox is on a short leash this year. Bonus Question - The Play - After the first Motor touchdown, someone on the Bills made a monster tackle on the Bears kick returner the next play. Any idea who that was? There weren't any replays from the homer Bears broadcast.