JohnNord

Like I said, his play hovers between average to below average. He started 14 games last season and he wasn’t really a liability. He doesn’t have any “Kair Elam games” on his resume

Damar has clear limitations. He’s a fringe average/below average starter at safety. But Buffalo has a fairly large sample size of using him in a way where he can do enough without hurting the defense. You can say the same thing for other safeties on the team. i don’t buy that Buffalo brought him back because of emotional attachment. He signed for just over the vet minimum as special teamer and insurance at safety. If they had their way Bishop would be starting. But he can’t stay on the field and when he has, he’s been bad. So if you cut Damar what are your options? Darrick Forrest (sucks)? Cam Lewis (injured)? Jordan Hancock (injured)?

I have never been impressed with Carter. Watch his reps against lineman that will be cut in a few weeks. He was blown off the ball a few times. Now compare Carter to another prospect like Deone Walker. He too was blown off the ball vs. the run. However he did show several flashes getting after the QB. He’s not ready to start but you can find a role for him. I can’t say the same thing about Carter, I'm not sure he is in the roster beyond week 8. That’s not really true. With a few exceptions, he’s been solid. There’s a lot of B’s and a few B+’s. His problem continues to be that beyond Josh, he doesn’t really have an A or A+ pick on the roster. His defense is that Buffalo has been picking toward the bottom of the draft over the past 5 seasons. This is a factor. But at some point he needs to really find 1-2 All Pro players. This is what is lacking on his resume IMO

I thought he was watching Buffalo Joe Anddreeson dropping into the wrong spot on pass coverage

He was very very bad the time he started in Pittsburgh. Mitch is actually a good athlete with a decent arm for a QB. He can do SOME of things like Josh can out of sequence. But he mostly checks the ball down or scrambles for a few yards. You don’t see many big time throws. I know it was frustrating for Steeler fans In the game against NYG I thought he did a better job pushing the ball downfield than he had in the past

There’s a few things that made me not overreact. The first is that Buffalo likely won’t be playing with that many backups. Who you play next does matter. Everyone is like “oh the starters better never get hurt.” Well yes, when you have a defense made up of 2nd and 3rd stringers they are bad. But when you take 1 or 2 of these 2nd stringers and add them on the regular defense, the play of the starters will likely elevate the reserves. Take someone like Ryan VanDemark. He was pretty horrible playing on a line with backups last night. But he started against KC with the other 4 starting OL and looked pretty decent. You game play around their weaknesses and other player strengths. The other thing is what McDermott alluded to last week. He likes to test individual players and see how they react. Normally they don’t do this dusting the regular season. A few examples I noticed: - Mike White as starter - VanDemark at LT - Codrington at CB - forced targets to Shavers/Moore - extended work for Carter and Andreessen - Cole Bishop guarding Zacchius in man The coaches don’t care about the score as much as they do seeing what type of players they have. Now I’d argue all of these players, with the exception of Shavers, failed in their individual challenges. But many of these players won’t be on the team or won’t be playing much - besides Bishop

I think it was Dan Orlavsky that said, it’s Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, and Jackson at the top. And you can make an argument for ago of those 4 to be #1

to be fair, he’s has been INTs

Cronyism in the NFL is a tale as old as time. LaFleur has an OC and he doesn’t want to bad PR of bringing Hackett on the offensive after his disastrous stints since leaving Green Bay. So he hires him to coach offense under the guises “defense” to rebuild his reputation.

I wanted Shenault so bad back in 2020 and thought he could be the ultimate “gadget guy.” His first two years were pretty good but he fell off a freaking cliff once he was traded to Carolina. It’s crazy how much can change in 5 seasons

Like most Bills fans I wish the best for Elam. But I feel like there’s been a lot of overreacting over this INT which was a horrendous throw.

Yes… and that pick from Dak was a terrible overthrow. Watch Elam in the AFCCG….nuff said.

Thanks for sharing the video. Ok so this was a bad interview for both Brown and Glab. Not for awkwardness, but it was just a puff piece that lacked much substance. Josh is such a great get and yet the hosts just yucked it up and spent most of the interview asking non-football questions. My favorite was when Chris Brown said “How do you and your wife EVER balance schedules?” like it was some kind of science. Josh just said “like most couples we just look at our calendars” LOL I didn’t the question at the end was that bad for Maddie. She made an error by assuming that Josh followed the media coverage about what people were saying about the team. When he responded she re-phrased that question and he eventually talked about under the radar players, which was good. But all-in-all this is the type of interview that you expect from the team (aka propaganda).

I’ll have to listen again. Since Glab has been a Bills employee she gets to know the players pretty well (ex - her comments about Diggs) I wouldn’t be surprised if Josh was just messing with her

this is spot on