Cray51
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27 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:
Glad you have family in the NFL and yes I understand the dynamics. Robert Edwards career ended with a simple game of flag football, my point is these are million $ properties and I would strongly suggest toe Keon to safeguard his health.
There's a balance between letting a guy understand the risks of activities, and bubble wrapping players. If we were the franchise that doesn't let our guys do anything fun during the offseason, we're a franchise no one wants to play for
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2 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:
Did you watch the video of Keon playing basketball? Josh Allen does play basketball but comparing his play to Keon's, again as I have already stated is an absurd reach. And you comments that Allen could hurt his back on a swing or tear an ACL playing softball, all I can say is we are clearly not going to agree on this. No I dont want them in bubble wrap just use some common sense. This is why a lot of teams in their contracts explicitly detail what the players can not participate in.
I have family in the NFL world and let me tell you - playing basketball in a charity game is one of the safer things these guys do. There is a higher chance of an injury lifting weights than they do dunking a basketball.
These are testosterone fueled animals, they are crazy in the offseason. This stuff is much safer than letting these guys out on their own accord lol
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7 minutes ago, Gugny said:
The AFCE is a shitshow.
Winning that division is akin to Kramer winning a Karate match.
So you can’t answer the question.
lotta deflecting here
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51 minutes ago, Gugny said:
So what’s worked better?
Addressing the WR and neglecting the line?
Or addressing the line and neglecting the WR?
Early playoff exits at this point of the Allen/McDermott era are absolute failures.
If early playoff exits are absolute failures, what do you call not making the playoffs 3 of the past 5 years?
is there a word in the known universe that can explain that abomination? That’s surely worse than winning your division each of the past 5 years and at least making the playoffs
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39 minutes ago, Gugny said:
Regular season wins are cute and exciting.Have to win enough of them to have a chance to win the thing that matters.
and they don’t win enough of them, we do
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4 hours ago, Gugny said:
The Bengals aren’t going into year 8 with a top 2-3 NFL QB.If any window appears to be closing, it’s certainly not Cincinnati’s.
Two common denominators in the Josh era: Josh and McDermott.
Zero Super Bowl appearances.
Making fun of the Bengals is laughable.
You can absolutely make fun of them, they have refused to address their Oline, and as a result it has ruined two of their prime Burrow seasons.
now their lack of respect to their players has lost them Hendrickson, and their first round pick doesn’t want to play there unless they offer even just a normal contract.
if you ask any NFL fan which team has been the best team of the past 5 years in the AFC behind the chiefs… lemme give you a hint, no one is saying the Bengals
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Currently - people dont understand that Oliver is a hell of a player and some thing he is a replacement level starter. He isn't.
From 2010-2020 - I always thought Robert Woods was someone who never really had the credit in Buffalo until he was gone. Sure hands, good blocker - I think some would look at him like they do Shakir now if he was with the Bills today in his prime
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1 hour ago, SCBills said:
Interesting interview. Overall good, and im not sure I mind.. but he seemed a bit defensive about his playoff defense, saying that there were games where the defense saved the offense.
I can think of one..
I know the defense played well in games where the offense was also good.
Ravens game is the only one that really comes to mind with Taron Johnson’s Pick Six and then knocking out Lamar.
Defense in the Playoffs fell apart against Watson, trash against Rivers, trash against Burrow, always trash against Mahomes.
Only good QB they have held their own against is Lamar.
I’ll disagree on Watson. The defense held a team to 19 points in the 4 quarters. Your goal as a defense is to hold a team under 20. Offense completely sputtered in that second half, and the defense made a crucial 4th down stop to let them tie it up to force overtime.
they also forced 3 turnovers against Lamar this year which helped the offense out a ton.
burrow neither side of the team showed up, and rivers both sides played pretty even.
chiefs games where Allen goes alien mode are the only real games where the defense has truly let the team down
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TJ Sanders just seems like a guy who has that swagger about him. If he uses that to refine his game and stay confident, he could be a very good player.
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1 hour ago, dorquemada said:
When faced with a decision last year about getting 5 tickets to a game at $300 each plus an easy additional $500 to get to the game, tailgate, food/beer/parking, instead I bought a 77" TV and a Sonos soundbar. I missed the game experience but use the TV every day lol
This is the correct move. Watch one game from a nosebleed in November, or spend the same $2k and get a monster TV and soundbar plus the 30 case of Labatt? Easy choice
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27 minutes ago, MJS said:
Tougher than last year. But they are still pretty below average talent wise.
Agreed.
They are below average at receiver, at their o line, on the d line and at backer.
they are good at safety and corner, and their RB room looks good. They need Maye to take another step, and they need their team to handle Vrabel and his system, and that’s just to have a shot at wild card
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15 minutes ago, Einstein said:
I don’t know how you see it that way.
TB is a good team.
Pitt was a playoff team with Justin Fields and Wilson (and they’ll be adding Rodgers)And Miami is 3-1 against the Jets the last two years (with their only win coming in a Week 18 matchup where Tua didnt play)
Yea, expecting Fields to be anything close to a good enough starter to beat a Pitt D and outscore the Bucs O is not something I'd bet any money on.
They will be 0-4 or 1-3 at best
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3 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:
This is possibly the entire schedule.
If that's the case, I like how this plays out for Buffalo. Maybe 1 loss going into the bye with rookies learning the ropes. Come out of the bye week to an easy week followed up by KC with our PEP guys back.
Miami week 10 isn't an issue, looking at 6-3 at worst as we get to the Bucs at home.
My prediction? 12-5 or 13-4 and another division title
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1 minute ago, mannc said:
No reason they can’t beat the Steelers and Dolphins. That’s actually a pretty easy opening stretch.
I expect them to be 0-4 after 4 weeks. Fields is 100% a downgrade from Rodgers, and I dont expect them to come in with some winning formula. Pitt tends to be good week1 (4-1 in the last 5 years), and if they bring Rodgers in, I could see there being a bit of a blowout for the Steelers.
Buffalo is a loss
Tampa in Tampa is a loss
Miami in Miami is a loss
Jets gonna Jet
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I have no issues playing the Ravens week 1. They have new faces on their D, Allen is returning with almost the same offense. Team has been able to stop Lamar in the past, would expect that we have as good of a chance in Week 1 to win as opposed to later in the year when the Raven's rookies have had time to acclimate.
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Ok that’s cool and all but what do they say about Jeezy when he is out in traffic?
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I will say - I went back and watched a few games from last year - our defense was very fortunate and looked visibly slow and weak. In particular, Rasul Douglas looked BAD and was an issue consistently for our team. If Hairston can come in and anchor that second corner spot, along with Forrest/Hancock/Bishop/Hamlin taking another step, that alone will greatly help this defense
if Hairston locks down CB2 and Jackson/Walker/Carter/Sanders become solid starters on the line? Watch out. This team will look visibly better this year
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3 hours ago, RoscoeParrish said:
Not really sure about these rankings. DL, safety and CB are very much question marks after the offseason. They have had significant investment but that doesn’t equal ability. I don’t think Hamlin + Rapp is top 20 in the NFL if that’s the way the room shakes out.
More to the point, it’s very funny to me that in a topic that is largely about “should we invest more in WR” you rank the WR room like 10-20 spots below every other position group on the roster.
Safety is a weak group in general around the NFL. Very few teams have legit starting safeties in a tandem. Poyer and Hyde were considered a top 3 duo, and they were not really household names around the league
Rapp is a perfectly find starting safety. He would start on half the teams in the league. Hamlin is not, but you do have Bishop as a young safety with potential. Maybe they are closer to 20-22nd, but I wouldn't put them further down.
CB are absolutely top 15 - the only question was CB2, but we drafted one in the first round. They have a legit top 15 CB group when you include Taron is a top 5 slot corner and Benford is a top 10 boundary corner
D-line is the deepest group in the league. From 1-8 we have legit starting talent in the rotation. It lacks top end talent, but there's plenty of talent there. It may actually be top 10.
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1 hour ago, Pete said:
Pats added Kyle Williams, who average over 17 yards a catch last year. Kyle is a stud WR
Saints still have Adams, don’t they?
Raiders- Have Bowers - the best TE in NFL. And they drafted Jack Bech- my favorite WR in draft
Kyle is a rookie third round pick in a weak WR class. That's not a stud receiver. He may be, but he isn't a more appealing option than say Palmer/Coleman/Shakir/Samuel. He would be WR5 on this team with some work at boundary to see if he could make an impact. Gabe Davis had 17.2 yards per reception his draft year too...
Saints don't have adams - their WR depth is Olave, Shaheed, Cooks, Kelvin Austin, Means, Cedrick Wilson. I'd take Shakir over everyone listed, and I'd take Palmer over everyone assuming Olave is out. Saints have a bad group, easily worse than the Bills
Raiders have Bowers, but Bech is a decent rookie receiver. With that said, when we look at just the WR room, they are below the Bills. It's not really close either. Bowers and Jeanty elevate their room, but that's not the question - I was looking purely at receiver.
55 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:This feels very fair. That’s been part of the disconnect too. If we are just looking at WRs, they are bad. If we are looking at all of the weapons, they’re a little below league average. The backs and TEs are top 10ish groups. If you add the OL, it moves up. They are a top 5 unit. Josh Allen is the best player in the world at the most important position. They move up again. Is the offense good and are the receivers good are two different conversations.
When I look at the roster, you could make a case the Bills are top 15 in almost every single position group except WR. And it's not like their room is the worst in the league, it's just in the bottom third.
QB - 1
RB - Top 5
TE - Top 10
WR - 23-28
O-line - Top 5
D-line - Top 15
LB - Top 10
CB - Top 12
Safety - 15-20ish
So they are below average for WR and Safety. I think if you are building a team and you said pick two positions to not be good/great at, those along with LB would be my choice.
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WR rooms who are worse than ours (or at least in the same ballpark)
Patriots - Diggs is aged and coming off of an ACL issue. They have Hollins, Douglas who is a decent young receiver, and Polk who was a disappointment last year
Steelers - they have DK and a bunch of guys who would struggle to make the roster here. It's not a good group
Raiders - Meyers and a bunch of nothing afterwards
Saints - Aged Cooks, Shaheed is ok, and Olave cannot stay healthy. That's not a good WR room unless everything goes right for them
So that's 4 teams that I would say are clearly below the Bills in WR room talent. If you add in our TE's and RB's we are jumping a bunch of teams who have better WR groups but worse talent at the other positions.
All in all, our "weapons" around Allen are slightly below league average, slightly above league average when you include our very solid offensive line, and straight up top 3 when Allen is part of the discussion.
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I dont hate bringing him into camp and seeing what he can be. Similar to Dane Jackson, if you get 1 year of serviceable play, I'm not complaining
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Teams that had bad offseasons:
Atlanta - did very little in FA, overpaid for Floyd and Diablo. However, their draft was quite solid.
Bengals - nothing to address 0-line, pay a ton to keep Higgins, and their defense is still poor. Drafted Stewart who had no production in college, and nothing else stood out from the draft. They are wasting Burrow's prime years with bad management
Browns - bad FA signings, and draft was a cluster
Dallas - very middling, expect another 5-7 win season
Jets - Fields is your hope and you draft TE early second with other more important options on the board? Expect them to be bad again
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5 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:
“We felt that defense was a bigger and more immediate need heading into the draft and with the way the board fell, we also felt the value wasn’t there at receiver when we were picking. But we’re always looking to make our team better and we’ll be open to adding more talent at the receiver position before training camp.”
- what Beane should’ve said.
You don’t guarantee anything publicly for the sake of some radio host
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5 minutes ago, corta765 said:
Proving why if the Bills had drafted one to two WRs in 2023 and again in 2024 they may have struck gold. The drafting of Shakir was the definition of doubling down when you had luxury as that draft we had just lost in 13 seconds and the offense at WR felt so good. Guess what you were still willing to make a move and it now has paid off in spades.
Who from 2024 was worth drafting starting with the Bishop pick? Jalen McMillan, who played third fiddle to Evans and Godwin? No one else after pick 35 has done anything at WR...
Who from 2023? Puka, but everyone missed on him. The only other outside threat that was taken after pick 55 with any value is Michael Wilson. Anyone who was productive from the second round on in 23 is primary slot. That's Shakir's spot.
That's kind of Beane's point. It's not really gold you are trying to hit. It's the rarest gems you can try to find. There has been 1 legit top 2 WR taken in 23 or 24 after pick 40 - Nacua. You want to risk 2 picks a year on having a 5% chance at landing a decent boundary WR? That's bad asset management.
What Beane needs to do is prepare the roster so he can take a 2nd or 3rd and trade for a guy who needs a new deal soon. That opportunity should open up after this season.
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Keon drops 60 in Damar's celebrity basktball gam
in The Stadium Wall
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I didnt say you were implying that, I'm saying it's a balance... Sorry to get you upset