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Stafford trying too hard to compensate for him being sacked SIX times

Calm drive here - get at least 3 or take 4 minutes off the clock, and we are looking better

Blocking VERY well off of motion.

Depth of this team will be key. We play hard every single down. Rotation will be even more prevalent. Von was off the field for the first half of the drive, comes in on second down for the sack and then plays third and long. just drool worthy how Beane has built this team

All the people calling for Cole forgot his deflection being a pick 6 3 seasons ago in week 1. Fluky play, just rebound. We know we can move the ball on offense.

I'd rather pay Knox 13.5 a year as a guy who fits the mold of the offense and is well liked compared to Logan Thomas/Uzomah/Ertz who are all making 8-10 a year. Knox is young, a strong blocker, serious red zone threat, and runs inside drag routes extremely well. It exploits linebackers and gives us serious advantage.

Tremaine Edmunds. Need his width in the middle to hopefully give that extra quarter second to the dline to penetrate. If he is not in position, defense opens the middle for Kupp and Higbee, and we let chunk plays kill the game. If he plays strong ball, I think we win.

Bills coaching and schemes will still get them 6-8 wins this season, but New England really needs to get some difference making talent on their offense. They need 2 WRs, a QB with athleticism, and another TE option (Smith was terrible last year). The question then becomes, will their defense continue to be strong as they wait for offensive talent? Barmore looks great, but their secondary is getting worse, and they are relying on young LBs who I dont think are spectacular. Will be an interesting year for the Patriots

I thought they were clear that they didn’t look at it as a crime. It was a thorough investigation of an accusation. Some may bleed the meanings of those works together, but I think the Bills were feeling these were accusations where no crime had been defined because no legal charges had been brought. Just my opinion though, you could be correct

Reporters were annoying the entire press conference. Constantly trying to get Beane or McD to say something negative about Matt or the accuser. The Bills judged these items to be accusations, they had not reached the point of charges, they did just as much review as any other team in the league, they talked to Matt about this, and they made the decision to move forward. Does that make them perfect? No. But reporters almost complaining that they didnt reach out to the accuser when there weren't charges is a joke. Media looking for a story instead of reporting the one in front of them. Beane sounded genuine to both Matt and the accuser. It screamed to me "We told Matt if he is truly innocent, go figure this crap out and we will follow the results of the case accordingly". Fair play to the Bills for handling this with class and precision.

I think most star QBs on big contracts would pay 5 million a year to get 11 games off.... Suspension seems about right, but $ fine is too low. Needed to make it closer to 15-20 million, especially since he will be making 46 A YEAR. Shoot, if you asked me to take 10% less to work half the year? I'd sign up in a heartbeat.

The most interesting thing about camp vs. in game - the Bills defense is difficult to gameplan against. We have ALWAYS had success against passers who 1) are not elite athletically and 2) Cannot process defenses extremely quickly. We FEAST on sub-par QB play. The only games we lost last year due to strong QB play were to Brady and Mahomes. I feel for Tua, Wilson, and Jones. They simply dont have the talent to effectively manage against this defense. If our offense is AVERAGE in game, we go 6-0 in division. Maybe 5-1 if we have a stinker

Guy cant read defenses and tucks it down. Allen was like that too as a rookie, but usually QBs that can't make reads and are too conservative never last. You can't build consistency through them.

This patriots offense just doesn’t look dynamic in any way. At least their run game looked aggressive and creative over the past few years. But their current looks are basic and ineffective. I know it’s game 1 of preseason but jeez

Wish Josh took the football, signed it, and walked over to another kid to give it to them instead. just so dumb

I assumed so. Thank you

Might be the best thing for the NFL that he didnt settle - let's them try to appeal with the whole book thrown at him instead of a settlement that would leave no one happy.

Im out of touch on the legal processes, but could the NFL appeal and keep the case in limbo for another year through the courts so Watson couldnt play? Trying to think if there were any appeals processes that would create a situation where Watson couldnt play while the appeal was active.

I’ll be interested in how the Bills handle this. Cover1 has in my opinion the best coverage on the details of the game. Thad as a media guy posts tweets with his opinions, and asks some basic questions, but I don’t think his football knowledge is greater than what is shown through a Cover1 breakdown or podcast. id like to see the bills embrace Cover1 and credential them to put some heat under the rest of the media

I find nothing wrong with a guy coming in being confident in what he can do (confident, not cocky). If he can be a productive player - great

I find it funny that they use a simple quantitative equation, pair it with a 2 variable analysis, add their own thoughts and opinions on top of it all, leave our core variables, and come off as some intensive statistical breakdown and analysis.

And, when those snaps come through will be important - you know Von will have opportunities to make impacts early in the game, in red zone situations, and in critical times (2 minutes to half, 4th quarter in close games). Do I think he plays on every 1st and 10? No. Does he play 65% of snaps this year and 85%+ in "critical" situations? I think so

I took some time to understand the analysis, I think they are missing a lot of key context around roster construction (which they did say they were omitting) and nuance from year to year. Looking at the list, coaches I would immediately put beneath McD are: Kingsbury - had a 5-9 first season where they bottomed out, then brought in Kyler and Hopkins. Were average two seasons ago (and fizzled out at the end of the year), and slightly above average this year, with a slew of offensive weapons and a 1st overall rookie QB at the helm. Pete Carroll - he was great in the mid 2010s, but man has his team struggled over the last few seasons. He had a top 5 QB the entire decade, but his defense is what has struggled. Just poor design and execution. Frank Reich - Hasn't had a season about 11 wins, in potentially the easiest division in the AFC. Carousel of QBs aside, I just havent seen enough wins when it has mattered to push him above McD, who has made the AFC Championship game and playoffs in 4 of 5 years Mike Mccarthy - Was fired from GB recently, took a Cowboys team loaded with talent (their roster was very strong last year) to a 12-5 record (which is what should have been expected with that roster and in that division) and lost in the WC. Nobody looks at Mccarthy as a coach who elevates the roster currently. Brandon Staley - simply not done enough. 9-8 is a decent record, but top 12 coach? Needs more time Nick Sirianni - Limped to a 9-8 record (similar to McD in his rookie year as HC) but was blown out by Tampa. Wasn't even a close matchup. Needs to show much more Doug Pederson - Had one great year, with Nick Foles running Reich's inventive offense. Has been average to below average every other year, and was fired recently. That puts McD right around 10th with Tomlin, Vrabel, McVay - where I think he should be. Playoffs in 4 of 5 seasons, elevated the results of a completely dysfunctional organization in Year 1. Competitive defense all 5 years, brought in a slew of coordinators who have moved onto promotions, and has improved his own coaching ability year over year. To me he is right there with Vrabel, if not slightly ahead.

I bought two, both arrived this past weekend. Nice quality. A little tight for the size but not a full size smaller imo

Allen with his throw power and athleticism was already OP last season. The reason his rating wasn't low 90s was just that Madden for some reason lowered his awareness to below average QB. If they move that stat alone up to above average, he will be a 92-93. If they up his athleticism and accuracy, then he will be 94-95. Much deserved.