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The TV announcers clearly stated that while Robbins did not punt because of illness, he did come in to serve as holder for the field goal attempts. Another poster also reported this. Pay attention folks.

This is a pretty accurate statement. Walker has bigger splash plays paired with more costly poor plays. Sanders is more consistent. The question on Walker is, can he be coached up to play more consistently while retaining the capacity to make bigger plays during the course of the game?

He has been cut by the Eagles. Yes, Buffalo tried him at safety. They still might look at him at both positions. He's had another year to work on his shortcomings. I would think the Bills would at least be curious. You can't teach that kind of athleticism. Oops, just saw the posts on his injury situation. Still, the price isn't that high if they want to sign him and then put him on IR after the initial 53 man roster is established

Do you recall Tom Brady's 40 time? To refresh your memory, it was 5.28. H e was actually faster when he was 46 years old - 5.18. There's hope for me yet. I might still do the 40 in 20 seconds before I die.

Which young and promising player will need to be cut to make room for him?

The cushion, whether ordered by coaches or chosen by players themselves, may be to compensate for lack of athleticism.

Davidson did make a strong case for being named to the PS though. He and Latu are pretty similar as pass catchers, but having an emergency punter available on the PS is kind of a unique bonus for a team.

If the decision to name Josh Allen's backup were to be based on play in the preseason games, Shane Buechele wins the competition hands down. It looked as if Brady was given the freedom to be a bit less vanilla this week than in the first two games.

I think McDermott would like his safeties to be a bit better at man coverage. He's good in zone. Of course, Hamlin can't cover either.

And Buffalo has closed that door nicely.

I'm not as concerned about Bass as some. I think his tendency tonight to slice his kicks a bit might be attributed to some rust. He's had to rest a number of days and I don't know how many days he's been able to kick in practice. He's got a couple seeks to adjust.

He'll make the team. I don't think there would be nearly as much interest in him if he had a different name, but he's a scrappy player. As you say, he usually makes positive yardage and avoids negative plays.

We can pretty much rule out a torn Achilles or ACL. That probably means a sprain of some kind, ankle or knee, which could mean anywhere from a couple weeks to 6 weeks to get healthy. At the upper end of that range, we'd be looking at IR, returning to the active roster after 4 weeks or so. It's not the end of the world, but could leave the defense scrambling to try and contain Baltimore's passing game. Coincidentally, Baltimore also looks to be missing a starting CB in the season opener.

The Bills have signed Garnet Hollis, a UDFA from West Virginia. He has good size (6' and 200+ lbs), not a burner, but not the slowest CN on the roster - running the 40 in about 4.5. Said to be very physical, but will struggle versus some small, quick WRs. Hint - you don't want him covering Tyreek Hill one on one.

I was 10 years old the only time I shot or even held a real gun. My dad, who was not a sportsman, took my brother and I out woodchuck hunting. We didn't see any woodchucks, so my dad let each of us try and hit an anthill. I missed. The gun my dad used was a rifle he had lifted from a dead German soldier during WW2. No, my dad didn't shoot him. He was not a combat soldier. He was in an engineering division.

Buffalo may have to do a bit of juggling at the CB starting the season. I've seen 53 man roster projections that put Hairston on the IR to start the season. If White has more than a two week injury, the Bills may want to keep Hairston on the 53 man roster to start the season since he may be recovered from his injury before the 4 week IR minimum expires. The challenge is going to be finding a healthy body to start across from Benford in the Ravens game. We've heard the free agent names out there. There are a very few good ones who will want big bucks in any contract. There are some old ones that may or may not have any gas left in the tank, including, of course, Rasul Douglas, who knows Buffalo's system but probably has hit the career wall and has little left to give. Gilmore is good, but pretty old. Whoever Buffalo might sign, the question is, was the system he's played in similar enough to what the Bills play that he can play versus Baltimore without being lost. Otherwise, Buffalo might be stuck with Dane Jackson or Dorian Strong. None of the options fill me with confidence.

Howard was released with an injury designation, I believe. Apparently, the Bills brought him in and decided he wasn't fully healthy. He was more of a one cut power back. Young is a smaller, quicker back, more like James Cook. He was released by Kansas City, which had a very crowded backfield. Alexander was projected by some as a mid-round draft pick. He's no burner, but has nice length and he's faster than some CBs on Buffalo's roster.

How much money does he want to be buried on a depth chart?

They're giving up a fair amount of speed trading off Prather for DuBose. DuBose was pretty raw coming out of college but did have some upside. I don't know if he's tapped into any of that upside as a scrub in the NFL. Howard has good size. He's no burner, but has enough juice to break off some chunk runs if he gets to the second level.

If he was playing so terrible, it is hard to believe the Patsies would want to pay him that much and commit to a 4 year deal. The article says the new contract was signed late in the year. If the Bills were to trade for him, it would take some hard work to make it fit under the cap.

Wasn't his name Bagent. And I thought that McDermott was arguing that the ball went forward and was therefore an incomplete pass.

Caden Davis

Buffalo can't find a competent backup who is also a good support to Allen?

Josh Allen is not going to publicly say anything negative about his backups, nor should he. One of the many positives about him is he's 100% a team guy all they way. His teammates trust him and he's not going to do anything to violate that trust. Throwing a teammate under the bus violates that trust.

Did McDermott really say that? So, everyone who played the game was lousy at practice too? If true, they could not have had many play well in practice.