BigAl2526

I think the Bills will get more from Von Miller than they did last season. He's not going to try and be an iron man though. If he can play 30% to 40% of the defensive snaps and get 8 or 9 sacks I would be ecstatic.

It's early. Coleman is not especially fast, so he has to use other things to get open. NFL CBs on average are going to know a lot more technique in countering those tricks. Coleman is going to have to learn greater subtlety, up his game on fakes, double moves etc. We can't rule out the possibility he'll bust, but it's way too early for us to be trying to etch out his future in stone.

Between needing room to sign Steveson and that rookie's ability to hold effectively on field goal attempts, Haack's fate was pretty much sealed. It that rookie shows he can punt effectively, I think Martin's days are numbered too.

Calvin Johnson was the comp I immediately thought about. This guy is a bit bigger. In the right situation, he could be a monster in a few years.

he's a pass rusher only, and a significant liability in run defense. I rather take a chance on a youngster (Javon Solomon) adding to the pass rush and hoping that he can learn to defend against the run too.

Simple! Buffalo drafted O J Simpson. That was pre scum bag O J Simpson and by the time Simpson revealed he was a scumbag my loyalty had long since transferred to the Bills.

I saw a USA Today article about that. The technicality was that Minnesota law stated that if the woman was drunk by her own consent, she could not accuse the men of rape. It was a stupid law and Minnesota struck it down two years later. My reaction is to ask, "Who is Gabe Steveson now? Is he the same person now that he was 5 years ago? It was a cruel, stupid and criminal thing that Steveson did five years ago and the law that allowed him to get away with it was stupid and wrong. However, I don't think it is the job of the NFL to rectify the shortcomings of a bad state law. I don't like to see any team sign scumbag players, but neither do I want to continue to punish players whose character may have changed since they did the terrible thing they were accused of doing. I think I have to trust my Bills to do their due diligence and look into the current character of the players they keep on and add to their roster, and make the right decision on an individual basis.

I expect to see him in the slot 75% of the time.

I check Bills related websites every day. I also monitor a mock draft database to see what the thinking is on the draft for the Bills. BTW interior offensive line or edge rusher are among the more popular position picks for the Gills, though I've also seen WR and DB.

I'm hopeful that Elam is going to stick with the team. Playing time may be tough to come by though. Rasul Douglas is a very good CB and we all can see how solid Benford has been. I think Elam is going to get most of his reps when opposing teams play with 4 receivers on the field. Otherwise, he'll be mostly stuck on the bench barring injury to Benford or Douglas.

Yup. He is on the team roster at www.buffalobills.com

As per Sal Cappacio on WGR, Bass kicked a 70 yarder in practice.

I looked him up. If he's not a Bill, it seems to be no great loss.

My wife and I were foster parents for a time and our older daughter is a social worker who works with foster families. I appreciate any attention he can bring to the need for quality foster care. It is an unfortunate necessity in our society. There are people who are amazing foster parents, some who I might call mercenary foster parents and some who find themselves in over their heads. There is always room for better screening, better training and better support.

The Players' Agreement does not allow them to have OTAs for the whole week. They did them for a couple days this week and they'll do it again next week. Every other team in the league does the same.

Nothing against him personally, but that he was a bust for the Bills who caught balls by trapping them against his body is not debatable. He was a draft mistake.

Perry Tuttle is on the list of Buffalo first round busts. I forget the year, but it was in the decade of the 80s. Joe Ferguson may have been the QB. He washed out of the league pretty quickly when the Bills figured out what everybody else apparently knew. Tuttle caught balls with his body and his hands were terrible.

How about some love for Perry Tuttle?

I think injury is the only thing that could stop the Bills from having an outstanding offensive line this season, and they are probably better prepared to deal with injury than last season.

I think Buffalo selected Coleman over McConkey because Coleman fits better into the role they wanted to fill. McConkey is obviously more polished. I think the Bills accept that Coleman is less polished and have decided that long term fit was more important than the current level of polish.

Coleman Has real talent, but he's also pretty raw for a first round draft pick. I don't doubt that he is going to start for the Bills, but I also think that Brady will go easy on him as far as his route tree is concerned at the start of his career. He'll gradually work in to the full route tree and intricacies of the Bills' offense. I don't think he's going to be a rookie of the year candidate, but there's no reason to think he can't have 50-70 catches and 700 or 800 yards as a rookie. Year two, if he's healthy, he passes 1,000 yards.

I'm a Rochester Bills fan. I don't know anything about any official Rochester Bills Backers group. I have heard bits and snatches about Butker's remarks, but I haven't given much thought to the situation except to enjoy the dysfunction that is Kansas City's offseason and hope it continues int the 2024 regular season.

I'm not sure that Josh Allen is the best QB in the league, but there not much doubt about him being better than Tua. The old saying is, "The best ability is availability." Between the two of them, Josh Allen is an iron man and Tua is likely one more concussion away from the end of his career.

It's not that I don't think the Bills could use some significant help in some areas. I just don't think with what's left in free agency the Bills are going to find any significant upgrades. What I expect is that Beane will continue to try and retool the back end of his roster. Maybe they'll find a veteran they think can be more dependable that the depth they have as one position or another, or maybe there is a young guy with some untapped upside. We just aren't going to find any stars, and probably not any starters. They'll even be very lucky if they find a potential rotational player who gets regular snaps in a game.

I can see that. Smoot is more of a well rounded player than Toohill, who's been pretty much a pass rush specialist who is a liability in run defense. There is a good chance Solomon will turn out to be much the same, a pass rush specialist who struggles in run defense. Buffalo will not likely want two guys who are so similar. Smoot gives them a very different player.