Nephilim17

Love the positive reports about Elam. People wanted to dump last year for a low-round pick. Ridiculous. The kid just turned 23 THIS MAY. He's a kid and learning and growing. Also love the Keon highlights. His detractors (and they exist) will say it's only camp. Can't wait for him to do it in the regular season. Not saying he's gonna be an all pro but I think he could be an excellent possession/red zone WR.

He's a great WR (POS human) but I'm willing to bet Tyreek won't be $106.5 million guaranteed good beyond a couple years. Maybe I'll be wrong. But Miami is betting a ton of money against history. I hope they've made a huge overspend.

If you think Bills fans hated the Von deal, this will turn into something similar soon enough.

Yes, that "everyone is selfless this year" comment was big. Also love how he talks about Buffalo fan support and is amazed by the turnout midweek as he knows people have jobs and all that. He says that support makes it more fun to practice. I want more players like that on this team, not players throwing up money in front of a camera or constantly looking for attention on social media.

Great answer from Josh about renegotiating his own deal: "That time will come when it comes. Just gotta go win football games."

Joe Marino talking about practice today made a lot of noteworthy points including Shakir is looking great, Keon has a lot of "moments" and is winning "a whole lot more than he's not" in contested catches.. But this stood out especially for me: "The Diggs piece of this conversation is so worthwhile to mention. Diggs is a great player. But you're lying to yourself if you don't feel a different vibe around this football team and a different freedom that they have to operate.... It feels like there's a heaviness lifted off of this offense." I loved hearing that. I'm sure a few will remind me pre-season means nothing and we'll miss Diggs dearly when the real games start. See 28:50 for my quoted piece. p.s. listening more, a person behind Joe Marino in the stands had some heat-related issue and the fans called over the Bills training staff. After a while — with no one apparently saying anything to Terry or Josh — but the team owner and our franchise QB came over to the stands to check in on the fan and talk to him. Goddamn I love this team.

The big stat will be dollars when Cook is a free agent. Unless they get him for a steal, let him go and ride out Davis for another three years. Then let him go and that's the RB cycle we should follow when we have to pay a franchise QB, top edge rushers (I'm assuming in the future) and WRs (ditto).

My comment relates only to the first stat posted: Bills have not lost by more than 6 points in their past 40 games, which is now an NFL record and counting. This single stat does not co-relate necessarily to being dominant. Other Bills stats may prove they are dominant.

Excellent stat though I take exception to "consistently dominant." That stat shows we are consistently very good and/or competitive. Dominating teams involves winning by a large margin or consistently beating the same team over and over. The Bills may be dominant with some teams but a) this stat doesn't show that and b) it doesn't apply to the entire league.

You don't view the locker room situation after the Jets game, week 1, as evidence of anything? https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/sports/josh-allen-snapped-at-stefon-diggs-after-season-opening-loss/

Like a lot of Astro's report but not this: "There is a fumble on the snap, and it’s time to start worrying about the situation at Center. Connor McGovern is looking sheepish right now, knowing that Van Pran-Granger can’t be too far away."

I'm cautiously optimistic. Beasley and Diggs (and Brown, I believe) all had their career-best years with Allen. I'm hoping he can elevate Samuel and the others guys. We'll know in several weeks.

It's a shame Keon's camp highlights aren't against NFL defenders, however; many people here told us his success in college won't be replicated against NFL players.

Great to hear Elam is doing well and Kincaid is beating every defender, LB or defensive back.

1. Curtis Samuel looks like a more explosive player to me. 2. Diggs' explosiveness looks in decline to me. 3. Samuel turns 28 in a couple weeks; Diggs turns 31 in November. WRs lose a step or two around 30 or 31. I don't have advanced metrics but my eyeball test says Samuel is the more explosive player at this point in their careers. Here's are some of his 2022/23 season highlights. At times you can really see him move. And he now has Josh Allen throwing to him, which can only help.

I just thought of this: These QBs are making 1000 times times the yearly salary of what many skilled and experienced people are making. 1000 times. The blows my mind. Yes, supply and demand and a free market and all that jazz but it still blows my mind.

I bet Samuel will get more separation than either Diggs or Davis, our 1 and 2 from last year. Shakir will get separation. And so will Kincaid. The big question for me is Coleman. Do you disagree with my point that Samuel will separate more than Diggs and Davis?

Love Keon's answer to the last question if as a rookie is it fast and is he still trying to figure things out — no, not at all because he's been studying. Very, very early on but love the reports of his play and his preparation and demeanor.

That's my GM.

This seems interesting and I'd like to know more about how the mismatches play out: "Putting Kincaid, Samuel, Coleman, and Cook in alignments to stress the defense and exploit mismatches." If we're gonna have success this year without a number 1 it seems this is the way to go, out-scheming the D with a bunch of 2/3 guys and a very good tight end.

Sure. Not my exact point about his playoff production, or lack thereof, but in 2023 his last 100-yard game (on the nose, 100 yards exactly, so not exactly a performance for the ages) was October 15 against the vaunted Giants. His production in the following 2023 regular season games, in order as played, were as follows: 58 yards against the Pats 70 yards against the Bucs 86 yards against the Bengals 34 yards against the Broncos 27 yards against the Jets 74 yards against the Eagles 24 yards against our arch nemesis Chiefs 48 yards against the Cowboys 29 yards against the Chargers 26 yards against the Pats 87 yards against the Phins If you or others think he's going to get a lot better in his age-31 season make that bet. I think he'll have some reasonably big games in the first half of the season then fade. But past performance isn't always indicative of future results so I could be totally wrong.

This September everyone will see Diggs has NOT lost a step. Ridiculous. Just don't quote me in January.

He's the best passer of any elite QB runner ever.

Maybe. But this isn't really about basketball but what drives Keon and what earns his respect. And if he's being truthful — and I think we have to take him at face value until he proves otherwise — he says that he liked Kobe best because of his work ethic. And Keon says he wants to put in the work to be unguardable. Apologies if I'm misquoting but that what was my takeaway and the Keon part of this matters to me, not the backstories of b-ball legends.