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What year is it? holy smokes

I was curious if other people were worried about Larry O. He played a bit last night and made zero impact against Bucs 3rd stringers. Everyone expects him to make the roster and join the DL rotation after his suspension but I don’t know that I see it. He hasn’t seemed to have made an impact all summer - but as others have noted, he’d be a costly swing and a miss if cut.

Of the potential CB2 replacements, I find myself growing most comfortable with Jamarcus Ingram starting - specifically for the ravens matchup week 1. I think he has a little more size and tackling ability to hold up against those Derrick Henry sweep plays that always seem to get him in position to truck stick CB’s on the outside.

It wouldn’t surprise me to see Cam Lewis get the starting nod for the beginning of the year and then get Cole mixed in down the road.

It looks like banged up bills tweeted out that it looked like Prather came up hobbling on one of his routes - Not sure if it’s serious but that’s probably what created some emotion from him at the end of the game.

The SVPG situation and #2 center is what I’m most curious about heading into the season. If Anderson has to start the season as #2 center - he probably is not the one coming in as your 6OL in jumbo sets (as we saw previously with Ryan Bates as #2 center) - they like to keep their backup C in bubble wrap it seems. I think Kendrick Green has some snapping experience, so maybe he finds a way to make the initial 53 to help them feel comfortable. Or they “Will Clapp” the veteran center they just signed last week where he goes on the practice squad but is called up and active as #2 C over some of the young depth tackles they keep for the first few weeks of the season.

I thought he looked pretty good at LT (I lost track of him when he switched inside to RG). I’m trying to figure out now if the bills can keep 11 Oline or if K. Green or someone else becomes the odd man out. I’d hate to expose Lundt to the league if he keeps putting good games together but the bills returning oline depth may be tough to crack without an injury or a trade.

Has anyone else envisioned a fake FG pitch out to Ray Davis to win the Super Bowl? …. I think the Bills should get creative with this… Maybe the bills line up to go for it on 4th down, Josh doesn’t like the looks he’s getting from the D and audibles the offense into a FG position and he becomes the holder for Ray Davis’ kick! The options are endless!

I hope whatever is going on with Bass doesn’t linger throughout the season. Playing kicker roulette when the games matter will not be very much fun.

I haven’t heard a peep about Ulo and he’s someone I’ll be curious to watch in the preseason both on defense and ST. But I think it’s worth reminding folks with Ulo too that although he was a rookie last year he’s already 25 - so if he’s not ready for a role now we shouldn’t hold our breath.

This was my first thought too. Josh seems to have a number of quirks to get game ready and stay locked in. He’ll probably be fine … but … nevermind, he’ll be fine.

Has anyone noted who has been running backup Center duties with both SVPG and Anderson out? I’m guessing whoever it is might have a busy preseason!

Good topic, I have a feeling Keon Coleman is going to be one of our most improved players - although not sure what that may look like stats-wise with our WR shared approach. But if he gets going as a threat in the red zone and starts winning more 50-50 plays, that would be huge. Regression is harder to choose although I like the previous suggestions of Taron and Milano. To throw out another possibility I’ll suggest Ty Johnson. I loved Ty last year and I don’t know if everyone realized how effective he was when he was in the game as both a pass catcher, runner and blocker. It will be difficult for him to replicate last year especially some of the special catches he made - so maybe we see a more average version of Ty this year.

Will Dissly seems like the bottom tier of current starting TE’s. Does he have any highlights? (I genuinely don’t know lol)

I do remember one of the Jets games where he caught breece hall inside the 5 and broke up a play in the end zone. His impact pretty much won that game which I think is impressive to do as a safety. Although not elite I think I’d agree he’s probably underrated and under appreciated.

I had flashbacks reading that 3-way QB competition to the Bills yester-years … so thankful for Josh Allen

Good research. I wanted to add as well that Ken Dorsey’s offense in 2022 and 2023 had a lot of WR choice routes where we remember Gabe (and sometimes Diggs) were not on the same page as Josh - ending in critical misfires and disappointment. Brady’s offense seems simpler in this regard and may improve the Gabe /Allen connection if we do get to see a round 2 of this pairing.

Gabe as a WR4 playing 35% of snaps at 3 mil is perfect. Gabe as WR2 playing 90% snaps making 10+ mil is a concern and I’m glad the Bills played this the way they did. Would be happy to see Gabe come back at the right price and role.

I’m curious to see if the bills cuts at these positions garner any interest across the league or come back as perfect practice squad players. We’ve grown accustomed to players like Cam Lewis and Ingram but do other teams have an interest or a spot on their 53 for these types of players? It seems more often than not the players the bills end up cutting stick around.

If the bills make him an offer it would be less than 3 mil - right? I guess that’s what makes the Browns tender so interesting here.

It seems most people think Hancock/Cam Lewis is a 1v1 position battle due to their proposed similar versatile role but I don’t think it’d be crazy for both of them to make the roster at the expense of Hamlin. The DB roster battles will be a fun puzzle to solve this summer.

Thanks for breaking this out! There are going to be some great competitions for end of roster spots - Notably the DB’s, D-line, and WR5 spots. But also interested to see the competition for depth o-line, depth LB, and TE3. And how could I forget a punter competition! It’s going to be a long wait until training camp!

Thanks gonzo, this is helpful to visualize! Not a need, but I wouldn’t mind spending one of the 6th round picks on QB Will Howard or Kyle McCord, if available. I don’t think they’ll be anything special but it would be nice to have 4 years of a cheap cost controlled QB2.

Landon Jackson and Farmer would be my ideal day 2, but there’s a lot of prospects I think I’d still be happy with left on the board.

Yes odd timing, but maybe just solidifying their ammo to be able to move around the board as they wish?