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Everyone's already answered that question, so I won't pile on. But my question now is who takes Matt Prater's spot as one of the six veterans allowed on the Practice Squad? Is Gabe Davis getting close and they just slide him in there as active Practice Squad? Or do they bring another veteran FA on to fill that spot?

Andrew Booth was the Cornerback I wanted when we Drafted Kaiir Elam. Would have ended up being a bust pick either way.

I was wrong. They gave him a week.

I feel like fans on this board talk about Matt Milano as if he didn't essentially lose two straight seasons to injuries and is still an All Pro. The Matt Milano of 2022? Sure. But the Matt Milano that returned last season and the guy we saw last night looks like half the player (or less) than he was. The Ravens also utilize a 3-4. So Milano absolutely isn't a fit there. Unless they want to utilize him as a Middle Linebacker. And he's definitively not a better MLB than Roquan Smith and probably not better than Trenton Simpson, at this point.

*Year 7

I have this old Tiger Cat named Tigger at my Dad's house (where I watch the games with him and my brother). He'll oddly often fall asleep for most of the game, but come awake at the end. During one of the many games we've pulled out at the end, I made the joke that he charged up his "Tiggy Powers" and then willed the Bills to victory at the end. Last night, he did the same thing. He was awake at the beginning of the game, then fell asleep on the couch. When things were looking bleak, my brother joked "he better do some serious charging". Just before the Derrick Henry fumble, I noticed him stir, get up, and look at the TV. I looked over at my brother, pointed to the cat, and said "he's done charging up!". The rest was history. Tiggy powers, man 😆

I think the people who left early are punishing themselves enough as it is. Imagine paying the kind of money for a ticket in 2025 and missing out on that celebration. Yikes.

1.) Considering we have no Kicker on our 53 man roster and the plan is clearly to put him on the 53 after Week 1 (as to do it before Week 1 would guarantee his salary for the full year), i'd be shocked if he wasn't protected. 2.) We can't stop him from leaving, but I don't see it written anywhere that an unprotected player has no say in the matter. Obviously, if a team is paying active roster money and the team he's on is only offering Practice Squad money - they're going to go. But I see nothing saying that they have no choice but to sign the other team's contract over the team they're on, if they're offering the same. And why would Prater leave to go to another team when the Bills will also be offering an active roster contract this week?

He'll be signed to the 53. Bass was put on IR to make room for him. The only reason it didn't happen before Week 1 is bc signing him when they put Bass on IR would have guaranteed Prater's salary for the entire season. By waiting until after Week 1, they can just pay him week to week. They can't sign him today as the league week hasn't concluded yet. No one's going to "poach" him. He knows we're going to sign him this week and it's not like you can just sign a player off the Practice Squad of another team without the player's approval. That only happens if a player has an option to sign with another team and the team he's on the Practice Squad for doesn't want to match the offer to keep him. That isn't the case here. The roster spot is already open. And why would we waive Bass and then add him to the PS? He's on IR. You roll with Prater on the 53 and evaluate his performance along the way and when Bass is healthy - you either activate him and release Prater if he hasn't looked good or if Prater is Perfect, you just keep Bass on IR.

What whispers? Randos on Twitter? There hasn't even been a confirmation that he's signed anywhere. That tweet could mean anything.

Not even mentioning what caused that to happen and twisting my words is even wilder stuff. You act as though I said players should be able to beat up fans whenever they want without provocation 🙄 Look at the video. The fan was reaching over the barrier to shove multiple players, multiple times. As a player, you don't know if he could have escalated from there. You don't know if he could have possibly had something on him. He was shoved back into his seat. That's a nothing burger. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Look at the reaction from the Bills, the League, and just general response from fans and TV hosts. The fan was 1000% in the wrong and no one is coming down on Lamar about it. Except for the occasional random Bills fan who just hates Lamar and got excited that maybe he'd get in trouble for it... You know for a fact if the shoe was on the other shoe and it were in Baltimore, a Ravens fan had done that to Dawson Knox and Josh Allen, and Josh responded the same way - not a one person would be up in arms about it and saying Josh was out of line.

I said it back when I was reviewing upcoming contracts and after the deal was announced - I would not have re-signed Terrel Bernard this offseason. He had a very good 2023. But he took a noticeable step back in 2024, both from a numbers standpoint and just an eye test standpoint. He was not flashing like he was the year before. He always seemed to be out of position. He also was getting dinged up. I would have waited on re-signing him and wouldn't have re-signed him if he didn't return to his 2023 form. Middle Linebacker is not a premium position. And if he performs this year like he did last year, you could get an equal performance and potentially better by spending a 3rd Round Pick - as Middle Linebackers generally aren't taken very high.

Nah. Lamar isn't in the wrong here. A fan is putting their hands on a teammate, you don't know how that can go. You don't know what they could have on them. Even if they swing with their keys on their hand, you can do damage. There's a reason why fans are taken down without prejudice if they hop a rail in any spectator event. Shoving them back into their seat is a fairly tame response.

I said this earlier this week and it stands even more after a game winner in a game like that: If Prater stays perfect, they'd be insane to pull him.

Ray Davis is awful. I couldn't believe my ears this offseason when I heard him say "I lost weight this offseason so I could be a more complete back rather than just a big short yardage back" .... that's why you were brought in. Now you're not good at anything.

I'm not a "the refs are against us" type of person . However, we've been flagged for plays that are kind of questionable, could go either way penalties. And on that drive there were multiple could go either way penalties on them and neither were called.

Was that a mistake? They went the CB on Flowers on a Blitz and the Safety behind him on a Blitz as well - letting him run completely free. What the hell was that?

Offensive Line not playing great either. Not run blocking or pass blocking.

Welp. Bringing back Daquan Jones and going in on pass rush DT's instead of run stuff DT's seems like a mistake.

Terrible play calling the last two drives. Going back to the well on a failed play in back to back drives. WTF is that?

We're actually carrying more DL than we are DB. We're carrying 8 on Defense for the 5 DB spots (Both Boundary CB's, Nickel CB, and both Safeties) and 8 for the 4 DL spots. Brandon Codrington and Samuel Franklin Jr. are DB's in name only. They're active strictly for Special Teams. Codrington is our Returner and Franklin is one of Tabor's favorite Teams defenders - but neither one of them is an NFL caliber DB. I would be shocked to see as much as a single snap between them on Defense.

My guess is Strong will get the first shot, with Ingram cycling in. If he looks not ready, they'll probably switch to Ingram more. I'm guessing with no CB elevation, they'll rely on Cam Lewis some on the Outside, if someone goes down.

Jackson isn't surprising. We weren't going to dress all 5 DE's, he didn't look ready for primetime in the Pre-Season, and Solomon is a core Special Teams player.