Coach Tuesday

Always something afoot with this team, injury-wise.

100% true. He also can't play quarterback.

Short game is where it's won.

That's fine but you watch how much money and effort the Bills end up spending, this offseason and next (including high draft capital) to compensate for the $2M and change they saved by not matching NE's offer to MG. And in the meantime, our division rival gets double-digit TDs out of TD Mike - would've been worth $2M to prevent that from happening, alone.

He number 1 running back.

I suspect they'll improve on special teams significantly, which may be enough to steal an extra 1-3 wins. I also expect they'll be better at stopping the run and assembling 11 men on defense for every play. That all said, I still think 9 wins is the ceiling.

Reports out of Pittsburgh say that Hunter is having a monster training camp and may be jockeying to push out Coates for a starter role...

There is not even a "crowd." It's a stupid label to use because it suggests a collective agenda. Well done. You're a winner.

That first sentence you wrote doesn't even make sense. And again, painting people with broad brushes, and simplifying every issue into two camps, is the real trolling.

There are idiots everywhere (no offense to your sister). But painting everyone who is concerned as a hypocrite or a hack is unproductive and inaccurate.

There is no "they" - that's a fiction you've invented to avoid the merits of the argument.

That actually is not the job of a GM, and that's why Whaley is no longer a GM.

What is the "global warming crowd"? This has always confused me. Are all of us who are worried about human-caused climate change a bunch of enviro-nuts with an anti-business, tree-hugging agenda? The science is uncertain. What if there is a 30% chance that humans are causing the planet to warm up at a dangerous rate? Can we afford to bet the odds? It's possible to be anti-regulation, centrist, and deeply concerned about man-made climate change and the effect it will have on our children. The labels and snark around here are tiresome.

If he becomes an explosive pass rusher in the Suggs model, I'll be surprised and psyched - will happily eat crow.

He wasn't given a fair shot. He also sucked. Both things are true. Big deal - almost all players have to fight through adversity at some point in their careers. Dak Prescott will get his lumps, it just didn't happen in his rookie year. EJ can't play QB in the NFL. For me, it wasn't the Houston game, it was the Jaguars game. I knew by the end of that game that EJ's career was over.

Really good listen. I enjoyed the discussion about linebacker depth and how it might help with special teams this year. The added depth at LB and other positions suitable for ST, coupled with the coaches' focus on ST, has me thinking that Teams might win us an extra 2-3 games this year.

Such a missed opportunity to title a thread "Don't slumber on Humbar."

Rookie coach move.

Rob Riddick is who I'm talking about.

Well that was boring...

New schemes and no depth, with a QB who can't carry the team enough to make up for these issues. They may be on the right track but this season is going to be rough. 2018 should be a different story.

Exactly.

IIRC most of those TDs were scored on his patented "goal line leap" maneuver. He would highjump a pile of defenders on goal to go situations. It was his only skill.

Actually it's an indictment of Whaley...

Goodwin's issue is his frame - his training regimen is speed-focused, not football-focused. He seems to limp off in pain after every tiny bit of contact. I'm sure he'll tantalize the coaches in SF like he did here, but at the end of the day he won't offer full availability.