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If he doesn’t improve upon his current play as a pass rusher, the most I’d offer Rousseau is $18M/yr and I think that’s generous for what he brings. What big time play do you remember Rousseau making in the playoffs against any team? Yeah, I can’t remember either.

To me, Dorian is a slightly more athletic and bigger Nick Bolton but doesn’t process as fast. The more time he gets on the field, maybe he closes that gap. He’s trending upwards for sure.

Bass has a leg that is plenty strong enough. Remember the game he made two 58 yarders with room to spare? I haven’t seen the Bills in a position to kick a long FG, say 4th and 7+ from the 38 yard line. When they go for it, it’s almost always 4th and less than 3. I’d like to see a scenario from the 38 yard line where it’s a long 4th down. Do they punt, or do they attempt the 55 yarder?

Most teams in the league have an established kicker. The ones that don’t, they invite guys to come in - some get an invite, some don’t - but many players (especially kickers/punters) get overlooked. If they are fortunate enough to work out with a team, but the team goes in a different direction, their dream may be gone, or at the very least put on hold. There’s a bit of luck involved. Timing is everything, along with opportunity. If neither are available, the player sits at home on the couch, or plays in another league. If they’re afforded an opportunity to play in the NFL, then of course it’s on them to make the most of it. Some do while others don’t. Don’t take playing in another league or sitting at home on the couch as an indication they can’t play. The ones who can need to come along at the right time and have the chance to show what they can do (as well as belief from the coaching staff).

I said the EXACT same about Dorian Williams last year, no lie. And come playoff time what happened? Enter the disaster that was AJ Klein.

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Funny thing is, there’s at least ONE guy out there right now who’s waiting to become the next Brandon Aubrey, but to this point has lacked opportunity and belief from a coaching staff. Whether he’s in the UFL, CFL, a UDFA right now, or whatever, he’s out there. But we’re not likely to find him without a crystal ball foretelling the futures of all available kickers should they get an opportunity.

Only drawback to the fat guy is that with the new kickoff rules a TD is more likely than before, so your kicker is your last line of defense. He’s gotta be able to run.

Looks like he has a big leg, but his accuracy has been terrible throughout college and the pros.

Said he only had 2 choices for a number, but looking at the roster, I see 15, 16, 18, 81, 82, 83, and 87 were all available.

Justin Tucker, one of the best kickers in NFL history, finished his college career 83% on FGs and wasn’t invited to the combine or any all star games. He went undrafted in 2012 and has been money for the majority of his career. I don’t know much about this Mevis guy, but we can’t really transfer college FG% to the NFL. Many kickers who were great in college have left much to be desired in the pros. The Dallas kicker, Brandon Aubrey, didn’t even start kicking until 2019. Every case is different, so I say bring this guy in rather than a retread who has already proved himself to be inconsistent.

Not to get all technical, but Allen’s arm wasn’t hit. What happened is Chris Jones bull rushed Dawkins and Dawkins stepped on Josh’s foot as he was releasing the pass. Prevented him from getting the torque he needed to complete the pass. Jones has a habit of coming up big when the Chiefs need him. He’s done it more than three times against the Bills, Bengals, and 49ers.

Was wondering why McGrady and Carter were at the game a few weeks back.

One, spike the ball like it’s a volleyball, stop going up with arms extended and hands open like you’re trying to catch the ball. Two, put 6’4” Keon Coleman in the middle of the field, right on the TD line and tell him to do the same: knock the ball down.

What I see when I watch Hamlin is a player who’s afraid to make mistakes. He’d rather backpedal to open space than jump the route happening in front of him because that space is “where he was supposed to be.” I don’t need him to be a playmaker, but he needs to read the field better. Understand what’s happening in and around his zone. He’d rather arrive late to a tackle than shoot a gap and miss the tackle. He needs to be upgraded ASAP.

Don’t think it’s a full time conversion, just part of a package to see what he offers in that big nickel position.

Stroud is catching up to Allen pretty quickly. I’d say he’s already a better pure passer than our guy.

Shades of EVERYONE on this board wanting Haloti Ngata and the GM picks Whiffner. Remember Ngata saying years later he thought for sure he’d be a Buffalo Bill? That one still stings.

It hasn’t been for lack of trying to throw one! But yes, a large percentage of INTs seemed to come when he targeted Davis. And I remember Gabe dropping plenty of passes, but maybe no TDs that were as bad as this one here. Still remember when he dove in the back of the EZ to bring one in against the Dolphins. 100x more of a difficult catch than this pass.

Not that it matters now, but I just saw a live action slow mo replay of the Cook catch from the angle of this picture. Looks good, folks.

You don’t understand that it’s how the defender is covering Coleman that matters here. When defenders peel off their primary (short) responsibility to take away a pass thrown down the field, they give themselves the room they’ll need to turn and run with that player. Here, the defender on Coleman is in his hip pocket, he’s plastered all over him. All his attention is on taking away that pass. He cannot then turn and run with a player sprinting past him as the ball is in the air. No human can. If his intention was to take away Cook, the coverage would’ve been looser and Josh could’ve hit Coleman. You can decide what you want to take away, but you can’t aggressively take away both.

You can do all the math you want, but I’m telling you Coleman’s defender cannot take away both the long and the short pass. He has to commit to one or the other. If it was to take away Cook, his hips would’ve remained parallel to the LoS and he would’ve been ready to sprint with him just as Coleman reached his stopping point. If it was to take away Coleman… well, we already see that evidence here. He stays glued to him, there’s no thought of bailing that responsibility to take away the throw downfield that would fall into Cook’s hands. It takes less than a second for Josh to wind up and throw the ball. Human reaction time would’ve had the defender taking off from Coleman while the ball was in the air, not when Josh pulled it back to throw. At that point it’s already too late for him because he committed to taking away Coleman.

If Josh threw the ball to Cook what you would’ve seen is Coleman’s defender peel off and start chasing after Cook. What you wouldn’t see is him level or ahead of Cook. He wouldn’t factor into knocking the ball down or an INT unless the pass was under thrown. You keep saying the guy has a head start… they’re not running the same race. One is sprinting upfield, the other is flat footed looking at the QB. This isn’t the same scenario where you see other defenders peel off to factor into the play because this man is too tight on Coleman. He’s not in a position to hang with the player sprinting past him. He’d only be chasing the play down.

Einstein, he doesn’t have a head start because he’s defending Coleman. He’s not physically capable of defending Cook down the field here unless he bailed from his primary responsibility to do so. He’s flat footed, looking at the QB, right on Coleman, while Cook is on the outside speeding by. It’s not as simple as “this guy only has to run here, this guy has to run 7 more yards here,” it happens in the blink of an eye, less than a second. The only way he can cover Cook down the field is to leave Coleman, but his hips clearly aren’t turned to run. He’s a non factor in the play. This is getting bizarre, guys.

That’s right, Coleman’s defender is on him tight, facing Allen. His eyes are in the backfield. The ball can’t go to Coleman or it’ll be a break up at best. Where it can go is OVER that defender’s head, down the field. If you’ve played the sport you’d know that man would have no chance to turn around and run with Cook who already has a full head of steam. The fastest sprinters in the world wouldn’t factor into the play. He can’t peel off of Coleman to guard Cook unless that was his intention from the snap. In that scenario you would’ve seen him bail on his primary responsibility to pick up Cook while he’s streaking down the field. It can’t be after. Ideally would’ve liked to see Coleman carry his route to that safety playing middle field to occupy him too. As it is, if Josh throws a perfect ball there Cook will still have to make that safety miss in order to score.