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The highly visible :13 second game has influenced a lot of strategies, I bet.

In some ways Allen was lucky to land on his hand. It was right under his throwing elbow, so if it wasn’t there to cushion the blow it would’ve been his elbow that would’ve taken the brunt of the force.

I was just coming here to ask about Elam. Healthy scratch? Wow, I thought he had a great preseason. This would normally be where I rag on Ingram and Lewis, but both played well. Hamlin was a liability today and Rapp was a step slow a few times. We need more speed on the backend.

The 35 isn’t too much if what you actually want are more returns. It was initially the 35 like the XFL model, but owners decided to move it back to the 30. Something needs to be done about the touchbacks, or they’ll just have to eliminate this aspect of special teams.

He equaled the number of sacks tonight (2) that he’s had in his four year career with the Saints. Former 3rd round pick who hasn’t done anything in the league. Signed with the Iggles on a 1 year deal.

With two promising OTs waiting in the wings and Brown’s injury history, I’m not sure I like it. Will wait to see the numbers, but I was cool with letting him walk and getting a high comp pick in exchange because some team was going to overpay him on the market. He’s an extremely tall guy with back problems, it’s a risk.

Media does love them some Lamar and I laugh when I hear “Josh Allen isn’t criticized as much as Jackson.”

Go back and watch that play from the EZ angle. I absolutely put that one on Allen. He threw it to Gabe’s left but Gabe’s route carried him up the field, looking over his right shoulder. Shoulda hit him where he was going, not force him to whip his head/body around to catch a ball to his left.

Diggs’s extension isn’t hindsight for me either. I said at the time if you want to extend him with a pay raise, fine, but only 2 years maximum. That would put him at 32 where you could reevaluate him when his deal came due again. To go with a 4 year $96M extension when he had a couple years left was insane I thought. I wasn’t sure his contract and cap hit would be warranted at 33 and 34 years of age.

Oh Beane still tries but sometimes teams won’t take his call. If he had got his way and traded up for Cole Bishop like he was trying to do, we likely don’t have Ray Davis. The draft is a crapshoot, no one knows how any of these players will pan out. I’m all for accumulating picks and using them, not trading them away (all-in on a QB being the exception).

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He also said that Bills fans would want to cling onto the injury as an excuse for his play, but said prior to it happening he was already in the doghouse and losing the position to guys he shouldn’t have been. Coller said the angles Cine takes on tackles seemed to him that he didn’t really want to hit, so you may be on to something if that started after the injury. He said Cine will continue to get looks from other teams (implying he’s already a future Bills cut), but that he doesn’t think he has what it takes to play at this level. Safety by all accounts is an extremely complex position in McD’s defense so if what Coller is saying is 100% accurate, then it’s possible Cine gets released off the practice squad during the season to make way for another player. Let’s all hope his release from the Vikings woke something up in him and that his former position coach can help him understand what he hasn’t been getting thus far.

Quite the opposite. He said Cine wasn’t aggressive at all, didn’t trust what he was seeing so he was always a step slow. Said he runs a 4.38, but plays like a 5.0. And then has tackling issues and when pressed about it in the locker room, responded with “the guy made a good play, there was nothing I could do.” Coller painted him as a player who lacks instincts and understanding of the position, that what we saw at Georgia on a loaded defense wasn’t at all a precursor of what he could be in the NFL. Basically a completely different player than an MVP and Thorpe Award semifinalist on the NFL level.

Pretty damning summation of Cine. Sounds like 100% of his issues are above the shoulders and Coller doesn’t believe he’ll ever “get it.”

Just learned today that after the draft, Andreessen had rookie tryout offers from both the Chiefs and the Bills and attended the Chiefs camp about a week before he reported to the Bills. If he turns out to be anything, we’ll finally have a player acquisition we could rub in the Chiefs face 😅

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You can add… James Harrison Arian Foster Rod Smith Jimmy Smith Tony Richardson Jason Peters Cameron Wake Alex Boone Danny Amendola …To that list.

This all goes away if the Jets win, but I did find the multiple animated arguments Garrett Wilson was having with Rodgers interesting.

He’s not.

I have nothing against him personally, but I look forward to the day the team moves on from Cam Lewis. He seemingly has a strangle hold on a roster spot despite not having one signature play in the entire time he’s been here. And when I say signature play, I of course am talking about a positive one, not a negative - of which I could name a few. He can’t be the most talented or physically gifted player who can double (inadequately) at CB, S, and have a role on STs. Groom someone better.

Maybe he signs a futures contract with the team after the season, but I don’t see it. As someone who’s very green in football, the more he can be around it, the better, and by choosing not to put him on the practice squad it may be the last we see of him… unless he puts in tons of work on his own time and shows the Bills he’s worth another look.

Gable Steveson wasn’t worth the effort I see.

Steeler Nation… Let’s Ride!!!

Or they just miss or value their own more. I’d like to see a list of cut players who went on to shine once given an opportunity. Of course Jason Peters comes to mind and at the time he was cut I was convinced another team would grab him. These guys don’t get it right all the time.

People loved Wildgoose for his name, not his play. I don’t remember him being in the notes almost daily for plays he was making in camp, nor do I remember folks thinking we cut someone who could’ve been a real contributor.