Brand J

Expected you and the Mrs to be decked out in hideous Chiefs gear 🤣

Goes back to the adage that one percenters can only date other one percenters because everyone else will have their eyes on the $$$ Of course, that’s not an all encompassing take, but if you’re a wealthy celebrity looking for love, best to find it before you get that status, or you’ll have to date exclusively in that pool.

Josh has gone Hollywood now!

FIFY Great movie.

At first glance I thought the picture was stretched to make him look bad, but then I saw the other players and realized it was just Dion. He has never had the best build for a LT, but even there he does look a little too round. Compare against the attached photo.

Yeah I’d have to believe he would’ve been kept, but in a demoted role. After thinking about it for some time Frazier realized that’s not what he wanted to do so he stepped away. I think the hiring of that outside “defensive specialist/consultant” was when Frazier was still employed by the Bills. The wheels of change were in motion. Let’s see what McDermott brings to the table as a play caller. The Bills are better/deeper everywhere except MLB, so I expect that unit to step up and make plays when they’re needed.

Before the offseason started, I knew there’d be a coaching change on defense. The Bills failed spectacularly in 3 straight playoff games (4 if you include the Houston collapse) and it would’ve been a near impossibility to sell to the fans that they were running it back again with the same crew. I just couldn’t see it. I know you have your sources, but the only 3 men who were in that room and know for sure what transpired was Beane, McDermott, and Frazier. If your source isn’t Beane or McDermott, I don’t think it could be spot on. Call me a cynic for not believing implicitly what Frazier would have to say about the situation.

I see a lot of Stevie J in Dorian Williams. Could play brothers.

Two things can be true. It’s an indictment of Gabe Davis AND Dawson Knox. The drafting of Kincaid is a plea to give Josh another legitimate outlet, which Beane thought he lacked. I’ll agree that Knox is underused as a receiver, but can’t agree that he’d have a major impact if he suddenly became a focal point of opposing defenses. The guy runs unmolested many times and it’s like the defense sort of waves its hand at him “not a threat.” Perhaps that carries over to the red zone as well, they don’t check him between the 20s and still don’t look at him as a viable receiver in that zone, so he catches defenders asleep and has the production.

It says Knox isn’t the premium receiver you think he is. That’s what the drafting of Kincaid says.

Never said they’re playing the same exact position, they’re different style players. But I can guarantee there will be times where Kincaid is on the line of scrimmage. Don’t know how you took my explanation of Knox’s lack of savvy as “they’re not playing the same position.”

Yeah, we’ll just have to agree to disagree on this point as well. A savvy route runner is one who runs with a polished finesse. Knox’s WR equivalent to me is much more of a Gabe Davis than it is a Stefon Diggs or Cole Beasley. He isn’t going to give you that shimmy shake, dead leg, head/shoulder fake that sets up defenders and gets separation. He’ll do it once in awhile, like Davis’s head fake against that KC corner in the playoffs that made him fall, but it isn’t a staple of his game. I don’t know if you read the article about Knox as a youth basketball player, but according to his mother he was just bigger and more physical than the other boys. Her main concern was that he was going to hurt someone because he was always going 100mph as some sort of enforcer. Contrast that with Kincaid whose first sport was also basketball, but he was a scorer. He knows how to set up defenders. Beane, I believe, compared Kincaid to a bigger Cole Beasley. He has that route running savvy in his game that Knox lacks. I say all this fully aware that Knox could’ve indeed been a bigger part of the offense if Josh just simply looked his way. But as for the Dorsey blame for not running plays through him, they’re around these players much more than anyone on this message board, so you’d have to believe they know what these guys are capable of and what they can’t do. Beane said we didn’t have anyone in the building like Kincaid, so he traded up to pick him. I’d be surprised - if Kincaid is up to it - if you don’t see plays run through the rookie at times.

I haven’t studied Hock enough to have an informed opinion there, but I know Knox isn’t consistently open because he’s shaking defenders like a Travis Kelce or catching contested passes like a Mark Andrews. I know that. Knox is a very good athlete, but he doesn’t have the movement skills of a premiere pass catching TE, or “big slot.” Nor does he have the hands and savvy. And again, he’s not a bad player, but Beane should’ve waited on that extension.

To a degree, yes, but the picture you paint suggests it’s everyone else’s fault - but Knox - for why he isn’t a huge factor in the passing game. And I’m simply saying he bears some responsibility in that. He doesn’t have those traits I listed, he isn’t someone who’s going to consistently win in his routes, so Beane went out and got a guy he believes who can.

If he was as good as you believe Beane wouldn’t have traded up to select another TE. Nothing we’ve seen from Knox so far suggests a large catch radius, sticky hands, savvy route running, and a great feel for how to get open. He’s running uncovered on most of the routes he’s open, not because he flat out beat his defender. Beane just told you why he traded up for Kincaid, a player who has the potential to display those traits I listed above. I’m not saying Knox is a below average player, never have, but I am saying he’s an overpaid player who doesn’t command respect on the field.

And that’s why he’s not worth a contract that pays $13M/yr. I’ve gone on record saying Knox is open more often than not but he’s not getting the ball. That’s not on him, but when you pay a guy that much money and the production isn’t there, the value in the player doesn’t remain the same. Beane went out and drafted Dalton Kincaid because “we didn’t have anybody like that on our roster.” If Knox produced like the 7th highest paid TE in football and was a threat on the field at all times, do you think Kincaid would’ve been the first pick in the draft? Of course not. I think Knox is open because opposing teams know the ball isn’t going his way, but if he became a regular target and had to beat defenders with savvy route running skills and an innate feel of where to be, I don’t think he gets it done consistently, hence my “slightly above average” comment.

I was already proven right by this year’s TE deals. The Bills paid Knox $13M/yr last season, 7th highest paid TE in football. This offseason after the season he just had, with what amounts to limited production in regards to the contract, he wouldn’t have received the same coin elsewhere. If Gesicki and Schultz are worth $9M/yr, Knox isn’t worth $13M.

Josh needs to look for his RBs and TEs more. Dorsey deserves a lot of blame for some stuff and I know it’s popular to blame him for not designing plays specifically to those positions, but TEs and RBs were open. That’s on Josh to find them if his receivers are blanketed. I think Josh’s numbers against zone coverage last year were his worst since 2019. Part of that is pressure from up front, so the OL needs to do a better job sustaining blocks and allowing him to get into his reads. It’s never one player, one position, or one coach; it’s the totality of it all.

I don’t remember these schedule release videos being a thing in the past. Seems like they’re super popular this year, or maybe I missed the other years.

We’re still going back and forth with this? Guys, it’s really simple. If Beane wanted to keep Edmunds he would’ve found a way to make it work. And easily. Let’s say Edmunds had an impact on the field similar to or slightly less than a Micah Parsons. Do you think he’d still be a Bill today? Of course he would! And I suspect the deal would’ve been made before the Dawson Knox extension. I think Knox is a slightly above average TE, not worth $13M/yr.

I don’t know that he apologized, more just clarified his position from the start. He always laughed at this lawsuit because he never said Favre was guilty, his words always began with “allegedly” so he knew he was in the clear from the very beginning. If he did say “I apologize to Brett” or “sorry” that’d be a surprise to me.

I don’t care what Josh Allen does in his free time if he can revert back to his late 2021/early 2022 form. If his game starts to slip, or his perceived regression continues, then we can start questioning how much football is at the forefront of his life. He said he’s never been more dialed in so I’ll take him at his word and expect to see a superstar leading the way in a few months.

Start with TBD resident troll @Mr. WEO

I saw a post of Brittany’s saying “now accepting husband applications.” It’s probably going to be difficult for her to go from that posh lifestyle and all the perks that came with being Allen’s gf, unless she’s able to find another wealthy guy. Someone had mentioned she’s an online Pilates instructor - not knocking the job, but… Publicly posting about “husband applications” tells me that she’s probably not the type who enjoys being single. I wouldn’t be surprised if she tried to get back together with him. It’s the offseason, guys 😅

They prioritized Dawson Knox over Edmunds as well and they did so without seeing how he’d perform in Dorsey’s offense. Truth is, if they wanted Edmunds they could’ve just worked on a long term extension after or before picking up his option and they likely would’ve had him for far less than what the Bears paid. Despite the gushing you heard from 1BD, they just weren’t absolutely sold on him being a difference maker. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn’t know how player evaluations work. He was a nice player, that’s it. Not someone who’s worth $18M/yr.