stevewin

Dome of Sadness

McGovern had some interesting things to say - Morse snapped a little to the left which Josh was used to so they've been slowing working on moving it over to the center - Last year the OL would know what they were doing - but they didn't communicate to the WRs or TEs - which they are doing this year - This year Brady has done a great job making sure they are all on the same page - have RBs in with the OL meetings to go over hole to hit, calls and blocking schemes - everyone's on a better page this year - Bills D is so aggressive, playing another team will be good for rookies bc they will be able to face a 'different' (ie. less aggressive) D and will be easier to excel - Sometime for calls he tells Josh no, "so I don't know, if in his first couple years, if anyone really told him no or other stuff" - "and he's in our meetings more, just hearing our calls, just knowing we're all on the same page" "And I think he's taking that next leadership, talking not just to the O line, but making sure everyone's on the same page - if I change the call he's telling the WRs they got new routes or whatnot - so I think he's taking that next step" Brady has really emphasized communication and everyone knowing what the other guys are doing Also thought Epenesa came off as very thoughtful and impressive to me his PC - not sure I've ever seen him talk that long

Tasker made a point to say he's sure they forgot about it quickly and were back to being friendly in no time - it was interesting though he really made a point to say he's never seen Josh so fired up and mad in practice

Just watched OBL and Tasker said he's never seen Josh so hot on the practice field - said he was "livid", Brown said Josh was yelling at Babich and Babich was yelling back - they were standing like 10 ft away from each other and had a "heated exchange" and "they were ticked"

Rooting for KJ he's my guy

Davidson was another depth guy that was doing well the practices I went to - my Dad kept saying "there's that TE again". Not sure how he makes the 53 if they keep Gilliam, but figure a PS guy for sure

It's been crazy during Josh's entire time here watching other games where it seemed every team, every game, had receivers - some just regular depth guys - who would come down with jump balls and imperfect balls and you'd think how come a Bills receiver NEVER does that. It's been a long time.

I saw him win plenty of routes in the practices I went to (with separation). Just because 5 media clips out of over 100 plays from a 2 hr practice doesn't show something doesn't mean it's not happening

You might be thinking of me- I was talking up hamler - thought be balled in the practices I went to - havent seen anyone mention him in the media. I'm hoping he makes it as returner bc I think he can be a legitimate depth receiver

I'd prefer to imagine it as the last TD of the AFC championship for the starters, beating KC by 4 TDs to cap off a 'Perfect-Patriots*-playoff'-type game before sitting for the 4th Q

This is not the first time I've seen reference to new DB coach and "clean slate" as reasons for Elam's current success. They dont seem to be shy about essentially putting more public blame on Butler as things progress

The guy from my generation was the Earl of Bud. "You Got One!"

Spleen of course

One thing to note the ball was slick tonight with the rain - I don't view the balls going through some wrs hands that they can't catch as maybe a wake up to focus more in conditions that are less than ideal

Its crazy how narratives start so quickly - pretty sure dude never fumbled in college . Josh said each of the lost exchanges were his fault bc sweaty hands yet McGovern can't snap the ball etc

My dad who HATES Bass now went on a rant for the one mis then just to troll him i hyped up each of the 5 in a row and his response was "yeah wait til there's wind" 😛

The two practices this week i went to i thought he was ballin - physical and played above his size. I'm rooting for him to make it as returner bc I think he is a legitimate extra wr

Gonna say it after one tall one - davis has flashed to me than cook so far what I've seen (3rd practice)

Traffic was the worst cluster I've ever seen. Left house at 3, normally 30-45 min drive taking back roads. Once got to abbot was not moving. Had to get to southwestern lot 5 for ada lot. Just got to my seat. Still people on the roads for miles

Yet according to the media and the overreactions on this board we "gave" the Chiefs Worthy, even though they literally paid us for him. I'll be surprised if I ever read anything more stupid on this board (or anywhere for that matter) than the people who actually said Beane and the Bills were stupid for not drafting Worthy even though they didn't want him, just to prevent KC from getting him.

Still waiting for the Zubaz helmet

Semi-related - at practice I was at earlier this week one of the ST periods seemed to be more about just trying different types of kicks - there were some Bass was trying to skip it on the ground just past the 25 yd line - will be interesting to see what becomes popular

At the end of that you can see how more short/stocky Solomon is (esp compared to other DE) which surprised me when I saw him for the first time at camp - thought with the long arms he would be more taller/lanky

It definitely was interesting so see the different side from the GM perspective - even though Shoen isn't exactly the most dynamic personality it still held interest. The one thing is how sanitized this version will likely always be, teams will generaly want to protect who were the players they were targetting in FA and draft that they didn't get, and will always want to end with the idea that they got exactly the guys they wanted.