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  1. AJ is ready for more PT IMO. I’d like to see his snap count over 50% and see what he can do with it. As a plus, he plays on the right side, which lets Groot stay on the left where he’s more effective. Last year Groot spent way more time on the right side than ever before and I think it hampered him.
  2. Not sure I agree. They probably think their starting 5 is set, and like Anderson as backup C and probably Van Demark as backup LT. It they think Anderson can backup all 3 interior spots, they could definitely wait till the 5th or later to draft OL. I do think they’ll look to draft at least 2 OL - 1 interior and 1 tackle.
  3. I don’t think the Bills would be interested in Jeudy - doesn’t have a mindset compatible with their culture. Sutton maybe though.
  4. Agreed. My take is that they think Anderson will be better than Bates next year, and best case scenario ready to start the year after. Having said that, I still hope they draft a guy who can play C this year - maybe 5th round or so.
  5. It’s very tricky though. Are guys at the top up there because they’re always open? Or because the QB doesn’t trust them except when they’re wide open? (And when they’re wide open, is that because they ran a great route, or because they were schemes open?) I notice MH, Jr is pretty high up but not at the top. Makes sense, because he gets open a lot, but also his QB is often willing to throw it even when the CB is blanketing Harrison. i personally wouldn’t draw any conclusions from these numbers, unless in combination with extensive review of play by play film.
  6. That’s what I thought, too! I was very surprised. I suppose it’s possible someone just lied to make the Bills look bad, but if so it would be pretty easy for the Bills to prove it was false: just do a One Bills Live special on the team plane. I think it’s true - why else would we be dead last? Right, which is why I assumed that all NFL teams owned their own planes, and had the interiors configured to have many giant seats. Like, 60 or more. I guess not though? But bottom line is that we rank 32nd out of 32. I’m not cool with that.
  7. I largely agree on this. Like I’ve said elsewhere on this board, I’m basically ready to punt on the idea of pressuring Mahomes in the playoffs. It’s been about 3 straight years of throwing huge resources at the pass rush with nothing to show for it in the playoffs. If those moves had panned out, they’d have been great, and maybe it just comes down to Von Miller getting hurt. But they didn’t pan out, and I think it’s fair to say we try a different tack at this point. Hap is right that we’ve had a mid season swoon for a while now, and since Daboll left we’ve had big consistency problems on offense. I think it’s fair to ask for a better overall coaching ouevre next year, especially on offense. And that could help a lot, regardless of talent. But I don’t think we’re gonna get Andy Reid level coaching anytime soon. And Spags is back for at least one more year. If we face them in the playoffs again, he’s gonna be willing to play press man and dare our guys to win those 1 on 1s. Up till recently, Diggs was that guy, and would feast when any DC tried that. Diggs wasn’t that guy down the stretch. The best case (plausible) scenario is that he was playing hurt. If that’s true, then we really need a second guy in case Diggs gets hurt again. The other plausible scenario is that Diggs is starting to show signs of slowing down. And if that’s true, we ESPECIALLY need another guy. Having said all that, I just want to point out that Leonard Floyd and Deonte Harty each signed for about $9 million, right? Some of the WR names I’ve seen thrown around could very easily be worse than Harty, and Floyd absolutely helped us win games. So I’m a little more agnostic on where those few veteran FA dollars should go. I just want them to be well spent in hindsight. My bottom line: I still think we need to commit significant resources to the offensive skill players, most notably at WR. Unless someone crazy falls all the way to us, our first draft pick should be a WR. And I’d have no problem if they went WR again in round 2 or 3. Hypothetical question: What if we drafted a repeat of 2013? Basically meaning we draft this year’s versions of Robert Woods and Marquise Goodwin? I’m not sure if I’d be happy or disappointed.
  8. Per Alaina Getzenberg, one of the complaints from the survey is that staff gets priority in airplane seating, leaving the biggest dudes (players) in coach-size seats. (Which seems like a very legit beef to me.) So I guess McDermott is indeed very comfortable, with his 5'9" self relaxing luxuriously in first class. 😆
  9. Totally see what you're saying and partially agree. But 30 isn't 35, and Douglas was such a spark to the defense that I'd prefer to have him back if possible. Under McDermott, even when our defense is playing really well, not everyone on it has that "big play" mentality. By which I mean, actively looking to make a play rather than trying to not give up a big play. (As an aside, Jairus Byrd had some great comments on that back in the day, with the gist being that when the ball's in the air, he views it as his ball, not the receiver's ball.) You don't need everyone on the defense to have that mentality, but I think you need a few leaders to have it for sure, and Douglas showed it big-time last year. I seem to be in a very small minority, but I also wonder if Benford might move to S this offseason. I know he's been good at CB, and I'm fine with him staying at CB. But it seems to my amateur eyes that his strengths at CB would also be major assets at S. His size is great for what the Bills usually have at S, too. I just wonder if he's a good CB who could be an elite S. Both Hyde and Poyer were originally drafted at CB...
  10. 1.) Probably Rasul Douglas. I don't think Hollywood Brown is that good, and he's a risk to be a malcontent if he's not playing enough. 2.) That's a tough one. Do I know if the pass rusher will be any good? Floyd was an awesome signing this year, but even then our pass rush was invisible in the playoffs. If the choice is between Rasual Douglas and "good pass rush in the playoffs", I want the latter. But I honestly don't think that option is realistically on the table, so I think I'd take my chances on having a good and deep back 7? To some extent I think we should start defending Mahomes in the playoffs by spying him with 3 guys and rushing zero. I'm just demoralized at this point. Would make sense. Similar to Floyd, if there's a proven vet out there, we offer an opportunity to play and contend for a title. As long as the money is competitive, there's real appeal there. And in general, I wouldn't be shocked to see us sign a guy or two to those 1-year "prove it" deals. Agents know that big playoff moments get guys paid, and we're very consistent about being involved in big playoff moments. (And just big moments in general - the last few years, we've been on the losing side of the game of the year pretty consistently.)
  11. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, that's for sure. The only prediction I'm comfortable making is that we won't get any meaningful contributions from Tre this year - or at least for most of the year. Based on how tentative he played coming back from his ACL tear, and knowing an Achilles tear has an even longer recovery period. I don't know if his future lies at CB or S, or if he'll ever get back to a "Tre White" level of play. But I'd be suprised if he's a plus player in September or October (probably even November) this year. I'm hoping the Bills consider that in their contract negotiations with Tre. I love the guy, and ideally would like to see him back, but it feels like this is a rehab year, not a Pro Bowl year. You can't pay a guy what he's making to rehab.
  12. Oh yeah. AKA J.D. Williams. He's the guy who changed his number in the hopes that officials would forget who he was, because he thought he was typecast as a guy who commits a lot of penalties. (It didn't work.) He either went from 29 to 31 or vice versa, I think.
  13. My problem with that idea (besides the fact that special teams are fun and cool) is that it just gives even more priority to having a top-tier passing offense. The run game is already heavily devalued as it is; I don't think we need more rule changes to devalue it further. Bottom line for me: If you want all passing all the time, and super high scores, we already have the Arena League for that. I don't mind watching AFL once in a while, but it's like an overly sweet dessert. A couple bites are nice, but I'm not having a bowl of Skittles for dinner.
  14. There are dozens of us! (Also, I favor the full quarter approach for playoff OT, but think it should be sudden death if tied after the quarter.) Counterpoint; College overtime SUUUUUUCKS. No special teams, virtually no value in field position, takes way too long, and feels like something out of the XFL. Count me out.
  15. Good for him! No hard feelings.
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