Cash
-
Posts
2,950 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Cash
-
-
29 minutes ago, Logic said:
Based solely on online interactions -- I admit to now knowing or interacting with any Ravens fans in real life -- I have found Ravens fans to be some of the worst in the league.
Arrogant, uninformed, insulting, dismissive, and immature.
I have had more productive and enjoyable conversations with fans of just about every other fan base.
Ravens fans, though? I really have yet to find an even remotely pleasant one.
FWIW, I'm friends IRL with two (2) Ravens fans, and both are great. My online experiences have been similar to yours.
-
1
-
-
13 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
Give it 3 weeks he will be on the active roster.
Whose spot do you think he takes? -
4 hours ago, Logic said:
I tried to say I wished they had kept Caden Davis on the practice squad because Bass's health seems shaky (and because he still hasn't proven that he's fully past his yips). This way, Davis could keep practicing with our special teams unit and keep getting coached up.
I was told I was silly and it was a waste of a practice squad spot. But here we are, working out kickers a week before the season kicks off.
I’m pretty sure Caden Davis is still available and wasn’t in the tryout list. Which tells me the Bills just don’t think he’s good enough to roll out there if Bass is hurt.-
1
-
-
Now that we know the initial 53-man roster, and the practice squad is set, it's prediction time. This is the time every year that I make my one (1) prediction for the Bills regular season. My track record is pretty good - I'm generally +/- 1 win from the Bills' actual total. (Full disclosure: I was off by 2 last year. If we'd made the Cooper trade in preseason, I would've kept my streak alive, but such is life.)
I don't go game-by-game; instead I try to look holistically at the Bills as a team for the full season. I do take overall strength of schedule into account, but upsets happen both ways, so I think it's futile to predict the results of each week well in advance. Likewise, injuries happen, guys have big games here and there, etc. There's some averaging out, but overall a really good team tends to win more than a fairly good team, which tends to win more than a mediocre team, and so on.
So with that preamble aside, I'll go on record: I'm predicting 12 wins from the Bills this year.
-
On 8/27/2025 at 8:36 AM, dave mcbride said:
They did lose because of the drop, but making the catch wouldn’t have guaranteed a Ravens victory. I get that. However, the drop did guarantee a loss.
I feel very similar about that drop to how I feel about Bass' missed FG against the Chiefs in 2024. Lining up for the FG, I was already very confident we were going to lose, because Mahomes had plenty of time to drive down for a FG. I expected the Ravens to convert the 2-pointer, but also felt very confident that Allen would drive us down for a FG with the time remaining.
-
1
-
-
3 hours ago, eball said:
It’s not far fetched to say that a number of those guys could be starting on other NFL rosters.
With respect, I think it is far fetched. Because if another team agreed, they'd sign that guy to their 53 and let them compete for the starting job.
-
1
-
2
-
-
2 hours ago, fergie's ire said:
Wasn't that an issue with a Bills player a few years back? I seem to remember an offensive lineman struggling with this and, in particular struggling to keep weight up. Thought it was a Bills player...but my memory on it is very hazy.
Thanks to @BarleyNY for being first on the player. I did remember it was Crohn's, and a lineman, but couldn't remember which one.
2 hours ago, BarleyNY said:Good memory. Seantrel Henderson had Crohn’s Disease, which is similar.
I think Hopkins is cooked. He was great two seasons ago, but sucked last year. He cost the Browns two games that season for sure and they ate some dead money to move on from him.
Kickers have down years all the time, and bounce back from them all the time, too. If I was running a team and we were anything short of Super Bowl contender, I would probably sign nothing but guys who just got cut after their first down year.
-
2 hours ago, Special K said:
This is not meant to be a slight at McDermott, but if you take Andy Reid away from Mahomes and give him to Josh Allen, the Bills would likely be the ones with 3 Super Bowl titles right now.
I truly think Andy Reid is the difference in these two very closely matched QB's and teams in general.
I fully agree with this. I'm generally pro-McDermott. But unless/until he wins it all, there's no way to put him even on the same tier as Reid as a HC. And in terms of offensive coaches, Reid has a strong argument as the #1 in NFL history. McDermott + Daboll/Dorsey/Brady is a massive step down.
If coaching matters AT ALL, then that has to be taken into account when comparing Allen to Mahomes.
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, JustHewIt said:
Has aging vets signing to practice squads always been a thing? I don't remember this growing up, or maybe we were just never an attractive location for that sort of thing. But it's kind of cool to see Phillips and Poyer choose to take roles on the PS, make some cash and try to help influence the next generation, while serving as our emergency depth.
Do other teams have similar players filling those roles?They changed the rules a couple years ago (during COVID?) to expand the PS to 16 and also allow more vets on it. I think the limit is 6 now? Something like that. And yeah, as far as I know every team uses those spots for vet depth. In some cases, the vet on the PS might play over the young guy on the active roster if an injury happens. But since the vet is declining and the young guy is (hopefully) ascending, teams won't expose the young guy to waivers, even if he's not good enough to play yet.
-
1
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, Beck Water said:
I could be mistaken, but I didn't think they were grooming them for the same roles? Or was Strong playing boundary?
I thought they had Strong playing nickel and dime back.
I think Strong was always playing on the boundary.
-
13 hours ago, finn said:
Exactly. Beane seemed to overreact to Philly's D-line manhandling KC the same way he overreacted (the huge six-year contract to 33-year old Von Miller) after Tampa Bay's D-line manhandled them in the 2021 Super Bowl. In both cases, he went berserk on the D-line at the expense of other team needs. You can argue bad luck in the case of Miller, but in the present case, they have more D-lineman than they know what to do with, while the only reliable starters in the secondary are Rapp, Taron, and Benford. They're pinning their hopes on the best-case scenario of Bishop panning out and everyone else staying healthy. White's recent injury is a reminder that you can hope for the best, but you don't want to rely on it.
Eh, I don’t think it’s fair to lump CB into the same bucket here. This offseason, they added two vets who’ve had success in the system before, plus their first round pick, plus another late pick. And probably the Hancock pick should partially count, since they drafted him thinking he might play NCB (and still might, but it seems like he’s mostly a S for now from what I’m reading).That’s a lot of investment compared to S, which again was limited to just a bargain-bin FA and half of a 5th round pick.
-
16 minutes ago, finn said:
I'm glad to have Sanders, Walker, and Jackson, but I wish Beane had invested free-agent money in one very good safety and a reliable corner besides White instead of Hoecht and Oganjobi. Hoecht's contract is worth up to $24 million over three years, Obiwan is guaranteed $8 million for one year. I'm sure they'll contribute, but even before the injuries in the secondary, I would have preferred the money go back there to make double sure we don't have a repeat of last year's nightmare. At this point, the D-line is loaded and the secondary might end up being a dumpster fire. Reminds me of those power lifters with an overdeveloped upper body and stick legs.
Yeah, the FO’s actions this offseason really sent a message that they were feeling good about their safeties. One very low-level signing with roughly no guaranteed money, and one 5th-rounder who played more NCB than S in college. If the safety play isn’t up to snuff this year, it’s not a good look for the FO.-
1
-
-
24 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:
Agree with you there too, but do think there's also a better chance you'd see Shenault take snaps at WR than Codrington taping snaps at CB
Maybe, but think he's less or a terrible receiver that Codrington is a terrible CB
The other thing I keep coming back to is that Coddy was a healthy scratch in the playoffs last year. To me that means he needs to be significantly better this year to warrant that roster spot. With the season on the line, the coaches thought that the dropoff to Davis/Johnson would be outweighed by having an extra backup at whatever position. -
32 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
No disrespect, but I don't agree with this philosophy at all, which also gets thrown around with RB's. Just because there are some examples where some later round picks panned out doesn't mean that is the place to target impact players. I mean Brady was a 6th round pick, Kurt Warner was UDFA, Brock Purdy Mr. Irrelevant - thats not an indicator to future success of finding franchise QB's.
You are not finding Ed Reed's easily on day 3 picks, if ever. One thing everyone complains about here is not finding more top end talent, and when we have holes in positions, like we have had at Safety, why should they settle for just looking for a capable starter at best in the late rounds and then just hoping for the rare off chance they actually find a pro-bowler like Hyde and Poyer eventually became?
- And lets be real about Hyde and Poyer, it took them a while to get to that level, they were not impact players early in their careers and didn't blossom until they left their original teams and went on to play for the Bills. Finding a late round rookie safety who doesn't blossom until their next team adds no value to a team pursuing a SB today.
The Bills should absolutely be looking to upgrade the weakest positions in FA and early in drafts while we are in the SB hunt, especially given how important the S position is in a McD defense. The Ravens not only drafted Ed Reed in the first round, they drafted Kyle Hamilton which they obviously don't regret also in the first round - and now they just also drafted Malaki Starks in the first round to play opposite him 3 years later.
Doesn't mean Bishop proves to be the right guy or not, but the decision to address one of our weakest position groups at one of our most important positions in the 2nd round is not a bad approach in my book.
Good post. Regarding Hyde & Poyer, I would also point out that both were drafted at CB and eventually moved to S. I think Poyer moved to S while still with the Browns, but Hyde was a Cam Lewis type (but better) for the Packers until we moved him to S full-time.
-
2
-
1
-
22 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:
I'm not sure of the truth of the matter, but here's what McD said...
"Get out there and playing against their ones, I expect -- we expect -- to compete with them, and that wasn't the case early. And then our twos, who were out there against their twos, and our threes against their threes -- it didn't get much better."
bleacherreport.com/articles/25239443-sean-mcdermott-rips-bills-after-38-0-loss-caleb-williams-bears-nfl-preseason
That reads to me like he means "our twos (in this game)" and "our threes (in this game)".
-
1
-
-
13 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:
To me the difference is the Bills have more versatility in the secondary with guys like Lewis, Hancock so they don't need Codrington to play at all, only return. While at WR the Bills don't have that much versatility or maybe not anyone with Shenault's speed so for those reasons I give him the edge.
I could see Shenault taking snaps at WR in a game, doubt you'd see that from Codrington on defense.
I disagree. If Shenault has a positional advantage over Coddy, it’s that Shenault can potentially play multiple roles on ST, not just returner. Not sure much weight that carries, or if the coaches would want their return man to also be a core special teamer.-
1
-
-
7 hours ago, NewEra said:
Could be. Prior to the league cutting back on preseason games, it always seemed to me that the game 2 weeks prior to the season was the game most teams played their starters the most snaps.
Getting live reps against another nfl team + finalizing the final roster vs injury. Risk vs reward
Yeah. Third preseason game (2 weeks before opener) was the “dress rehearsal” and fourth game was for guys who were on the roster bubble - but no one played that game who the coaches needed in week 1. The NFL (I think) figured that since week 4 had become useless, let’s get rid of it and just keep the 3 that have value. The coaches immediately decided that the last preseason game was going to be the useless one, whether it was 1 week or 2 weeks from season start.-
1
-
-
Ironman. Allen plays every snap. Not sure why it wasn’t an option in the poll, but you can take it to the bank.
-
Thanks for posting! My thoughts:
1. Those Greg Bell unis are an absolute eyesore.
2. The Thurman run was the first NFL game I ever attended in person. I was in the end zone behind the Bills. One thing I forgot was that Lofton doesn’t just run with Thurman, he actually makes an impactful block about 60 yards downfield. And in FRONT of the runner, not behind. I can’t think of another time I’ve seen that off the top of my head.
3. I was surprised that OJ was only on the list once, but I didn’t account for it being stadium-specific and not home-game-specific.
4. I was also surprised that Kenny Davis was the only 2-timer. The draw on 3rd and 6 was the absolute perfect play call, and he just turned on the jets. The second one was a more impressive run, and probably the best of his career. Tremendous balance to shake off about 4 tackles, including the last one at high speed.
5. Cook might alter the list a bit this year. Even if he doesn’t, that 65-yarder in the snow was awesome. That whole game was such a joy and delight to watch. (For us - not so much for Niners fans.)-
3
-
-
I still remember listening to Artie Baby Boo Boo with my parents in the drive home from watching the No Punts Game at a friend’s house. His performance was INCREDIBLE. Absolute peak sports radio.
-
Did anyone mention Richard Sherman yet? I believe he switched from WR to CB while at… Stanford? That one’s interesting because he actually approached the coaching staff about it, not the other way around.
-
3 hours ago, Ray Finkel said:
Wash, rinse and repeat. It will never change with McDermott no matter what talent we have.
Has a coach ever been fired between the first and second preseason games? This could be a first.-
1
-
5
-
-
7 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
I think there are two more likely options thay unseating Vandy.
1. SVPG's spot. If he is unable to get on the field they will keep Lundt. He might not be a guard but they had tried Grable some at guard and he is clearly the 10th best OL and is a classic Kromer type.
2. They keep a 10th OL.
Unseating Vandy or Vandy being traded is very much 3rd most likely route IMO.
Was in one of Joe Bs write ups and he has been mentioned in a few Astro Notes.
If he shows well in pre-season I think they will find it hard to stash him. And for the reason you said in respect of Vandy I doubt they want to lose Lundt for good.
Disagree on option 1. Whether SVPG or someone else, whoever gets that spot will have C possibility. I don’t see them carrying only 2 guys who can play C.
I don’t disagree on option 2, but I think it’s pretty unlikely they keep 10 OL in week 1, and borderline impossible in week 7.
I thought I had read all of Joe B and Astro’s writeups, but maybe I missed one or two, or missed Lundt mentions. I actually had thought Joe B had a recent piece where he flipped into thinking Vandy was well ahead of Lundt - maybe in the rookie rundown a couple days ago? I fully admit I might be mistaken though, and don’t have time to check right now.
-
17 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
I still maintain he'd have to unseat Van Demark. I suppose there's a chance they could keep an extra OL over what they had last year. But that also seems to be something discussed for a lot of different positions this season.
I tend to agree. One advantage Lundt has is that (IIRC) this is the last year of ultra-cheap team control for Vandy. So if they think it’s at all close, they might prefer Lundt as the 4th tackle who’ll be inactive most weeks anyway.
I'm curious where @GunnerBill saw that Lundt had a great camp. I don’t recall reading anything to that effect.
A few Random Thoughts After the Ravens Game
in The Stadium Wall
Posted
1. Yeah, he probably should have - at least for the last TO. Just to take the Bills out of their rhythm if nothing else.
2. It’s hard to make that call in the heat of the moment. It’s a rare enough scenario that Harbaugh may have never seen it before.
3. If Harbaugh took the first 2 right away then waited on the 3rd, the Bills probably would’ve had Allen take a shotgun snap, roll right, and huck the ball into the 200 level. That would both stop the clock and run off more time. Best case for the Ravens is 1 play from scrimmage.
4. If Harbaugh waited on the first or second TO, the Bills would’ve still had extra downs to play with. They could’ve run the play from #3 or spikes to stop the clock at a time of their choosing.