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Has a coach ever been fired between the first and second preseason games? This could be a first.

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.

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.

In that scenario, I want to know specifically who’s available (and interested, via back channels) before moving on from McD. Look at the Knicks this past year. They’ve been building up, had a mostly great playoff run, and moved on from Thibs - figuring they could upgrade from his known structural flaws. I saw a lot of galaxy-brained defenses of the firing when it happened. Turns out they had zero plan for a successor and looked like a laughing stock getting denied permission to talk to every HC in the league. I’m not interested in dumping “Andy Reid in Philly” for the next Mike McDaniel or similar.

Meatloaf is also the Tyrell Shavers of singers. (Complimentary)

Per Joe B’s week 1 recap article, Walker has been part of the 1tech rotation, with Jones and Carter (and Zion Logue).

And I agree that predicting the Falcons will lead in sacks is very bold. I think they’ll still be bottom half of the league.

I think at this point, anyone other than the Chiefs winning the AFC West should qualify as a bold prediction. Likewise with anyone but the Bills winning the AFC East. That's it, though.

Good stuff. Only thing I’d push back on is OT. IMO you don’t draft an eventual successor in the 1st. If you draft an OL in the first, you should expect him to win a starting job that year.

Totally agree. We've all seen playoff games where none of our guys can get open. Sometimes that's because the refs are allowing more contact in that game than usual. It's important to have SOMEONE who can still make a catch in that situation. Yes, I know Coleman's contested catch numbers aren't amazing, and I'd love if they were better. But he at least has the skillset. Diggs in particular was absolutely incapable of making a contested catch with us. That didn't matter much in games where he was torching the secondary, but it became a real handicap in those playoff games where he couldn't get open.

I fully admit this is a dumb topic. In between reading camp reports, I was thinking about positional groups and contract years, and started wondering what positions were plausible for our top pick in next year's draft (presumably #32 overall). My rankings are below, listed from least likely to most likely: Approximately zero chance FB Special teams QB - only reason this isn't #1 is that career-ending injuries are unfortunately possible in the real world, whereas a competent front office spending a first on a FB, K, P, LS, or even return-specialist-only is basically impossible. Highly unlikely OL - I know we have 2 starters who'll be free agents, but we also have a strong pipeline of young talent at all positions. It's hard for me to imagine the Bills go OL in the 1st or 2nd next year. Outside CB - Even if Hairston is unimpressive as a rookie, he'll get at least one more shot in 2026. Add in Benford being signed, and this would be a huge overcommitment to one position. I don't see it. TE - Only remote chance would be both a full flameout from Kincaid AND a TE being by far BPA at our spot. NCB - Note that I'm not counting a Big Nickel type here, just a straight-up replacement for Taron Johnson. Only doubt is that Johnson isn't getting younger and does have some injury history. DT - You can never say never on d-line, but with Ed O under contract, TJ Sanders and Deone Walker entering year 2, and the Bills not valuing 1-tech very much, DT would be a huge suprise. S - I think the Bills like Rapp a lot and hope they'll like Bishop a lot by the end of the season. Even if they go into 2026 looking for a big upgrade, I think it's more likely they use either free agency or a later round. Dark horse options LB - I doubt they'll want to move on from Bernard next year, but Milano might be gone and Walker might not develop enough. Also a chance they repeat Carolina history with a Shaq Thompson-type player, who's basically a hybrid LB/Big Nickel. RB - this would be predicated on all three of Cook leaving and Ray Davis not showing a ton of development and there being a dynamic option available. The likely candidates DE - Always a possibility. Bosa will probably be gone, Epenesa too. Unless Solomon or Jackson shows some real ability this year, DE will be very much in play. WR - A lot will depend on the development of Coleman and the impact of Palmer. And really, how well the offense performs against the elite teams and in the playoffs. If we find ourselves one injury (or zero!) away from having repeats of the regular seasons Ravens and Texans games, I think the Bills will be very serious about getting a WR who can win on the boundary.

I think that last one with the Kincaid commentary is a little irresponsible. There are a lot of ways for a knee to be injured. I don't see any indication that this Alex Brasky character knows anything beyond 1.) Kincaid isn't practicing due to a knee injury, and 2.) He's wearing a wrap on the left knee. Yeah, this could be related to his injury last year, but it's also very likely that it's unrelated.

Love to see it!

Pretty wild for a guy who’s fifth on the depth chart.

Based on the offseason DT additions, I have to think that's the plan. They want whoever's playing 1T on any given play to be able to pass rush from that spot, especially on passing downs. Daquon Jones is our only pure 1T that's likely to make the roster. Carter was primarily a 3T last year and is switching to primarily 1T. Ogunjobi and Sanders are both 3T first who can play some 1T. And Walker played more at 3T than 1T in college, although it's possible the Bills think they can teach him to be a full-time 1T. Haven't seen any photos today, but I'm pretty sure Spencer is still very white. Big if true.

Better yet, save him for the last play of the game. And playoffs only. Maybe just AFC Championship and Super Bowl.

When the line is set at a superstar’s career high, I’m pretty much always going to go Under. No hard feelings if I’m wrong though!

Maybe controversial, but I’m not sure I’d include Pike. He was great for sure, but I’mnot sure he was great enough to make it as a wedge buster. Steve Tasker is not up for debate, so I won’t bother debating him. Agree on Brian Moorman - he was legitimately the team’s best player for a few years. And while that’s a damning condemnation of the offensive and defensive talent at the time, Moorman was nevertheless special as a punter. He’s a lock for me. I think you could make a strong case for Steve Christie, but I’m not sure I’d make it. He’s in the same category as Pike for me - worthy, but maybe not one of the 4 most worthy. I think there’s got to be at least 1 return man for me. McKelvin could’ve had a shot if he wasn’t such a bonehead. Roscoe Parrish is fairly up there. I think I’m forgetting someone else, but it probably doesn’t matter, because my pick is Terrance McGee. He was my guy! And his 98-yard non-TD as the half expired remains the single best on-field metaphor for the Bills. Okay, no other names are jumping out at me, so I guess it’s between Pike and Christie for me (until Bass hits a game winner in the Super Bowl). And… my guy says Steve Christie, welcome to my personal Bills Special Teams Mount Rushmore! Now to find a mountain and get started.

The Condo! Nicknamed as such because he was even bigger than 'House' Ballard. IIRC, we played a very early overseas game - in Germany maybe? And at some pre-game PR event, the locals requested not the biggest stars, but the biggest players. We sent House and Condo.

You can throw John McCargo and Kyle Williams into the same bucket. Who said he made Revis look like trash? That's massive hyperbole. It's more accurate to say that Revis didn't shut Stevie down the way Revis did most #1 WR options at that time. I.e., Stevie had some success against Revis, whereas plenty of better overall WRs had NO success against Revis.

I also expect a fair bit of chest puffing if NE starts anywhere near half-decent. Maybe more from their fans than the team, but guess what? Like 30% of national sports media are Boston fans. Any chest puffing will make its way to McD/Allen, and they tend to take that personally.

1. I agree Hancock isn’t relevant - I think he’s competing against Cam Lewis, J. Ingram, and backup safeties. 2. I think Tre is really competing against Dane Jackson for a roster spot. If he’s good enough to earn that spot, he’ll be competing against Hairston to start. 3. I’ll go on record and say two things. First, we will not cut Dorian Strong this year. (Maybe he goes on IR, so I won’t proclaim that he makes the team.) Second, Tre White makes the team if healthy - meaning he isn’t cut or traded prior to week 1. If I’m wrong on either, you have my permission to dunk on me. I will accept it with shame.

Interesting take. I disagree but I’m open to be convinced otherwise. From memory, I think Coleman’s non-40 measurables were pretty good, and I don’t recall Kincaid’s being crazy exceptional. I agree that generally TE is a slower-developing position than WR. But the other factor to me is age. Coleman is what, 3-4 years younger than Kincaid? That’s a big difference, both in terms of athleticism and development. Athleticism: Pro athlete-level men don’t usually peak athletically till somewhere in the mid 20s. Coleman probably (not definitely) has more room to grow athletically. Development: Again, granted that TE is slower to develop on average. But Coleman has a lot less time on task at his position, and a lot less football experience in general since he was more basketball-focused until recently.

Depends on who you ask. I’m not super active on the board, but I’ve seen a LOT more people writing Coleman off than people expecting him to break out.

Great point. It’s easy for us fans to just say “play the young guy, he’ll get better”, but if his teammates don’t trust him, that’s causing extra problems beyond just one rookie making mistakes. In a similar vein, there is a case for a Tre White or similar to make the roster as a backup over a better-below-the-neck young guy. Because we know Tre is a phenomenal locker room guy, and he came in with no expectations of starting.