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Looks like the same guy from late last season. What happened to his vow to be patient? It's like he's itching to chuck it downtown, no matter what the coverage.

That's their game plan now. Take the air out of the ball, win by three points or less.

I wouldn't say slow. Harty, Cook, Diggs, and Kinkaid all look fast. The offensive line, though, good lord. Allen is spooked, and I don't blame him. They're in his face every time he doesn't throw immediately. Really limits what he does best. He can't even scramble.

You know, the announcers could be talking about Kincaid. That's a real story.

Not sure any line can do well against this D line, but they're doing about as poorly as they can. No running lanes, constant breakdowns in pass pro.

Jets D impressive. Nothing about Bills impressive. Yet.

You were saying?

Think of the competing narratives, all primed and ready to go. The announcers will certainly have their script. Vegas should take odds on what it turns out to be. I have my suspicions.

I have high hopes for a bulldozing right side, with Torrence and Brown knocking people off the ball. Brown may suck in pass pro, but he does seem to relish knocking people down. Put Knox next to him and let Cook cook.

At the time, I thought, "Allen would have ducked that rusher and either run or thrown for a first down." That's the difference between them, and it's a big one.

Direct snap to Kenneth Davis or TD toss to Will Wolford.

Predictions: Brown and Torrence create some space for Cook, but Cook dances and mostly gets tackled for little or no gain. Brown whiffs spectacularly at least twice and is generally leaky. Kincaid has 5 catches for 85 yards. Allen gets sacked five times, Rogers twice. Breece Hall gains 130 yards. Bills fan howl at Sauce Gardner mugging Diggs and Davis time after time without flags. Bills win because Allen shows he's the best player in any position the league has ever seen. He carries the team all by himself.

Wonder if this chart factors in the mid-round picks Beane gave up to move up. E.g., for Elam, Kincaid. That fourth for Elam hurts.

If the headline was "Bills trade backup G Broeker and DB Austin to Texans for starting MLB Kirksley" I would have been thrilled. Am anyway!

I feel a lot better about this team now. RT was a gaping hole in the roster. A very questionable starter at RT and only inexperienced (though promising) backups. It looks just fine now. Brown may end up improving, but if he's injured (again) and inconsistent (again), we now have two layers of replacements. So now I can confine my fretting to MLB and backup QB.

Just to be clear, Beane passed on Creed Humphrey, who was ALL PRO last year, to take a guy he's giving away for a box of tape. In 2025. Wow.

Anyone know why Keenum left in the first place?

Do posters who say "0% chance" understand that means, like, 0% chance?

I'm more upset he gave away a 4 to move up for Elam. Even at the time that seemed like too much to go up just a few spots. In hindsight, it looks even worse, given that he could have taken Tarik Woolen with that 4th, more or less, and a tackle with the 1st pick. They'd have two starters now instead of none.

You're right, and this has been true for a very long time. Yet Beane hasn't drafted one in the first or second round in his tenure, nor has he brought in anything like a Von Miller in free agency. He's going cheap on a position that may be the most important and hardest to fill outside of QB. Elam for a first and fourth? Epenesa and Basham in the second round? It's like he has a blind spot about tackle, or he thinks that Allen will be fine dodging Brown's blown blocks on an every-snap basis (or those of Brown's incompetent backup). I liked the Miller signing, but in hindsight, Beane should have signed the best offensive tackle on the market, OR drafted a tackle instead of Elam, Epenesa, or Basham--or even all three. The Bills would be a better team now if he had.

Is he really 400 pounds? I haven't seen the games or photos of him. Is it really that bad? He's always been soft and fat, but he got the job done.

Agree. Dawkins has been a solid player throughout his career, so he should be fine. Spencer Brown, however, has never been consistently good, or even competent. He's agile, but he gets beat on double moves. He's long, but he gets beaten around the corner. He's strong, but he gets rag-dolled. Brown was promising college player well worth a third-round pick. But he's never shown that he can be a starter, let alone the starter with no competition. Because of that, he is only player that can singlehandedly doom the entire season. He's that bad in a position that important on a team that good.

See, it's inflammatory rumors like this that give this board a bad name. What if it gets out? THINK, man!

Maybe he's the surprise cut.

It's not that Mahomes had more time, just that he got his throw off more quickly. Think about it: you can't count the seconds he would have had after he throws the ball, right? What we're looking at is guys not being open for Allen, him not seeing them, him not pulling the trigger when they are open, interceptions, dropped passes, and so on. My impression, FWIW, is that Mahomes plays in a far superior scheme. How many times did we see him simply toss the ball to an uncovered Kelse at the two-yard line?