Big Turk

Worst on D maybe, although it will be interesting to see how Hyde without Edmunds compares to Edmunds without Hyde...it may actually be a wash which could surprise some.

No the scheme would be the same. The philosophy could be completely different.

The Pats mostly dominated because their division was so weak it was like an auto win for them every year and they had Brady and a defensive scheme that frustrated other offenses in the playoffs. They played a LOT of close games in the playoffs that could have went either way, rarely blowing teams out. And they definitely got some luck along the way too...Tuck Rule anyone? They should have lost that game.

McD seemed to indicate he would be more aggressive in some situations. The scheme is the same but we don't know about the philosophy yet. A more aggressive philosophy in key situations could make the scheme look different due to differing results. We won't know that until mid season at least. They lost a total of 3 games in the regular season by 8 points. Not sure what you are trying to get at. Seems like a very very weak argument and more like grasping at straws, IMO. You could make that argument with any team really...the Chiefs lost to the Colts for God Sakes.

And the Bills typically were not good in the first quarter but were much improved as the game went on on defense, so that doesn't really mean much either. Bills also marched down the field on the Bengals too, it wasn't like they stopped us either in the first game. It's a single game really. The Bills were not mentally right in that playoff game. You are working OT to try and make a large case for something that doesn't really exist.

Lions wasted the 12th pick on an RB they could have traded down at least 10 spots for and picked up another valuable pick for and still drafted him if they wanted. Then they overdrafted Campbell where they could have done the same thing. They severely mismanaged their assets meaning they had the chance to get a couple of 3rd round picks at least in addition to those players most likely and didn't.

Probably another 2-3 years at least. Has shown no sign of slowing down... Think we are going to continue to see athletes extending their prime years later and later into their careers as they continue to focus on taking care of their bodies through proper nutrition, proper rest and recovery, new sports science that helps them and teams prevent overtraining and injuries, proper workouts and medical advances that repair their bodies better and better. More athletes than ever before hire personal chefs for their nutrition, have pods for their recovery, ice baths, etc etc down the long list of things they do to keep themselves in peak condition as long as possible. They have begun treating their off field regimen with as much importance as their on field regimen and that has not always been the case. Athletes near their peak into their mid 30s or possibly even late 30s in rare cases will start to become the norm rather than the exception, IMO.

Woo? Maybe he got stuck in the 36 chambers in Shaolin.

The Bengals game was an aberration, IMO. Bills need to either outscore teams or limit their effectiveness scoring in the playoffs. Unless McD has some new wrinkles or calls the game differently, it doesn't appear we will limit teams scoring, at least not the elite offensive teams, so we will have to outscore them, which we 100% are capable of doing. I think we have done a very good job at having a lot more answers, getting players that fit into different roles and getting better at protecting Allen. We have become much more diversified by the looks of the additions. I think Kincaid gives us that "X-Factor" piece that we have been missing where no matter what the defense decides to try and do they are going to be wrong and it's going to be a situation of how do you want to die, quickly or slowly? I think this offense can reach a whole new level this year and that should be a very scary thought for the rest of the NFL.

Ok that makes a lot of sense. I learned something today...thanks!

Or people like you don't understand football well enough to even make the argument worthwhile because you clearly demonstrate it with comments like you just made. One or the other Yeah exactly. People even talking about him as a TE in the traditional sense are completely off-base. He is a pass catching weapon that will be moved around the formation like a chess piece to help dictate mismatches. Basically no matter what the defense does now it's going to be wrong. That's why he is important.

Got it...not sure why I thought UDFAs were signed to lesser deals

Was that the game with the crazy winds and Rich Camarillo punting backwards?

You never watched a game live in one of the seasons the Bills went to the Super Bowl.

A- Not sure about another undersized LB on the 3rd round they drafted to start on ST...think they could have got someone that could have contributed more at that spot. Other than that, loved Kincaid, REALLY loved Torrence, Shorter seems like a bigger Davis(perhaps thinking he can fill that role of Davis departs after this year) with better hands but not as much versatility, other 2 picks were decent players for where they were at. Overall feel pretty good.

Damn...a 3 years contract for a UDFA? Is that normal?

Gibbs at 12 was the biggest reach of the draft. He is a f***ing RB and not one named Bijon Robinson.

Yes, usually for character reasons or medical reasons.

Even if Gibbs turns out good, the position isn't valuable. You could get 85% of the production with a dude in the 5th round, not a position you spend a top 15 pick on

Lions didn't have a great draft at all... reached big time on their first 2 picks

It's still one of the best rosters in the NFL with good depth at most places.

So let me get this straight...you are trying to say the guy who took a dumpster fire of a roster with tons of bad contracts and turned it into one of the best rosters in the NFL in like 3 years doesn't know how to build a roster? Got it. He is considering things that you don't even know to think of I am pretty sure.

Especially these days where athletes have the ability to extend their peak playing years via nutrition, actively taking care of their body properly, sports science, various technology that allows them to increase recovery/slow down the aging process, much improved medical treatments and procedures that return them to near 100% prior to injury, etc I think the peak years for athletes are increasingly getting longer and extending later in their careers and will continue to do so as new technology comes out and as more and more science becomes available and increasingly used by teams to help protect their investments. Still at the very early stages of this mindset shift

Couldn't love the Torrence pick any more than I do. To get the guy so many had mocked to us at 27 in the 2nd round is just outstanding. Basically I'm like the teacher in Ralphie's dream in the Christmas Story where she just writes A+ + + + + + with an endless stream of + across the board...

No Kincaid will be taking the slot WR spot a lot of times. He is going to be used as a "move" TE where they line him up all over the formation to create mismatches and allow him to work the middle of the field and get open. Similar to how KC uses Kelce.