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Much of the discussion this offseason has been about Keon Coleman and the step forward he’ll need to take to become successful. In fact, Brandon Beane constructed the WR room with the expectation that Coleman would take on a bigger role. I’ve seen fans with some pretty lofty expectations including comparisons to Tee Higgins or even calling him a future WR1. Personally, I think that bar is too high. Yes, I do believe Coleman will improve from last season, but I’m expecting more of a modest jump rather than a breakout. His draft position also matters here. Historically, receivers taken late in the 1st round to early 2nd, like Coleman, tend to have decent, not elite, careers. That includes guys like current Bills WR Elijah Moore. Tim Graham recently dug into the numbers using TruMedia and looked at all WRs drafted between picks 28 and 35 since the NFL’s 2002 realignment. Here’s what he found (excluding newer guys like Coleman, Worthy, and McConkey who haven’t played enough yet): Average game: 5 targets, 3 catches, 44 yards, 0.3 TDs Average season: 13 games, 35 catches, 471 yards, 3 TDs Average career: 77 games, 203 catches, 2,691 yards, 15 TDs The top careers in that group belong to Jabar Gaffney, Kenny Britt, Hakeem Nicks, Tee Higgins, and Michael Pittman. Even former Bills darling Kelvin Benjamin ranks in the top 10 for receptions and yards — meaning his career was actually above average for that draft slot. So when you look at it, Coleman’s 2024 season already puts him close to the average for WRs taken in that range: 29 receptions, 556 yards, 4 TDs There’s definitely room for growth but expecting him to become a dominant WR1 or a high level WR might be unrealistic. That said, I’m optimistic we’ll see some improvement. Personally, I’m projecting: 2025 prediction: 38 receptions, 625 yards, 3 TDs What about you? What are your expectations for Coleman this season?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/story/_/id/43955223/2025-nfl-draft-class-better-expected-strengths-weaknesses-questions-prospects Key Highlights: -Running backs could have starters coming out of rounds 5, 6, and 7. There's quite a few with 2nd round grades that could make big impacts. -Tight Ends are solid. Not 2023 solid, but close. (Doesn't really help us) -Defensive Line has 31 of the top 100 overall player rankings. Could see a big push and benefits teams like the Bills picking at the end of rounds. To me, this works out really well for the Bills and this is what I would like to see: -Draft one of those RB's as a potential Cook replacement. I think Cook is great, but we aren't budgeting our roster to pay a RB 12+ mil a year. If we can trade Cook for a 2nd or 3rd, and then flip that pick into his replacement, I'm good with it. It's nothing personal and I would love to keep Cook, but I just don't see us having the money for him within our plans of this roster. -Our defensive line needs work, even if we do swing a trade for Garrett/Crosby. Personally, I don't know what kind of money Groot is going to expect, but he disappears too much in big games for me to justify paying him 20+ mil per season. I'm completely fine letting him play out his 5th year and making that decision next offseason. With that being said, we need a game changer at DT alongside Oliver, and I could see AJ being a cap casualty along with Von. With McD's rotation, I could see 2-3 picks on the defensive line in the early rounds. As for other positions based upon draft round grades (super early as the combine isn't done) -DBs - only 2 DB's have a first round grade, and only 3 have a 2nd round grade. This is not great for us. Safety equally has similar players with 1st/2nd round grades. If we are looking for starters here, we need to hit on a mid round pick or trade up. -WR - I personally do not believe that WR is the need that others do. Even with Cooper not doing much out there, we still had a very prolific offense. For those interested, there are 11 WR's with 1st/2nd round grades OG - For those that think Edwards' roster spot is in jeopardy, this is not the draft to replace him. There's only 3 Gs with 1st/2nd round grades, and then a huge drop off to players with a 6th round grade. Based on all of this, I would argue that our FA priority should be (aside from resigning some of our own guys) -Safety, Guard (expensive in FA and assuming Edwards is out), and DB.

Specifically looking at electric, the supply charge has doubled on top of an also increasing delivery charge from NYSEG. Ive effectively seen my bill raise 75% comparing May 2024 - May 2025, despite only a lightly significant increase in kWh. Anyone else feeling this? Might need to start reading up on solar panels

This is going to be a long post about an incredible experience for anyone who wants to read it - if you don't want to read the bulk of it you can skip to the most important part - look for the bolded header below. Quick back story - Lake Tahoe is a special place to me and my wife, we both spent a lot of time up there when we each were growing up. Now we are blessed to live about 90 min from there, and my mother-in-law recently bought a house in Truckee (about 20 min from the Lake) where we will be spending lots of time with our 2 boys throughout the years to where they get to grow up with it also being a special place for them. My wife surprised me for my bday (which is actually today) with tickets to the practice rounds on Wed and Thursday to the ACC Golf Tournament, something I have never attended before, and just so we can try and see and meet Josh. She is a die hard Niner fan and even with some of her favorite Niners there too like Kittle, she made this all about Josh - shout out to my amazing wife. I moved to Southern California in 1997, so I had not gotten to spend too much time in Tahoe after that and never been to the ACC, nor did I even realize how big of a deal it was in South Lake Tahoe. I spent most of my time in west Lake Tahoe around Tahoe City and Truckee growing up, so it was a treat to spend time in an area only been a couple times in passing. NOTE: We will be making this an annual event for us and cant wait to bring our boys who were too young this trip with my oldest just turning 2 and my other son 9 months. I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this event to anyone who has thought about going. Players are so accessible, event is so much fun, and its on the Lake. The ACC Golf Tournaments - Josh's tee time was 1pm on hole 16 - his group showed, but no Josh. Great group of 4 guys telling the fans there to see Josh he was late (his flight was delayed and landed late), but is still coming, so to follow their group if they want to see him as he was going to join the group once he got there on whatever hole they were on. Steph Curry was the group behind them, also not there on his tee time, but due to arrive as well. So we used this time to go check out Austin Reeves (I am also a Lakers fan) in the group in front of Josh's and lag back and watch Steph arrive and follow him a couple holes before catching back up with Josh's group a few holes later expecting Josh to arrive soon. I spent a lot of time approaching any Bills fan I saw on holes who were not there to get the info telling them they will never see him if they stay on that hole, to follow the group that just passed if they want to see him. It felt good as a Bills fan to share the news and excitement, especially for kids, but it was also just so much fun meeting so many fellow Bills Mafia too. Makes me wonder if I met anyone from here without knowing it lol. It was on hole 2 where I got to meet Josh's mom, who was following the group with Josh's clubs and stuff. My wife and I talked to her for probably 10 min, and my wife and her mom'd out talking about raising Josh, us raising 2 boys, etc. Listening to his mom talk about him, raising him, the adversity he went through, saying god always had a hand on him through all the struggles to get seen and taken seriously was incredible. She oozes class, warmth, love, pride, humility, and just kindness. We had a great couple of conversations with her. Then as my wife and I are walking from the tee to the green after Josh's group tee'd off and were half way down the fairway, my wife says look out, there is a car coming - ITS JOSH - and we don't realize until he is passing the two of us where we shouted out GO BILLS and he yelled back GO BILLS as he passed us with Sam Darnold. Kids start racing up the incline to the green, kids who had been trickling around following the group who were lucky enough to know. The best part about the practice rounds is that it isn't crowded, makes a more intimate feel for everything, like you are watching your buddies play. Josh took the time to acknowledge all the kids, even sign things even though he kept telling everyone he will sign after the round as he had to keep the round moving, especially since they were a large group. Other people we saw were not like this, they were not giving much time to the fans or kids, even in a practice round. Josh was different, and it was majorly apparent just how different he is as a person and his full awareness of just how important he is to the kids there to see him. First green, hole he joined mid way, he was chipping maybe 2 feet in front of me, thats how close you could get in such a causal setting. Got a great video of it. He kept making time for kids in between, telling adults who were IMO inappropriately trying to get Josh's attention to sign their stuff "Just the kids right now guys". There were some adults inappropriately IMO trying to get in with the kids to get stuff signed even though Josh kept saying just the kids right now because he really didn't have a lot of time to do much with the pace, so he wanted to use that for the kids, and rightfully so. Funny story - his mom and one of the guys from the original 4 some who I had spoken to a lot were driving up to the next hole and she hit me in the arm with her golf cart (at a slow pace, it was funny, nothing other than that). When we got to the next hole I told her "Well we should probably exchange information now and have my people call your people and get this worked out" and we had a big laugh about it. So next few holes anytime she passed me in the cart she would swerve at me like she was gonna finish the job as we kept laughing about it - again, his mom is awesome. My personal best moment with Josh came when he passed by me walking to another hole and I just congratulated him on his marriage and he gave me a fist bump. My wife got in on camera on her iphone, it was awesome (also congratulated Sam Darnold on his season and new contract and also got a fist bump from him). My instagram stories post was a shot with Josh reaching out for the first bump and a shot below of it of us fist bumping and in between was my caption that said: "I went to the ACC Golf Tourney and all I got was fisted by a GOAT" WHY JOSH IS DIFFERENT AND A MVP IN LIFE After hole 9, there was no break as they didn't start on 1 remember, so they had to get rushed over by golf cart to the 10th tee. Josh and Darnold were walking the course, so they brought a golf cart with a back seat that faces out the back to shuttle them with the rest of the group quickly over to 10. As they were driving right in front of us the most incredible moment happened that says EVERYTHING you need to know about Josh. They were passing someone in Bills gear standing by themselves with the person they were there with. Josh yelled to the golf cart driver STOPPPPP as they passed him recognizing this person was a special needs person with Down Syndrome. Josh jumped out of the cart and went over to him and gave him a huge hug, signed his stuff and took pictures with him. I want you to realize that the person did NOT ask him to stop, the cart Josh was in was just driving down this path and Josh saw him and immediately demanded they stop and let him out so he could go to this person. It was one of the most impressive and touching moments I have seen in person from someone of his stature. For comparison sake - Aaron Rodgers in a recent year refused to sign a kids stuff or take any pics with him who was there to see him wearing his jersey and told him "I am too hot right now, I need to stay locked in" in terms of the tournament - a celebrity tournament these guys play for fun mind you. We were walking at this point just behind where they stopped, as we walked by this person who was so blessed to have Josh stop, someone was talking to him about how cool that must be and he said "Yeah, we are like best buds now" and it was one of the sweetest things and my wife was tearing up just amazed at who he is. Mind you, he showed a ton of fun, class, humility, etc the whole time, this moment was just different. In a rush, rest of his group already ahead of him, he still demanded them to stop to take the time and make an unforgettable special moment for this person. And we felt blessed to have a front row seat to just witness it. They say never meet your heroes - they will just let you down. And while this is true in many cases - JOSH BREAKS THE MOLD. He is an MVP in life, he does the little things, important things, untold things...things when there are no cameras to capture it...things that are bigger than anything he has done or will do on a sports field. And on top of that - I can proudly and legitimately state "My wife got me fisted by Josh Allen" - Best. Wife. Ever.

I know I can be negative about my job but wow reading some of the threads on Reddit about Jobs today was straight depressing. In real life as well it seems like many people I know feel overworked and overstressed. Been there and still are. This forum and members here through PM's are one of the main reasons I'm still employed! Useful distractions/vents during the days.

🤣🤣🤣 in a High level business meeting

As you can see by the Bills first 3 visits, each one of them was here for a 30 visit and they had multiple meetings with the Bills before they were selected. This is by no means obviously a guarantee that any of the remaining 7 picks will be on this list but with their history I think its likely at least some of these picks come from this list. I think we can safely eliminate the Kickers so we're looking at a list of 37 players that we have had serious interaction with left in this draft which clearly means a lot to the Bills. 2.WR Isaiah Bond Texas (Highly Unlikely) (30 Visit) Round 7/UDFA 10.WR Da'Quan Felton Virginia Tech (Zoom Meeting) Round 6-7 11.WR Landon Parker Troy (Zoom Meeting) Round 7/UDFA 12.WR Will Sheppard Colorado (Zoom Meeting) Round 7/UDFA 13.TE Thomas Fidone Nebraska (Private Workout) Round 5-6 14. OT Jared Penning Northern Iowa (Zoom Meeting) Round 7/UDFA 19. DT Nash Hutmacher Nebraska (Private Workout) Round 5-6 20. DT Tommy Akingbesote Maryland (Zoom Meeting) Round 6-UDFA 21. DT Zeek Biggers Georgia Tech (Zoom Meeting) Round 5-7 22. DT Omari Thomas Tennessee (Zoom Meeting) Round 6-UDFA 25. LB Chandler Martin Memphis (Zoom Meeting) Round 6-UDFA 26. LB Shaun Dolac Buffalo (Local Pro Day) Round 5-6 27. LB Marlowe Wax Syracuse (Local Pro Day) Round 7/UDFA 29. LB Cody Lindenberg Minnesota (Zoom Meeting) Round 6-UDFA 31. CB B.J Adams UCF (Zoom Meeting) Round 6-UDFA 32. CB Robert Longerbeam Rutgers (Zoom Meeting) Round 5-6 33. CB Alijah Huzzie North Carolina (Zoom Meeting) Round 5-7 35. S Alijah Clark Syracuse (Multiple Non 30 Visit) Round 6-UDFA 36. S Donovan McMillian Pitt (Local Pro Day) Round 6- UDFA 37. K Ryan Fitzgerald Florida State (Zoom Meeting) Round 6- UDFA 38. K Ben Sauls Pitt (Local Pro Day) Round 6- UDFA 39. P Alex Mastramano (Zoom Meeting) Round 6- UDFA

Where’s that guy with the high level business meetings to attend? I choose him.

But he couldn't come to the stage because he had to step into a high-level business meeting.

Major takeaways - Cook and the Bills are not close in their discussions. Beane saying directly they "aren't on the same page" is telling. Von is 100% going to be cut as expected.

Other than the wide right season, have any TBDers felt more confident about the Bills winning a Super Bowl than you do right now? I ask this because I for one have not. I just think that Josh looks unstoppable and the OL looks fabulous. I'm approaching the KC game without the lingering fear of something going bad that has haunted me the other times that we got this close. It really does feel great!!!!! GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes and no. I would tell you all about it, but I've got to run to a high-level business meeting.

Whoa, they just got married. Even if they get very busy, it will be a minute before they're attending PTA meetings!

Let me guess...you're the one in a family meeting, or business meeting that after you make a suggestion, someone always says "you're not helping..." 😁 * Me too! 🤣

How is everyone feeling about Tyler now? I think he's back to being a weapon. His kicks today in the weather looked confident and crisp.

It is insane- unless you can draft and develop at a high level.

If Thompson is healthy and can play at his high level, this is a terrific signing.

High level meeting??

Seems like Mahomes got robbed a little, compared to Allen. From a cursory/high level skim. (Not that I agree with that conclusion.)

Man, I don’t like the Bengals at all but it’s too bad for Joe B. to be in such a cluster. He’s got some serious high level ability

GREAT Movie. to see actors do their thing at such a high level is what movies are all about IMO. Meryl Streep I mean what can you say

This. I'm of the same mindset. My company HQ is in Germany, and I would totally squeeze in a "high-level business meeting" therein to coincide with that game. Bucket list material.

His body really didn't change that much He certainly has not added 15 lb... What he did is Master his pad level He is playing with supreme pad level and leverage now which he didn't Year One When his pad level was too high he was not as powerful as a runner.. now he plays with great leverage which has increased his running power and pop

Rest in paradise... I read that he did alot in the league for mental health and was an advocate for it as well on a personal level. I didn't find to what extent but he was a pretty big component of it at the owners meetings.

I think the Bills may go after one high level free agent or trade. They need defensive backs, tackles, and ends. The offense needs a #1 wide receiver. Which of the possible big name players that may be available would you be most excited about if you hear the Bills have signed him? For me it would be D.K. Metcalf, when previously it was Crosby or Garrett. This offense needs someone who can consistently catch balls down the field and outrun a defense. Being a human bulldozer is a bonus, one that fits in well with the team’s philosophy. He is 27, six foot four, 225 pounds, and with 4.33 speed at his 2019 combine. I know it is the defense that most needs the potential first round pick that it would likely take, but Metcalf ‘s the perfect player for this offense and team right now. He will enable their young crop of receivers-- Coleman, Shakir, Kincaid, and the running backs-- to rise to their potential in 2025. If I hear Metcalf was signed I will be very happy, knowing the Bills’ offense took the next step, and will be one of the top offenses in the league next year and beyond. Even better than this past year. Almost unstoppable. Signing Metcalf would then mean all hands on deck can focus almost exclusively on the defense, as their main need on offense was eliminated. All draft capital, potential trades, focused solely on revamping the defense. The Raiders likely want him, but Metcalf would probably prefer Josh Allen throwing to him than…?