Bold predictions - Bills training camp & roster

[HappyDays]

Training camp starts tomorrow and we're a month away from the Bills 53-man roster being set. Post your bold predictions here.

 

I'll start with two of my own:

 

1) After the obvious quartet of Diggs, Sanders, Beasley, and Davis, the last 2 WRs to make the team will be Hodgins and Stevenson. McKenzie will be a surprise cut.

 

2) Cody Ford will be traded for a 4th or 5th round pick near the end of training camp. Forrest Lamp will take his spot on the roster.

[John from Riverside]

3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Training camp starts tomorrow and we're a month away from the Bills 53-man roster being set. Post your bold predictions here.

 

I'll start with two of my own:

 

1) After the obvious quartet of Diggs, Sanders, Beasley, and Davis, the last 2 WRs to make the team will be Hodgins and Stevenson. McKenzie will be a surprise cut.

 

2) Cody Ford will be traded for a 4th or 5th round pick near the end of training camp. Forrest Lamp will take his spot on the roster.

If it’s a fourth or fifth round pick I’d rather just hang on the Cody

 

No less than a third rounder

[DJB]

Diggs Mercedes shows up at camp and all hell breaks loose. 

[HappyDays]

10 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

If it’s a fourth or fifth round pick I’d rather just hang on the Cody

 

No less than a third rounder

 

I have trouble finding a spot for Ford on the o-line. He isn't going to be a RT any time soon with Darryl Williams and Spencer Brown on the team. We didn't exactly miss him at G last year. I think Lamp fits our scheme and is a better pass protector than Ford, so if he stays healthy I think he will beat Ford in an open competition. At which point Ford will be expendable. And he isn't worth a 3rd to any team.

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

I'll take a shot, unlikely as a veteran presence..

 

 but could it be possible Mario Addison is a cut? We have a lot of young guys vying for limited spots. Given his age

and cost (mind you I did not bother to look at cost savings from cutting him now) Is Mario even after this season?

 

 

[BuffaloBillies]

Camp will start with no sign of Josh Allen.

5 minutes after the official start time, Josh will appear over the top of the stadium flying onto the field in a red, white, and blue hang glider in full uniform. He'll land on the 50 yard line and yell, "LET'S GO!!!"

[Blainorama5]

BOLD prediction:  Bills will play games!  They will win some and they will lose some.

 

I know - really going out on a limb there. 😉

 

Not sure how bold this is, but I think Dane Jackson will get the CB2 nod.  Oh and HappyDays - McKenzie ain't getting cut!

[ProcessYaDigg]

Matt Brieda comes out as RB1

If beasley keeps being a distraction, he'll be replaced by Kumerow

Edited July 27, 2021 by ProcessYaDigg

[Draconator]

Tyler Bass will break the NFL record for longest field goal in a game, and it won't count because it's preseason.

[HappyDays]

10 minutes ago, Blainorama5 said:

Oh and HappyDays - McKenzie ain't getting cut!

 

We almost let him walk in free agency. I think they're ready to live without him. Hodgins offers size and ball skills and has gotten some buzz this offseason. I predict Stevenson makes the team because Beane rarely cuts new draft picks and he can take on McKenzie's role. If Stevenson doesn't show anything in training camp then McKenzie is probably safe and they'll try and put Stevenson on the PS.

Edited July 27, 2021 by HappyDays

[Dablitzkrieg]

Fromm is traded.

Hodgens is a better than we thought so McKenzie is cut/traded.

Jerry Hughes is released early in camp because he lost a step. 

Singletary still is slow regardless of what his trainer said.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Dablitzkrieg

[Blainorama5]

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

We almost let him walk in free agency. I think they're ready to live without him. Hodgins offers size and ball skills and has gotten some buzz this offseason. I predict Stevenson makes the team because Beane rarely cuts new draft picks and he can take on McKenzie's role. If Stevenson doesn't show anything in training camp then McKenzie is probably safe and they'll try and put Stevenson on the PS.

Hodgins is definitely an intriguing talent.  Personally I think they should keep 7 WRs given how pass happy they are likely to be again this season, but McKenzie is that handy gadget guy with quick feet, he's got a good shot at the returner job and Josh clearly feels comfortable with him.  That's a hard combo to just cut.  If Hodgins flat out outperforms in TC, maybe, but I just don't see it at this point.

[bigK14094]

I haven't seen Hodgins on the hoof or on the field.  Hence I view all the positive comments as hearsay.   Time will tell and the staff will make their decisions, I suspect McKenzie stays.  If Beasley continues to be  a distraction, he might hit the street, you never know.

[GunnerBill]

At this stage it seems almost a bold prediction to claim McKenzie makes the team with so many people writing him off. 

 

For the third year in a row I will tell people he will make the team and for the third year in a row health permitting he will be here for the opener.

 

My bold prediction for things that happen between now and the season starting... I'd go:

 

The Bills trade Mitch Morse straight up for a starting corner. 

[HappyDays]

29 minutes ago, Blainorama5 said:

McKenzie is that handy gadget guy with quick feet, he's got a good shot at the returner job and Josh clearly feels comfortable with him.  That's a hard combo to just cut.  If Hodgins flat out outperforms in TC, maybe, but I just don't see it at this point.

 

17 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

At this stage it seems almost a bold prediction to claim McKenzie makes the team with so many people writing him off. 

 

For the third year in a row I will tell people he will make the team and for the third year in a row health permitting he will be here for the opener.

 

Until this year I was firmly in the camp of McKenzie making the team. And I am still throwing it out there as a bold prediction, not something I am particularly confident about. I just think it is a spot they could use to get younger and cheaper at. It's dependent on Stevenson showing something in camp.

[Punching Bag]

42 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

We almost let him walk in free agency. I think they're ready to live without him. Hodgins offers size and ball skills and has gotten some buzz this offseason. I predict Stevenson makes the team because Beane rarely cuts new draft picks and he can take on McKenzie's role. If Stevenson doesn't show anything in training camp then McKenzie is probably safe and they'll try and put Stevenson on the PS.

 

Getting buzz in offseason means people talking about him are buzzed.

[GunnerBill]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

 

Until this year I was firmly in the camp of McKenzie making the team. And I am still throwing it out there as a bold prediction, not something I am particularly confident about. I just think it is a spot they could use to get younger and cheaper at. It's dependent on Stevenson showing something in camp.

 

Stevenson would have to win the return job and show he can do the jet motion stuff. Plus someone else would have to outplay McKenzie. I just don't see it this year any more than I saw it before

[Logic]

Unless and until Beasley commits to playing a full season without being a distraction or causing problems, McKenzie ain’t going anywhere. 

[Kwai San]

1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

1) After the obvious quartet of Diggs, Sanders, Beasley, and Davis, the last 2 WRs to make the team will be Hodgins and Stevenson. McKenzie will be a surprise cut.

 

2) Cody Ford will be traded for a 4th or 5th round pick near the end of training camp. Forrest Lamp will take his spot on the roster.

 

Sigh - just another "LAMP" post......kidding Days, kidding.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Kwai San

[Florida Bills Fanatic]

1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

 

I have trouble finding a spot for Ford on the o-line. He isn't going to be a RT any time soon with Darryl Williams and Spencer Brown on the team. We didn't exactly miss him at G last year. I think Lamp fits our scheme and is a better pass protector than Ford, so if he stays healthy I think he will beat Ford in an open competition. At which point Ford will be expendable. And he isn't worth a 3rd to any team.

I can't say that I disagree with you but the fact that John Miller is still on an NFL roster tells me that Cody Ford may have some surprising value.  Ford has been banged up for a good part of his time in Buffalo and that may have had some impact on his game.  In addition, young players have a lot of trouble with zone blocking schemes and Ford really struggled with it.  I expect him to see a bunch of preseason playing time as an audition for a potential trade.  I do expect him to be gone before the start of the regular season unless there a bunch of o-line injuries.

[Virgil]

Beasley contracts a new strain of the COVID virus that turns him into a zombie.  He managers to infect the receiving core and Allen is forced to put them all down by throwing bullets through their brains from 100 yards away with pinpoint accuracy.

[Boxcar]

1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

Training camp starts tomorrow and we're a month away from the Bills 53-man roster being set. Post your bold predictions here.

 

I'll start with two of my own:

 

1) After the obvious quartet of Diggs, Sanders, Beasley, and Davis, the last 2 WRs to make the team will be Hodgins and Stevenson. McKenzie will be a surprise cut.

 

2) Cody Ford will be traded for a 4th or 5th round pick near the end of training camp. Forrest Lamp will take his spot on the roster.

I don't really think either of these are that bold

[Kwai San]

36 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

My bold prediction for things that happen between now and the season starting... I'd go:

 

The Bills trade Mitch Morse straight up for a starting corner. 

 

Now THAT would be interesting......

 

1 hour ago, loveorhatembillsfan4life said:

 but could it be possible Mario Addison is a cut? We have a lot of young guys vying for limited spots. Given his age

and cost (mind you I did not bother to look at cost savings from cutting him now) Is Mario even after this season?

 

 

 

You should have looked.....Bills save almost no $$$ and take a significant hit but cutting Addison.  Otherwise he would already be gone.

[Hebert19]

39 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

At this stage it seems almost a bold prediction to claim McKenzie makes the team with so many people writing him off. 

 

For the third year in a row I will tell people he will make the team and for the third year in a row health permitting he will be here for the opener.

 

My bold prediction for things that happen between now and the season starting... I'd go:

 

The Bills trade Mitch Morse straight up for a starting corner. 

This.  

 

1.   Mckenzie stays.   He is returner. 

2.  Morse or Ford traded. Beane always manages to find that team who gets hit with injury bug. 

3.  Surprise cut is Phillips. 

 

My humorous one...

 

4.   We go into the season with no punter.  I mean ***** it we rarely punt anyway. 

[GunnerBill]

Just now, Kwai San said:

 

Now THAT would be interesting......

 

 

Yea it would. I just think if the corner battle does not go well early in camp their only way to address it is a trade and nobody is giving up a starting level corner at that stage without something of value back. Morse took a paycut in the spring to stay, that tells me there is at least some willingness inside the building to countenance life without him. I suspect this is his last year in Buffalo anyway, and trading him would save $5.5m in cap space this year. While it would also leave about the same in dead cap that would be spread across two years (this year and next). They have Feliciano under contract on a relatively team friendly deal for the next 3 years.... they have lots of options at the guard spots.... I don't expect it to happen but in terms of thinking through slightly bold things that would at least make some sort of sense that is the one I landed on. 

[Sugar High JA17]

Emmanuel Sanders leads the team in Receiving Yards! I think people are overlooking this player.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 hour ago, Blainorama5 said:

BOLD prediction:  Bills will play games!  They will win some and they will lose some.

 

I know - really going out on a limb there. 😉

 

Not sure how bold this is, but I think Dane Jackson will get the CB2 nod.  Oh and HappyDays - McKenzie ain't getting cut!

 

The “lose some” is controversial here.

[ProcessYaDigg]

1 minute ago, BLO_RIO said:

Emmanuel Sanders leads the team in Receiving Yards! I think people are overlooking this player.

Nobody cares about these stats during training camp

3 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

The “lose some” is controversial here.

ehh, if we're just talking about training camp here, then i could care less about losses.

[Logic]

My camp takes. Not sure how "bold" any of them are, but here we go:

- Reggie Gilliam's roster spot is in jeopardy. Hollister can play the move TE/H-back role that Gilliam played last year. The staff may want to keep less numbers at TE than they normally would to make space for a 7th WR.

- The Bills' best 11 personnel set -- the set they ran most often on offense last year, mind you -- will prove to be Diggs and Davis out wide, with Sanders in the slot.

- Harrison Phillips has a monster camp and a breakout year

 

- Levi Wallace will once again hold off challengers and win the CB2 spot.

- CB Nick McCloud and TE Quintin Morris will make the 53-man roster as UDFAs

- AJ Epenesa will turn heads and will earn the starting LDE role (not that "starting" means much with the way this D rotates linemen)



 

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

38 minutes ago, Kwai San said:

 

Now THAT would be interesting......

 

 

You should have looked.....Bills save almost no $$$ and take a significant hit but cutting Addison.  Otherwise he would already be gone.

Thank you! Well let’s hope he contributes this season! 

[Sugar High JA17]

29 minutes ago, ProcessYaDigg said:

Nobody cares about these stats during training camp

ehh, if we're just talking about training camp here, then i could care less about losses.

I think these stats could mean more then you think, shows a instant connection with JA early in game action not just practice.

[Craig Oi]

My Predictions...Bold but possible...Hollister and Allen rediscover their college magic and he beats out Knox for TE1. Bold trade...The logjams at WR and DL allows them to find a partner(s) and they trade Beasley and Hughes...Improbable...Mitch lights it up and he is traded to a team whose QB goes down for a 1st rd pick. 

[Sugar High JA17]

1 minute ago, Craig Oi said:

My Predictions...Bold but possible...Hollister and Allen rediscover their college magic and he beats out Knox for TE1. Bold trade...The logjams at WR and DL allows them to find a partner(s) and they trade Beasley and Hughes...Improbable...Mitch lights it up and he is traded to a team whose QB goes down for a 1st rd pick. 

Our minds think alike! Good One!

 

[Punching Bag]

51 minutes ago, Virgil said:

Beasley contracts a new strain of the COVID virus that turns him into a zombie.  He managers to infect the receiving core and Allen is forced to put them all down by throwing bullets through their brains from 100 yards away with pinpoint accuracy.

 

Will Allen get a movie deal for the book?

[Rico]

1. Trubisky will look good in the pre-season.

2. Josh will have a bad game in the regular season.

3. After that bad game, some posters will be calling for Mitch to start.

[Sugar High JA17]

Funny every year during preseason my mind plays tricks on me thinking who's our next Joique Bell... Im thinking Antonio Williams

[wjag]

Morse gets dinged in camp and starts the year on IR.

Breida gets cut and re-signed after initial cuts

Hollister is TE1

One DL starter (Mario or Harrison or Jerry) from last year is not on the 53 (traded or cut)

 

[Punching Bag]

Beasley gets put on Commission's List at start of season allowing Bills to keep one additional WR.

Way to take one for the team!

[YattaOkasan]

35 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Will Allen get a movie deal for the book?

World War Bease!

[GunnerBill]

One additional prediction (not sure I'd call it bold) - I expect Jack Anderson to have an impressive camp and pre-season. Wouldn't at all stun me if in 3 or 4 weeks we are talking about him as one of those guys who it might not be easy to sneak onto a practice squad.