Edit! McKenzie is back on a 2 year deal worth 4.4 million

[Virgil]

Sooo, can we still sign Robert Foster or…..

[Mat68]

If Buffalo lands a big defensive player this move allows Buffalo to move on from Beasley to help pay for it.  I felt last season the offense was best with Diggs, Davis and Mckenzie in field.   I would be fine with that as our top 3.

[LABILLBACKER]

9 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

And in the MIA game he also returned a punt from our current punter for a TD

Exactly,  if he can clean up the return ball protection,  we have a 2 for 1 player at 4M. Freeing up more cap for other players. This pretty much assures Beasley & Sanders are gone.

[Putin]

13 pages for MacKenzie wow 

1 minute ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Exactly,  if he can clean up the return ball protection,  we have a 2 for 1 player at 4M. Freeing up more cap for other players. This pretty much assures Beasley & Sanders are gone.

Hope and IF is not a plan 

[LyndonvilleBill]

1 minute ago, Putin said:

13 pages for MacKenzie wow 

Trying to get it to 19.😁

 

[Florida Bills Fanatic]

3 hours ago, 17islongenough said:

I wonder if Daboll didn't like using him on offense and that was the riff with Beane

That's an interesting take and you may very well be correct.    At times I wondered why they didn't use his speed to stretch the defense and open things up for Diggs and Knox.  Even if he was merely a decoy, the safeties would have to cover the deep patterns.  This certainly provides the Bills some flexibility going into the draft.

[LABILLBACKER]

16 minutes ago, ngbills said:

Beas can excel vs the zone. Mck has not shown that yet. That is likely why he gets less snaps. What d are most teams in vs us? Let’s see what happens but I don’t think mck has been getting screwed it is more likely his size and abilities limit what him zone coverage. 

Well it must be his ability because he's literally the exact size of Beasley. 

5-8

174

[Beast]

3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

I’m not kidding - I had a dream last night that he signed. 

Were you on Twitter in your dream?

[H2o]

When McKenzie gets on the field, he produces. This makes the loss of Beasley not sting as much, if we're losing Beasley. 

[Success]

Great move. He brings more versatility to our offense.

 

 

[Rocky Landing]

This is a big relief to me. McKenzie is so dialed in to this offense, has a relationship with the team, and with Allen. He once joked (??) about being the "face of the franchise," but I'm not sure how off the mark that is. I know Daboll appreciated him enormously-- I was never sure about McDermott. But, I have to believe that Josh, especially towards the end of the season, saw him for what he is-- a fast, talented, versatile WR, with insane athleticism, that fills in gaps like no one else. 

 

Micah Hyde once joked, during a press conference in which McK heckled him, that he "hated him." But, we all know that was a joke. Buffalo LOVES Isaiah McKenzie.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

10 minutes ago, LyndonvilleBill said:

Trying to get it to 19.😁

 

 

Here let me help

 

 

[34-78-83]

2 hours ago, FireChans said:

The “Run It Back” tour continues. Expect to see Boogie Basham and AJ Epenesa playing Wordle on the sidelines on Sundays.

[billsfan_34]

3 hours ago, CapeBreton said:

5’8”? He’s still growing I guess!

 

Glad to have him back, hopefully for cheap again, I’m surprised he didn’t test the market.

Um, did you not see the subject title of this post? Lol

[Maine-iac]

Just for fun I was looking at nexgen stats and McKenzie made top mph plays 5 times.  You'd never guess who was next with 2 times on the top mph list ............. the rb who's "painfully slow". 

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

1 hour ago, Shake_My_Head said:

Well, if you say so.   

 

Beasley's best skill--which seems to be really under-appreciated around here--was finding the holes in zone coverage and keeping the sticks moving.  McKensie's a more dynamic player, but not as accomplished at that kind of outlet / hot-read / drive-extender play, IMO.   

 

It will be up to Dorsey to tweak the playbook a bit to accentuate 'Lil Dirty's strengths and not try to make him Beasley 2.0.

 

 His "best" skill was only good for 1 year with us(2020) when he had 53 first downs. The other 2 seasons he's averaged 35.5 on an average of 109 targets. That's not good at all.

 

 His rankings this year.. Targets- 28th, Yards - 52nd, First Downs - 47th, TDs - 178th and YPC - 125th. We can find that production, on that many targets, anywhere.

 

 On top of that most of his damage was done before November(The first 7 games). In the 9 games he played after that his yards were 33, 15, 23, 46, 11, 64, 35, 22 & 31, for an average of 31 yards a game and zero TDs. For comparison Zac Ertz had the same number of targets and beat him in every statistical category.

 

 

[BillsFanForever19]

 

Are posters okay with this scenario?

 

Diggs 

Davis

(Day 2 Pick)

McKenzie

Stevenson

Kumerow

 

Knox

(FA Signing to upgrade from Sweeney)

[MrEpsYtown]

14 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Here let me help

 

 

His girl needs to put down the meth. And is that Evan Engram? 
 

I kid I kid. Just bumpin

[Draconator]

21 minutes ago, Beast said:

Were you on Twitter in your dream?

No, but he broke the news in his dream of McKenzie and Brady

[Shake_My_Head]

1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Beasley averaged 43.3 ypg last year.   McKenzie has something like 8 games where he exceeded that, and also 8 games with 4 or more receptions.  

 

Interesting, since he only had 30 receptions all season (26 regular season, 4 playoff)...

[MrEpsYtown]

5 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

Are posters okay with this scenario?

 

Diggs 

Davis

(Day 2 Pick)

McKenzie

Stevenson

Kumerow

 

Knox

(FA Signing to upgrade from Sweeney)

Yeah I don’t love that. I think it is clear the team needs more speed. Just re-signing McKenzie doesn’t help. and replacing Sanders with Davis actually makes us slower. So yeah I kind of hate it. 
 

So I guess it depends on what they do in the draft. I prefer a DJ Chark type, bigger guy with speed to burn. 

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

I want to know if he’s going to be a full time WR or are we still experimenting with the PR

I'd like to see them sign the guy from the Jets, Braxton Berrios, can play slot if Mckenzie were to get hurt, probably could play outside in a pinch and good return man too.

 

 

1 minute ago, Shake_My_Head said:

Interesting, since he only had 30 receptions all season (26 regular season, 4 playoff)...

 

Never let facts get in the way of a good argument!

Edited March 14, 2022 by Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

[Einstein's Dog]

Yes!  Glad to hear.  Keeps the plan I would like to see alive.   McK back, get another good TE.  And draft a WR early.  

 

That is a plan that covers short and long term success.  Short term, McK and the new TE share slot responsiblities.  Long term it allows a path for a drafted WR to quickly rise into a prominent role.  J Williams type would fit nicely.  Then Diggs gets restructured soon, Davis in 2 years, and good rookie 4-5 years.  Great financial planning in the WR room.

 

Unfortunately the TE portion just got tougher - Ertz is out, Gronk is a harder get w Brady back.  Engram/Tonyan/Hurst are a tier down.  I think Beane may have to go to a big offer to Gronk.

[LyndonvilleBill]

3 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

Are posters okay with this scenario?

 

Diggs 

Davis

(Day 2 Pick)

McKenzie

Stevenson

Kumerow

 

Knox

(FA Signing to upgrade from Sweeney)

You missed Hodgins. I'm ok with it. I would like to have 1 more WR lined up either through FA or draft/UDFA. I think draft would be a better option for another TE. But I may be in the minority on that one.

 

[Scott7975]

Glad to see him back!

[Shake_My_Head]

15 minutes ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 His "best" skill was only good for 1 year with us(2020) when he had 53 first downs. The other 2 seasons he's averaged 35.5 on an average of 109 targets. That's not good at all.

And yet, in the Kansas City playoff game Cole had 7 for 79 yards (11.3 YPC) and 3 first downs.    He can stil play.   

 

McKenzie will have to prove he can be a full-time guy, which the Bills seem to be OK going forward with.

[SCBills]

Super weird tweet by Josh Reed…

 

”Not a lot of balls to go around after this…”

 

Proceeds to list the same exact players as last year, minus two WR’s that played legitimate snaps.  

[BananaB]

If Beas is out McKenzie definitely earned his shot. Glad he’s back

[BillsFanForever19]

16 minutes ago, LyndonvilleBill said:

You missed Hodgins. I'm ok with it. I would like to have 1 more WR lined up either through FA or draft/UDFA. I think draft would be a better option for another TE. But I may be in the minority on that one.

 

 

Hodgins is a Practice Squad guy. I'm not counting on him making the 53. He was a hot name last offseason, failed to show anything, and was released. I don't get why posters are so attached to him.

 

10 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Super weird tweet by Josh Reed…

 

”Not a lot of balls to go around after this…”

 

Proceeds to list the same exact players as last year, minus two WR’s that played legitimate snaps.  

 

I know, right? I said the exact same thing. "Not a lot of balls to go around"? It's the same players we had minus (most likely) two key contributors.

Edited March 14, 2022 by BillsFanForever19

[Putin]

16 minutes ago, LyndonvilleBill said:

You missed Hodgins. I'm ok with it. I would like to have 1 more WR lined up either through FA or draft/UDFA. I think draft would be a better option for another TE. But I may be in the minority on that one.

 

So we basically running it back minus Sanders and Beasley ? Got it !!! 

[97bills]

4 hours ago, BillsMafi$ said:

 

Good for him, now making more money I’m sure they will use him more. GO Bills 

[BuffaloBill]

Good signing 

[BillsFan130]

4 minutes ago, Putin said:

So we basically running it back minus Sanders and Beasley ? Got it !!! 

They will get someone else.

 

Either a day 2 pick in the draft and/or a mid level free agency target.

Edited March 14, 2022 by BillsFan130

[JaBu]

2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Around 30% of the league is UDFA ... It's shows the depth of talent

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously, 30%?  Where do you find that number?  That would equate to around 15 players per team. Off the top of my head I don't think the Bills are even close to that number.

[Motor26]

4 minutes ago, Putin said:

So we basically running it back minus Sanders and Beasley ? Got it !!! 

You are aware free agency doesn’t officially begin until tomorrow at noon right?

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

1 minute ago, Shake_My_Head said:

And yet, in the Kansas City playoff game Cole had 7 for 79 yards (11.3 YPC) and 3 first downs.    He can stil play.   

 

McKenzie will have to prove he can be a full-time guy, which the Bills seem to be OK going forward with.

 

 😂😂 No he didn't. That was his stat total for both games in the playoffs, not just the Chiefs game. And the 1 catch for 19 yards in the NE game was in garbage time with Bills up by over 30 in the 4th. His average yards per game in the playoffs was pretty much on par with his 31 yard average in his last 9 regular season games and 1st downs per game.

 

 Over his final 11 games as a Bill there’s nothing to suggest his game is anywhere near where it was in 2020. 

 

 

[John from Riverside]

6 minutes ago, Putin said:

So we basically running it back minus Sanders and Beasley ? Got it !!! 

There will be another WR added to this group.

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, JaBu said:

 

Seriously, 30%?  Where do you find that number?  That would equate to around 15 players per team. Off the top of my head I don't think the Bills are even close to that number.

https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2019/09/undrafted-2/

 

It's a couple years old but as of 2019 31%

[LyndonvilleBill]

3 minutes ago, Putin said:

So we basically running it back minus Sanders and Beasley ? Got it !!! 

? Not exactly. Add a day 2 pick, plus another FA or draft/UDFA. How much more can we add and make the roster? Lose 2 and add 2...

[JaBu]

1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:

https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2019/09/undrafted-2/

 

It's a couple years old but as of 2019 31%

 

Thanks, that is very surprising!