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6 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

He had 5 tackles last year. Do you really think he is so special and that some other guy can't make 5 ST tackles in 17 games?

 

There is the other popular misunderstanding of ST contributions.  Only one guy will make the tackle...its NOT about how many tackles you get, its about how well you play your role to force the returner into a tackle and contain the return.  Literally closing off the lanes is substantially more important than who gets the credit for the tackle.  A tackle can happen anywhere on the field...on a 5 yard return or a 50 yard return.  What matters most is not allowing the runner the space to make the return and force him into the coverage for as short of a gain as possible.  

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13 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

Except he isn't good at any of them.  I'd rather Doyle be your third TE, I see no reason to ever have a FB and if needed you line up Sweeney or Moss at FB, and he never will line up at RB.  A capable WR is going to be cut to keep Gilliam on the team.  

Not sure how you can say he "isnt good at any of them" meanwhile we just extended him. Luckily we havent had to use him a bunch except for goal line scenarios and his blocking has been decent. The thing I think you are missing is having Gilliam suit up allows you to add the additional linemen like Doyle last year to lineup as "extra tight end." But having Gilliam allows you to run a goal line FB, and not need to suit up 3-4 RB's because he can fill in if absolutely needed... unless you think Doyle can be RB3 due to injury. Having a versatile piece like Gilliam is why we could get away with only dressing 1 TE last year. Having him fill 3+ positions allow you the flexibility of sitting or dressing up extra positions as needed for the matchups.

 

Again our team also values special teams and he ALSO fills that role which other guys like Doyle or Duke Johnson wont fill

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5 minutes ago, BaaadThingsMan said:

It's a deep squad this year.

All positions are deep, other teams are gonna get rich off the Bills roster cuts. 

Yuuuup.  Just hoping the Warlock can pull a couple draft picks out of the hat instead of just outright losing them

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