Ed Oliver big extension

[Dr. Who]

13 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:

I guess I don't consider TE2 and DT 3/4, DE3 and RB2 starting positions. Harty is in no way an "upgrade" over mckenzie until he proves it. 4 TDs and under 800 yards over 4 years makes him effectively a 25 year old second year player if you add his whole career together. I'm also not ready to pencil in McGovern as an immediate upgrade either. He has severe flaws in his game that we've glazed over because of how poorly Saffold performed. I like the floyd signing, but again, it's depth. Kincaid will be fun to watch, but I'm not expecting a rookie TE starting the season at #2 or #3 to be much of a factor at all - certainly not more than a high end #2 WR would have been. Harris is a fine committee back, but nothing about him is special. He'll get some touches and TDs because somebody's gotta, but he's not going to take over football games.

"Tanking" is a very strong word, and not one I agree with. I don't believe Beane is intentionally trying to lose. I do believe that he's not doing everything he can to win, because he's said as much, and I don't think the moves that he's made put us in any better position to win than last year or the year before. I don't see most of the guys he's brought in as difference makers, more like B/C-tier free agent role players.

We don't have enough talent at RB1, TE1, WR2, MLB,  or DL (despite our insane investments there). The only real threat we have either side of the ball to an opposing team is Allen to Diggs. You take any part of that away and we're toast. We've seen it in the playoffs for 3 years now. That connection evaporates in January when the real gameplans come out and we have no response. Milano is a beat and I love him, but he's not Ray Lewis or Brian Urlacher. He won't drag Rex Grossman or Trent Dilfer to a Super Bowl.

Watching KC play last year with a one-legged Mahomes was illuminating. They have a seemingly endless parade of players who have no problem throwing the team on their back and stepping up to make big plays. Despite not being a team of all-pros, they play amazing situational football, and a lot of that is probably coaching. We already know that they run the worst play in football (the shovel pass) better than any other team in the league, so maybe like Belichick used to, Reid is just that good at getting the best out of guys that aren't perfect.

McDermott and co seem to be much more of a "beat the man across from you" type of coach that will have to rely on his team having a significant enough talent and effort advantage to overcome his opponent.

I may not be a GM, but I'd bet a lot of money against Beane that we'd save more cap by not having Oliver on the team than giving him a $17M/year contract.

McGovern simply cannot be as bad as Saffold. Casper the Ghost would not be as bad as Saffold. If Edwards is healthy, he's kind of a forgotten addition. He'll help. I'll be surprised if Torrence isn't at least a serviceable guard. That's his floor. Overall, the IOL should be stronger, and better. I'm not sold on the tackles, Dawkins had a poor year and he's somewhat overrated, but it's not an incredible hope that the oline will accomplish middle of the pack status which would make a difference. Having decent guard play will help the tackles. I think you are playing games with the TE position. Knox is better than you credit and Kincaid is a big slot, so it's not quite accurate to treat him as TE2 in the conventional sense. You were down on Cook when he was drafted and you still are. I think he was a good pick and will prove it this year. It would be nice if Dorsey remembers he is a superior receiver out of the backfield. Hines, too. 

 

I understand questioning the coaching in the playoffs. It's an issue until they show they can win more consistently. Nonetheless, 13 - 3 under excruciating, unprecedented conditions was a real accomplishment. They won seven straight to close out the year. Folks dismiss it because of the post-season. The accumulation of injuries alone, especially on defense, just torpedoed the team. Laugh at that all you like. When healthy, this D is formidable. The risk you take with older players is they are perhaps more likely to get wore down by the end of the season. If Miller comes back close to his old self (and I don't think that's a huge stretch, I'm going to guess you are a skeptic,) the addition of Floyd gives you two twitchy athletes that can bring the qb down. Poona Ford is a solid 1 tech DT. They're going to be better at DL despite your casual assertion that nothing has changed.

 

Here's my guess: LB is going to end up being better than last year. Edmund's was a physical freak whose athleticism helped the D. His lack of instincts hurt it. I bet Dorian Williams is starting by mid-season or earlier. Bernard may turn out not to be a bust. The coaching staff is not as worried as the fans about LB and I trust them to know D. McD is going to call a more aggressive game, even if Frazier was running his system. No one can plan against injury, but if they experience relative good health, the D could be a lot better. A healthy Hyde, Poyer, Tre White coming back more confident and closer to his old self, Benford and Elam, that is not a bad secondary. Nothing about it says mediocre team destined to wilt in big games.

 

I'd like to add Hopkins. I don't think Davis is an adequate WR2, but as is, there is enough talent for the offense to be improved. I have more questions about Dorsey than I do about the offense. And Josh Allen needs to use the short and intermediate routes more. Long ball priority is a welcome change from the old days when third and long was an automatic punt, but the reason Knox's numbers don't stand out to you is both too often he was required to stay in and help the porous oline and when that didn't happen, Josh looked elsewhere while TE1 is wide open. And that summary rejection of Harty you make, let's just use that to include all the new additions on the back end of the WR room. The proper response is not to treat that as deficient and null until proven otherwise, but as a genuine potential to be determined. You don't know and can't know, so no one is compelled to logically follow your assertion that it's more of the same or that Beane is unintentionally fielding a less than optimum team. Given the constraints of the cap while paying up a franchise qb, it appears to me on the contrary that Beane has perhaps had his best off-season.

 

So there, I match your rant with a rant from the other point of view.

[PrimeTime101]

43 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:

I guess I don't consider TE2 and DT 3/4, DE3 and RB2 starting positions. Harty is in no way an "upgrade" over mckenzie until he proves it. 4 TDs and under 800 yards over 4 years makes him effectively a 25 year old second year player if you add his whole career together. I'm also not ready to pencil in McGovern as an immediate upgrade either. He has severe flaws in his game that we've glazed over because of how poorly Saffold performed. I like the floyd signing, but again, it's depth. Kincaid will be fun to watch, but I'm not expecting a rookie TE starting the season at #2 or #3 to be much of a factor at all - certainly not more than a high end #2 WR would have been. Harris is a fine committee back, but nothing about him is special. He'll get some touches and TDs because somebody's gotta, but he's not going to take over football games.

"Tanking" is a very strong word, and not one I agree with. I don't believe Beane is intentionally trying to lose. I do believe that he's not doing everything he can to win, because he's said as much, and I don't think the moves that he's made put us in any better position to win than last year or the year before. I don't see most of the guys he's brought in as difference makers, more like B/C-tier free agent role players.

We don't have enough talent at RB1, TE1, WR2, MLB,  or DL (despite our insane investments there). The only real threat we have either side of the ball to an opposing team is Allen to Diggs. You take any part of that away and we're toast. We've seen it in the playoffs for 3 years now. That connection evaporates in January when the real gameplans come out and we have no response. Milano is a beat and I love him, but he's not Ray Lewis or Brian Urlacher. He won't drag Rex Grossman or Trent Dilfer to a Super Bowl.

Watching KC play last year with a one-legged Mahomes was illuminating. They have a seemingly endless parade of players who have no problem throwing the team on their back and stepping up to make big plays. Despite not being a team of all-pros, they play amazing situational football, and a lot of that is probably coaching. We already know that they run the worst play in football (the shovel pass) better than any other team in the league, so maybe like Belichick used to, Reid is just that good at getting the best out of guys that aren't perfect.

McDermott and co seem to be much more of a "beat the man across from you" type of coach that will have to rely on his team having a significant enough talent and effort advantage to overcome his opponent.

I may not be a GM, but I'd bet a lot of money against Beane that we'd save more cap by not having Oliver on the team than giving him a $17M/year contract.

this is a lot to take in.. where to start

 

To the first bolded. Wrong.. Kincaid is more the replacement because he will play lots of slot.

To the second bolded  that whole pharagraph is one of the worst takes I have seen on this board in recent months. Beane not doing all he can do? Stop it.

To the third bolded HA HA HA HA... nothing else to say. 

To the 4th bolded.. You seem to be more of a KC fan then a Bills Fan. Just saying..  I am a fan of all football and if you didn't see how much KC struggled at times? well...

To the final bolded? Damn glad your not a GM here. 

 

just saying..

5 minutes ago, Dr. Who said:

McGovern simply cannot be as bad as Saffold. Casper the Ghost would not be as bad as Saffold. If Edwards is healthy, he's kind of a forgotten addition. He'll help. I'll be surprised if Torrence isn't at least a serviceable guard. That's his floor. Overall, the IOL should be stronger, and better. I'm not sold on the tackles, Dawkins had a poor year and he's somewhat overrated, but it's not an incredible hope that the oline will accomplish middle of the pack status which would make a difference. Having decent guard play will help the tackles. I think you are playing games with the TE position. Knox is better than you credit and Kincaid is a big slot, so it's not quite accurate to treat him as TE2 in the conventional sense. You were down on Cook when he was drafted and you still are. I think he was a good pick and will prove it this year. It would be nice if Dorsey remembers he is a superior receiver out of the backfield. Hines, too. 

 

I understand questioning the coaching in the playoffs. It's an issue until they show they can win more consistently. Nonetheless, 13 - 3 under excruciating, unprecedented conditions was a real accomplishment. They won seven straight to close out the year. Folks dismiss it because of the post-season. The accumulation of injuries alone, especially on defense, just torpedoed the team. Laugh at that all you like. When healthy, this D is formidable. The risk you take with older players is they are perhaps more likely to get wore down by the end of the season. If Miller comes back close to his old self (and I don't think that's a huge stretch, I'm going to guess you are a skeptic,) the addition of Floyd gives you two twitchy athletes that can bring the qb down. Poona Ford is a solid 1 tech DT. They're going to be better at DL despite your casual assertion that nothing has changed.

 

Here's my guess: LB is going to end up being better than last year. Edmund's was a physical freak whose athleticism helped the D. His lack of instincts hurt it. I bet Dorian Williams is starting by mid-season or earlier. Bernard may turn out not to be a bust. The coaching staff is not as worried as the fans about LB and I trust them to know D. McD is going to call a more aggressive game, even if Frazier was running his system. No one can plan against injury, but if they experience relative good health, the D could be a lot better. A healthy Hyde, Poyer, Tre White coming back more confident and closer to his old self, Benford and Elam, that is not a bad secondary. Nothing about it says mediocre team destined to wilt in big games.

 

I'd like to add Hopkins. I don't think Davis is an adequate WR2, but as is, there is enough talent for the offense to be improved. I have more questions about Dorsey than I do about the offense. And Josh Allen needs to use the short and intermediate routes more. Long ball priority is a welcome change from the old days when third and long was an automatic punt, but the reason Knox's numbers don't stand out to you is both too often he was required to stay in and help the porous oline and when that didn't happen, Josh looked elsewhere while TE1 is wide open. And that summary rejection of Harty you make, let's just use that to include all the new additions on the back end of the WR room. The proper response is not to treat that as deficient and null until proven otherwise, but as a genuine potential to be determined. You don't know and can't know, so no one is compelled to logically follow your assertion that it's more of the same or that Beane is unintentionally fielding a less than optimum team. Given the constraints of the cap while paying up a franchise qb, it appears to me on the contrary that Beane has perhaps had his best off-season.

 

So there, I match your rant with a rant from the other point of view.

he is just giving one bad narrative after another... 

[Dr. Who]

4 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:

just saying..

he is just giving one bad narrative after another... 

I don't recall ever agreeing with one of his takes, though there may be an exception to the rule.

[FireChans]

6 hours ago, Cash said:

Is it, though? How do they compare in terms of highest-paid DTs or % of cap? Especially over the first 3 years of EdO’s deal, since the Bills can get out of it easily at that point. 

Yes

[eball]

Liked what I heard from Ed yesterday.  Seems to really appreciate the Bills for making this deal and wants to prove to everyone he deserves it.

 

[FLFan]

I had not seen this posted yet.  The contract details for Oliver are out.  There is a good summary here:  https://apple.news/ADJ6L-PASS_2cFdDkYyfP2w. The details are also available on Spotrac.  As I suspected, it is essentially a new 5 year contract with an out after 3.  Very cap friendly for the first two years.  The details reenforce my view that this is a good value contract for a very good, though not elite, player.  

[dave mcbride]

5 minutes ago, FLFan said:

I had not seen this posted yet.  The contract details for Oliver are out.  There is a good summary here:  https://apple.news/ADJ6L-PASS_2cFdDkYyfP2w. The details are also available on Spotrac.  As I suspected, it is essentially a new 5 year contract with an out after 3.  Very cap friendly for the first two years.  The details reenforce my view that this is a good value contract for a very good, though not elite, player.  

Yep, the BN has it too: https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bills-defensive-tackle-ed-oliver-intends-to-outplay-value-of-new-contract-just-sit-back/article_263576d2-04a3-11ee-8588-b742461685b5.html

 

“This year: Salary cap hit of $4.978 million (down from $10.753 million) and base salary of $2,028,000.

 

2024: Cap hit of $9.175 million and base salary of $14.75 million. Immediately guaranteed is $7.75 million of the base salary; the remaining $7 million will become guaranteed a day after the February 2024 Super Bowl.

 

2024: Cap hit of $9.175 million and base salary of $14.75 million. Immediately guaranteed is $7.75 million of the base salary; the remaining $7 million will become guaranteed a day after the February 2024 Super Bowl.

 

From 2024-27, Oliver’s cap charge will include an annual $6.075 million signing bonus and $500,000 roster bonus. From 2024-26, Oliver can earn $7.225 million annually via roster bonuses ($425,000 per game).“

[HappyDays]

6 hours ago, BullBuchanan said:

Kincaid will be fun to watch, but I'm not expecting a rookie TE starting the season at #2 or #3 to be much of a factor at all

 

It's hard to take anything you say seriously when this statement shows that you haven't been paying attention at all. I mean here you're implying there's a chance Kincaid starts the season as the #3 TE behind Quintin Morris. Have you listened to a single thing the team and beat reporters have said about Kincaid's role?

 

Edited June 7 by HappyDays

[SoCal Deek]

31 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Yep, the BN has it too: https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bills-defensive-tackle-ed-oliver-intends-to-outplay-value-of-new-contract-just-sit-back/article_263576d2-04a3-11ee-8588-b742461685b5.html

 

“This year: Salary cap hit of $4.978 million (down from $10.753 million) and base salary of $2,028,000.

 

2024: Cap hit of $9.175 million and base salary of $14.75 million. Immediately guaranteed is $7.75 million of the base salary; the remaining $7 million will become guaranteed a day after the February 2024 Super Bowl.

 

2024: Cap hit of $9.175 million and base salary of $14.75 million. Immediately guaranteed is $7.75 million of the base salary; the remaining $7 million will become guaranteed a day after the February 2024 Super Bowl.

 

From 2024-27, Oliver’s cap charge will include an annual $6.075 million signing bonus and $500,000 roster bonus. From 2024-26, Oliver can earn $7.225 million annually via roster bonuses ($425,000 per game).“

I hate to be ‘that guy’ but geez these players are overpaid! Do the math and convert that roster bonus to ‘per play’…. I mean yikes!

[Don Otreply]

6 hours ago, Dr. Who said:

McGovern simply cannot be as bad as Saffold. Casper the Ghost would not be as bad as Saffold. If Edwards is healthy, he's kind of a forgotten addition. He'll help. I'll be surprised if Torrence isn't at least a serviceable guard. That's his floor. Overall, the IOL should be stronger, and better. I'm not sold on the tackles, Dawkins had a poor year and he's somewhat overrated, but it's not an incredible hope that the oline will accomplish middle of the pack status which would make a difference. Having decent guard play will help the tackles. I think you are playing games with the TE position. Knox is better than you credit and Kincaid is a big slot, so it's not quite accurate to treat him as TE2 in the conventional sense. You were down on Cook when he was drafted and you still are. I think he was a good pick and will prove it this year. It would be nice if Dorsey remembers he is a superior receiver out of the backfield. Hines, too. 

 

I understand questioning the coaching in the playoffs. It's an issue until they show they can win more consistently. Nonetheless, 13 - 3 under excruciating, unprecedented conditions was a real accomplishment. They won seven straight to close out the year. Folks dismiss it because of the post-season. The accumulation of injuries alone, especially on defense, just torpedoed the team. Laugh at that all you like. When healthy, this D is formidable. The risk you take with older players is they are perhaps more likely to get wore down by the end of the season. If Miller comes back close to his old self (and I don't think that's a huge stretch, I'm going to guess you are a skeptic,) the addition of Floyd gives you two twitchy athletes that can bring the qb down. Poona Ford is a solid 1 tech DT. They're going to be better at DL despite your casual assertion that nothing has changed.

 

Here's my guess: LB is going to end up being better than last year. Edmund's was a physical freak whose athleticism helped the D. His lack of instincts hurt it. I bet Dorian Williams is starting by mid-season or earlier. Bernard may turn out not to be a bust. The coaching staff is not as worried as the fans about LB and I trust them to know D. McD is going to call a more aggressive game, even if Frazier was running his system. No one can plan against injury, but if they experience relative good health, the D could be a lot better. A healthy Hyde, Poyer, Tre White coming back more confident and closer to his old self, Benford and Elam, that is not a bad secondary. Nothing about it says mediocre team destined to wilt in big games.

 

I'd like to add Hopkins. I don't think Davis is an adequate WR2, but as is, there is enough talent for the offense to be improved. I have more questions about Dorsey than I do about the offense. And Josh Allen needs to use the short and intermediate routes more. Long ball priority is a welcome change from the old days when third and long was an automatic punt, but the reason Knox's numbers don't stand out to you is both too often he was required to stay in and help the porous oline and when that didn't happen, Josh looked elsewhere while TE1 is wide open. And that summary rejection of Harty you make, let's just use that to include all the new additions on the back end of the WR room. The proper response is not to treat that as deficient and null until proven otherwise, but as a genuine potential to be determined. You don't know and can't know, so no one is compelled to logically follow your assertion that it's more of the same or that Beane is unintentionally fielding a less than optimum team. Given the constraints of the cap while paying up a franchise qb, it appears to me on the contrary that Beane has perhaps had his best off-season.

 

So there, I match your rant with a rant from the other point of view.

BullBuchanan is always depressed and negative about the team, this is nothing new, it’s his MO for a decade and more, best to disregard his posts as they don’t add much to any conversation. 

[muppy]

the post signing interview was for me a fun listen. To hear a man spill his heart out over and over and over again. That's what touched me.

 

Is he confident?  Mindset "Outplay the contract" my reaction to that is rawrrrr. He oozes confidence and what he said I believed every word.

 

Hearing he reminisce on family was cool but also just his mindset with financial pressures Gone. Take care of the body and go out there and outplay his contract

 

Si' Por Favor Ed CONCUR!~!~!!!

[Dr. Who]

4 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:

BullBuchanan is always depressed and negative about the team, this is nothing new, it’s his MO for a decade and more, best to disregard his posts as they don’t add much to any conversation. 

Dog had puppies under the barn last night so I was up in the early hours of the morning. I rarely respond to Bull, but logged in because I could not sleep and decided to answer because there was so much wrong with the entire oration. I realize it is futile as an effort at persuasion.

[ScottLaw]

6 hours ago, Dr. Who said:

McGovern simply cannot be as bad as Saffold. Casper the Ghost would not be as bad as Saffold. If Edwards is healthy, he's kind of a forgotten addition. He'll help. I'll be surprised if Torrence isn't at least a serviceable guard. That's his floor. Overall, the IOL should be stronger, and better. I'm not sold on the tackles, Dawkins had a poor year and he's somewhat overrated, but it's not an incredible hope that the oline will accomplish middle of the pack status which would make a difference. Having decent guard play will help the tackles. I think you are playing games with the TE position. Knox is better than you credit and Kincaid is a big slot, so it's not quite accurate to treat him as TE2 in the conventional sense. You were down on Cook when he was drafted and you still are. I think he was a good pick and will prove it this year. It would be nice if Dorsey remembers he is a superior receiver out of the backfield. Hines, too. 

 

I understand questioning the coaching in the playoffs. It's an issue until they show they can win more consistently. Nonetheless, 13 - 3 under excruciating, unprecedented conditions was a real accomplishment. They won seven straight to close out the year. Folks dismiss it because of the post-season. The accumulation of injuries alone, especially on defense, just torpedoed the team. Laugh at that all you like. When healthy, this D is formidable. The risk you take with older players is they are perhaps more likely to get wore down by the end of the season. If Miller comes back close to his old self (and I don't think that's a huge stretch, I'm going to guess you are a skeptic,) the addition of Floyd gives you two twitchy athletes that can bring the qb down. Poona Ford is a solid 1 tech DT. They're going to be better at DL despite your casual assertion that nothing has changed.

 

Here's my guess: LB is going to end up being better than last year. Edmund's was a physical freak whose athleticism helped the D. His lack of instincts hurt it. I bet Dorian Williams is starting by mid-season or earlier. Bernard may turn out not to be a bust. The coaching staff is not as worried as the fans about LB and I trust them to know D. McD is going to call a more aggressive game, even if Frazier was running his system. No one can plan against injury, but if they experience relative good health, the D could be a lot better. A healthy Hyde, Poyer, Tre White coming back more confident and closer to his old self, Benford and Elam, that is not a bad secondary. Nothing about it says mediocre team destined to wilt in big games.

 

I'd like to add Hopkins. I don't think Davis is an adequate WR2, but as is, there is enough talent for the offense to be improved. I have more questions about Dorsey than I do about the offense. And Josh Allen needs to use the short and intermediate routes more. Long ball priority is a welcome change from the old days when third and long was an automatic punt, but the reason Knox's numbers don't stand out to you is both too often he was required to stay in and help the porous oline and when that didn't happen, Josh looked elsewhere while TE1 is wide open. And that summary rejection of Harty you make, let's just use that to include all the new additions on the back end of the WR room. The proper response is not to treat that as deficient and null until proven otherwise, but as a genuine potential to be determined. You don't know and can't know, so no one is compelled to logically follow your assertion that it's more of the same or that Beane is unintentionally fielding a less than optimum team. Given the constraints of the cap while paying up a franchise qb, it appears to me on the contrary that Beane has perhaps had his best off-season.

 

So there, I match your rant with a rant from the other point of view.

More worried about the safeties than I am MLB. Agree with you. I think they’ll be fine at MLB…. I do question whether Hyde returns to form/can remain healthy. Same goes for Poyer.

[BarleyNY]

6 hours ago, Dr. Who said:

McGovern simply cannot be as bad as Saffold. Casper the Ghost would not be as bad as Saffold. If Edwards is healthy, he's kind of a forgotten addition. He'll help. I'll be surprised if Torrence isn't at least a serviceable guard. That's his floor. Overall, the IOL should be stronger, and better. I'm not sold on the tackles, Dawkins had a poor year and he's somewhat overrated, but it's not an incredible hope that the oline will accomplish middle of the pack status which would make a difference. Having decent guard play will help the tackles.

 

Just want to address the OL piece. Last off-season the vast majority of this board talked up Saffold as a big improvement at OG last year. The handful of us that actually went and looked at his play knew he was done and the contract he got from the Bills was a joke. So I take the glowing expectations of much of this board with a boulder sized grain of salt. That said, I do expect McGovern to be serviceable - which would be an upgrade. He’s been good in pass pro but poor as a run blocker so that’s a concern. You mention Edwards, who I think is being overlooked. He’s one of the players I want training camp info on. I was happy to see an OG added in the draft, but the questions about Torrence’s fit are legitimate. He looks like a straight up Power/Gap OG while none of the rest of our OL looks well-suited to that. Also I think many posters here saw him get mocked to us at the end of round 1 and think we got a steal in round 2, but that wasn’t where he was mostly ranked by draft sites. I saw 2nd, 3rd and 4th round projections for him. Still, he’s got nice potential and I’m happy we addressed the OL in the draft. 

 

To me the much more concerning issue is OT. The lack of any move that would improve it could derail this season - just like it did last season when Quessenberry’s missed block against the Jets got Allen’s elbow injured. I think the IOL will be adequate and can withstand some injuries to any of the three spots, but I have no such confidence with the OTs. If Dawkins gets injured we’re looking at Brown and Quessenberry or Shell out there. I just don’t see how that works out well.

[BullBuchanan]

2 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

It's hard to take anything you say seriously when this statement shows that you haven't been paying attention at all. I mean here you're implying there's a chance Kincaid starts the season as the #3 TE behind Quintin Morris. Have you listened to a single thing the team and beat reporters have said about Kincaid's role?

 

It does? I mentioned #2 to start with with #3 as a possibility.

In all likelihood he's the #2, but he's a rookie. Have you  watched this team at all under McDermott? What happened with Cook, Elam, Rousseau, Basham etc, their rookie years? It's entirely reasonable, if not probable that he sees a modest role this year.

8 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:

this is a lot to take in.. where to start

 

To the first bolded. Wrong.. Kincaid is more the replacement because he will play lots of slot.

To the second bolded  that whole pharagraph is one of the worst takes I have seen on this board in recent months. Beane not doing all he can do? Stop it.

To the third bolded HA HA HA HA... nothing else to say. 

To the 4th bolded.. You seem to be more of a KC fan then a Bills Fan. Just saying..  I am a fan of all football and if you didn't see how much KC struggled at times? well...

To the final bolded? Damn glad your not a GM here. 

 

just saying..

he is just giving one bad narrative after another... 

Thanks for contributing less than nothing to the conversation. It's like you didn't even read anything I wrote. Just block me if you can't be bothered to read.

[Augie]

1 hour ago, ScottLaw said:

More worried about the safeties than I am MLB. Agree with you. I think they’ll be fine at MLB…. I do question whether Hyde returns to form/can remain healthy. Same goes for Poyer.

 

I wonder if our future safeties are already on the roster and will be slowly developed at the position until needed. We seem to be hoarding hybrid types of players, like positionless basketball. 

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

2 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

It's hard to take anything you say seriously when this statement shows that you haven't been paying attention at all. I mean here you're implying there's a chance Kincaid starts the season as the #3 TE behind Quintin Morris. Have you listened to a single thing the team and beat reporters have said about Kincaid's role?

 

 

I expect his snaps to cut knoxs a bit from the 75% down a bit in some of the more spread looks.  I also expect him, Shakir, Sherfield, and harty to split the Mckenzie (555)/Shakir (275)/morris (281) snaps.  Sherfield is the best blocker and a core special teamer, Kincaid is probably the best for catching in traffic and soft spots in zone, Shakir probably has the best man coverage chops, and then harty is a burner with some shiftiness.  They all have attributes that should get them on the field in different roles.  I don't expect much to change from the davis and diggs snap counts barring injury.

[HappyDays]

19 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:

It does? I mentioned #2 to start with with #3 as a possibility.

 

You could have just said "no I haven't listened to a single thing the team has said about Kincaid" instead of implying there's a chance he winds up as the TE3. You do you though.

[HappyDays]

8 minutes ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

I expect his snaps to cut knoxs a bit from the 75% down a bit in some of the more spread looks.  I also expect him, Shakir, Sherfield, and harty to split the Mckenzie (555)/Shakir (275)/morris (281) snaps.  Sherfield is the best blocker and a core special teamer, Kincaid is probably the best for catching in traffic and soft spots in zone, Shakir probably has the best man coverage chops, and then harty is a burner with some shiftiness.  They all have attributes that should get them on the field in different roles.  I don't expect much to change from the davis and diggs snap counts barring injury.

 

Yeah I expect Shakir to be the official starting slot WR but I'm expecting Kincaid to ultimately get more snaps and targets than him, especially as the season goes along. He is too talented and too pro-ready to not have a significant role early on. OTAs only tell you so much but he has apparently been a favorite target of Allen in the past two sessions that the media attended. Kincaid was practically designed in a laboratory to defeat the cover 2 shell defense that befuddled us so much last year. His attributes will be more valuable to us in the slot than anyone else on the roster IMO.

[BullBuchanan]

8 hours ago, Dr. Who said:

McGovern simply cannot be as bad as Saffold. Casper the Ghost would not be as bad as Saffold. If Edwards is healthy, he's kind of a forgotten addition. He'll help. I'll be surprised if Torrence isn't at least a serviceable guard. That's his floor. Overall, the IOL should be stronger, and better. I'm not sold on the tackles, Dawkins had a poor year and he's somewhat overrated, but it's not an incredible hope that the oline will accomplish middle of the pack status which would make a difference. Having decent guard play will help the tackles. I think you are playing games with the TE position. Knox is better than you credit and Kincaid is a big slot, so it's not quite accurate to treat him as TE2 in the conventional sense. You were down on Cook when he was drafted and you still are. I think he was a good pick and will prove it this year. It would be nice if Dorsey remembers he is a superior receiver out of the backfield. Hines, too. 

 

I understand questioning the coaching in the playoffs. It's an issue until they show they can win more consistently. Nonetheless, 13 - 3 under excruciating, unprecedented conditions was a real accomplishment. They won seven straight to close out the year. Folks dismiss it because of the post-season. The accumulation of injuries alone, especially on defense, just torpedoed the team. Laugh at that all you like. When healthy, this D is formidable. The risk you take with older players is they are perhaps more likely to get wore down by the end of the season. If Miller comes back close to his old self (and I don't think that's a huge stretch, I'm going to guess you are a skeptic,) the addition of Floyd gives you two twitchy athletes that can bring the qb down. Poona Ford is a solid 1 tech DT. They're going to be better at DL despite your casual assertion that nothing has changed.

 

Here's my guess: LB is going to end up being better than last year. Edmund's was a physical freak whose athleticism helped the D. His lack of instincts hurt it. I bet Dorian Williams is starting by mid-season or earlier. Bernard may turn out not to be a bust. The coaching staff is not as worried as the fans about LB and I trust them to know D. McD is going to call a more aggressive game, even if Frazier was running his system. No one can plan against injury, but if they experience relative good health, the D could be a lot better. A healthy Hyde, Poyer, Tre White coming back more confident and closer to his old self, Benford and Elam, that is not a bad secondary. Nothing about it says mediocre team destined to wilt in big games.

 

I'd like to add Hopkins. I don't think Davis is an adequate WR2, but as is, there is enough talent for the offense to be improved. I have more questions about Dorsey than I do about the offense. And Josh Allen needs to use the short and intermediate routes more. Long ball priority is a welcome change from the old days when third and long was an automatic punt, but the reason Knox's numbers don't stand out to you is both too often he was required to stay in and help the porous oline and when that didn't happen, Josh looked elsewhere while TE1 is wide open. And that summary rejection of Harty you make, let's just use that to include all the new additions on the back end of the WR room. The proper response is not to treat that as deficient and null until proven otherwise, but as a genuine potential to be determined. You don't know and can't know, so no one is compelled to logically follow your assertion that it's more of the same or that Beane is unintentionally fielding a less than optimum team. Given the constraints of the cap while paying up a franchise qb, it appears to me on the contrary that Beane has perhaps had his best off-season.

 

So there, I match your rant with a rant from the other point of view.

Not sure either one of our posts were rants, unless that means anything with a paragraph. I don't disagree with any of the upside you mention on the OL. It's absolutely possible that they upgrade to a middle of the pack unit. I just don't see that closing the gap with the elite teams in the NFL.

I really don't care what people want to call Kincaid. People want to call him a "big slot" as though that's better than TE2. I'm not sure it is. R4ealistically, we won't be your #3 option int he passing game this year as he'll be splitting opportunities with a regular slot. I also don't believe that they'll be using him exclusively as a pass catcher, so I expect he'll be learning some actual TE responsibilities and playing some of that TE2 role as well. Once a decade you get a rookie TE, regardless of whether or not they're a "big slot" type that has a substantial impact as a rookie. The 10th best season over the last decade in 500 yards for 3 TDs. Just like the o-line, I don't see that being the missing piece. I don't hate Knox, but he's a good not great guy as a receiver. Though I do love watching him stiff arm defenders.

Your take on Harty is weird. He's been in the league 4 years and has done nothing as an offensive weapon. If you wan to treat that as untapped potential, fine but you probably wouldn't be saying that if he spent those 4 years on our roster.

As for Beane fielding a less than optimal team, he came right out and said that was exactly what he was doing. It's not my opinion, it's his intention

“There are some moves that we could do that would say we’re all in for this year and then have a tear down,” Beane said, via the Buffalo News. “We’ve been diligent with the cap to try to avoid that type of situation. It’s not easy, especially when you have a top 10 quarterback, great receiver, Tre White, Von [Miller] and some of these guys. Ultimately, we think we’ve got a plan to continue to go for it year after year and hopefully we can find a way to pull that title home for Buffalo sooner rather than later.”

In the last 6 years, 3/6 teams or 50% of them have won by going all-in (Eagles, Bucs, Rams), the other 3 winners were the Mahomes-Reid led Chiefs and the Brady-Belichick led Patriots. If you can emulate the Chiefs and Pats, great, but I think that requires a hard conversation about our coaching staff. McD may be a great guy, but I don't think it's a radical statement to say that he's not a wizard as a coach.

17 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

You could have just said "no I haven't listened to a single thing the team has said about Kincaid" instead of implying there's a chance he winds up as the TE3. You do you though.

You were so close. All you had to do what make it to the next paragraph. Shame.