Hapless Bills Fan

I don't know whether or not media are allowed, I was just asking.

Are media allowed at this practice? There seems to be an uncanny silence about today on all fronts.

But you can tell they do it reluctantly. "Oh, we're just listing a tier, not in any order" and then KC first, Tampa second, and the Bills after a team that they acknowledge still has something to show at QB? But yeah, that's where I am: PFF is 1) genuinely good objective data they market to a lot of teams (personnel groupings and playcalling tendencies by down and distance to go, all kind of objective stats on players) 2) pseudo-objective Frankenstats they market to Fantasy Football gurus - stuff like "interceptable balls" that rely upon supposedly trained observers to all quantify the same way all the time while maintaining high output 3) clickbait opinion pieces For the latter, I'm with @machine gun kelly, it's not worth more attention when they rank us high than it is when they claim Allen is a "replacement level QB" and Duck Hodges/Gardner Minshew are better.

Tomlin says "call me Mike whenever you want":

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-jimmy-smith-carted-off-the-field-at-ravens-practice/ar-AAN1qA5 Ravens CB depth appears to suffer a blow Ride on the cart is never a good sign

There was a description of "a big pile of large people" before it was broken up, which is not quite the same thing as "two people then other teammates breaking it up". Agree that the QB not diving into it is a difference. Another difference is that if the coaches had anything to say about it, they said it calmly, quietly, and in private - not the terrible "mixed message" of yelling abuse and calling for gassers and pushups and more gassers and more pushups, then being quoted the next day as "It turned me on" The dissonance between the two messages is absolutely bogus

YOLO, are you OK, buddy?

He's also said that the last game you play shows you where your weakness are and "we've got to affect the QB more". Peterman debacle aside, they seem to not cut veterans until the guy behind them shows ready to play for reals. Either the Bills have wasted some high draft picks and signings, or something's gotta go

McDermott Favorite snack: Brownies and Ice Cream? Say it's Not So, Coach!

I was just thinking about that - has anyone on the Bills staff ever made a similar request? It seems to me that the Bills coaches make a point of learning the reporters' names and I can recall mostly calling them by their first names, usually asking something about them - "How are you doing?" type thing - but I can't recall how the reporters address the coaches. Guess I'll have to pay attention.

I love how they say "Rather than list teams from top to bottom and split hairs between similarly elite or poor groups, we have arranged the NFL's 32 teams into groups of comparable units, comprising five tiers" but they pretty clearly have ordered their tiers according to their perception of rank within each. And this: Oh, yeah, and 🖕 PFF and their clickbait crap.

I thought the starters usually played a few series in the 1st preseason, a quarter in the 2nd, a half in the third. Now with only three games, who knows?

I actually had that thought, although, it's hard to properly evaluate the other players without good players around them.

My personal belief is that another position will be compromised this year in order to keep an extra DLman. I go back and forth in my mind which position group that might be, but RB seems like a candidate.

Say more about this, please. How did you assess this and come to this conclusion?

Just a little point that there may be less difference between the physical aspect of kicking in preseason vs games (there’s a mental pressure difference of course). But creating pressure on D-line May differ when starters are going at each other full-bore vs preseason

IMO...if they free up a roster spot, they will use it to keep extra DL, probably DE

@GunnerBill pointed out that Jaquon Johnson has assumed a specific role on ST, "personal protector". So he's not just an interchangeable part. The Bills let Dean Marlowe walk in FA, and I really doubt they'd do that if they didn't have confidence Johnson was ready for the primary backup role. OMG OMG OMG this: Apparently McKenzie is a notable trash-talker. In an earlier interview, Hyde praised McKenzie's route running, and said "we just hate it when he catches one" (apparently he lets them know. And know. And know.)

Sal Capaccio article: https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/sports/bills/kumerow-continues-to-stay-hot-at-bills-camp?utm_campaign=sharebutton&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=WGRAM Sounds like there's some "steel sharpens steel" going on with Josh Allen getting picked and batted: Hopefully Daboll and Dorsey prune back his "Arm Arrogance" just a little scootch Perspective: sounds as though Knox is not alone in the "Drop" business

Nice write up. Offense: I think Gilliam is pretty much a lock, for his ST abilities. I think they are hoping to use him more as an H-back this season. I'm not sure Hollister is a lock - I went into training camp thinking that, but now not so sure. He was reported to dress today, but not take part in team drills. As you note, they kept 3 TE (4 with Gilliam) on the roster, plus 1 on the practice squad. I think it's likely Tommy Sweeney starts the season on the practice squad, but I also think it's possible he could challenge Hollister for a roster spot. I also think it's possible Hollister starts the season on IR. I believe the Bills kept 9 OLmen on the roster last year, plus 1 or 2 on practice squad. I seriously doubt the 9th OLman and 3rd TE wind up competing for a spot. I hope Bobby Hart isn't competing for a spot because by all reports he didn't look so good on Saturday and it sounds like Brown is actually taking more of the reps in "no fans" practice. I thought it was significant that Beane mentioned Ford can play tackle if they need him to. If they feel Brown is developed enough to be a decent backup this season, Bates and Ford would give them 3 guys who can back up at tackle.

There is probably a reason why (1,1) was our most common set least year.

What are you basing this notion on? Unless things have changed big time, McDermott and Frazier are big believers in a DL rotation and I don't see them going away from that. People seem to have this idea that a guy's ability to rush from inside on a passing down means he can play every down as a DT. Not so.

Read it more carefully, you appear to be are reading it incorrectly and mixing up the years. See post above.