Hapless Bills Fan

Apparently PB and J shots are the new Thing among the young crowd. Skrewball and Chambord (black raspberry liqueur)

Yes, back injury. There's obviously some concern because the Bills signed Bug Howard. Thad Brown attributes this to an underthrow: I still tend to believe that a better receiver tracks and adjusts to "slight underthrows" so the defense doesn't have a play on it.

Yikes.

Different take on this:

Sounds as though it can only help the offense in the long run to have to learn how to deal with that. It's actually a point of aggravation that I have with Knox is that for passes that are right on target, he seems weirdly passive for a big, athletic guy. He doesn't seem to know how to physically screen the defender out or fight for position.

Any word on Jon Feliciano? Injury to right shoulder? Also any word on whether Boettger or Dawkins were on the sideline?

Has the live Lion shown up at Practice yet?

We don't know the backstory or the history....maybe he had several previous "close calls" and was told to knock it off, or told if he did it again that was It. Meanwhile at Giants camp:

"Glue" is the new "Lunchpail"

The question is can he show up and show out more in the games? There are two sides to the Green Bay cutting him sitch. The GB FO side is maybe that Kumerow had looked very good at the end of the 2018 season, getting two starts and catching 3 of 3 targets and 3 of 4 targets. In 2019, when he made the roster, he was inconsistent when he got his chance to play. He made key receptions in some games. He also disappeared (didn't get open) or only caught half his targets in other games. He was 27. So one can see the GB FO looking at him in camp and saying "this guy looks good in preseason, but he looked good last year too then vanished, we'd rather keep a young guy we think has a higher ceiling" Of course, if you're smart, you want to talk to The Franchise and at least find out what he's seeing from under center when he looks down the field, too, and at least have him a bit in the loop on what you're thinking. But I can see (for example) GB wanting to see more who they had in Equanimeous St Brown who was IR'd in 2019 but returning in 2020 (I think the answer is now known as 'not much') I don't know enough about the Green Bay roster to know how they saw Special Teams. They did use Kumerow on ST in 2018 and 2019.

I don't think anyone has ever done the experiment since many of the coaches and players are devout.

I actually have been wondering about C Wade. It's been 🦗 about him. I was hoping the Bills would try him out in the Return game as I see that as a place his Rugby skills and speed might best position him for an impact, but apparently No Third team's the Charm?

I commented elsewhere that there hasn't been a lot of coverage of the kicking game, other than some comments after (I think) the first practice that McKenzie looked noticeably smoother and more confident than the other two. But someone else made the valid point that until pads go on, you really can't tel too much

He sees his name in ilghts (literally) [this is from an over-the-top birthday bash his friend @jasongarciamgmt threw for him, he's not that self-absorbed] Have you noticed Webb seems to always cheat on the start?

I'll go further and say, at this point all signs point to Stevenson and Hodgins needing some time to develop (though it's early days and that could change). The right place for them to develop is the practice squad, and I think most people know that....but are concerned that if we don't put them on the roster they'll get poached off waivers. Well, they could. But I think the rosters around the league this year are full of promising guys who need development, and given the virtual lead-up to the draft I think this year more than many, teams will be inclined to stay with the guys they've seen in camp and not go fishing elsewhere.

The thing I like most about Kumerow is when you see him on film on the field, he just has this huge grin on his face. He just seems to play with joy.

Oh, I "get it" now, you're talking about the role of Preseason Fan Favorite, not about actual chance to make the roster and stick around.

the Return of the Refs

What took you so long? I mean, when Kumerow was elevated off the practice squad Week 9 and remained on the roster for 6 games whilst Duke was still on the PS, shouldn't the Clue Bird have perched then?

YIKES Hope Kirkwood is OK.

If you're here to discuss Bills football, Welcome and get to it. If you're here to complain about threads that link to paid online content (that would be most of the best bills media coverage these days), we've heard your complaint; Move On.

Am I missing something? Was Addison (like Hughes) on PUP or otherwise unavailable the first 5 days of camp?

Yes, we know. So are TBN articles. A lot of other sites too. Your point? Back to the article: I thought this part was interesting The 5th and especially the 6th WR pretty much have to play teams. But I hadn't realized the Bills had subbed Kumerow in at Gunner: That's very promising for him. Just as a note, Taiwain Jones missed 2 weeks (9 and 10) but Kumerow kept getting ST snaps.