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Dawkins last pre-season looked "fat" and slow by the time the regular season hit he was very good. I hope the same for Torrence. A lot of times guys in pre-season are working on things so their performance may decline because they are trying to work out the kinks in their games as opposed to actually leaning into what they do well to produce as best as possible. Torrence has no reason to be lazy with his rookie contract being fairly small, he's not cashing in and then cashing out so to speak. I think given how respected/good Kromer is as a an offensive line coach they will hopefully have the situation under control but there's only so much you can do in some instances. As far as the moving McGovern to center I think the plan was to have that be the long term move and they likely were looking to draft a guard in round 5ish and have that guard develop behind Edwards. But then SVPG who was by some considered to be a top 3 center prospect fell into their laps in early round 5 and I think the pivot is to just let McGovern handle the spot until SVPG is in a good place where he can take over and then they can kick out McGovern to guard. I think we will see SVPG at center at some point mid-season. His trajectory is reminding me of Spencer Brown in 2021. Brown was firmly behind D.Williams as a RT and by all accounts Brown was solid in camp but not lighting it up either. Then as the early season wore on the "word on the street" was Brown was killing it in practice. About 6-7 games into the season they plugged in Brown and kicked D.Williams inside and that along with Bates entering the lineup really turned around the offensive line that year despite Brown being a bit up and down.

Samuel's injury is concerning turf toe can be a "simple" 2-4 week injury (and with just under 3 weeks to go until the opener that gives Samuel a chance to play week 1) or it could be a longer lingering injury. I really hope he is going to be fine by week 1 or 2 and not have lingering effects. Of the other injuries I think Hamlin and MVS are the ones of consequence. MVS injury looks like it could be longer term, I know fans weren't expecting much from MVS but he's a vet who can pop a big play here and there, I always looked at him as solid WR4 depth. Hamlin was acting as the starting safety in the face of the Bishop/Edwards injuries. I don't expect Hamlin to be the starting safety long term but he was in line to likely hold down that position for a couple of games while Edwards and Bishop get up to speed so to speak. While it is good Bishop and Edwards are coming back slowly this week it would be nice to have an option out there in case they don't progress in time.

2nd round pick I would consider it for a 3rd rounder I would rather hold onto him. Very slim margin there but that's how I see Cook's value.

The only way to protect someone is to either have them on your 53 man roster or have them on the PUP or IR. I think the Bills are going to obviously have Milano on IR to start the season and they will likely have another Justin Shorter "red shirt" situation where they take a mid to late round guy and put him on IR with some sort of chronic injury in hopes of just bringing them back into camp next year healthier and more experienced.

I would rather keep the picks and just go with Mitch. I know Mitch hasn't looked too hot in pre-season but it is pre-season I wouldn't worry too much about it.

The Bills becoming Linebacker U all of a sudden. Last year they let Edumonds walk to only have Bernard emerge as a better player. Matt Milano got hurt and the Bills got solid play out of backups in Dodson (who got paid from Seattle a solid amount) and Spector/Dorian Williams have flashed in their limited play. Now they have this kid Anderseen whose playing well in pre-season and Dorian Williams is also showing more potential. Very interested to see what they have in Ulo the 5th round pick this past season once he can get on the field healthy.

I think the offensive line will be fine so to speak, I do have concerns about Edwards but I am hoping that SVPG can grind his way up as the season progresses and they can plug him in at center and move McGovern back to Guard. But even in the event that doesn't happen I still think Edwards is a serviceable guard. The WR group on the other hand is where I really do wonder if this team has enough. I think Shakir is a stud and he's gonna be a good player, I think Samuel is a nice WR3 but not a second consistent WR option the offense needs. Keon I think will be a contributor but I don't think he's gonna have that rare Zay Flowers/Jordan Addision type rookie impact (I think the Nacua rookie year was a complete outlier) from a WR drafted not super high up. I don't really have much faith in Hollins as being anything other than a slightly more productive Sherfield. MVS is hurt and wasn't much of anything to begin with other than maybe a WR4 deep threat who can make a big play every few games. The rest are mostly not inspiring. I do think that the Bills will consider making a trade deadline move at WR if the production is lackluster but there isn't always a huge "needle mover" available.

Watched about two and a half quarters yesterday, just my amateur observations but I liked what I saw from Anderseen (like most) but I also really liked Dorian Williams I think the Bills are going to be fine without Milano for a bit. I also liked Solomon he flashed a bit I think he's gonna be a slow burn this year mostly taking a limited amount of rotational snaps his rookie year but in year two and beyond I think he is going to be a bigger factor. Groot was obviously a monster, I think he is poised for an Ed Oliver style breakout this upcoming season. Like most I saw the running backs all play well. Offensive line was a big shaky is pass protection at times but mostly good run blocking. Special teams wise I thought the punting by Martin was great and Hardy really has solidified a roster spot as a returner and flashes as a DB. Bass kicked three chip shots made em all so there's no need to press the panic button for another week which is good. Overall the defense was mostly good a couple of players here or there didn't have the best game but that's pre-season when you have so many players getting snaps. Offensively the WR's and QB's were bad and the offensive line a bit shaky in pass protection. But the RB's and run blocking were really good. I think the Bills are rounding into form they looked a lot better and more crisp in this game, smart move not to play Josh in the rain. I do wonder if the Bills will play starters in game 3? I would wager not, I honestly do miss the old 4 game pre-season with a 16 game regular season. There was a better flow and "ramp up" to the games.

Has a Bills backup QB ever taken the field during the regular season for non-garbage time? Pre-season offenses are pretty vanilla and not always reflective of what a QB can do.

In the XFL/UFL you can?

Snoogans

The players probably/should view the grass fields as a fiscal benefit to them. Less major injuries means players can have longer careers and thus better contracts/more money.

Gonna be near impossible to enforce the health component. If the NFL cared about player safety and the quality of the product they would do the following. Add a second bye week, allows players with nagging injuries to get some additional in season rest while also adding in a longer season which should help the NFL pad out their media rights packages. Expand rosters to 60 players and no players required to be inactive. Having 7 additional roster spots and no inactive minimums allows teams to add a little more depth sprinkling in 7 additional roster spots allows players to not feel the need to "go out there" because there aren't enough backups. Suring up the roster numbers to add some extra third stringers makes the act of attrition that is the regular season a bit less tough to get through. Get rid of OTA's but include a 10-12 day "warm up" period in mid-July right before camp (this one may actually happen both sides seem to want it). But we all know the NFL just views the players as meat they throw into a grinder knowing there is a whole line of people lining up to be thrown into the grinder.

Insane that the NFL is pushing for 18 games. I hate to see the players constantly capitulating to adding games.

Falcons making two moves to really beef up their defense adding a vet pass rusher in Judon via trade and signing Simmons to sure up their secondary. Adding talent is always a solid idea (duh) but sometimes making a lot of "big moves" is also not the best sign because it could mean you don't like what you have. I think the truth for the Falcons is likely somewhere in-between, they obviously felt the need to upgrade their defense but they are also probably feeling like in what appears to be a wide open division that by adding a couple of pieces to the defense they can win their division.

I think Josh is as good as Mahomes but you have to acknowledge that Josh has not proven that yet.

Didn't DK Metcalf (whose 6 foot 4 and ran a 4.33 40) try to qualify for the Olympics and he lost to other (all of whom were considerably lower level than Lyles) track athletes by a moderate margin. Hill ran a 4.29 40 and is shorter at 5 foot 9, I really don't think he's gonna close the gap against athletes who train year round in the track technique and don't have the injury history.

Peterman must be Tom Brady in practice. If he kills it in practice he just might be someone teams like to have to give a good look in practice.

I think SVPG is on a similar path to Spencer Brown his rookie year. Brown didn't light things up in camp but he was solid in his reps. Brown played fairly well in pre-season even though he mostly played against second stringers. Then as the season started word was Brown was really killing it in practice. Then about 4 weeks into the season "word on the street" was that Spencer Brown was likely going to start at some point. Then Brown started the 7th game and was the starter the rest of the way.

After the Bills drafted Coleman I though he was possibly an Anquan Boldin type but then I heard about his comp to Higgins and yeah I agree with that comp more than Boldin.

He’s a really good player, back to back 1000 yard seasons on a good efficiency including 1300 yards and 7TD’s. Ayiuk is also in his prime having just turned 26 in March. He’s not a complete “blue chip” top guy but he’s certainly a true WR1 type player whose market is justified. That being said I don’t think the Bills will be able to afford him cap wise even if they wanted to back load the deal

They are going to break out some stuff they feel may work during the opening weeks of the regular season but it’s a wide open experiment to see what will and won’t work.

Reminded me of the Steelers week 1 pre-season game. Just looked like the team was still "shaking the rust off" and working on things so to speak.

I remember the Bills last year against the Steelers week 1 preseason had the offensive line over exposed (often just 5 blocking) as a sort of “stress test” for the line to see how good they are. I wonder if the Bills did something similar today.

One of those minor dings that are game enders in the preseason but you would have just taken a few plays off in the regular season.