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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.

Honestly glad McD played the starters for a bit, this team is a work in progress in many aspects. This team needs the extra reps. Not putting too much stock into pre-season esp a game that was 6-3 at the half. But I think McD is realizing that if he doesn't get work in during the pre-season this team may come out flat week 1.

I think people are hoping he turns in a season like he had in 2022. His line for that year was 57 catches for 690 yards with 4 TD's on 94 targets. Looking at that season he had one monster game where his stat line was 8 catches on 11 targets for 158 yards and a TD. But he actually had some other solid games peppered in that season. He had 7 other games with 40 or more receiving yards that year. Optimistically you could look at Hollins as having some of that upside he showed in Vegas. In that Vegas season he didn't have a great QB throwing to him as Derrick Carr for 15 games and Jared Sitdham for 2 games isn't a top of the line QB situation. Carr's not a bad QB but he's aggressively mid-level or even lower mid-level. Pessimistically I think you could look at that one year as an extreme outlier. His highest receiving total in his career was last year with ATL at 251 yards, 0 TD's, and 18 receptions on 30 targets. Hollins has been in the league for 6 years mostly hanging on as a special teams player before one mini-break out year with a bad Raiders team that was probably throwing a lot. I think if Hollins can be in a supped up Jake Kummerow/Trent Sherfield role where he can take in 35-40 targets and get 25-30 receptions for 250-300 yards with 2 TD's that's going to be a good spot for him to add just a little bit of efficient pop as a WR4 in an offense with a heavy TE2 and RB presence in the receiving core is a good outcome.

Every team has some minor injuries even if they are very fortunate with injuries. It's a violent sport.

Any word on how Van Pran is doing? I heard maybe about a week ago he was getting some first team reps due to a very minor injury to one of the interior guys and he was doing well. I loved the pick at the time getting him in the early 5th round when I thought he was a third round or so talent. Heard some minor positive buzz on him but just curious to see if anything else has come out on him?

The coaches and the league will say it is to evaluate depth players and to adjust the rosters as needed on the margins. But the real reason is to make money because it adds something of a value added to TV packages and owners soak season ticket holders into having to buy the pre-season games. I am sure the coaches don't mind the chance to see the backups but it has become worthless to fans. I liked the old 4 game format of the pre-season and how coaches utilized the pre-season (I don't mind a 16 game regular season I think 16 games plus 3-4 possible playoff games is enough of a slog to get through for these players). Game 1- Starters played one maybe two series. This is more of an exhibition for camp battles and the first round of cuts. Fans get their first glimpse of the starters but it is not much. Game 2- Starters play the first quarter and maybe a series in the second quarter gives fans a real "taste" of in season action. Game 3- Dress rehearsal for the regular season. Starters play the first half and then about 2 series in the second half. Game 4- Starters don't play, last chance for second and third string players to make the roster. I felt like when teams did that type of pre-season there was less sloppy play early in the season and fans got to see starters for 3 pre-season games.

I would think they probably are looking at it from the perspective of we have a rookie QB so we have the luxury of spending draft capital and cap dollars on a in his prime WR. It would also help them evaluate their rookie QB. If the Pats can get him without giving up a first round pick I would think they would strongly consider it. Personally I think it would be a bit foolish to "microwave" the process around a rookie QB but what do I know.

It was a 58 yard kick, I am not gonna hold it too much against him. But I do think the Bills should have another kicker in camp. It's possible Bass continues to implode and it would be nice to get a first hand look at another kicker in camp in case you cut Bass in season you have an option you are familiar with.

Josh and Knox are close, if Knox is willing to take pay cuts or reorient his deal if his production continues to slip I think he will have a top 3 TE spot. I don't think Josh is gonna say you gotta overpay my friend but if you got a player willing to be flexible on salary whose friends with the star QB then I think he's gonna stick around for a few more years (especially considering he is a capable player and turning 28 this season.

Is Morris not at least a solid blocker?

Seems like its more of an instance of them enforcing a currently existing rule.

That 2022 season was incredibly exhausting for the Bills. Even before the Hamlin situation what that team went through was a slog. The team was also banged up on the defensive line beyond Von's ACL injury. They just were a 0% by the time that game rolled around.

Mitch is obviously a flawed QB. Or else he wouldn't be a primary backup for the second time in his career. I do think he got a bit of a "raw deal" with the Steelers as he did get hurt and he had some really bad supporting casts. The WR's were bad and the offensive lines mediocre, even the RB Harris is solid but not dynamic. But Mitch obviously wasn't able to elevate the teams play and looked bad at times. However, find me a backup QB around his age with his kind of level of experience and relative success? You could do a lot worse.

I think Mitch is actually a good backup, I think he is probably a top 10 backup. Mitch as a starter is 31-26 which for a 57 game starter being 5 games above .500 is solid. His career TD to INT ratio is 72-48 which is pretty good (with 13 rush TD's to 11 lost fumbles). He's also started two playoff games including a game in 2018 where he threw for 300 yards on 60% completion percentage and no turnovers. Granted he's 0-2 in the playoffs but he's at least has some experience there. Mitch is also only about to be 30 so he's still a fairly young player too. I don't think there are many backups in the league with that kind of experience and relative success in the league who aren't that old. Obviously Mitch has his flaws or he wouldn't be a firm backup but as a backup the Bills couldn't really do much better. A fairly young QB with decent levels of success and a hefty amount of experience is about as much as you can expect from a backup QB. I do think the Bills could try to maybe draft a QB in the late rounds to try and develop, but I think given that the team only carries two QB's they probably want a vet backup to Josh.

The Jets are the second best team in the division. New England is a year away, new coach, rookie QB, lackluster offensive supporting cast, and just a team looking like a 5-6 win team. Miami is weaker on both sides of the line of scrimmage. They Fins in my opinion are unlikely to get another fully healthy season out of Tua and they lost their best interior players on both sides of the ball while also having their two best edge rushers coming off late season ACL tears. I think the Fins regress 2-3 wins to a 8-9 win team. The Jets still in my opinion have a strong defense and offensively on paper they have a lot of talent. BUT their offensive talent is old/injury prone. There's also the chance for some regression in the defense with some of their players being older but I think they should still have a top 10 defense with reasonable injury luck. Offensively though I don't think they are gonna be consistent especially later in the season. Their QB is entering his age 41 season and coming off an Achilles tear. But even beyond Rodgers the Jets are also counting on an older pair of offensive tackles in a 33 year old Morgan Moses and 34 year old Tyron Smith who hasn't played a fully healthy season since 2015. Even at WR they added Mike Williams who while at 30 is not that old for a WR Williams is coming off an ACL tear in 2023 and a banged up season in 2022. So that's their top two offensive tackles and their WR2 that are older injury prone players. They did add Fashanu and Corley in the draft but I think they are still counting on a lot of older injury prone players. If they lose 2 out of 3 between Smith/Morgan/Williams that's gonna cause some issues. Overall I think the Jets will start off hot at 5-2 or 4-2 but fade down the stretch. I do think they can win 10 games but I think the Bills will win 11 again as while the Bills are retooling the Bills loss of "big names" has been massively overstated.

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That is very interesting to note that the Bills got bigger at WR after stating how much their QB like shifter WR’s. In regards to Keon Coleman I think him being such an endearing personality has helped people like or at least want to like the pick more and more. I think what really made me like the pick more was the behind the scenes video during the combine where he talked about learning the offense line protections so that he can understand and react to the QB better. Seeing how much of a film junkie he actually is made me realize he’s got a lot of tools to work with he just needs to put it together

Gonna have to deal with renters and not everyone is a good tenant. And if someone’s renting according to stats the maintenance goes up. It’s a big hassle to deal with all that stuff. And if you farm that out to a management company that’s gonna take a huge percentage out from your return

Hines was a very good returner and a very good niche "scat back" but the Bills were able to find a good returner (hopefully) with Hardy in the draft and Ty Johnson I think is a much better RB. Johnson isn't as fast but he's a very good receiver, has some speed, and has more power ability. Johnson overall is a more well rounded back even if he is not as fast as Hines. With Davis they have a very good all around back who I think just really complements what Cook and Johnson do.

No they shouldn't trust Bass, they should have an at least decent kicker plan B option in camp.