Bleeding Bills Blue

You do against KC so you don't get the hell blitzed out of you on 3rd and long. It helps having a TE like gronk that you can run in 11. If they wanna play their 6 DBs that means you have a DB matched up with him 1x1. They also did that same play we did where you leak the TE out and have the iso Wr block - and it works so much better when gronk just trucks the DB there.

All well and good - but brady was in complete control. The end of half TD followed by the drive after KC scored to bring it 21-9 were just complete game changers. Forced KC to be one dimensional, and I felt like if they needed to score more they would have.

There's a ton of teams with needs - but id assume the watson pin drops first (if at all). After that its a lot of filling gaps and waiting for the draft. If the guy Denver wants at 9 falls to them, they will draft him. If not, they might consider Darnold.

I mean... they can't run the ball and they have no receivers. They have no identity. Hes a tricky case cuz he flamed out largely due to alcohol. Carson Palmer might fit the bill - traded in his prime to oakland. Put up his statisitcal bests in Arizona on his 3rd team.

Gannon and kerry collins come to mind. Players who were essentially late bloomers, or just needed to find a new place. Drew brees is the big one.

See in today's nfl I don't know that you need those guys. Players on both lines have become more athletic, and those that are 1Ts tend to be quicker than they used to be. Even pure nose tackles like brandon williams are sub-350 and deceptively athletic.

Jimmy G did play in a super bowl... but he wasn't exactly the guy that got them there.

Bucs could trade 31/32 maybe? Its just tough because he's burned through his cheap contract.

I know you'd probably get the magazine at that monthly. But who reads magazines? By the time its delivered thats not even a hot topic anymore. The athletic is more of what i think people want nowadays - regular real-time content around your specific teams.

I'd say he was overpaid. Of the signings on the definsive line though I'd say he had the greatest impact. As for Atkins - im not going to lie and say ive watched the bengals play at all. Could be mis-cast in the defense, obviously 2020 was an injury wash year. Played for years with thomas too, and vegas has a bit of a need for leadership and a center fielder. He certainly has the size for the position.

Switch to safety maybe? Or just give gus bradley a player voice? The defense there was a bit devoid of identity so i could see it.

I always liked sherman the player though. He's smart, has good instincts. He's a perfect fit for this zone defense. I know we are living on the loss to KC and this whole need for speed - but we do have to actually get back to the championship game again. I do think he'd help there.

Atkins was injured all year - but 2 years ago he had 10 sacks. He's also traditionally had good tackle numbers. And he played in 16 games in 6 consecutive years before this one (not injury prone). I don't know the extent of the shoulder injury or anything, but i doubt his explosiveness was sapped in 1 season. This would have to be dependent on his price. Suh got 1yr 8 million with escalators, after 1yr 9.25 and only 2 sacks. In this lowered cap season - Jefferson and butler wouldn't get the 7-8mil per year that they got... so i guess it depends the direction they want to go with the position. I think Atkins will get scooped up rather early by a team who wants a vet on the line but thats just me. Part of me thinks he would be a great player to split snaps with oliver, but it would come down to price.

I think what shocked me the most - phillip gaines... who the terrible 2018 bills cut mid-season. Was signed in 2019 by Houston... and brought back in 2020. The guy was either a gaping hole or a penalty. No wonder their defense was so terrible.

Short field off a penalty, Croom fumble TD, then peterman pick, then peterman pick 6, then a cohen punt return to the like 10. Just like that - down 28-0. Phillip gaines had like 100 yards of DPI penalties too.

Even weirder - the game chicago scored 41 points - Chicago had 11 first downs, 190 yards, and a turnover. Buffalo was 1-2 in games where the opponent had fewer than 200 yards, also losing to Miami 21-17 (charles clay drop in the end zone). In that one, mckenzie muffed a punt that resulted in 7 and buffalo had 130 yards in penalties. Both TD drives were assisted by penalties.

Yeah, could end up somewhere like miami (no watson), houston (no watson), indy (assuming they miss on other QBs). Then theres a bunch of other teams who just dont have QBs at all like NO, Washington, etc.

Alex Smith. Culpepper. Brees was available at one time. Cassel. Cutler. Palmer. Foles. Bradford. Jimmy g. Tannehill. I didn't think anyone would give up 2 1sts for Stafford either. Honestly he'd be a good fit with New Orleans. But they arent trading picks - they're so cap screwed they need their picks.

Eh. 4 years, didn't pick up a 5th year option and no extension. He's basically blaine gabbert/blake bortles now. Sure he's younger, but the word is out. Having said that, I'd probably be OK with bringing him in as a backup.

Right - but thats not until april. It's easy to threaten to sit out stuff 2 months out.

I mean... its not really tyrod's fault that he got his lung punctured by the chargers doctors.

I'd ask Nick Wright - would you trade your wife for a hot women you didn't know? It's a threat. I'm not sure when anything occurs that he'd actually get fined for, but there's plenty of time til then.

No. Thats way too much for a LB who would still cost about 10M per year (and isn't a pro bowler or all-pro). Atlanta gets no cap savings trading him this year either.

Easy to do in a dome - now try that in buffalo in january. Russel Wilson had like 30 TDs at the midway point this year and a lot of them were like that. Then weather turns a bit and it becomes more challenging to chuck the ball 40 yards accurately without a bit of heat behind the ball. I'd like to see him continue to develop his fakes. He's shown the shoulder fake, and some head fakes - but thats what makes mahomes so dirty against zone. He whooped edmunds on fakes in the middle and there's nothing you can do - if he can buy time and manipulate the LBs and safeties he's basically unstoppable. He's massively improved on pre-snap reads and adjustments, but there's still work to be done there as well.

You don't save any money then. The replacement costs 600k. I mean... the oline was bad at run blocking. I don't think moss and singletary did enough with the openings that were there either - but i wouldnt give a pass to the oline either. Spain switched sides and sucked, then got cut and Winters sucked. Ford switched positions again, then got hurt. Boettger was meh. Feliciano and morse don't impress me either. Essentially the entire interior of the line was a mess.