Bleeding Bills Blue

Foster caught 3 of 18 targets last year... How will we replace production like that?!!!! I wonder if either will end up playing some on special teams this season. Helps you get an active spot on gameday. Mckenzie v roberts will be interesting too. 1.5 mil vs. 750k in savings on cap. I think Roberts is the more secure returner of the 2, but mckenzie definitely showed some abilities on offense (3 TDs and 500 yards on like 60 touches). Duke was a nice story, and both he and foster probably still have PS eligibility. Nice to have guys there who have played a bit in the NFL, and who have familiarity across the offense. If we lose them - no harm. Neither was particularly good. You won't keep 7, so to me mckenzie and roberts is a battle on its own.

Just like every stat that points to him being good, there's one that says he isn't. It'll have to play out on the field.

We were down 16-0 midway through the 3rd quarter at the jets week 1. 4 turnovers - 2 deflected passes, a muffed snap, and a whiffed blindside block. Nothing had gone right to that point in the game other than a couple of missed kicks by the jets. However Buffalo had 160 yards at half, its not like they weren't moving the ball at all. And when it came down to it - Allen put up drives that put 17 points on the board and won the game. 3 minutes left, darnold continued to do not much of anything. The bengals game was as much on the defense than anything else - they gave up 17 points over 3 straight drives following the allen INT. I'm sure Russel Wilson has to give back his 4th quarter comeback that he earned against cincy too... Hell - Seattle only had 232 yards in the entire game against the bengals.

Paying early doesn't make sense. You just carry it over and pay them next year. Can't carry it over twice anyway. Considering addison/hughes and their salaries, i don't think they bring in clowney. In fact i think its more likely they just cut murphy and use that money to help secure milano/dawkins/white long term. I think extensions and re-structures are possible for players like poyer, hughes, maybe john brown. Gets some cap pushed out for next year should they need it, but honestly right now they're ok. Probably save those types of moves for if/when you have to pay allen.

Yeah - i think beane would have. But McD and Whaley were in charge at that point. I'm not sure they had a real cohesive strategy.

Buffalo didn't tag him, and didn't want to make him the highest paid CB. At that time he'd made 1 pro bowl. Hindsight it would've been nice to tag him and trade him - especially if the plan was to tear the team down to the studs and eat dead money anyway

I'm going to say no. Obviously for the right price any player is available, but certain positions get paid, and they traditionally get paid by the team they play for. QBs, WRs, CBs, and LTs are the big ones. Replacements are hard to come by, and mediocre players often get massively overpaid.

He was signed before free agency last year as insurance if we couldnt get a top center. They then signed morse/feliciano... with long obviously competing at RG/LG... they then brought in spain for less than long... he lost every competition. Bringing in Winters and Williams to me indicates that they didn't have a ton of faith in him to play meaningful snaps.

Can they also do a fastball test? Like - throwing the ball far has a lot of factors. Just have them whip fastballs indoors and you don't even need to set anything up. In fact... they already did this at the NFL combine Allen threw 62, and Mahomes threw 60.

It's to me why spencer long getting cut was a no brainer. I think Murphy probably gets cut too unless he's willing to take a straight pay-cut to stay. Even if he'd be the 3rd man up, thats carryover that can be basically given directly to milano - who is a more important active piece on the defense. With epenesa here for sure - jefferson able to swing out to end in a pinch - and then johnson/love/cox... there's a fair amount of guys you can use to replace his production. Regarding King/Jackson/Lewis - I think if White opts out they'll be given every chance to take a spot as a depth CB. In McD's first year - it was White-E Gaines-L. Johnson. Gaines obviously didn't play 16 games, so shareece wright played a bit. A year later it was White-P Gaines-T. Johnson... Gaines stunk, Taron got hurt, so wallace and ryan lewis got a lot of snaps. That 2018 defense with... various random UDFA's- was #2 in total yards, and #2 in passing defense. Having said all that - i think they have some faith in these guys. I know losing white takes away basically the best player on the team, but in 2017-2018 he wasn't a top 5 corner, so the expectations for Norman don't need to be either.

Lot of the raw athleticism. But he's not a great route runner... which means in an adam gase offense he's going to be running a lot of go routes. Metcalf was similarly slow out of breaks, but was also bigger and faster it seems. Russell wilson playing QB certainly helps there.

Mims did project as a low floor-high ceiling guy...

If White opts out they probably go with - norman, wallace, johnson with jackson, king behind them. Neal would function as the big nickel/depth NB. Ike Brown and cam lewis probably on the PS - you can put one on the 55 man roster if you feel like say norman or wallace has a lingering issue and you might need depth for a specific week. I feel like they signed king as insurance should white not play after gaines opted out, since I assume White's been in open communication with Beane. They may still sign someone else, but I think they'll see how some of this plays out.

They're built on sound tackling and keeping everything in front. They do a good job disguising stuff since they all know their assignments - the longer in that style of defense the better you get at disguising blitzes and coverage. The more they trust one another. They believe they have the personnel to match up with anyone from baltimore to KC. Yeah, teams early on are going to see what cam's got left in his arm though. I expect teams to stack the box.

He made about 15 million dollars in his career - less taxes and 401k. Probably gets free care for his injury for as long as he needs it. Played long enough to get a pension once he hits 55, and if he's smart he took advantage of the 401k match that they do. Without even getting into wealth management he should be set up to be OK.

I mean.. is it not a rushing league though? Baltimore, Tennessee, San Francisco, Seattle, Minnesota, Houston, Dallas... Teams are definitely still running the ball.

Probably both tbh. If they didn't like Long at center... he's deep on the depth chart at RG now. So if they signed boehm to be the backup center, and may already have considered moving bates to center full time. Who knows - but i don't think Long was part of the plan when feliciano was healthy, and i don't think hes part of the plan now that they signed winters.

It is to save money. Long played 16% of snaps on O and 13% of snaps on special teams. He wasn't even the backup center, as they preferred feliciano kicking inside and playing him at RG. They since signed Williams and Winters - who i assume they like better at RG.

Thats fair. Boehm i guess becomes primary depth at C. Williams at G. Nsekhe at T. Bates as #9 who is usually inactive on gameday. Feliciano comes back and either wins his job back, or moves Boehm off roster/bates (or whoever #9 is) to PS if they think they can hang onto him there?

80 man roster, and they brought in winters who has potential to be a starter.

We lost a player who was a starter all 16 weeks a year ago. To just sit on your hands and assume that Daryl Williams, and evan boehm are good enough - its not the beane way. He brought those guys in for competition to feliciano. So naturally he brings in further competition to them.

I went to do some research - and man they are bad at drafting WRs.

I liked a lot of the rule changes though. Kickoffs became somewhat exciting again. Punts were just... different. 3 point conversions. Double forward pass (you didnt have to worry about being behind the QB and it being a fumble - you just needed to be behind LOS). OT was kinda neat - albeit gimmicky. I kinda prefer college OT as its a bit more... football.

It was the last time i went to average joes for the draft night, and i remember driving there my wife asked who i wanted. And i remember saying... "i think i want josh allen" So needless to say i was probably the only happy guy at the bar that night ?

He stunk last year i guess (or so i hear), but he was playing LG. I remember beane saying he likes him on the right side.