Bleeding Bills Blue

This is borderline the same mistake. They'll run into cap trouble and have their own 30M plus dead money hit when they move hill.

He also just... kinda sucks against the jets. Has the most INTs against them, most sacks allowed, most fumbles, most fumbles lost. In 11 games against them he has 11 ints and 7 fumbles - he has 12 TD passes and 6 TDs rushing.

I feel like as a kicker it might be easier to do no agent. I don't think there aren't nearly the same endorsement and commercial opportunities for kickers. From a philanthropic perspective i might also want an agent to help with that aspect of it. Maybe... PR... someone to read your speeches before you get absolutely flamed online... But the bad PR will almost certainly be good for when he leaves sports - I think standing his ground on what he said is somewhat admirable even if I personally disagree with the messaging. I also feel like if I'm approaching free agency its helpful to have an agent simply to help me meet GM's around the league, other player's, give me the lowdown on facilities, etc. Guidance on - do i chase a bag from the Jets, or is a 1-year deal better to come back a year later from a market perspective.

Cincy just felt like a more physical team and came in and out muscled us. A week after their backup linemen trounced buffalo, they looked absolutely overwhelmed by KC's defense. There were also defensive coverage concerns, and just generally it almost felt like we lined up to let them march down the field against us. It "can" work, but the offense needs to score early and often, and you need to hold them to FGs (buffalo did neither). Also not sure if burrow is the right guy for this defensive gameplan because he seemed totally content to just take underneath stuff all day long and carved the secondary up. End of the day - burrow needs to be pressured, and their run game needs to be stopped, however you want to do that. Mahomes you can do those things and still lose because he's just as elusive as Allen, and just as talented on broken plays. The thing about Cincy over the next 2 seasons I'd say is they're approaching their... 2023 bills season. The end of cheap burrow basically. Higgins will probably leave after this season, and Chase needs to get paid. Hendricksons deal is up next year. They replaced Reader with Rankins who's up after 2025, and he's not exactly a young man. BJ Hill is a free agent after this season. Hilton is a free agent after this season. Hubbards due for a raise. The plan at safety is unclear. Beyond the - do they keep the band together - aspect of it, you have an ownership group that isn't nearly as aggressive as others and seems to want to keep a clean balance sheet year to year.

Between that and the 75-man roster cut down forcing you to play starters in preseason games, i think the NFLPA has been moving camps into a more player friendly direction.

Curtis Samuel got the 4th most guaranteed in FA this year fwiw. By salary its a downgrade from gabes 13M aav to samuels 8M aav - but i don't think its much of a downgrade in the football player. If you compare him to diggs, its more of a downgrade in the lineup, but diggs at age 31 isn't necessarily the same diggs as he was before. It's sort of a buy low into the player you think Samuel could be - while trading for Diggs was more of the big move with Aiyuk. You can make that Aiyuk type move with the QB rookie contract, but i'm not sure you can with the substantial QB cap hits. Coleman as a rookie is also probably a downgrade from gabe, but it could also potentially be an upgrade as we've seen enough of gabe to know he was an imperfect player (drops, incorrect routes, random invisible weeks). So its hard to just say its an upgrade, but from what i've seen/heard in camp, the kids going to be on the field and he's going to make plays.

I'm not a big fan of 4 TE's plus a fullback. Only 2 ever really play, its the same as a 4th running back imo. The 3rd guy usually is a special teamer too, so your 4th guy doesn't even dress. It also makes it harder to have a dedicated returner. Since neither morris or davidson can actually play fullback, it limits some of what you can do offensively as well. This is how i usually see it: QB - 17, Trubisky RB - Cook, Davis, Johnson, Gilliam WR - Coleman, Samuel, Shakir, Hollins, Hamler (depth in the slot, and potential KR/PR), MVS - I could see Shavers or Coleman, but essentially semi-active depending on matchup and injuries TE - Kincaid, Knox, Morris - I think davidson shifts to PS, but we'll see. OL - Dawkins, Edwards, McG, Torrence, Brown - Vandemark, anderson, VPG, Grable DL - Miller, Epenesa, Groot, Smoot (groot smoot boogie?), Solomon, DQ, EO, Johnson, Carter, Williams LB - Bernard, Milano, Williams, Ulofoshio, Morrow, Spector CB - Benford, Douglas, Elam, Ingram, lewis, Hardy S - Bishop, Hamlin, Rapp, Edwards ST - Bass, Martin, Ferguson Hamler or Hardy could end up on PS potentially, but keeping both on 53 gives you some flexibility for who's active on gamedays.

I feel like occasionally you want to run plays into a defense that knows its coming - especially RPOs and the like.

They won't show it but it seems to me like it was very likely a case of juking into a defensive tackle in pursuit who outweighs you by 150 lbs... so essentially juking into a brick wall thats moving towards you faster than you or i can run. They aren't even in pads, so i doubt he was getting after him - but i could see taking offense as its like a safety thing.

Gotta get better on the road, especially defensively. It's not necessarily crowd noise, its the lack of crowd noise if anything. The old group had 5 seasons - 3 were ended by KC, one by Cincy, one by Houston (though that halftime officiating blunder probably cost them that one) - 3 of those were road games. It's not just beating KC though, this season especially - they are just likely going to have to win on the road. They also have just struggled against teams with premier QBs, so i see why they've tried to adjust what they do defensively and how they play those types of teams. The soft zone concepts worked during the season, but burrow and mahomes make you pay - and both those teams are effective at running and stopping the run. Also if someone could bounce KC that would be nice. Big Ben never won a playoff game against Brady, and yet won 2 super bowls.

Yeah I guess. I just see it as an investment. Buy the 20 dollar diggs jersey, toss it in the closet for a couple years, then once he's retired you got yourself a fresh "legend" jersey. Same with someone like Shady, Conlan, or Clements. After a while the sting goes away 🙂 Example: My friend bought a bryce paup jersey on clearance in like 1998 and still wears it quite a bit. The amount of people who see this jersey and say that they love bryce paup is ridiculous, and paup was here for 3 seasons AFTER the super bowl years. He also played for the JETS! BOOOOO THAT MAN 😄

I don't even... why not just wear a diggs jersey? Maybe wait a year or two? For 20 bucks thats a steal. His 4 years here may have ended not so happy, but he's still a bills legend.

There's the potential to lose brown, but I've though Van Demark has looked fine in the limited snaps he played. He's been here 2 years under Kromer, went from PS to active roster swing tackle, and was solid enough that they felt comfortable moving Bates last season. If they lose Brown, i don't expect them to sign anyone high priced - but maybe bring in a rookie in the first few rounds to compete with Van Demark. After the season Elam had some choice "non-remarks" about the coaching situation which sort of implied that he didn't get along with Butler either. Corner is a short memory type of position, and having a coach always harping on you can do some damage to your psyche and belief in yourself.

I like it simply so the linemen get a new team to hit, the WRs need reps, and even just scripting 10 or 15 plays gives you a chance to make sure things go well (cadences, motion rule changes, lining up correctly, etc). I never liked the "starters don't play preseason" teams, they always seem to come out flat in the first month.

I like it from the perspective of a one-off type of deal specifically for this occasion. I wouldn't necessarily repeat it, but i like the idea of trying a new helmet every year for the special practice. I personally think our helmet now is one of the best in the league.

Good idea! It'll probably be sore to start but you can adjust the tension and continue to make adjustments. I still play touch football (I'm 37, but I'm addicted), and i tried every sock or band or whatever and none of it worked except the KT tape.

They've been making changes to this forever though. Wedges, running starts, where you kickoff from, where you can line up etc.

KT tape has done wonders for me with regards to being able to exercise. https://www.kttape.com/blogs/how-to-apply/plantar-fasciitis I remember Jon Feliciano saying that the night splint boots were the game changer for him. I haven't gone this far yet, but i do try and stretch my calves daily, and try and make a point to stand on different parts of my foot.

Add some language to specifically target instances that were probably violations before but can now be easily enforced. I hope there is a sky ref with an angle of the LOS that pretty much shows when they do it. The rule change is two fold. You now can't line up on the LOS, take a step back (while another player takes a step forward and re-sets to put 7 on the LOS), and motion without stopping. In that scenario you now MUST stop and re-set off the LOS. If you were already off the LOS and are in motion, you cannot move toward the LOS without stopping and re-setting. If they're clarifying it to this degree, i think its something they want taken out of the game.

I always look at it like the longer you're on a PS, the less likely you are to be poached. You have no film anymore, while UDFAs of the last year or two have fresher college film, and have played with a team throughout camp.

I can't imagine spring football was getting a TON of eyeballs in the 18-25 year old tv market, male or female. The ones that did were probably sports betting young adults who have no interest in joining the military. You probably either recruited them in high school, or with ads on social media.

Yep - or you'd see deebo go further off the LOS in lateral motion to fake the handoff but then turn back towards the LOS well before the snap. In those scenarios, the league is now going to expect you to either stay further off the LOS and continue laterally, or require you to come back to a stop if you are moving forward.

Honestly - different styles but similar WR rooms with regards to proven talent. Brown and Samuel are pretty similar. Rice and Shakir as primary slot options. Skyy moore was in shakirs draft class and seems to have been replaced by Rice in the lineup. Coleman and worthy - same draft class, but different play styles Watson and Hollins - Big dudes who also play special teams Moore/Toney/Hardman vs. Claypool/Hamler/MVS

Maybe bump yourself up to the 16 ounce curls? Yeah - i think Bernard missed most of camp with a hamstring. He must have showed something in film study for them to comfortably give him that job. Bishops a rookie vs. a 2nd year guy so i'm sure that affects things a bit though.

A lot of what Milton does well - Single reads, structured plays, 1x1s - are the first things installed in training camp. So i wouldn't read too much into anything. The controlled environment of camp vs. a game is... so different. A game shows the wrinkles. Rookies usually get exposed. Slow eyes between targets that results in pressure and sacks. College open vs. NFL open and ball placement and precision become that much more important. The lack of pocket Prescence resulting in phantom pressures and pocket bailing. Teams blitz rookies a lot, especially when they struggle against it. A team game-planning to stop you is a LOT different than a scout team defense trying to install... their own defense.