Bleeding Bills Blue

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.

It's also about having enough safeties to practice with a 90 man roster.

Well he got abused on the press, and was insanely off balance and within a yard or two of the LOS. I don't even think the guy hit him that hard, no helmet to helmet, just looks worse because he was leaning forward so much to try and get momentum.

Devonta smith is also pretty trim, listed at 170. Rumor is that he's put on some muscle mass though.

Harty never seemed to grasp the offense, and Sherfield never seemed to grasp... the ball. I felt like he was constantly mugged and they never called anything. Buffalo doesn't make the playoffs if they don't score TDs against Miami though 🙂

Mahomes Lamar Tyreek Trent Williams Garrett Kelce CMC Chris Jones Sewell Crosby? I dunno i'm just looking at the all-pro teams and looking for players i didn't see.

Endzone flag is basically a touchdown with buffalo's QB sneak game too.

A lot of teams are fairly tapped out, and already gave out deals with cap hits pushing to the future. There aren't a ton of spots left, let alone for a vet on a contender.

I'll say this though, an UDFA WR has a better chance of making this team this season than they have in the past 3 or 4 years. 2nd year guy (Shavers) who was on the PS all of last season, and would be considered a likely solid special teams contributor (he blocked 3 punts in 2 seasons in college) VS. 3 former 2nd round picks on their 3rd and 4th teams, fairly 1-dimensional speed player with inconsistent hands who doesn't contribute on special teams, and a 4th round pick in the same 2023 draft class who was injured last season. Odds are still very long for him to make the 53, but there's always a chance The high pick pedigree kind of goes away when you didn't draft them, being a former 2nd-round pick doesn't really matter anymore. MVS contract isn't so big that they couldn't walk away quite easily People can get injured

Right - and a bad practice could be.. hey line up over here i wanna try something. And it doesn't work the first 3 times. Doesn't mean it will never work, just trying stuff.

And its like - he struggled in some drills per some guy on twitter and 3/4 passes went incomplete. OK, so... thats a coaching opportunity. What did you do wrong, how can you avoid getting caught like that? Etc. It was like the people tallying the stats between EJ, Tyrod, and Cassel. This isn't how you judge someone in a practice setting.