Bleeding Bills Blue

Ruggs did something similar and his career is over. Addison might not even get a suspension. Yes lives matter and that will affect the jailtime and career. But not suspending a player charged with DUI is weird to me... when the DUI part of the Ruggs situation is why he's out of the league. The punishment is to discourage the behavior - so personally i think they SHOULD suspend players after DUI convictions. Lawyers are expensive and... they aren't cheaper because you're in the NFL. If anything they probably know they can bill you extra.

Can't say i blame you after that. I wore a bills jersey (albeit a white one) to KC and nobody really gave me any trouble. Lots of 13 seconds ribbing, but we won so I suppose I got the last laugh.

I think we're in the best position we've been in yet to combat the jets defense. 2 TE's and a big bodied WR - a lot you can do there but i expect to see a lot of shakir/samuel/cook in those games. A variety of quick weapons - feature them in screens, slants, swings, etc. and force their handsy CBs who love to talk... to shed and tackle.

I think with a good QB in an NFL style offense he looks like a dangerous player. Powerful size advantage, and a pretty good head on his shoulders it seems from a football IQ standpoint. NFL offenses use option routes a lot to create space based on coverage reads, and Allen can put the ball anywhere on the field. Its the offseason and nothing is happening but color me excited that this kid could have a big year. Being a strong dude also gives him 3 down potential because of his blocking. I'm not sure how he'll handle iso press man, but you can also move him inside off the line on money downs.

Probably Mahomes but at the same time - its far more confidence than i have in buffalo preventing a FG if bass makes the one to tie the game. Doesn't even need to be mahomes mistake that can cost them too - a bad snap, a missed block, a holding penalty, a fumble, etc. There's a lot of things that can happen there and needing 7 instead of 3 amplifies every yard.

Well the TD is a 4 point lead (assuming bass makes the kick - probably from his good hash so i'd think he does) so... the whole 13 seconds argument isn't the same. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202210160kan.htm - I was at this game and Buffalo took a 4 point lead with 1:04 left and mahomes threw a pick. 75 yards to the endzone in under a minute is tougher than 75 yards in 1:55 with 2 timeouts. Challenge is still the same to me though - they had 3 TDs on 7 full drives. 4 downs always gives you an extra play so the 4 point lead can make a tie game completely different. I just felt like KC wasn't playing well in the 4th quarter, and they wouldn't have enough time to really lean on the running game that was really moving in that one.

Pretty much where I'm at. 3 locks in Samuel, Coleman, Shakir. 2 near locks in Hollins and MVS. 1 last spot potentially... and depends how they feel about any of the players there. Usually your 6th WR is a younger player developing, or a flexible player who can potentially play inside and out. Thomas fits the latter, and i don't see anyone on the boundary keeping him off the field if he were healthy. But he's never healthy, and probably doesn't want a deal in the MVS range.

Roman's offense has complicated terminology, and always seems to struggle to get play calls in. There's little to no pre-snap motion unless its a jet motion play. Uses a ton of condensed formations. ajority of routes are flys, outs, comebacks, hitches. There isn't a ton of over the middle throws there because they are the most turnover worthy plays. The QB athleticism is used for read-option looks, but also to extend plays with scrambles. Every QB in a roman offense will be near the top of the league in sack% because plays take time to develop vs. the quick read offenses of today. The 3-point playoff game was the rick dennison offense (kubiak tree) - so a lot out outside zone and play action. Forcing tyrod to be a pocket passer was never a smart move, and resulted in his worst season as a starter in buffalo. It also wasn't a particularly good scheme for a back like shady as his strength is not as a one-cut back.

He did. He also sucked down the stretch, and 7 of his 10.5 came in 4 games against Zach Wilson x2, Sam Howell, and Tyrod. Everyone pads stats against bad units, but thats 70% of his production in 4 games and 3.5 sacks in 15 games. I have a good feeling about him this year. Not sure why, but i'm optimistic he ends up being an impact player this year.

I think its because Josh doesn't underthrow deep balls, and we didn't run a lot of back-shoulder stuff. Allen missed a lot of deep throws last year, and most of them were overthrows so there isn't really a chance for DPI. I think targeted players in contested catch situations will always result in more DPI and holding calls.

I think we needed a TD there. Too much time for KC to get in FG range. I think buffalo wins with a TD though. KC ran the ball quite well in that one, and i think with limited time buffalo would have been able to get an extra DB on the field to combat the passing attack more effectively.

Not based on anything that Skylar Thompson did though. More like they almost won a game completely in spite of his incompetence at the position. 18/45 for 220 and 2 picks, sacked 4x, and a 44.7 QB rating.

I think Burrow is a better player - i just think its unfair to say "Tua's only good because he has tyreek and waddle", and not say the same thing about Burrow with Chase and Higgins.

He's an injury risk - But he's played more games than burrow... and won more games that Herbert. He's coming off his best season as a pro, and a far better season than Herbert and Burrow. The argument that you needed to see if he could handle a season - well he just did that by leading the team in snaps on offense. He led the league in passing yards. He had a career high in comp %. Yes he has Hill/waddle - but Burrow had Chase, Higgins, and Boyd. So again.. why should he make less than the guys he's essentially out-performed?

Don't know enough about the dealership business to truly comment, but it seems like yes he's liable from a money standpoint, but he didn't do anything criminal. In any case, fire your lawyer and hire a better one. I wonder how often this happens where the former player just gets cleaned out though and doesn't end up having to file for bankruptcy.

They also brought in Samuel and Coleman so its not as if they have much more in the way of expectations for MVS than KC ever did.

Like half of the 15 are pass plays where he just saw it and went for it. There were a few red zone QB draws and sneaks. Early in the year they ran a couple of read option ones.

The one that jumped out to me was Miami. 36 runs and 41 pass plays for 77 total plays. Miami ran 48. 26 1D to 16. The 3 turnovers in miami territory were the reason it wasn't a blow out. The thing about dorsey... and daboll before him... they'd abandon the run game when it isn't working. There isn't an adjustment other than to just let josh do his thing. No pass to set up run, no counters to opposing tendencies, etc. We'd just stop doing it. The team had 10 turnovers in these 4 games (i think 1 was a fumblerooski). Loss to Cinci - 8 carries by backs. Loss to Jax - 10 carries by backs. Loss to NE - 17 carries by backs. Loss to NYJ - 16 carries by backs.

So you call out the fewer yards per attempt, and fewer yards per carry. How many more carries did we have than our opponents in that stretch? How many more pass attempts? More plays = more yards. More yards = more first downs. More first downs = more Touchdowns. You also control the game flow considerably better while maintaining time of posession.

I'm not sure how its all going to shake out tbh. Shakir always projected as a primarily slot player due to his size, but so has Samuel - so i think they'll probably mix and match them at flanker opposite likely Coleman/MVS. If one of them takes the job and runs with it i think that player has potential for 1000+ yards, since the slot targets are likely to be split with Kincaid.

I think thats part of it, but i also think we were a largely soft team in the dorsey/daboll offenses. Coleman, Kincaid/knox, even Shakir gives you some guys who will fight for YAC and just generally hit back. Brady really likes those 3x1 swing pass looks as well, and it just gives you a multitude of options on how to approach it.

Other than a potential injury - i don't worry much about milano. Guy works out a lot and will have likely taken his rehab very seriously. And his instincts are off the chart, and thats what makes a LB great. Miller i think needs a camp, and a bit of competition. He was limited all summer, started on PUP, and it was just a huge team distraction. Then after his return it felt like he still wasn't ready, and just couldn't trust the knee. I have a bit of faith in his return barring an injury - he looked a lot more dynamic towards the final couple of games (more than Floyd anyway), and I don't think he wants his career to end so abruptly.

This is the exact reason you pay offensive linemen and QBs and not running backs. A good QB makes your running game more effective as they're forced to more often keep two safeties back. A good OL unit both protects that massive QB investment, and also creates the seams that give backs the space to create.

Eh - preseason hockey isn't really a money mover like preseason football.

Players i think could upgrade the roster - 3 are safeties, and honestly there are more 3 safeties too. Justin Simmons Eddie Jackson Micah Hyde Mike Purcell - Keeping 10 linemen i think he'd be an upgrade over Ankou and Williams