Bleeding Bills Blue

It's not as if they aren't abusing... literally everyone. The key to stopping both lies in pass rushing, not who you start at middle linebacker. Dodson, Williams, Bernard, Klein, Spector - Let the best man win the majority of the snaps. There's a lot of talent and experience among that group, and i'd probably have 3 of them taking Mike snaps during camp/preseason. Williams or bernard is likely the primary milano backup. My guess is Bernard ends up with majority of snaps, but Klein mixes in on early downs some.

Yeah - he definitely got stale and probably a bit overwhelmed as the year continued. Allen also looked overwhelmed quite a bit as the year went on. I think Shakir/harty can both come in and make some plays. Adding kinkaid and making that a trio gives you a variety of weapons to attack. Can use shakir as a bit more of a conventional slot WR with some deceptive speed Can use harty as a speed threat on some plays, and remove Davis - different style of player at X. Can put kinkaid in that same mix, a size mismatch against nickel backs, and athleticism against many tight ends. You can run a lot of the similar styles of plays from different formations using the same players too. i'd like to see all 3 of these players in motion quite a bit when they are on the field. As for Cook/hines? I expect them to be able to play as slot WRs occaisionally.

Kelce has some absolutely insane footwork. He's a slot WR who is also a huge bowling ball, with insane hands and insane ability to highpoint. He'd be all-pro with pretty much any team assuming they had a QB worth a damn.

I hate TE's in the first round so ive been trying to rationalize 🙂

Or you put cook or hines instead of shakir. It's 12 personnel but we can split 4 or 5 out. You wanna roll nickel? ok we should have size advantage to run... and you might get a nickel back trying to cover a knox or kincaid. you add an extra backer? Good luck covering cook and hines with your linebacker. Create mismatches. I look at it like we struggled against blitzes at times last year - we can use a big target to find soft spots and make contested catches. We also didn't have as much of a game within the red zone, and i think adding a dynamic TE can unlock a bit more of a run game and play action within that spasce.

Or you can use him in motion as a pin blocker - you don't really need to sustain that (in fact in many cases like TE screens and Play action, you don't want to sustain that block).

I feel like he's a bit of a 1 trick pony... money better spent on sweat. They already extended Payne and Allen who are probably the best interior tandem in the league. I'm curious to see what the commanders do at QB though, as I think their roster is honestly pretty good. NFC and AFC east are gonna beat each other up this year. I just remember Buffalo having a lot of problems with Payne and Allen bleeding through the a gap, and Young flying up field creating an easy lane for Josh to just move to his right.

Playcalling felt a bit stale too as the year went on, which i assume is something that happens to a first time coordinator.

It's very likely going to break down this way. Their defense is good - but at the end of the season their numbers looked a lot like buffalo's on a per game basis. They get a last place schedule too which helps them. We get Jags, Bucs, Bengals - they get Browns Texans Falcons... Jags and bengals are likely the best 2 in that group. Offense: Wilson looks legit, Hall has some home run ability there, offensive line has some pieces but they had a lot of injuries there last year. Their WR's behind Wilson don't really jump out to me. I think they'll try to get a lineman in the first. I expect they'll keep most passes close to the LOS and use Rodgers quick release, and only really ask him to do much on 3rd downs and in the RZ. Reed and Gardner are for real, Williams has turned a corner from good to great, and they have some good rotational depth pieces there. My concern if i was a fan of their team is that they had 10 games where they scored fewer than 20 points. They were 1-9 in those games, and in some of them it was abundantly clear that if the team playing the Jets didn't turn the ball over, they would probably win. I don't know how to quantify, and it isn't an exact science, but when you're playing a team with literally no offense it has to seep in a little bit to the offense/coaching staff to play a different game.

They Why so serious bengals game was mine. It was right around thanksgiving, my brothers were in town and the game could not have been more meaningless.

It's definitely a challenge for rookies coming into the league. I don't think i need to hear bernard say it to know that was a major issue for him last year.

I mean... he's an offensive lineman?

Not on TV - Dome games have a weird basement type of lighting to them.

You don't need to win the division to win a championship though. Get healthy, and play your best ball in January.

Ehhhh... They still have potential for a solid offense if stafford and kupp are healthy. Playmaker wise they could use a WR who can get open. But a lot of why their offense didn't work was protection They need to improve their offensive line a lot though, and their defense is Donald and not much else ( i do like Hoecht - sort of a young lorenzo alexander with the mid-season position switch and i love that kinda thing). But their defense wasn't good with Ramsay, Wagner, and Floyd either.

I mean - his best season came after he left the jets though. In any case - he's basically a slightly younger John Brown. Anderson's been pretty lousy the last 2 seasons.

Win the Super bowl? If you can avoid KC or Cincy that'd be cool. 2008 Steelers won a super bowl by beating San Diego, Baltimore, and Arizona (Brady was injured, and Manning's colts lost to the chargers). Get hot in January not in September is the big one. Home field is important, but we can't make it our identity for an entire season. Going to likely need to beat KC in their building, so figure out how you are going to do that.

Win the Super bowl? If you can avoid KC or Cincy that'd be cool. 2008 Steelers won a super bowl by beating San Diego, Baltimore, and Arizona (Brady was injured, and Manning's colts lost to the chargers). Get hot in January not in September is the big one. Home field is important, but we can't make it our identity for an entire season. Going to likely need to beat KC in their building, so figure out how you are going to do that. Allen seems to play well there, so just let it rip. I'd also like Dorsey to save some of his better looks for the playoffs. I think we need to get stouter against the run, since the super bowl opponent from the NFC will likely be a stronger running team like philly, SF, Dallas.

Seems like a lock for 600 yards and 5 TDs when you look at his stats. Good catch rate, 10 fumbles across 1700 touches, and is a big strong dude. I'd assume this is competition for Harris? Or they may carry 4 and just have 3 active depending on game type and injuries.

Manuel battled in that one. We were down 27-3 at one point and lost 34-31, with a very good chance to have won the game. The end of game turnover on downs was unfortunate.

That makes sense - having a former corner as a coordinator does also seem like something they would want to improve at. Depends how they fall, if someone wants to jump LV or Atlanta they're in a great spot to trade down. Tampa or Washington come to mind. They can also possibly sit there and get the top scouted corner in the draft. On the other hand... the top scouted corner in the draft is the reason for this thread.

They did sign Moseley, Sutton, and Gardner-Johnson fwiw.

3 MVPs, 5 super bowl MVPs, 7 championships. He was MVP of the last undefeated regular season team. Career numbers at time of retirement 1st all time in passing yards 1st all time in passing TDs 10th all time in passer rating 3rd and 5th on the list for most passing yards in a single season 1 of 3 QBs to throw for 50 TDs in a season It's not just longevity when you do it at such a high level consistently for so absurdly long. And this is with the patriots building an offense around scat backs, slot WRs, and TE's for the majority of his time there.

Measurables are measurables. Jonnu Smith always pops with athleticism, but it doesn't translate to the field. I was pleasantly surprised with Morris tbh, he looked better than sweeney ever did anyway.

I feel like the SOFI went from like 5 to 8 billion or something ridiculous. And the Chargers are using it on the lease for like no money because the NFL forced it to happen.