Rocky Landing

This is not a dig on Beasley-- I love the guy. But, if he actually feels this way, I think it may literally be that Allen has not yet gotten sick of Beasley chewing his ear off, as Prescott may have in Dallas.

Probably have a different team's name on the top of it...

(Assuming you're talking about Peterman) I feel like I watched defending CBs giving our WRs an extra step, or two of separation, literally baiting him to throw long.

Damn that looks good!

Some comments have suggested Tre White, as well. Either way, it's a really weird element to leave out of the article!

Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

To some degree, in the context of the 2018 Bills, "aggressiveness" could also translate to "trust." It will be interesting to see how Allen's "aggressiveness" increases with John Brown, and Cole Beasley on the field. I would also be interested to know how that stat changed during last season with the addition of McKenzie, and the other changes to our receiving corp. That's a fair point. IMO, these sorts of metrics should be used more to provide context, and less to draw conclusions. At the very least, a stat like this needs to be looked at in context.

Wait a minute... who's number one???

It's a gamble, but maybe not such a huge one. I think a lot of fans are unwilling to account for the effects of injury. They become "excuses" for poor play, instead of "reasons." Murphy is only 28-- far from over the hill. Obviously, he was recovering from, and playing through injury last season. His production before that was stellar. So, the question become: Is he injury prone, or is he fully recovered? Fans tend to be far more apt to assume injury prone, and less willing to accept the possibility of recovery. Also, I don't see that there has been a lot of opportunity to improve Murphy's position, so far. Ansah has his own (more current) injury issues, and was likely too expensive. And I don't know of any later round picks that would have been better than what we already have. Maybe there will be an opportunity in the coming months to trade for someone dominant (we can dream of Clowney?), but Murphy at 100% isn't someone we have seen in a Bills uni, other than in these last OTAs, which don't show us much for defensive linemen. I think this is a guy that will be exciting to see once the pads come on.

I'm actually one of the people who apparently "can't stick to simple discussion" and have been put on ignore by Ronin, but that won't stop me from pointing out some of his intellectually dishonest crap. The explanations in the game he time-tagged were so biased, it was laughable. In the very first play he "analyzes" (quotation marks necessary) he opines that Allen "immediately defaults to looking downfield," rather than immediately throwing to Shady (whom he had just faked a handoff to!). Allen then avoids a sack, as he has a DT bearing down on him, and he is able to throw the ball away. For Ronin to say Allen "immediately defaults to looking downfield," is another way of saying "immediately defaults to running the play that was called." Like I said-- this guy is intellectually dishonest. He'll use conflicting arguments from one post to the next, he'll cherry pick stats, he'll move the goal posts in his arguments (example: "name for me one player that never, and I do mean never, read defenses very well either in HS or college"). And, more than anything, he wants you to know that he knows more about football than anyone here ("You won't find anyone here that's done more research on any of the players that I've opined on then me.") And, if you don't like it, he'll write you a nice, overly-long, condescending response that ends with him telling you not to bother responding, because he has put you on ignore. I'm happy to belong to that club.

Although, they did take Amendola (also a (white) UDFA) off some other team's PS, so they do have that history.

Out of curiosity: Did this come to you in a dream, or something?

Indeed.

Fixed it for you.

Will McDermott be gazing longingly at the Panthers' sideline?

This should go in the "bold predictions" thread.

So, fewer "bottom feeder veterans," and more "bright shiny toys." Got it. (definitely high...)

My real issue with that year was that we had set ourselves up to have to take a quarterback in a draft that had nothing better than mediocre quarterbacks. I think that when all was said, and done, the best quarterback of that draft was Matt Barkley! If we would have negotiated a more reasonable contract with Fitzpatrick, or just bit the bullet, and paid, and played him in 2013, we would have been in a much better position the following year.

Murphy would have to take a major step back for that to happen, or someone else (Shaq?) would have to take a major step forward. Neither seems likely.

This is such a bizarre post. Putting "good cap management" in quotations implies that the cap management isn't so good. And the phrase "bright shiny toys" implies overspending for flashy players. Are you high?

I guess this is one of the consequences of the "one year, prove it" deal. Some of these guys are going to prove it, and we may have to up some salaries to keep them.

Did he donate to the concussion unit?

This is the time of year that optimism abounds. But, it's entirely plausible that both Trent and Shaq take a step forward this season. We have yet to see a 100% Trent Murphy in a Bills uni. There's plenty of reasons to be hopeful that this season we might. As far as Shaq goes, he has (albeit slowly) been getting better every year. Has he reached his ceiling? Perhaps not. I could see Murphy and Shaq being a very effect rotation.

Who do you think will fall off when the pads come on?

Better than... he was in the CFL? In OTAs? Better than McKenzie, or the other bubble players? Also, not sure why this would be such a long shot? In my view, I think Williams has an opportunity to carve out a role on this team, assuming he fits onto special teams, which seems perfectly doable. He's an exceptionally physical WR, and blocker. He seems like he could be a natural on ST, and also an asset on multiple wide sets where downfield blocking is a necessity. Is there another WR on this team with that level, or type of physicality? Maybe John Brown, but they're not going to put him on ST, or give his too many blocking assignments, I wouldn't think. Nor Zay, for that matter. Suffice to say, I'm a bit of a Duke fan, at this point, so my opinions are certainly tainted. But, he is definitely a guy that I feel will excel once the practices become more physical.