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Mike Tomlin wetting his shorts over all these field goals. Probably gets off on capturing a pawn in chess, too.

I was expecting more Matthew Golden this year, especially since Watson was out. Now that he’s back, I am curious what their plan is moving forward.

These Steelers uniforms are unacceptable

Hopefully just a fine and nothing more

Analysists seemed to think the half would run out but to their credit the Panthers FG unit got the kick off with 1 second on the game clock and half the Bills D still running on the field. It’s a miracle that: 1) Dalton took that sack 2)they got the kick off, 3) they missed it 4) we didn’t have 12 men on the field!

I don’t know that his 40 snaps is an accurate picture of how much he played at DE. He has taken over the Solomon role, as the 3rd DE on passing downs and lining up over the guard. In the second half, they had him doing this even on early downs. I would be curious to know how many of his snaps were actually at End, but am guessing it’d be similar to Epinessas 28. One thing is for sure, this guy is going to get a lot of burn!

Without the all-22 and a full clip, if my memory serves me correctly, this was the 3rd and 6 that had Curtis Samuel run a 4 yard whip route. Cool. I think Shakir ended up almost making a toe tip catch on the scramble by Allen but was OOB. There is no threat down the field and those deep players are just camping right at the line to gain. It is the perfect storm of inability to scheme guys open and the lack of talent to have a guy win 1v1 on the boundary. If this was a snap shot from 2022, Allen is 100% going to the bottom of the screen vs this look taking the match up. We saw it a million times with Diggs. He never looks that way and just plays the concept up top which seems outmatched from the snap.

They need to add Logue to the active roster

Benford is still getting beat. I continue to be concerned about the secondary

He is not playing DT on early downs. He is coming in as the 3rd DE that we saw Solomon play as on medium to long situations. It’s the early downs that we’ll have to worry about. DaQuon better heal up quick!

Another DT injury is terrible. I can’t believe it

DL is getting some good pressure on the passing downs but we’re still too soft on the back end. Bishop x2 on McMillian is not a great strategy

It’s a shame 58 is out. Otherwise we’d have Tre Poyer Joran Phillips Ed and Milano…running it back like it’s 2018 all over again. Nearly 50% of the D. What year is it, anyways?

If they pair Ed/Walker and Ogunjobi/Phillips…that second shift is going to need to be agressive in how they call their defense because otherwise it’s going to be a water slide

Kincaid in is big. Curious to see what they do on the boundary opposite Keon. Curtis Samuel game? Lots of TEs?

Ray or Gabe? because it’d be hilarious to trade them back a player that they released and are still paying…can you even trade a PS player? My god that’s what we’re doing with Tredavious White 🤦‍♂️

Yup I’m leaning towards mortgaging the future. What’s the point in hanging onto all the future selections just to build mediocrity? I know this is not their intent, but it is what they’ve gotten out of their early draft investments so you might as well invest them into a more sure talent even if it costs more now, and makes things trickier down the road. The cap just keeps going up. Win a superbowl or two and worry about it when the time comes. It worked for the Rams. Sold their souls, won the Lombardi, bottomed out briefly and nailed some draft investments when they had to rely on a youth movement and they’re right back at it. The Bills should be no different although it seems like Beane is mostly concerned about maintaining the standard even if it means sacrificing the ability to bring in elite talents via trade or FA

And yet this is what good leaders do. I am not excusing his tirade on the morning show BUT: A good leader supports their staff, sells the future and delivers confidence in their players. At the same time they admit failure and reflect honestly when they’re wrong. If Beane came out and said “we were counting on our guys to develop into XYZ and we haven’t been able to get there, so we’re looking to find ways to bring the room up to our standard” I’d respect that. People would want to play gotchya because it’s easy and as fans we don’t have to answer to anyone when we’re wrong…we just like calling it out publicly when others are. If tmrw they traded for BTJ and won the Super Bowl would ppl be calling for a stock and quarter of Beane because he looked silly? Nahhh man it’s business. You take chances, you redeem the rewards if good movements and you know when to take your losses.

What is it about the 1st that you are hesitant to part with? The last few years: Hairston Kincaid Elam Groot Oliver Edumnds Diggs* multiple trade backs for Coleman* Two of these players have been extended as keystone pieces of the team, 1 traded away, 1 allowed to walk, and 3 who it’s unfair to judge at this point…and one absolute home run coming via trade. I am not saying that BTJ would be Diggs, but if your argument is getting a cost controlled player, he has 3.5 years left w/ 5th year option that are already negotiated. I think we value our future selections in drafts way more than they’re worth.

I think these are fair points and yet again point to the fact BBB is forced into selecting need vs talent, largely due to his own roster construction, especially in the early rounds. I think it’s unfair to categorize Kincaid as a slot, as you referenced. He does a lot of work in the MOF but is not going to be playing the same Z or H role that a slot wr would be. I am not here to say that Ladd SHOULD have been the pick over Coleman. No one could have forecasted how things have turned out…I am simply responding to the retort i often here for why Ladd wasn’t a consideration and it just doesn’t seem to be a valid excuse to me give the fact that Beane has repeatedly doubled down on positions at time (Groot/Basham, Walker/Sanders,) in early rounds while paying guys who are already on the roster being paid at the same position.

By my count they’re still at 52 players on the active roster. They’ve elevated Phillips and Poyer from PS so doubt they’re going to sign a S or DT to active roster but idk what theyre doing hanging out with an extra roster spot….

I hate myself for watching this whole video, but hate the PR staff more for coming up with such a lame concept

I was thinking about this today: On one hand we dismiss Ladd as a potential selection for the Bills because of other positional needs and the existence of Khalil Shakir a similar role. Yet one year earlier the same regime selected Dalton Kincaid….when already heavily invested in the position, while trying to explain that he’s a different kind of player? You can’t do both. Either Ladd was a mistake, or Dalton was a mistake, but philosophically as a front office if you’re trying to make that arguement and explaination, you can’t be right however you slice it.

How do you get assigned the job “first mow of the new sod at New Highmark Stadium”? #retirementgoals

Yeah I was thinking the same and am pleasantly surprised. This is excellent news for bills fans. Not only do we get a potential upgrade on the boundary that is sorely needed, but we get an exciting piece back to the team that we’ve invested heavily in. It brings a level of excitement and anticipation to this game I feel has been missing.