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Maybe I'm old school but I think this team lacks a strong foundation of fundamentals and disciple. I know the rule change has an impact on each practice though it's possible they do more of these drills when in uppers or only helmets

FWIW, my thoughts on practice today: 1. Tyrod looked cool, calm and collected. Even when the pocket collapsed, he showed good awareness and was extremely mobile in the pocket. EJ, from what I saw, had a decent day. His mechanics are noticeably different, although the nose of the fb always seems to be pointing down. Cardale is a monster but I didn't really notice anything special from the pocket from him. 2. On the WR battle.I'm not sure what the Dez Lewis hype early on was about. To me, he appears to be jag. He is a long strider and is slow out of his breaks. He did not show anything to make me think otherwise. Although I've been a critic, I thought Goodwin looked on point today. He made a number of catches while creating NFL size separation with defenders. Hopefully the guy can stay healthy. Walter Powell made a few nice catches but also dropped a ball and jumped offsides. I wonder if special teams value will strengthen his run at a roster spot. 3. Ragland. First off, what a massive man. Although they weren't love tackling, I often noticed him near the ball. He dropped into zone coverage a number of times, but did not see him in man. 4. Schmitt. He really kicks the hell out of it. 5. RB rotation: though I aren't sure what it was specifically. It looks to me as if 1.McCoy 2a. Bush 2b. Gillislee 3. Wilder. I noticed the Twos seemed to rotate backs. I wouldn't be surprised to see these four on the roster as the RBs for the first 4 weeks of the season. When Karlos returns, Gillislee may draw the short straw. I saw nothing of note from J Williams. 6. Gilmore and Darby are an excellent 1/2 punch. Both consistently showed excellent breaks on the ball. I am confident in these two on islands. Unfortunately, our depth at CB seems slim. No one else impressed, today at least, IMO. 7. TE is a weird bird this year. I approch this position by trying to think about what G Ro will want from this position this year. With the number of motions and shifts today, I think he is leaning more towards a versatile player and less towards a one trick pony (thank god Matthew Mulligan is no longer a Bill). I like Clay as the one and Gragg second in. Aside from that, it gets blurry. Preseason will be telling. 8. Hughes consistently showed up in the backfield today. Not a flashy player, but I expect 10 plus sacks from him this year no problem. 9. I don't know a whole lot about our safetys, but I can't help but thinking that they've improved simply by having Ed Reed with them. This guy seems to be always involved in conversation with a man in blue. 10. I may be wrong but I think there is a serious lack of fundamentals being practiced. It could be I missed them, it could be because they are professionals but I am not noticing any of the basics being drilled. I was hoping to see home technical drills (form tackling, blocking, pursuit, etc). Anyways just some thoughts for those unable to attend. Go Bills.

I will be there today with a Focus on ILBs. Really curious/excited to see Ragland at work. Hopefully I'll have something decent to add later. Any other areas of focus people are interested on?

He's back!

Go bills

Can't wait to underestimate and over criticize everybody! I'm so good at that

Heady Topper is the best beer I've ever had. If anyone knows a place in Buffalo that sells, I will buy a Ralph-full.

An older man at the Ralph once tipped me for holding a door open. I've put in my time

Nothing like ignorant people talking about things they have no idea about. He is rancid

I think Greg Roman's strength is his ability to use talent. That being said, if Clay went down, there are plenty of other play makers I could see him trying to game plan towards. Clay's abilities may not be replaceable by a single player on our roster, however I feel confident in that G-ro could utilize multiple skill sets to get similar results. Less efficient, more predictable but not a concern IMO

Guess the contract 5 year 60 mil, 35 guarenteed

Woot woot

Terminology is often the biggest barrier. Like Scott said, Ragland probably knows a lot of what Rex is trying to do. Bart Scott will hopefully transfer the Rex terminology into something that Rags can comprehend easier

This is cool

... take Christian Hackenberg in the 2nd. Who is a team you felt reached, made a mistake or glad that we are not?

I, for one, am very excited about Ragland. As someone else stated, we still have a 4th, 5th, 5th and 6th.

Who cares

What's the line on how long it takes the ram to enter their ticket?

Chris Collinsworth should just go back to back Sunday/Monday night

Create a sack. Id rather have a pass rusher who can win a one on one pass rush vs a OT who would lose that you could supply help to via scheme or additional players

Wow, rip Mr. Parker. You drove some hard bargains. I can't help but wonder how this impacts sammies future in Buffalo

RIP thank you for bringing football to our city

I'm all for it. Unlike a majority of people I've spoken to, I think you will see more kick returns because of this. Giving the other team the ball at the 25 shouldn't happen. We'll see a lot of directionally short kicks, forcing teams to return the ball.

As much as it'd be nice to have another play maker at #2, I think woods is suitable for this offense. With so many defensive holes, I couldn't justify, as nice as it sounds, spending a pick to upgrade that position.

It would also mean less football.