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Murph said the last time the Bills had all 5 starters return on the offensive line was something like 20 years ago.

Well the Bills did just draft a strong pass rusher in Shaq, added an interior D-lineman in Washington who's best at rushing the passer up the middle (You know, probably the first thing people say you must do when trying to beat Brady), and added a LB in free agency (Zach Brown) who plays well against the pass. It's not like the Bills have done nothing to try and get better against the pass.

The last play shows the importance of 11 guys on defense all doing their jobs. One guy jumped to the wrong gap to try and be the hero, ends up costing them 7.

Someone posted the following link, but I don't think the mentioned one of the videos down the page a little bit. http://www.nfl.com/labs/rr/pathtothedraft/lawson It's under the portion titled, "Lawson gets expected outcome on medical recheck." The video has nothing to do with his shoulder or medical check, it's about how he plays his game and then they watch some tape on Von Miller and talk to Shaq about what he's doing. Shaq talked about the different moves he likes to do if he sees a tackle leaning and waiting for a bull rush, he also talks about different moves he likes to do when he long arms tackles. Good stuff.

It's pretty cool to hear that Washington was John Blake's (D-Line coach) number 1 rated player. He might not be the best at playing the run, but the rest of the front 7 plays pretty well against the run, including the first two picks. Obviously Washington has to put in the work and develop, but I love his potential. I can't remember the last time they drafted an interior D-lineman who's main strength is rushing the passer. Well that's not true, Dareus is good at everything, but besides him.

Interesting tid-bit here. https://twitter.com/YardsPerPass/status/728279589118709760 Between Shaq, Ragland, and their thoughts on Washington, the FO and coaches have to be pumped about this draft.

I guess he missed the play where Stanley had to tackle Lawson after a beautiful spin move. https://vine.co/v/iPdQU7Z6xgW

There's a great article on Reed in the Buffalo News where he addresses his pass rushing abilities. http://bills.buffalonews.com/2016/04/25/dl/ I've come around on Reed. I know everyone loves to point out it's a passing league, but people also run the ball a lot. It's not like they changed the rules to CFL or something where there's only 3 downs, they expanded the field, and teams throw all the time. You still need to stop the run. Darron Lee worries me because I think the run D will suffer and with such a small LB group, teams could pound the ball against the front 7 all day.

Sammy is so selfish. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/clemson/2016/04/17/former-tigers-boyd-watkins-team-up-again/83168572/

Screaming in someone's face is acting like a mature adult?

The question isn't what draft pick provided the greatest value, just who was the best draft pick ever. Has to be Bruce.

Good call, I didn't realize that. I like this as well. Just goes to show spending the most in free agency doesn't necessarily lead to winning. https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/707581818363490304

Maybe Vernon was going to be too expensive for them so they decided to go a little bit cheaper with Mario. Regardless, not a good move. If things don't go right at the beginning of games for their D-line, is anyone going to be surprised if Suh and Mario phone it in by halftime?

Wasn't sure I should start a new thread for this, but here's some more love for Sammy. http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/14868625/thoughts-sammy-watkins-dorial-green-beckham-couple-sleepers-fantasy-football Let's hope the offense with Sammy can hit the ground running this year.

Pictures don't always show the whole picture, but between what 26Corner posted and the picture below, I'd be pissed if I were a Panther's fan. He sure looks like the closest one to the ball. Funny bounce or not, he should be on the ground trying to get the ball.

Darby's struggles coincide pretty closely with the "rookie wall." He said week 11 is when he really started to feel it. That was against NE, the next two games were the Chiefs and Texans. Even a half step up in play next year should lead to strong CB play from Darby. Hopefully he can get into NFL shape and keep his play up later in the season while avoiding the dreaded sophomore slump.

Lol, people are still bitching about Mario dropping in coverage? https://twitter.com/cover1eturner/status/694567244328734720 Mario dropped into coverage less than two times per game. Anyone remember the Patriots vs Broncos game a week ago where Von Miller had an INT and then they dropped a DT into coverage for the final play and stopped the Pats two point conversion? There is a place for lineman to drop into coverage, but it doesn't work when not everyone is doing their job. People should read this article: http://cover1.net/news/2016/1/21/2015-bills-defensive-study-defensive-line

That was kind of funny, but also proved the level of douche that Sully is.

When was the last time that too little cap space hindered the Bills from signing someone? I'm honestly asking because I don't remember when that's happened. It's not like the Bills are losing people because they're too tight against the cap. Sure, this year looks a little tight, but until it actually hurts the front office, I'm not going to be too concerned.

Sammy certainly got the best of Revis for the most part, but part of it was the defensive game plan. I believe Bowles said they were playing zone a bit which gave Sammy some extra room underneath on a few catches. I'm still surprised they didn't have Revis tight against Sammy and a safety over the top all game. Sammy still beat him a few times when Revis was up tight, but it didn't appear that they were doubling Sammy like he's been in games past. With all of the other weapons out and the season on the line, I was unimpressed by the Jets game plan against the pass. If the situation was reversed and the Bills were a win away from the playoffs and the other team's only weapon torched the Bills for that kind of day, I imagine Rex's house would be ashes by now.

I completely agree with this. Furthermore in regards to Shady, his cap hit is going to be ~$7.67 million next year. The cap is going to be around $150 million. McCoy is going to take up just over 5% of the salary cap, that's not enough to complain about.

Yeah, it's all Rex that made Mario ineffective. Look at this effort, relentless. Here's a link, embedded didn't work. https://vine.co/v/iqjQhj0AhDA/embed

Not surprising and IMO it needs to happen. He hasn't bought into the system and openly complained about it. Systems only work when everything/everyone is doing their job. Mario pouted and quit doing his job. Sure, Sammy complained a little bit, but he continued to go out and do his job. He wasn't pouting and running half assed routes. He kept blocking, he kept getting open, and look what happened, he blew up in the second half of the season. Mario still hasn't done dick this year. Bye Felicia.

Just going to throw this out there for the ones that want to trash Shady. Tyrod Taylor says McCoy heading to Buffalo was factor in him signing with the Bills. Wanted to be around playmakers. https://twitter.com/TyDunne/status/674658619862990848

I get it, but I still don't like it. Running a NFL team with any intent outside of putting the best team on the field is a great way to field a mediocre team. I don't mean to bring up a topic that was argued to death, but I searched for the Fred Jackson was Cut thread and the search is only going back to October and I am unable to find it. The whole thing with M&T bank thing sounds WAY over blown. This is all I could find on that. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25288308/look-this-fred-jackson-ad-is-pretty-awkward-after-he-was-cut-by-bills What outside of the flyer caused M&T bank to lose all this money and look so stupid? http://www.buffalonews.com/business/jacksons-release-cuts-to-the-heart-of-mts-bills-marketing-campaign-20150831 That article states Fred was a partner with M&T bank since 2011. I'm sure athletes with marketing deals get cut or traded all the time in sports. Why is this such a big deal with Fred Jackson?