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I will tell you this: I’d trade any record this season to have Allen show he’s a franchise QB. He definitely has plays where he looks like he is. If he can develop and make that the norm, then I’m more than happy. That would make finishing the team build so much easier. Players would WANT to come here.

Thats sounds like exactly the kind of LB that fits Greggg’s defense.

Unconditionally

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I really don’t mean to pee in your Cheerios. I do like the direction of the team, but I don’t think they’re there yet. It’s a process.

Do not read much into preseason games.

I combed through several sites and looked in all of the areas where I wanted to sit and picked the most reasonable. After fees I still got boned pretty hard. Sigh.

I just paid the high premium. Not much else to be done if you want to go - unless you think they’ll tank early and prices will drop.

I agree with that. It’s certainly the best course of action.

I will be at this one. Already have tickets.

I will be there. I already have tickets.

Not semantics at all. Overstating the position of an opponent so they seem unreasonable is a cheap and lazy way to argue. I was just pointing out that that was what you were doing and that my position was very different than what you stated. I am happy to argue honestly if you have any interest in that.

I never said he was a garbage WR. You should probably read my posts. One further stat to go with those. He was 26th in targets among WRs. He was 49th in receiving yards and 40th in receptions among WRs. Certainly not garbage, but not really impressive as our top WR either. WR Stats

Pretty much. You mention a good point that I read in his predraft evaluation - he is a possession WR who excels at finding soft spots in zone especially underneath, but he isn’t great against man and doesn’t separate well deep. Honestly he’d probably be great with Brady in that offense, but he doesn’t seem to fit with Allen and our vertical offense except maybe as a slot (which is Beasley’s job).

He was also the best WR on the team over the course of the whole season (ugh) and got more targets by far than any other WR. Again, he’s serviceable and he may yet develop into a solid WR. Let’s see what he does this season and go from there.

He ranked 61st in receiving yards last season. There are some TEs and RBs ahead of him so that improves his position a bit. He’s serviceable, yes. The Bills should not trade him because they don’t have that good of a WR corps and he makes the team better. But he is a WR that - barring significant improvement - a good team would want to upgrade.

NFL WR Corps If you scroll down a bit you can see a chart with all of the expected starting NFL WR corps. It’s close to current. There are some very, very bad groups out there.

Probably this. Who’s WR corps is Zay making better at this point? (Okay, maybe ours.) I’m pretty sure that teams would rather use that roster spot on a player who might reasonably develop rather than a third year player who hasn’t yet. Shady might have some trade value from the right team in the right situation, but that probably won’t be until the season is under way and some contending team loses its feature back and wants a veteran.

Thanks for the heads up. I am planning on rewatching at least the starters and Allen’s portion of the game. I’ll watch him.

Rex was making a joke about his foot fetish. Quentin Tarantino also has one, which is only interesting because of some of the scenes in his movies.

Let's hope we have those problems. Daboll has some personal reasons for wanting to stay in Buffalo and he might be inclined to drag his feet before leaving soon unless the opportunity is just too good.

Thanks for the video. It really illustrates how few of Allen’s runs were designed. It’s an important part of his game and I don’t want to see it go away. I’d like to see it diminished somewhat due to: 1) better protection from a better OL 2) a better WR corps getting open more quickly more often 3) a better job of quickly reading the field and finding open receivers by Allen If all of those areas improve, then we can actually see Allen run less even with more pass plays called. That all said, I still think the WR corps and OL need further improvement and that’s a season away. (Keep an eye on Browns WR Rashard Higgins who will likely be a FA next offseason.)

BOTH teams that went 0-16 in the regular season went 4-0 in preseason. 2008 Lions and 2017 Browns.

True dat. I was shocked that no flag came out. Haven’t seen a fine either. I’ve been critical of Allen’s accuracy in the past, but this was on Zay. The throw was plenty good enough and should have been caught.

Morse had $20.4M guaranteed at signing. That is what the Bills are on the hook for. There’s no point in any injury settlement if he’s done. Those are only in cases where a team and player both want to move on and the player wants to play elsewhere later in the same season. That would not be the case here.