GunnerBill

I think you mean moved to WLB. Currently playing MLB but if he were moved to WLB still guys ahead of him?

I think there is almost zero chance Shakir's efficiency holds with a higher target share. The WGR morning show was talking about it last week. Sure his catch % may stay high, but when you are talking about the relatively middling volume of targets he had last year then breaking a couple of big plays from the slot skew the figures and his yards per reception get inflated.

None of which relates to the fact every thread the OP starts is the same. But thanks for playing.

Based on Saturday he has: - running round like his hair is on fire; - smashing into people indiscriminately; - overrunning simple outside zone plays; - atrocious lane discipline. We need him to step up in a huge way.

It is every thread he starts. How can I come up with another spurious way to try and make people agree with me that McDermott sucks. This one is not a particularly good effort.

That time of year folks, let's hear 'em! I always do 8 in total 4 league wide and 4 Bills specific and last year I landed 3 and was pretty close on 3 others. One of my better years. So here goes for 2024: Four non-Bills: - The Green Bay Packers to be the #1 seed in the NFC but not reach the Superbowl; - The Philadelphia Eagles to miss the playoffs and Nick Sirianni to be fired before the end of the season; - Justin Fields to be the Steelers' starter by Halloween and to play well enough to earn an extension after the season; - Marvin Harrison Junior to break Puka Nacua's rookie receiving record. Four Bills specific: - AJ Epenesa to produce double digit sacks for the first time and lead the team in that category; - Keon Coleman to have fewer targets and fewer yards than both Khalil Shakir and Curtis Samuel but to put up more touchdowns; - The Bills to trade away a day two pick in the 2025 NFL Draft for a wide receiver prior to the trade deadline; - Kaiir Elam to displace Rasul Douglas as a starting corner by the end of the season. Add your own and we will check back in due course.

I am no internet quack but based on the description of how it happened nerve and tendon damage was my fear. If that is the case that might not mean the entire year though. Depending on severity they could get him back down the stretch. Feels like that could be best case scenario at this point. It's $17m dead cap to cut bait after this season. I know we ate a lot of dead cap this year I sincerely hope Beane isn't planning on repeating that though.

Has McDermott said what his plan is with Josh / rest of the starters yet?

It is what I think and how I think the public would react, yes. I think honestly, Quarterback would move the line the most. The overwhelming public perception is that Patrick Mahomes is the heir to Brady and set to dominate the Superbowl for the next decade. Any team he went to would see their Superbowl odds shorten drastically. Quarterbacks are always the piece that moves the moneyline the most. Personally I think Quarterback might, right now, be where the smallest difference is. But I'm not sure that perception is shared among the wider public.

Right now I think all three would see the Bills odds shorten and the Chiefs odds drift. As of right here today I think KC has a better Head Coach, a better Quarterback and more top end talent on its overall roster without sacrificing depth. I think in previous years the roster one would have been a coin flip. The Bills were always deeper but with less top end talent. They are not even deeper this year.

That is definitely part of it. He is an outside, downfield, receiver. But he has had issues with drops as well. Particularly early in this NFL career in Tennessee.

He is a better roll of the dice than Claypool ever was IMO. But that is all he is. A roll of the dice.

Imagine if the Bears used that 9th overall pick well... would look even more brutal.

Agree. It is an area Josh is not elite in. He has a tendency to be high in the quick game which gives defenders a split second to close. But it is definitely oline too. When a team can sell out and crash down on the middle of our line we are vulnerable.

If we are adding coaches it's easy.... Rex Ryan. Absolute prick of a man.

It's offensive line. We were better last year but still not a blow you off the line group and that is what you need there in short yardage. We also don't have a super efficient quick passing game anywhere on the field and that shows up down there.

Let's hope it is someone who can start, outside, in the NFL. Otherwise boy we are gonna see a lot of Mack Hollins and we are not gonna like it.

I don't think the tweet was arguing that there was a true benefit. That is my point.

I'm not sure it is implying the former. It is implying the latter point (that going for it more might be a good thing in some circumstances) and it is fair to challenge that rationale. Again though, that wasn't what @Sierra Foothills initial point was. Had it been I would not have responded to him initially.

Yea a silver lining means a mitigation to me. It means something good can can be found in an overall negative situation.

That is a slightly different point to your initial point. I understand challenging that assertion. But he didn't suggest that that it was sufficient of a sliver lining to override the risk that we do need to make a clutch kick at some point (which was your original point as you articulated it).

I think you missed the words "silver lining."

Yep in the era of free agency nobody is keeping Frank Reich as a backup for 9 years. Just isn't happening. Your choices now are: 1. The 4 or 5 established bridge/backup guys in the league at any one time who are normally signed to decent contracts by teams with a question mark at the position or who are intending to draft their starter that year: Gardner Minshew, Jacoby Brissett, Marcus Mariota, Jameis Winston, Andy Dalton types.... 2. The former starter who hasn't quite established themselves as a reliable backup yet but still feels like a talent worth a punt on but again get decent FA money unless you can snag them while still on a rookie deal: Carson Wentz, Sam Darnold, Justin Fields, Kenny Picket, Mitch Trubisky, Mac Jones... 3. The mid-round guy you drafted, tried as a starter, and now have cheap as a backup still on a rookie deal: Sam Howell, Davis Mills, Desmond Ridder, Kyle Trask.... 4. The bounce around the league guys who go from team to team year on year as backups and normally never see the field and when they do have inconsistent results: Josh Dobbs, Tyrod Taylor, Mike White, Jake Browning... Sometimes you strike lucky with a guy from category 4. The Bengals did last year. But Jake Browning had been in the league for four years without seeing the field. It's not like anyone was ranking him as a top backup. If the Bills are really stuck and Trubisky stinks it up again in pre-season the realistic, logical option I can see is trade with the Falcons for Taylor Heinicke. He is the bounce around the league category too, but looks like being the #3 in Atlanta as things stand. He would only bring a $1.2m cap hit with him and I'm not sure who else is coming that cheap with a chance to be an improvement. I'm not saying he is definitely better than Trubisky, but if it isn't working with him then Heinicke is a viable and attainable alternative IMO.

Think that was also Gabe. In cut from the left hand side of the field from memory.

It seems it still is.