GunnerBill

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.

Mario. Reddick isn't close to what Mario was at his best.

That is how I read the rule too though it isn't totally clear. I am going to guess Sal has checked with others before posting so looks like my read is the right one.

Gabe Davis touchdown @ 49ers in 2020. Corner route to Gabe who looked wide open but Josh manipulated the defense with the eyes, identified where the pressure was coming from and then threw a strike. Not necessarily his best, but my favourite. That was peak Josh Allen IMO. His best regular season game as a Bill in my view.

Agree with all this, although on B that is just traditionally where McVay uses his best receiver. He is an exception not the rule though.

You get two returns for people IR'd before the season and they must be designated on roster cutdown day. I don't know whether that means it only applies if you are IR'd on that day? Or if the Bills could still designate Claypool as one of their slots on cutdown day? It isn't clear from the wording that I've seen.

Yea it did look windy, maybe that played in to it.

Availability is the best ability. Claypool onto IR for the year. He is done.

His weakness as a runner is that he is not great moving laterally. He is great when he hits a seam and he can go straight ahead. But he doesn't have those quick step feet in and among the mess in the trenches to find a lane where there isn't one.

Harsh drop though. That was on Trubisky. Ball was unnecessarily left behind him. Woulda been a touch catch moving one way and reaching back behind yourself.

I don't. Edwards was not the issue on Saturday. I think he had one play where he kinda lost his anchor that was on him, otherwise Edwards was good. It was more the right hand side - particularly Spencer Brown that seemed to be struggling with communication or was half assing it. I haven't watched Joe Marino's breakdown but I believe he put it down to timing issues. Regardless, Spencer Brown wasn't blocking where he should have been blocking at the time he should have been blocking way too often. And I don't think Torrence had his best game either. While I think SVPG looked tidy technically and had a solid debut he was playing against 3rd stringers and there were still a couple of snaps where some of his over balancing tendency shows up and he ends up pushed back. I think the Bills need to not rush him into the lineup and wait until he has earned that spot. At the moment he is 3rd on the depth chart because that is where his play has him. It isn't any reason for concern but equally I don't think he has done anything yet that justifies rushing him into the lineup.

Missed a couple of run game assignments too. I thought he was really rough on Saturday. I don't agree with the premise he played well. There was a significant gap between Solomon and he IMO, and they have been rotating in for one another in camp.

I said it in the spring..... Philly getting Bryce Huff as a FA and then trading Reddick to the Jets for a third to replace aforementioned Huff was great business. They got the better, younger, pass rusher and a 3rd round pick.

Yea 2020 was a good class. On Caleb I am pretty confident that he at the very least is going to be a serviceable NFL starting Quarterback.

If that is true it is a horrible lack of self awarenss from Shanny. That isn't how he runs his offense.

Tanny's success has all been in a very different system. If he comes cheap, I'm interested. But I think you'd have to run quite a different offense if Josh got hurt.