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In terms of the cap, I think Miami gets the better end of the deal getting out of that contract. In terms of impact on the field? I am not sure either team is that much better either way. Kind of an odd trade in my opinion.

There are a few guys that I am hoping and praying that turn out to be the camp star because of how much their emergence could help this team, but there is 1 guy for me that I truly believe is going to make a name for himself.......Elijah Moore. No, he's not a rookie. No, he's not someone that would be completely shocking to take this title. But I think there are a lot of people out there that just see him as a last second addition to the roster, making just $2 million bucks, that think he's going to be battling for WR4 or WR5. I'm telling you right now I would be absolutely shocked if that is where he ends up on this team. I truly believe that he could honestly be the most talented WR we have on this team and we haven't seen near his best in the NFL to this point. If it truly is an open competition for playing time at the position, I expect him to show out and perhaps be one of the top 2 WRs in terms of snap counts this year because the talent will be undeniable.

Right.....and that will not result in a win more often than not. The turnovers happened so you can't take them away, but that is not a game plan that we can rely on to beat that team too often.

It's odd for sure to see them all fired up about Week 1 and so many of their guys wanting "revenge". I don't know about everyone else, but for years, but a Week 1 result, whether it be a win or a loss, a dominant win or a brutal loss, doesn't mean much to me no matter who we play. I take the result with a grain of salt because there are so many strange things that can happen. Teams tend to come out rusty and out of sync many times. Teams don't have any film on any off season adjustments. There are just so many more variables in the first couple weeks of a season. If this matchup was happening in Week 8 or something like that, I would be much more concerned with the result and what the game looks like. But yeah....Week 1, while it will be fun and the result counts in the standings, is not going to affect me much either way regardless if we win, win big, lose, or lose big. Injuries are the only thing that will bump me either way after the game is over. But hey.....they want to make a huge deal about it? Fine with me. I'll be more concerned about what happens in the rematch in January. Same with the Chiefs game. Other than the standings, the result in the regular season means nothing to me. It's all about the Playoffs at this point.

That's going to be on the new WRs we added to make that happen. There is a reason we didn't move the ball all that well in the early matchup with this last year. We didn't have a single guy that could create separation one on one and they knew it. They got up in our WRs faces, brought the safeties down and dared us to beat them down the field and we couldn't do it because we didn't have the talent at WR. There's a reason we went out and took a flyer on Cooper. It was painfully obvious we needed more. As it turns out, while it looks like the wheels may have fallen off Cooper last year, he was good enough to make a couple of great contested catches down the field that opened up things just enough for the offense to get back on track. The Playoff game went a little better on offense, but it's not like we went out there and moved the ball at will. Make no mistake about it.....it wasn't easy for the offense either game against them last season. I do have higher expectations for our WR group with the additions of Palmer and Moore, but they have to prove they can beat teams down the field in order to force teams to back their safeties off again. If we can't create separation on a regular basis, it's going to be tough going once again.

It really is impossible to compare Kelly to Allen, or really any QB from that era to today's players. The game is just so different. As someone who has had the privileged of watching both Kelly and Allen's careers live (multiple times for each thanks to recordings), there are not just obvious differences in the game, but there are so many subtle things as well and those differences just impact the way the game is played. In Kelly's era, it was all about timing and getting the ball out on time. The offense dictated to the defense. In today's game, it's almost the exact opposite. WR's have options on many routes depending on the defense being played. QB's have to play more reactionary as well and a lot of the decisions that they make are based on where they see coverages switch to post snap. That's why in today's game so many of the big plays that happen do so out of structure rather than the 80s and 90s where QBs would just call a "Go" route and throw it because that was what was called because they were forcing defenses to adapt to them. You look at stats from a 30 years ago and you just assume that the guys today are just that much better. In terms of athletes, that is for sure true in most cases. That said, guys like Kelly, Marino, Favre, Elway, etc. were so in control of the game. Everything happened within the structure of the play. They dropped back, set, and delivered the ball for better or worse. They always seem to know at the top of their drop, if not sooner, where the ball was going. They didn't always have the right answers, especially when you look at INT numbers, but they were always going to get the ball out on time way more often than not. I have probably a 100+ Bills games from the mid 80s to current day that I watch and it's crazy sometimes to watch the game slowly evolve over the years. Not saying I enjoy one era more than another. They each have things that make them special and I actually like that. But yeah.....don't just look at the numbers when trying to compare the old and new guard. You can't do that. Just enjoy greatness in both eras.

1. How many would they have won without Josh Allen? 5 2. How many would they have won without James Cook? 12 3. How many would they have won without Dion Dawkins? Spencer Brown? 11 (If missing both. If only missing 1....12) 4. How many would they have won without Ed Oliver? 12 5. How many would they have won without Rousseau? 12

He just needs to learn how to finish. Solomon played sparingly last season, but when you watch him, he wins a ton of reps. He was around the QB a ton, but there were so many times he would get his hands on the QB and not finish. He probably should have had 5 or 6 sacks last season because he beat his man badly, but failed to get the QB on the ground. Almost looked tentative at times. Maybe he was afraid of getting flagged or something. Regardless, I saw some promise in him last year because I did watch him specifically quite a bit, but he left me frustrated when he didn't get the QB on the ground. I want to see him be more aggressive and finish this season. I think he has something.

I am not going to say what is "right" or "wrong" either way when it comes to streaming. I'd be lying if I said I never saw a stream of a huge boxing, WWE, UFC card, or NFL game at some point. Is it "right"? I am not here to judge because there are compelling cases to be made on both sides. I mean, there is a perfect example being built right now in our backyard. We are funding almost a BILLION dollars of a new stadium with our tax money for an owner that is worth almost 8 BILLION DOLLARS that will collect the revenue generated from this stadium. On top of that, fans are being forced to purchase the RIGHT to buy a seat in the same stadium on top of the ticket price to actually see the game. And we as taxpayers are sure to get a piece of the pie back from the stadium we are covering about half of, right? Nope...... Yes, there are other arguments to be made as well. Tickets, merchandise, streaming services to watch the games, etc. But really, for funding the stadium alone, it seems like watching an NFL game should be included in that price somewhere. Like I said, it's a gray area in a lot of ways. Sure, the rules are the rules but there is an argument to be made that the NFL is a monopoly and are finding every loophole themselves to increase their profits year after year. They get so many tax breaks, and other perks us regular folks don't so if someone wants to watch their favorite team or a good matchup they normally wouldn't be able to watch on a stream once in a while, I am not going to rake them over the coals about it.

While not completely shocking, I am not particularly worried yet. It's probably about hopes and expectations. Obviously, we all hope he is healthy all season and dominates in the Playoffs. And you know what? It can still happen. Will it? I, and many here, don't expect it. That said, I think this is going to be the theme of the year. Every time he is remotely banged up, I think the Bills are going to be overly cautious and keep him out longer than necessary whether that be at camp or during the season. And you know what? I'm fine with that as my goal is to have him as close to 100% going into the Playoffs and then just ride him until the wheels come off. So, if he only plays 7 games this season, fine. Heck.....be overly cautious and go into the season saying he is only going to play every other game as a plan even if he is healthy! Just ramp him up for what we hope is a dominant Playoff and Super Bowl run. In the meantime, get the you guys like Jackson and Solomon as many reps as possible. Have Bosa work with them in the film room and as much as he can on the field and try to push them ahead of schedule in their development.

For a rookie DB in his first practice with vets, it's probably a positive we haven't heard a peep about him.

Here's the thing.... I am all for NFL players being allowed to play in this if they want to......as long as they are not a member of the Buffalo Bills. The last thing I need is one of our star players blowing out a knee or something weeks before the season is about to start playing flag football. This isn't Pro Bowl level flag football either. These are hyper competitive games where bad things can and probably will happen. That said, I am all for other NFL players playing because I think it would be awesome and fun to watch. I know some view it as a joke, but flag football is starting to become a huge thing in the US. It has been gaining momentum for a long time and NFL players might help it explode. It was just reported a few weeks ago by ESPN that there are already major investors like TKO that are looking to get in on the ground floor of both men's and women's professional leagues as the NFL is really behind this because they think it is a great way to introduce the game to new people. With the NFL throwing their support behind it,I think those that invest early are going to be rewarded for it. So yeah.....I hope 31 other teams have at it. I'll be rooting for you to win gold!

As you all know, like many here, I was not a fan of the Coleman pick. I had him rated as a late 3rd or 4rh rounder. The fact is, if you can't get open in college, you are not going to get open in the NFL. And that was shown last year. Outside of a couple of plays where he was kind of schemed open and a couple of slants, he didn't make a lot of plays within the structure of the offense. He made a couple plays deep down the field on scramble drill type stuff, but within the design of the play, it was rough going. He was slow and had terrible footwork at the top of routes which allowed defenders to close extremely quickly if he did create a half step of separation. The way I see it, to get anything out of him, 2 things need to happen. First, you have to use him on routes where theoretically he can win (using him out of the slot more as well). That means slants and short to intermediate stop routes. Look.....we would all like him to become a complete WR and win down the field. I just think that he is limited physically and will never create the separation you would hope for. That leads me to the second thing..... Coleman himself needs to realize he's not going to beat any CB in a foot race down the field and he has to make the decision to play physical at the top of routes. With his size and strength, he needs to start playing bully ball to create separation. Put him in the film room and have him watch every snap of Anquan Boldin's career. Boldin couldn't run worth a darn either, but he had a long, successful career just bullying DBs with his big frame and strength. I am not sure Coleman will ever develop into anything other than a depth WR at best. In a dream scenario, he figures it out and he becomes a WR2 option, but he has a long way to go to get there. Rooting for the guy to do it because he seems like a great kid and I always want guys to succeed. It would help our offense dramatically if he finds a way to take a big step this season.

It all depends on your definition of "elite". In my opinion, that's top 5 in the league at your position. None of the names on this list are top 5 at their positions in the league yet. That said, Brown is close in my opinion. He had games last season that were absolutely dominant. Thought he had his worst game of the season in the AFC Championship so that doesn't help his case. But, he's right there. Benford did receive 1 All Pro vote if I remember correctly. He's very good. "Elite"? Not in my opinion. He's got great numbers, but I don't look at him like a true shut down CB that you will have travel with the best WRs in the league. He's great in our defensive scheme, though, which is all you can ask. As for the other guys on this list, they all have elite moments, but are not elite players. They are very good, but not elite.

That's OK, Josh..... I would too if I was you.