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I think the better question is who should the Bills target in 2022 for the back up role? If Sam Darnold looks at least "meh" in Carolina and they decide to draft a rookie I wouldn't mind exploring that option. But looking at his contract it looks like the Panthers might be locked into him through the 2022 season with the 5th year option being exercised. So maybe he's a 2023 option.

At his price he is worth far more to us as our #2 QB. Everyone saw Mahomes and Jackson exit close playoff games last year right?

I like that Gilliam looks like a hybrid between a RB and a FB. He's got a little speed and agility to him. Wonder if he could make Matt Breida expendable and free up a spot on the 53 for both Stevenson and Kumrowe. His two drops were pretty big. Would like to see him get a little more separation or use his large frame better. Up and down night for him. I think he makes the roster though.

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I agree. I was majorly disappointed in Dalton last year. When Dak went down I thought no big deal. Dalton is going to do pretty well with one of the best offensive supporting casts he's played with. Then he proceeded to play like crap. I like what I see from Fields. They should throw Dalton out there as a sacrificial lame to start the season on the road against Aaron Donald sort of how the Bills started Peterman on the road against the Ravens. Let Fields play in mop up duty or start the following week.

Sadly, Fields will have a nicely improved sophomore year when Daboll arrives as his new HC. 😥

Speaking of whom, is Murphy on a roster? I'd love to pick him up late in the season before the playoffs if it is looking like we could match up with the Ravens again. He's the ideal DE to line up against a guy like Lamar.

Given Sanders and Beasley's ages we also just want guys like that for depth. Either one of those guys goes down and McKenzie pretty much becomes an every down WR in this offense and we could call up Stevenson, Hodgins or Powell.

Good to know. I say go with McKenzie to start the season but if he starts coughing it up then switch to Hyde or something. But I won't be blasting McKenzie for fumbles assuming he is playing a prominent role as a receiver. But if he is basically just a return guy then yeah blast away. That is why I never really liked blasting McKevlin for his mishaps. Dude was also our #1 CB most years. His kick returning was just a side job that the coaches felt nobody else was capable of handling.

Yes.

That's the second time you typed 2013 instead of 2003 Scott! You're off a decade my man. I know. We really need to lock him up. We can't turn to Fromm or Webb next year. And injuries happen . Especially in the days of CTE and concussion precautions. Both Mahomes and Jackson were knocked out of entire 4th quarters of playoff games last year.

Lol. I don't need to relive Bledsoe. I know he was terrible that year and the next. He was the reason why when we moved on to JP my mantra was "can't be any worst then Bledsoe". I'm still not sure if I was right on wrong with that mantra which basically tells you how bad both were.

This. Whatever we end up doing I have no reason to doubt Beane. That would be nice but is it common to keep 10 D-lineman on a 53 man roster? I would think some other positions would be thin.

I guess that case could be made since in Tyrod's 2nd year Watkins missed half the season. But statistically Tyrod was significantly better in passer rating his first year and also better in QBR his first year. But having Watkins, a bust, but still maybe our best receiver at the time, would have certainly helped Tyrod's numbers. The thing that was really great about the 2016 team, Tyrod's second season with the Bills, is that we were a dominant rushing team.

Was I the only one who was thinking "Get McKenzie out of there!" after like his 5th and 6th receptions on the day? And the dude is our 4th or 5th WR.

I would go Mitch because even though both are mobile I think his athletic ability is a little closer to Allen's. And yeah, Mitch might not make some of the errant throws. And with our defensive hopefully being better this year based on the early look of the pass rush we don't need to be making overly risky throws.

Different QB's but oddly enough when it comes to their time with the Bills and their overall play Bledsoe and Tyrod were essentially the same QB. Good to very good first years with the Bills and then crap after that. Fitz belongs somewhere in the conversation of these four QB's too. If I could lock Mitch up to a one or two year extension today i would. Let's also throw a bunch of money at Daboll while we are at it. But yeah, even without a regular season snap, I would be confident in saying Mitch is at worst #3 since Bledsoe behind Fitz and Tyrod. Just basing that on Mitch's performances with the Bears prior and how crappy all the other Bills QB's were.

For him to be WR# 6 that means you have him ahead of Kumrowe? I'm not sure I see that happening. Kumrowe is becoming a better receiver himself and is also the tallest receiver on our roster. I'd love to keep Stevenson but all depends on if they can keep 7 WRs and go with less depth at another positional group. I heard he was inured today so perhaps that could help in delaying the decision on him.

I'm hoping for like 15+ honestly. He almost got Dalton a second time today with what was one of his signature shoelace sacks back at Miami with his big mitts.

I agree. But I can't recall how many he has muffed besides this one. Shaw says several but this is the first one I know of. Bottom line is that at this point McKenzie has more value to this team as a receiver than as a punt returner from what I saw of him today. But if he is the only guy available on game days to return punts then let's not complain about a muff when nobody else is seemingly able to handle the duties. Assuming Stephens makes the 53, I still don't see him dressing on game days over Kumerow. We could always play it ultra conservative and put Micah Hyde back there to fair catch them. I think he has played the conservative punt catcher role for us in the past.

And despite that he took one to the house last year in his limited opportunities. But what I'm most impressed with McKenzie is how he has totally developed into what looks to be a legitimate #2 receiving threat after mostly just being a gadget player. Maybe not on this team because of how deep we are but the guy has really improved. 7 catches today in one half alone. And he had I think 2 receiving TD's week 17 against Miami.

And the starting D didn't even play a single snap outside of maybe Oliver and Groot? Mitch tears it up without Diggs, Beasley and Sanders. I can't remember a team being this deep. Guys like Davis and McKenzie look like legitimate receiving threats and they might be a 4th and 5th options at WR. Even Powell looked like McKenzie light out there.

How are you supposed to wrap up if you lead with the shoulder?

I want to see Webb not get flustered under the pressure of a rush. While his overall rating last week was solid, he had I think several plays where he pretty much just panicked and did not throw a good ball. One was even called for intentional grounding. Those are the things he needs to clean up if he wants to make a case for #2. I don't see us keeping 3 QB's on the roster so practice squad would be his next best bet. I do like him over Fromm because of the similar skill set that Webb shares with Allen and Turbitzky. Fromm should be a guy we can easily keep on a practice squad I would think. But not sure we would devote two spots for QB's on the practice squad.

Why did I never know about the Luck account?