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And this year he took a former QB that made a late switch to OT where his college tape was messy to awful, but had elite physical traits, and that player is possibly already the 3rd best OT on the roster. I will never be mad at throwing darts at physical traits on day three. There's nothing to be disappointed about. Most 5th round picks don't even make it their entire rookie contract on the same roster.

Of all the things to complain about under Beane's management, you go after his day three draft strategy? He is the king of the league in that one hyperspecific area. Don't discount it - we've found an almost unbelievable amount of starting caliber talent in the throwaway rounds. One year's Justin Shorter is the next year's Tylan Grable. Couldn't reasonably ask for more. By the way every team missed on Nacua. Including the Rams - they would have taken him three rounds earlier if they had known what he could be.

What do you define as great? Let's say for example he throws for 4,100 yards (his lowest since 2019), scores 27 total TDs (lowest since 2018), and still throws 14 INTs, do you think that will support the negative narratives about him?

I also haven't seen a report that Hardy is joining our PS. Maybe his injury is actually pretty bad and we are just waiting until he's healthy to re-sign him? Which would also explain why no team claimed him if he can't even play.

Okay no one was claimed so we are safe to build our PS as we'd like.

Actually Toohill is #6 on the depth chart behind Solomon I would assume. Either way I won't dispute that it's not a 1:1 comparison between the positions but as far as building the best 53 man roster I won't be convinced that Toohill should be on it and Hardy should be cut.

Yes seemingly special teams is the reason they are keeping a bad veteran DE over a promising young CB. I don't agree with that logic to put it plainly.

Okay. Casey Toohill is the #5 DE on the depth chart. Which of those two players would you rather have? For me it's a no brainer. Cam Lewis has mostly sucked every time he's actually taken the field. For some reason this regime has an attachment to him. You're probably right that I'm getting too worked up over a depth CB. But isn't that the point of the draft? You take a developmental prospect and coach him up and keep him around if he shows any kind of promise. This team has been devastated by injuries at the CB position the past few years. This is almost certainly Douglas' last year here. It is not a position you can just hand wave away and say eh we'll figure it out. You have to evaluate who is the best talent that you have and keep them around as long as possible, especially on a cost controlled late draft pick rookie contract. It just blows my mind that McDermott's excuse boils down to "we drafted him to be a punt returner." So for that reason we'll totally ignore what he showed at the position that actually matters and keep Casey Toohill on the roster instead. It is bizarre decision making.

Wow I forgot that Cam Lewis made the roster. Yes that makes my decision even easier. Absolutely I would keep Hardy over him based on what I've seen. No question.

I'll drop it because I don't want to take over the entire thread. The last thing I'll say is that I really am not the type to ever get worked up over roster cuts. While others have been freaking out over Gore or Andreessen possibly being claimed by another team, I don't worry about that at all. This one is just so out of the blue and against all rationale that I can't begin to understand it. Hardy to my eyes has looked great and has inside/outside flexibility. Not just to my eyes either, anyone who's watched Bills preseason film has agreed that he has been a bright spot in every game. Fingers crossed he makes it through waivers because of the injury and we get him back on the PS. But I will die on the hill that it is a risk not worth taking.

I don't buy this excuse. I would rather just keep 7 DBs instead of keeping Toohill as the 10th DL. Hardy >>>>>>>> Toohill. The numbers game is meaningless when faced with that simple fact. I mean they could have just IR'd him if they didn't want to keep him on the initial roster. Ah but no we had to use that spot on our RB4. This is the capstone on a very perplexing offseason IMO.

That's a massive black mark againat this regime if true! Cutting a talented prospect at a premium position because his special teams play isn't good enough?? I'd rather my kicked McDermott in the nuts theory turn out to be correct than this.

Forget his kick returning. He looked great playing outside CB. Showed a real knack for zone transitions and got his hands on a lot of passes. Now I'll admit I did not happen to dive into Brandon Codrington film so maybe he's shown out too, but our own draft pick that we've spent the offseason developing performs as well as he has at a premium position and we just toss him to the curb? I am not one to get hung up on roster cuts but this one makes zero sense to me.

Only thing I can think is that as Hardy walked towards the x-ray room after the game he sought out McDermott and kicked him square in the nuts. That's the most logical explanation I can come up with.

Wow I do not understand the Hardy thing at all. Unless he's their wait in the parking lot cut to place someone else on IR and then re-sign him?

Sorry to be a wet blanket but I'll be surprised if he makes it to Labor Day on the active roster. There has to be a better LB available after cutdowns that can fill out the bottom of our room.

Most likely reason:

Oh yeah? Show me a single thread where the quality of our WRs is being discussed.

Incredible story for the young man. Transitioned to OT very late in his college career, was extremely rough around the edges on his technique, but came in and took Kromer's coaching and worked hard and transformed himself into a really nice developmental prospect. He has truly earned his spot on the roster.

Something to keep in mind with Frank Gore Jr: No pass blocking and no special teams. I remain convinced that we will have zero issues getting him through waivers.

I could see it based on the style of offense we are likely to run this year. Probably very little deep passing relative to what we're used to. I expect a ball control offense with a lot more running and quick passes to the short and intermediate areas. Most of Allen's INTs last year came on deep shots or under/over combos that a DB was able to easily read and undercut... and I don't expect either of those to be staples of our offense this year. I don't recall any INTs that Allen threw in the direction of a TE or Shakir last year and that is likely going to be the bulk of our offensive targets.

He sent it out in a text to subscribers.

Joe Marino is saying a source told him Daequan Hardy has an injury that might keep him out the first few weeks of the season... He speculates that could lead to Hamler making the roster as the punt returner.

I want to predict 1,000 yards but I think Knox will take some of that production away. I'll predict 86 catches on 115 targets for 915 yards and 4 TDs.