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Total myth. Name one WR that Mahomes "made." Not Toney, not MVS, not Skyy Moore. Tyreek Hill has had the most production of his career in Miami. QBs elevate overall passing production, they don't elevate passing talent.

It's pretty simple. The Bills let their top 2 WRs walk this offseason (I 100% agreed with those decisions by the way), but they had an opportunity to refresh the room with a historically top heavy and deep WR draft. They instead drafted a single WR, and spent the rest of their middle round picks on a safety, a backup DT, and a backup RB. There was no amount of spin that justified it at the time and it looks even worse now. I'm prepared for people to blame injuries when the passing offense takes a big step back, but this regime intentionally decided to leave themselves dreadfully thin at the position.

Malachi Corley Jermaine Burton Roman Wilson Jalen McMillan Luke McCaffrey Troy Franklin Javon Baker Tez Walker Just throwing some ideas out there.

The one that involved a rape accusation. Right, so this is a good example of what people are trying to tell you which is that the Bills didn't cave to "bad press." The least important player on the team was accused of rape. They made a business decision, the same one that everyone else would have made. Is it your opinion that we would have cut Butker if he was our FG kicker? We kept Beasley around after his private opinions actively hurt the team, so I'm sorry but you are just wrong about this.

Just to be clear, we're equating accusations of rape with religious opinions given at a private ceremony?

Are you really starting to love the room yet?

Hamler or Isabella suddenly have a shot to make the roster, if they expect Samuel's injury to linger. What a mess.

Awful news. Samuel getting injured is the worst case scenario on the offense and turf toes can linger. They are going to have to make a trade or do something. We cannot go into the season with potentially Mack Hollins as our 2nd best WR.

Von plays a premium position and has an un-cuttable contract. I'm sorry to be the one to break the news to you but life isn't fair. Punters get zero benefit of the doubt, edge rushers get all of the benefit of the doubt. That general concept applies everywhere in life, not just the NFL. Genuinely I feel for Araiza and what he went through but the Bills aren't to blame. They made the only choice available to them.

The entire NFL "surrendered to the mob." Any team could have signed him. Instead it was a full two years after the initial accusation before he finally got his second chance. Every single team, the Chiefs included, would have cut him during the initial media storm. It isn't fair but punters can't have baggage and remain on an NFL roster. I'm just happy he was exonerated and got his second chance. I couldn't care less about who the Chiefs' punter is.

He's after Spector on the depth chart though, it's just that Spector was injured so Andreessen got the start. My instinct is that he will still be a PS player and I don't think we're in real danger of losing him on the waiver wire. I think McDermott will want one of Morrow or Jones on the roster to have a vet available in case of emergency.

I think the hype has gone too far. He showed outstanding run instincts and good tackling, but you need to play pass coverage sideline to sideline to play MLB in the modern NFL. He didn't show anything like that against the Steelers. There's a reason he's the 3rd MLB on the depth chart.

Good news on MVS:

Garrapolo had them in the Super Bowl 🤷‍♂️

I have a much lower opinion of Purdy than most people. Him being an MVP candidate was laughable. I think he would look above average in exactly two offenses - the 49ers and Dolphins. Certainly he would have looked better than Trubisky did though, I probably oversold what I was trying to say with that comment.

I don't want to absolve him of blame, his performance speaks for itself, but it is consecutive years of backup QBs performing poorly for us in the preseason. Other teams' backup QBs are able to pass the ball in preseason. Case Keenum and Kyle Allen have gone to new teams and looked better in their preseason opportunities than they looked here. So my larger point is that if we are expecting something like Purdy stepping onto the field and leading a stacked offense with an elite offensive coach to a top 3 offense, that is not close to realistic. It will be an impressive accomplishment if we have even a top 10 offense even with Allen missing zero games.

I just don't agree with that. There are plays where no pass catchers get open in the rhythm of the play. A lack of offensive talent means those plays are going to happen more often. We'll see what the all-22 shows. It's hard to tell on broadcast footage but in the limited camera views we got of the field I wasn't seeing a lot of separation or leverage for Trubisky to fit the ball. I don't want to oversell my point either though. Trubisky was really bad. He missed a hot read to a wide open Cook on one play that ended in a sack, and on the INT it doesn't matter if no one is open that is an inexcusable mistake for any QB in any circumstance. Still I struggle to think of any backup QB out there that could move the ball through the air with any level of consistency in this offense.

My hot take is that if Purdy played in place of Trubisky last night the passing offense wouldn't have looked much better. No Kincaid and no Samuel. We're really expecting a backup QB to look good throwing to Mack Hollins and Tyrell Shavers? The Bills have intentionally chosen to build a room of offensive personnel that only an elite QB can make chicken salad out of. Anyone expecting to find a magical solution at backup QB is going to be disappointed in anyone that we bring in IMO. Kyle Allen, Case Keenum, Mitch Trubisky. Different names, same result.

Here's a thought - every time the Chiefs, Ravens, or Bengals backup QB takes the field their offense still looks at least competent. Every time our backup QB takes the field our offense is unwatchable. I don't really believe that Jake Browning for example is leagues better than Trubisky so there might be something else going on there.

Not going to take anything away from Trubisky's awful performance but it's possible that there simply isn't a lot of room to fit the ball. For a QB with a slow trigger, a lack of separation would compound how bad he looks. Put a backup QB on the field with a bottom of the barrel WR corps and this is what you get.

Rousseau had a very good night although it's fair to note Broderick Jones was playing out of position (he was an LT in college and has been throughout the offseason, I think injury forced him into the RT spot) and apparently he is banged up according to Steelers fans. But there are plenty of bad RTs out there so if Rousseau can take advantage it is still a meaningful development. What struck me is that these weren't clean up sacks, he just straight up won the reps quickly and took the QB down. That ability has been missing from his game. Hopefully it continues.

The WRs as a whole have had a poor preseason. I know people use the excuse of "you can't evaluate them with this QB play" but other teams' backup QBs are finding ways to move the ball and score TDs in preseason. Our supposedly great WR depth hasn't showed up at all. Hollins is showing zero separation out there, MVS has 1 catch in two games (hopefully his neck is okay), Shavers and other guys vying for the WR6 spot have all but vanished. Also to my eyes it looks like the game is moving too fast for Coleman right now, he has a lot of learning still to do before he is ready to be a primary outside WR. As of right now I only feel good about Shakir and Samuel (and only good, not great, at that), and if Samuel ever misses time as is very possible with his body type we are in serious danger of fielding a 2018-esque WR corps. Defenses are quickly going to learn to clog the middle of the field to slow down our TEs and RBs and slots and dare our outside WRs to punish them for it. Based on what I've seen in preseason I'm not remotely convinced they can.

Fields isn't much better than Wilson. Throws what should have been two picks on this drive and overthrows a wide open TD by several feet. Only thing he has going for him is his legs.

His instincts and play recognition have been incredible tonight. Lack of high end physical skills is the only thing holding him back.

Andreessen has dropped off quickly. He looks gassed.