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I just can't bring myself to care about his run defense, especially in a rookie season where he is going to have a specialized rotational role. Put him next to Oliver on 3rd downs or late in games in obvious passing situations and just let him penetrate. I understand he was going against backup OL but he was obviously way too much to handle for whichever unfortunate soul he was matched up against. On his run defense - He gets washed down the line when he stands up too tall off the snap. This was a known problem during his time at Kentucky and he needs to continue working on it to become a 3 down player. I did notice at least some progress last night though. He had a couple dominant run stuffs where he kept his pads low and that leverage allowed him to easily swat aside his blocker and get into the backfield almost immediately. He's been shockingly bad this preseason. I know he was nothing to write home about in his rookie season but he never looked this bad. Not only was he on the field with the Nelson Ceasars of the defensive line, he was going against the Nelson Caesar version of offensive linemen and was getting stonewalled on every snap. I know the Bills asked him to change his weight and try to become a more natural 1T, and that experiment has just flat out failed. My one slight concern with trading him would be that some other team will get him back to a 3T body and he'll eventually develop into a good player. But I just don't see how he fits into the long term plans here. I'll throw Ogunjobi out as another player that has seriously underwhelmed me this preseason. He's been playing 3T next to Carter almost exclusively if my eyes don't deceive me, and he just isn't getting any kind of push at all. Looks like yet another classic Beane bust of a DL signing - a 30+ year old who has declined in recent years but we for some reason hand him a legit contract. Because of void years he even costs $2.57M against the cap in 2026, and will still be haunting the cap table in 2027 and 2028! Beane really just can't help himself with these players. I was so proud of him for restraining himself but he had to go and spoil it on the last meaningful day of free agency. The man needs to get himself a sponsor and start attending meetings. On DTs in general - We're in a weird spot with this position. It's kind of like the WR conversation where we joke about having nothing but slot players, except here it is all 3Ts. Does Daquan Jones even have a comparable backup on this roster? Zion Logue is the only player that jumps out which is crazy to say out loud. Does he have a chance of making it if we trade Carter?

I'll be afraid if they aren't!

Jeez Carter is out there on the final drive of preseason. Shows you what the coaching staff thinks of him. And he is once again getting stonewalled by random 3rd/4th stringers.

Bass' kicks have been flagging right all night and it finally cost him there

Zy Alexander has been pretty good considering the circumstances. I wonder if he has a legit chance at the PS.

Haven't seen Carter get off a single block tonight

There's nothing weird about it. Shavers has obviously been performing better in every preseason game. Moore's preseason highlight is a single whip route that he got open on. Good for him. Shavers plays primarily outside unlike Moore, he continually gets open with his release, he made a crazy tough TD catch tonight. You have to let Elijah Moore go.

We have this conversation every year. Fans vastly overrate the likelihood of any cut player getting claimed. There's nothing Moore has put on tape that would make teams suddenly decide he's a clearly better choice than their own depth WRs, when he was already passed on by all of those teams during the main period of free agency. I don't know why you've been so confident about his chances.

Moore was available for any team to sign after the draft. He is not the roster lock you've been saying he is and it's very unlikely any other team will poach him.

Even on the drop he had an excellent release to get open. So still a positive rep despite the drop. The two guys that look a step above the opponent's 2s tonight are Walker and Shavers.

My god Carter is so bad. Can't shed blocks, can't finish tackles. Ogunjobi hasn't been much better.

There's just no way you keep Moore over Shavers. If you preach everyone is in competition you have to reward the obviously better performance.

What is Steve Tasker talking about saying that's not a hold? That's textbook

Like I don't want to overreact but this is top 10 pick type of stuff

I think he's mostly holding up well and seems to be taking on doubles. Hard to tell though becuase Walker keeps drawing my attention

Haven't seen a Bills DT look this dominant in a long long time. Yes I know it's just preseason and against backups, but still.

Every time I focus on Walker he is pushing the pocket. Did on that play too even though the pass was too quick for it to matter

It's hard not to stare at him, easy to find for sure. I can see him being great for us on 3rd downs this year. When he's using his raw power and upper body strength to penetrate he is tough to handle.

There's pretty much nothing on offense I'm interested in tonight. I just want to see the young DL show up

Nice work Bishop. We needed him to shake off last week and he has had himself a great game.

Walker really looks the part

Hardy is tonight's Codrington from last week, he is completely lost in coverage

Walker has looked good in run D tonight

Really nice release from Shavers there but he dropped it