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I think Walker will be good as a situational 3rd down pass rusher. He is much better moving forward from the snap and using his raw power to penetrate. That's what you saw on his rush at the end of the half. When he has to hold blocks or read the play before moving he gets pushed around. Having watched some all-22 clips now I'll say Sanders was better as a run defender last night than I gave him credit for. His pass rush snaps though were almost completely ineffective as I thought on my first watch. I'd like to see him on 3rd downs next to Oliver when defenses have to choose which one to double.

Bad night for the young defensive linemen. Really all of them - Sanders, Walker, Jackson, Solomon, Carter. Sanders and Walker in particular I was hoping to see them build off a good showing last week and instead they mostly laid an egg. Disappointing to see them struggle when the Bears had their starting OL out there, more disappointing when it continued even when their 2nd and 3rd stringers got on the field. Walker had that one really good pass rush at the end of the 1st half, other than that I saw him get out leveraged all night. Sanders was getting blown off the ball on combo blocks and in general was just totally ineffective pushing the pocket. Oh well. I was probably getting my expectations too high after their performance last week. I expect both to look better when they are used situationally and with established players next to them instead of fellow rookies. Carter continues to look like a complete bust. If you watched the game blind and didn't know he was a 3rd round pick last year you wouldn't think he was going to make the roster. This is a guy they are hoping to be their backup 1T this season presumably with an ability to take on doubles and shed blocks, and instead he is getting stonewalled by a 3rd string RG as the RB runs right past him for their 5th TD of the night. Solomon I didn't watch as closely as the DTs but when I did see him he was getting walled off and was getting no push. I saw one good rep where he at least walked the RT back but I'd hoped to see more from a player that reportedly had a good training camp. Landon Jackson I'll say it at least wasn't as abysmal a performance as he had last week, so baby steps and all that, but still doesn't look like a player that deserves to dress on game days and that is a poor outcome for a high 3rd round pick. The young DL was the primary thing, maybe the only thing, I really cared about last night and I came away disappointed to say the least. None of these guys are starters but they are all supposed to play important roles this season so I wanted to see more flashes.

The optimism about Moore after we signed him got way way out of control. Many people on here thought he was going to have a bigger role than Keon Coleman. Fans acted like because he's never had good QB play that means his entire career up to this point didn't count. It turns out the NFL does a pretty good job of evaluating its own talent. There's a reason a top 35 pick was cut by his original team after just two seasons, his next team showed no interest in bringing him back, and he was still available to be signed after the draft. People have to learn to let their draft crushes go and accept that some players can have all the talent in the world and still never acclimate to the NFL. Before this game I would have given him a 70% chance of making the roster. Now I'd say just below 50%, and it's only that high because I think they may keep 6 WRs due to Samuel's injury. If the final spot comes down to Moore vs Shavers I don't know how the coaches can look the locker room in the eyes and tell them Moore won that competition. Shavers has played better and he contributes more on special teams. In fact I might put Wilkerson ahead of Moore at this point.

Carter is shockingly bad. He's getting stonewalled by 3rd string IOL.

Ah that sucks for Gore, he was having a great game. Did the one thing he couldn't do.

No, it's in response to every play he's had in preseason so far.

Gore has looked better. And I'm no big fan of his given his athletic limitations but at least he finds the right hole and bounces off of guys.

I'm sorry but Ray Davis has shown nothing this preseason. He has no vision and hasn't shown anything as a route runner/pass catcher either.

If the coaching staff is being honest, Shavers and Wilkerson should both be ahead of Moore.

Notice how our offense immediately looks functional with Trubisky in there over White.

Hmm not tonight they don't. Walker had a great rush on that last 3rd down so that was good to see. Other than that one play that duo has been pushed around all night IMO.

Strong, Jackson, and Coddrington are taking turns getting cooked. The problem is at least one of those guys very well might have to play snaps this year. Get well soon Max.

You know what Shavers has looked good. That's a great release to get wide open and was just overthrown.

My god Moore has been brutally bad. Two drops and he showed poor vision on his designed quick pass.

Actually laughed out loud at that blatant facemask in slow motion

Yeah that's my biggest concern coming out of this game. Because those guys are going to play important snaps this year and they have been totally ineffective even against the Bears 2nd OL.

@GunnerBill I wrote your thread for you. Good night: Bad night: https://www.buffalobills.com/team/players-roster/

True but only in the sense that everyone else gets an arrow down, while he gets an arrow pointing sideways. Progress!

I know Dane Jackson was never great but he was at least a competent player for us a couple years ago. Tonight he looks like someone slipped Benadryl into his Gatorade.

Hancock looks flat out better than Bishop

Hey that was a decent pass rush from Landon Jackson

Sanders and Walker have been disappointing after a promising performance last week. I'm keeping my eye on them and they're just not getting any push.

Maybe performance related? That was my thought.

Shavers continues to be more impactful than Moore.

That's not how McDermott and Babich are going to see it. Bishop took a terrible angle in coverage and gave up a TD. Guys up front are not getting any push. You can't act like these reps are totally unimportant, if they were the coaches wouldn't bother dressing anyone that will make the roster.