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Sure vet rest and playing it safe with injuries will naturally mean that other OL players get some time in with the 1s, but what I mean is it won't be like past years where it's an open competition at certain positions and guys are regularly being rotated in and out. I feel like every single year we've gotten to preseason without knowing exactly who is going to be the starting five and the lack of established chemistry has caused issues early in the season. This year we already know.

I suspect this year we will not be trying different OL combinations. All of the messaging from the team has been that McGovern is the locked in center. There is no legitimate competition on the roster to David Edwards at LG. The only remote chance of something different was SVPG flat out winning the center job, but instead he is on the 3rd team behind Will Clapp. Short of injury the starting five is locked in IMO. Which is for the best anyways. We have a bunch of new starters all over the roster. Having one position group locked in from day one of training camp creates some level of consistency for the offense.

More updates from Matt Parrino:

Nothing specific on that but the offense was apparently cooking today so sounds like no issues.

We haven't had a WR capable of this sort of play in the Josh Allen era.

One update from Matt Parrino on the OL (keeping in mind no pads today so grain of salt): For those hoping SVPG makes his way into the starting lineup, put those hopes aside. The starting OL is set in stone unless something drastic happens.

Man I am really excited for this connection. He catches everything.

Not sure how ready Keon will be to have a full time role in the offense from day one, but sounds like he'll immediately be a red zone weapon if nothing else.

Apparently Hamlin/Rapp is the #1 safety duo today, with Edwards/Bishop as the #2 duo.

He reportedly has strep throat, not an injury.

That's what we did in past years, I assume we'll be doing the same this year. I'll start a new thread each day if @Simon is good with that.

Including Milano. Great news.

Your argument is that they have added offensive players to the roster? That is damning with faint praise. This is the bare minimum that was needed to field even a starting caliber offense. Again it has been shown, in this thread even, that the Bills have invested as little draft capital in the WR position as any other team. That is an undeniable fact. You can be more optimistic about the group than others but you can't pretend the Bills have made an attempt to prioritize the position relative to the rest of the league.

Joe Marino's take for anyone who cares: He spends most of the episode talking about Josh Allen. For a large portion in the middle he specifically discusses the Bills' success with Allen compared to the Chiefs' success with Mahomes. I'm admittedly biased because he echoes everything I've ever said on this topic, but it's amazing how just straightforward and obvious some of his points are when you hear them out loud. Like you can't reasonably disagree with anything he says.

The complaint is not about any one specific factor. The complaint is that since 2021 the team has not made surrounding Josh Allen with as much offensive talent as possible the singular priority and focus of the organization. Quite the opposite in fact. It has been shown that they have invested in the position less than 30 teams. Even if you want to count Kincaid as a WR we still would rank much lower than just about every other franchise. They have not made a serious attempt to lead the franchise to glory by taking the easiest path which is giving their most important asset the most support possible. This is pretty much undeniable no matter how you want to look at it.