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I think this is a great move for the morale of the locker room, a palate cleanser if you will after the Matt Araiza situation. Everyone on the team knows what Knox went through this offseason, to see him rewarded like this will bring the team closer together.

They didn't draft him to pass block. It was not his strength in college. If they aren't dressing him because of his pass blocking that is a rare case of the front office not being in lock step with the coaching staff. I expect him to dress and have a specialized role in the pass game.

I don't get anxious, I get impatient. The closer to kickoff it gets the more that time slows down. Thursday at work is going to be agonizing.

Anything at all. Football players tweet weird random crap all the time.

Bills 24 Rams 21

If they want their best 11 players on the field, Taron Johnson won't be swapped out for Bernard all that often. So not a 50/50 split. I think he'll be used very situationally. Does that tweet actually have anything to do with the Bills? I see a lot of people making assumptions.

Landry was a force against us last year. But I never root for an injury.

You can tell Beane is frustrated that they no longer have a punter capable of flipping the field. With this offense and how often we go for it on 4th down at midfield that style of punter is more valuable than an accurate directional punter. But at least we have an experienced punter and holder.

No, that's why I said even if only for one season. The only thing Herbert is missing is longevity. Unless his level of play suddenly takes a nosedive he is already in the elite group of QBs. Wilson is a great QB but he's a tier below Herbert. Wilson on the Chargers last year wouldn't have been a playoff team.

He did more than enough to lead his team to the playoffs last year. His coach and defense let him down big time. I think 32 out of 32 franchises would take Herbert over Wilson even if it was only for one season.

That's because their "depth" on the DL are rotational starters, and their depth at WR are only there to play special teams or fill in in case of injuries. Jake Kumerow and Tim Settle are ostensibly in the same position on the depth chart but their snap counts won't be anywhere close. This, along with the reason I mentioned in my previous post, is why I don't think people who try to paint a 1-to-1 picture between different positional investments are being entirely fair.

Stefon Diggs is actually the highest drafted WR since Beane took over. We can't ignore the use of a 1st round pick just because it was used unconventionally. And the fact that they hit on their WR picks in Diggs and Davis directly led to their decision making at that position in future drafts. If Davis had played like an ordinary 4th round pick they would have made it a point to try and upgrade him in the draft. Like I see people comparing Beane's draft investment in the DL compared to the WR room. The difference is the DL picks have not hit at anywhere near the same success rate. You don't base your investments on how much you've already invested in certain position groups; you base them on the actual value of a position group at that time.

Seriously? Two of the best individual safeties in the league and arguably the best overall safety duo. One of the best nickel CBs in the league. At outside CB a proven competent starter and two promising young talents with elite physical traits. Without White on the field it isn't going to be the best we've seen in the McDermott era, but it is patently ridiculous to call our secondary "weak."

Just like that the Matt Araiza nightmare saga is over. The team will move on, the media will move on, and we have a more than capable replacement.

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I forgot he can't even be claimed because he is a veteran. My point still stands. WRs that don't play special teams don't get claimed unless they are able to start at WR.

You know what's funny about this board's obsession with Isaiah Hodgins is that if Kumerow were cut he almost certainly would have been claimed. Every team prioritizes special teams for their depth players. It isn’t unique to Brandon Beane.

Not at all. He can't separate and he isn't strong enough to play special teams. He's a classic training camp star who occasionally makes a great catch but can't consistently get open at real game speed.

As expected the depth WR and depth RB were not claimed because those positions have plenty of depth throughout the league. OL, DL, and DB are the positions most teams are looking for. Yet every year this board goes through the same panic routine over some depth skill player.

Less than other players certainly, but the snap and hold routine for kicks is a real thing. It took Araiza about a month to get himself ready for that. Not saying this will kill our season, just a minor concern I have one week out from kickoff.

The issue with bringing in a young punter now is that he only has a week to get up to speed. I'd rather get someone with experience. If that means pony up for Sam Martin, so be it. Whoever it is needs to be in the building today.