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Compared to the team that traded away their elite #1 WR and used their two 1st round picks on defensive players, the Bills aren't keeping pace offensively. Okay.

I would almost rather he not play in week 1. Even though it's the exciting NFL season opener, the Rams game is the least important game on our schedule. If we had to choose one game that the Bills were guaranteed to lose it would be this one. Give White a little extra time to rehab and make sure he's good to go for more important games.

Not a one. And I'll still watch every snap because I'm a psychopath.

I believe the NFL top 100 is voted on some time in late November/early December. Allen didn't go full God mode until the Pats away game and obviously took it to yet another level in the playoffs. Just from the Chiefs divisional game alone he will probably end up higher on the list next year even if he puts up the exact same regular season stats.

He is still on the board and posts regularly.

And all of the college tape that shows what Cook can do as a route runner and pass catcher and with the ball in his hands against top college defensemen... Cook was drafted because he has elite traits. Blackshear doesn't have elite anything. He is decently agile and fast.

Based on some of the information that's come out about Ford's mental makeup in recent days, it seems that this is one of very few cases where Beane and the scouting staff failed to properly vet a prospect's character. I'm a big believer in the football character archetype he looks for. I think it is an underrated reason for our overall roster from top to bottom being so strong. When players fail here, it isn't for lack of character or trying. Even the ones that don't quite pass muster as football players are still able to contribute because they care about the game and give their best effort. Having an entire team of people like that counts for something. Ford apparently didn't fit in with that crowd. He was lazy, unreceptive to criticism, entitled, weak in the face of adversity. I think Ford getting traded now is more a signal of the type of person they realized he is than a signal of how they see him as a football player.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I think this locks in Bobby Hart's roster spot as a backup guard. He has apparently looked pretty good at that spot this offseason.

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If he is down with a serious injury that likely opens the door for someone like Van Roten to make the roster.

Why care about the contract? Taiwan Jones and Matakevich and Kumerow combined total $5.49 million. Blackshear and Spector and Hodgins combined would total $2.15 million. You're talking about a difference of $3.3 million and you get much less contribution from the latter trio. Why would we want to quibble over that small amount of money in our Super Bowl window? The only question that matters is which trio gives this team the most value on gameday in 2022. It's the first trio, no contest. I will say between Hodgins, Spector, and Blackshear, I give it even odds one of them makes the team.

I don't begrudge anyone that doesn't subscribe to the Athletic, but as a subscriber I have to say it is very much worth the price. There is better content offered there than on most of the free content. Just my opinion of course.

Hodgins, maybe? We haven't seen evidence of that but it's possible. Blackshear, no chance he can do that job as well as Jones. They've been trying him out as a returner, not a gunner as far as I know.

And I'm saying that they obviously are more valuable because they contribute on gameday. The last WR or RB on the depth chart will never see the field at that position, not unless something goes horribly wrong. Also I'm shocked at the number of posts I see here and on Twitter from people that are 100% certain Hodgins and Blackshear will not make it through waivers. How many times does a skill position preseason star have to clear waivers before people get it? There is an overabundance of quality depth RBs and WRs. Last year we lost Jack Anderson, Wildgoose, and McCloud. Because good depth CBs and OL are hard to find. Guys like Hodgins and Blackshear are everywhere.

DFT was on the BBMB, and he is a somewhat prominent local sports reporter. I won't reveal his identity but that's why he had inside info. Of course after Russ Brandon and Doug Whaley were gone all of the inside info posters went dark. Curious coincidence. He was lost in the Josh Allen/Josh Rosen war of '18. Everybody that didn't want Allen reacted to the pick in their own way but for some it actually broke their brain irreparably.

It doesn't matter if someone beats him for the 4th RB role. Whether it's him or Blackshear neither one of them will ever see the field as a RB on gameday. So you pick the player that still has a reason to be active on gameday, and in this case the answer is obviously Jones. In case of injury we will call Blackshear up from the PS.

4th RB or 6th WR is even less important... That's why every team has a few special teams aces. They're not taking roster spots away from more valuable players. You're trying to maximize the value of every single roster spot and when you get down to roster spot #47, Taiwan Jones is a more valuable player than Isaiah Hodgins. Not to mention players like Hodgins and Blackshear will almost certainly make it to the PS.

The reason special teams players get precedence over somewhat decent depth players is that the special teams players will contribute every week. If we keep Blackshear or Hodgins they won't ever see the field except in case of multiple injuries. Jones, Matakevich, etc. all see the field and impact the game every week. If you keep depth players without special teams acumen you are wasting several roster spots. 5 players are inactive on game day. The other 48 all need to contribute.

Good day for Ken Dorsey. His prowess as a play caller was an underrated question mark of the offseason. I don't want to read too much into preseason play calls but he seems to have a knack for mixing up the offense and keeping the defense off balance.

Not so sure about that. Before the snap he was backing off about 5 yards and then Hinton just ran a quick slant with no one there to intercept the route. And if Hinton caught it he would have gotten 12-15 yards, not 30. Seemed like the play was designed to get Edmunds in the face of the QB to disrupt the timing of the pass and that's exactly what happened.

He didn't just follow his blocks... he sped past them. The reason for the arm tackle is that Cook got to that spot too fast for the LB to recover and square up for the tackle. We've seen Singletary and Moss try to run wide zone. It doesn't look like that.

No chance Cook is a gameday inactive. He is going to be a big part of this offense and give the backfield some versatility that it's been sorely lacking the past couple seasons. Yesterday was just a taste. We haven't seen him split out wide or in the slot yet. If anything I expect him to be used more often early in games when we're running up the score, while Singletary and Moss will be the primary RBs late in game when we're running out the clock.

I don't put as much stock in home versus away, but sure it would be better if we could get KC in Buffalo, ideally with poor weather where our superior run game would make a difference. Either way though we need the pass rush to step up. It was by far the biggest reason we lost the divisional round. We've heard good things about it coming out of training camp, hopefully that translates to real games. Today it didn't show up.