oldmanfan

Gabe got open downfield and he didn’t have a great 40 time right? Shakir and Samuel are plenty fast enough and now you have MVS. One of the stats I have seen is that league wide only 1% of throws last year covered 40 yards or more in the air, so it seems this deep threat stuff is overblown. And getting guys open in the intermediate zones is about scheme, which is why I started a thread about this season being all about Brady. If you put out Coleman, Samuel, Shakir, Kincaid, and Cook that’s a lot for a defense to account for. Your last sentence says a lot. We have a star QB. This season is about Brady and his game plans and schemes so the great QB can thrive.

“Bills have dramatically under-allocateddraft picks and UFA dollars to the position the past 7-8offseasons.” Your exact words and what I responded to. But now it’s just about this off season. As for the rest show me something that backs up vertical passing as winning playoff games, and what is considered throwing downfield. And if you think all the Bills are going to do is throw horizontal and short that’s silly.

Don’t be silly now. Don’t act like Samuel, Shakir, Coleman, Kincaid and others are incapable of getting open. Given time guys will be open. And we have a better line that will give Josh more time.

Lot of tire kicking this time of year

I wonder if Butker is against nuns?

They traded for Diggs. Drafted guys like Zay Jones and Gabe and now Coleman. Brought in FAs like Beasley and Brown and Sanders and a number of others. Drafted backs that could pass catch like Moss and Cook and now Davis. Spent a first round on a pass catching TE on Kincaid and a lower pick on Knox. During this time they’ve also been working on upgrading the O line for Josh.

In his clarification he said he wanted to revert to a time where women didn’t have thoughts. There is no way to spin his comments other than misogyny. It is not surprising this school invited him to speak as his views align with the school’s. It is also not surprising that many feel his comments were terrible.

My fear is you get a guy that is like Diggs and demands X number of touches and complains if he doesn’t get them. A guy like that can diminish development of the rest of the WR group. Brady’s offense will ask Josh to go to the open guy.

No. Of course you wouldn’t change your tune. What if Coleman goes for 1000 yards? If Shaw would have to change his tune, what would cause you to change your tune? Fair is fair after all.

Would you change your tune if he doesn’t make a trade and the Bills are once again a playoff team?

Beane’s job is to work with McD and his staff to put together a championship team. His job is not to appease fan’s desires for a single player. Again if he wants to add another WR fine by me. But he has already added a number of them and expects the competition to yield the right guys.

I can seriously think that because I respect guys like Greg Cosell, who examine the game way more than I do. And they say Diggs was not an elite (or whatever you want to say is a “#1# WR ) last year. You are so fixated on one thing you’re not seeing the forest for the trees. We have a star QB. They have added linemen to protect him the past several years. They added a good RB in Cook, they added Kincaid. They added Coleman and Samuel this year and Shakir has come along. They did this while not overpaying for Davis as an FA, and moving a guy in Diggs who is getting older and according again to folks whose opinion I respect fell off last year. I recall Bill Walsh saying it’s better to get rid of a guy a year too early than a year too late. That applies to Diggs in my opinion. And while I have no evidence, I suspect Josh knew about it and wanted the headache of Diggs gone. If Beane decides he wants to add a guy you are beating the drum for fine by me. But everything he has said indicates he won’t. And yes I think Shakir can be as good as Diggs was last year. Or Samuel. And if a guy like Davis gives us a better run game, or the second round safety is a stud, or the DE from Troy gives us an edge rusher then this draft will be a good one. On an NFL team defining good or bad based on one player applies to only one position: QB. And we have one of the best.

His worst year. By a lot. Because of one theoretical player.

Do you really think Shaw is saying Hollins is as good as Jefferson? If so you should re-read his take. The gap in talent between WRs is narrowing, not eliminated.

I direct IVF labs for a living. I’m as pro-family as you can get. But the comments he made indicate women should be subjugated to their husbands. I don’t want my two daughters to feel that way. Nor do I want friends and colleagues that are members of the LGBTQ community to feel persecuted, as apparently Butker would.

He actually did read the room if you hear the applause he got. A small private religious school invited a guy to give a commencement address that perfectly aligned with their Neanderthal approach. This college takes $$ from families with daughters to basically get them married off.

Won’t Haack be the punter?

Let’s say. Let’s say. Let’s say.

He was the best guy on their board and gives them a RB with a different and complementary skill set to Cook.

And all you post is negativity. How is that helpful?

Every year teams that are supposed to be good aren’t and vice versa. Just play the games as they come up and see what happens. Just glad there’s no overseas games.

Luck is always a factor to be sure

As (almost) always I agree with Shaw. The talent level across most teams is fairly equivalent. Not totally or you wouldn’t have the Panthers. But relatively so. Winning games and championships comes down to having coaches put in schemes and such that maximize their talent, and a QB that excels. I started a thread saying it’s really all about Brady this year. If he calls a good offense where he gives Josh targets and uses the run game well so Josh doesn’t have to be a hero all the time, the Bills should do well.

Perhaps. I am of the mind to see how things work out once actual football is played. I know that may sound irresponsible.

Not saying Kincaid is as good as Kelce. Only that he could be the #1 option for Allen