Logic

Maybe Kelvin Benjamin was totally right about Joe Judge. Maybe the "scream in your face, treat you like children", macho man head coach model just doesn't work in the 2021 NFL.

Not bad for a parody of a quarterback prospect.

Chase Young is 265. Also 6'5". Epenesa saying he wants to play at 260 doesn't seem too far off the mark, though maybe those five pounds make more of a difference than I think.

Good post. In fairness, drafting players is always a "maybe" proposition, too. MAYBE the mid-round guard we draft will outplay Ford and Feliciano this year or next year. Granted, for a team in the cap position the Bills were in this offseason (due to the COVID-shrunken cap), drafting a youngster probably represents the best and most feasible means of attempting to upgrade the position for the long term, if not the short term. I liked several interior linemen in this draft and was rather surprised the Bills didn't take one of them (other than Jack Anderson in the 6th). As I thought about it more, though, I realized that, for whatever reason, Beane doesn't seem to spend much draft capital on interior linemen. He'll spend it on offensive tackles, offensive and defensive playmakers...but interior o-linemen? It seems to me like he's always "thrown bodies at the problem", as you put it. While that didn't work too well last season (injuries notwithstanding), it seemed to me like the 2019 interior o-line mostly got the job done. Here's hoping that between Ford, Boettger, Lamp. and -- as you pointed out -- Douglas, somebody can step up. Cody Ford suddenly living up to his draft pedigree, in particular, could transform this o-line.

I respectfully disagree that interior depth is/was needed more than tackle depth. On the interior, we have Feliciano Ford Boettger Lamp Bates Devey None of those guys are world beaters, but several of them have starting experience, and several of them still have the capacity to improve. Besides, it's not as if the Bills' offensive line was a tire fire last season. To the degree that they struggled, I would point at least partially to Feliciano and Ford -- the presumed starters -- both missing significant time due to injury. On the other hand, after Dion Dawkins and Daryl Williams, the Bills had just Bobby Hart at tackle. That is SCARY. I have read the opinions of Bengals fans and seen some of the lowlights myself, and if the Bills ever have to depend on Hart for significant snaps, well....not good. Time will tell if Brown or Doyle are actually upgrades, but I view the addition of both guys as very necessary, and chalk it up to some prudent present and future planning by Beane. As for Trey Smith, well....Zero has been calling him "the steal of the draft" since before pads even came on, so...yeah.

To be fair to Knox, it seems like he's been catching the football much more consistently throughout OTAs and camp....until today. This is the first "oh geez!", facepalm worthy drop I've heard about from him this offseason. Still, a "surefire touchdown" in the end zone is certainly not one you want your TE1 dropping -- in CAMP, no less.

Now THIS is interesting. Last year we were hearing about Davis lighting it up in practice. This year, all we hear about is Kumerow dominating, and we've heard barely a peep about Davis. Much ado about nothing? Sophomore slump incoming? What's the deal?

Thinking about Stevenson and Hodgins not making the roster because of the performances of McKenzie and Kumerow. Or having to choose between Efe Obada and Bam Johnson. This whole "having such a deep and talented roster that we're forced to cut some really good and/or promising young players" thing is stressful!

This would be AWESOME. I hope it happens. Also…the Texans are gonna be bad for a long, long time. The speed with which that franchise has gone down the tubes is astonishing. From having Watson, Hopkins, and Watt to potentially being without all three, not to mention a bad front office, toxic culture, and overall lack of direction… If I were a Texans fan, I’d be equal parts furious and depressed.

Based on his involvement in all special teams units and his uptick in offensive productivity this offseason, Kumerow sure looks like he's going to make the team. I didn't realize he was so old (relatively speaking), at 29 years old. Obviously, you have to put the most productive guys on the 53, but it would be a shame to lose out on the speed of Stevenson or the size and red zone potential of Hodgins, both of whom are a good bit younger than Kumerow. Put differently, Kumerow may be the biggest contributor THIS season, but both Stevenson and Hodgins seem to have great potential and might be better LONG TERM bets to help the offense. I'd hate to see either of them get snagged off our practice squad.

Talk about camp feeling like it took forever to get here… These past couple months have been a hell of a year.

Over a quarter-century later and everyone here is like “TOO SOON!!! 🤬” Gotta love Bills fans.

My camp takes. Not sure how "bold" any of them are, but here we go: - Reggie Gilliam's roster spot is in jeopardy. Hollister can play the move TE/H-back role that Gilliam played last year. The staff may want to keep less numbers at TE than they normally would to make space for a 7th WR. - The Bills' best 11 personnel set -- the set they ran most often on offense last year, mind you -- will prove to be Diggs and Davis out wide, with Sanders in the slot. - Harrison Phillips has a monster camp and a breakout year - Levi Wallace will once again hold off challengers and win the CB2 spot. - CB Nick McCloud and TE Quintin Morris will make the 53-man roster as UDFAs - AJ Epenesa will turn heads and will earn the starting LDE role (not that "starting" means much with the way this D rotates linemen)

Unless and until Beasley commits to playing a full season without being a distraction or causing problems, McKenzie ain’t going anywhere.

I was coming in here to make a joke about how it wouldn't be long before her articles were met with toxic masculinity and jokes about her appearance, and she was reduced to a mere sex object (because how ELSE should we respond to a female writing about sports?)....but I didn't get here fast enough, and all of those things already happened. Sheesh.

Doesn’t work if you’re primarily an online player.

Haven't read through the thread. This is what you meant, right?

I had my fingers crossed that the Bills would take a flier on Malik Hooker. He had immense talent coming out and it's only injuries that have derailed his career. He seemed like the PERFECT low cost, low risk, high reward signing to be coach McDermott's latest safety reclamation project. Alas, he is signing with Dallas. I wish him all the best. Injuries alone should never be the reason that a player doesn't succeed.

Gilliam is what I call a "glue player". You've got your star players, your great players, your very good players....the names you know. The guys you see on highlights. The guys whose jerseys you see being worn by fans in the stands. But working alongside all of those guys, setting them up for glory, often working in anonymity...are the glue guys. They may not be fancy or exciting, they may not have trading cards or make the Sportscenter top 10 Plays, but they're important. Oftentimes, without their contributions, the splash plays wouldn't happen. ONE solid special teams play where a guy stays in his lane and prevents a kick return score and the team wins by 4 points. ONE solidly fundamental block on a blitzing defender and the QB is kept upright long enough to throw a 40 yard bomb for six. Glue guys. They matter. Reggie "Glue" Gilliam. Can't live without 'em.

I don't know, but I'll tell ya one thing: the salary cap isn't real.

Courtney did it.

Thanks for taking the time to share those. I don't have ESPN Insider and wouldn't otherwise have been able to read them.

Huh. Maybe it depends on what country you use through your VPN. I have used the Netherlands as my country of choice for NFL Gamepass all these years, and I have never NOT been able to watch any game live. Not once. Strange.

I don’t know the reasoning or mechanics of it, but the EU version of Gamepass absolutely allows you to view all games live, as they happen.

Wow. Totally forgot about that until you just mentioned it. Meachem, Johnson…total footnotes in NFL history, neither ever producing more than 750 yards in a season, and Bills fans were hoping against hope that we could somehow lure them here. Really makes you have new appreciation for our current WR corps, and for this new era of Bills football in general.