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Not even close. Walk! Record if you can. If not, watch complete playback (by paying) on nfl.com (ps: dont peek into the score and spoil the surprise).

I agree that we should not have a former player who is a QB now for another team (unlike say an Eric Wood) be part of official Bills radio intros. Humility vs. arrogance of Tyrod (or his voice) - dont care given he is not on our team. But I might revisit it if he has any comments about his Bills tenure.

That said, looking at overall team records, this statistic (% drops) does not appear to be significantly negatively correlated with wins - so .. umm .. I take it with a grain of salt.

nice catch ch. Hyde and poyer back to form implies he is talking about the last part of this season. That said, I can give Vic a pass once in a while.

the connection is strong, but is it a positive connection? Matthews, back in the day, was pretty critical of Robiskie. https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2017/12/18/16790572/rishard-matthews-says-he-would-rather-have-marcus-mariota-calling-plays-than-terry-robiskie-titans

Assuming we trade #21 instead of #22 to obtain the other Tre, it should be Allen + Tre + Cordy Glenn's contract 2019 onward vs. Mahomes, two 2018 second rounders (#53 and #56) and Cordy Glenn. It will be very close but even so, I'd take Allen + Tre + 2019 cap space I think. The choice as set up is a no-brainer, as of now.

It is not a fake:)

It is THE shortest play. I think others were longer but since they were called back by penalty - they only count as 0 and 2 yards. For example Desean Jackson's 83 yard punt return for a TD was called back and is listed as 0 yards.Thanks OP. To get to 20.6 MPH over 10 yards is mighty impressive indeed. This is where elite sprinters are at. https://www.freelapusa.com/how-fast-can-usain-bolt-run-the-40-yard-dash/

Dont forget that most of Edmund's training camp plays were against McCarron and Peterman. The young man had not yet seen QBs like Rivers. He will learn. A certain middle linebacker, who was picked 9th in the draft was so lost on opening day that he lost the starting position to Roosevelt Colvin and was kept on the sideline for a whole game. Only a freak injury to another player gave him playing time and, to cut a long story short, he hung his boots after 12 more years of stellar play and was recently enshrined in the HOF. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000916564/article/sources-tell-us-scout-amazed-by-urlacherlike-lb-edmunds

Not to the board here, but to the national media that portrayed Tuh-Rod as the victim, yes!! That said, I wouldnt be too upset if Tuh-Rod did well.

Ok I am reasonably convinced now that the Bills are not THE worst team in the NFL. There are two other contenders. At least on Offense.

Our roster is quite devoid of talent with the 50+ million dead cap. This poll is only half in jest.

I agree that the difference in talent between Allen and Peterman is real. I also agree that NP is not NFL starter material and JA should get all the starter reps (practice or game) under center even if he is only on one leg. But NP was capable in a backup role last year and I am happy to keep him there. He did outplay McCarron this preseason. So, I would not go so far as to get him off the payroll. Dont forget that the quarterback's struggles are in part due to (lack of) OL and WR support.

For a couple of years after the trade, it looked like it was the Bills who had the better end of the trade. Eric Wood was solid and Jason Peters was struggling with injuries etc. So I would not blame the then Bills brass too much on this. Blame them for all the stupid QB decisions during the draft, yes. But Eric Wood worked out well enough for us. Definitely no complaints about this trade from me.

A guy like Gregg Williams always plays the preseason like it is the real deal. Other coaches take it easier keeping things plain vanilla and deferring exotic packages for the regular season. I would like to believe it is the latter with McD, Daboll and Frazier. But if so, how realistic are the results of the preseason battles - at QB, WR, OL etc.?

Dammit!! I was thinking someone would do it on the Khalil Mack thread - but this was sneaky! Very well played sir!!

You may be onto something here about letting a player watch from the sideline. Maybe that is what did the trick for Gilmore. I remember he was awful before sitting out 3 games due to injury. When he came back he was completely different. let us hope it is injury and not age and he can recover with some rest.

I saw Vontae Davis play a lot during his time at Illinois, but not since. He is a fantastic man coverage player. Curt Mallory, the DB coach and subsequent DC at Illinois never played zone to my knowledge. I have been rethinking his scheme fit with the Bills since we play zone coverage pretty exclusively. We know Tre White, Hyde and Poyer are all pretty good playing zone. Last season, EJ Gaines was especially great in zone coverage. For zone coverage, all 4 players in the secondary need to be on the same page. But even if one guy is not where he is supposed to be, there will be soft spots in the zone coverage. All an OC needs to do is find these soft spots, which is what the Bengals Offense did to make Dalton look like Aaron Rogers on roids. While Tre misplayed the one TD pass to Green, he, Poyer and Hyde were fine for the most part. But, Davis was out of position again and again. I thought the lack of fit was a primary reason (cap space was also important) the Bills did not offer GIlmore. In retrospect, I am surprised the Bills went after Davis. The good news is that Davis is a consummate professional. So he can likely learn the zone concepts as we go along. I mean Gilmore was always a man coverage guy - but Belichik plays both man and zone - so he had to learn on the fly. After floundering for a few games, he did eventually get on the same page with Belichik. I am hoping the same thing happens with Davis - but there will definitely be growing pains.

from Bills Wire https://billswire.usatoday.com/2018/08/28/buffalo-bills-chicago-bears-how-to-watch/ What: Buffalo Bills (1-2) vs. Chicago Bears (2-1). When: Thursday, Aug. 30, 8 p.m. Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL. Television: Buffalo, NY: WKBW. Rochester, NY: WROC. Syracuse, NY: WSYR. Binghamton, NY: WBGH/WIVT. Utica, NY: WPNY/WFXV/WUTR. Elmira, NY: WETM/EETM. Watertown, NY: WWTI. Erie, PA: WJET/WFXP. Albany, NY: WTEN/WXXA. Radio: Buffalo: WGR550 (550 AM). Toronto: Fan 590 (590 AM). Rochester: WCMF (96.5 AM) and WROC (950 AM). Syracuse: WTKW (99.5 FM) and WTKV (105.5 FM). Live stream: fuboTV (try it free). Either McCarron or Allen will likely start. The main battles are for the WR spots, one TE spot, one Linebacker spot and maybe one spot on the DL.

On the surface this analysis appears sound. But Allen himself (and likely the feedback from the coaches) felt the opposite saying he did not get the ball out quickly enough. Having undergone the torture of watching the game again, I am not sure there was a single instance where Allen could have waited. The Bengals' defensive line were all over him in a jiffy.

No pass rush. Secondary Porous - how many times were the Bengals' receivers wide open? Need Khalil Mack already. And Vontae Davis sucks. Wasn't this supposed to be our strength?

I know that the national media is all excited about JA's first stat but most Bills fans knew even after the first preseason game that he shd be the starter. Especially with the McCarron injury it has become a no brainer (my apologies to NP). I am more interested in how the other first rounder is doing. Edmunds appeared to improve as the game vs. the Browns went on. So I am quite hopeful today. But I am still wondering if we are wasting him at MLB. His natural instincts are to attack and so he bites on lotsa fakes. I am wondering if the Bills may be better off moving him to SAM and signing Navarro Bowman to man the middle. He could blitz or fall back and that is the choice of the D.C. instead of reaction to a developing play that an MLB shd have.

No need for such a negative Nancy thread. HE WILL DO WELL OVERALL. And if he makes a mistake, he will learn from that. Remember he has barely had a week of first team reps.

Definitely the latter:) we should have a fine (just like the Seahawks TE group with the Uncle Rico fines) anytime someone mentions that percentage again on this board. You can mention 55 or 57 but not the number in between.

That article is right that Jets will find it difficult to swing a trade after paying a princely sum of draft picks for Darnold. But the article is incorrect in limiting ability to trade to just four teams implying it is hard for a team with less than 8 mill 2018 cap space to sign him. Actually quite a few teams including Da Bills can swing a trade by making rather easy adjustments. I still feel it is between the Packers Pats and us if a trade does happen. Thanks to low expectations, our first rounder is likely to be the most valuable and our second may be close to the Pats' first. Maybe a 2nd and 3rd from 2019 + Hughes can swing it.