Richard Noggin

Well then isn't it nice to have some elite EDGE length on the right (Rousseau) and the left (Epenesa).

I'd imagine he could provide some situational pass rushing juice, at the least. Enough so that the Bills must spend time on it this week, just in case.

The vast majority of folks were not wearing masks no matter where they were in the stadium. Actually seemed like people were giving me looks any times I masked up myself and my 4-year old daughter to walk to the concessions area.

Nah, it closed down in March of 2020 when things got hairy. Never reopened.

I worked there for 8 years, right up until it suddenly, and without any further communication, closed for good.

Ristorante Lombardo.

Really awful post here, top-to-bottom. You have no way to know any of this. Total conjecture.

You can put your pearls away, dear.

This is a...perfect post?

*looks down at own body* It really can't.

It's not really THAT complicated, in theory. But it does emphasize the necessity for CBs to effectively play "off" technique: they're each initially reading more than just the WR lined up across the LOS, so all the DBs need to see the entire pass play develop and of course react appropriately, in unison. If a slot WR runs an out-and-up route (a kind of double-move), for example, that puts pressure on the boundary CB AND the corresponding safety, whose initial reads can be exploited through no fault of their own.

Reverse cowgirl. Lose focus and someone could get hurt. On the football field, otherwise, I'd rank 'em: QB CB OT WR DT et cetera So many difficult duties on an NFL football field, but it's difficult to argue with the top 2 or 3 listed here.

So, uh...are there G spots remaining (lol)? I usually park at ECC or Twin Oaks, but for the opener, especially, I'd like to share with my new season ticket partner (my mother, who singlehandedly indoctrinated me into this fanatical life back in the 80s) the most authentic tailgate experience. She's an OG, dating back to the Rockpile. She's never really properly tailgated, despite her diehard devotion. For what it's worth, I parked in Hammer's lot for the last New England MNF game. What a frustrating contest that was. Derek Anderson?!? Solid defensive effort squandered.

It's really unfortunate that there is an NFL team/organization registering a 100% vaccination rate, and the Bills are NOT that team. And I say this as a purely competitive football observation. The Bills have on their roster a handful of important players who have chosen not to get vaccinated, which means the team's roster is potentially more vulnerable to COVID-related disruptions during the season than the teams they're competing against. Last season's champions, for example, the Bucs, have ALL elected to be vaccinated (coaches and players). Even snake-oil salesman TB12 and his well-hydrated acolytes have fallen in line; not necessarily because they each believe in the efficacy of the vaccines, so much as they have decided, collectively, to place team accountability above individual skepticism. I'm actually surprised by a Brady-led 100% compliance rate, given the QB's documented history as a pseudo-science guru. Good for them, in terms of collective accountability and compliance. It pains me to type it.

THIS is the kind of football talk I like to nerd out with. Analyzing McD's 3rd down disguises, be it up front and/or on the back end, really also highlights the absolute necessity of keeping offenses behind the sticks. In order to employ his various and interchangeable pressure/cover packages, McD's defense MUST stop the run well enough to earn those 3rd-and-longs (at least at some point in a given drive). Otherwise they're left playing a more vanilla, read-and-react approach that gets carved up by NFL offenses. Why I love football so much: the interrelatedness of all things. The ultimate team sport (and the team extends well beyond the players on the field).

And avoid contact.

Looked good on the field this preseason. Just like he did last season, minus the bowl game. He's a good RB.

Those puns are likely coming from the older crowd, sir.

This speaks to the whole WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS PRESEASON FOOTBALL EVALUATIONS that should be prominently displayed as like a watermark or something. Of course we love the content here (and Baldy's breakdowns in general), and the promise shown when Bills players whoop on opposing players, BUT: it's preseason. Level of competition is an x-factor. Especially when the opposing team has had a rash of injuries at the positions being negatively highlighted. It's like exponentially unreliable in that case. That all being said, it's exciting to see the young d-linemen, including Epenesa, look so physically promising. You gotta have it.

Maybe he's NO LONGER a starter in the NFL? While he played at an above average level for several seasons with the Bengals, I just don't see it anymore. He is a fringe starter at best, and a solid backup at worst. If Dalton is your starter in 2021, then you've got a QB problem.

Keeping Addison is fine, UNLESS it means exposing someone younger and more dynamic/versatile like a Bam Johnson or Efe Obada. One last season of mediocre Mario Addison is not worth letting a promising, younger player go. I'm sure Addison can still be a replacement-level producer this season. But Johnson is a physical prototype who's been a STs beast and is now starting to put it together on defense. Obada looks like a specimen who can give the Bills value on the end and inside. Getting bigger and more physical up front was a focus, and Addison is not part of that movement. Sure begins to feel like the Basham pick was a luxury that will cost us something else. Hopefully he progresses to the point where that doesn't matter, eventually.

Meh.

Brenkus for the win!

Two thoughts on the clips on page one: 1) Is Beasley kinda cheating that ladder drill? He's definitely pitter-pattering impressively like a drum roll, but don't guys usually work laterally across each rung of the ladder, with both feet alternately landing inside and outside? Just a thought/query. I'm sure there are other uses for the ladder. and b) Josh Allen has quietly, but dramatically, unveiled a MUCH different throwing motion than he featured last season. His front shoulder is staying closed a lot longer now. He's keeping that left shoulder pointed at his target, which reduces the moving parts in his delivery (fewer opportunities for something to go wrong). He was way more open last year. We'll see if he can stay this "quiet" and controlled in his delivery during live action.

One could make the argument that an offense DESIGNED to gain 6-7 yards per successful play is more of a dink and dunk approach that would RELY upon a high 3rd down conversion rate. Usually about 2 out of 3 plays succeed, for good offenses (if we look at QB completion percentages, for example), so...there would be 3rd downs as such an attack matriculates down the field. Just saying. It's not quite as simple and implicit as you might think. I really saw those Patriots offenses thriving in 3rd-and-managable.