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Brian Kelly is an interesting prospect. Having switched from WR to CB in college, he's as raw as a third year player can be, but he is big and has high level athleticism. Seattle is CB rich so he was a victim of the numbers game. You don't want him to come in and start, but if you've got room on your roster to stash him, it might pay dividends down the road. One more plus - he should be immune to COVID-19. LOL

He was productive enough at a fairly prestigious football program, you'd think the Dolphins could figure out that he might draw interest if waived.

The knock on him coming out of college was all about the college experience. He ran a limited route tree, being used mostly as a deep receiver. What the Bills figured out, and most everyone else missed was the head he has on his shoulders. He's smart, and willing to study to learn what he doesn't know. From all appearances, what he doesn't know has already shrunk considerably since the draft. Now we have a receiver who has good size, is physical and fights for the ball. He catches everything thrown at him, runs good routes, blocks well, is faster than people think and plays special teams. All of that and he's humble too. What's not to love?

It makes almost as much sense as bringing back Joe Ferguson.

If Darron Lee is ever going to have himself an NFL career, it will be in an defense like Buffalo plays. He's not good for much of anything else. Whether he can do it in Buffalo's offense remains to be seen. Still, he's young enough and athletic, and it's worth it to take a flyer on him.

I agree that Moss can be a tough workhorse back, but he's faster and shiftier than he's given credit for by a lot of people. He's really a complete back coming out of college as his blocking and receiving skills are also solid. He's a student of the game and a film junkie as well. The Bills are in a really good place with this pair, and they don't even need to begin thinking about the future for a year

Yeah, you got me there. A technicality.

I'm not shaking in my boots over the Jets. Even if they were building the team the right way, they are a year or two behind the Bills, and I don't think they're building the right way. They hired the wrong coach for starters. The lack of a healthy culture has cost them a player or two. Jamal Adams raised a stink because he's convinced Gase is a bad fit. The defense is going to be dangerous. Gregg Williams is an aggressive coach and his defense is based heavily on pressure and deception. By this time, though, Josh Allen has enough experience that Williams is unlikely to completely confuse him too much over the course of an entire game. The real question with Williams is his ethics as a coach. He was involved with bountygate while with the Saints. He may or may not be trying a similar trick these days, but I sincerely doubt he goes by Sean McDermott's mantra, "Play hard but clean." I think he probably encourages his players to do whatever they can get away with, and taking opposing players off the field might well be part of his message to players. As far as the offense is concerned, I think Josh Allen has grown and developed at least as much as Darnold, and Buffalo has done a better overal job of building around Allen. The Jets have Leveon Bell, but I'm not that impressed with their efforts to build the offensive line and they have giving Darnold precious few viable targets in the passing game. I will bet that Devin Singletary and Zach Moss combine for more yards on the ground than the Jets gain with Bell and company when Buffalo plays the Jets

Personally, in view of the fact there is so much depth on the interior of the Oline, I think Feliciano is going to start the year on IR. He can be recalled after 8 games if necessary. I'm not in charge though, so it's merely a guess. I know Feliciano has dreams of coming back by about week 4 but that's just not common sense to me.

It varies tremendously. I've known people that had too much and intestines were burned out so they never functioned properly afterwards. I've also known people who experienced zero side effects during or after their treatment. I haven't known many who got through chemo without side effects of some sort, including myself.

If that's what works, I'm all for it. I think the biggest question mark regarding that combination, was the health of Darryl Williams. It the Bills get a positive answer, then they're set on the right side. Ty Nsekhe becomes the obvious swing tackle in reserve. The only major question left becomes interior depth. There's too much of it. They would likely go into the season with 8 offensive linemen on the 53 man roster. If Williams and Ford nail down the right side, while Spain and Dawkins on the left and Morse in the middle. Nsekhe makes 6, and there's room for 2 more. Obviously at least one of those and preferably both have position flexibility between center and both guard spots. Competing veterans include Boehm, Boettger and Winters. First or second year interior linemen include Bates and Harrell, Clearly, Beane will try to trade somebody. I'm guessing the Bills may keep one veteran backup and one youngster, probably Ryan Bates because of his wide position flexibility. Winters is obviously starter quality, but I don't know how much center he's ever played.

There are lots of people out there throwing darts while blindfolded. Someone's actually going to guess right, then he/she is going to go strutting around like a bantam rooster proclaiming how smart he/she is.

One well placed deep pass aimed for it's core will cause the whole thing to explode.

I figure the following are lo0cks/near locks at DE for the 53 man roster: Jerry Hughes, AJ Epenesa and Mario Addison. Trent Murphy is an incumbent left defensive end, of course, and will be fighting to retain his roster spot with the likes of Darryl Johnson, Mike Love and Brian Cox. I can see Beane being interested in Ansah if he thinks Ansah could beat out that whole group. Otherwise, he would only be doing due diligence if injury created a need for experience in the rotation.

In my case, several CT scans over time revealed a growing spot on my lung. To determine what it was, I opted for a surgical biopsy as opposed to a needle biopsy. A needle biopsy was less invasive but would have left that spot in my lung. I figured if it was in my lung and growing, it had to come out eventually whatever it was. They did the biopsy with a general anesthetic and checked it for cancer while I was still out. When it tested positive, they made a 5 inch incision in my back and removed the entire lower lobe of my right lung. In case you're wondering, I am a life long passionate non-smoker. Every cancer is unique. The best advice I can give is take one step at a time. I know it's really hard, but try not to entertain "what if" thoughts about things you don't yet know.

According to the article, he has an early stage of a very treatable and curable cancer. I don't know what the prescribed treatment will be, but there is a good chance it will not include chemotherapy. Surgery and radiation are both possible in early stage cancer. If it does not, he probably will feel fine through the course of the season, and faces an excellent prognosis. My wife and I have both been through cancer. I have reason to hate cancer as much as anybody, but I also believe that as long as it can be justified we should confront cancer with positivity. A positive approach is clearly warranted in Ron Rivera's cancer, and Rivera himself is being positive about it. Should we do less?

I haven't seen much, but I did come across Sal Capaccio's Tuesday notes for WGR: https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/bills-offensive-rookies-impress-at-tuesdays-session

Interestingly, four of his top five defenses are from the AFC, San Francisco being the outlier.

I understand in some NFL cities they are able to to prohibit second hand ticket sales this season. Not sure how that works, but I'm sure the Bills would want to prevent that kind of predatory scalping.

Lachlan Edwards is 28. He has a pretty big leg. Matt Bosher is 32 He doesn't have a huge leg, but is OK and has a fair amount of experience. He has also been a placekicker in the past, but I think that was quite a while ago. I think Vedvik has a bigger leg than Bojorquez plus he could serve as an emergency place kicker. If Bass doesn't win the place kicker competition, Vedvik could double as a kickoff specialist and leave Hauschka to do field goals only. I'm kind of rooting for him to win that competition, both for his leg strength and his versatility.

It's not about a comparison with other QBs. Some of them will deal with the same question. It's about the learning curve. It is expected that young QBs will have a steep learning curve their first couple of years in the league. There's just a lot to learn. Some QBs move more quickly than others. Josh Allen is entering his third season. For many, the learning curve starts to flatten out from here, but Josh Allen entered the league uber talented but needing to learn more than most . Most QBs will continue to make small incremental improvements for a couple more years, but by most accounts, Josh Allen still needs to make a pretty significant leap forward. If he does it, that makes him an exception to the rule. I'm hopeful he will, but I admit it's unusual. The problem is by year four significant improvement becomes a huge outlier to the normal pattern. Hence, if Josh Allen doesn't make the big leap he needs to make this season, the odds against him doing it at all grow prohibitively long. I think that makes this year fit the definition of a make or break year pretty well.

I am very optimistic about the upcoming season and I think Josh Allen will take another significant step forward. Moreover, according to at least one reporter - Thad Brown - this may have been Josh Allen's best day of training camp practice ever. BUT, he was not facing a pass rush. His footwork has been one of the primary impediments to his accuracy in games. When he feels pressure, his footwork gets sloppy and that leads to inaccuracy. As I said, I'm optimistic, and a good day of practice is wonderful, but Allen is not the next Patrick Mahomes until he does it in a game.

Frank's 1,000 yard seasons are all behind him at this point. Buffalo has two running backs with potential 1,000 yard seasons in front of them. I don't know that both will have them this season, but I expect at least one will.

Brian Winters looked like a clear upgrade even before Long's retirement announcement. San Francisco can at least be grateful Long didn't wait until halftime of game one to pull the plug on his career.

Michael thinks it's possible or even likely Michel ends up on PUP to start the season, in which case he would miss the first half of the season. That may be why the Pats signed Lamar Miller. https://patriotswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/14/michael-lombardi-explains-why-sony-michel-may-miss-half-the-season/