TigerJ

I'm not much of a gambler, but I absolutely agree about Jerry Hughes' sack total going up this season. I think Kyle Williams had a great career for Buffalo, but he was not the kind of disruptive player we all believe we're getting in Ed Oliver. Offenses are not going to be able to cheat their blocking schemes toward Jerry. He's going to get a lot more one on one blocking situations. I'm also counting on Trent Murphy's full health making a difference on the other side. Best case scenario, it could be a lot of fun for the defense this season.

No, but now he's chiseled.

Mik'Quan Deane and Jake Fisher are available for the Pats.

Obviously, a pickup like this is irrelevant in the long run barring a slew of injuries, but if you can upgrade the back end of your roster you do Towbridge is a decent athlete with some size. He's labeled a blocking tight end, but he runs in the 4.7 range and apparently has decent hands, so you never know what might happen if Kroft can't stay healthy and Dawson Knox goes down. He might find his way on to the 53 man roster and then start making plays.

Yeah! Who needs DK Metcalf when we have Zay "The Body" Jones? It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Zay Jones!

Maybe they'll sign Jake Fisher.

I guess I'll just have to pass the time by fretting over the Sabres' draft.

So, Dawkins and Morse are written in stone. I think Spencer Long is close to being a lock at left guard. That means right guard and tackle are not certain. I think Bodine is a likely cut. Feliciano is likely an interior backup, having the ability to play guard and center. Right guard will be between Spain and Teller to start. I think Ford might have an advantage at right tackle over Nsekhe, because Nsekhe gives you a two year starter, and then you're having to break in a new starter. Ford might give you some long term continuity. At right guard, Spain gives you a mauler. Teller is potentially a little more athletic.

A few individual players missed a day here or there because of personal matters. Josh Allen missed one day for the Jim Kelly golf tournament. Not a big deal. They might have had the highest level of participation in the league.

I'm optimistic about the defense this year because I think they have upgraded on the defensive line, their middle linebacker has a year of experience, and they got deeper at cornerback.

"With bounties no longer in his arsenal, Gregg Williams turns to insults to push the buttons of players like @TheAdamsEra https://wp.me/p14QSB-b0uV" A culture of insults and verbal abuse?

Or maybe, "I'll haver a bigger route tree."

Vosean Joseph was an interesting add this off season. He may need time to acclimate to the discipline of the pro game, as he was a bit of a wild man in college, but the Bills have that luxury with Alexander starting. I expect to see him mostly on special teams at the start of the season, but the Bills will sprinkle him in in relief of Lorax as the season rolls on. That way the defense won't miss a beat when Lorax retires.

When it comes to the interior running game, Buffalo has a fast, athletic, and huge linebacker in Edmunds, so they may be less vulnerable than you'd expect. I don't think that on the outside the undersized nature of Milano and Joseph is going to be too much of a handicap. New England's running backs are all in the 200-220 lb range. Milano is 223 and Joseph is 230. Milano has always shown the ability to sift through the blocking on the outside.

Hmm! Maybe it's time for the Texans to hire Robert Kraft's lawyers.

So the news that John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave must be premature. That's good to hear. That's interesting. It wasn't that long ago that Buffalo had another speedy receiver with sickle cell. Marquis Goodwin.

Just checked Wikipedia, and he is listed as a free agent without a team. Whoever had earlier labeled him and a Buffalo Bill is apparently generating fake news.

He should be OK unless there are some closet Patriot fans hiding out in Orchard Park.

If they could actually pick Eddie Lacy up, they are a lot stronger than even I thought they are.

I get that Tom likes to spend a little time with his grandkids.

Generally, playing offensive line is not a physically demanding to endurance as is playing defensive line. Platooning defensive linemen makes sense because of the greater energy demands. On the offensive line the key to success is cohesiveness, linemen having a feel for when a linemate is going to pass of a block so you need to be ready for it, and vice versa - being comfortable about passing off a block to accomplish something else that needs to be done. The more continuity you have, the better the coordination you have for that kind of switching off.

Main weakness, as was explained to me on this board, he doesn't have very good arm strength. He's a big kid, and fairly athletic. I think his college prep was a little more conventional than Allen's. It's possible he may develop into a halfway decent QB, but lack of arm strength will be a limitation. I think the main criticism of Gettleman's draft strategy was not the fact that he drafted Jones, but that he drafted him where he did. Many think the Giants could have gotten him with their second round pick, but they could have at least traded down from #6 to do it.

You could take a nap for a couple years and see how things are going after you wake up.

I don't know that it's intentional but I think a lot of subsequent analyses made by persons of all kinds of prospects tend to look like defenses of their initial analysis rather than a purely objective look based on what is actually happening to the young player.

He's got an athletic skill set. He's never going to be Gronk, but if Belichick can figure out what makes him tick, the Patriots may get a lot more out of him than the Jags ever did, not to mention he'll have Brady throwing to him.