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This. Boyd was on his way to being somewhat forgotten until the last few weeks. Over the next month Cincy plays Carolina, Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Kansas City. Wish Chase would be there for that KC game...but the other 3 are still very winnable without him.

We don't need new players. We have stadium renderings now.

Yup. Out wide Watkins would be operating as the #1 guy most likely. I expect a ton of passes to the backs and if Tonyan the TE is available in your PPR fantasy league pick him up. He'll likely see 8-10 short targets.

Maybe you're just easier to impress than I am? In any event he's played 2 maybe 3 "good" games as a Chief. The rest of the time he's been fairly absent. I think it's fair to say that there is some promise of upside...but to say it was successful may be a premature statement so far. Let's see how the rest of his season goes.

I'm VERY tempted to go with James Cook here. Feels like the week off was a nice chance for Dorsey to scheme up a few things for him. However I will go in another direction and go with Rodger Saffold. It's been mentioned a few times that he's spent the first part of the year playing through some injuries. I don't think we have seen him remotely near his best yet. I'm thinking the bye week gave him a nice chance to rest up and he's ready to go. On defense...to me this just feels like the type of game that Jordan Phillips is amped for. National TV, in Buffalo against A-a-ron? Yeah...big man is gonna EAT Sunday night.

Health, for sure. However attitude and motivation factor in as well. Youth is wasted on the young, my friend haha

Honestly, I shouldn't compare Toney to any of those dudes because he hasn't accomplished 1% of what any of them did in the NFL. While those guys were on their last legs...Toney hasn't even found his yet. This speaks where he may be on his own career path as well!

Toney isn't a guy to torch you, though. YAC? Sure. But Toney himself is a role player guy as well. And one with persistent soft tissue injuries at that. When you look into the future at a possible Chiefs/Bills rematch does Toney tip the scale as much as, say Tre White being back again? I think we both know that answer...lol

I'm curious to know who you mean, exactly? If you're talking Juju or MVS it's really early to chalk them up as a success yet. Lev Bell? Shady? Kelvin Benjamin? Josh Gordon? This is a desperation move that the Chiefs seem to swing and miss on every year. Nothing to see here. The Giants are starting David Sills at WR. There is no way they would let Toney go for a late 3rd at BEST in a season that they are pushing for a possible playoff spot in the weak NFC if Toney was that much of a gamechanger on a consistent basis.

Agree. Timing of the move is odd considering Juju is coming off back to back good games and MVS went for over 100 last week I believe. I think it speaks a bit to Skyy Moore being a bit of a disappointment for them so far this year. Toney has talent, for sure. However a poor attitude, poor work ethic or injuries have stalled many careers of players far more talented. And he has been reported to have ALL 3 of those red flags.

I fully believed this until I saw that Moss wasn't included.

I find the lack of Ryan Fitzpatrick costumes disturbing.

He is and he's one of the rare players on divisional teams that I enjoy watching. And while Chase and Burrow are great together they are completely different than Diggs and Allen. If Burrow doesn't have time then Chase can't get free deep which is their bread and butter. Burrow isn't exactly great at extending the play like Allen is. There will be plays where Diggs absolutely shakes Sauce out of his shoes. I would expect the young CB to make some plays as well but I think over the course of the game Diggs will provide some great learning lessons for Sauce.

Ok, but can the renderings play guard?

I'll hope the Pats win to give the Bills a bit of breathing room. Things I'm hoping for in this game: 1. Mac Jones looks good. Let him show just enough to keep the job and thereby keeping the Pats in QB purgatory. 2. Sauce continues to shine. Let him keep showing out...because in a couple weeks Allen and Diggs will give him his official "welcome to the NFL". 3. As a James Robinson fantasy owner I'm hoping for at least a TD from him. 4. Zach Wilson and Mac Jones get into a slap fight after the game. 5. More odd facial expressions from Belichick's kid.

Going off OvertheCap.com (which is not gospel but does provide a sensible baseline IMO) the figured cap relief from potential restructures next year are as follows: White: $5,880,000 Allen: $21,536,000 Diggs: $5,596,000 Morse: $3,287,500 Dawkins: $6,393,750 HYDE: $4,301,250 Miller: $10,864,000 Milano: $6,315,000 Grand Total: $64,173,500 Granted they will not do all of those restructures. But they have plenty of wiggle room to play with. Notice also that a restructure (or an extension for that matter) with Hyde would actually save a bit more than a trade or cut. Add into that the fact that the salary cap will jump again next year...what's the problem? You also mention Poyer by name as an "at who's expense" example. Well he will be 32 next year, has a growing list of injuries (including a collapsed lung this year) and would cost zero dead money to part ways with next season as he's not under contract. That seems like the obvious move if someone has to be left out. Why give him a contract if, like you said Hamlin costs less than $1 million. And yes Hamiln can play both spots back there.

Seeing it put this way begs the question. If cutting Hyde still would cost 7 million in dead money and keeping Hyde results in only $3.8 Million dollars more...do you not think Hyde is worth that extra 3.8 million? For his leadership, experience, knowledge of the defense, how he is viewed by his teammates and how he is in the community all while (assuming he heals properly) playing at an extremely high level? Cutting or trading a team leader, a guy has earned the "C" on his chest, a guy that was still playing extremely well when he got hurt...doing that over 3.8 million of cap space is an absolutely ridiculous idea.

Wait, I thought the plan was to trade Hyde and move White to safety? To answer the OP (and many of the 'Can we trade so and so for a draft pick' type threads): One reason the Bills are so successful is that the do not treat players like disposable items. They take care of their own. Trading Hyde coming off an injury sends a horrible message to the guys on the roster. Yes, it is a business and yes, everyone is eventually replaceable. However, Hyde has been a large reason for the turnaround in Buffalo both on the field and in the locker room. These guys have more value than what you see on Sunday. Even out injured Hyde has remained a visible leader on this defense. Throwing out that the system makes him (and Poyer for that matter) look better than they are is such a weak stance. We could also by that reasoning say that "the system" makes Gabe Davis look better...or Diggs look better. We should just go cheaper there too, right? "The system" makes Matt Milano look better than he is too. Maybe we should trade him. If the systems are so great why ever resign anyone again? Truth is no matter how great a system is, the players make the system. Have to have the right people to plug in and operate it.

McKenzie not picking Butterfingers is a bigger upset than the Jags beating the Bills last year.

I will be "tailgating" at home with turkey, pumpkin pie and apple cider moonshine. May get wild and toss the turkey through a table before cooking it, though.

I was under the impression that's what the other 364 days of the year were.

I'm rather shocked that Tweet didn't start out "Now, hear me out..."

Manningcast should just be it's own channel at this point. Like, yes absolutely watch the MNF games...but add TNF and all day and night on Sunday watching 3 games with them. Heck, I'd tune in to watch UFC, MLB, NBA, WWE, Survivor or Desperate Housewives if they were adding their commentary. Friday Night Movie of the Week with the Mannings? I'm in.

Well, I do agree that the Bills gave the best possible support they could and all the stability in the world to Allen's development. However it takes someone with the mindset that Allen has within himself to be great to turn out the way he has. All the great coaching in the world would be useless without the players inner drive to succeed. Not every player has that mentality. What is it the young people call it these days? "Mamba Mentality?" I did like me some Edwards. Looking back on it today, I believe his physical ceiling would have been an Alex Smith type. 8 or 9 win seasons and maybe sneak into the playoffs here and there. We were just so starved for even a mediocre QB at the time that he looked amazing for what we were used to. Josh Allen has us spoiled. Had we not gotten him we would still be looking at QBs like Mac Jones and Tua and wishing we had someone as "promising" as them

And I believe that's a logical outlook. So with guys like Smith or Mac what do you do? Build a strong, physical defense. Powerful run game. Passing offense built on play action and one read looks. Play more cautious and try to keep the score close. Win the game in the 4th quarter. For the Patriots right now...I like their run game. Their defense has some players (Dugger would have looked so good in a Bills uni). They have no offensive flow. It just looks like a bunch of random plays being called.