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Agree. I see Palmer taking over more of the role they hoped Cooper would fill. As the roster sits today, Shavers would be more in line to take over the Hollins role especially on STs. I expect more to be added, of course. I do think Bosa will be an impact player. He has a ONE year deal. It's a prove it year for him and he's acknowledged as much. He's going to be motivated to not only produce, but stay on the field through some of the nagging things he say out through in LA. Also, imagine going from playing in front of perhaps the most laid back fanbase in the NFL to our rabid pack of table smashing drunken idiot fanbase. Guy is gonna feed off our fans.

I think in about 11 months Beane will be saying Cook has "Earned the right to test the market".

I think Dart is gone by their 2nd round pick. He's my bet for 3rd QB off the board. They would have to move up for him. Edit: I thought you meant Giants. If you meant Pittsburgh as per the quote you were referring to...I agree. That's a prime spot for Dart.

They may pass on QB round 1. Take someone who can basically red shirt this year and develop. Milroe would be my guess. No guarantee Arch even comes out next year.

Stef is all about winning a Super Bowl. Such a competitive guy. Hates losing....

It's not spectacular, but the Steelers did bring back Mason Rudolph. Rudolph closed the season as their starter 2 seasons ago and played pretty good ball for them. Made some more spot starts last year with the Titans. And is very well liked in the locker room. It isn't perfect, but that's the starter if Rodgers pulls a fast one and retired or signed with someone else. My opinion is they may actually be better off with Rudolph.

If they draft him Wilson Winston and Sanders would be the most hysterically dysfunctional QB room in NFL history

Yup. And with some deals they are done and not yet submitted to the league office yet either. For example, they may have already agreed to a pay cut with Samuel and are waiting to make it official. Beane tends to like to move up to the cap and then announce these things with other moves he makes so it doesn't look like he's flush with cash.

This is a good time to remind people that though SPOTRAC does an excellent job at keeping up to date, they are just saying what the contracts currently reflect. This number and the number the players union (which is normally closer to official number) are often off a bit Furthermore, Beane has a completely different number on his desk that reflects what he actually has to work with. He's talked about it before. I believe it's basically a chart with what moves still can be made of a move presents itself that makes sense. They can still make some moves.

For comparison, in 2016 Rich Eisen posted a 5.94 (his personal best) 40 time in his yearly "Run, Rich, Run". He was 47 years old at the time.

As I stated further up post from the comment you quoted me on....I'm in the camp that the Bills still need a WR and early. So on that we agree. I wouldn't say the "plan" is to go into next season with what we have. But plans this time of year go sideways quickly. Maybe they planned on getting Godwin or Adams and we're told "thanks but no thanks." Maybe they plan on drafting a WR early, but the draft falls a way that negates that. Point is stuff happens. In that scenario I could see a legitimate thought process that Palmer isn't the Hollins replacement. Palmer replaces Cooper. Shavers steps in for Hollins. And I think an argument could be had that a Palmer/Shavers combo upgrades Cooper/Hollins or at least breaks out the same. And then from there logic would dictate that at least one of the three things you mentioned (better health and improved play from Samuel, Coleman and Kincaid) is very possible. Not the dream scenario and not what I'm hoping for but whatever will be will be

He's stuck around longer than most would have thought. And on his lone touch last year he showed some really good burst popping off that 69 yard TD. I think he's ascending. For him he HAS to make an impact on STs to get the game day jersey. Everyone is forgetting about him but I think he carves out a role

He exceeded both those numbers (catches and yards) in 2022 in 16 games. In both 2023 and 2024 he was less than 100 yards away from hitting that mark despite missing 7 games one season and two the other. Which is why I said if healthy he can hit a 3/39 per game average. As a matter of fact when you take his career games played (58) and average out his numbers he has averaged 3.13 receptions for just over 39.4 yards per game. So factually, you are incorrect. He's literally attained those almost exact numbers over the course of his career. And a slight bump in production wouldn't be surprising to me.

I do agree with MANY here that the Bills should grab a WR early. I also think when the Bills grab a WR it will be later on then most (myself included) would want to unless one drops and is a great value pick. I'm actually thinking that we may have a WR that they feel can take over some of the Hollins role on STs. I think there's a good chance Shavers is given the opportunity to claim that role. He was billed as a good ST player coming out and he has some size. Not saying he will be a beast, but I wouldn't be shocked if he earns a jersey on game day next year

The catches and yards are easily attainable if healthy. That averages out to 3 catches for a shade under 39 yards per game. TDs I won't touch because those can be jumpy from year to year. So, yes, if healthy I could see him hitting those numbers.

21 more in essentially one more game, yes. (Josh basically sat out week 18). Also take into account Josh sat basically the equivalent of another game to game an a half combined due to blowouts. The Bills as a team had 520 pass attempts to the Chargers 510. I will note the Bills had 28 MORE team rushing attempts than the Chargers. Again, can be attributed to having the lead late in games more often and playing in a few more poor weather games than the Chargers did as well.

Should mix Kincaid in there, but he's not a WR. Bills (mis)used their first pick in each of the last 2 drafts on pass catchers.

Looks like we missed out on the Fotu sweepstakes. One step closer to Jordan Phillips triumphant return.

If you're watching the show looking for unbiased opinions that's a you issue. That's not what this show is meant to be It's a hype show meant to sell optimism and present the Bills in the best possible light. That's all. And for what it's meant to be it does a nice job. The host play their roles well and present the Bills in a very good light. I've had the good fortune to talk to Chris Brown off the record a few times and he's very different off the camera. Almost sounds like some people here.

They went to three in a row and won 2. I'd would rather have that then the 4 in a row and all losses

I don't disagree with you. A definite red flag. I will offer a couple of counter points. In his 4 seasons he has had 3 different offensive coordinators. Joe Lombardi, Kellen Moore and Greg Roman. They run very different offenses and he's had to learn a new one each season. Last year the Chargers ran a run heavy approach. In his 3 seasons before that Palmer has had Mike Williams and Keenan Allen drawing targets ahead of him (Austin Eckler as well). I don't think he's going to break out to put up #1 WR numbers. But if he can settle in and stay healthy, he should have no issues eclipsing the production put up by Mack Hollins and Amari Cooper did last year.

To all talking about a "hold out". He won't be doing that. The thing they do now is the "hold in". He will show up and attend meetings. But not participate in team activities, practice or anything that would put him potentially at risk to injury. That's the new thing. By doing this he would avoid fines and accrue his time as normal. The drawback is often after a hold in the player has to catch up physically to the team and never really seems ready to play. Just to my eye I see guys who do this suffer from soft tissue injury during the season and rendering them pretty useless for that season.

Edwards is due up as well. That's our entire IOL coming due. IMO it's more sensible to lock them down as it's easier to find a new RB to run behind a solid IOL then it is to find an new G/C that can slide in. Keeping the IOL the same helps Davis and whoever else stay productive.

I personally don't see them re-signing Cook at all unless he chooses to come back at a very team friendly deal. And I don't see that happening. I don't think Beane ever intended to sign Cook to a second contract. It's been Beane's MO to not sign RBs, but instead keep the pipeline stocked and cycle through. Sign a vet like Gore or Murray when need be to fill out the room. We saw that with Singletary who was on the roster when they selected Moss. When Moss (and then Hines) didn't work out we kept it stocked with Cook. Took Davis last year I firmly believe was taken to replace Cook. And here's the important part. If/when Cook hits FA, he's going to get paid. Big. Someone will shell out a lot of money seeing his production as a 50% of the time player and convince themselves that if he plays 90% of the snaps they have Barkley 2.0. which means a chance at a nice high 3rd or 4th round comp pick. So out of Cook we would have gotten 4 years production on a rookie contract and a high day 3 comp pick out of a second round pick. Draft another RB to play behind Davis, wash rinse repeat.

If the draft falls this way Beane should pull a hamstring running to turn the card in for Grant. I just don't see him falling that far.