MJS

One injury was in the pocket and the other was on a scramble. I feel like QB's get injured in the pocket all the time. So I don't have any problem with Allen running as long as he continues to look for ways to avoid bad hits. It's football. Injuries happen. Tom Brady missed a year and he is not mobile and excellent at protecting himself. Stuff happens.

McDermott doesn't usually sign high priced free agents in the secondary. He usually finds bargains and coaches them up. So I'll say no on Ryan. I'm not a fan of Clowney, personally. Never really have been. So no for him too.

I felt like Daboll wanted a committee RB approach. He saw Gore as the short yardage, goal line, and pass protection back. Problem was Gore sucked worse and worse as the season went on. Then right when Singletary was getting more snaps, he got hurt. I'm fine with that same approach with Moss instead of Gore, because Moss will (hopefully) actually be useful. Isn't the slot CB the one that would need to be physical against the run? The CB2 is still going to be lined up outside and not often involved in run plays.

If Norman gets back to what made him a superstar, our defense is going to be amazing. I'm a little skeptical that he can, but if anyone can get that out of him it's McDermott. The secondary is his specialty. And I agree that White and Edmunds were more the exceptions for starting right away. But they are also really good. I would hope if Epanesa shows that he is really good that he will be given a real shot to start. I think Singletary was held back a little, but perhaps part of that was pass protection and also missing games. I figured that would be brought up. It's interesting because as a team we had a good pass rush but we don't really have any individually great pass rushers. I think it is safe to say that it would help our defense a lot if we had a consistent 10+ sack edge rusher for offenses to have to account for and game plan against.

He's a "superstar" in Madden (not that it means much). But I'm not sure either of them deserve to be considered stars. They are both solid starters that work well together. With them it's kind of a "the sum is greater than the parts" kind of thing. As a tandem they are great, but I don't think individually either of them are star potential.

I think they get recognition. Especially Hyde.

I think it is a legit battle between Norman and Wallace, but with this off-season being the way it is I just don't think Norman will have the opportunity to show he is a clear upgrade. I believe Wallace will start. Now, as the season goes on and Norman gets a lot of playing time that could definately change. And I agree with the young guys like Moss and Epenesa not starting and being phased in. That's how McDermott seems to operate, although Edmunds and White were immediate starters.

Famous last words...

AFC training camp battles to watch: Patriots QB, Bills RB, more Gregg Rosenthal - AROUND THE NFL EDITOR https://www.nfl.com/news/afc-training-camp-battles-to-watch-patriots-qb-bills-rb-more 6 - Buffalo Bills CB · Josh Norman vs. Levi Wallace Norman is the heavy favorite here because of his relationship with coach Sean McDermott and his $6 million contract. But he's now 32 years old, deep into his decline phase. McDermott's magic touch with the secondary will be tested. 12 - Buffalo Bills DE · Trent Murphy vs. Mario Addison vs. A.J. Epenesa Buffalo's pass rush was a quiet weakness last season, so general manager Brandon Beane added an old friend from Carolina (Addison) and a high pick (second-rounder Epenesa) to compete for the spot opposite Jerry Hughes. Murphy, an expensive free agent signing in 2018, could wind up anywhere from the starting lineup to off the roster. 13 - Buffalo Bills RB · Devin Singletary vs. Zack Moss Singletary has already proven himself, ranking among the 10 most elusive backs last season (minimum 100 carries), according to PFF. Moss is a similarly slashing runner who, like Singletary, was a third-round pick brought in to share to load and possibly steal goal-line work. Moss will have to prove himself quickly because Singletary is too legit to sit for long. ... I'm not sure I agree on the Normon vs Wallace take. I think Wallace is the heavy favorite, especially given that Norman is not going to have the normal preseason to establish himself. The other two I agree with, although I think the plan all along is to have heavy doses of BOTH Singletary and Moss (although Moss will get phased in much like Singletary was behind Gore). I'm more excited about AJ Epenesa than most. I really liked what I saw from the highlights and videos I went back and watched after we drafted him. I hope he gets a lot of playing time.

Teams ran pretty vanilla schemes in preseason games exactly for that reason.

Will they also be posting their playbooks online for us to download? Hopefully their audibles too.

Yeah. It's true. Doesn't matter if Bills fans have a complex or not. It will 100% be said, especially by Patriots fans. But Bill Belichick will get that defense going no matter who he has lining up. They won't be as dominant, but they will be a sound, solid squad. The offense is the real question. But maybe Cam gets back to form...

That's going to be one rich family when Nick gets his big contract.

That is terrifying...

I think Harrison Phillips can fill that role. And I think he has more upside than Star.

And never got even close to getting fired for it.

Wow. Worthy of firing over? That's simply not true.

Dumb stat which you just used for Dak.

And they are also a QB stat. It's the one position in sports that truly moves the needle on wins and losses. Feel free to disagree, though.

Well, Pats fans are going to be a handful this year. Every loss they will attribute to players sitting out and they will give the Bills a hard time for winning the division.

We'll just have to see how it goes. I don't feel like we need to write the season off like others do. There's still time before the season and time for adjustments. Obviously the ship has sailed for a bubble, but that just isn't feasible anyway with the thousands of players and other personel in the NFL.

And this is what I don't get. If people mention wins for certain QB's (like Allen) people scream "Wins are a team stat!" but then you can mention it for others, like Dak? I think wins are a great metric to use for QB's given the impact they have on the game, personally. It just has to be taken in context.

Don't forget DiMarco.

There are multiple comments like this on every thread on this message board. And it's insufferable.

Silly for ignoring all the indications of a starting season and focusing only on the negative.