Yobogoya!

Of course it went up. Basically no one returned kickoffs last year which is why they changed the rules- so that there was actually potential for a play to happen again. Not a lot of guys are getting concussed on a play that doesn't happen. Maybe Kevin Kolb? I'm not sure if you can have it both ways. A kickoff is by its nature a play that encompasses the whole field, and guys are going to run fast, run hard and inevitably collide no matter how you slice it. Just make the *****-helmet mandatory for all special teamers and hope for the best.

Jackson recorded exactly 0 stats this year on 30 defensive snaps- so it seems unlikely anyone who sees active game time for us could be any LESS productive than that, lol.

Davis is an instant upgrade to Coleman on the outside, but people seem to forget just how often he was out of sync with Allen he was on many important pass plays- he was the target on some disastrous interceptions and dropped pass. There's no "star power" there but you have to feel like there's an adequate passing attack waiting to be schemed out of that bunch. Whether current staff can figure it out is another story.

I'm no great expert but it look to me like even if the rusher wasn't charging into Allen's view, juju brents (32) can simply take one step to the right and instantly be where Shavers is going to be stopping to receive the pass. Of course on fourth down you have to take a shot no matter how poor it is because you're turning over on downs in either case. But this was a dumb play from the word "go".

This is a great and telling point. We've heard for several seasons that our WR's are garbage but look at several rosters and there's an equal or even worse crop that is somehow producing. Like the Patriots with geriatric Diggs and JAG Hollins. Hell Chan Gailey got more production out the "goon squad" with Fitzmagic slinging it. Pretty sad.

But, but... we needed a 50/50 guy!

Yeah maybe we can promote Slick Rick from the mailroom

He'd have to come back this year AND finish strong to sniff a 3rd, I think. For exactly the reasons you mentioned. It's a criticism way down the list at this point, but part of Beane's over-commitment to his own draft picks means we never deal a guy when his value will actually net us something positive in return. Isn't it kinda weird that in 8 seasons he's NEVER moved one of his draft picks for a sizable return in trade?

Pretty soon we're gonna have to change your screen name to "Low Negative" 😅

The play where he ran around for about 100 yards and 20 seconds like a madman behind the line of scrimmage before throwing the ball seemed like the culmination of him being pretty sick and tired of no one being open, lol.

To the best of my knowledge, a "void year" is a built in "fake" year where the player is on the books, but not on the roster. If you look, Bosa is on the books for 7 mil next year as a void year, even tho he signed a "1 year deal" with the Bills. It's all smoke and mirrors, basically. But the dead cap hit is very, very real.

His 11mil is on the books for next year as a "void year" according to spotrac. "Restructure" is usually just another word for "kicking the can" on the books.

This actually explains a lot! Beane for his faults has navigated keeping us under the cap with these massive contracts very eloquently. No doubt he is better with the books than making the decision of who to give the money to. I'm not sure to what extent you can credit Gettleman's panthers scouts for Beane's early drafts here, but it's a VERY interesting point you make that the trio of McD, Beane and Gettleman all rode the coattails of that 2015 Panthers season -- and it's even more interesting when you realize they had the lowest strength of schedule in the league that year before the wheels came off and guys started to lose their jobs one by one in the seasons to follow. And yeah I mean you have to question Beane's competency in how he has built this team for the past several years. Even if you like Bernard and Milano at their best (and right now they both are playing like trash)- how much money can you strategically tie up in two undersized, oft-injured linebackers? I mean that's not a reasonable allocation of assets no matter how you slice it. The Gettleman connection is very interesting and probably oft-overlooked. His entire tenure with the Giants the fans and media railed about "outdated thinking" and "nepotism" - so it's very telling that those complaints come up in the Bills organization a lot these days.

Yeah that's what I meant with "whatever that's worth" lol Biggest arm canon in the league and we draw up screen routes at the line of scrimmage. SMDH.

The Browns have great coaches on both of sides of the ball. I would take either- or even BOTH next year if available. It's a shame their roster is such a walking punchline. How they've won any games last few years is a mystery to me.