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Agree. I could be totally wrong (and I am often) but with the Steelers schedule this year I see them having a hard time winning 8 games or more.

I got one too. Been sitting in the closet for years. I'm waiting for Rousseau to become a beast and I'll get the nameplate changed. I told this story before...........it was a drunken purchase at the Ralph! LOL.

Josh is on the books with his 5th year option next year. Beane (as of now) has only $1M in cap space next year. I think he will sign a guy this year if it's someone he really wants is available at cutdown time, if not rolling over some of it has to be an option. Lot's of other guys to sign next year other than Josh.

Beane has enough cap to bring in a guy he really wants along with some injury insurance money. If nothing is needed rolling it over for next years signing is fine with me.

Wow. That's news to me!

I'm looking forward to see Antonio Williams among others.

Everyone signed and Beane has $9M in cap. Good job front office!

Roster is at 88 now. I still think there is a good chance the Bills bring in "camp legs" for PK and P. Personally I think it's the right thing to do. I don't want Haack and Bass kicking every kick in the 4th quarter of preseason games with 3rd stringers blocking. What if Haack or Bass have a strained leg? After all the Bills need a lot of kicks to find their new returners.

Without Ralph Wilson there would be no Buffalo Bills. Image of the stadium the night of Ralph's death.

One thing for certain is Hollister will give Knox some competition during camp/preseason. Something he hasn't had in the last 2 years. With Kroft never 100% healthy and Sweeney hurt last year Knox has been a default starter. I will hope that competition will bring out the best in all 3 of these guys and someone can step up enough to make the TE position at least adequate and not a weakness. I hope for the same at RB and the run game. Let's watch the preseason and let things play out. With some continued improvement from Josh he has the ability to make a "average" TE something more than "average".

The way I see it is the Bills will field the best starting 5 due to their combined pass blocking skills. That's the high priority. Run blocking is important but will only be determined AFTER the pass blocking consideration. It is quite obvious (I've posted this before) that last abridged off season was dedicated to the passing game. We all benefited from that. I predict that this camp/preseason will have a more balanced approach and the run game work and reps will be increased. I can see this improving the run game slightly. While it would be great to have the running game "yards per carry" to increase by 0.4 yards but ultimately keeping Josh upright and in the pocket trumps everything else. That goes for the RBs play too. I plan to watch the IOL battle this summer with all that in mind.

As I see it, barring injuries, it's most likely a camp battle between Addison and Obada.

It's kind of strange that there isn't a camp kicker and punter signed yet.

He's definitely on the outside looking in. Others have speculated there could be a trade coming up and DJ may have some late round value. If he doesn't find another team he could end up on the PS. Barring injuries there are just too many DLs so something has to give.

You could be totally correct about the Addison pay cut precluding a trade/cut but my comment was IF Obada way overperforms. If that happens I'm not positive what might happen. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Yes. He now puts team leaders like Josh in a tough position. You know that the national media will be all over this when camp starts. Cole can fix this and he should. He let his emotions get the better of him (we all have done this in our lives) but it's now up to him as to where it ends up.

True but I see it more as a numbers game if he shows up really well in the summer. If he makes to roster I see Addison as expendable. Hughes Addison Epenesa Obada Rousseau Basham I can't see them keeping all 6 plus 4 DTs. Then again maybe they do but it takes from another position group. I'm seeing a total of 9 DL.

Yes. The potential for it snowballing is as varied as the personalities and individual situations in OBD. Like I said, I hope is blows over and/or Cole realizes what his actions could produce for the team. There is a month for all this to change before camp starts.

I have high hopes that Efe Obada makes Addison irrelevant.

My hope is that they will not be put into any tough situations. My concern (I will state this again) is IF Cole does not follow the NFL/NFLPA agreed upon protocols what will be the result? Roger Goodell is not going to be the enforcer. That is going to be "delegated" to the individual teams. Beane, McDermott and the coaches will have to handle any "violations". IF fines and other punishments are handed out it will create tensions on the team in the minds of some players agreeing with Cole. IF they look the other way they lose authority and the respect of other players who may not of got the vaccine but did it for the team. The media will add it's IF's and a lot of other situations could arise. I once again HOPE none of this will happen but I can see consequences in Cole's actions. I don't envy Bills Management for what they might face.

The only way I see Addison cut/traded is if Efe Obada looks great in camp/preseason. Beane is not going to get rid of Hughes on his last year. He stays as the vet. Maybe a team that took some injuries at DE would be interested in a trade for Addison. He would carry a $5.4M cap hit so it would likely only be a 7th rounder. I kind of hope something like this would happen. IMO

Did I accidently click onto "Off the Wall"? This is about the NFL/NFLPA agreement not about the merits of the vaccine. I think I'll leave this thread now. Go Bills!

Which is going to put Beane and McDermott in a tough position. That is what I don't want to see. Cole can do what he wants but he is acting like he is going to be a problem child over this. I really hope this doesn't escalate and split the team. This is an NFL/NFLPA decision but somehow it's going to be the Buffalo Bills leadership that will suffer I fear.

My comment was not spiteful. I was just saying if you don't think any "news" at this time of year is relevant then why would you need to comment. You do what you got to do. Posy away!