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Well I guess that is part of the point. He drafted Bernard and Williams to replace Edmunds? Using thirds on both. Did many people really think either was the answer at MLB? With free agent $ he resigned Dodson and Klein. Did anyone think that was the answer? Maybe McD thinks they can just plug anyone in that position or he thinks he/Beane think Bernard or Williams are the answer because he drafted him. I would rather have at least one ILB that can get the job done while those guys develop - Wagner, David, Long, Perryman, Bush, Alexander all signed deals that were manageable but we decided to bring back Dodson, Klein, Matakevich. Heck we spent another $7M on Floyd. We could have done that and still not impacted the money to spend on the O.

Patriots, Steelers replaced by Chargers, Fins. Packers, Hawks, Falcons replaced by Giants, Lions, Bears.

It’s not like guys like Bobby Wager, Lavante David, David Long, Devin Bush were available.

Good news.

The bills just signed an RB and OL. That is my point. Not saying I expect a starter to be picked up but they are not even taking a look. We have seen this before. I think on D McD thinks he can make anything work. Until it doesn’t. Last year we saw Klein picked up and starting days later.

It’s hard to understand the lack of action bringing in an MLB. We have brought in random RB and OL just to make a few. We clearly have lack of talent and depth at MLB but what has this team done? Are we waiting for cuts? Some believe the starting MLB is not even on this roster right now.

Not much talk of WR production. I expected to see more from Harty and Sherfield as #3 and #4 WR's. Saving it for the real Sunday's? Or is this going to be an issue.

Worse preseason performance in quite a number of years. And game 2 is when starters play the most so you expect some solid play. Last year it was the 42-15 win vs DEN when Josh led a 70 yd TD drive and was done. Bills led 28-6 at half with TD's on all 4 drives.

You look at the pieces of preseason games not the results. Who cares if your team wins, but you want your starters to look good in the few drives they have. You want the rookie to impress you. The battle for a position watch. You dont want dumb mistakes. A rookie to look lost. The new player not looking like an upgrade. A player returning from an injury looking slow. Dalton Kincaid has looked the part. So has Torrence. The false starts and penalties are concerning. The lack of preparation as well. Gabe Davis looks healthy. Cook does not look ready to carry the load. At least we have a decent RB room. Our new WR additions have not stood out. Harty and Sherfield have a few plays here and there but expected more. OL troubles have become more alarming than eased. We have a lot of capable guys on DL. MLB is a huge concern. Especially when our DB's look slow. The special teams game has not be stellar. And so forth. Scores dont matter, but that stuff does.

Types of penalties matter. PI, holds, etc are one things. Its the false starts that shows a lack of preparation. I went back and looked at last years penalties and not nearly the level of false starts and especially not by starting units.

False starts should not being happening like they did. That is 100% lack of focus and preparation. Its one thing to not play well. But those types of things are a concern.

Easy to read into to stuff when things like this are happening. But it did seem much of last year there was not a ton of energy with the team. A lot of going through the motions. Who knows, maybe they never recovered from 13 seconds? Maybe there are internal issues around what guys are getting rehired, extended, etc? Or maybe there is nothing. The people in the room are the only ones that really know.

We sucked. No sugar coating it. Our starters were worse than Steelers starters and back ups. Josh was quickly bailing the pocket even when OL blocked. Cook could not hit the holes. The play calling only worked on kick slants. Everything else was a mess. The D could not stop anything. Special teams sucked. A bazillion penalties. This was a classic stinker.

I asked that as well and have not received confirmation.

We still have starters in and can’t stop them

Explosive diarrhea

And the assist from Harty

Is Harty the smallest guy in the league? Looks tiny.

What is that 4 or 5 false starts

Can there really be a best on that drive. Kind of a small sample size.

I can’t think of a single positive in this game. 7 penalties O can’t sustain a drive D gives up long run and could not stop anything punt team sucked penalty on kick off mlb clearly bad secondary looks slow cook 3 for 3, that is 3 yards

Can anyone confirm the Bills have actually been practicing?

Brown sucks as expected. Maybe we should give me Peters a look asap. this game could not go worse. Only preseason but terrible and a wasted opportunity to get some work in for the starters. Now they likely sit next week and go week one without much work.

Starters getting smoked

We don’t need a mlb. Yeah right.