Ethan in Cleveland

Wow. You couldn't be more wrong. Blitizing elite QBs is a recipe for disaster. And no I'm not calling Tua elite but he is accurate enough to beat the blitz. Getting pressure on the QB rushing 4 is the best way to win. Now you can rush four guys in a multitude of different ways - stunts and zone blitzes for instance. But sending more than 4 guys against good to elite QBs will get your burned more than not.

OP 3rd and long like it or not is a drop everyone deep defensive call for almost all teams across the league. Then you hope one of your three guys can beat their block to hurry the QB. Allen would like nothing more than to see them rush 5 and give Diggs,Davis, or Knox a 1:1 situation on 3rd and long. You can scream for more blitzes all you want but they just aren't going to happen. I just can't see how McD play calling will be any different than Frazier. The only hope for the defense is Miller and Rousseau developing into pass rushers. Beane crapped the bed with Epenesa and Basham picks. I still hate the Oliver pick. He will never be the inside pass rusher they hoped. Bills have the secondary to contain most teams. I believed Edmunds was a fraud and a myth that he took away passing options with his length. Will be interesting to see if I was right or wrong. McD should play to his strengths and play a deep cover shell and force teams to play perfect football to beat them. Bills have an offense that can outscore anyone. The D just needs a few stops or forced FGs a game to win.

Lol. Tre even in his prime could not handle Hill one on one. Not even a knock on Tre. There are so few CBs that can play man coverage at an elite level. Tre was an elite zone corner. He is not and never was an elite man cover corner. Unfortunately I'm afraid Sauce may be one of those guys and Diggs will have to face him twice a year.

Lofton was great but I idolized Butler and Cribbs as a kid. Still remember Butler coming back from knee surgery only to break his leg on a TD catch from Kelly against the Dolphins.

Reed Moulds Diggs Butler Knox Thurman at RB

Another post with no idea what Davis does on this team. Thank you

Agree. I cant beleive this is his actual diet and I'm not downplaying nutrition. Its critical for elite athletes and if they don't choose to follow the teams nutrition recs then they better have their own nutritionist.

How many years of playing in CFL before they qualify for the international player program that doesn't count against the roster?

OP you glossed over the workout part and attributed his physique only to genetics. He's burning more calories in that one am workout than we do in a week of workouts.

And they have to play a #1 schedule unlike years past I was talking time zones not air travel time. West coast teams that have to travel east and play 1pm games (10am for them) have it worse than an East coast team that has to travel west and play a 1pm(4pm for them) game. Haven't checked the stats in a few years but my recollection it was a decent sized disadvantage.

Losman's knee. Unfortunately he didn't end his career so we had to suffer a couple more seasons with him. He went to the playoffs with Mac Jones Brady, Belichick, the OL coach, and a solid kicker were the only constants during their dynasty. Brady and BB won with defense, with offense, with old and with young, with new players and guys on the roster forever. Their dynasty does not happen if both aren't there together. QB trumps HC all the time but look how many making QBs can't overcome bad coaching.

Bills have a top 3 QB and multiple other good to great players. They could easily only win 10 or 11 games and still be an excellent team come playoff time. The AFC is loaded and it will be hard for any team to get to 13 wins. Anything less than a deep playoff run however will be a massive disappointment and another black mark on this coaching staff. We all know we are stuck with McDermott so all we can do is hope Allen wills this team to a SuperBowl just as Manning did with Dungy.

No Kim and more Terry seems unwise

I think we get it. We understand why better players get different treatment. We are saying it is hypocritical. Both are true.

I am excited to see what Baker can do. He almost beat Mahommes on the road in the playoffs with a bad Cleveland team. Then he plays hurt for almost an entire year and the Browns get rid of him and trade for a sexual predator. Not saying he is great but he is far better than Darnold and obviously the other Josh. Will be interesting to see if he gets a new national commercial in his new city.

Takeo Spikes being cheered by Bills fans in Buffalo when he was still a Bengal. He was a pending free agent and would sign with Buffalo a few months later.

Brutal franchise altering injury

Carl Byrum - crossed the picket line and played with the replacement players

Good topic. Jones is the least talented of all of them. No idea why they gave him a contract extension. They will regret that move over the next couple of years. I defend Jackson on this board a lot. He's a much better QB than many on here post. However he's now been injured two seasons in a row. If I was Baltimore GM I would have tagged and forced him to play under the tag for one year and then let him walk. I think he is talented but I would not have taken the risk of that many dollars for a guy that may have trouble staying healthy. Jets made a wise calculated risk. They have a championship caliber defense and some young stars on offense. I don't think they did enough on the o-line to protect Rodgers. But he will be so much better than Zach Wilson who I predicted pre-draft would be a bust. Rodgers experience should help cover up for some of the o-line deficiencies. But why Hackett as your OC? Makes no sense. He's terrible and makes Gase and Nagy almost look competent. Unreal. Carr? I care so little I'm not even going to bother to remind myself which team he signed with. New Orleans?

Oh this should be interesting to see how Cleveland tries to spin this one. Happened after my morning commute. Will listen to radio on the way home.

I will take overrated NFL players for $200 Alex

My guess is the only way to make room for Hopkins was to redo White and Dawkins deals. Beane doesn’t want to do that because both of them are possible cap cuts next season. Dawkins is average at best. White didn’t look good coming off injury. If he returns to form then they have a top corner locked up on a decent contract for a few more years. If he does not then they have three guys on cheaper deals they can play and move White to safety with a new deal or outright cut him. It’s harsh but that’s the NFL with guys on large contracts coming off injury.

Wow you are correct. $36M for a journeyman. Holy hell. The rest of their roster must be awful to have that kind of cap space left over.

AFC South is garbage. He has a far better chance to make the playoffs with Titans than he did with the Pats. Bills and Chiefs simply did not have the cap room to compete with the teams with QBs on lesser deals. Agreed. Maybe just maybe Dorsey will figure out how to set up a screen as well

Well that is a major issue in baseball. The players union is always accusing MLB owners of hiding the money when they claim small market teams lose money. MLB won't show them the books. I dont think it is the same in NFL though