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Example: he tags Beane as "sensitive" saying PFF "had to" change the way they grade free agent signings because Beane called them up to complain about the way they graded the Matt Khalil signing. He's got to be talking about the Carolina Panthers signing Matt Kalil in 2017. Beane was not the GM who signed Matt Kalil. He was assistant GM and probably had some involvement - but also absolutely no "skin in the game" for how the Panthers got "graded" by PFF for that signing since he must have known he was on his way to Buffalo. Dave Gettleman was that GM. Now I don't know how Gettleman runs things, but in general, assistants do not take it upon themselves to call up a company their organization does business with and threaten them. They might make that call- but only at the behest of the actual GM. The other thing is: PFF "sells" themselves as being objective and analytic-based in their grading. So if they changed it in response to customer pressure, what does that say about PFF?

Anthony Prohaska and the Cover1 guys say "Hi" Whether you like them or not, separate issue, but they're not 60+ and don't have grey beards Matt Parrino and Ryan Talbot more fluff and less technical but also not 60+ with grey beards

And that, my friends, is the bottom line.

I'm curious about that walking pad/stand up desk setup Since it's peak off-season, can you say more?

I know they claim a person can return to golf, tennis, swimming, and "light" weight training I dunno about "almost being back to normal" for an athlete

The thing is, I think if you asked most of these guys who had a moderate degree of success in the league or better ..... .they would tell you they don't regret a minute of it Many of us have significant injuries that either hinder or prevent some activities from something outside our control..an accident while driving or at our "little jobs", without the adrenaline rush and glory that is sports at a high level

He's not talking about his route running ability, but his ability to release and get off the line. Stevie was amazing there, to the point where I heard the coaches didn't want him to practice their release drills. It was like "whatever you do, we can't improve on it and we don't want to tamper with it" Stevie was not a precise route runner. He excelled in Chan Gailey's offense where Chan taught "beat your man, get to the spot", not so much in SFO or SDG where the expectation was to run an exact route. That's how it looked, but a good bit of it was the receiver having options, and needing to be on the same page as the QB (and give the QB good body language) about what he was going to do. We've seen that with Josh a few times. There was one notable play where he was actually penalized for "intentional grounding" when it seemed quite obvious to the announcers and most people in the stadium that it was an option route and the receiver and he weren't on the same page. One of the film guys even diagrammed the route options and what Josh expected and why.

They called the offense "Air Coryell". Steve Fairchild and then Greg Olson were the OCs. It was the descendent of the "Greatest Show on Turf" offense Martz took to two Superbowls. In its successful implementation, it was built o a vertical passing game opened up by a strong run game (though Marshall Faulk had a lot of receiving yards). In their SB year, Isaac Bruce and Torrey Holt both rocked 15 Y/R The QB had to know exactly where he was gonna go with the ball and be willing to stand in the pocket and take a hit to get it there. But what kind of verbiage they used, pffft can't tell you.

? when did Ryan Fitzpatrick play in a West Coast system? What did Bill O'Brien run in Houston - thought that was E-P like? Fitz best season was with the Jets...under Chan Gailey....E-P system

I read it differently - that he had back injuries playing sports and recovered easily, but then had car accidents with serious injuries and surgery? Hmmmm.

Wow, it sounds as though you've gone through a lot...but the question is, with a back injury at almost 30, were you out there playing football 2 weeks from the injury?

"Great player, but we're used to playing with out him" -GB What's Your Point? (Hint: I was not enthused by the Bosa signing, for just this reason)

We know all about this with our regular season wins over the Chiefs.

Yeah I wish we hadn't waited until I was 39. Heck with HS graduation, I went to kindergarden to read and had little kids asking if I was the grandparent. Ouch. The exhaustion will subside. For a few years. It was a journey but one I'm glad we took. And I agree, single-parenting wouda killed me.

Not necessarily - the other strategy is to try to draft the high floor, low ceiling guy less likely to shine but less likely to flop, either

More detail: Burgers and fries at the afterparty, too - def. peak "Football Wedding", OL-pleasing style https://pagesix.com/2025/06/16/style/hailee-steinfeld-reveals-details-on-her-wedding-dress-that-left-josh-allen-stunned/ And, guests in formalwear jumped in the pool at the end of the night (3 am)

Thank you Buff I shall avail myself of your kind permission. People IMHO get way too excited by 40 times, especially now a days when a good number of players train specifically for the 40 yd dash. Some training that improves a 40 time is applicable to football, like sprints, plyo, deadlifts. But a good bit of it is "pajama olympics", like training for the best acceleration out of a 3 point stance. Josh Allen ran what? a 4.75 second 40? Pat McAfee said to him his rookie year "I think you play faster than that" to which Josh replied "Thank you, I think I do too". Allen's first couple years were notable for defenders taking bad angles to run him down because he was, in fact, faster (and more nimble) than he looked and than his 40 time led them to expect. Those days are gone. Explosion, cutting ability, and the ability to create deception with body cues are all at least equally relevant and while there is a correlation between fast 40 times and playing speed, it's just a correlation. I think you implied the problem fans have with Coleman in your last sentence there. "He has a lot of room to grow and become a really good football player". The problem fans have, is that being drafted with the Bills first pick, fans expected him to walk in and ALREADY BE a really good football player. Instead, Coleman fits Beane's "type" for drafting at the end of the 1st round exactly - an athletic, high ceiling, low floor guy with a world of potential but also a lot of growth needed to realize it.

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2025/06/bills-qb-josh-allen-had-rockstar-moment-at-wedding-hailee-steinfeld-says.html Now we know why we haven't seen much from the wedding - "No Cell Phones" An afterparty with a DJ, cigar bar, grilled cheese sandwiches and cookies with milk sounds like peak football wedding, though Snap you got there first.

I think a key difference with the Pats winning 11 with Cassel and anything the Bills might do without Josh is the fundamental difference between the two teams. The Patriots offense under Brady was built on "do your job" precision and timing. Know who the open guy will be, hit him in stride and let him get RAC. Oh and if you shut that down, we'll run over you until you prove you can stop us. The Bills offense most of the time Josh has been here, is far more dependent on Josh creating something when there was nothing there. Even the run game we had last season, IMO is sometimes facilitated because like LJax, the D needs to keep awareness that Josh might run. So it was far more possible to plug a very average QB into the Brady-years Pats system and have him succeed.

Pssssst. The Bills have basketball hoops in their indoor training facility, and guys play some pickup half court after practices. McDermott countenances it if not encourages it because he thinks it fosters competitive spirit. When he was newer to the league, you used to see Josh Allen distracted by the hoop goings on during interviews - he would be answering questions with one ear and pining to be over there with the other. Imagine watching 5'8" Cole Beasley doing windmill dunks after practice.

I hope he dunked on Diggs

I'd take that depending upon how you see Palmer, Moore, and Samuel

Any MLB looks better if the players around him are assignment-sound

I'm not there yet. Against the Ravens during the regular season, Williams was playing next to Baylon Spector and the D as a whole had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day. In the playoffs he was playing as part of a 4-3 base he'd played in a bit, but we don't play it that much. But the reason that coaches like Andy Reid and John Harbaugh have been around and successful as much as they have been, is that they are extremely thorough in drilling into film to understand exactly what the defensive assignments will be given their offensive set and their known playcall tendencies from that set. Then they figure out how to exploit those assignments to put defenders in unfavorable roles. I think it's fair to say that we've met Terrel Bernard and we've met Matt Milano and Dorian Williams is not Bernard or Milano. But I think it's a long step from there to say that his understanding of the defense is a problem. McDermott is on record expressing he feels players often struggle their second season for various reasons and then really take a step in their third. So we'll see.

I think this may happen