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Colts were one of the first teams to announce their complete practice squad They have 3 WR on it (Amari Rodgers, Mike Strachan, Juwann Winfree)

No, Josh on Pat McAfee said Diggs was voted C.

So Kirksey and Dale not confirmed by Bills, and only 14 names listed above But Shorter and Spector to IR, re-signing Reid Ferguson and signing Germain Ifedi now confirmed. It's interesting, they've got a couple of names on there I didnt hear much about - Brown, Jarvis, Thompson, Vickers. Anyone got info?

I think when he's healthy, Harty has the potential to be a better, more dynamic player than McKenzie ever was. I think he's better at tracking the ball deep, has a better release, may even run better routes. But I think everyone ought to be concerned about using "Harty" and "the best ability is Availability" in the same sentence.

Destin Adams is a Colts "beat writer" and "NFL Insider" for the Colts

You're correct. There are no protections this season. Any PS player is a free agent, and may be offered a contract on the 53 man roster by another team at any time. After the contract is offered, the player may accept or decline. The only time the player HAS to accept is if he's elevated to the 53 man roster and then waived. I think each player still gets 3 free elevations where they automatically revert without waivers, and of course vet players aren't subject to waivers until after the trade deadline. The pay differential is significant between PS and 53 man roster. Practice squad players with less than 2 years get $16,000 per week; vets get $16-$20,600 per week. Vet minimum for a rookie on the 53 man roster is $44,118 per week; vets >2 yrs get $63,529 per week.

Bills Practice squad signings reported as of 3:55 pm Eastern time: Andy Isabella (WR) - v Tyrell Shavers (WR) Ty Johnson (RB) Joel Wilson (TE) Richard Gouraige (OL) Christian Kirksey (LB) - v Eli Ankou (DT) - v Cameron Kilne (DE) DJ Dale (DT) Ja'Marcus Ingram (CB) Kyron Brown (CB) Room for 5 more guys, 3 more vets v - veteran with more than 2 yrs on NFL roster, maximum of 6 per squad. ? means I'm not sure if they count.

I believe it's 6 weeks, and just to be clear the Bills haven't indicated an injury settlement with Barkley. So the earliest Bills could resign Barkley would be injury settlement weeks + 6 weeks, 10 weeks in your example.

Add in, in 2021 the Jets drafted another QB 2nd overall...only to give up a bunch of picks for the privilege of paying a 39 yr old vet the big bucks In other words, I agree with you that perhaps the Jets aren't the best example to hold up for exemplary drafting.

I'm not entirely ginned up on the PS rules (actually I try but they give me a headache). However, the Bills placed Barkley on season-ending IR yesterday. They can release him with an injury settlement, but then they are barred from signing him for 6 weeks AFTER the # of weeks in the injury settlement. PRETTY SURE that includes a signing to the PS

So....the Colts are going to go into the season with 3 WR on the active roster? And 5 TE?

Does anyone have a list or summary of signings? No joke, other teams have put out their entire PS already!

I See No Lies. Will be interesting to see who the Colts have claimed on Waivers.

What's interesting, is that this leaves them with three (3) WR on their active roster They already released James Washington and Breshad Perriman, then waived D.J. Montgomery, Amari Rodgers, and Mike Strachan (they signed the latter 3 to their practice squad) Meanwhile, as of yesterday, they had five (5) TE 🤷‍♂️

Of course he could, What's Your Point?

Keep in mind we can only approach veterans to sign to our PS at this point (up to 6) Everyone else, must wait until after noon today for them to clear waivers

Well, players have in the past. Back when the Bills were a bad team, it happened actually that we would try to sign players off another team's PS and they would say "no thanks, I'm Good". The other reason is if a guy is offered to the 53 as strictly an injury replacement, and the team will cut him in 4 weeks when the injured player returns. Isabella, as a 2nd round pick, made some $ his first 3 years in the league and if he was prudent with it, can afford to "bet on himself" and try to refresh his career, by staying where he thinks he's got the best chance of that even if it means less $$.

Ifedi is this year's Ty Nsekhe/Daryl Williams, and that's not a Good Sign for Brown. For those who don't remember, in 2019 the Bills had rookie Cody Ford starting at RT, but hedged their bets signing journeyman Ty Nsekhe, who only took 1 start but wound up playing 1/3 of the offensive snaps there. The next year we signed Daryl Williams who quickly won the RT job outright over Ford, Got Paid, and sucked the next season. Bates has looked decent this preseason by all accounts. Anderson has taken snaps at C.

If by "analytics sites" you mean PFF, I think they aren't too valid in their abilities to grade OL play, not knowing the specifics of the assignments. Same for the eyeballs - we can say "Morse got blown up", but was it that Edwards lost his man and should have had help, or that Torrence passed his guy to Morse but shouldn't have? There are times when Josh/Dorsey come out with a quick passing game, but far more often than not (and under Daboll as well) it seemed they were going for the vertical game. So yeah, we'll have to agree to disagree. I go with Greg Cosell, who has watched and interpreted more film than everyone on this site x100. If he says "average, not better", maybe he knows something.

Dude, Just Stop. Go root for New England or the Dolphins or whoever it is you're actually a fan of, I can't keep track. What's undeniable is that the Bills had the #2, #3, and #2 offense the last 3 seasons. You don't achieve that with a line that is "more a liability than an asset". You simply don't, especially when your QB always wants to go for the "kill shot" and hates to check it down. Yes, some of that is the unreal play of one Joshua Patrick Allen, but as Dawkins said in one recent interview - that's both a blessing and a curse. Allen will often extend plays, and that demands more of the line; other QB behind lesser lines will hit the quick slant or flat and let their player gain 5 yards, which makes their line look better. Have the Bills had a top OL? No, it's been average, no better. But also no worse.

I'm so confused. Now we can't sign players who have played for teams who have PLAYED Carolina?

Or rather, they are limited only by the fact that there are 24 hrs in the day, 60 minutes in the hour. Someone here (I won't say who it was, in case I'm wrong) made the point he assumed football players make extensive use of professional "escorts" during the season and that their agents/personal assistants help them set it up. It makes a lot of sense, even for a guy who enjoys clubbing and "the chase" during the off-season. Pursuit takes time, and there's always the chance that the woman in question will end the evening with "no" to the actual act, will air your business on social media, or will turn out to be some form of grifter. If a guy wants pleasant companionship and/or sexual satisfaction, I'm pretty sure there are a variety of beautiful women who are willing to take care of whatever he wants for a suitable number of unmarked bills along with regular health testing, confidentiality guarantees, and little chance of misunderstandings about the woman's age or what's wanted. When you make enough to afford private jet travel, those women can come from just about anywhere, and arrive just about anywhere, any time. Not into Buffalo during an actual blizzard or LA during an actual tropical storm, but just about any other time.

Indeed. There are a couple of Beane patterns that we can see in his drafting. One is, that when he believes we need help at a position, he will often "belt and suspenders" it - instead of going "all in" on one player, he will hedge his bets and acquire several candidates through draft and mid to low tier FA. After the 2020 season, he decided we needed to "affect the QB". He had to do this with bottom of the round draft position and very limited FA $$ due to Covid. So #1 (Pick 30) was a shot at a high ceiling, low floor guy - Greg Rousseau, physically talented but what was described as "a concerning lack of functional edge experience" #2 was a guy who was felt to have potential as a "solid, average starter" National reaction after the Basham draft pick was generally that it was solid https://billswire.usatoday.com/2021/05/01/national-reactions-media-buffalo-bills-carlos-basham-jr-2021-nfl-draft-greg-rousseau-2/ It's 100% revisionist history for people to be all "It was a bad pick from the jump" blah blah. Maybe some of the guys who are saying that here ( @HappyDays?) have their receipts, but that simply wasn't the general viewpoint at the time. I didn't like it because there are a couple Beane habits that I'm not sure are constructive - one of them is doubling down on present needs, another is going for "high ceiling, low floor" guys who may have a higher bust rate. But the Basham pick exactly illustrates why my concern may be incorrect. Basham was seen at the time as a physically strong and technically sound player who might not be an NFL star, but who was a dependable bet to contribute. Rousseau was seen as a boom/bust guy. Yet Rousseau showed flashes as a rookie, and Basham never did seem to "get it" in the NFL. So the whole idea that Beane's "boom or bust" guys may have a higher wash-out rate than "steady eddie" may be flawed.

by "WGR" can we assume you mean the callers, not the hosts? The same callers who produced this gem?

Is that a real question? See my post above - when a guy says some of the stuff I quoted, it's entirely appropriate to question his understanding in general (IMO)