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That's a shallow take. JAG with no redeeming qualities don't collect 200 yds on 8 receptions in a playoff game vs KC or even 85 on 4 (but all critical, high DOD shoestrings) The issue with Gabe is that his play shows a very high ceiling, but it's inconsistent.

The Bills expect all their WR and TE to block, if nothing else downfield or on bubble screens. One reason we struggled with those is that Beasley didn't (well), and his first couple years Knox wasn't so good at them either. Kincaid needs to learn to block. Doesn't mean the Bills will be using him in-line as a 6th OLman, but he needs to be able to block, it's part of the job.

He's not wrong though. Josh was forcing in those throws to Davis last season, resulting in Davis leading the league in INT per target on throws to him He had 6, and he's the only WR with less than 100 targets and that many INT on throws to him. There might be one or two of those Davis should have come back for or contested more aggressively, but mostly they're Josh's fault, and he needs to change what he's seeing/doing a bit.

And this is where we sit with Shakir. He's not a bad player, but depending upon him as our #3 (just like depending upon Davis as our #2) puts the Bills at a stark disadvantage at WR vs a handful of teams with 2 or even 3 top WR. The only guy on the team last season who could consistently make that "ooohs" and "aaaahs" catch was Diggs. Hopefully Kincaid joins him.

I heard he's been playing with the 1st and sometimes 2nds and scarcely coming off for a sip of water. They seem to be pushing to get him all the reps they safely can (and maybe more than, though Rochester is a relatively good environment for moderate heat/humidity

The thing about a guy like Ray, is that to my understanding NFL practice squad guys make more than CFL starters. So he can possibly be stashed on the practice squad in case of injury, and he would be benefiting financially while working for a chance.

This Buffalo Rumblings guy is lighting it up.

If you're wondering how many snaps during games he's actually missed, this information is readily available at sites like https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2022.htm

The point is, he started as the backup WLB last season, and if he doesn't win, he's at least the backup MLB. Or maybe backing up both. And maybe he'll put on some beef and win the job next season. Or maybe he won't. But the team won't hit the shot they don't take.

That's a good sign, but it's also not a good sign that it's worthy of remark.

He's missed one game in 2021 and one game in 2022. How much time do other linebackers miss?

I think he didn't change it, he clarified it because it was being misinterpreted. He meant the same thing both times - this is the NFL, it's not Tulane, we'll see how much he can handle and if he can handle learning both, he'll learn both but chances are we'll start him at WLB his first season then look at MLB

I thought Dodson looked ok against Pitts. In fact I thought he looked pretty good. You? It's worth noting that vs Minn, we were starting Jackson and Benford at CB and Damar Hamlin and Cam Lewis at S. It was Benford's 2nd game not splitting snaps (Elam was inactive). But, there is a reason they claimed AJ Klein off waivers 5 days after that game.

They said they'd see how much he could handle, but their thinking was they'd start him at WLB, right after the draft.

Def. showing leadership, but it's one thing to show leadership and another to read your keys and be in the right place at the right time doing the right thing. Which I'm not saying he wasn't, but if they assessed the film from the first 5 practices and decided Dodson and Bernard were significantly ahead, they got to roll with that.

They discussed the plan at the time. They like him, they don't want to overload him, they plan to start him learning WLB and playing ST this season and develop from there. The MLB is a complex role, he has to not only know his role but the role of the other LB, the nickel, the DBs on every play call and then how that changes with pre snap and post snap motion.

Theoretically possible, but given that the other two actually have starts at LB and Spector has limited snaps on ST and was inactive most of last season.... ....unlikely. I think you are taking what Beane said out of context.

I don't think Hamlin would accept that. I could be wrong. Jaquan Johnson is signed with the Raiders. Cam Lewis is still with the Bills and is making his case for a roster spot. I don't think Hamlin was in competition for the pro bowl or AP-1. But I thought he was a solid player in the Bill's system. He hadn't had a lot of playing time on defense before last season because Poyer and Hyde were so durable - saw defensive snaps in 6 games in 2021 with only one game over 20%. So he did have a learning curve. But by midseason I thought he was looking like he belonged - not at a level that would keep the Bills from looking for another safety in 2023 if Hyde couldn't return, but like he belonged. I also think the Bills do like Jared Mayden, who has ~6 games of starting experience for the 49ers and Philly. If I had to pick right now, I'd say Poyer Hyde Hamlin Rapp Right. And people forget that Hyde and Poyer didn't pop onto an NFL field looking like all-pros in their first games. Hyde had played for 4 years and started ~2 seasons worth of games when he came to Buffalo. Poyer had started 10 games in Cleveland. Both had 4 years of NFL experience.

Dorian Williams is, per Beane and McDermott, not in the rotation for MLB this season. He will be backing up Milano. The MLB rotation has been Dodson-Bernard-Spector. The kerfluffle is that on Tuesday, which would have been Spector's day, Dodson ran with the 1sts. So the question is, does that mean Spector is out of the race, or was it just a switch-around for some reason?

Must we do this? Apparently we must. "McKenzie has never had a year in his career as good as the 2021 Harty had" By what criteria? Yards? Ok. Receptions? Advantage, McKenzie. 1D? McKenzie. TD? McKenzie Catch %? McKenzie (click to be able to read) And don't overlook that "Best Ability is AVAIL ability" mantra of Sean McDermott. "Crowder hardly even played" He broke his leg the 4th game of the season with the Bills, you know that, right? It can be "not better than what we saw on the field last year" if Hardy can't stay available and if it turns out Sherfield needed Hill and Waddle on the same team to be able to be productive. I'm on team "theoretically, we improved". Theoretically, Sherfield > Kumerow as a WR and Harty has a higher ceiling than McKenzie - IF he can stay healthy. But games aren't played in theory, they're played on grass or turf on Sunday.

"Ignore" doesn't ignore when the post is quoted. So if you ignore someone who, on occasion, posts something good, there's an excellent chance that someone will quote it and you'll see it.

It means I answered your question. Simple as that You'd never know I answered it if from your response. And dude, seriously - this is a message board. People can respond to your post specifically or to any part of your post specifically. We are not limited to the premise of the topic, or to the entirely of your post, or the point you feel we should discuss. It's frustrating sometimes, when I make a nice post and people pick out one little bit to respond to - but that's Life on a Message Board. Dude, seriously? You need this answered? Briefly, the Dolphins W-L record, the quality of their offense and defense as shown by league ranking, and their single playoff appearance and loss, are not on the same par as the Bills. Yet. Meanwhile, the Bills W-L record, the quality of their offense and defense as shown by league ranking, and their playoff appearances and wins, along with their two regular season victories and the "13 seconds" very close Divisional game in 2021, are thought by most football-knowledgeable people to put them in the same conversation as the Chiefs. Equal, no, in the same convo, yes. The Dolphins, for the past four seasons, are 5-11, 10-6, 9-8, 9-8. They've been to one playoff game, and lost it. We're in their division, we play twice a season, they know us well and play us hard, especially when we have to go to Miami early in the season where they par-broil their opponents. They have a new coach, maybe they're like the 2019 Bills and they're on the rise and will take the league by storm this season. Maybe Vic Fangio will have their defense Rockin' and Rollin. But until they show that, the idea that they're in the same conversation as the Bills rates Not Proven. The analogous thing would be if someone asked a KC fan, Why aren't the Chargers spoken about in the same breath as the Chiefs? In 2020 and 2021, they've beaten you. They were 10-7 last season, were within 3 points of beating the Chiefs and could have beaten you both games, went to the playoffs where they could have won (within 1 point). They could be a team on the rise. But until they show they are, they're not talked about in the same breath as the Chiefs because they haven't, overall, yet, shown that they deserve to be. Maybe stop trying to square circles?

I don't know. But evidently Josh is big into Deez Nutz jokes, all day all the time in the Bills facility.