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Fair.

I could be wrong but that doesn't look like Sean Payton to me. And this is what sucks about social media (see what I did there? lol). Some dude named Joe Bagwell whose profile says he's from Taiwan, joined in twitter in 2016, and has 15 (fifteen) followers (!!!!) posts something and calls it Sean Payton, then some Jets fan picks it up and next it'll be all over the blogoverse. Looks legit to me (not)

I don't think Sean Payton and Nathaniel Hackett are gonna be "besties" any time soon.

See above. It's Beane's pattern. He'll take a shot on "elite traits" guys and count on them being able to be coached up. Sometimes that works, and sometimes that doesn't.

This is a valid point. Some people like to carry on as though every 1st round pick (or 2nd round pick) on every other team is a "hit". But the truth is, the effects of coming into sudden wealth, the increased level of competition in the NFL, the length of the season....all have an impact. About 1/3 of first round picks don't pan out, and another fraction become football players, but not the stars the team hoped for. The Bills/Beane do have a pattern of taking draft shots on higher ceiling/lower floor players who sometimes take longer to develop (and, in this world of FA, then play well for only 1-2 years before hitting the big payday). I would frankly class Tremaine Edmunds as one of those.

Kumerow isn't on the Bills team. He's currently not on any team. He's a free agent. I expect he's still recovering from late-season back surgery, and he may be signed closer to the start of the season if he has a good workout. Or, at age 31, he may be done.

Couplea things then Imma let this go It's not, really. We need a guy who, as Reid said to Mahomes before KC tied it up: "When it looks grim, Be the Grim Reaper". But yelling at or shaming a guy from the distance during the game won't help him make that shift. So, we'll have to agree to disagree here. Listening to your elite weapon is important. Screaming at your QB is not appropriate, and in any case, you'll get what Diggs got - Allen ignoring him. Constructive ways to be heard are to approach the QB and share some observation about how the defense is covering you, how you can run a route to get open against that. Beasley did that kind of thing with Josh. Kelce famously did it with Mahomes, leading to "13 seconds". If Diggs wants to see the Bills push that rock over the top, then he needs to look at himself and see what he can do to help Josh be better. To his credit, he did say some stuff to that effect in his presser yesterday that seem to have mostly gone unremarked by media focused on the Minicamp kerfluffle. Something to the effect of "I can do more to help him. I WILL." Yes, Diggs has been extremely productive for the Bills, in 3 regular seasons and in the 2020 playoffs. In 2021 playoffs, he was contained or shut down, 3 receptions on 4 targets for 60 vs NWE, 3 receptions on 6 targets for 7 yds vs KC. 2022, 4 receptions on 10 targets for 4 yards. That indicates a need for communication - but that communication had best be about how they're playing him and when he can get open better. And I'm not saying that 4 receptions on 10 targets is on Diggs - I know some of the throws were off-target - but I think a couple of them he could have had. Diggs needs to find a way to be more productive in the playoffs, to whatever extent that's within his control. And it may critically depend upon Josh having better receiving weapons behind Diggs.

Well, since that was a factor both in the Bengals debacle and the loss to the Jets....maybe the receivers need to be practicing their catching skills with wet footballs and a juggs.

I hope you're right, and certainly the contract the Bills offered him makes it clear they think he's got more to offer there than McKenzie did. But the problem we've historically faced with smurf players who have better skills than most opponents, is that when it comes to playoff football where the refs put their whistles away and "let the players play" (aka let the DBs mug the WR) they get neutralized. Early reports are that Sherfield is playing gunner on ST opposite Neal. The question with Sherfield isn't "is he a game changer on offense?" but "has he shown himself to be a better offensive contributor - a better WR - than Kumerow was?" The answer is pretty clearly "yes. Yes, he has."

I think if you could combine Benford and Elam you'd have a heckuva player. Elam is still getting "lost in space" in zone coverage. He's still thinking about it and not just see-and-react, it makes him a step slow. He can man up though. Benford has the zone coverage down. He understands what he's supposed to do and when and why. He's got "zone eyes" (so does Dane). But he's not gonna win against the top receivers in man coverage.

I don't think Kincaid will have the blocking chops to act as a fullback, not first thing as a rookie, anyway. JMO based on scouting reports pre-draft. If he learns to release off the line against press man and outfight physical NFL play as a receiver, that will be enough.

I mean yes, but during the days when the Bills WR were John Brown, Cole Beasley, and Isaiah McKenzie, physical press man teams just mugged them in press man, and took them away. A small guy can play bigger than his size, and a big guy won't necessarily play physically enough, but other things being equal, size does matter.*** ***obligatory "That's What She Said"

This is contradictory. "(Dorian) Williams with the 3s" from Brown; Dorian Rapp and Bernard with the ones from Buffalo Fanatics.

LOL What, you don't believe Stefon when he tilts his handsome 'lil head to the side and tells the media "I missed you"?

I gotta find the rest of this interview and listen 👀🍿 Wow. Just....Wow. I guess when you're Sean Payton, you aren't too worried about burning bridges in the "small world" of the NFL.

I mean what, do you want them to hand Elam the job if he isn't progressing in understanding his role and how to defend in a zone defense well enough? Reports from camp yesterday was that he was giving up receptions in coverage, while running with the 2's. People have a Jones here talking about how McDermott won't play rookies (or young players) for mysterious reasons even though the poor trodden upon rookies are so much better than the guy who is out there. News flash, when rookies have been better than the alternative, they've played. Tre White: 16 starts as a rookie. Dion Dawkins: 11 starts as a rookie Zay Jones: 10 starts as a rookie (no, he wasn't good, but he was better than the alternative) Tre Edmunds: 15 games as a rookie (again, made mistakes, but better than the alternative) Ed Oliver: 7 starts as a rookie, including being benched for a few games. Phillips was better. Cody Ford: 15 starts as a rookie As a team overall improves, and is more attractive to FA, it becomes harder and harder for a rookie to be "better than the alternative" But the truth is, rookies get playing time if they deserve it by being better than the alternative, and lose playing time if they don't. And deserving isn't limited to a few good plays fans see, it means understanding the play call and their role and being in the right place doing the right thing every play.

It's raining, it's pouring

OK, this issue is settled. So, that's how we came to have a TikTok of Stefon Diggs dancing in the streets with a group of young Orthodox Jewish guys. Overall, pretty cool story. Question: is there such a thing as a non-Kosher campfire?