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It's fully guaranteed, so they ain't gonna cut Big Ed. It'd be tough to get full value on a trade, because it's a 1 yr rental on a big contract. So my feeling is yeah, they're fully committed for 2023 because they'll get more if they use him for a year and then manage a comp pick if they don't want to extend him.

TBN article about the fashion designer responsible for this https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/designer-tom-marchitelli-josh-allen-kentucky-derby-suits-viral/article_d12a2e9a-ec69-11ed-864f-4be63f274610.html Apparently he makes suits for Jordan Poyer among others. So maybe we'll be seeing Josh changing up his style this fall.

Good grief Some ladies are not OK with the look: This one is more sedate, but obviously getting that perfect haircut for red carpet events is no longer on his to-do list ----- or, someone in his household's to-do list for him PS Mahomes right behind with the suit shenanigans

Hmmmm. Uncertain, but a valid and plausible response.

I don't think this is correct. Allen has missed game time for 2 injuries: 1) UCL injury as rookie in 2018 - helmet to elbow in pocket. Missed 4 games 2) concussion due to hit while running - Sept 2019. out for the game. did not miss more than 1 game, but that may be luck So of the game-time-lost injury, 1 was in pocket, 1 was outside pocket. 50-50. Allen has had other injuries but has not missed game time: 1) UCL tear 2022. No missed time but admitted after season it was a tear and it affected his throwing motion. Hit was in pocket 2) Turf toe 2021. While running 3) Knee injury 2020. While running; corkscrewed into the ground by Joey Bosa while trying to evade a tackle outside pocket. 4) "shoulder injury" 2020 trying to throw while being tackled vs. Raiders; outside pocket, trying to extend play. No time missed but quality of his play declined for about 4 weeks, and he was seen wearing a "linebacker brace" then tape on his shoulder. I believe that would be 3 injuries outside the pocket (75%), 1 injury inside the pocket; if you want to go by "while running vs while throwing", again 50-50. Fortunately he didn't miss time for these injuries but his abilities as a QB were impacted by at least 2 of them. Our new WR Harty missed most of last season with a turf toe so those can be serious, and there's an element of luck that the knee injury was minor In addition, a character in a book I like has a quote "no one told me my body would add up all the injuries and bruises I took in my 20s and send me a bill in my 30s". It's not just the reported injuries or observed injuries that are of concern; it's all the contusions and bruises and strains and minor sprains that add up over time. To maintain his efficiency as a QB over a long season, Allen has got to be smarter about how he runs (Slide! Get out of bounds!) and how he extends plays. If nothing else, some of his worst strip-sacks leading to points for the other team have been the result of trying too hard to extend plays. Check it down, throw it away, live to play another down. That's sort of like Willie Sutton's alleged answer when he was asked why he robs banks, isn't it? "That's where the money is" The vast majority of QBs spend most of their time in the pocket. Anyway, I'm 100% with Gunnerbill on this: to reduce the wear and tear on Allen, he needs better protection first and foremost. Ba da BING, @Westside for the win Beane has been stockpiling guys with YAC potential. Throw the ball to them and let them earn their salt. And, while we're at it, run if you wanna run, Josh, just SLIDE. What is your evidence for this? Or, while we're at it, for the notion that Allen needs a half-second longer than Burrow or Mahomes?

Just a little point that this is an article that re-hashes other articles without new information. It's based on a 4-18 press conference with Allen https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bills/2023/04/18/bills-qb-josh-allen-acknowledges-need-change-his-style-play/11688288002/ and Beane's 5-4 appearance on the Jim Rome show as quoted on Pro Football Talk https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/05/04/brandon-beane-glad-josh-allen-plans-to-be-a-little-bit-smarter-when-running-this-season/ What's my point, I suppose I don't really have one, but with a lot of news organizations laying off reporters and journalists who have worked hard in the industry for years, I guess I just want to say "be aware" if you're giving clicks to a site that might be parasiting off other folk's work. I dont' think it's plagiarism, they do identify the original sources of the info. But perhaps consider to give your clicks to the original journalists, or to local Buffalo journalists who actually attend the pressers etc. Well, also it's got some very peculiar English usage, as though it's written by someone who isn't proficient.

I Hear You. A more recent example was releasing Cole Beasley and believing some combo of Crowder, McKenzie, and/or 5th round pick Shakir could take his place. Crowder had played the role with the Jets, McKenzie had looked very good as an injury fill-in, so it should have worked OK. To be fair, the options got thinner when Crowder broke his leg. But, in this instance, the Bills appear to have allowed even more options: Klein, who played MLB in Carolina and filled-in here. Dodson, who has played MLB as a fill-in here. Last year's 3rd round pick Bernard. This year's 3rd round pick Williams. and late round pick Spector as the "dark horse". It's worth noting that McDermott managed to achieve #18 D on points in 2017 with Preston Brown (MLB), Ramon Humber, and Zo Alexander as his linebackers

If Isaiah Simmons is the answer, what was the question?

LOL. "Drink Until your Husband Looks Like Matt Milano" - Erik Turner's wife (and probably many others)

I mean seriously. See the "should we move Milano?" thread. Both Beane and McDermott have been asked that question and said "no, we like Milano as our matchup linebacker" and people come up with all kinds of notions why he really means something else and that's just "coachspeak" and blah blah. I think the long-term plan is Williams, but McDermott and Beane don't want to put too much pressure on him Nick Veronica wrote a pretty good piece where he captures and transcribes about everything Beane has had to say on the subject https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalo-bills/bills-middle-linebacker-competition-bernard-dodson-spector-williams-klein/ Note: Veronica missed noting a game where Dodson didn't start at MLB, but played the majority of the snaps after Edmunds was injured. He had I believe 2 tackles in that game. My interpretation of this is Beane really wants to see Williams win the job,but also doesn't want to "set him up" to fail by expecting too much too quickly. Overall, this is one of the most careful assessments of the LB possibilities that I've seen, worth a read. My personal take on Dodson is that he played MLB very well against the run, but was "lost in space" vs. coverage. This is why he racked up a nice tally of "thumps" when playing against Pittsburgh and Cleveland, but not so much against the Vikes where he played 64% of the snaps. Now - he came in cold and likely did NOT see starter reps against the scout team that week, but that's my overall take on Dodson, he's become a solid run defender at MLB but he's not so good vs coverage. It's an air traffic control problem that's just kind of a mystery to him. It probably means something that against Detroit, Klein started ahead of Dodson at MLB after being back on the team only a week. I think they like Bernard's instincts and potential, but are disappointed with what they've seen so far (thus the decision to draft Williams). In his limited playing time when he got there he "played small" (as Cosell said) and didn't seal the deal. This isn't a size thing; Poyer, Hamlin, and Taron Johnson are smaller, but they "thump", when they tackle, the guy knows he's been hit. I recall Bernard just getting trucked.

"Superior is, as Superior does".

LOL try to keep up, Alpha, we've already learned that coachspeak doesn't matter and if their plan was to move Milano to MLB: 🙄😅

“Everyone is beautiful….in their own way…..”

This isn't in any sense meant to argue with you since you would know better than I, but while it's clear in some ways not just the two LB but the nickel have interdependent and interchangeable roles in his D (Frazier has talked about this some in pressers), clearly McDermott and Beane both seem to conceptualize Milano and the MLB has having different roles. Beane referred to Milano as a "matchup linebacker" in his post FA presser where he answered the question whether the Bills would consider moving Milano to MLB. Any comment on that?

1) How do Virginia Tech and Tulane compare as far as level of competition/simplicity or complexity of defensive scheme? 2) Edmunds was a rookie in 2018. What was the Bills W-L record in 2018? 3) What were the Bills expectations for the season going into 2018 with Allen and Edmunds as rookies?

LOL pretty much, the roster lists guys combine weights. They have Josh listed at 6'5" 237, hasn't he said the trainers want him at 242 and he's more like 245-247 at times? Though he looks pretty good in that belt

If he has positional flexibility and is willing to sign a come-in-and-compete contract, then I'm For It. Did he have the MCL surgically repaired, anyone know?

He does! AJE, on the other hand, looks like Twiggy. Well, as much like Twiggy as a 6'6" 260 lb guy can look. https://www.buffalobills.com/video/mic-d-up-tyler-matakevich

If Milano still weighs only 223, I'll eat my hair - starting at the roots. I don't think that's what 6'0" 223 looks like. But I don't think a few dozen wings would effect the type of physique change in Williams (or Bernard) we'd like to see.

Couple guys not taking this serious (not wearing gloves) What IS that belt, anyway?

Yeah, I was thinking that, if screwing the Jets is his priority over making the best choices he can make for the Patriots, he really should move along.

I think Milano plays sideline to sideline in our D. I could be misinterpreting @Buffalo716, but I think he's saying that the role of the LB in McDermott's predominantly 3-2-5 D "maps", or is more equivalent to, the role of the middle backers in a 3-4 where the OLBs take on more of an "edge" role in pass rush and run defense - not that both our LB are playing equivalent roles or playing the inside of the field. If you mean Milano's role may change with changes to the D, that may be - I don't have any insight into how McDermott may adjust the D to compensate for losing Edmunds. I know when they had Klein playing for Milano for 4 games while Milano was on IR, they changed up the roles and responsibilities some. Frazier talked about it in a presser, and it's one of the reasons Klein went from "zero to hero" in about a month (horrible looking play to DPOW). If I were guessing, though, I'd guess that changes to Milano's role will be slight and there will be other changes such as playing more base D or "heavy nickel" or rotating one of the safeties (or all of the aforementioned) But if you mean he actually changes roles and takes on the MLB role for the Bills (which is what I understood you to say in the post to which I responded) and rotates off the field for Klein in running situations - Nah. You can mark my post and I'll take my receipts if it goes down like that.

Intriguing. I haven't followed him enough - has he played any position other than C? Do we know any details about how he broke his fibula and how he tore his MCL? Was he breathing fire and trying to do too much? Beane has been pretty adamant about positional flexibility from backup G. But, we are thin on the ground at C right now - we got into our 3rd string C in several games and it wasn't pretty.

See, I kind of heard the post-draft talk a bit differently, maybe because I was mentally filling in the gaps. Beane said something post draft like "he was the team captain in a simpler scheme, he'll have to adjust to the NFL and learn our scheme, we're going to start him out at OLB for now" and I heard "they expect him to take a minute to master our defense so they're worried about overloading him by plugging him in at MLB right away, but they expect him to play MLB eventually" I think a lot of people missed the "he'll have to adjust to the NFL and learn our scheme" and "for now" and just heard "start him out at OLB" or missed the Team Captain/MLB "QB of the defense" in college part.

This, combined with other things you've posted (that Milano was playing MLB because of where Edmunds lined up, for example) makes me feel you don't completely understand the role of MLB in McDermott's defense. Give the Rome show a listen. Beane actually spells out super-clearly what he implied in his interviews post-draft and what McDermott has said. The MLB is the "QB of the defense". His responsibilities go beyond what he's supposed to do after the snap. He has to understand the role of 10 other players in each defensive call and how they vary depending on what the offense does pre- and post- snap. He has to get all the other players lined up correctly and adjusted if the offense adjusts pre-snap. McDermott earlier and Beane in the Rome show explictly pointed this out. Beane said that Williams, in their view, has the physical tools to play MLB, but he needs to understand the defensive scheme, not only his role but the other players' roles, so that he can fulfill the mental responsibilities, and that they aren't going to put pressure on him to do that right off the bat. This isn't some kind of GM-speak, it's the reality of NFL football. The point of starting him at OLB and having him master that, is he'll need to understand that role intimately to play MLB successfully in McDermott's scheme and it might give him a path to the field in case of injury while he adjusts to a more complicated defense. I think, though, that McDermott must have been favorably impressed with what he already knew or how quickly he grasped stuff when he came through OBD because that's when talk started about him "learning both". That's exactly what I heard.