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Dude, if you’re gonna respond to me, could you please take the time to read what I’ve written? Otherwise, you’re just talking at me and there’s really not much point OK one more time: Beane could elevate Beasley any time between now and Saturday afternoon. There is no advantage to do it sooner. Beasley will not be more motivated or more involved in the game plan if he’s elevated now vs Weds. If McKenzie is going to be out, no reason to tell the Dolphins now and not Saturday The only reason I can think of to do it now and not Saturday is to make the Dolphins prepare defensively for some of the plays we used to have in the playbook for Beasley, that got taken out. That would be a good thing for us, just as making us prepare for 2 QBs is a good thing for them

I can’t imagine throwing a football with a broken pinky, but evidently Aaron Rodgers managed with a broken thumb? The things these guys do to get out there Agree with you that “no throwing during media portion of practice” could be a smokescreen That the game day active roster is 46 players, 48 provided at least 8 OLmen are active?

Fine “does not involve the QB as an option to carry the ball”, does that help? The point is the OP to which I was responding indicated an RPO could not be run effectively if the QB is not a proficient runner. But they can. https://footballadvantage.com/rpo-football/ They just gain another dimension when the QB can also run,

Good question, and I’m really not sure at this point Dodson and Matakevich are core ST’ers I think right now Klein would be the guy who comes in if we play a base D, but it might be Dodson Anyone got the code here?

Just a little note that the section the reporters watched featured Tim Settle being attended by trainers and helped off - yet he isn’t listed as limited. So I don’t think one should rely 100% on what the reporters see as gospel. They’re good at reporting what they see, but players do spend more time getting treatments then come out and join practice. The Bills have also reported hammies and groin injuries that have not caused players to lose time as well as hammies that have kept players out 3 weeks. So I’d say we don’t know which this is, at this point. As far as early Bease elevation “tipping a hand”, I feel that I’ve spelled out why I think that and with all respect, you’re doing the “lalalal not listening” thing, so I’m out. I”ll just point out once again that there is a large vocabulary of plays that Beasley used to run, that got taken out of the Bills playbook early in this season. There are also a number of plays McKenzie runs that Beasley really can’t at this point - but Shakir could theoretically manage most of those and Hines many of the rest What does “handshake work” mean? I’ve never heard that term Says he was not seen throwing Are they talking literally, handshakes, like Josh Allen’s handshakes with his crew?

Because it's "tipping your hand" offensively as to what game plan intentions may be First of all...I don't think we even know yet that McK DNP'd. He wasn't out there during the media portion of practice, but it's not unprecedented for players the media didn't see to be listed as DNP Do you really think that players on the PS aren't "involved and active 100%" without being officially elevated, especially if they know they're in the game plan? Flip it around...even if this move is required, why does the GM make it now and not Saturday? Why tip off the Dolphins that maybe McKenzie's injury is significant and he'll be inactive? Why not leave them guessing?

It was a joke. But the Bills actually did put him in at DB during the season finale against the Jets in 2019. And Cheetah "warned" the Bills to "warm up those hamstrings" while McK is one of the players on the team who would have a shot to run with him I get it, a joke ya gotta explain aint funny

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Good points but one caveat on the last one: RPO in the original sense "run pass option" need not involve the QB, correct? It technically just involves a running back and a passing threat I think you're talking about a so called "triple option" or "triple threat" RPO, where the QB can either hand off, pass, or keep it himself and run (which does indeed require a mobile QB who presents a run threat. Sounds like he must have injured his hammy during practice yesterday. Sucks that we might not have him available as an emergency DB. The thing is, Beane had no need to make this move today. He could make it on Saturday. That's why I think it may be strategic.

Might listen to what one of the players has to say

The small part that the media saw, anyway. We'll see. From yesterday. Looks like just having Hyde back on the field is a lift for the secondary's spirits

Not liking this news at all. Tim Settle has been a sneaky good DLman. A stout DL generating pressure up the middle is one reason for improved pass rush results this season, and now we're down 2 guys. Also McKenzie from "limited" to potentially "DNP" is not a good sign. McKenzie has historically had some good games for us against Miami

Big reveal: Dawkins girlfriend/mother of his children Daiyanna suffered a cardiac arrest out in California during training camp last summer I think it's reasonable to conclude that while they're back to playing football, the events of last Monday are still weighing on the backs of some players' minds

must-read https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/dion-dawkins-letter-buffalo-bills-playoffs-nfl-football

McDonalds is good that way. But even there I'm told they have to buy their own non-slip shoes (can have them deducted from paycheck) and sometimes pants. A friend's kid recently applied for a bunch of chains, and many of them required the kids to pay for their own shirt, non-slips, etc

I don't know, but Please! A lot of working stiffs have to buy all or part of their own steel toes, OSHA non-slips, polo shirts embroidered with the chain logo, black slacks and white dress shirts, whatever their employer requires them to wear. And these are people earning $14-$24/hr or minimum + tips Cody Ford has reported 4 year earnings of $7.8M Tone Deaf A.F.

That's a possibility, but he was looking pretty lively in the video clilps that came out from practice - and again, Beane would not need to make this move until Saturday, when there are two more days of practice and three more days of treatment to look at

What's interesting is them doing this on Thursday. I was thinking that Beane might have given Beasley his word that if he was a "good soldier" and lived on the PS, he would bring him onto the 53 for the playoffs if injuries allowed. But doing it early can be seen as a "tell" They don't have to make a roster move until Saturday. So Turbo44 could be right, but it seems unlikely that 1) another team would try to sign a player who is most useful if the QB has a mind-meld going on with him, when they have like 2-3 days 2) Beasley would accept if another team tried, since he seemed sincere about wanting to be here, in particular This seems like a bit of a "chess move" to me - like McDermott and Dorsey saying "you know all those plays we used to run with Beasley in the lineup last year? well, hey y'all, Better get busy and look them up and add them to your defensive prep work....." In other words, it's a 'Tell' we want the Dolphins to see.

Brandin Bryant for sure But there's a numbers game for the game-day actives. A typical game-day roster would feature 2 QB 8 OL 5 RB (including Taiwan Jones) 2 TE 5 WR 4 Edge 4 DT 6 LB 9 DB (3 safeties, 3 CB, 1 "switch", 1 nickel CB, 1 dime CB) 3 specialists So if, for example, we want to have 6 WR active, we need to take a spot from another position group

No, I don't think that's what it means. Practice squad players are free agents, they can say "No Thanks, I'm Good Here".

Oh, now that's interesting Keep in mind that while we have unlimited practice squad call ups for each player in the playoffs, we can still only elevate 2 per game without making a roster move. No, the call-ups re-set.

This. I have no idea how much of an arm Skyler Thompson has, but it has to remembered that in KC, 1/3 of Hill's yards came after the catch. That's been less of his game this season, more like 1/4, but it's still part of what makes him a dangerous WR: the ability to turn a 5 yd dump off into 25 any time now.

Lewis gets regular medical treatment and wears a brace due to a bone infection he acquired when he broke his arm in college. So like 4 years. I have no idea how they're treating him. The usual treatment for a bone infection that antibiotics doesn't cure is surgery to remove the infected bone.

Indeed!

There are, actually, if he's been "getting sweaty" (Stage 2) already. So it's either as some surmise here- a pre-determined decision to not play him because of the "bad optics" if they do and he gets hurt again OR He "got sweaty" doing his allowed aerobic exercise but suffered recurring symptoms and had to back off. McDaniel saying "no setbacks" would seem to preclude that, but Who Knows.