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Keon Coleman is so slow, the Bills signed a Sloth to cover him in practice

It's just you. Seriously, why is this even a question?

So on the same theme of "to know what a GM will do, look at what he has done" theme: Beane has typically kept more at a position when it is uncertain, or when there are a larger number of promising players who might get sniped by other teams. DE comes to mind. One unheralded look-out is: how do the Bills feel about the TE position? They had 3 last season. Does that change, especially if Brady is interested in 2 TE sets? How do they feel about Zach Davidson (on IR last season) or Tre McKitty? I can't get excited about either based on their pedigree, but the Bills may be keeping them around for a reason. I don't view it as a lock that the Bills keep 6 WR. I think the more likely position to gain an extra body count is RB and CB though.

I think that's a pretty good take. One wild card is, depending on how well and how fast Coleman adapts, I could see MVS or (if he sheds the "poison" label and makes the team) Claypool getting more snaps early on. If they just play nuts, I could also see Shavers or Shorter outplaying Hollins, but there would have to be a high degree of confidence there. They had the ST chops coming into the league, though.

Hamler is a "never was" at this point: a former mid-2nd round pick who had a promising rookie year, then had his career thoroughly derailed by injuries. First, IR with a hammy late his rookie year. Then, a torn ACL Week 3 of his 2nd year. Then, another hammy in Dec of his 3rd year, a torn pec in the off-season, and finally pericarditis. The talent level is real, but so too is the injury history. It would be kind of foolish IMHO to count on Hamler for, well, anything. Ty Johnson had 8 returns for 161 yds last year. Career, 22 returns for 409 yards. As you note, he has Daequan Hardy to push him. So it's not quite true that the Bills have no kick returners on the roster, thus should take a flyer on a talented former 2nd round pick who's managed to be available 23 out of 51 professional games. Whether I would or wouldn't do isn't the real issue here. To know what a GM will do, look at what a GM has done. Beane has made roster spots for Andre Roberts, Jake Kumerow, and Trent Sherfield. Were there better WR Beane could have kept? Arguably, at least some of those years. Beane has been explicit: if you're the #5 or #6 receiver on the Bills, you better play ST.

A little bit? WRT the WR room, the Bills backed themselves into a WR corner so deeply their Buffalo Bison Butts are sticking through the wall. Now I'm not saying they haven't done the best they could, once they made the decision to trade Diggs and take on that mammoth cap hit. As far as Claypool, Claypool had 2 good years with a fairly deep WR of Diontae Johnson, Juju Smith Schuster, Claypool and of course HOF-ish QB Ben Roethlisberger throwing him the ball. It's pretty notable that the Steelers WR room has something in the water, because the Cray-Cray seems strong there (AB, Tik-Tok Boi, Claypool). But as far as Claypool goes, the point is: he was a decent #2 with a good QB AND a #1 guy ahead of him. Curtis Samuel's best year, with Bridgewater as the QB and a couple other good WR on the roster, wasn't that far behind: 77 receptions for 851 yds vs Claypool's 62 receptions for 873 yds/59 receptions for 860 yds. Different yards of course, Claypool being a deep guy but the point stands, I don't give Claypool props as "the most talented WR on the roster". But since then, he's gotten thrown from the Steelers to the Bears to Miami. What's notable about his time in Miami, is that he was given very little playing time on offense - a total of 51 snaps in 9 games. Meanwhile, he was sent out to grind on ST, playing 102 of the ST snaps. I agree that what a guy does, tends to become a habit. A guy can think he's coasting or taking plays off because the QB sucks and the team isn't going anywhere, but then you put him with a QB where he has a chance to make a difference and the habit remains. Consider Zay Jones, 2017 draft pick whose story (told by his father on social media) was he didn't have a decent QB throwing to him in Buffalo. So Buffalo shipped him off to the Raiders where....he did nothing for 2 years before finally getting the flick, in year 5, and becoming an adequate receiver for LVR then a decent one for JAX. So the question is: in year 5, after a season where he joined a winning team with a top passing offense but was relegated primarily to Special Teams, has Claypool gotten the message that his talent means nothing if he doesn't come prepared to work and keep his head in the game, and that the problem isn't the team (11-6, playoffs) or the QB (Tua led the league in passing); the problem is who he sees when he looks in the mirror. And, if he's gotten that message, can he act on it? I'm not counting on it either.

Got to put in a plug here for a free app called "Merlin" developed by Cornell https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ I have it on iphone, assume it's developed for other platforms. You give it access to your microphone, and it will try to determine what birds are currently singing. If it ID's multiple, it will highlight the ones currently singing. You can play the recording back to help learn the songs. Warning its addictive

OK found the blame bit The ludicrous lack of contextual game awareness to celebrate instead of getting the ball to an official ASAP was bad, but it's happened with a player before and it will happen with a player again - what Dak Prescott did was worse IMHO https://sports.yahoo.com/opinion-dak-prescott-postgame-blunder-111923550.html But trying to throw a teammate under the bus by Claypool was awful Yeah, it's a good reminder that there are solid reasons why he's on his 4th team in 3 years and he's a long shot at redemption $8M talent and an $8 buck head

We know he hates soup and doesn't wear shoes, but doesn't he wear gloves?

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All gonna depend upon the age of the teen. It's sick and despicable in any event of course Agree, the Chiefs in discussion with his agents Chiefs. Or maybe Miami.....Oh. Wait.

Depending upon how you define productive...or for that matter "average" How do you define average? And productive?

Well, they've got to do some kind of feel-good story to help fans feel hopeful and be inspired to buy tickets. Khalil Shakir is the only WR on the team who caught passes from Allen last season, so who else they got? I will say his training with Moulds helped him go from a 50% catch rate to 86.7% catch rate (apparently makes him practice catching bare-handed) so...

in the video he's working side by side with Shakir so def. someone Moulds is training.

McGovern played more games at RG than C in college The C on most teams sets and adjusts the protections Not quite the same task in HS and even college

In the segments where he's training with Moulds, who is the other guy training with him? edit: think this is a pic of him

I agree we're not going to keep 3 centers, but recall that McGovern did a nice job at LG. Early days yet, but you have a higher degree of confidence that McGovern will be all that and a bag of chips at C than I do.

I vote for "Bubble Boy"

We don't disagree on the friction, my only point is that the text message parting really doesn't show it. I mean, by all accounts Josh had a strong friendship with Jon Feliciano, how did they part? How did Josh part with Gabe? Don't overinterpret small stuff is my messagel.

Please don't be a "Gullible Gus Genius". The original sale was the lot (4x). After the builder built a house, the price jumped to $3.6M. The price declined during the housing crash of the late 2000s/early 2010s and now looks to be on its way up, though I dunno if he'll get $5M for it. But it really has little to do with the general state of the economy and certainly doesn't show that a dollar's value is trash

You're in luck, listing says it has 10

I wonder if Kirk still spends the summer living in his MIL's basement and drives a beater minivan? If we lose to Tyrod Taylor, McDermott might come out and join you I was thinking it looks like the pool and the basketball court of someone who barely uses it 'cuz the mosquitoes are bad

No Way! Does that keep her occupied and out of your staff's hair?

Say What? Dispute with whom? and for what reason? That just sounds like something that should never be discussed. No idea, but I doubt the players keep mum about their vote I do have LEO friends but not in Buffalo/Erie County. PM me if you prefer. Daboll's wife and Daboll have ties to WNY, owned a big house here (needed for 6 kids), and were known to frequently entertain players there. Yes, Daboll had a good relationship with many players, but pretty sure Diggs just had a condo or something and wasn't known for having his teammates over. You don't have to be a BBQ King to have a good relationship. Note I'm not arguing that Diggs and Allen had a good relationship - by multiple accounts, they didn't. I'm just saying texting someone when traded isn't, by itself, evidence of a poor relationship.

When Peter and I agree on something, it's probably worth considering as a possibility If something is going on inside the building and behind the scenes, by definition we ordinary mortals don't get the flick As far as observed behavior though, I don't think a team-focused leader ghosts his teammates after a tough loss or screams at his QB on the sidelines. I think he's there, looking at the tablet and trying to help solve it. Then there's the Tim Graham story