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It's a step down, but the weakest WR group "on paper" in the last 40 years? Nah Not even close. C'mon man. This. Curtis Samuel is a proven, dependable NFL-quality receiving option. He's not peak Stefon Diggs, and a person should be able to acknowledge this without having it twisted as "Samuel sucks".

Not arguing anything Some people do consider "holding them to a fieldgoal" to be a form defensive stop. We've all heard Josh Allen after a tough loss attribute it to "they held us to FG. we need to score TD". You might consider a hobby?

Nope, that's Alec Anderson, 2022 UDFA and 2 year practice squad member. Not to worry, he's an OT, they're supposed to look like that. In fact, if you're like me and you suggest that perhaps they're blocking a bit too much daylight, you'll be taken to task right @Buffalo716?

I think you kind of left off "having a starting QB with a sprained throwing shoulder that kept getting re-aggravated". Josh commented the last couple games he felt like he was throwing pretty well again. But methinks there's a reason Brady kind of put the passing game on "standby" for the Cowboys and Chargers games.

For me it's WR. I feel if there's one position group where McDermott and company can identify talent and develop talent and use the players they have to their best potential, it's at defensive back. People forget that the closest the Bills have gotten to the Super Bowl was 2020. And in 2020, the Bills had the #2 offense (by 8 freakin' points) and the #16 defense. On the other hand, in 2019 we had the #2 defense in the league and the #23 offense. We need that top offense, and I don't believe we'll have it without quality WR play. Which, I'm not sure we the hosses to produce

Could be the wine Could be that it's peak off season I thought this was funny Alec Anderson for the win

What, you're not impressed by a starting duo of Taylor Rapp and Mike Edwards?

And yet, if your team holds the opponent to a FG, while they score a TD, over the course of a game, they win

I don't think the latter is necessarily that, at all. I doubt Jessica published her Player's Tribune piece without running it by the family. Thing is, Laura has business executive experience and is available NOW while Jessica is still able to play tennis at a high level. In the dynamics of "blended families", it's not uncommon for the kids of their first family to keep their distance from the 2nd wife, and perhaps not want to be involved in a business the 2nd wife is leading. But, with the 2nd wife out of the picture, Laura may have expressed interest and willingness.

Just for clarity, what does defensive stop mean to you? Punt or turnover? What about FG?

I think the Bills would be foolish for that. Look, no one can doubt Claypool's talent, but teams have literally thrown him off the bus the last two seasons. Pittsburgh after 8 games in 2022, and Chicago after 3 games in 2023. Literally, Chicago deactivated the guy they'd just traded a 2nd round pick for the previous season, then told him to stay the ***** home and out of their facility. That's last season. Then, he missed a couple games for Miami due to injury, and played mostly on special teams. OK, great, he's coming in hot at the Bills OTAs and saying/doing all the right things. But 1) is he a guy you can trust to stay positive and high-energy and team-focused mid-season if the team loses 3 out of 4 or 4 out of 6 as they did last season? Or will he start yapping to the media and phoning it in on the field? I don't bet, but if I did, I *would* bet the rent you can trust Mack Hollins for the former. I wouldn't bet a limp biscuit on Claypool for that. Nothing against him, but he's demonstrated some bad team habits x2 and needs to show us more than a good pair of preseason hands.

'Cuz they were actually leading the division last year until the Bills snuck up to a tie and beat them in the last game And 'cuz no one knows what level of play Rodgers will return to The game starts at 8:15 EDT. Sun set on Sept 12 in Miami is 7:27 meaning by 8:15 it's twilight So, No

Say more about this type of WR Allen loves throwing to?

I wasn't even thinking specifically of protection, but of whether at >40 yrs old Rodgers can get through a season without, for example, soft tissue injuries that supposedly increase in frequency with age

I would go with Eric Moulds. He put up numbers with Doug Flutie, Rob Johnson, and Drew Bledsoe throwing to him. I think with Allen he would be on fire.

That's because there's considerable uncertainty as to whether: 1) Rodgers will be able to return to play at QB by the start of the regular season? 2) If he does RTP, will he be playing at a comparable top level? It's been noted that it can take a year of lowered level of play before the player returns to form 3) If he does RTP and play at a top level, will he hold up all season?

I mean, you're not wrong....but we kind of laugh at them anyway, right?

"They've got to show me first" - exactly. Does the WR have the potential to be good? Sure. Can we say at this point that they're better? Hell to the noes - any more than we could say, before the season, that the Bills got better at MLB. Obviously Beane saw the potential with Bernard, but he had to prove he could do it on Sunday. Same with the crew of WR we have at this point.

Oh, No argument. The question was who did the Beane/McD Bills draft or sign in FA as a ST player, later clarified to "in the 2024 off season" Daequan Hardy is one answer, with a "possibly" to the FA signing of Mack Hollins My point was that there are a couple of Daequan-sized slot CB playing well in the league so while it's a long shot, it's theoretically possible and the Bills do have a need there with Neal's FA departure. It's not exactly stupid to draft a guy who might contribute on ST this season and whose college football position aligns with a roster hole he might develop to fill; teams draft late rounders with that profile all the time. As a 6th round pick, Christian Benford contributed on D right away, but that's very much more the exception than the rule on a good team, MOST 5th round and later picks have no business playing on O or D their rookie year and need some development. But yeah, he was 100% drafted for ST potential. As a 6th rounder, though, even with roster churn, it's a long shot to make the team. Last season we had no 6th rounder and 2 7th rounders, and neither made the final 53. 2022 6th rounders, one made the team one didn't and one was out of football for a year.

I dunno about college, but players pay for the jerseys they exchange. It's not free laundry to them. Your right to "all the feels" about how meaningless it is, other fans and players right to value memorabilia, frame their favorites and keep them in their family rooms etc.

Mike Hilton (Bengals nickel, developed by Steelers) is 5'9". Kader Kohou, who was made to look foolish by Diggs but actually made a list of top slot corners and did ok overall, is 5'10"

Oh. Well, nominally Daequan Hardy. In his post draft presser, Beane said something about thinking "why not look at a returner?" before taking him near the bottom of the 6th round, so I think it's fair to say that's primarily how the Bills see him. Though it's worth noting that he played Nickel, and our backup nickel (Siran Neal) is no longer with us, so I'm sure the Bills hope Hardy can grow into that role

Eh, back in 2020 and 2021 when he was 28, 29 yrs old, Matakevich saw snaps as a backup LB and he did OK. Pretty well in one game actually, though that may have been against a Dolphins team that was looking for the bus. Thing is, he had to play in Overdrive the whole game to make that work, and it was pretty clear last year if not before he could no longer do that.

In other words, Rodgers intelligence lacks regular, vigorous pruning and checking to keep it under control and in balance, so like Kudzu it is sprawling unchecked all over the place

It would be fair to say Tyler Matakevich was signed because ST coach Heath Farwell wanted him - though to be fair when he was younger he was a decent conventional LB Taiwan Jones was signed for his ST chops Andre Roberts was signed as a return specialist I'm probably missing a couple, but those are the primary that come to mind.