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The guy was a force in Houston and can't see the field this year. This coaching staff makes no sense with their defensive scheme. How about having your safeties actually cover someone so you can put another LB on field. Dobson would be really nice to have out there. He can cover too.

That defense only works versus inferior QBs. The only way we have beat good QBs with McDermott is through sacks and turnovers (think of Dallas last year). I remember last year we started playing like you described, and it just wasn't good enough. Started to play more aggressive and it was much more effective.

So I read most of the responses in this thread, and lots of contradiction going on amongst people, which gets back to my original point. It seems like a wasted spot on the team, like just a floater out there. Again, this could be a scheme issue and not a Hyde issue, but the FS position on this team is useless right now. I keep hearing he plays center field. What's the point of him playing center field if he isn't going to be involved in any passing plays? Is he out there just to get a tan? I keep hearing that he is there so we don't get beat deep. Teams don't need to throw deep on us when they can throw it underneath and just take off down the field. Hyde is playing so far back, so teams are just throwing in front of him and doing whatever they want in space. We are giving up way too much in the passing game, and this has been a constant theme with QBs that have any ounce of talent. People see the numbers and just forget the fact we played QBs like Haskins, Allen, Mariota, Dalton, Hodges, etc. I really feel one of our major issues is that we give up so much space in the middle of the field because we are so scared of giving up a deep ball. This is now killing us in the run game too. The % of a QB actually throwing an accurate ball deep is low. Take your chances that the QB can actually throw the ball on target and tighten up closer to the line of scrimmage.

What is he fine at doing? I know he is everyone darling with the way he came into the organization, but you have to look at his play recently. He is not an impact player.

This isn't a recent problem with Hyde. He has been invisible for a long time now.

When Hyde first came to Buffalo, he was excellent. Since that first season, there has been a pretty rapid decline. 2017: 13 Pass Defended, 5 Ints 2018: 5 Pass Defended, 2 Ints 2019: 2 Pass Defended, 1 Int 2020: 1 Pass Defended thus far. When you take a look at his last 15 games (including Houston game), he has one pass defended, that's it. He doesn't get sacks, and plays more of a FS role on this team. That is awful for a guy that is supposed to be roaming in the secondary. The only time I see Hyde on the field, is when he is making a tackle 15 yards down the field, or chasing a guy from behind. It seems like a wasted position to me. I would rather have a guy out there like Neal, who can cause havoc. You don't need to be worried about getting beat over the top when you are applying more pressure.

Terrible coaching decision. Spain is light years better than Winters. Winters was brutal that second half and it caused Williams to look horrid.

Same issues he had at VT. He is just not a MLB and will continue to struggle being there. This coaching staff is forcing him there because that is where he was drafted to be. Go back and watch him at VT and he is the same player.

Very good information. Appreciate it. Any idea how much the bolded is a month? The game pass is intriguing. Are some games available cross platform? Some of my buddies were talking about people having advantages on PC.

Haven't played a video game in about 10 years, but want to buy one of these consoles (dont need in right away, whenever they are available). I have no idea what one to buy. Previously I have owned an Xbox and a Playstation. I just want smooth play with good graphics. Will probably play three games, NHL, FIFA, COD. Any idea which one would be best for me? In the past, I liked the Playstation controller a little better than Xbox (not sure if it has changed much in 10 years).

Doesn't Josh Allen have the most time to throw in the whole NFL? Did our RBs avg like 5 ypc? Please tell me again why Spain is getting harped on?

His rookie year really can't be counted because he didn't play all that much. He was a rotational player. His broken Fibula was a major injury, but happened late in year so he didn't miss much games. That happens in beginning of year, he is out the entire year and his games missed would dictate his injury prone status. Last year his hamstring bothered him for weeks and benefited from the bye week, even though some of those weeks he played. Here we are again with another hamstring injury that will probably bother him all year again. It's ok to label him good, but injury prone. That is exactly what he is.

Would be nice if they went back and added real crowd noise that synced with what was happening on the field. It was painful watching that game on Sunday. Felt like a scrimmage.

Would rather he just stays in Cleveland and not go to a team we will need to be fighting against for a playoff spot. He is a perfect spot to waste away. He is extremely talented and would be a huge asset to a team like the Patriots.

This team should not value the development of Johnson versus Espenesa. There should be zero instances this year where Johnson is playing over Espenesa.

Who wants to watch a political demonstration? It will have a CNN feel. I will watch the Bills this year, won't be watching the other games.

I'm going with Vic Fangio. Den starts with Ten, @Pitt and then TB. If Lock looks like he regressed, Shurmur will be running that team by week 4.

Interested on why you are high on Boettger. He was really bad in week 17 last year and hasn't shown much in any of the games he has played. Him making the team year after year, is always baffling to me.

Interested to see who said no in regards to Foster, him or the Bills. Me personally, I would rather have Foster over this guy, but Foster had the choice.

That didn't show me anything. I can find plays for other TEs that are doing the same thing. He has like 9 penalties last year, while only playing like 50% of snaps. Second most of team. They just nitpicked certain plays.

That has been the narrative but I just don't see it. Last year I seen a lot of penalties and a lot of whiffs. I feel like guys get a reputation and it just follows them for years without really looking at their play.

They are not even still together.

I would rather have Croom on this team over Lee Smith and Kroft. Croom had a very respectable rookie season.

I don't get the narrative out there that he wasn't given a fair opportunity to succeed. He was put onto two teams that had very little QB competition and couldn't hold the job with either team. Last year, Miami got instantly better with Fitz as QB and became respectable. He was really bad with them. He stinks, why is that so hard for people to say?

And if he gets 1700 all purpose yards, pounds the ball into the endzone so Allen doesn't, and teaches Moss a thing or two about punishing grown men, are you good with that?