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***** him.

Good point. Diggs ran 4.42 at the combine. Hardly a burner, yet he was an elite separator in his prime. Speed is not the biggest factor in separation. Palmer is a great fit for the Z role in Buffalo.

Certainly true, but I also think that Cooper’s skill set is diminished from what it what once was.

Agreed. This is not a Hollins replacement. This is a receiver who fills a hole, perhaps better than Cooper did last year. Upgrade IMO.

Yes, and the Bills are simply not shopping for a starting safety. People need to deal with that. They will be looking for depth and will likely add during the draft, for depth.

Maybe not, but I keep coming back to Rousseau's salary cap number this year before the extension. If they were not going to cut or trade him, they had to get that number down this year, and they did. Perhaps their thinking was that Rousseau would have been part of a Garrett deal. If so that would not have made me happy given we have nothing at all behind him.

Well, in the end, Garrett really was not available, and neither is Hendrickson for that matter. Even if he was, letting Rousseau go was never in the cards.

This is what I have thought from the beginning. Cincy has every intention of keeping him and making him play out his existing contract. They do not appear to be very interested in a lucrative extension. This is how the Bengals roll.

And sports franchise marketing experts as well.

They have been vocal about their intention to resign him since the end of the season, so I doubt they are related.

He has missed at least 10 games 3 of the last 4 years. This would seem like a very bad bet. I think it is a stretch to assume he is still elite. Retaining Benford is going to be expensive and that is the right move. Looks to me like Green Bay is trying to salvage something out of a likely cap casualty.

Perhaps you have selective memory. Monos was widely panned as a clown when he was here, as was Whaley.

Are we really going to take anything this failure has to say about anything seriously? What a joke.

I appreciate that you posted this. Thanks. Unfortunately, not going to get far encouraging adult perspective around here after a disappointing loss.

There is no way the Bills want their opponents to have that information before it is absolutely necessary. Inactives are announced 90 minutes before kickoff. If he is out, you will know then.

It was for a while but not anymore. They are not going to enforce this tonight, so no point in getting upset about it.

It’s hard for me to take any QB critique seriously from a guy who actually refused to go for a loose ball in a playoff game because he did not want to get hurt.

Frankly, all the Bills safety’s have been beaten deep, pretty routinely this year. I am not sure there is much difference between Rapp and Bishop there. At least Bishop is fast. I am more concerned about intermediate zone reads in playing the less experienced Bishop in this spot. I expect the Bills will have a plan to try and keep KC from exploiting this too much. Hopefully Bishop can make a few plays. Time to put the big boy pants on.

Missing practice due to personal reasons. Nothing to do with his status.

Feel free to move on if you do not feel welcome instead of starting threads to whine about how unfairly you have been treated.

Not quite the same but not all that different. If the HC is not reporting to the GM, which is the structure in Buffalo and, I believe, in most other franchises, then the order does not matter much. There is a tendency for teams to prioritize the coach given the sheer number of open jobs and small number of highly qualified candidates. That’s not to say the Jets will not screw it up. History argues they will.

Poor Drake Maye. What this situation called for in NE was some new blood, new thinking, a chance to remold that team into a modern offense around a promising young QB. Instead what he’s got is another attempt to relive the glory years with old school “Patriot Way” coaches. They will likely be better than the Jets though, so there is that.

Totally agree on Bernard. He is a difference maker and is finally healthy it seems. As for the officiating, there were numerous penalties that could have been called throughout the game, on both sides. Thee was an early phantom holding call on Dawkins which was huge, and a very questionable PI call on Tre White later which looked like a make up call. Otherwise the officials stayed largely out of it which is how it should be.

I would laugh but I fear this is more predictive than funny.

Go find another bridge to live under already.