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Yeah but if it's your farm you won't be receiving royalties either... that is if you buy the farm... which we all do at some point... I know you're easily outraged but hear me out... I feel like it should be a signature bridge...

Isn't that the lyrics of a Cat Stevens song? Crazy about Salmon Rushdie btw isn't it? There were several reasons the Bills lost that game. Norwood is not the first of those reasons IMO. No need to resurrect this debate though.

God it's weird that Ray Liotta isn't with us anymore. But DeNiro and Pesci are.

Mrags... I hope you're good at reading lips because this message is not for the ears of others...

I'm not a huge fan of our reserve interior O-line either but it's interesting the Bills were able to get a draft pick for Cody Ford. I think Green Bay was the only other team to trade an O-lineman at the cutdown so probably our depth's on par with everyone else's. Maybe. Maybe it's because Elam has elite athletic traits and Benford doesn't. Maybe it's because Elam played at a higher level of competition so has less of a leap to make. Super excited to see how he shows.

My point is that for the last few years the Bills would predominantly dress 2 RBs + Taiwan Jones. I'm speculating that under Dorsey they might dress 3 RBs + Jones.

True but in college he was a dynamic returner and he still has an opportunity to re-write the script as a pro. 🤞

I believe you're exaggerating for effect but obviously the Bills don't agree with you. They appear to have some faith in McKenzie.

Is that verbatim from the NFL Rule Book? 😊

His NFL career averages are 8.9 yards on 58 punt returns with 1 TD and 22.0 yards on 44 kick returns. In college his averages were 11.7 on 59 punt returns with 5 TDs and 23.3 on 16 kick returns with 1 TD. But it's more the idea that if they block well up front that McKenzie has the speed and vision to take it the distance. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McKeIs00.htm https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/isaiah-mckenzie-1.html New OC though... what Daboll did might be different than what Dorsey does.

Honestly I shouldn't have brought this up because I thought it could be a can of worms. I'm not an authority on the subject but I can tell you that in February at the NFC Championship game a 49er fan was assaulted pretty badly. There have been other incidents of violence in the history between the Rams-Niners and also the Dodgers-Giants and even at Raiders-Rams games. I just wanted to lend some context to the idea that the Rams fans will be sitting on their hands.

One possible major difference in the respective teams fan bases is that in CA, there are a lot of gangs... surprisingly even in more rural areas. I don't know what the percentage might be but there's probably a lot of thugs that fly the LA Rams colors and cheer for them.

I understand people's reservations about McKenzie's ball security issues and the importance of ball security in general but when a guy can perform feats like this, I think you have to say "He's a wide receiver so catching shouldn't continue to be a problem and besides, he's a threat to break one every time he touches it."

I tend to agree. With the profile of athlete they have at O-line and the addition of Kromer plus the presence of 3 TEs and a fullback, I believe that McDermott's Neanderthal tendencies will emerge from the closet from time to time. Hopefully he'll be wearing a loin cloth.

Maybe you're right but I haven't watched enough of Tua to write off his career yet.

A few thoughts on OT: The idea of a rotation at ROT is interesting. It's also interesting that Brown, Quess, and Doyle probably block better for the run than the pass. You have to think the Bills really want Brown to grow into a consistent pillar like Dawkins on the other side. When the Bills go heavy, it might be some fun mouth smashing.

Of course. But I was very surprised at the... outraged(?) reactions to McKenzie's kickoff fumble as well as the lack of support for again making him the returner.

I agree with you about the Pats and the Browns (though the Browns are talented except at QB). I could actually see a scenario where Miami has a very good season.

Scott's always had a soft spot for Jacoby Brissett.

Because of his late-season struggles and injury-shortened offseason I was surprised to see him promoted for week one. I guess the Bills are betting that Brown is better off being thrown into the fire than being eased in.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't agree with all your examples but your larger point is spot on.

That one IS a bit weird because Dodson is listed as the backup to both Edmunds and Milano whereas Bernard is the "starting Strong-side LB"... a position the Bills almost never use. I think in the Bills system SLB is incrementally the next step up from big nickel (Siran Neal) because theoretically he'll be better vs the run and weaker vs the pass than Neal but at the same time undersized for a SLB (this was the position most recently filled by AJ Klein).