Jim Bob

The issue is that a lot of college OL never play with their hand on the ground and Buffalo does a fair amount of it.

It will be interesting to see how the draft needs shift throughout early free agency. Right now, here is kind of how I would rank the team needs. IOL IDL CB WR EDGE RB TE QB And even though WR, RB, & TE are lower on the list, I do think that they need to try and add one more offensive weapon that other teams need to worry about as they prepare for the Bills.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2022/02/08/mike-mcdaniel-miami-dolphins-coach-black/6691026001/ That was a really interesting article.

This is a collectively bargained thing. So, the NFL & the NFLPA agreed to these changes to the off season. It will be interesting to see how the language changes in the next CBA as coaches and some players are not thrilled with the current language.

https://nflpa.com/active-players/off-season-rules This doesn't get into how much contact coaches and players can have outside of OTAs and Minicamp. https://nflpaweb.blob.core.windows.net/website/PDFs/CBA/March-15-2020-NFL-NFLPA-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement-Final-Executed-Copy.pdf Here is the whole CBA if you really want to dig into it. And given that the Bills have the same head coach, I doubt they get a ton of leeway just because they have a new OC and some new position coaches.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/cap/ It looks like his $18.858M in 2022 is fully guaranteed. So, there is no cap savings to cutting him and I doubt the Bills have any interest in an $18M cap hit for a back up QB.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/what-changes-are-coming-to-the-vikings-offensive-line If Rauscher is the next Bills OL coach, here is presser when he was elevated to the Vikings OL coach job last year. [You need to click through to YT]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/02/04/arbitration-clause-could-quickly-derail-the-brian-flores-lawsuit/ This would be an interesting plot twist. One thing they did say with regards to the Giants job was that the Giants defense that they didn't hire Flores because of Schoen's prior working relationship with Daboll and not because of Flores being a minority would be a strong argument.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/02/04/dion-dawkins-everything-starts-with-josh-allen-and-hes-most-comfortable-with-ken-dorsey/ https://www.buffalobills.com/news/stefon-diggs-dion-dawkins-share-why-ken-dorsey-is-the-right-fit-as-buffalo-s-off

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hZHZpc29yeW9waW5pb25zLnRoZWRpc3BhdGNoLmNvbS9mZWVkLw/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9hZHZpc29yeW9waW5pb25zLnRoZWRpc3BhdGNoLmNvbS9wL25mbC1mYWNlcy1yYWNpYWwtZGlzY3JpbWluYXRpb24tbGF3c3VpdA This was an interesting podcast that goes over legal cases and they took a look at the Flores lawsuit. One thing that was crazy was how many NFL coaches and coordinators are related to current and former NFL coaches.

If Rauscher is the next Bills OL coach, here is presser when he was elevated to the Vikings OL coach job last year. [You need to click through to YT]

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/what-changes-are-coming-to-the-vikings-offensive-line I wonder if this gets announced today.

Zion Johnson at 25 wouldn't be a bad idea.

I wish the Bills could have all three helmets, all three jerseys, and all three pants available to create different looks. That is 27 possible different helmet, jersey, and pant combinations. I think the white helmet with the charging buffalo, red jerseys, and white pants would be a cool look. The Red (helmet), White (jersey), and Blue (pants) combo would be cool, too.