Nephilim17

Great to hear Elam is doing well and Kincaid is beating every defender, LB or defensive back.

1. Curtis Samuel looks like a more explosive player to me. 2. Diggs' explosiveness looks in decline to me. 3. Samuel turns 28 in a couple weeks; Diggs turns 31 in November. WRs lose a step or two around 30 or 31. I don't have advanced metrics but my eyeball test says Samuel is the more explosive player at this point in their careers. Here's are some of his 2022/23 season highlights. At times you can really see him move. And he now has Josh Allen throwing to him, which can only help.

I just thought of this: These QBs are making 1000 times times the yearly salary of what many skilled and experienced people are making. 1000 times. The blows my mind. Yes, supply and demand and a free market and all that jazz but it still blows my mind.

I bet Samuel will get more separation than either Diggs or Davis, our 1 and 2 from last year. Shakir will get separation. And so will Kincaid. The big question for me is Coleman. Do you disagree with my point that Samuel will separate more than Diggs and Davis?

Love Keon's answer to the last question if as a rookie is it fast and is he still trying to figure things out — no, not at all because he's been studying. Very, very early on but love the reports of his play and his preparation and demeanor.

That's my GM.

This seems interesting and I'd like to know more about how the mismatches play out: "Putting Kincaid, Samuel, Coleman, and Cook in alignments to stress the defense and exploit mismatches." If we're gonna have success this year without a number 1 it seems this is the way to go, out-scheming the D with a bunch of 2/3 guys and a very good tight end.

Sure. Not my exact point about his playoff production, or lack thereof, but in 2023 his last 100-yard game (on the nose, 100 yards exactly, so not exactly a performance for the ages) was October 15 against the vaunted Giants. His production in the following 2023 regular season games, in order as played, were as follows: 58 yards against the Pats 70 yards against the Bucs 86 yards against the Bengals 34 yards against the Broncos 27 yards against the Jets 74 yards against the Eagles 24 yards against our arch nemesis Chiefs 48 yards against the Cowboys 29 yards against the Chargers 26 yards against the Pats 87 yards against the Phins If you or others think he's going to get a lot better in his age-31 season make that bet. I think he'll have some reasonably big games in the first half of the season then fade. But past performance isn't always indicative of future results so I could be totally wrong.

This September everyone will see Diggs has NOT lost a step. Ridiculous. Just don't quote me in January.

He's the best passer of any elite QB runner ever.

Maybe. But this isn't really about basketball but what drives Keon and what earns his respect. And if he's being truthful — and I think we have to take him at face value until he proves otherwise — he says that he liked Kobe best because of his work ethic. And Keon says he wants to put in the work to be unguardable. Apologies if I'm misquoting but that what was my takeaway and the Keon part of this matters to me, not the backstories of b-ball legends.

Good video. Besides the fun moments, great to see he wants to put the work in. And his fave NBA player is Kobe — because even though he wasn't the most physically gifted (so says Keon, I don't know b-ball well) Kobe put the work in. It could all be talk but if so, he's putting on a great act for a kid.

Is his wheelchair included?

One side of this argument is gonna be making a lot of excuses in just a few months.

Yes, there are other possible causes but cirrhosis of the liver is often caused by heavy drinking. As Bills fans know, players from that era liked to party. I liked him too. Hope he does the best he can.

Josh's stats and just slightly better than average defense should be taking us to at least one Super Bowl. Meaning past tense: we should have gone to at least one Superbowl with a QB playing that well in the playoffs. If the D was not exceptional but decent.

Here are McDermott's playoff games: 2023 Win against Pittsburgh: 37-17 Loss to Chiefs: 24-27 2022 Win against Dolphins: 34-31 Loss to Bengals: 10-27 2021 Win vs. Pats: 47-17 Loss to Chiefs: 36-42 2020 Win vs. Colts: 27-24 Win vs. Ravens: 17-3 Loss vs. Chiefs: 24-38 2019 Loss vs. Texans: 19-22 2017 Loss vs. Jags: 3-10 For a defensive specialist, I don't see too many games where he shut down a top-end QB in the playoffs. Maybe Lamar (though many would argue that he's not elite). I'll take that as one well-coached defensive game in McD's playoff tenure. Holding Watson to 22 points sounds ok but Watson was 20/25 for 247 yards so not really great pass D. Someone please point me to where McDermott has consistently had good results limiting better than average QBs in the playoffs. I'm tired of hearing about how great we are in the regular season — I want to see meaning results — superior defensive coaching in the playoffs.

Surprisingly amusing and kinda true. Josh is at 4:02. Mahomes follows and is good too.

He'll struggle throwing to guys in the X spot. He'll shine in the middle to Shakir and Kincaid.

Everyone can do what they feel, but I'm going into this season with next to no expectations for 35-year-old post-ACL-tear Miller. If he has a good year, great. If he doesn't, it won't upset me.

I don't have any stats but would guess that Josh also hangs onto the football longer than many QBs.

I would not be shocked in Kincaid gets 900 to 1000 yards. And I would not be shocked if Coleman doesn't take off and ends up with just 300-400. I'm not saying he'll bust but maybe take some time to get acclimated at this level.

Gotta be if there's a number 1 WR (or target, given Kincaid) on the roster and if not can a bunch of sub-1 guys be efficient and explosive.

I'd guess 7 or 8 for AJ — I'm bullish because of more playing time. And 7 to 10 for Groot. I'd be pleasantly surprised if Miller gets more than 2 or 3. I'd bet against it but he's a HOFer and his determination makes me think it's not likely but not impossible.