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Thank you. Between how Hardman did on our opening return and how Davis did after when they kicked away from him - that was more incredibly poor Special Teams coverage than it was Ray Davis being some kind of elite return man.

Theoretically, I believe he could. But it would be kind of unheard of for a player to turn down active roster money for a Practice Squad paycheck. Especially since he can only be activated 2 more times over the next 7 games. So he'd have to be willing to potentially only play 2 games over the next 7 and be paid Practice Squad money for 5 of those weeks versus guaranteed active roster money the rest of the way. Ultimately, we need him the rest of the way and I don't think they'd put him in a position to turn down more guaranteed money for less from us. I'm pretty sure that they'd just put him on the roster right away if someone tried to sign him, as that would be the right thing to do.

Mecole won't be cut. There's video of him limping after the fumble, showing his sitting after the turnover wasn't a punishment: In McDermott's Post Game presser, he praised both Hardman for the 61 yard return at the beginning of the game and Beane for signing him. So he seemed pleased with what he saw from him, the fumble and drop withstanding: If he felt he performed so poorly that he needed to be cut, I have to imagine he would have focused not on the positive, but the negative. And ultimately, as others have said, one bad play and a drop in his first ever game since being signed to the active roster and playing less than a week removed from being on the couch, isn't enough to wash their hands of them. That said, he was a DNP at Practice today. So it's possible the calf injury may have him on the shelf this week.

They may have their hand forced before they get the chance to use all the call ups. Lots of teams need WR's and more teams would like to F the Bills over. Now that he's proven he's healthy, someone may try and poach him. Only way to block that is to sign him ourselves.

Yeah, I was a little surprised to see him signed so quickly. But it's pretty clear that the plan was to make him their new Return man, which is why he was signed and Codrington was cut.

Exactly. He made the most of increased reps today and he did surprise me. I have been pretty outspoken about my thoughts on him to this point, which were not good. And while I was pleasantly surprised today, we were going up against the 24th ranked Pass Defense that notoriously plays their Safeties low, often to a detriment. All that said, he did show something though. Which is a lot more than I can say for Keon Coleman and Elijah Moore this season (outside of Coleman's game Week 1).

Rodgers broke his wrist in his non throwing hand. He's been telling people he won't be out long. Josh broke his wrist in his non throwing hand last season and didn't miss a game. And on Joe Burrow:

This didn't change my perception that this isn't a Super Bowl team one iota. It's always fun to get a win. But this was a Tampa Bay team that lost their WR1 in Mike Evans a month ago. Today they were also down Chris Godwin, as well as their star RB Bucky Irving. And they still ran for over 200 yards with an Undrafted Syracuse RB. They still gave up 32 points to a team that beat up. While it was certainly encouraging to see the passing game look better than it has since Week 1 with Gabe Davis interjected, Josh Palmer returning from injury, and Tyrell Shavers getting a bigger role - it's important to know that the Buccaneers have the leagues 24th ranked Pass Defense. They also play their Safeties pretty low, which offers more opportunities deep (as Gabe pointed out Post Game). Long story short, it was good to get the win. But I don't consider the Buccaneers, especially the team they were fielding today, to be a Super Bowl contending team. And it was a battle until the very end. Though I'd love to be wrong, I still don't believe this team is built to actually defeat the leagues best, at their best.

I hear this all the time and I tend to think it's overblown. Josh is the kind of guy to always say the right thing. This time however, the right thing in the moment has come back to bite him in the butt. It's my belief that the famous "you were the guy I wanted" line would have been said to any WR we took. It's like Beane always saying that they got "their guy" every single year. Or that whomever they Drafted was "the last guy we had a 1st Round Grade on". If Josh was truly pounding the table for Keon and Keon alone, they wouldn't have risked missing out on him by trading down not once, but twice to teams they knew were selecting Wide Receivers. 3 teams (Kansas City, San Francisco, and Carolina) selected WR's between when we went on the clock at 28 and selected Coleman at 33. I simply cannot believe that if Coleman was THE one that they'd have risked it. I believe the reality is that Beane felt that after MHJ, Nabers, Odunze, and BTJ that there wasn't much separating guys like Worthy, Legette, and Coleman (as we were looking at Outside guys only) and so long as one of them was still available, he'd keep stockpiling assets. That Josh prob liked all of them for different reasons and/or didn't actually have a dog in the fight and the line he's being killed for since then was just public relations lip service, hyping up "our guy" - as the team always does.

I couldn't disagree with this more. 300 years from now they'll have all the audio, video, and literature documentation of 20th century music and beyond. *Much*, much more than we have of musicians from 300 years past. Perhaps only the vast majority of casual music listeners or people who don't really listen to music will know of only those acts. But I'd venture to say the contributions of many more musicians than just those will be known by far more people than you think. And especially historians.

I just don't think it does improve. I really don't. This just is what it is. Undersized LB's who aren't what we thought they were (Bernard) or aren't what they used to be (Milano). DT's that are more suited for getting up field than stout run stuffers. No Oliver. No Hoecht (who's injection really revolutionized our pass rush). And on top of all of that, this is the ole' "bend but don't break" (vomit) Defense. They just don't focus enough on the run. They practically *want* teams to run all over them. And the soft zone is easy to find holes in. That's simply not going to change while McDermott's here. All you can hope for is guys to play with their hair on fire when it matters. But I just don't see much changing. Too many spots where guys just aren't good enough and the scheme is just broken.

Shakir is banged up. Kincaid is on the shelf for the foreseeable future. Probably at least a couple more weeks. And if he shows something there, you could get more in a trade after this season. Who are we to question what? A hypothetical scenario where his attitude is so bad that they choose to cut him? He was sat for his indiscretion. If they felt what you're implying they could feel - they'd have just cut him this week instead of sending him a message. From his Postgame interview, it doesn't seem like he's disgruntled. The media peppered him with questions where he could have easily went off. He didn't take the bait and took accountability - when he could have easily told the reporters to F off and not even field questions. If he continues to show nothing, then you trade him in the off-season. It's as simple as that. You can potentially get something for Coleman and you get nothing for Moore. There's at least some potential for growth with Coleman and Moore is who he is. And ultimately, Coleman not taking a step isn't any worse than Moore.

Everyone knows Tyler Bass is healthy now. Once you put someone on IR, you can keep them there as long as you'd like. You don't have to activate them to the roster if you don't want to. There's no rule that says once healthy, they must come off IR. And there's just no reason to put him in cold while Prater is still handling the job fine. Suggesting both the team and Coleman himself (as he did an interview after the game) are lying about him being deactivated for missing a team meeting is simply ludicrous. Him simply being inactive bc of performance is a much better look for Coleman. And much less of an issue for the team to deal with in the media.

Then you trade him after the season. You act as if Elijah Moore is some kind of massive loss compared to Coleman. He has 115 yards all season. He gets open just as often as Coleman does. You cut him and there's a pretty decent chance you can get him back on the Practice Squad. You cut Coleman, not only are you missing out on potential growth on and off the field (even if that looks unlikely), you lose out on guaranteed money, lose out on his potential in the Slot (which we haven't tried), and lose out on a potential return (even if it's minimal) on a change of scenery trade after the season - if it's still not working out. Outside of wanting to do something out of anger, there's no logical reason to release Coleman instead of Moore.

Releasing Coleman over Moore is a knee jerk, emotions based move a fan would make. Not a smart GM. Moore is providing us nothing. He's the first WR made inactive if everyone is healthy. After this year, he's gone. We get nothing for him anyways. Coleman is only a year and a half into his career. You've yet to try him inside (which is something we could try with Gabe and Palmer on the Outside), where he may be better suited. And again, at the very least, there's a good chance you could get a return on him after this season. Even if it's a minimal one, it's better than nothing.