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We've got 1 DE that we signed to a 3 year deal that is sitting on suspension that we haven't dressed yet. We have another DE we spent a 3rd Round Pick on that we haven't dressed yet. As it is, if they all stay healthy - we're going to have a tough decision to make roster wise and/or keep SIX DE's. We brought in 3 new Ends in this offseason. Again, two of which we haven't seen yet. We gave Bosa 12.7m for a year. We signed Groot to an 80m deal. And you want them to bring in ANOTHER DE? It's not going to happen.

I can't find myself on that post. But that's not bc I was on the right side of history, but because I was so upset by the pick, I didn't even want to talk about it. Glad I was so wrong. Though to those that were upset by the pick like me, I still maintain that Allen is a unicorn. The exception, not the rule. If we found ourselves in the same situation in the future, I'd still be against the Allen like prospect. Bc 9.5 times out of 10, you're ending up with Trey Lance or Anthony Richardson instead of Josh Allen.

Yes, you were quoted incorrectly. It was meant for someone else. My apologies. I meant to quote NeverOutNick. Sorry for the incoming long reply, but you have a knack for making me go all analytical lol Right now, we're carrying the bare minimum at DT. We were initially going to carry 5 DT for a total of 10 DL, but Carter got injured right before the year. I think they believed that they could get by with having the minimum 4 we have active for a number of weeks and then bring Logue or Phillips up, if necessary. And they temporarily decided to boost ST's with Franklin for the time being. I think ultimately when it comes to the numbers game and where we carry extra, it's more of a sticking point coming out of the Pre-Season than it is mid season. Mid season, it's more about fitting the best players you can on when and where you can, depending on injuries. Obviously, there's limits to that. You need to make sure you have at least 2 QB, 3 RB, 1 FB, 5 WR, 3 TE, 9 OL, 8 DL, 5 LB, 5 CB, 4 S, and 3 Specialists. But those 5 extra spots are more liberal as the year goes on. 11 DL isn't an insane number. In fact, we finished the season last year with that exact number - DE: Greg Rousseau AJ Epenesa Von Miller Dawuane Smoot Javon Solomon DT: Ed Oliver Daquan Jones Austin Johnson Dewayne Carter Jordan Phillips Quinton Jefferson I mean, right now, we're carrying an unheard of 12 in the Secondary. Granted, Codrington and Franklin are DB's in name only. But the same can be sort of said of Solomon, who's way more ST's than DL. The problem with cutting from the DL, and you touched on it a bit, is who do you let go? The most obvious at DE is the aforementioned Solomon. But he's a key ST player, which is why he's active over Jackson. So it probably won't be him. Obviously, Rousseau, Bosa, Hoecht, and Jackson aren't going anywhere. So that really only leaves AJE. I did mention the off chance possibility that, if everyone stays healthy there, he could be dealt. But if we can't get anything for him, I'm not sure they'd outright cut him. Daquan won't be cut. I don't see them thinking he's the unquestioned starter at 1T to thinking he provides nothing in the rotation. I suppose, like AJE, there's an off chance that if someone were interested they'd Trade him. But that would only happen if they felt Walker was ready to be their starter AND that Ogunjobi would play 1T. But idk how likely that is as Ogunjobi was brought in to be a 3T and that's where he spent Camp and the Pre-Season. Though he has played that spot before. When it comes to DT with Ogunjobi, as I said, we always meant to carry 5 there to begin with. So that's a pretty simple move of erasing the pencil Franklin was etched in with Carter's spot and activating Ogunjobi. And Hairston is as simple as erasing the pencil Ingram was etched in with - as I feel the only reason he made it was bc Hairston was out. Same goes for Lundt penciled into Grable's spot and Prater in Bass' spot (if they decide to activate either). Ultimately, it's all pretty simple - save for Hoecht's spot. I think the easiest thing that can happen there is that there's an injury along the WR, DL, or Secondary rooms where someone is IR'ed at one of those spots. Though that's not something I'm wishing for, that would make it the simplest move. Maybe Landon Jackson pops up with a mysterious injury and he's IR'ed for a time. But I imagine they'd want him to develop in Practice. Outside of that, maybe they shop around AJE, Samuel, or Daquan and they can get something done with one of them.

@NeverOutNick Hamlin and Codrington aren't going anywhere. If anyone was being moved to make room for Hancock to see the field, it would be Cam Lewis before Damar Hamlin. But I don't think he's going anywhere either. But regardless of what you and other fans think about Hamlin - McDermott values him too much. Outside of Rapp and Bishop, he's the only Safety to be active and gotten snaps at Safety. And Codrington is our entire Return game. They aren't going to risk putting someone important back there and it's too important of a job this year to go with just anybody. The odds that we get through Week 6 without a single player to put on IR is pretty slim. At least one player is going to get dinged up, if not more. And then it will come down to who's 52 and/or 53 between Sam Franklin and Ja'Marcus Ingram. Off chance if our DE's are all healthy they can move AJE or if all our WR's stay healthy we can move Samuel - otherwise i'd expect them to be here.

My mistake. I thought the message of being able to wait for Grable but not for Hairston and the wording of "week 5 prep" implied prepping to play for Week 5.

If you're referring to whether the weight loss has adversely effected his game, you're right - the sample size is small. But it hasn't looked good in that small sample size. But if you're referring to whether or not he's the unquestioned RB3, I'd say that your argument is more of an argument for why he is. The fact that he's gotten a quarter of the reps that Cook has and more importantly, half the reps that Ty Johnson has, and that his number seems to go down on a weekly basis - says that he is.

I disagree. Even if he were back at Practice for Week 5, like you said, we don't have to activate him to the 53 for 3 Weeks (bringing us to Week 8). I see almost no shot that they're going to immediately activate him off of injury after Week 4, have him take a total of 3 practices, and immediately stick him on the field in his first ever NFL game. I think that's what fans want, but I don't think that's how the team is going to handle it. And there's been no indication that he'll be 100% healthy after Week 4. So the idea that he'll definitely be designated to return after Week 4 isn't a given. I could easily see a scenario where he isn't designated to return until Week 6. But even if they do it immediately, they're going to work him back in and let him get at least a couple weeks of Practices in first before they think about putting him on the field. And at that point, they'd probably just give him through the Bye rather than bring him back for one week before the Bye. I still maintain that I wouldn't expect to see him until Week 8 at the earliest.

It's Week 3.

I think they're still holding out hope that if they can keep him healthy and untouched throughout the year, that some team with money that has injuries at WR will take the contract off of our hands. Halfway through the season and having not taken the damage that the rest of the league's active players have to that point - he could hold more value than he did prior to Week 1. I wouldn't cut him though. A healthy and fresh Curtis Samuel is a pretty nice thing to be able to call upon in a pinch halfway through an NFL season. And we're paying for him anyways. Like I said, we've got 3 more games before we have to worry about any of this. Hopefully (knock on wood) we'll be healthy and tough decisions will have to be made. But it could easily not be difficult at all.

I was huge on Braelon Allen in the Draft last season because physically, he is a freak of nature. I was pretty heartbroken when he was available in Round 4 and we went with Davis instead. There was a lot of talk that he could be RB1 in New York this season and that Breece was on the trading block after an impressive off-season by Allen. That didn't come to be. But I still wish we went Allen instead of Davis.

In the off-season, Ray Davis stated that he decided to cut weight because: “I wanted be lighter. Last year I was the bruiser, short yardage and I felt I could do a lot more… I feel way lighter and way faster.” I found this baffling bc that was the reason he was brought in, imo. To be the "bruiser, short yardage" RB - the Thunder to Cook's Lightning. And for him to try and get "lighter and faster", I felt could bring more negative to his game than positive. Bc dropping weight wouldn't take him from what he is, which us a 4.55 guy with a straight line style, and turn him into a RB like Cook. But it could effect his power and effectiveness in what his role on this team was. I was interested to see how he looked in the Pre-Season, as I was kind of skeptical that his deciding to do that would be positive for his game. And through Camp and the Pre-Season, he did look less effective. And looking at the snap counts for Running Back, it's pretty clear the Bills have noticed. Through three games, the RB room snap count is: James Cook - 123 Snaps Ty Johnson - 62 Snaps Ray Davis - 34 Snaps James Cook seeing the field more wasn't all that surprising to me, as him "not being a 3 Down RB" was such a talking point this off-season. And with him being paid what he was, I think they wanted to show he could be a bellcow. But Ty Johnson having almost double the snaps of Davis is pretty surprising. And last night, Davis was only on the field for a total of four snaps, with zero touches. Which is a pretty big fall off so far from last season. It makes me wonder if his decision to cut weight was done on his own accord? Or did the Bills tell him to do it? Bc I can't imagine, especially with how he's been used this year, that they felt it was a good decision. It's pretty clear that in the pecking order, he's a distant 3rd option. It feels like he didn't want the "bruiser, short yardage" role and in his desire to be used differently - he now has no role.

There's still another 3 weeks before we have to worry about making room for Hoecht and Ogunjobi. Who knows how healthy we'll be then and if one or more people need to be moved to IR. Same thing goes for Hairston, in a way. We can designate a return to practice after this week. We then can have him practice for up to 21 Days before we have to activate him to the 53 or shut him down for the year. I don't see them designating his return, activating him, and throwing him on the field for Week 5. I think it's more likely they designate his return to practice after this week and then they let him get up to speed in Practice and also give him the Week 6 Bye as well and he doesn't see the field until Week 7 - along with Hoecht and Ogunjobi. And again, we have 3 more games before we have to worry about that. Anything could happen between now and then.

Cook Kincaid Moore Hawes Walker Bernard Thompson

I think it's more of a numbers game right now. If there's an injury to Nickel or Safety, then he'll be in. But with everyone healthy there and the guys they have in for depth being core Special Teamers and him not being that - I don't know that there's a spot for him on the GameDay 48, even if he is healthy and had more time to practice.

Great play by Bernard. An equally great play by Walker. That INT doesn't happen without Deone:

I mean, between Hairston being on IR and Jackson, Hancock, and Lundt being on the healthy scratch every week - that distinction really comes down to just Hawes, Sanders, Walker, and Strong. Hawes continues to show he's an upgrade from Quintin Morris. A helluva blocker and a guy who comes up with a single important catch a game. Good on him for being in the right spot for that shuttle pass. Walker had just as important of a play, if not more, when it came to winning as Hawes today. He caused that INT to happen:

I said when Prater came in for Bass and it's the same now, it's really simple - if Prater is streaking and Bass is ready, you just keep him on IR until if or when Prater proves to be a liability. That said, that Kick today was horrific. Hopefully it's an anomaly and Prater stays hot. If that's the case, again, you just keep Bass on IR. But if it isn't and he continues to miss kicks, then Bass is going to definitely come back in when he's fully ready.

F'n Tyreek Hill crossers are killing us

Classic McDermott bailing out the other team with a Time Out.

Friendly Fire Taylor Rapp strikes again

2 bad OL reps back to back there.

"But he's not a 3 Down Back"

Good for him. Keeping both he and Green felt a little unnecessary to begin with, when you consider Alec Anderson is used as the Backup Center and we also have SVPG on the 53 as well. And yes, it opens up one of the limited to 6 veteran PS spots. Depending on where Gabe Davis is at, he could just be slid in to that spot from PS IR.

The flip side of that argument is that generally all of our 1st's are closer to 2nd's to begin with. Keon Coleman was truly a 2nd Round Pick. Regardless of whether it was our first pick or not. We moved our 1st for a 2nd, 3rd, and some change.

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