stevewin

Rooting for KJ he's my guy

Davidson was another depth guy that was doing well the practices I went to - my Dad kept saying "there's that TE again". Not sure how he makes the 53 if they keep Gilliam, but figure a PS guy for sure

It's been crazy during Josh's entire time here watching other games where it seemed every team, every game, had receivers - some just regular depth guys - who would come down with jump balls and imperfect balls and you'd think how come a Bills receiver NEVER does that. It's been a long time.

I saw him win plenty of routes in the practices I went to (with separation). Just because 5 media clips out of over 100 plays from a 2 hr practice doesn't show something doesn't mean it's not happening

You might be thinking of me- I was talking up hamler - thought be balled in the practices I went to - havent seen anyone mention him in the media. I'm hoping he makes it as returner bc I think he can be a legitimate depth receiver

I'd prefer to imagine it as the last TD of the AFC championship for the starters, beating KC by 4 TDs to cap off a 'Perfect-Patriots*-playoff'-type game before sitting for the 4th Q

This is not the first time I've seen reference to new DB coach and "clean slate" as reasons for Elam's current success. They dont seem to be shy about essentially putting more public blame on Butler as things progress

The guy from my generation was the Earl of Bud. "You Got One!"

Spleen of course

One thing to note the ball was slick tonight with the rain - I don't view the balls going through some wrs hands that they can't catch as maybe a wake up to focus more in conditions that are less than ideal

Its crazy how narratives start so quickly - pretty sure dude never fumbled in college . Josh said each of the lost exchanges were his fault bc sweaty hands yet McGovern can't snap the ball etc

My dad who HATES Bass now went on a rant for the one mis then just to troll him i hyped up each of the 5 in a row and his response was "yeah wait til there's wind" 😛

The two practices this week i went to i thought he was ballin - physical and played above his size. I'm rooting for him to make it as returner bc I think he is a legitimate extra wr

Gonna say it after one tall one - davis has flashed to me than cook so far what I've seen (3rd practice)

Traffic was the worst cluster I've ever seen. Left house at 3, normally 30-45 min drive taking back roads. Once got to abbot was not moving. Had to get to southwestern lot 5 for ada lot. Just got to my seat. Still people on the roads for miles

Yet according to the media and the overreactions on this board we "gave" the Chiefs Worthy, even though they literally paid us for him. I'll be surprised if I ever read anything more stupid on this board (or anywhere for that matter) than the people who actually said Beane and the Bills were stupid for not drafting Worthy even though they didn't want him, just to prevent KC from getting him.

Still waiting for the Zubaz helmet

Semi-related - at practice I was at earlier this week one of the ST periods seemed to be more about just trying different types of kicks - there were some Bass was trying to skip it on the ground just past the 25 yd line - will be interesting to see what becomes popular

At the end of that you can see how more short/stocky Solomon is (esp compared to other DE) which surprised me when I saw him for the first time at camp - thought with the long arms he would be more taller/lanky

It definitely was interesting so see the different side from the GM perspective - even though Shoen isn't exactly the most dynamic personality it still held interest. The one thing is how sanitized this version will likely always be, teams will generaly want to protect who were the players they were targetting in FA and draft that they didn't get, and will always want to end with the idea that they got exactly the guys they wanted.

People forget the injuries he has gutted through the last two years without ever complaining or bringing it up at all - but he had to adjust to be able to throw at all with the injuries

November? I remember when seasons were over at 0-2

Random observations from today's practice; - Hollins first one out again hair flowing and feet bare - Watching players coming out from top of bleachers: - Elam only non WR I saw on juggs - he was there for a while - In vip area as players approach tunnel from fieldhouse there was 7 guys all with Dawkins jerseys on. Dion comes over and turns out he knows them all- assume from his hometown bc heard Joisey a lot. One guy had his kid there heard Dion say "I remember when you were in diapers" Stayed for 5 mins talking to them all - was a really cool scene - Every time I see Josh doing the walk from the fieldhouse I'm reminded I Love You Josh Allen 😛 - Merciful clouds to start practice, but didn't last long unfortunately - Lots of ST to start - OL doing a drill where the rusher bull rushes then jumps up and they try to maintain contact. Then for a while two guys on each side with pads coming at a blocker needed to engage left then right then left then right - QBs doing the drill where they hand off then get another ball tossed to them then immediately throw to the side - did same yesterday, - Next was routes against air - Have to say trubisky throws a nice ball - tight spiral with zip - Red zone 1-1 selected plays - Coleman great grab vs Elam gets feet in, shavers v benford incomplete great effort both, hamler v Ingram couldn't hold on, Shakir v taron ref said out but very close, Coleman v Elam nice catch td, keys v brown sick move to be open. Hamler v rasul great coach in middle with defender hanging all over him, ingram nice pbu vs isabella, shavers couldn't hold on, Xavier Johnson left brown in the dust sick inside move, Lewis int after coleman fell down. Hamler great contested grab at back ez, ref called out. Were multiple great effort plays by receivers that refs called out that looked very close - would have been a lot of video reviews and possible overturns on many of these ez catches if this was real game - 11-11 selected plays - Lot more runs this 11-11 session Josh to Samuel 15 yd down middle, Trubsky to samuel similar play, Dorian Williams like a rocket to destroy sweep, davis cant get edge v 2nd team d nice d, 3rd string lovely stops quick out to Isabella in its tracks, davis 1st team nice run to left 15 yds - After the whistle a lot of times the rb will just keep going (and keep getting popped) and sometimes keep running all the way to EZ. Yesterday noticed trubisky tearing down field to run with rb into ez, today noticed all 3 qbs doing it at times so seems just a thing they decided to do for fun (couple times there were some audibles - one time Buechele was tearing down the field on a run play and the RB stopped, so he quickly sheepishly looped back to LOS, one time Josh was running down and RB started to stop and Josh made him run all the way in with him - guess Buechel doesn't quite have the same command 😛 ) - Caught a shirt - Next was a period where defense was off on the side field and offense stood around for like 10 mins going over some formation or concept - did 4 snaps total may have been the lowest energy extended period I have ever seen at a practice - maybe on purpose bc of the heat - 11-11 selected plays - Looked like they were doing 3rd and long - Kincaid sliding grab at marker, quick slant Josh pass to mvs for td - though it might have been blown dead - von came up middle with clear shot (was the one play i keyed on von - did a little juke/delay and then looped over to middle and was untouched), Trubisky nice step up to avoid pressure hit keys 1st down, db blitzes untouched from left side trubisky reads immediately and gets ball to mckitty nice play, rasul drops int from josh after nice break on ball, Josh threads beautiful 20 yd pass down middle to Hollis with 4 guys around him, bishop really nice physical pbu on long josh throw to te down field, pbu on Josh forced throw to shavers, Josh quick out to Samuel 15 yds, groot untouched sack, josh to kincaid down middle 15 yds, trubisky beautiful pass to hollins thread needle 20 yds, Some scuffle well after play - just saw the huge scrum then solomon being dragged out by 2 teammates, josh quick out to Keon, then dump off to cook 10 yds, trubisky threaded another pass down middle, Josh scrambles then whistle blows and Josh keeps running around in secondary til comes up to safety then collapses on ground in a " slide" - what a goof - bass 5 for 6 increasing yardage fgs, missed last from 50 - browning was holding - 11-11 selected plays - Last reps by 1st team,, dline not trying to bring pressure - Keon 1st down short throw, beautiful run davis up middle, MVS no gain, Hamlin laid wood to shavers who hung on - looked like might have been a head shot, cook up middle no gain, short dump off bounces off Kincaid hands (human after all), Kincaid 1st down, josh beautiful long throw down middle to Shakir threaded between 4 defenders, Knox fist down, shavers nice comeback 8 yds sideline, nice pbu in hardy, Josh force to davidson with 2 defenders there - hardy another pbu (think Josh knew it was last play) - This was a long practice in the heat - went to 11:50 - Final thoughts from last two days: - MVS was out there many times with the ones today, but my big takeaway is I wouldn't put any stock who is with ones - it is constantly changing not only where guys line up but also who they line up with, and which team it is. Even if/when "starters" are designated i dont think it will matter much since personnel is all going to be different based on the play - Think practice today was less energy than yesterday. D was thumping more yesterday, but today seemed to be actually playing more stout d even with a little less 'edge' hitting after whistle etc - Bernard seemed really hyped both days being physical - Trubisky looked good to me both days - moved well in pocket, avoided pressure, some nice throws with zip - a couple elite ones. Looked like a legitimate QB - Davis really looks like the real deal to me. I said yesterday he looks tiny standing around but doesn't look small with the ball in his hands - I hope Hamler makes the team as returner bc I think he is a legitimate receiver as well. Dude constantly flashed to me both days (yesterday at first I kept seeing 19 making plays and asking myself who is 19? dude is balling! I soon learned) - he is a dog who was playing much bigger than he is - physical fighting for position and going after balls

Fwiw after the missed exchange today Josh held up his hands then wiped them multiple times on a towel as if to say it slipped out of his wet hands. I don't think today's was McGovern fault