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At the game and Pretty impressed by Ryan Vandemark. He was Raw coming out of UConn but he looks like an NFL Left Tackle and his pass set is very good. Might have a shot to make the team esp with question marks at backup LT
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11 hours ago, 1ManRaid said:
I still find it mind boggling how seemingly still nobody around the league can fathom the idea of Beane actually wanting Kincaid. They keep saying he panicked when there was the run on WRs he actually wanted and scrambled to grab what pass catcher was left. I think everyone is still hung up on the TE label Kincaid has. We gave a big money extension to Knox, so nobody can wrap their heads around us wanting another "just a TE". They can understand goal line/bruiser vs speed vs pass catcher RBs, pass rush vs run stuffing vs coverage LBs, but all TEs are exactly the same and "heavy slot" is just too bizarre a concept for them.
There was a small group on this board who preferred Kincaid. I know you’re talking about the league in general but he got a top 10-15 player at what 25? He did well regardless of WR vs TE vs another position
For the record:
I wasn’t high on Elam or Torrence for the Bills and am a huge fan of Dorian Williams.
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6 hours ago, Udubalum07 said:
Klein is the only one that hasn't gotten a chance with the 1s. I'm thinking they are looking to go young this year, and hopefully have a multi year cost savings at that spot.
They will plan to put Klein on the practice squad and if somebody gets hurt then they can have h him activated. I do think that the other three would be picked up if cut.
These are exactly the two reasons Klein will not be the starter. I'm amazed how many people on this board are penciling in Klein as the starting MLB. He's an insurance policy in case Dodson, Spector, Williams, Bernard can't handle the job. McDermott also likes having a veteran presence with young position groups which the MLB crew def is and the LB crew in general outside of Milano.
Lastly, they would have made a bigger commitment to Klein and wouldn't have released him last year if they thought he was the future at the position. He is there to be a mentor, he will be cut, and he will be placed on the PS for emergency and mentorship
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6 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
The injury concern with Sharty is everything. He's basically always been hurt. Even the 1 year he had some measurable receiving yardage he missed games injured. He's had like a dozen inury/re-injury situations with his hammies. He was re-injuring them in the offseasons even. Missing almost all of last season with turf toe was only the latest concern for a 5'6" guy who needs to be lightning quick/fast to be of any use in the NFL. If he stays healthy he is a nice player to have. It just seems unlikely.
Haha you said Sharty 🤣
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For all the Offensive line talk today its understandable this early into padded practices. Usually defenses can install their base packages a lot quicker than the offenses can.
This means that most likely the defense is starting to run more exotic looks/blitzes earlier and the Bills offense hasn't gotten that far along. I wouldn't worry too much about this right now.
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6 minutes ago, boyst said:
Let's play a game:
1) NFL staff kept him on the roster all year: fact
2) they saw him as disciplined: unknown
3) they saw he was developmental: unknown (likely.... obviously true)
4) they wouldn't have put him on the roster: unknown (see Jaquan Johnson and Bobby Hart).
We do not know what the coaches thought. Perhaps because he was deemed coachable he was deemed worthwhile as a project. We don't know what they think.
Zoomers don't understand empirical fact anymore. It's weird.
In preseason I watched him. Some woman near us in Carolina was friends with him in college so I paid attention and rewatched some pre season games when I had nothing else to do in September.
Bobby Hart was actually not bad as a 6th offensive lineman and Johnson was kept for his STs.
What the hell is a zoomer. I actually had to look it up. I’m 38 years old lol. I worked in D1 football for Lance Leipold at Buffalo, a guy who knows talent if you can’t tell. I worked on his recruiting staff. I know an NFL scout for the Jets, Texans, and Bears that I used to work with. I know the Offensive line coach at South Dakota State, who was previously the TE coach there, who raved about Tucker Kraft last year to me which made me a fan of him.
Coaches don’t keep undisciplined, uncontrollable 6th rounders.
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Just now, boyst said:
Opinions vary
It’s not an opinion. An NFL coaching staff decided to keep a 6th round rookie LB on their roster all year. One that was competing for a SB. They obviously saw his play as disciplined and developable. If they didn’t he wouldn’t have made the roster. That’s a fact not an opinion -
51 minutes ago, boyst said:
I like that you use that word patience. I think that sums up what I did not see last year, and it might be confusing to some. His hustle to the ball was genuine, but it seemed like he broke out of assignments, lost discipline on the overall scheme, and just played more like a backyard style ball that an actual piece of this defense.
Is built to be a symbiotic unit. As strong as their weakest link in every sense of the term. Losing Gap integrity, tell Richard responsibility, and the vision needed to play middle linebacker in this defense is very costly. This is something that people jumped all over Edmunds about but he is truly an athletic freak that allowed him to recover with not just his size but his quickness to react. The sharper I always criticized that he was too late to react or recognize the place.
Anyway, time will tell. And I hope I'm wrong. It's not like seeing preseason action of this guy last year is 100% the story but I am a pessimist in this regard
Spector was a 6th round pick. If what you are saying is true about not playing his assignment, lacked discipline in his play etc he wouldn’t have made the team.
What you’re saying is not true. McDermott and staff would have said well we have an undisciplined, doesn’t know his assignment or call on defense so goodbye.
You can argue oh they kept him because he was a rookie draft pick but this regime has cut many late round guys who weren’t cutting it. They would have cut and stashed him on the PS.
The only argument left after that is they didn’t want another team stealing him off the PS which in turn would mean the staff liked Spector enough and his play last year during the preseason to keep him on the active roster to develop him.
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24 minutes ago, drumizen said:
Spector looked great in Preseason last year
Yea, idk what this guy was watching. Spector was fantastic in preseason albeit against 3rd stringers most of the time. He definitely is not getting cut because he provides ST's value at the very least and like I have said I think he will be the starter by midseason.
Klein will be the guy who gets cut and a lot of people in this thread think he will be starting. They would also keep Spector over Matekevich as well who if I recall correctly took a pay cut to stay here.
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25 minutes ago, Dr. Who said:
I don't really bet. As an academic and a poet, I don't have cash to play with. But if I did, I think I'd put some down on Spector as an interesting speculation at MLB.
I claimed that Spector would be our Mike months ago and people questioned it. I’m not saying he’ll be there week 1 but by mid season I think he’s the guy.
Clemson and preseason last year he was all around the ball all the time. Seems to always be in position. Not athletic but just a football player. It’s something McDermott appreciates
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45 minutes ago, Dr. Who said:
I recall @NewEra and I catching a lot of flack pre-draft for pushing for Kincaid and 12 personnel. Folks kept dismissing it and then acting as if Kincaid only made sense as a Knox replacement. Now suddenly it's everybody's jam. (Not singling you out, Virgil, of course. As a prophet-poet, I'm sure you saw this all coming.)
I want in on the pre Kincaid parade as well-
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On 7/22/2023 at 5:57 PM, Eastport bills said:
Losing the division to Tua or a 39 year old Rogers.who is operating behind an O-line that NFL analysts think is below average, is unlikely. Remember, we are the team with the best QB and the best defense. Why would you think these teams could win the division? The Jets have a frightening schedule to start the season. Let’s see their record thru 6 games and then start anointing them.
Okay lol. I said the Bills are the favorites and they should be but our schedule is very tough. The Dolphins played the Bills tough 3 games and the Jets split with the Bills last year.
Your homerism is showing if you don’t think there is a possibility the Bills could lose the AFC East
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PUP has changed since when most people are thinking. This doesn't mean he is out the first 6 weeks of the season like it used to mean. He can very well still suit up Week 1 but he wont be close to 100% if he suits up so I'm not worried about him one way or the other.
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I think both sides are correct in their feelings. I always felt like and I know there are examples both ways but guys who catch a lot of passes are more valuable than runners nowadays and I always felt those guys lasted longer in the league.
I would honestly out of Pollard, Barkley, and Jacobs probably pay Pollard before anyone else because he has production both as a runner and pass catcher. Ekeler has the same story but I can understand the Chargers being hesitant to pay him because his body and frame is so small and that kind of pounding has to take a toll on it after awhile.
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Didn't play long enough and didn't win any rings. Shouldn't get in the Hall sorry.
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Everyone and I mean everyone at the HC level hires guys they have worked with or a recommendation of a guy they know. HS straight to the NFL
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Without reading through 3 pages, how did this get to 3 pages?
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The Bills are the favorites but I can see them losing the division
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10 hours ago, Einstein said:
Belichick.
He’s the greatest to ever coach.
Even now, if you look at the crap he has on that Patriots roster, how he got them to the playoffs in 2021 and close in 2022 is impressive.
I actually 100% agree with this. Not about the roster but if you put Allen and our offense and Belichick with two weeks to game plan for the opposing teams offense, I believe it would get us over the top there is a huge track record there including SB 25-
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Pretty straightforward. Offense was humming, mid season hit and the offense still scored but struggled to do so mostly because DCs caught onto what the Bills were doing and they didn’t adjust.
Underutilized players such as Knox and Hines(who Beane admitted he traded for to help the offense)
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2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
My take is, when I'm down to my DE4, I want someone I can count on even if they arent the most talented. I need steady and consistent over boom/bust like AJ and Boogie. We know what Shaq is... and that's exactly why I like him.
Define Steady and consistent to me if steady and consistent is taking reps and setting the edge with no ability to rush the passer than sure. Epenesa had 6.5 sacks in his 3rd season in the NFL and is an ascending player. He also started 2 games this year.
Lawson started 6 games and had 3.5 sacks in his 7th year.
So Lawson had triple his starts, forced less turnovers, and has double the experience in the NFL than Epenesa but had 3 sacks less, 1 less turnover opportunity and had 15 more tackles which at the end of the day aren't difference making plays because Epenesa had 7 TFL and Lawson had 6.
There is literally no concernable stats that say that Shaq Lawson is a better player than AJ Epenesa at this point.
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3 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Those were garbage sacks last year. Lawson outplayed him.
Like this signing
Time for Beane to admit mistake and trade Epenesa for a 5th next year.
Basham isn't much better but he has size to play in run down situations. Epenesa is useless against the run.
Lawson is an average football player. I mean the amount of love the guy gets on here makes me shake my head. He's a loveable character. I get it he likes Buffalo and Buffalo likes him but that doesn't change the fact that the Bills can't do a lot better. Epenesa has upside still. I don't care if they were garbage sacks. He's still showing improvement unlike Lawson who we know exactly what his max is. I'm not even really advocating for Epenesa or Basham either but at least there could be something more there.
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Either Boogie or Shaq isn't making the team. At least Epenesa had a pulse with 6.5 sacks last year.
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He’s a good get this late. Previously paired up with Von. Hopefully draws some attention away from Oliver so he can finally get after the QB.
Looks like their trying to recreate the dline the Rams had a couple years ago
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Game Day Thread? Colts @ Bills
in The Stadium Wall
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I would assume they would try him there but I’d say he would be much more comfortable on the left