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I was not super impressed with the video of AJ's top 10 plays at Alabama. A couple were under thrown and most we fairly simple lob passes to a streaking wide receiver. In Cincinnati he played with Eifert, Green, Sanu, Jones, and Bernard. Peterman likely could have impressed with that squad. All three QBs have a reasonable chance to start week one.

White for #4, or White for Josh Allen, or White for 12, 53, 56. However you want to think about it - it's all about the same. In hindsight, if things worked out about the same, it would have been White for 22, 53, 56, and 63 because we would have taken Allen at 4 and Edmunds at 12. I think I'd take White over those four picks, but the Bills probably would have found a gem or two in those four picks.

Chris mentions the Hawaii game, where Allen was 9 for 19, but looked good. He looked decent to me too. Two bad passes.

The more game videos I watch, the more I believe Allen will be good sooner rather than later. Senior Bowl Stats (North) Passing C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT Josh Allen 9/13 158 12.2 2 0 Tanner Lee 8/19 86 4.5 0 1 Baker Mayfield 3/7 9 1.3 0 0 TEAM 20/39 253 6.5 2 1 Rushing CAR YDS AVG TD LONG Kalen Ballage 10 57 5.7 0 16 Akrum Wadley 8 38 4.8 0 15 Jaylen Samuels 10 37 3.7 0 8 Josh Allen 5 19 3.8 0 12 Dimitri Flowers 1 6 6.0 0 6 Baker Mayfield 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 Tanner Lee 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 TEAM 36 147 4.1 0 16

Thanks for posting! + Great feet + Ability to shed would-be sackers + Ability to throw on the run going left or right + Ability to throw accurately while off-balance + Can play under center or in shot-gun - Maddening in-accuracy on deep throws and simple swing passes - A couple "Bad" interceptions, where he just seemed to not see defenders - including an interception on a screen pass - Did not anticipate pressure to be ready with a "check-down" option Should be an interesting couple next years! I really hope he develops, because there is obviously something to this kid.

Save McCoy, I feel like we lost three or four of our best offensive players this year. Our offense was ranked very low last year (29th in yards and 22nd in points). This year, we have maybe one or two proven lineman, no reliable WRs, and no proven QBs. I suspect we will fall off a bit or stay even with last year's rankings. Sometimes an OC or QB change makes all the difference. Can McCarren be a difference maker like Watson or Garoppolo last year? I'm hoping for the best, but not expecting it. On defense we should be much better than our 26th ranking. FA and this draft class filled a couple needed holes. I predict 7 wins.

Shawne Merriman (claimed off waivers), Boldin (FA)

Trading Sammy last year gives us fewer holes this year, either at QB or perhaps another position. Sammy is now playing for the Chiefs (3yr/$45M). We've basically got KB and Star and a little extra draft capital instead of Sammy.

Take two: Frank Reich will be Indianapolis Colts' new head coach https://sports.yahoo.com/take-two-frank-reich-will-indianapolis-colts-new-head-coach-202805208.html?src=rss

Follow me here... 2017 - One first round pick. Trade their first round pick for a later pick and a 2018 first rounder. CHECK! 2018 - Two first round picks. Trade both of their first round picks for later picks and 2019 first rounders. RESULT: likely 4 second rounders. 2019 - Three first round picks. Trade three of their first round picks for later picks and 2020 first rounders. RESULT: likely 1 late first rounder, 3 second rounders. 2020 - Four first round picks. Trade four of their first round picks for later picks and 2021 first rounders. RESULT: likely 2 late first rounders, 3 seconds rounders. Thereafter - Five first round picks. Trade the worst four of their first round picks for later picks and subsequent year first rounders. RESULT: likely top 10 pick, late first rounder, 4 second rounders. Net result - 2021 and forever after - Nearly always a top 10 pick. Pick 1 or 2 or 3 in the draft about every 5 years. Nearly always an additional pick or sometimes two later in the first round. Nearly always two or three additional picks in the second or third round. Seems worth it to me, when the short-term trade-off is that you get multiple quality players like T.White or Dawkins instead of a single quality player like Lattimore. Long term, it seems that they would be at a competitive advantage annually. So I guess I'm for the trade-down. Every year.

Would I have liked to have Watkins, Darius, Ragland, Seymore, and Darby against the Jags for the playoff game? Yes. Especially Darius and Watkins. Would we have made the playoffs with those good players on the roster? Not sure. Forgot trade for KB. In hindsight, I'll take the playoff appearance as well as KB and the stock pile of draft picks going into next year.

Well, now that the Browns are on the hook for $16M in 2017, they should restructure him to a one year deal for $1M with a $15M signing bonus. Then they can trade him to Denver for another 2nd rounder. Denver would be have a $1M cap hit for their starting or backup quarterback.

http://overthecap.com/2017-compensatory-draft-picks-update-5102016/ Buffalo: They were very mindful in signing multiple UFAs at low enough levels that should not meet the minimum qualifying APY. The one exception is Zach Brown. If he is cut, the Bills would be eligible for a 7th for Ron Brooks.It's been apparent for about 2 years now that the front office is actually paying attention to this stuff - for the first time in a long time.

"The most important ability is availability."

Cleanly beat Kouandjio at the 2:12 mark.

Let's go make some noise... So when the Colts audible... Five yard penalty

Fluellen release makes some sense. As a vested vet, his salary would have been guaranteed had he been on the active roster after Saturday. GUARANTEED SALARY FOR VESTED VETERANSAny vested veteran (at least 4 years of service time) who is on the team’s 53-man roster for the first game of the season is entitled to termination pay (if he’s never received termination pay before), which means that his base salary is essentially guaranteed for the year. This is why you will see teams releasing marginal veteran players prior to week 1 and then immediately re-signing them early the following week. There is also an in-season termination pay that applies to vested veterans signed during the season, which essentially guarantees the player 25% of the salary they would have received if not for being released (again, if they haven’t already received termination pay). http://russellstreetreport.com/2015/08/17/baltimore-ravens-salary-cap/ramificaitons-cutdown-days-rule-51/

2015 contract details Manuel - 1.2M - guaranteed Cassel - 4.65M - includes 500K roster bonus Taylor (as starter) - 3.15M - assuming playoff birth Taylor (as backup) - 1.3M Simms - 585K 2016 contract details Manuel - 1.6M - guaranteed Taylor (as starter) - 4.13M - assuming playoff birth Taylor (as package qb) - ~2.3M Taylor (as backup) - 1.3M 2017 contract details Taylor (as starter in either 2015 or 2016) - UFA Taylor (as backup in 2015 and 2016 and starter in 2017) - 1.2M Tough decisions for the front office. Should TT's contract affect the decision as to how much he plays? In Kapernick's rookie year GR limited him to about 8 plays per game. I am a big EJ fan, but I think TT has earned the job. So the nod should go to him with Manuel as the #2 and Simms as the #3. The 4M savings from using Simms instead of Cassel can be used to extend Incognito or to help extend other players such as Darius. #3 QBs rarely play. When they do, it rarely changes the outcome of the game. We would likely be the first team in NFL history to have a 4.65M #3 QB. Those resources are better spent elsewhere. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/tyrod-taylor/ http://www.buffalorumblings.com/bills-news-notes/2015/3/18/8236345/tyrod-taylor-contract-details-buffalo-bills-qb-nfl-free-agency-2015

Eric Wood was captain in 2013 and again in 2014. The image displayed was from July 2014. At that time he had only been captain one year in a row. Hence, only one star is colored in gold. Had the picture been from mid-season 2014 he would have had 2 stars filled in.

So far we have a net loss in qualified free agents. I wonder it that will yield compensatory picks next year. I don't think Ingocnito counts as he was signed outside the FA window. Also, I understand that players need to be UFA to qualify. So Clay would not count whether the transition tag remains or if he is cut. So looks like we're in line for extra 6th and/or 7th round pick next year.

Nice Limerick K-9. We will stop the run We will sack the quarterback Defense will prevail

The right tactic could have been to intentionally hold the defenders coming in to touch the QB down, therefor running extra time off the clock. Whether the 10 yard penalty was accepted or not, they would have then been able to kneel down normally or even do the same play again. Otherwise, there was about an 8 second difference and they would have had to punt. Also, coach Marrone said they were planning on throwing a pass out of bounds on 4th down (assuming only 3 or 4 seconds left). The intentional holding tactic would have been ironic, because Baltimore used the same tactic in the Superbowl win on the intentional safety play. They were able to run off 8 seconds or so. It was very obvious, but holding was not called on that play. For the Bills, the tactics could have been a touch better, but how it played out worked fine.

NFL Network, Whiparound coverage, 8:00pm "Preseason Games" - Whiparound coverage of the following LIVE Preseason Games: Buccaneers vs. Patriots, Vikings vs. Bills, 49ers vs. Chiefs and Raiders vs. Saints. http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/networkschedule

+ Moats. He seemed to be in many plays on both defense and special teams + Morrison. Seemed solid to me. + Brooks. Another solid outing + Kyle + Marcell - Sheppard. Where has he been this pre-season? I'm expecting a MLB in a 4-3 to be in most plays. Do they take him out for nickle package or something? - Merriman. He did make one nice play to beat a block from their backup TE. Otherwise, it seemed like he was not motivated to play too hard. - Chandler. Missed on a couple blocks. - Spiller / OL. A lot of bouncing around, but no yards on limitted carries.

Brad Smith contributes to the team. With 46 players now active on gameday and no more 3rd QB exemption, I'd rather have Brad Smith active than a 3rd quarterback who doesn't contribute.