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FYI, the next WR drafted after Kincaid was Jonathan Mingo, who I can assure you would have gotten us nowhere at any speed. The other WRs drafted in the 2nd round that year were: Jayden Reed - who's been pretty good but also can't stay healthy. Also hasn't been at all consistent for GB. Rashee Rice - has been quite good when on the field, but between injury and suspension has missed way more time than Kincaid I think. Marvin Mims - kind of a rich man's Jonathan Mingo, by which I mean "not good". Rice over Kincaid is a pretty fair argument if you're okay with the off-field stuff. Reed vs Kincaid is an interesting debate but definitely not definitive in favor of Reed. My point is that maybe a WR instead of Kincaid would've helped, but just as likely that it would've been significantly worse.

I need to see more - really over a few weeks - before I share this level of confidence. But I agree that there’s upside on this team right now. How much of it will they reach? I have no idea, but I think it’s mostly up to them. I’m hoping we haven’t seen this team’s best game yet. Sky is still the limit.

Me too! Now, I think the absolute last chance for him would be this offseason. But if he spends the rest of the year useless (which includes being a healthy scratch), an offseason turnaround would be close to miraculous. Right now, we’re in the much more pedestrian territory of “young player struggles with the professionalism the NFL requires.”

Hey, guy who’s too busy checking in. I haven’t had a chance to watch any games yet, or do much more than read the headlines. For those who have been watching, how do they look? How optimistic or pessimistic are you?

I broadly agree with this. Only note I’d have is that IMO Waddle is maybe a 1.5 at best, maybe just a 2 at this point. His last 3 years have been underwhelming. I’d still want a guy like Waddle or Addison, but only at a reasonable price and not a blockbuster price. If we’re giving up more than a first and a third, I think Olave or AJ Brown are about the minimum acceptable quality of target. Even those would be pushing it unless there are competing offers. Olave’s concussion history and Brown’s combo of attitude and age ding them both as assets.

Shakir isn’t injured. He’s listed because he didn’t practice, but that’s due to personal reasons. Not injury related.

Yeah. Like, the long TD runs we've given up this year are bad, there's no debating that. But as failures go, giving up a long TD run isn't as damaging as giving up a series of 5-15 yard runs that ends in a TD. The long run can be demoralizing, but getting wrecked over and over on a long TD drive is also demoralizing. I'm not *happy* about where the run D is this year by any stretch. But I'm *less worried* than most.

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No, it was just this past week when they signed Hardman to the 53.

Please do!

If Davis Mills starts, we should absolutely win. I'm hoping we can build on the positives from last week, while cutting out the turnovers. Allen's first INT was caused by bad blocking - Edwards blocked nobody while a blitzer came untouched through the spot where Edwards started the play. The second INT was more of a great recovery by the defender, but Allen could've been better there. The Hardman fumble was just a poor decision not to fair catch it, with 2 Bucs bearing down on him and no blockers. And the other fumble (Ty Johnson I think?) that we recovered wasn't great, but also more of a good play by Lavonte David than it was a glaring error on our part.

Josh Allen had a bad game. That's it, that's the whole point. The INT was the most glaring part of it, which is why I highlighted the INT when responding to a post about how Allen had a bad game. Hope that clears it up for you.

The pick in the end zone was BRUTAL. I don’t care how bad the receivers were. Still brutal.

I suspect Beane felt similarly about Shaheed. I also suspect (based on the quotes from his presser) that he was trying to make a bigger move - Olave or Waddle most likely.

The all-whites are nice; I slightly prefer them vs white-over-blue. The all-blues are okay but never my preference. I think they look a little better for day games than night games. The all-red Union Suit look is ONLY acceptable during a heavy snow game. Otherwise they just look like they're playing in their jammies. Might as well put a buttflap on the red pants at this point.