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Why predict the roster until we see who shines in the preseason? Joe B is very predictable w his roster projections every year. Never goes out on a limb. I guess McDermott is very predictable too. I see no reason for Gilliam to take up a roster spot. What is his upside and value? If Davidson and Morris have a higher ceiling, go with 4 TE’s. That’s certainly not unheard of. In today’s NFL very few teams have a FB. Unless we have Kyle Juzcyk or Sam Gash the position is a non factor. As for WR I am a big Claypool fan. If his injury isn’t serious, get him reps in the preseason and see what he’s got. Same with Shorter. He has great size. Let’s get him reps. And I am glad we aren’t hearing the “let’s cut MVS” nonsense. The guy is an NFL receiver. End of story. Keeping 5 backup O linemen seems excessive. I would keep an extra LB on the roster. Spector can’t play 2 qtrs w/o getting injured. Dion Jones is still solid if not great anymore. You need veterans at every position group to lead the team.

I agree about Williams. He was part of the hype machine that is big time college football programs. And he sat on the bench and cried after losses. I am excited to see what he can do in the NFL though. He does get the juices flowing a bit more then say Bo Nix does. Murray has a good arm. Most guys playing in the NFL should have that. Except for Chad Pennington, of course.

Shorter has been injured it seems since he was drafted last year. That's too bad because he showed something last year in the preseason when he was able to play. And Claypool seems to have been nicked up for at least the past 10 days. Some guys it seems have no luck and always seem to be nicked. You just have to wonder how Brett Favre played well over 250 consecutive games. When a guy like Shorter is always banged up.

Murray was absolutely awful in the Cardinals playoff game against the Rams a few years back. He has been good at times. But overall average to a little bit above. He can be exciting to watch at least. I think the Bills should beat the Cardinals handily on opening day. Although Vegas doesn't seem to think so as we are only -6 1/2 which I find puzzling.

He played on an overhyped overrated Washington team that got their asses whupped by my Michigan Wolverines. They could have played us on a neutral field 100 times. And we would have beaten them at least 90 times. That being said, I have no idea if this guy is a future NFL player or not. I do like Dorian Williams' game, probably better then McDermott does. And that needs to change for good old Sean.

I see both sides of the coin. Don't like the guys from yesteryear having all the cognitive problems from their 40's on. Very sad how Dave Duerson, Andre Waters and Junior Seau killed themselves after getting CTE. (there maybe more that I am not aware of.) My son had a real good college football career playing D line/edge. He pulled a hammy at his pro day and did not get a shot in the pros. It pissed me off big time because I think he was good enough. He had a lot of injuries starting when he was probably 9 or 10 when he got concussed and still made like 10 tackles in the first half of a pee wee game. And me and his mother had to take to get him examined at the hospital at halftime. He broke his ankle in HS and tore a knee in college. But came back strong each time. And had a bunch of other less serious stuff too. But I have thought that at least he won't get his body destroyed for the next 10 years, including his head playing in the pros. So there is some good to come out of it. And he works in the financial world now. But I still would have loved for him to get the chance. But I don't think the game is more exciting today, then back when Jim Kelly, etc played. The game has always been exciting, including the violence and intimidating hits. Do you remember Leonard Smith for the Bills? It was exciting back then. And its exciting now. Don't know how old you are, but football has always been an awesome sport to watch as far back as I can remember, and I started watching in the mid 70's regularly as a kid. If you want to see a crazy game from a violence standpoint compared to today. Watch on Big 10 replay if you can find it, the Purdue-Kansas State Alamo Bowl at the end of the 1999 season. Drew Brees was playing for Purdue. (30 minute replay) What was legal from a hitting standpoint was ridiculous back then. LOL

Disagree about Aiyuk vs Diggs of 4 years ago. That being said, this offense is going to be excellent. I love the weapons we have. And I don’t want guys who are bitching about their contracts. It’s a team game. Josh Allen gets that more than anyone. These guys all think they should get big money. And then the team has no money left to pay other good players and your team is stuck winning 6-9 games every year. I want guys who want to win first and foremost. That should matter still.

How the hell is Shavers better than anyone? He hasn’t played an NFL snap. Go with MVS Claypool Shakir Hollins Samuel Coleman, and put Shavers and Hamler on the practice squad and let’s get the party started. MVS is an NFL WR. He has made big catches. He has length and speed. Enough said.

Agree It was a lot of nothingness. There were no holes to run through for the receiving team. It looked like a run play up the middle every time. Pretty boring. Back 20-30 years ago, kickoffs were from the 30 yard line and there were lots of returns. It was an exciting play. The league never knows what it wants. What it should want is competitive physical football. They want 18 game seasons. Make rosters at 60 players all active for every game. And a practice squad also for when you lose guys to injuries. College teams sometimes have 100 guys dressed for a game. And the product is amazing.

It’s interesting how all the rule changes are always in favor of the offense. We can give Miami forward motion if they will bring back the Mel Blount forearm club to the head. Would love to see Tyreek writhing on the ground. it’s so interesting for us old time football fans how the game has changed. No one ever talks about how good of a hitter someone is. We signed Kareem Jackson, who will lay people out, and people are concerned that he is a “dirty player”. Some intimidation in the defensive backfield is a good thing. It’s football. A gladiators game. I guess Roger didn’t get the memo.

If he is a key player. Lets hope he keeps getting better, and stays injury free.

Most of the players are interchangeable to be quite honest. The league is about the teams and the organizations. And yes the players comprise the teams. But so do coaches, trainers, scouts, owners and GM's. Have you watched Hard Knocks NYG? I find the inner workings of a football organization far more fascinating that watching Aaron Rodgers throw passes in shorts and joking on the sidelines with his teammates. Like I said in my earlier post, certain players are awesome to watch. (Josh Allen, hopefully Keon Coleman, maybe Dalton Kincaid if we use him like Utah did.) But most are just players that are replaceable. Its the game of football and how its played and set up between all the teams is what I find exciting. When I was young I may have cared more about individual players. Now I love the games and the point spreads, and the competition between teams.

Where are we up to in the top 100 this week? Anyinteresting players at certain places on the list in your opinion?

Why do you even care what Deshaun Watson did or did not do? He was never charged with a crime. If what he did was a crime he would be in prison like Darren Sharper. You know what Sharper did right? Sure he seems to be a big time sketch guy. But the moral sanctimonious outrage that people have in this world towards stuff that doesn’t personally affect them is just way too over the top. Unless he is messing with my daughter, I am not losing sleep over Deshaun Watson at this point. I have way bigger fish to fry bro. Most people can’t take care of their own business, let alone worry about everyone else’s.

Milano is as tough and competitive a player as there is. He will go as hard as he can for as long as he can with his career. I see him playing at a high level for at least another 3-4 seasons if he can stay reasonably healthy. it’s been 4 days of training camp. He needs to knock the rust off. And the guys he is covering are good too. No one on defense dominates every snap in today’s NFL. It just doesn’t happen. if Milano needs a little time to get up to speed, we have Spector Williams Morrow Jones and the rookie from UW. We are deep at LB and across the entire roster (Maybe could use another boundary CB depending on how solid Ingram looks)

He isn’t horrible. But he doesn’t make many game changing plays either. After this many years, he understands the Bills defense and must be decent on special teams. But there must be some upside to keep a guy on an NFL roster. I have never liked McDermott’s philosophy of keeping guys primarily for special teams. They should have some value as backups on O and D too. I think of Siran Neal and Tyler Matekevich. What a waste. They could not really play D. And they were meh on ST’s and Neal was worse than that at the end. I hope the bottom of the roster is stronger going forward. I think it will be.

From all reports Hollins is having a strong camp so far and has turned into somewhat of a leader since coming to the team. I will be very happy w a WR group of Shakir Coleman MVS Samuel Hollins and Claypool. Shavers and Hamler can go on the PS if they have any game. It’s a much deeper group than last year. Beane knew what he was doing getting rid of Diggs and Davis. Our roster is loaded. And if the defense stays reasonably healthy, we are in the top 4-5 teams in the NFL again. I am so excited! Let’s go Bills.

You really worship these players don't you? Sure they can run fast, and some are really good athletes. But they can all be replaced by someone else who does the same thing. A lot of them have a real inflated sense of their worth. But Its like that in a lot of industries in today's world. Everything thinks they are special. Most in any field really aren't. Same in the NFL. Only a very few are transcendental talents in their era. Fortunately, we have one named Josh Allen, who is just a normal guy. Lets go Bills.

Its not a fan vote is it? I assume its a collection of NFL Network people who follow the NFL, right? Terrell Bernard had a monster year last year. Who cares if its only one year. As for Milano, his body of work over the years most definitely makes him a top 100 player. And I would argue that Milano is a top 50 player in the league. Bernard is close to it also. There are just not a lot of great defensive players in the league right now. Its an offense based league. But we have several very good defensive players. Ed Oliver also. But not as dominant as Milano and Bernard. But still good. Rasul Douglas is a very good corner. So is Benford. You don't win as many games as we have over the past 5 years without good players. Do you have the entire list?

What makes you think that? He can make all the throws and is a winner.. Did you not watch him at Michigan lead the comeback against Alabama on the final drive of regulation? Go Blue baby!!

The Willie Parker game. His name had escaped me until now. Yes we went on a 6 game run, going from 3-6 to 9-6. I remember beating Seattle during that run on a trick play to Willis McGhahee. I was skiing with my kids in Colorado. I think it was Christmas vacation time. We get home the night of the Steelers game, which I had recorded. And then watched in horror as we played awful. I remember a bad Bledsoe pick. And a missed Ryan Lindell FG from 29 yards. And Willie Parker going off. That entire era was mostly bleak. But I never missed watching a game. In fact the last game I missed was the season finale in 1994 when we were already eliminated from playoff contention. Lets go Buffalo.

Our WR room turned out to be pretty poor last year. And we made changes. I like what we did. The constant complaining on this message board is a bit much. Do a lot of you sit around all offseason bemoaning what we don’t do? I am super excited that training camp is upon us. That means football is almost here. I love that. And I love watching Josh Allen laying waste to the NFL. I trust Brandon Beane and know the team we put on the field this year is going to kick some big time ass.

Long time ago. Mike Malarkey era. That was a lousy year coming off the last game of the 2004 season losing to the backup Steelers at home when a win got us in the playoffs. I hated those uniforms too.

Good point. Noone is driving up to the Elbo Room on Fort Lauderdale beach in one of those. Most get rides on turbo charged golf carts down Las Olas blvd. Which can be a blast as long as you hold on tight.

I remember that now that you sent the video. Great return. Too bad the superdome turf ate him up inside the 10. What year was that?