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17 hours ago, Augie said:
The hype was super high, and he looked like a freak to me coming out. I live right here in Atlanta, so since he doesn’t play for UGA I don’t hear much about him.
I’m like a bird watcher when I have a rare Falcons gear sighting.
I live in Atlanta too. And the Falcons are definitely not overhyped to say the least. I do like them more then the Braves though.
Pitts' play has been underwhelming to say the least. Guy doesn't play nearly as fast as his 40 time. Is not twitchy in the slightest. I also think the Falcons coaching has been pretty lousy since he came in the league. Arthur Smith just wanted to run the ball. And is no passing guru. And Raheem Morris is marginal also.
Maybe a change of scenery is what the guy needs to realize his potential. But I would not hold my breath. Seems like a Cowboys move to overtrade for a guy like Pitts. LOL
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On 5/31/2025 at 12:03 AM, BillsFanForever19 said:
Football intelligence doesn't matter if he's the guy we saw in 2024 going forward. Things like Intelligence and Being a Good Locker Room guy shouldn't supercede on field performance. I don't care how smart a player is if their performance doesn't match their smarts.
The league is and has been filled with players who have a really high Football IQ that couldn't see the field or ended up busting out of the league because what they showed on field didn't match up to that intelligence. Some of the best coaches in the league are guys who have great Football IQ that didn't translate to on field success.
The difference between Rousseau and Bernard in my list of those 5 extension candidates comes down to the position they play. Edge Rusher is a Premium Position. Middle Linebacker is not. Middle LB is much easier to replace than Edge Rusher.
If you want a Top Tier Edge Rusher, you're going to have to pay 9 figures or have a Top 5 Pick in the Draft. Even average to slightly above average DE's around his age get swooped up within the first couple days of FA and paid a fortune.
If you're taking an Edge Rusher at 30, you'll be fortunate to get a Greg Rousseau. If you take a Middle Linebacker where we pick in Round 1, you should be landing a Top 10 MLB. Thus the level of vitriol towards Edmunds. Edmunds wasn't as terrible as he was made out to be on the Board. It was just magnified a hundred fold bc of where we Drafted him and at the position he played.
Drafting a MLB who can be a good starter in Rounds 2-4 is infinitely more likely than being able to find an Edge Rusher around those points in the Draft that can be Rousseau. Especially if we're okay with the kind of performance Bernard put in last season.
I understand where you are coming from with your ideas. But disagree somewhat. Edmunds was certainly overdrafted. And is now overpaid. He is just not a very good NFL football player. I would not say he is Baylon Spector. But he certainly is not a difference maker. And glad we did not give him another contract.
Rousseau is a solid player. His length helps in knocking down passes at the line of scrimmage. He needs to be good to very good more often. He is never going to be great, because he does not have great explosive athletic traits. I understand what the going rate is for good DE's. And am glad we resigned Rousseau.
I am glad we resigned Bernard. I think when healthy he is an excellent LB. Too much talk on what a premium position is versus "non premium". You need good players all over your roster. The more good players you have, the better your team should be. If our LB's are lousy, then the defense is lousy. You can't have any weaknesses at a specific position if you can help it. Doesn't matter the position. If your Guards are lousy, then your O line is lousy, even if you have 2 all pros at Tackle and a great Center. Need good players across the roster. Don't need pro bowl guys at every position. But you can't have guys like Kair Elam starting for you. Because they will get exposed.
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20 hours ago, BillsFan619 said:
Just shows how good we’ve had it the past half decade.
Man, I hope we can turn this success into a Super Bowl title. Even if it’s just one!We’ve been dominant though and we’re very fortunate to have this run as fans.
Go Bills!
We have beaten up on the bad teams with regularity.
But when it matters in the playoffs, we have fallen short especially on defense. And that’s all that really matters.
The Chiefs have been in 5 SB’s. And we have been in 0. Ouch that stings.
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On 5/28/2025 at 7:44 PM, BearNorth said:
Eric Wood will probably disagree.
He can disagree all he wants. Wood was a solid player over his years. No disrespect there.
But I don’t think he ever had the top end ability that McGovern showed last year. And I think McGovern is just a bigger more imposing player.
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8 hours ago, Pete said:
https://www.chargers.com/video/will-dissly-highlight-22-yard-screen-vs-chiefs-week-04-2024
here’s a picture of Dissly taking a screen pass 22 yards to the house. Every screen to Dalton he gets hit by one defender around LOS and falls down.
I have been disappointed in his play on the whole compared to what I was expecting of him coming out of Utah. Really thought he dominated his senior year there. And he has not shown any domination at the NFL level so far.
Lets hope he figures out the pro game, and can put some size on him. You would think with an NFL training staff, that they could muscle him up some. Lift a bunch of heavy weights, and eat a ***** ton of food. It doesn't seem that hard.
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18 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
He definitely should be above a number of guys at the bottom.
But this kind of highlights my feeling that we shouldn't have been in a rush to extend Bernard. He took a pretty sizable step back between 2023 and 2024.
Between his performance last season and his penchant for getting dinged up (and at a position that isn't a premium one) - I wouldn't have locked in the kind of long term deal he was given until I saw him return to his 2023 form this season.
If he doesn't, I'd have put that money elsewhere and Drafted a replacement. Bernard was easily #5 on the list of guys to allocate cap to retain between him, Benford, Rousseau, Shakir, and Cook.
Interesting thoughts on Bernard. Was very surprised that he wasn't top 32 in the league. He had a great 2023, and an OK 2024. I think he is an above average athlete with great instincts on what is going on around him on the field. Is he Fred Warner? No. But he is certainly light years ahead of Tremaine Edmunds as an NFL LB.
Your opinion on Bernard being #5 on who you pay of the guys up for extensions is interesting. I think his 2023 season was much better than any season Rousseau has put together. Rousseau has been consistently above average. But not consistently great by any means. I think Bernard has a higher ceiling as a football player than Rousseau. But overall keeping both is good for the team. Bernard just needs to stay healthy. I wish he would put on an extra 10-12 pounds. LB's should weigh at least mid 230's to take the pounding they get week in and week out.
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1 hour ago, finn said:
What makes you think McGovern is top 5? Not challenging you, just genuinely curious. I had him as a slightly above-average player.
I thought he was tremendous last year. The best play at Center since Kent Hull retired.
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4 hours ago, SCBills said:
It could be as simple as do we pay Cook or McGovern.
Both arguably Top 5 players at their position.
RB is easier to find, but we also have the best OL Coach in the NFL.
McGovern and Cook are both very good NFL players. However, McGovern's position is more important because it is much harder to find a top Center, than a good RB. The Bills would be stupid not to extend McGovern and pay him as a top 5 center.
That doesn't mean we should not try and extend Cook. But he is likely pricing himself out of what the Bills will pay a RB long term regardless of who that runner is. The offense goes through Josh Allen. We don't need James Cook to have an excellent offense. The Eagles needed Saquan Barkley. The 49ers need Christian McCaffrey. We will be fine if Cook doesn't play. We have the same O line, and Ray Davis Ty Johnson and whomever else suits up will make plays running the rock.
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17 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
The odds of White and Jackson both making the roster is slim to none. If White makes it, that means Jackson doesn't and if Jackson makes it that means White doesn't, IMO. We lost 2 Boundary CB's (Rasul Douglas and Kaiir Elam) and brought in 4 (Maxwell Hairston, Tre White, Dorian Strong, and Dane Jackson). Of those 2 Roster Spots that opened up, Maxwell Hairston is a lock. Even if they cut Ja'Marcus Ingram (which is not a given), there's still only 2 spots for Tre White, Dorian Strong (who I don't see being cut), and Dane Jackson.
And I know some people are high on Forrest, but I still think when push comes to shove - he's a long shot to make it. We're bringing back all 4 Safeties from last year. And while the board is low on Damar Hamlin, I don't think the brass is. I think there's a bigger disconnect between fans and the Front Office when it comes to Hamlin as any player i've ever seen.
Even if they cut Cam Lewis for Jordan Hancock as the Backup Nickel CB/Safety (which like Ingram, I don't think is a given. I could see both Hancock and Lewis sticking) - it will still come down to Hamlin or Forrest. And I'll believe it when I see it that they'd cut Hamlin (who they started all year last year) for Forrest.
On my 53 projection, I have both Dane Jackson and Darrick Forrest as cuts. And that includes Ja'Marcus Ingram and Cam Lewis being cut too, both of which I could easily see the team preferring over Jackson and Forrest, if push came to shove.
Good analysis of the secondary. Tre White may not make it to training camp based on the tidbits I heard from yesterday's practice. Sounds like he was running in mud trying to cover Elijah Moore. The guy has not been good since Thanksgiving night 2021 when his knee unfortunately gave out on the Superdome turf. There comes a time for all athletes... Tre's may be this summer. The report on Bishop sounded good from yesterday's practice. Hopefully, he is ready to play NFL football at a starters level. And will be a big upgrade to the back end of our defense. With all the additions in the secondary, the competition should be pretty intense. And when the dust settles, I think we will be a much improved secondary from last season.
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1 hour ago, mjt328 said:
Some people will swear there is no such thing as injury prone...
I'm not one of those people. Yes, sports are always going to have freak occurrences that happen due to bad luck. But just like athletes can be genetically gifted in strength, speed, agility, etc., they can also be more likely to pull/tear muscles, break bones, etc. This also gets worse with age and pre-existing injuries that start to compound.
Bosa has proven over and over that he cannot stay healthy. For the first time in his career, he's got a fresh start outside of Los Angeles. He doesn't even make it through the first day of OTAs.
Football is a violent game. And even if you are not getting serious trauma injuries every other week, your body is constantly getting beat up. Almost noone plays every game every season in the NFL...unless you are Bruce Mathews or Brett Favre. And Favre's career ended on the cold University of Minnesota turf on a Monday Night in December 2010 against I believe the Bears with him laying on the ground half conscience with a purple left ankle that was mangled and a concussion. (I was a big Favre fan and was in Vegas watching at the Mirage Sportsbook. My girlfriend and I were both like, its over for him.)
My son played football from when he was 6 through college at Georgia Southern. He played O line, D line, TE, LB and QB. He got beat up all the time from about the time he was 9 til he finished in college. His main injuries in high school were a broken foot from getting stepped on, when blocking for a punt. His ankle got rolled up on his junior year in HS catching a pass, breaking it and tearing ligaments. And in college he got his knee rolled up on in a scrum against LSU and tearing the hell out of his knee in the first game of the 2019 season. He probably had a few concussions throughout as well. But nothing that messed him up for too long and too severely. And he played most of his senior season with a mangled shoulder. And then at his pro day in the Spring two years ago, he severely sprained his hamstring, and for all intents and purposes his career was over.
My point is that football is a very violent physical game. My son was not particularly injury prone. But he played in the trenches mostly with a lot of big dudes. And my son was a tough hombre who would mix it up with everyone on the field. You are going to get injured. That's part of the game. Lets not crush Bosa just yet. I for one think he will be a big addition. He likes to mix it up. Guys who do that tend to get hurt more. It could be worse, we could have Mike Trout. LOL
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58 minutes ago, uticaclub said:
I don't think many expected a monster year out of Bosa.
When was the last time anyone on our D line had a monster year? Maybe Mario Williams. Did Jerry Hughes ever have a monster year? Kyle Williams was pretty dam good in his prime. But probably not monster years. Aaron Schobel had some good years. (but did it even matter with how bad some of those teams were he was on in the 2000's?) Probably Bruce Smith for god's sake. That's been a while.
Bosa will bring a fire if he can get on the field. He plays with some anger. Can it last a whole season? Doubtful. But he plays old school football. Wouldn't mind seeing a little more chippiness, a little more edginess out of the defense as a whole this season. That is allowed in 2020's football isn't it?! (A little Leonard Smith, a little Darryl Talley out there)
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1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:
I think we already touched on this topic earlier in the thread but he Bills were not 9th in passing yardage.
They were 17th.
The figures you are referencing are "net" passing yards..........which subtracts sack yardage.
If you are historically great/lucky at not turning the ball over and your QB never gets sacked that's going to greatly benefit your "net" numbers.
But if you are judging the quality of talent in the passing game........remember this........the league DOES NOT subtract sack yardage from QB's individual passing yardage(or the WR's, naturally).
@Paup 1995MVP's reaction to your post reflects how misleading including sack data is. By no means was the Bills 2024 passing game an aerial circus.
17th feels a lot more like where we were just watching us play all our games versus 9th, without even looking at the true numbers.
Rushing we seemed like a top 5 unit. Very dominant most weeks. Had a 70’s or 80’s feel to it at times.
With Josh Allen we should never be out of the top 10 in passing yardage.
But Joe Brady’s offense played heavily into a dominant run blocking O line. And for the most part it was very successful. However, you still have to be able to stretch the field vertically. Because teams will eventually figure out what you are doing.
Brady really needs to include some route concepts that make for open throws 20-25 yards down the field on a consistent basis. All of our receivers this year should be able to do that.
Because you can not go into a season with the exact same offensive scheme from the year before. There have to be wrinkles and variations.
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19 hours ago, folz said:
Here is where the Bills rank in both passing and rushing attempts and yards over the last 5 years:
PASSING RUSHING
YEAR Atts Yds Atts Yds
2024 26th 9th 9th 9th
2023 16th 8th 5th 7th
2022 14th 8th 20th 9th
2021 5th 9th 13th 6th
2020 11th 3rd 17th 20th
Not quite sure what to make of all of that. You can kind of see the flip in the rushing and passing attempts over the last two years, but the strange thing is that regardless of attempts, our overall ranking in yards has stayed pretty consistent over the last four years (2020 being the only outlier).
Bills passing attempts and yards last 5 years (fyi):
2024: 520 for 3,875
2023: 579 for 4,154
2022: 574 for 4,129
2021: 655 for 4,284
2020: 596 for 4,620
Yeah Elijah Moore, and to a lesser extent Curtis Samuel, are the wild cards. I'm an optimistic fan, so I still think Samuel is a really good player and Moore is probably better than he's been able to show with the circumstances he was in (and he hasn't been a slouch as it is). It's just so hard to find enough balls to go around. Which is why I find it funny when people complain about weapons for Josh. We don't have that All-Pro #1 WR, but I think we have a ton of weapons (of course, I'm probably also higher on Keon, Kincaid, and Samuel in particular than some fans at this point). But...Shakir, Palmer, Coleman, Samuel, Moore, Kincaid, Knox, Cook, Davis, and Johnson. That's 10 guys that are already proven in the league (well not sure if you would call Keon proven yet, but...). I think it's a pretty strong and solid cast overall. With the "everybody eats" mentality, it may come down to the hot hand, whose playing best at any given time (and also designing certain games for certain players based on opponents). So, for instance, if they think speed would work better against a particular defense, then maybe Moore and Samuel get more snaps than Keon and/or Palmer that particular game. And of course, there is a chance that Moore plays well and demands more playing time. But as it is right now, my guess would be that he and Samuel will be used more situationally (so will be 4th and 5th in WR targets). But who knows. It will be fun to see how they try to use everyone this season.
Thanks for the numbers Folz. That’s awesome. Our yards per attempt last year was very high. I am surprised we were that high in the league in yards. I just never thought of our team as an aerial circus. Josh didn’t seem to throw for 300-400 yards every week like Burrow and some other guys. (He certainly could have if our offense was predicated on that )
Can you give me the stats for the 8 teams above us in passing yards last year?
A big factor of late has been how defense has changed the past couple years. Lots of prevent type two deep safety looks making teams throw a lot of underneath stuff around the league. I find that boring.
I remember years ago on any 3rd and long teams would rush 6-7 guys and try knock the QB out. Now everyone lines up at the 1st down marker and plays prevent giving up 9-11 yards on 3rd and 17. That works a lot, but teams go for it on 4th down a lot more now. So you still need some tight D on 3rd down.
With the defensive schemes today, You just don’t see as much deep passing week to week.
We do have a lot of weapons. Letting Cooper go was fine. He basically sucked last year and is pretty much shot. He can’t outrun anyone. Hollins had some big plays in the AFCCG. But certainly isn’t dominating anyone week in and week out. Palmer and Moore should be upgrades.
I just can’t wait for some real football by this time of the offseason.
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12 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:
Id argue Cole Beasley was the 2nd most important player his first 2-3years here. Cool thing with a good slot is volume. Cole had volume for days. Was like a super running back, in that he got tons of touches and was great at getting us to: 2nd-n-short, or more importantly converting 3rd downs. I tend to agree with you. i know an outside guy effects the entire defense more than a slot..... but a slot who gets volume is my fav type of weapon. its steady and reliable. watched brady use that for 2 decades
Beasley was tremendous for us. Guy could always get open. And always got the first down. He got the most out of his ability his entire NFL career. And that was at a very high level for what he did. What more could you ask for?
A guy on today’s roster who I get a similar vibe about-though not in not quite as prominent a role, but still gets the most out of his abilities every play is Ty Johnson. Always makes plays when called upon. And is just a very good football player.
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17 hours ago, folz said:
I expect Coleman will bounce back and basically be the starting WR2. I would think that 3 receiver sets generally will be Palmer, Coleman, and Shakir (with Samuel and Moore mixed in). But, I also don't expect Keon to have huge numbers. The Bills just have too many weapons, Josh and Brady are too good at spreading the ball around (6-8 players per game), we run a lot, and throw a lot of balls to the RBs and TEs.
So, last year the Bills had around 4,000 yards passing (3,938). The previous two years we averaged about 4,300 passing yards. I think the team is happy with the run/pass balance, but I could see passing yards go up slightly, and I could also see the RBs passing targets going down a little (not too much though, it's a big part of the offense)---both because of more confidence in the receiving corps. Last year, our WRs combined for 2,400 yards exactly (amongst 7 players). So, let's bump that up slightly and say approx. 2,700 yards to the WRs this year. Last year, our WRs had 17 combined TDs. So, again, let's bump that slightly to say 20. [I understand this is all pure speculation, just taking a guess here.]
So, I wouldn't be surprised if our top 3 WRs (barring injuries) are all in the 700-900 yards range with 5-7 TDs each. That would leave 300-400 yards between Samuel and Moore. So, let's say Shakir at 850 yards and 5-6 TDs, Palmer at 750 yards with 5-6 TDs, and Coleman 800 yards and 6-7 TDs. (Or reverse Palmer and Coleman.)
The Tight ends combined for 800 yards last year (4 players). If Jackson Hawes is ready to play right away, I could see Knox losing some snaps---which would mean more targets for Kincaid because Hawes will be blocking more than going out on routes. I think they do really like Davidson too, but he'll still be fighting for snaps. Kincaid had 448 yards and 2 TDs last year. I would like him to be featured more, so I'm hoping his production will jump to say 700 yards and 5 TDs range.
My guesses above would give our top 4 targets about 3,100 yards and 21 TDs. That would leave approx. 1,100-1,200 passing yards (based on our last 3 years averaged passing yards) between Samuel, Moore, Knox, Cook, Davis, and Johnson. Those players (minus Moore) combined for 1,295 yards last year. So, I may be a bit off somewhere...but I think it will play out similar to last year (everybody eats), but with a bit of an increase for say targets #2-#4 [with added confidence in Coleman (2nd year), Palmer (better than what we had last year), and Kincaid (3rd year/using Hawes as a blocker)]. 🤷♂️
Thanks for responding w a nice analysis.
a couple questions:
Where do our passing numbers rank last year and over the past 3 years overall in the NFL?
What about a bigger role for Elijah Moore? The guy has been a good receiver on some teams with bad QB’s. Was a high 2nd round pick. And still may have upside to his game.
I wish we threw the ball down the field more having such a special QB in Josh Allen. But understand that our O line is a really good run blocking line. And I think the run game overall seems to be more back in vogue in the NFL.
Let’s hope for some breakout games and seasons for Kincaid and Coleman.
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43 minutes ago, folz said:
And no Quaterback can improve their completion percentage from college to the NFL, right?
This is just silly. There is no way that Beane thinks he blew this pick already. You don't write any player off after their rookie year as a coach or GM (or you won't have your job for long). Plus, what do the defensive players have to do with anything in relation to the speed of a WR? Also, it's called team building. #1 WR priority according to the Bills at the time was get a bigger guy who can block and get 50/50 balls. They drafted Keon. Now we have that, let's go after our second priority. A guy or some guys with speed. It's not some admission of quilt. Again, it's team building. You don't keep bringing in the same type of player over and over, you have to fill certain roles, have diversity. And it's not like 4.52 and 4.46 are blazing speeds (as far as Beane bringing in only speed players).
And our team would get bullied late in the year and in the playoffs by bigger, stronger teams. There has to be a balance.
In the 2024 draft, 11 wide receivers were selected in the first two rounds (the first 52 picks). Seven of those WRs were picked before Keon. Here is what the stats of all of those receivers were after week 8 of last year (just before Keon's injury):
Pick Player Targets Recs Yards TDs Team (# of team passing plays)
4 M. Harrison 50 26 411 5 Arizona (543)
6 M. Nabers 94 46 498 3 NYG (591)
9 R. Odunze 44 25 391 1 Chicago (566)
23 B. Thomas 49 33 573 5 Jacksonville (546)
28 X. Worthy 39 19 235 3 Kansas City (600)
31 R. Pearsall 9 7 59 0 San Fran (533)
32 X. Legette 35 22 211 3 Carolina (547)
33 K. Coleman 36 22 417 3 Buffalo (520)
34 L. McConkey 52 35 440 4 LA Chargers (510)
37 J. Polk 27 10 78 1 New England (529)
52 A. Mitchell 31 11 118 0 Indianapolis (513)
At the time of his injury, Keon's stats were not looking bad in comparison to the other rookies. especially considering:
-Nine of those eleven teams threw the ball more than the Bills did overall in 2024 (Bills had a 49/51 run/pass split and 42% of our passing plays went to RBs and TEs). Plus, some of those teams do not have the number of other targets/weapons as say Buf, KC, SF. Not as many balls to go around on such teams.
-The disparity in number of targets. For instance, Malik Nambers had 58 more targets than Keon in that span. Tough to compare say yards between the guys who had a lot more opportunities (targets) than the others. And yet, at that time, with the 7th fewest targets (of the 11 players), he was 4th in total yards and tied for 3rd in TDs.
There was no way we were going to be able to go up and get Harrison, Nabers, or Odunze. We probably could have swung for Thomas. And obviously, we could have picked Worthy, Pearsall, Legette, McConkey, Polk, or Mitchell---but they chose Keon. And before the injury, McConkey was the only WR that we could have chosen (where we were) that had better stats than Keon. But as others have said, McConkey is more a slot and not the type of WR we wanted/needed (same for Worthy---we weren't looking for a speed guy at that time). So, I'm having a hard time seeing any other move the Bills should have made as far as WR is concerned (other than possibly moving up for Thomas---but we would have had to have a trade partner too, who knows if that was available or not).
Yes, Keon struggled coming back from the injury. I think that was two-fold. First off, he was out for almost 5 games starting in week 7 (probably tough for any rookie to acclimate back after that amount of time out). But, that is also the week that Amari arrived. Curtis Samuel got healthy around week 9. And Mack's target share went up a bit also. The offense continued to roll with Keon out and Amari, Curtis, and Mack getting more targets. So, when Keon came back, there was no need to force him in. Just keep rolling with what is working. And I think a rookie coming back from his first major injury to a much smaller role may have gotten in Keon's head a bit. He may have been a bit skittish from the hit. Worried about coming back too soon. A little depressed that his role had decreased, etc. But, again, he was a rookie. Give the kid time to grow, mature, learn, get more experience.
It's seems strange to me to write off a high draft-pick rookie who got injured and missed 5 games his rookie season. Have some patience guys. I personally think that he's going to come back with a fire in his belly this year. Just seems like that kind of a kid to me.
That’s quite an analysis of Coleman and the other rookie WR’s.
what kind of numbers do you hope/expect Coleman and Kincaid to put up this coming season?
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21 hours ago, ryguy101 said:
did you tell collinsworth you were a bills fan though??
I sure did. Its not like we sat down and had dinner and drinks together. But I let him know I was a big time Bills fan. And my girlfriend, who was there with me and is originally from Detroit was talking up the Lions as well. Its good when we both have good teams to root for. We were hoping for a Lions-Bills Super Bowl. But that unfortunately did not happen.
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2 hours ago, RoscoeParrish said:
The list that Kirby posted:
Eagles (2)
Ravens (1)
Bills (0)
Chiefs (1)
Lions (2)
Rams (2)
Commanders (2)
Packers (0)
Bengals (2
Has exactly 1 QB on a rookie deal.
Josh Allen has a lower cap hit than Stafford, Burrow, Lamar, Tua in 2025. He has only $4M more than Goff and $7M more than Love.
It’s very helpful on the money side of things to not pay a QB. But we managed to pay Diggs and Josh big money, together, for a few seasons. You certainly can’t pay everyone, but you can pay great ones.
I think Jeudy should have made it, but there’s probably some thinking that he was an empty calorie numbers guy.
I didn’t watch a lot of Browns games (who did) but it is funny that he exploded in year 5.
Jeudy had Jameis Winston throwing to him. He will let it rip all day long. Yes he will throw some picks, but he gets his receivers lots of yards. Jeudy had a huge game against the Broncos last year on MNF w Jameis throwing him the ball.
I for one have no idea why Jameis doesn’t get more love around the NFL. He signs w the Giants and then they sign Wilson and draft Dart. And look at the crap the Saints are throwing out there this year at QB. Winston is a leader and loves the game of football. He is the black Fitzie and a poor man’s Favre. I would love him to be our backup over Trubisky.
The game is so controlled by coaches today. A guy like Winston who just goes out and throws it all over the yard is not what most coaching staffs want. (Including I would imagine the Bills) The guy is just a breath of fresh air.
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The guy definitely had a big personality. And seemed to be quite the character. (Can’t say the same for Pegula who I could not imagine being any blander)
The Colts have always been a pretty solid franchise. Except for their GM Ballard who pretty much sucks.
As for 65 being too young to go. You live fast and hard your whole life, you are very lucky to get near 65. Opioid addiction will mess you up.
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4 hours ago, MJS said:
Davis, to me, says really obvious things as if it is deep insight. And sometimes, I just think he says things that are wrong. He just annoys me, but it isn't a big deal.
Everyone complains about Aikman and Buck, but I find them to be perfectly adequate. They are average or mediocre at everything, which is perfectly fine for a football game. I don't think they distract from the game too much. They don't say stupid things all that often, or provide great insight. They are just kind of there, and I am fine with that since there are so many who distract in a negative way.
One guy who I thing is really underrated is Spero Dedes. I think he is excellent, but he has had some rough partners.
Mike Terico is just a yes man for Collinsworth, and pompous at the same time. Not a fan at all. And ironically, I think Collinsworth has gotten less insufferable the past couple of years, but he is still pretty bad. But he does provide some good insight at times.
Good call on Spero Dedes. He is very good. Has done quite a few Bills games. Doesn't he partner with Adam Archuletta?
I met Collinsworth at a Steakhouse in Atlanta last season when they were in town to do I believe the KC-Atlanta Sunday night game. He was pretty cool and did not mind chatting with me for a little bit.
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5 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
Yeah Mateer should be an upgrade,Jackson flat sucked last year.
A lot of resources went into the OL and DL so that should help. I am hoping Venables calling the defense will help as well.
The play Arnold tried to make at the end of the Missouri game was something when he got spun around and the ball got flung backwards and ran back by Mizzou for a TD. I think I had bet Oklahoma that night, and was counting on them driving for the winning score, and instead Arnold fumbled and the ball was returned the other way, and Missouri covered.
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Hard Knocks has been on for well over 20 years. By this point the novelty of it has long since passed. The script is pretty much the same every year now.
McDermott is definitely not an overly glib entertaining type of character. But just watching the guys practice and go at it with each other, offense versus defense is always interesting. And the coaches meetings to discuss roster cuts is always pretty fascinating. As for human interest stories about the specific players, thats usually pretty bland in today's era.
Antonio Brown with the Raiders was pretty entertaining. But the Bills are not built to be a freak show.
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1 hour ago, MJS said:
Charles Davis is one of my least favorite. I get other people like him, but I really don't see what others see in him.
Interesting. I like his smooth delivery. And he has good knowledge. And he is a little down home. (He played DB at Tennessee in the 80's I believe.) Has some dry humor as well. Just a personal preference. Like Kevin Harlan and Gus Johnson.
I am not a big fan of the Sunday Nite and Monday Nite guys. I guess because its primetime, they are not as gritty, nuts and bolts type of broadcasters. I don't need the fluff of a Mike Terico. He is way too sugar coated and polished. Doesn't come off like a hard core football guy. Way too much praise about every star player every single week.
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19 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:
https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/tremaine-edmunds/50905
Make sure you have the puke buckets near by on this one..
Those are some very comprehensive numbers. And very below average. How does Bernard's and Dorian Williams' numbers compare from last season?
The Cowboys, Overexposed? Maybe. Overrated? .... You Decide
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Cowboys got smoked at home last year week 2 by a bad Saints team.
Two years ago in the playoffs they were destroyed by the Packers in Dallas.
The Bills took them to the woodshed two years ago in Buffalo.
They are not a ***** show. But not a top 10 team. And certainly not a top 10 organization. They let Connor McGovern walk. Not smart.