Solomon Grundy Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 18 minutes ago, BananaB said: If Beas misses a playoff game I can’t imagine Stills stepping in and running his routes after a week of practice. I can see McKenzie running a lot of Beasley’s routes and Stills running a lot of the misdirection and some of the motion McKenzie does. I imagine Josh would be more familiar and confident in McKenzie on third downs. How about Diggs in Beasley role, Smoke in Diggs role, and Stills in Smoke role? You can basically plug Diggs in anywhere. Smoke was Diggs before Diggs and Stills is the stretch the field guy. Can also run the bubble screens with his return ability. McKenzie can continue to be gadget guy. Hopefully the signing happens soon. Would be a great addition. 1
Big Blitz Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 18 minutes ago, BananaB said: If Beas misses a playoff game I can’t imagine Stills stepping in and running his routes after a week of practice. I can see McKenzie running a lot of Beasley’s routes and Stills running a lot of the misdirection and some of the motion McKenzie does. I imagine Josh would be more familiar and confident in McKenzie on third downs. If Beasley misses RD 1 you're not going to see too much use of McKenzie. You just don't replace a guy like him which is why you're getting the anxious fans waiting for news on the injury everyday. We'll morph into moving Diggs around and use Brown and Davis outside. Some McKenzie. Against soft pass defenses which is what we might end up with in the Browns in RD 1 we should be fine. I think the Stills signing is solely about protecting ourselves in the event Brown re aggravates anything and we're down both Beasley and Brown. It's just good insurance. I'm also wondering if the Browns had some interest to. Stills had good games against us and if there is anything the Browns could use is a vet speed WR on the outside. I see we signed JJ Nelson to the practice squad to. Looks like the front office said "what could we shore up and use more of going into the playoffs?" and the answer was WR depth and speed. 2
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, BananaB said: If Beas misses a playoff game I can’t imagine Stills stepping in and running his routes after a week of practice. I can see McKenzie running a lot of Beasley’s routes and Stills running a lot of the misdirection and some of the motion McKenzie does. I imagine Josh would be more familiar and confident in McKenzie on third downs. Why not, from what they were saying the other day, Beasley doesn't run routes, he just goes to the open spot of the field.
BillnutinHouston Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 24 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: They're all just lazily referencing that original Aaron Wilson tweet that was linked above. So either Aaron Wilson knows something, or he doesn't, but there's nothing new here. Exactly - this story hasn't moved forward one iota. Just a lot of rehashing of Aaron Wilson's "expected to" tweet.
Mat68 Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said: How about Diggs in Beasley role, Smoke in Diggs role, and Stills in Smoke role? You can basically plug Diggs in anywhere. Smoke was Diggs before Diggs and Stills is the stretch the field guy. Can also run the bubble screens with his return ability. McKenzie can continue to be gadget guy. Hopefully the signing happens soon. Would be a great addition. I think we are the point with Diggs where he is moved for the most impact and best matchup. I dont think a corner can play him 1 on 1. J.C Jackson is one of the best man Cbs in the NFL and Diggs just abused him. Diggs can play anywhere. Brown is primarily outside. Stills and a lesser extent Jj Nelson or Gentry allows Buffalo the ability to maintain there style of play. Whether its 3,4 or 5 wide. Allen deciphers the coverage and he is a beast. Spreading a defense out limits the coverage options. Thats what Buffalo is and will be going forward on offense. 1
klos63 Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 34 minutes ago, BananaB said: If Beas misses a playoff game I can’t imagine Stills stepping in and running his routes after a week of practice. I can see McKenzie running a lot of Beasley’s routes and Stills running a lot of the misdirection and some of the motion McKenzie does. I imagine Josh would be more familiar and confident in McKenzie on third downs. If Beasley is out, nobody will be running his routes necessarily . Whatever WR gets the snaps will run routes they are good at. The game plan would have to change to cater to who's in the lineup.
CaptnCoke11 Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 Not sure he’ll have an impact if any this late into the season.
Warcodered Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: They're all just lazily referencing that original Aaron Wilson tweet that was linked above. So either Aaron Wilson knows something, or he doesn't, but there's nothing new here. They also lazily screwed up quoting/citing McDermott. He specifically said this was unrelated to Beasley's injury and yet they filled in the blanks themselves.
Doc Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 59 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: If Davis had 115 targets, he would have had 989m yards--71 fewer than 7 year veteran Brown had last year. Brown has never been the Bills #2. Beasley is that guy. Inserting Brown back in the lineup has nothing to do with what might have happened if Davis was the #1 option. That doesn't even make sense. If he missed no games, Brown was not "on pace" to get 1000 yards. Look, Brown is house money--not necessary, possibly a benefit (only if he's in top shape). That's how you should frame this. If he steals a few catches from Diggs....Ok, cool, I guess. Interesting. So when I extrapolate yards and/or catches from targets, it's "ridiculous." When you do it... Anyway, putting aside the hypocrisy, Davis has done what he's done as a #2 WR this year, not #1 like Brown was last year. Which, again, is why you put Brown back in there, along with being a veteran. Davis comes in on 4 WR sets.
Warcodered Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said: If Davis had 115 targets, he would have had 989m yards--71 fewer than 7 year veteran Brown had last year. Brown has never been the Bills #2. Beasley is that guy. Inserting Brown back in the lineup has nothing to do with what might have happened if Davis was the #1 option. That doesn't even make sense. If he missed no games, Brown was not "on pace" to get 1000 yards. Look, Brown is house money--not necessary, possibly a benefit (only if he's in top shape). That's how you should frame this. If he steals a few catches from Diggs....Ok, cool, I guess. 1 minute ago, Doc said: Interesting. So when I extrapolate yards and/or catches from targets, it's "ridiculous." When you do it... Anyway, putting aside the hypocrisy, Davis has done what he's done as a #2 WR this year, not #1 like Brown was last year. Which, again, is why you put Brown back in there, along with being a veteran. Davis comes in on 4 WR sets. 5
Mr. WEO Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, Doc said: Interesting. So when I extrapolate yards and/or catches from targets, it's "ridiculous." When you do it... Anyway, putting aside the hypocrisy, Davis has done what he's done as a #2 WR this year, not #1 like Brown was last year. Which, again, is why you put Brown back in there, along with being a veteran. Davis comes in on 4 WR sets. When I do it, I’m mocking you for not doing it. Davis has played 74% of Offensive snaps this year...94% since Brown hasn’t been able to answer the bell. Thats a lot of “4 WR sets” right?
Blank Stare Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) Sucks the Covid protocol strings this out. Would’ve loved for them to make this decision a week or 2 ago to get him in here learning the offense. Maybe get some run this week. If he’s “maybe” cleared to start practicing next week, are we really going to use him and make him active on game day? I guess if we only ask him to do a couple things it might work with his speed. Also, if he signs a 1 year deal with us, is it really only a playoff deal vs. a true 1 year? In other words, will he be a FA this spring? I seem to recall Kelvin Benjamin signing with the Chiefs late in the year a few seasons ago on a 1 year deal and he became a FA that year (that no one wanted 😯). Could be wrong on that though. Edited January 2, 2021 by TheProcess
Doc Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 30 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: When I do it, I’m mocking you for not doing it. Davis has played 74% of Offensive snaps this year...94% since Brown hasn’t been able to answer the bell. Thats a lot of “4 WR sets” right? You’re mocking me for… not making an apples to oranges comparison? OK.
Doc Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Plano said: he signed. change the title. Link?
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, Plano said: he signed. change the title. Where is this announced?
dma0034 Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 I just got a text he was signed. Anything official?
BearNorth Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 Last report was 5 pm, said he was about to sign, as Maverick in Top Gun said 'I feel the need for speed".
Warcodered Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, BearNorth said: Last report was 5 pm, said he was about to sign, as Maverick in Top Gun said 'I feel the need for speed". It doesn't sound like we're going to find out until he clear testing so everyone should really just chill.
BuffaloFan68 Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 I know I’m in the minority but I still like the idea of Duke Williams out there with Diggs & Smoke. Lets Go Buffalo!!!!! 1 3
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