What will happen with Knox?

[Aussie Joe]

4 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

Maybe he will go to a school that is hard.

Or a fort to keep his money 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

19 hours ago, Bills Bud said:

He will be overpaid and remain on the team unfortunately. He is probably the fifth target on this team

I doubt it. The WR position is going to have some growing pains. I think Brady will lean on his TEs. Knox is in his prime and is a tough vet. He was dealing w injuries last year. I think he’s going to be huge in the RZ

[Sweats]

kicked out of the building is my guess.......

 

[MJS]

Two TE sets are becoming popular again in the NFL.

[Nextmanup]

20 hours ago, Chas56 said:

I like Knox and have been a fan; however, I also acknowledge that Kincaid is the better player. Knox has a large contract to be a #2 TE. In addition, there are only so many balls to go around. I don't know if Brady is designing some diabolical two TE sets or whatever. Also, I'm aware that Knox and Allen have a good relationship. I just have a suspicion that something like a trade is going to happen. Am I nuts?

The moment we drafted Kincaid, I said "knox on his way out long term" and I got TONS of thumbs down and negative responses from the Brain Trust here.

 

You watch!  Knox is one of the worst Ks in the game, it is untradeable, and he is now the highest paid blocking TE in the league.
 

We will cut bait and move on from him the moment we can.

[3rdand12]

19 hours ago, NoSaint said:

there’s a section of the board that likes to be razor thin 

The hate comes in waves and leaves in ebbs.

Knox is a valuable player to the Bills for sure.

Hoping Brady gets him so more plays this season . Josh so often looked for the kill shot under Dorsey I felt.

This year they look to spread the ball around looking for the mismatch. Knox absolutely can be a mismatch. Like Kincaid for a separate reason. Brady has to scheme it and Josh needs to see it

 Go TEs

 

[Buckets]

On 5/13/2024 at 2:33 PM, Chas56 said:

I like Knox and have been a fan; however, I also acknowledge that Kincaid is the better player. Knox has a large contract to be a #2 TE. In addition, there are only so many balls to go around. I don't know if Brady is designing some diabolical two TE sets or whatever. Also, I'm aware that Knox and Allen have a good relationship. I just have a suspicion that something like a trade is going to happen. Am I nuts?

Yes 

[3rdand12]

17 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

I think we retain Knox both for tactical and financial/contract reasons.  

 

While Kincaid may be the better receiver, Knox and Kincaid have different skill sets.  Knox is the better blocker, works better in contested space, and can run through contact.  I don't think McD or Brady would want to give up what Knox offers.

 

Another consideration is that we don't have a bunch of proven wideouts, so we probably want to keep our two 'proven' TEs.  

I might suggest that having a year in the NFL , Kincaid is going to get more aggressive looks from Defenses as a sincere pass catcher who is in every check down if not a primary target.

This bodes well for Knox who might become an afterthought as same ?

I can envision that easily. Brady going to spread the ball around quite obviously by now

 

Knox becomes a weapon again.

 and gosh , coach his footwork some one ! LOL

7 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

I doubt it. The WR position is going to have some growing pains. I think Brady will lean on his TEs. Knox is in his prime and is a tough vet. He was dealing w injuries last year. I think he’s going to be huge in the RZ

Well he is already a large person , so he is part way there. To huge
But yea , agree

[3rdand12]

6 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

The moment we drafted Kincaid, I said "knox on his way out long term" and I got TONS of thumbs down and negative responses from the Brain Trust here.

 

You watch!  Knox is one of the worst Ks in the game, it is untradeable, and he is now the highest paid blocking TE in the league.
 

We will cut bait and move on from him the moment we can.

You mean negotiate his contract dont you ?
I disagree otherwise. No reason to consider cutting at this point. Another season to see if McDermotts coaches can tweak his play enough.

But yea you might want to let hit FA at that point 👍

[SoCal Deek]

This isn’t going to be a popular post but I think the Bills have been a bit all over the place with their offensive philosophy. For years they got beat down when Tom Brady had two TEs. Answer….go get two TEs. But now that philosophy seems to be a distraction in their offense and some challenges in pas protection have forced Knox to stay home and help. Add to that the revolving door at Offensive Coordinator and now we have a highly paid TE as the very title of this thread. I don’t have an answer but I’m guessing time and stability at OC will naturally sort it all out. 

[Augie]

7 hours ago, MJS said:

Two TE sets are becoming popular again in the NFL.

 

….and I think we have a pretty dynamic duo. We have a great TE room, and people sometimes hate that more than love that. It’s not TE 1 and TE2 the way I see it. It’s two different flavors and there are times for each. 

 

 

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Edited May 14 by Augie

[harmonkillebrew]

They actually play slightly different positions - Knox and Kincaid.  Knox plays on the line and Kincaid plays the move TE role.

They could actually be co-starters.

[T master]

Kinkaid may be a better player but Knox is as good in some situations & if Brady utilize his strengths in certain situations he will continue to be a huge asset in Brady's offense .

[Nephilim17]

I'm sure Knox will have something to do with a box and a fox.

[14774]

I'm seeing speculation that Knox may be given the chance to handle kickoff. Theorizing that BUF wants a bruising kicker that can tackle. 🤷‍♂️

[mikemac2001]

3 minutes ago, 14774 said:

I'm seeing speculation that Knox may be given the chance to handle kickoff. Theorizing that BUF wants a bruising kicker that can tackle. 🤷‍♂️

With KC comments about using DB Reid (believe that’s the spelling) so they could avoid injury to kicker and have another tackler I am not against the bills trying to find someone.

 

if they keep this kickoff going forward it might create a hybrid special teamer kicker/gunner 

[Orlando Buffalo]

Kincaid is the primary receiving TE, Knox is the primarily blocking TE. Kincaid will get 800 yards receiving while Knox will get about 500 yards. Getting 1300 yards out of the TE position and good Knox blocking will help the offense immensely, he is overpaid but that is not going to be fixed this year.

[wppete]

55 catches 600 yards.

[3rdand12]

On 5/14/2024 at 6:24 PM, SoCal Deek said:

This isn’t going to be a popular post but I think the Bills have been a bit all over the place with their offensive philosophy. For years they got beat down when Tom Brady had two TEs. Answer….go get two TEs. But now that philosophy seems to be a distraction in their offense and some challenges in pas protection have forced Knox to stay home and help. Add to that the revolving door at Offensive Coordinator and now we have a highly paid TE as the very title of this thread. I don’t have an answer but I’m guessing time and stability at OC will naturally sort it all out. 

Not sure what the philosophy will be this year, to be fair to Brady.

No defined 1A says , spread it around , to me.

 and agreed , get Brady his offseason in with the new players on Offenses and it will settle out

At least Bills have lotsa options tp pitch the ball at now

[Warcodered]

2 hours ago, mikemac2001 said:

With KC comments about using DB Reid (believe that’s the spelling) so they could avoid injury to kicker and have another tackler I am not against the bills trying to find someone.

 

if they keep this kickoff going forward it might create a hybrid special teamer kicker/gunner 

If the kicker is being forced to be involved on a consistent basis then that does make sense, not Knox specifically though maybe that does for whatever reason, but if your kicker has to take a hit every kickoff you're better off protecting your FG specialist and having another athlete with a leg for generally the less technical kick.