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Lotta DEs not under contract next year for Buffalo and it won’t be an easy position to fill in free agency because of the $$$ needed to sign Allen long term. These are more long term picks than right now picks IMO.
Totally agree. Their current regime of DEs are long in the tooth (sans Epenesa). I don't mind planning for the future, but they also need to add to the starting lineup to take the next step this year.
I think I’m with you. Brown has some crazy physical tools though. Dude benches 500, squats 600, and runs a 4.87 at 6’8” 311 lbs. Since 1987, out of 1,143 OT prospects, Brown is #1 in Relative Athletic Score.
Good or bad "Bills Mafia" has tremendous name recognition. Cool to hear these kids (and free agents for that matter) excited to "join the Mafia".
He’d have to show a lot IMO. Singletary and Moss are locks. Breida is close to a lock I think. Would they keep 4 RBs on the roster? Seems doubtful to me with what their offense has become. With no changes to their O-line, I don’t see them going more run heavy because the O-linemen they have just aren’t very good run blockers. I think no change to the O-line signals that passing will still be the heavy focus. And if that’s the case, Williams seems like way more of a practice squad guy than roster guy.
Yep. I expect he'll have every opportunity to earn the lead back role this year. No guarantees of course, but I think it's his job to lose. (For fantasy purposes, this comes with the obvious disclaimers about Allen's goal line presence, Singletary getting carries, and so on).
No chatter, but the way the coaches reacted after he scored those two touchdowns makes me think they'll give him a shot this season. I understand why they didn't give him any touches in the playoffs. Between only picking up Breida and not drafting a RB, I think the Bills Brass will give him more looks in training camp, and then we'll go from there. He could be worthy of a late round flyer in deep dynasty leagues.
Massive winner? No. But not a loser. The Bills could go 50/50 again, which I doubt. I think they'll switch it up, and by the end of the year it'll be closer to 70/30 Moss over Singletary/Breida. Hell, maybe even throw AW into the mix as well... I believe that Singletary/Breida/AW will be fighting for the "2" spot in the bills backfield.
Yeah, I’m not sure Edmunds has earned that money yet, but he’s so young it makes sense to do the extension and give him one more year before deciding. Heck, he is entering his 4th season and is younger than 4 of the guys drafted by the Bills this season. But he needs to make a big jump this year or the Bills will need to look elsewhere after this season.
Yep. Between guys like Allen, Edmunds, Knox, and essentially everybody we just drafted over the weekend, Beane obviously likes drafting developmental-type guys. Allen obviously worked out great. Knox is heading into a make-or-break year where he's going to find himself replaced if he doesn't improve his play in 2021. Edmunds has been pretty good, but not good enough to justify top-end LB money. Perfect example of why having the fifth year option available is helpful for all parties.
I don't know... He was getting burned all year in coverage. Out of position in the run game. If he can correct those things, he's gonna be a monster. If....
Night before Thanksgiving is biggest drinking night of the year. How many Bills fans travel to NO and never even make it to the game?
Have you been to NOLA before?IvanKaramazov said:
Nope, first time. Our plan is to spend Thursday bar-hopping with everybody else and then do touristy stuff on Friday and Saturday. I heard the aquarium is cool, and it looks like there are swamp tours and bike tours and things like that to do.
Ok, I was just going to say that I wouldn't worry too much about a hotel close to the stadium unless you are only going there for 1 night. The city is very easy to get around on the street cars. We usually stay in the garden district as it is a little more quiet and spacious, but still plenty of bars/restaurants scattered throughout for breakfast/lunch/hanging out. There's some decent stuff to walk around and see, too. You could walk through a cemetery, which is kind of cool and different from what most of us are used to. We'd usually head down to the French Quarter in the afternoon/evening. You can get to the vast majority of the attractions without a rental car as long as you are close to a street car line.IvanKaramazov said:
I agree that they’d be smart to stop talking about it externally. But they’re smart to continue to encourage players to get vaccinated. The league is allowing teams with certain vaccination rates to do a lot more things than teams under that rate. I think teams that are able to meet in larger groups, do positional meetings in person versus virtual, etc etc will have an advantage of teams that aren’t allowed to do those things. Encouraging players to get vaccinated isn’t just the right thing to do for public and team health (IMO), it’s the right thing to do to not be at a competitive disadvantage.
The team absolutely has to have the defense step up and be much better because I don’t think we should expect a lot more out of the offense. That’s not meant as a negative or saying that the offense CAN’T be better, but they were really freaking good last year and expecting more is unfair IMO.
Agreed 100%. I've been on Team Allen since before the 2018 draft and obviously I'm thrilled with his development, but you can't realistically expect anything more than very marginal gains at this point. Defense is where the team can make some meaningful improvements that translate into wins, playoff seeding, and hopefully another couple of victories in January and February.
Agreed. I think I’m in total agreement with McDermott. The pass/run balance isn’t what’s important, it’s being able to run the ball effectively when they need to run the ball.
How so?
I'm loving seeing this thread getting back going today, but before we get totally back to on-topic, I wanted to post one more little off-topic note...
Good. I like Beasley, and I'm going to root for him regardless, but ultimately this comes down to a leadership and accountability issue. Being a member of a team means being available on game day. It's already hard enough for players to stay healthy during a full season as it is, so it seems pointlessly stupid, selfish, and counter-productive to do something that significantly increases your odds of missing time. To say nothing of potentially causing a cluster outbreak.
