Camp highlights 1st day in pads

[Woodman]

Scary moment with Josh Allen on Day 5 of Bills camp highlights 1st day in pads (Observations) - newyorkupstate.com

Deonte Harty blows the doors off in 1v1s

Harty had a nice catch in team drills as Elam failed to react quickly enough to make a play on the speedy wide receiver. Early in 1v1s, Harty lined up against Micah Hyde and the safety had no chance. Harty put on a quick move and then exploded up the field and away from Hyde for a big-time reception. The versatility to Harty’s game has been on display all camp.

O-line shift happens mid-practice

Mitch Morse started with the first-team offense and Ryan Bates was at right guard. After a few periods, Bates moved over to center and rookie O’Cyrus Torrence took over at right guard. It’s unclear if Morse was hurt or if the Bills just wanted to get some looks for Torrence and Bates in their new spots.

[OpIv37]

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It’s frightening how dependent we are on Josh. If he goes down for any significant time, it’s over. And I understand that we’re far from the only team in that situation. It’s a QB driven league. The only way to win is to have a star QB who stays healthy for most of the season.

It’s good that Tre is returning to form and Kincaid still looks good in pads.

Sounds like Elam got beat a couple times. That’s not encouraging. We have a good O and I don’t want to make too much out of one practice, but so many of McBeane’s early draft picks have been disappointing. None have been complete busts but they don’t live up to where they were drafted. I’m hoping to see some evidence that Elam will break that mold and I haven’t seen it yet.

[Night Train]

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It’s frightening how dependent we are on Josh. If he goes down for any significant time, it’s over.

That's basically every team. Starting QB goes down, the draft talk begins.

[kingJofNYC]

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It’s frightening how dependent we are on Josh. If he goes down for any significant time, it’s over. And I understand that we’re far from the only team in that situation. It’s a QB driven league. The only way to win is to have a star QB who stays healthy for most of the season.

It’s good that Tre is returning to form and Kincaid still looks good in pads.

Sounds like Elam got beat a couple times. That’s not encouraging. We have a good O and I don’t want to make too much out of one practice, but so many of McBeane’s early draft picks have been disappointing. None have been complete busts but they don’t live up to where they were drafted. I’m hoping to see some evidence that Elam will break that mold and I haven’t seen it yet.

The thing is that Beane's OL selections have been flat out terrible, so Jackson may be beating out Elam, but we can't have a good O with a bad OL, we have a great QB a great WR and then.....

I heard Brown got worked all day today and all throughout camp so far. I keep reading how our DL is generating big pass rush, I mean it's the same guys as last year plus L.Floyd and minus Von Miller, we did not generate many sacks last year. Yeah, the scheme may be a bit different this year, they're showing mroe pressure looks in camp, but if our DL talent is beating the pants off our OL we are back to where we were last year, Josh scrambling and making plays.

The best season Josh had was when his OL blocked well and D.Williams played above average RT, Brown is awful and the G spot next to him in flux, hopefully the rookie they drafted develops unlike all the other draft picks at the position.

[GreedoII]

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It’s frightening how dependent we are on Josh. If he goes down for any significant time, it’s over. And I understand that we’re far from the only team in that situation. It’s a QB driven league. The only way to win is to have a star QB who stays healthy for most of the season.

It’s good that Tre is returning to form and Kincaid still looks good in pads.

Sounds like Elam got beat a couple times. That’s not encouraging. We have a good O and I don’t want to make too much out of one practice, but so many of McBeane’s early draft picks have been disappointing. None have been complete busts but they don’t live up to where they were drafted. I’m hoping to see some evidence that Elam will break that mold and I haven’t seen it yet.

as it's frightening for KC is Mahomes goes down or Cin if Burrow stays down as he is currently injured. Those teams do nothing either if they lose them. Period So stop

[OpIv37]

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It’s frightening how dependent we are on Josh. If he goes down for any significant time, it’s over. And I understand that we’re far from the only team in that situation. It’s a QB driven league. The only way to win is to have a star QB who stays healthy for most of the season.

It’s good that Tre is returning to form and Kincaid still looks good in pads.

Sounds like Elam got beat a couple times. That’s not encouraging. We have a good O and I don’t want to make too much out of one practice, but so many of McBeane’s early draft picks have been disappointing. None have been complete busts but they don’t live up to where they were drafted. I’m hoping to see some evidence that Elam will break that mold and I haven’t seen it yet.

as it's frightening for KC is Mahomes goes down or Cin if Burrow stays down as he is currently injured. Those teams do nothing either if they lose them. Period So stop

Maybe I brought this on myself, but nobody actually reads my posts. They just react to their preconceived notion of me.

I fully acknowledged that we aren’t the only team that’s fully dependent on the quarterback in my previous post. It doesn’t change the reality that one awkward collision in camp could bring the whole thing crashing down.

And as far as KC and Cincy specifically, well, Mahomes already got KC two rings. Burrow is still on his rookie contract, so Cincy’s window is bigger than ours.

[Forward_Lateral]

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It’s frightening how dependent we are on Josh. If he goes down for any significant time, it’s over. And I understand that we’re far from the only team in that situation. It’s a QB driven league. The only way to win is to have a star QB who stays healthy for most of the season.

It’s good that Tre is returning to form and Kincaid still looks good in pads.

Sounds like Elam got beat a couple times. That’s not encouraging. We have a good O and I don’t want to make too much out of one practice, but so many of McBeane’s early draft picks have been disappointing. None have been complete busts but they don’t live up to where they were drafted. I’m hoping to see some evidence that Elam will break that mold and I haven’t seen it yet.

This is any NFL team. I think they could manage a few weeks, and maybe eek out wins, but if he goes down for an extended period, it's going to be a season of old for us

[Historian]

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It doesn’t change the reality that one awkward collision in camp could bring the whole thing crashing down.

On Tuesday, the Bills were running a gadget play, with Allen heading out for a pass.

He got tattooed by Taron Johnson, (WTF was he thinking?) and didn't get right up.

Turns out he only had the wind knocked out of him, but you're right.

The way the guy plays is tempting fate.

[Forward_Lateral]

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On Tuesday, the Bills were running a gadget play, with Allen heading out for a pass.

He got tattooed by Taron Johnson, (WTF was he thinking?) and didn't get right up.

Turns out he only had the wind knocked out of him, but you're right.

The way the guy plays is tempting fate.

First of all, why is anyone hitting the QB

Second of all, why are they running gadget plays day 2 of camp?

This is coaching. This should NEVER be happening

[ghz in pittsburgh]

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Don't be surprised that you see the play in regular season. I think --- and agree to - the idea is that they still want the threat of Josh of past years still in defenders mind.

In a way I'm glad this incident happened in camp where Josh is hit by his teammates. It serves as a reminder to Josh, Dorsey of the danger of this kind of play and in particular to Josh to protect himself.

[Woodman]

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Johnson is lucky Josh didn't anticipate his exuberance or he woulda clobbered his ass 1st.