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They're both just old 'names' at this point. Those players rarely workout.

Not a good look Drew... Go back to looking like a bum, suits you more.

I was trying to be nice and not say he's absolutely worthless at this point ..

We can still make a little noise, but we definitely have holes. They can speed up the rebuild by dipping into FA next year. If Ballard's draft picks don't pan out two years down the road then we're officially screwed. Not in a good way.

Ferguson can't even get on the field. He'd have been a guy to run the next few weeks with Mack down. I also don't think Good is going to workout long term.

Agreed, also Dez hasn't been good in a few years. He can't separate anymore from the few games I've watched of him. You won't be getting Dez from 5/6 years ago.

The good...Luck being back, RB's look like they'll have a diverse gameplan, middle oline will be much improved compared to recent years. The bad..D as a whole will definitely struggle at times. Need a clear WR2 to step up. Hopefully I won't get bashed for this, Basham..uggh I wanna love you bro, I'm not seeing a good pash rusher. Hopefully the two rookies can come back from injury and help.

Let's hope the reps help him. He's still a baby at 21, came into the league real young. He can definitely get better, let's hope he does. But I can see why their could be doubts so far.

Of course he does..

That's exactly what it looks like to me. Just sloppy and he happened to fall perfectly into a penalty. A collection of 'fail' lead to it essentially.

Stop sweatin' us..

I wanna say we could split with them, but we've been their ragdoll lately. I still can't believe they dropped 50 on us..

Pretty sure we don't get this game live in the East. At least that's what my DVR says. It's set for 4am Friday to record. I could be wrong though.

For me I'll be looking at what numbers everyone is wearing. I hate not knowing who's who when I watch certain years. I usually watch game one of preseason with a roster in my hand.. Lol

NCF, you're a knowledgeable fan and obviously know football. There's many ways we can look at things, but I think optimism is high simply because it's training camp and fans are excited for the new changes we're about to see. I can see every scenario possible including the 'realist' one you mention. We've got a lot of new moving parts and yet to see how everything looks in real time. We could shock folks, just as easily as we could win 5 games honestly. For me, coaching I feel will be better, especially on offense. Even though we can point to Jacoby some, we were just a terrible offense last year in so many regards (play calling, execution). Reich fundamentally comes from the Polian tree in a way because he was brought up in that winning Buffalo environment. He was a backup to a HOF'er in Jim Kelly. He just won a SB with Philly and went to several as a player. I also like his Dungy calmness vibe. I feel Ballard drafted some good instant players this year that we won't have to wait around to develop. I've got more, but you get the idea. Throw in a new training facility and playing surface and maybe we aren't snakebit with injuries this year. Plus #12. I feel like after no playoffs for 3 straight years Jim, Ballard and Reich have a good formula to get the franchise 'right' again.