Buffalo Bills Futures Bets and Training Camp Insights

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00:00Welcome back to Newswire here on Sports Grid.

00:05We continue to take a look at NFL training camp as we get you ready for the season.

00:09Dan Fates, of course, covers the Buffalo Bills and all Buffalo sports.

00:13ABC 13 in Buffalo joins us now.

00:15We'll break down exactly how the Bills have looked thus far and what they will look like

00:19during the regular season.

00:20Dan, thanks again for coming here on Newswire.

00:22It's great to meet you.

00:22Thanks for coming on.

00:24Yeah, thanks so much for having me, Craig.

00:25Appreciate it.

00:26Yeah, so Dan, I think that this is a strange year for the Bills going in.

00:31It's like for the first time in a while, we're going into a season where, at least

00:35from the outside looking in, there are some people that are a little down on the

00:39Buffalo Bills.

00:40The last few years, they've been sort of that, hey, let me pick the Bills as a

00:42sleeper to win the Super Bowl.

00:44You know, first time ever, they're probably...

00:46Well, not ever, but first time in the last few years, they're not in that situation.

00:49In the division, some people feel the Jets have caught them.

00:53Maybe the Dolphins will catch them.

00:54And, you know, certainly that's the perception on the outside looking in.

00:58Do you feel that same perception going into training camp or preseason?

01:03Super Bowl for sure.

01:04I don't think they're necessarily there right now, but we all know how weird and

01:09some seasons can take a turn.

01:10You talk about the departures.

01:11This team lost six out of their seven captains from last year.

01:15It's not just starters.

01:16You're talking about mainstays that have been in Buffalo the entire Sean McDermott

01:22era, Micah Hyde, Jordan Poirier, Mitch Morris, Stefan Diggs, Gabe Davis.

01:26Like, the list goes on.

01:27Like, and the team has acknowledged it.

01:30And while fans may say, oh, it's so great, you know, thank goodness Diggs is gone

01:36and all that drama, they've lost leadership.

01:39And that's the big thing.

01:40And where is Josh Allen?

01:42We're two minutes into this and we haven't talked about Josh Allen.

01:45They still have Josh Allen.

01:46So there is that sense of, can they put pieces back together?

01:52And that's what they're still trying to figure out.

01:54But talking to Deion Dawkins, talking to other guys on the team,

01:57like they admit it feels different.

02:00There's different voices being heard.

02:02Different guys have to step up as leaders.

02:03They're being put into ask to do new roles that they haven't done.

02:08As for the product on the field, I still think that this is still a really good

02:12football team.

02:13And I still have a ton of faith in Sean McDermott to put together a high-level

02:17defense.

02:18And then it's kind of figuring out, can Josh Allen raise the talent of the

02:24players around him now that there's no Diggs, now that Gabe Davis is gone,

02:28now that you're trying to bring in some new pieces and bring them along,

02:31where will the offense be in a first full season with Joe Brady,

02:35who took over in the middle of last year when Condorsi was fired?

02:38So there's a lot more questions than answers heading into this year than,

02:42like you said, Craig, in years past.

02:44Yeah, and look, Joe Brady had so much success at LSU with Joe Burrow,

02:49not as much with Carolina, but I've always been a big fan of his.

02:52I thought that he'd be a head coach at this point.

02:54Maybe the Bills are fortunate to have him.

02:56Maybe just having him for a full season will be the answer because, you know,

02:59the additions in the offseason were very menial at best, just adding Hollins,

03:03Samuels, about the scantling to the offense.

03:06I mean, if those players are a major part of the team, I think, Dan,

03:09that something has gone wrong because they drafted Keon Coleman,

03:12who was fantastic at Florida State in the second round,

03:16but I have not been at camp, so I don't know.

03:19I mean, you tell me thus far, Dan,

03:20is it looking like he's going to have an impact like they want him to?

03:23Because if he does not, then we go back to those names that we just discussed.

03:28Yeah, Craig, I was a little skeptical about Keon from his time at Florida State,

03:33and I know analytics can do one thing or another.

03:36I know people freaked out about his 40 time not being where it was,

03:38but his gauntlet was the fastest,

03:40and that everybody makes the comparison of Puka Nakua and all these things.

03:44Like, that's great, but you can't always just point out one thing

03:47that you like about somebody because somebody else did it

03:50and then go, well, he's going to be the next Puka.

03:52Like, that's not fair either.

03:54What I have, like what I've seen, is that nothing seems too big for Keon.

04:00He has made multiple splash plays at training camp

04:03where we all take our phones out right after and go like, whoa,

04:06like that was next level.

04:08Like, he isn't necessarily a guy that right now

04:12has a full tool belt of separation at the line of scrimmage.

04:16He has been getting jammed in man coverage drills when they just go one-on-one,

04:20but he's got a really good vision to find zone.

04:23I know it's a dumb buzzword, but everybody's like, it's true.

04:26He can play above the rim.

04:28Josh Allen has had to learn this offseason

04:30because he's got Keon and Matt Collins, who's like 6'4",

04:34and Marques Valdez-Scantling, who's like 6'3".

04:36He has learned how to throw the ball higher

04:39because we've joked before at training camps,

04:41it's been Cole Beasley, John Brown, Stephon Diggs.

04:43Like, it's kind of been like McDermott a few years ago

04:46called the wide receiver room the Smurfs.

04:48Like, now they've got guys that have size and things like that.

04:51So I've been impressed because I had a lower expectation maybe

04:56of where I thought Keon would be coming out of Florida State

05:00where I'm not going to break down the all-22 on Keon,

05:02but I didn't think he really ran a whole bunch of routes.

05:04It was kind of like, go down the field, I'll throw you the ball.

05:07He has shown a little bit more polish and maturity early on.

05:11He's just 21 years old, but his size...

05:14He catches the ball so well.

05:17We see guys that have late hands

05:19where you always talk about, like,

05:21cornerbacks play through when they see the wide receiver's hands go up.

05:25He brings them up real late.

05:26He's very confident in catching the ball.

05:28All of those things are pluses,

05:30and it's just a matter of going back to the original point.

05:33What can Joe Brady do with it?

05:35He's got a brand-new blank slate.

05:37There's no number-one wide receiver.

05:39They've kind of talked about earlier in training camp,

05:42Sean McDermott called them,

05:43was asked about the wide receiver room.

05:45And he goes, it's kind of like your utensil drawer.

05:48And he goes, sometimes you open it up

05:50and you don't really know what you have,

05:52but you know it's in there.

05:54And he goes, and sometimes when you're putting,

05:56you're unloading the dishwasher,

05:57you're like, where does this thing go?

05:59That's kind of what this Bill's wide receiver room is.

06:02They're trying to figure out who's going to go where.

06:05And when I've asked Joe Brady,

06:06and hey, do you need a X wide receiver or this wide receiver?

06:10He wants the entire team to know the philosophy,

06:13the system in place,

06:15so that guys can interchange and play on the outside

06:17and play on the inside.

06:18So there's a lot of versatility there.

06:20It's just, how will it pan out?

06:22That's what we need to find out.

06:24Yeah, we do.

06:25I need some forks at my house here, Dan.

06:27All right, so a win total for the Bills.

06:29Everyone is pounding the under at 10 and a half.

06:31It's minus 150 on the FanDuel Sportsbook.

06:33This is trending toward 10.

06:35Let's just call it what it is.

06:37Are betters on the right side here

06:39or will the Bills surprise some people?

06:41I think the Bills will surprise a few people.

06:44I think so much has been made of the pieces that they've lost.

06:47They still have Josh Allen

06:49and they still have a really, really good defensive coordinator

06:52or head coach in Sean McDermott,

06:54however you want to break it up.

06:56Even with all the injuries the defense had last year

06:58to Matt Milano, Daquan Jones, all these guys,

07:00they were still a damn good defense.

07:02I expect them to be a really good defense.

07:04Again, they may not be as high scoring offensively,

07:06but I think they'll be solid.

07:08All right.

07:09Thanks again, Dan.

07:10Great to have you here on Newswire.

07:11Appreciate the knowledge.

07:12Thanks for having me.

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