No preseason games a tough test
We already know the next time the Bills play, it’ll count. Buffalo hosts the Jets in their season opener, but there will be no preseason games in between. This makes player evaluation all the harder for Beane and McDermott.
“Sean and I have talked about it,” Beane said. “We’ve got to come up with various ways to create competition and some situations in games. High impact, high pressure moments… the best we can make them here.”
“As we get closer to that first game, we are going to have to cut this roster down, and we’re going to have to come up with as many ways to simulate preseason games.” Beane added. “We have to evaluate and make sure we’re keeping the best 53 players.”
In order to simulate the pressure moments, Beane gave a pretty smart idea though. Say rookie kicker Tyler Bass is under the gun. Beane said the Bills might make the whole team watch him, and tell him if he makes it, team meetings will be shorter or maybe a next practice will be without pads. That’s an interesting and pressure-filled concept.