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Not at this time, but the future timing of it is difficult to predict.

Well, he came in and tweaked that shoulder putting a swim move on a tackling dummy. He's obviously worked around it his college career and given his MCL sprain didn't stop him from playing against Alabama, the dude will play through pain. Don't get me wrong, I like the pick from a talent standpoint, but how do your medical staff and coaching staff fail to test this shoulder sufficiently if that was all it took to tweak it? I look at the big picture: Our top two draft picks have health concerns, Ragland's being more concerning. Do we trust our medical staff opinions that Ragland will be fine? His career is probably one of the worst choices for someone with an enlarged aorta. I don't know that anyone can predict how quickly it might or might not expand, I know if it were me I'd want it echoed more than once a year. http://www.umcvc.org/conditions-treatments/aortic-disease-faqs http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/1435/118832/neglected/ The thing is we're trying to make the playoffs and we need to do 2 or 3 games better than last year. and are forced to rely on rookies. One may be down till November and the other one's health is quite frankly an unknown moving forward. I don't fault the talent selection, just question the medical opinions.

I don't disagree with you, but us fans have some reason to be pissed off. Lawson was sold by the FO as a day one starter that needed to replace Mario Williams, everyone acknowledged the injury but he had been cleared by medical and was expected to get the surgery during the following offseason unless he was essentially unlucky and injured it during the regular season. Lawson himself said in an interview it hadn't bothered him in a couple years. Then he has an "occurrence" during a non-contact rookie mini-camp? Either our medical staff sucks at evaluating players or our FO lied to us about his chances of playing the season. Given the playoff drought and FO promises, it seems likely the "occurrence" was a significant change of his condition. I hope Pegula understood that Lawson might be injured this quickly, otherwise I'd be pissed.

It wasn't diagnosed until around February 2016. He's a sixth round pick, so obviously we didn't stick our neck out too much but it is encouraging our scouts are willing to put extra effort in on a guy like this as opposed to just writing him off or going with a guy with the best stats for the pick. I think he was just too stubborn to admit it was a problem, let alone a problem on the field.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/A-much-clearer-outlook-for-CB-Kevon-Seymour/2662fabb-f625-4894-bb5d-9e1bcd9f1f37 What a great story about how our scouts look beyond the measurables for NFL talent. Can't believe USC never figured this out. Definitely builds my confidence in our due diligence. Especially if it works out like they are hoping! Despite the revelation of his poor eyesight, NFL teams still saw a senior corner who could not get back into the starting lineup and had just one interception and no pass breakups in his final season. The Bills however, saw encouraging potential and minimal risk in making the USC product a sixth-round pick. Blessed with the physical measurables and movement skills of an NFL cornerback, as long as Seymour can capably adjust with fully corrected vision, those plays that went for pass breakups could turn into takeaways.

I'm with you, have to wonder about Lee because that cheat step provides a little extra leverage and weight focus to help you explode backwards. You look at runners coming out of their blocks and in soccer we always coach some degree of staggered stance when defending. Just easier to make a quick move. Maybe the cheat isn't that critical for a qb?

Not just OSU fans! : http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/010215aaj.html COACH SABAN: ....The one thing that the new quarterback does is he has a tremendous arm. And they have some very talented receivers. And the two things that were very apparent is those things became very apparent in the last two games because of the quarterback. Now, they were a little different and the quarterback was a great runner, when 16 was playing, and he was a good passer. But it wasn't so obvious when you watched the film all season long that they had these great skill players that could really make plays down the field."

Well, here's how Glenn Parker looks at it, maybe that will help your understanding: http://bills.buffalo...rice-was-right/ “That’s the dirty secret that fans hate,” Parker said. “They love one side, but they hate the other. If you sign a contract, it’s the value at the time of the contract. If I play less than the value of the contract, I get cut. If I exceeded the value of the contract, I should be able to hold out and get more money. It’s Economics 101.” We're not going to renegotiate rookie contracts like Watkins and Darby because the economic model is that once you prove yourself in the NFL, your big payday is that second contract. Veterans would realize renegotiating rookie contracts shrinks the cash pool available to them. TT is not on a rookie contract, if he has far exceeded the value of his contract then there's a legit argument to renegotiate.

I don't know, his love of ugly-ass sport coats may scare potential teams off. Maybe TT will help him pick some more!

It's a great point and the last labor agreement finally got it right. How many millions were thrown away on Jamarcus Russels, Mike Williamses, etc? Even if a player doesn't perform for his 2nd contract it's on the FO for not figuring that out instead of a rookie crapshoot. If we had given Byrd his money we would have lost A. Williams or not been able to afford McCoy, etc. Dominoes working against the future.

Took the kids to the black hills/badlands a couple years ago. Badlands is one of my favorite places, definitely try and do a hike there if you can. Almost didn't bother with Rushmore, with Custer State park, Jewel and Wind caves, the museums (son is huge into dino fossils) and devil's tower nearby. Never even made it into Sturgis, just tons to do. Great area, especially for riding motorcycles. For me this year, probably pictured rocks in the UP of MI. And our family vacation out at Chautauqua.

Wow, when you take a moment to think about all the mental details and quick decisions an NFL quarterback has to account for, a virtual reality video game sounds like a great training tool.

I kind of wonder if it's for TT. Short term deal so he isn't grossly underpaid this year.

Yep, plus it's Cleveland. You can pretty much count on them to take the wrong path. Maybe I'm reading the contract details wrong, but if they trade instead of cut McCown they are only on the hook for 1.3 instead of 2.3 dead money.

I would say Josh McCown. Cleveland just signed RGIII to an appreciable contract and drafted the rookie. McCown is the definition of mediocrity but in 8 games last year had a completion % just under 64% and a QBR of 93. Which were statistically better than Fitzpatrick's 16 games. He's scheduled to count 5 million against the cap this year and odds are he will be traded or cut.

See, I don't think this is really true. When EJ played last year, I saw a QB who couldn't mentally process all the facets of the game an NFL QB needs to for success. Pre snap protection adjustments, hot reads, recognizing the defense, receiver progressions, stepping up in the pocket, etc. Most snaps it seemed like he would miss one or more of these components on his checklist which would undermine the entire play. I don't believe the coaching would make a difference, I simply don't think his mind can handle NFL game speed. I'm excited about Cardale, I saw decision making, progressions and great throws from him in an NFL style offense during that 3 game championship run. Last season they insisted on the read option which is the wrong offense for him. As good a coach as Urban Meyer is, this year's draft speaks to the quality of that team and Meyer made a big mistake insisting on his traditional offense. Cost them another national championship, IMO. Just glad we didn't get Hackenberg. I'm a PSU fan and watching Hack stare down 1 or 2 receivers has me convinced he'll go the way of EJ at best.

I have to believe Brady destroying his cell phone just before meeting with Wells factored in to the 4 games more than previous history: http://deadspin.com/the-full-story-of-tom-bradys-destroyed-cell-phone-1722190784

+1 Looking back, it's a wonder things didn't boil over more. Hard to learn regardless, but add in your coaches aren't getting you the play call? Bet that defensive locker room got pretty ugly at points.

It shouldn't be a big deal whether it was Clinton or Trump saying it. I am not a fan of Hillary and will not vote for her, but I applaud her for doing this. It's a lame joke of an innuendo, nothing more. The word and thought nazis are getting out of hand with their political correctness.

I don't know the NFL's priorities and so I can't say how strict their enforcement is with marijuana. I know someone who worked for the team and Josh Gordon did not start smoking it for pain relief. He freely used it well before he was drafted, so much so it affected his career and the NFL's image. Much like Manziel, he was unreliable day-to-day during the season. And given that medical marijuana is legal in two states involving multiple franchises, I would think the NFL would tread lightly on a first time occurrence for positive marijuana test.

Absurd? Dumbass Gordon by all accounts worked his butt off last year and supposedly stayed clean. Millions of dollars and his career on the line, he reapplies for reinstatement in February and tests positive for pot in March before any decision has been made. And you think this is about the weed? Absurd.

I'd honestly just like to see them make the pro bowl a real award but a fictitious game. Who really cares to watch it anyways? No actual game so there's only a limited number of probowlers who truly deserve it and any contract bonuses that come with it. It's becoming a ridiculous situation IMO.

Got to be her shoe size.

+1 It always makes me think of some brutal linemen poised and ready to explode. Also, it evokes images of stolid buffalo during severe snowstorms out west which has a certain relevance to December games in b'lo.

I know a good number of women that see the real Hillary and detest her, the rest, such as the author, are simply bleating sheep. But what woman isn't capable of ignoring inarguable logic because it's not as important as a gut feeling? That's what makes them women and why we love 'em when they're attractive enough! ;-)