WhitewalkerInPhilly

Ok. This makes sense to me. It's slightly more expensive now, but yeah if developer tools can do it then that's the best pick. The issue is me *not having* TV because I live out of market and having a realistic chance each tank bowl chosen because of network exec having a hot nut for his fantasy team. VPN is basically a service where you are routed through a server to affect you geocache for area blocked streaming

I cut the cord on YouTube NFL Sunday ticket because I was really only able to use it on maybe 3-4 games last year. This year, it actually might be more useful but it's still paying $450 when I know walking in that a third of them are blacked out due to Primetime and the almost-sure-to-be-national Chiefs game. Now, there are certain solutions available *Grabs bottle of rum, and eye patch* But I do want to look for legitimate ways to support. Sirius claims to broadcast all games and often I enjoy the radio calls better than, say, Collingsworth. I can more seriously see using SiriusXM, as I got a free trial when I got my car a few years ago and I definitely used it. Alternately, for about the same cost I could subscribe to Paramount and get a VPN. While I am loath to pay for YET ANOTHER streaming service Paramount and showtime actually have stuff I would watch and a VPN has value all its own. Each for a year gives more benefit and costs less in a year than I'd get from doing Sunday ticket for 4 months. If people have insight as to how they work together I'd appreciate hearing.

I think it's entirely possible that the Bills have no one player eclipse 1000 yards receiving but have 2-3 at 800+ and a couple more topping 400 Can that win? Let's ask the Chiefs. Kelce and Rice each were just short of 1K and then there was a LARGE drop off (close to 500 yards) to their #3 I don't think it's unreasonable to forecast slightly higher numbers for Shakir and Kincaid to hit the 800 mark up from around 650 and that Cook at least hitting close to 1k combined (which would be a slight down year from last) Similarly to my post just above I think a "both things can be true" is possible

You definitely need to go looking. Funnily enough, I actually have begun to enjoy Horror more as a genre because it can be done well cheaply and even better than big budget projects because creative directors know that the fears we ourselves project are more intimate than what they show. There's an indie movie called Brooklyn 45 where the tension isn't the ghost story as much as a group of recently returned soldiers returning to civilian life and all their trauma, secrets and paranoia that they needed to hold onto spilling out as they return home. But as for the last mainline, actually sitting in a theater watching a movie that surprised me, I think it was "Knives Out". It was a particular delight for me because: A) It immediately is a love letter of all the tropes of the whodunnit: the perfect murder, the unreliable narrator, the dud weapon that looks like the real thing and immediately pokes fun at them B) Becomes a reconstruction in the last turn with an entirely different set of clues that you don't see because you're too busy looking at the ones the film has been poking fun at.

I do not need one about being in a Turkish prison thank you very much

Can we agree on one thing: This year, moreso than the last four years, will be reliant upon our OC (Brady in this case) to scheme mismatches. Even if we are bullish on our WR group there isn't one right now that opposing DCs sit down each week and go "We've got to throttle that guy" Maybe that guy is Shakir thriving when thrust into the spotlight or Coleman refines his game enough to be a physical matchup nightmare, or Curtis Samuel is able to fill the role Deebo has on the Niners, or one of our long shot acquisitions pans out. But right now, it's going to be on Brady to get these guys open I'm not saying it's impossible, but right now I am envisioning a lot of 2TE sets and a big focus on the run game to open the pass.

I'll stay consistent with what I've said across the board, but especially at WR: the Bills have less proven talent than last year. That isn't to be Mr. Doom and Gloom. I am very high on Shakir's development and I think Curtis Samuel is a really interesting wrinkle. But with Diggs and even Gabe you knew what you were getting. You might have wanted more out of them, but Diggs was at least a confirmed WR1 and Gabe was a streaky #2 who helped make the team better with his blocking. I don't think a single person on here thinks Coleman is a finished project. There is a reason Mack Hollins, MVS and Chase Claypool were available on the cheap and why Shorter was not activated even when the cupboard was bare. But no one NO ONE in the salary cap era maintains full WR rooms for long without being massively too heavy. How many late 1st and 2nd to 3rd round WRs wash out? How many people thought Nakua or even Shakir would contribute like they did. We are going to see. Even even one of those fringe bets hit the Bills are in great position long term

I mean I'm in New Jersey so it's pushing 100 F and is muggy AF so I could use some Buffalo weather right now. Fantastic corn and tomatoes though.

I'm sorry, what about a sport where incredibly fit men of all different body types walk around in tight pants with the excuse to tackle each other and (if Christian Wilkins is any indication) there are no consequences for grabbing another guys junk led people to believe that gay men wouldn't want to play football?

It's impressive how much the NFL can stretch their product over the calendar year consider active games are maybe 5 out of 12 months. Almost immediately after the season wraps the combine takes place. A few weeks after that is roster cuts and free agency. Once the dust settles there is a month of draft speculation and then draft grades. Shortly after we get a trickle of OTA reports until minicamp. And God knows I'll be one of the degenerates following up on live tweeting from Training Camp practices and preseason right up until two weeks before season starts. From there until kickoff feels agonizingly long but at least by then you know the roster breakdowns and can start planning matchups. These six weeks, from end of minicamp to start of training camp might be the furthest ebb in the whole year. So hats off to the crazies who are here with me!

At this point Von getting caught with enough amphetamines in his system to kill three horses during offseason testing is actually to team benefit because it makes cutting the cord extremely easy next year.

Bold of you to assume that we won't trash Von

I mean that is my current tier ranking too. Obviously we'll have to see what happens in camp but I am really only sure that your top 3 make the team. After that's it's really a guess

Panic time?

The world is ending I agree with a Nick Wright take

I was thinking along the lines to cap limits, and paths forward but... As I watched growing up an Achilles tear was always a potential career ender (Takeo Spikes, never forget). I know sports science has come further but you are asking THE oldest active player on an NFL roster to fully recover in a calendar year and come out of the gate swinging with a team he has had 4 total snaps with, with an Offensive Coordinator the team is actively looking to mitigate, in one of the most hostile media markets in the country. If Rodgers breaks down and starts tantrum throwing (like he did while injured) I will be unbearably smug as the Jets melt down.

A little concern is understandable I think. I'd be concerned even if the reports were glowing because (say it with me) you can't draw meaningful conclusions from OTA's. They certainly can be useful in trending but we really won't know until the pads come on. THEN we can descend into unrestrained panic. 😜

I'd say it's similar to our Von Miller situation. Looking at the money, they simply can't afford to cut him this year and even next year the dead cap is horrific ($49/51.5 million). Similar to Miller, if Rodgers regains HOF form or even close they'll kick money back but anything short is going to be a hard exit but one that primes them for 2026

I can pray to win the lottery AND plan to go to work in the morning

To be fair I *am* praying for a Chase Claypool turnaround but I'm going to be honest: A) Chase Claypool was no part of what I saw as a model for a functioning offense immediately post draft. I think heavy motion, play action, screens, condensed formations, multiple formations from the same personnel groupings could be effective running 12 with Shakir, Samuel, Kincaid, Knox and Cook while being able to make that a heavy 11 or 22 for run plays. So a thriving Claypool would be a nice arrow in the quiver but the season will not live or die on whether he lives up to his potential. B) I see a Claypool resurgence more likely than Andy Isabella or Justin Shorter exploding as league sensations. I don't think that anyone denies Claypool's physical gifts and he *has* had success in the league. Schlubs don't typically have back to back 800+ yard seasons. The issue the past few years has been discipline and motivation. I'm taking it with a grain of salt but if he's finally had the "come to Jesus" moment where generational wealth is on the table if he can focus for 6-7 months...well that would motivate me.

To steal from the Iverson quote: "You talking 'bout practice ." Not even full practice, we are talking about no pads minicamp with a new OC (and likely a new offense install) with more than half of the WR room replaced. I'd be more surprised if there weren't early struggles.

I was listening to a Cover One breakdown (with Mina Kimes and she really does know her stuff) and they pointed out that the Rams run an insane amount of 11 personnel (3 WR, 1 TE, 1RB) at sometbing like 94% but still are able to run effectively because they have big bodied receivers is Cupp and Nikua. If you have those four guys, and Kincaid on the line, you have options: putting Samuel in the backfield for 2 RB sets, running unbalanced formations vs light boxes, splitting Kincaid into the slot, having Claypool chip to effectively make a light 2TE formation. I do worry about teams daring the Bills to beat them deep, but there seems to be ways to attack defenses each week depending on their tendencies.

If the message was received that this is the last year to save his career glory glory Hallelujah

Here's the thing: I don't hate the idea of legalized sports gambling. It's not as if being illegal ever stopped it and if anything it funded organized crime. And I don't hate the revenue stream from gambling. In my mind it's preferable to the trend of putting games on all of these exclusive platforms. But man, it is really hypocritical for the league to hammer players for using the gambling services that they themselves are promoting. I know I don't want a Pete Rose situation but Im supposed to freak out about a football player betting on baseball while the sports networks and radio shows are putting our parlays?

It's not the sexy move but I think you're right. Right now we don't know what we have in the room and the people we have are cost controlled. If even one of Shakir/MVS/Claypool/Hollins/Hamler/Shorter shows flashes of being a legit WR1, and one a decent complement added to Kincaid, Samuel and Cook you have a decent slew or skill players. If not, Aiyuk is a lot easier to fit on the books and likely costs less draft capital if the Niners are looking to move on