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Lamb or Juedy would make sense to me, but only if they fell into double digits do I think Beane considers it just cause cost. He said he doesn’t see us as one player away, so can’t see him paying a bounty for any player to get into say top 10. But you never know

All good, I had already added a note saying you didn’t even have to reply as I could tell by other comments you answered it a lot, but you responded before I made the edit. That being said, there is almost no chance at all Beane moves up to draft Ruggs in this draft class, especially at that price.

So in the deepest WR class in years, we gave up all those picks to move up to get a WR who would have been there at 22? I just don’t see the logic in this. This feels like a personal want than an attempt to mock what Beane would actually do. Cant see any scenario where Beane trades up for Ruggs. Nothing against him, he’s a heck of a prospect, but he’s not even the consensus best WR on the board there. Note: I see from comments at current last page of this thread this has apparently been discussed a lot. So don’t feel obliged to reply. I was just floored with the unrealistic nature of this trade. All good, it’s just a mock for fun obviously. It’s just this happens all the time where whoever has the Bills pick makes some unrealistic trade in these mocks

I loved it when it happened, love it still now.

It’s such a shame that someone who worked so hard to be so great for so long has let the final best years of his career evaporate like this. What a waste of talent. Funny, I followed AB long before he went nuts on social, and I used to tell people he was weird as f***. Like on Snap chat all his stories were like him staring into camera with smiling for long periods of time no matter what he was doing. Usually while in one of his cars going somewhere or walking past fans on way to field or something. At least he barely spoke back then lol.

It’s in HBO for sure, you must have just went past it or something. But hey, Vice Principals is pretty good too. I’m also a McBride fan

Sorry for your lost, sincerest condolences, never easy to lose a parent or loved one.

103...man, what a life. Funny, I remember loving the movie as a little kid that he was in called "Tough Guys" and he was old as heck then. Never imagined he would still be alive this far along into my life.

Thanks for the info on that, it doesn't surprise me as from what I have seen of the Outsider in terms of comments and trailers, it reminded me of The Night Of.

Im about to start The Outsider this weekend probably. Not sure if this is a mini-series where it will conclude at the end of this season, or if its a show that will have multiple seasons. But, HBO has another show that was amazing that was a mini-series called "The night of" a few years ago. Definitely give that one a watch if you haven't seen yet when you are done with this series.

Season 2 is better. And the final few episodes were really good

Did you finish season 1, or did you finish seasons 1 & 2? I ask because you said (final 4 episodes). But then mention you are gonna watch season 2. The final 4 would be in season 2 as there are 2 seasons out. I finished season 2 of “You” last week. It was one of those shows that I didn’t necessary love but liked enough to finish the seasons that are out. It was ok, but the final few episodes were my favorite and good enough for me to give season 3 a go. Its kind of like a lighter, dark comedy, cheesier version of Dexter.

Nice, I was thinking about checking it out. Heard good things

Yeah, I had the same issue with it until I just accepted the spaghetti western theme. So I got past that part of it a bit, but the finale kinda irked me. The dumb thing is that this character and the universe they can create around him could have been so bad ass rather than cheesy. Wish they would have went and made a bad ass bounty hunter series around him instead of the spaghetti western style.

One of my favorite shows right now. If I had to think of my favorite show (still running) on each platform, these are the ones the first come to mind (and I am sure I am forgetting some other great ones, just these are the first to pop in my head). Succession - HBO. Might be my favorite actually, definitely one of the best out. Ozark - Netflix. Its kind of like the new Breaking Bad, its really good. Marvelous Ms. Maisel - Amazon. Cast and writing are some of the best anywhere right now, and I didn't expect to like this show, but its excellent. Morning Show - Apple TV+. Cast and writing is also excellent and the story is very current and they find a way to make it very compelling. Billions - Showtime. Another great cast Mandaloiran - Disney+. This is really a default choice, as its the only one I have seen. I have issues with the show, but I love Star Wars enough to go ahead and list it here. It will be on a short leash with me in season 2 though. Most of these platforms have other shows past and present I also love, but off the top of my head, these are my favorites. A couple of other shows not as many people have watched, but should because they are great in their own right. Euphoria on HBO is crazy good. And on Netflix, if you loved the move "Chef" then check out the series "The Chef Show", its great. If you have not seen either, go watch the movie "Chef" first, its a great movie.

Curious to what other people who have seen the whole series thought. I just finally finished it. My friend works on it, so I knew going into it the entire premise was to be a spaghetti western set in the Star Wars universe in space. So took a little adjustment when watching it, but once I got used to it I thought it was pretty good despite some fight scenes than can sometimes be a little cheesy. But hey, thats the spaghetti western format. That was until I got to the final episode...AGAIN CLICK AWAY NOW IF YOU HAVENT SEEN IT... This is where I got disappointed as it went to some really outrageous and dumb extremes and I hope they dont keep this up next season (which they have already wrapped season 2 and are about to wrap up shooting season 3 in a month). IG-11 is killed with a single blaster shot earlier in the season by Mando, yet once he is a nurse droid he can take endless amounts of blaster shots like nothing and take out most of an imperial army while holding a baby? Come on. Breaking Bad's Gustavo just keeps giving them endless amounts of time to escape? Come on, ridiculous. The whole battle segments were silly too. Then the river of lava? Really? Did you really need to make it something so dumb as lava? I mean their skin would melt being that close to it, not to mention IG-11 walks through it without melting? LMAO. Just make it river, why make it something so absurd as it didnt add to the content, it made it ridiculous. Then Mando just hangs on to a tie fighter like no big deal with all those g forces? He is just a human with some armor on, not like he's some Jedi with special abilities. I mean it was all just over the top and took away from the show IMO. The universe and story are already so rich, don't understand why they need to take it to such absurd levels and bring the quality of the story down rather than elevate it. It reminds me of John McClane in Die Hard vs John McClane who can jumps cars into helicopters in Live Free and Die Hard. There is always some suspended belief in movies/shows, then there is stuff that goes so far past absurd it takes away from the movie/show. Like how Fast and Furious used to be about street racing, now they are super solider spies who can defy physics, gravity, and logic and are practically invincible. I get it with that franchise, I mean they made 100 movies now. But with the Mandalorian, its the first season with so much to offer still...no need to get so stupid.

I’m not trying to sell Lamar short, I’m just saying I remain skeptical until he can prove he can sustain it. I’ve just seen this too much to confidently say he is going to sustain this long term. I still don’t think he’s that great of a QB in terms of pocket passer. His unique offense created a lot of easier opportunities in the passing game due to the run aspect. Once it’s figured out, which I believe we helped build that blue print already, he is going to need to be a good passer to counter. I need to see it before I have confidence in it is all I am saying. I’m not rooting against him (unless playing the Bills of course), just don’t know if he’s going to be able to have this kind of success long term without growing into a better passer. Right now, I think the newness of the unique system benefited him greatly, and now that there is tape on how to slow him down, I question how he will fare moving forward.

There is ONLY ONE player on the Panthers worth a first round pick and more and that guy isn’t going anywhere. McCaffrey. DJ Moore is a good young player, but come on, trade that much in a draft class loaded at WR? Um no

I am not dumping on Lamar, I liked him coming out and enjoy him in the NFL. But...I have seen this story many times where a running QB takes the league by storm early but then the league catches up with them. RG3, Vick, Cunningham, V Young, Kap, etc all had a lot of success early. Some were looked at as the future of the NFL. Ive also seen new style offenses have early success because the NFL didn’t have it figured out yet, and that includes the Rams I just mentioned but also Tim Tebow Broncos who even won a playoff game despite Tebow being about the worst QB in the league. It briefly worked because it was unique and and confusing to defend until the league figured it out. Doesn’t mean Lamar can’t keep getting better. But what I am saying is that he is not a good passer yet, and his success is currently tied to the unique system they run. So I have yet to see a QB in the NFL have sustained success this way because the NFL will always figure out how to defend their system (and I think they already have because of our game against them) at some point. Lamar is going to have to become a good passer in order to sustain success in my opinion because the new unique system based success is always short lived. I have nothing against Lamar though, I just am skeptical this style of offense can be maintained to the same level of success he had this year.

1. They did not intentionally not give him a big receiver. They don’t grow in trees. 2. They didn’t give him smurf receivers strategically to increase accuracy. 3. They didn’t call plays to teach lessons. They ran their offense and expect him to execute it. Now I do agree I feel Josh has a higher ceiling still than Lamar. The problem with Lamar is he is not a complete QB either, and he had a tremendous amount of success in a unique gimmick offense. Historically, the NFL catches up with that and it can some times take part of a full season, a whole season, even more than that. But once they do, then that QB is going to struggle to find the consistency anymore. And if you look at this year, Buffalo put a pretty good blue print down and Balt wasn’t the same unstoppable force after that. I actually think Balt is going to regress some next year just like McShay and the Rams did once teams figured them out because Goff isn’t as great of a QB as his 2 year run suggested. Bears and Pats put blue print down how to limit the offense and now they are a ballooned salary cap and no where near the juggernaught they were. So once teams figure out how to limit Lamar as a runner (like teams did with Vick), is he good enough as a true QB to adjust and keep being as effective? I don’t think he is personally, at least not right now. Josh has all the tools, intelligence, leadership, work ethic, etc you want in a QB. But he also needs to put it all together consistently on the field. The main reason I think Josh ends up with the longer and better career still is because he has made tremendous strides in 2 years behind the only high level coaching he’s ever had. He played at JUCO and Wyoming, the level of coaching he has had was no where near what he is getting now and he’s responded with significant growth. That tells me he can and should keep growing into his potential. I mean he was second only to Lamar from week 5 until the end of the season with 21 TDs and only 3 turnovers. He is a thrower first, not a runner. He has legs as a massive secondary weapon, not a primary. Lamar and the Ravens are focusing on both running and passing, and that could further affect Lamars growth as a passer too.

It’s honestly without question Rugby. Rugby has all the violence of football, none of the pads or protection, and the constant pace of soccer. And then there is the after game drinking haha. Wanna test your liver, go drinking with some Rugby players after a game haha.

Nice, was gonna start that soon

I think the overwhelming favorite is going to be retirement. Think about it...he wasn't even valuable enough to KC in the post season to be active, despite the fact he has all that history with Reid and was supposed to be a dual threat RB which KC covets that type of RB. He isn't going to have much interest anywhere and I think he will not be in the NFL next year.

Some must watch, unusual, but must watch docs: 1 - Dont F**K with Cats - 3 episode mini series...crazy and good all at the same time. Shocking 2 - Chicken People - Hilarious documentary following people who have "Show Chickens", like in dog show type chickens 3 - Behind the Curve - Cant miss documentary that is hilarious as it follows those "Flat Earth" nuts, so good. I know 1 and 3 above are for sure on Netflix, and I think Chicken People is too. If not, you can find it I think on one of the other streamers if its not on Netflix anymore.

Podcast is better than the TV series...much better actually. Speaking of podcasts, the greatest one I have ever listened to and sucked me in like no other was "To live and die in LA". I know this is a TV thread, but holy **** that one is a mind bender and crazy good. Everyone I have ever referred it to was instantly hooked. Ive seen the Morning Show and Truth Be Told...verdict, The Morning Show is excellent, really well done show. Truth be Told was hard to get through, the acting is so bad. We didn't like it even though we finished it.