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Ironic that one of the reasons Benford was drafted so low was because he was viewed as a zone only corner with average athleticism who only played against lower midlevel college talent. McD might have been the perfect situation for him.

I don't think Hulu is part of HBO Max, as Hulu is owned by Disney? Maybe I am mistaken as there's so many streaming bundles now.

They offer a student discount where you can get it for $5 a month. Probably need a university email of some sort but worth looking into if you want to legally see it as cheaply as possible.

Defenses are much more geared to stop the pass nowadays but they are also a lot more flexible. Billy B in New England ran a 3-4 defense but it was always adjusted week to week depending on the offense. Some weeks they would go 2 DT's and 5 LB's other weeks they would do a flexible 4-3 hybrid defense and then other weeks they would do a pure 3-4. I think most DC's run flexible schemes and esp in the redzone/goal-line they incorporate a lot of 4-6 concepts. Could it work as a full time defense? Probably not given how it can be game planned around via spread offense. The reason it worked for the Bears so well was that in addition to their insane Hall of Fame levels of talent in the front 7 teams didn't run spread offenses that much. Wishbone? I think it could work as a package teams do. I think one scout said full backs are used so rarely that it confuses defenses sometimes and now OC's are using them a bit more. So maybe a few Wishbone flexible formations would throw a wrench into the defense now and again.

As a kid I always loved the Hall of Fame game, I wasn't old enough to know that even by pre-season standards this game was worthless and it was the first chance to watch any sort of NFL football since the Pro-Bowl (which I used to love as a last chance to see NFL players for 6ish months). Now I could care less given that even by pre-season standards this game isn't worth much but I always have fond memories from when I was first becoming a fan of the NFL. If the Bills are in it I do still check it out but probably not past the 2nd quarter. Still it does feel fun to see just how close we are to the regular season it's almost August!

Draining fluid if I had to guess

You gotta really like a player for him to be someone you watch their ceremony for. Most of them are very similar, they thank their family, their coaches, teammates, close friends, and spouse if applicable and they give some anecdotes about their playing days and talk about what an honor it is. So unless you really really care about a player it's not that dynamic of a watch.

It doesn't seem like a malicious thing just people getting bad info. Likely their source is a lower level employee getting second/third hand info if I had to guess. Just have to be aware that it isn't the most reliable source going forward.

My thing with Tre is that I in a very perverse way expect him to be great and then get hurt at some point if he is logging heavy snap counts as a starter. In 2023 he was looking like his old self (playing like a Pro-Bowl/All-Pro) and then he got the major injury. I think he's gonna play 7-10 great games but will possibly get hurt again if he's logging heavy starter snaps. I think the team needs to have Hairston being able to absorb some snaps for Tre in some situations so that Tre can be at 60ish% of the defensive snaps. Just my two cents but having a healthy Hairston by the time the season starts is a massive plus.

A minor setback to his development to miss the remainder of camp and all/most of pre-season. But man what a relief for this to be an overall minor injury. I am glad to hear he's OK. Give him all the time he needs, he can work on the mental aspects he needs to.

Fans saying they are not the most reliable source. Never heard of them breaking news before so not sure what their track record is with that.

I've been hearing that source is not the best most reliable source. Likely will get more reliable information soon. Hopefully they are mistaken.

It is a day off, probably a much needed one given all the injuries...

That gave me a good chuckle.

Not sure the Bills would be willing to trade either with the two defensive line suspensions