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That was my first thought. I think we can get more value for 33 tomorrow than either pick today.

I think it is a fine trade. I’m not sure it’s a good trade. But at the same time you wouldn’t apply that logic to trading Diggs to KC for a fair return. KC would have to pay a major tax.

This. I will add that if you’re going to do it you absolutely don’t swap picks down the board. You give 28 and you get picks, multiple picks, back to you. I would feel a little better if it was - Bills give up 28 - KC gives up 32, 95, and 2025 3rd. Curious if BB thought KC was going a totally different direction? Do we just trade out of the first all together?

And who is going to hire a new GM? Terry Pegula? Hahahaha. Might as well burn the team down at that point.

In season McAfee averages like 800k viewers per day and 1.7M on social media clips. Pat is as big or bigger than any NFL show on tv/youtube. You don’t have to like the guy, or his show. I don’t care. But to talk about the PM Show like ianybody going on it is the bottom of the barrel is flat out wrong. If Pat isn’t the king of the football media hill he is very close to it.

The first pick Bill Belichick didn’t totally crap on when the film comes on.

I love the fact that these guys are getting picked in the top 3 and the first thing Bill does is break down 3-5 plays on why they suck.

Has there ever been a HOF father and son (other than Lebron and Bronnie James of course)

They look more like soccer jerseys to me. Maybe they can put a little collar on them?

It's news! Any major hire the Sabres org has to meet 3 criteria: 1. Best hire 2. Who Terry is willing to hire. 3. Who will take the job. Under those 3 circumstances I think Lindy is in the top tier. Pro's: I think this could set the stage to push Terry a step further back from hockey decisions and/or an eventual promotion of Lindy to POHO. Even if this whole Adams/Ruff era fails I would rather Lindy hire the next GM than Terry. Cons: They fired Donnie 6 days ago. They either didn't even try and hire another candidate or there are a huge amount of candidates that don't meet no. 2 or no. 3 above. Both are giant red flags for the org.

Lets be real here. Terry got a pass for nearly a decade of ownership. The heat didn't start turning up until Covid, then a failure to maintain the facilities, and now the team is tied for the least amount of scouts in the league and has half the analytics and player development staff of some other franchises in the league. Terry didn't just lose a few hockey games and get booed. He is on a literal historic run of ineptitude setting the record for longest playoff drought in NHL history. Since March 1, 2011 no team in the NHL has a worse P% than Terry Pegula's Buffalo Sabres. This isn't hyperbole. It is the current state of the franchise.

It is bonkers. I totally agree. Also, if he can find a buyer committed to keeping the Sabres in Buffalo for eternity he should 100% do that. They are valued at $900M and he is the worst owner the league has ever seen. Or maybe this is the best route? That means somebody else could be in the room with Terry and he can help save this franchise from the ol' Ter-Bear when it comes time to eventually replace Beane/Allen. The Sabres also act as a distraction for Terry. I imagine Brandon Beane waving the Sabres around like an imaginary ball for a dog to get Terry out of the room.

It has been clear for some time Terry needs some more cash. I think he is likely over invested in sports and the Harbor Center and doesn't have enough liquidity. "Nothing to see here I am not selling anything everything is cool. The years of a leaking roof (KBC), keeping the scoreboard for 2x the factory recommendations, bottom half spending across the NHL 7 of the last 9 years, and getting out of any major contractual obligations are just happenstance" - Terry Pegula "I am selling stuff"- Also Terry Pegula (25% of the Bills, backed out of the BCA lease, and selling the Rochester Knighthawks after saying he wouldn't 2 weeks ago)

I am not a believer in Jalen Hurts yet. He hasn't shown me to be a good enough passer to make up for his cap number once it starts coming into play.

I am on the fence on this whole thing, leaning to the against it side. But I believe the solution for June 1 is for Aiyuk to sign an extension on SF paper the trade.

Not going to check all the posters, but I don't think the people saying "We can't afford to move on from Diggs" and "We can't afford to sign Higgins/Aiyuk" are the same people. I was part of the "We can 100% move on from Diggs and it is very advantageous for the receiving team" camp. Higgins and Aiyuk would have to come with extensions. I think it "could" be done. The issue is what is the direction this team is going in regards to roster management? I think they likely want to get out of some of their hefty vet contracts, get younger, and get out from under some more hefty vet contracts. I am not sure immediately bringing in a $30M receiver fits in there. That said IF the Bills are going to do that with either I would prefer they take a swing at the bigger and more physical receiver in Higgins over Aiyuk. I like BR, but he doesn't $30M excite me. I wouldn't be shocked if the Bills go down the path of OBJ or similar route in a post June 1 move. But I also won't be shocked if they want to roll as much of Tre's $10M over to 2025 either.

Not that all rookie WR's hit the ground running but Aiyuk had 748 yards (5TD), 825 yards (5TD), 1015 yards (8 TD), and 1342 yards(7TD) with a round robin of Jimmy G, Nick Mullens, CJ Beathard, Tre Lance, and Brock Purdy as his QB's I don't think it is a coincidence that Aiyuk broke 1000 yards once SF found some stability at the QB position.

The Bills? Ford is getting ready to release a commemorative 2 Bronco for 2025. That bad boy tops out at 28 mph.

There was some complaint about the 10 year length on the PSL's up thread. That likely coincides with right around Josh Allen's retirement. I would assume that is by design once the market resets? Based on the Sabres, the terrible upkeep of KBC, and Pegula pulling out of Blue Cross Arena lease in Rochester, I have every expectation that he becomes a bad tennant and the team tanks. He will want to stick his hand in the honey jar one more time before that happens. Edit: I was corrected on the timeline down thread. I still have little faith in Terry Pegula.

They aren't PSL's. You don't own the right to the seat for other events, you get no priority, and they are only for one single season. Ultimately these are just itemized season tickets broken down into ticket and profit. But because SU is non-profit that profit is considered a "donation" and that donation is tax deductible. Also the total "all in" cost of a season ticket to SU Football is between $99 - $650 INCLUDING the tax deductible donation. Good luck telling the IRS your PSL is a donation. This is not the same thing.

What a shame. So unfortunate he could never find the real killer.

I was having a conversation with a buddy over a couple of beers about good o'l Ter-Bear and one of us said "well it is his team" regarding all things Pegula Sports. Then it occured to me that with an $850M subsidy, all his sports teams playing in buildings with publicly paid for money, and he gets to barely keep up with his lease agreements. At what point do the teams become at least in some part a public good like the philharmonic, the Adirondack's or SUNY? I know it is the way the world works. I know it is what every municipality does and this was always coming. It is really driving me crazy at the moment. It is insane to me that that $850M is equal to UB's entire budget, in theory we could have waived tuition for every student at UB for an entire year, and in return we get an owner who took the money and treats the gift like some sort of timeshare grift. For reference there is not a single college athletic department in any college sport across the country that charges PSL's.

Talking about Diggs like he was Chad Johnson playing with a zero-knee'd Carson Palmer and Mike Brown as the owner. LOL.

Seems odd to ask "how do you feel about the player" and then have an option to vote for his character. When you ask about "the player" it seems like we should be asking about what happens between the hash marks not the locker room. Anyways, there has to be some middle ground between "cancer" and "GOAT". It feels like "Wall of Fame", "Bills Legend", and "Best Bills WR ever" are nearly identical. The player is on pace to go into the "Hall of Very Good" not the HoF. The Bills have not been very good in a long time so the "Best Bills WR ever" crowd isn't very big. But he is a full standard deviation below Andre Reed and James Lofton. Not even in the same class. I think Diggs likely projects a career out similar to Chad Johnson. I do think Ocho Cinco was a better receiver at his peak but with much worse QB play. Diggs is fine. He may have one or two very good to great years left in the tank. We might wine here and there about missing him in the offense. But the BIlls were never going to take a $30M per year cap hit for the next 4 years to keep him on the roster. I am not sure having him on the roster for $30M each for the next two is work it. Based on the WR trade market this year it looks like they got good return and traded him when his value was high. He is likely going to bounce around on $12-15M deals for a while like OBJ does.

DK would be a Davis replacement not a Diggs replacement. You don't pay DK the kind of money he will likely command when you pay your QB top tier money. That said, if DK is willing to take ~$12M-ish when his contract is up.* (He won't)