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It’s a really well tailored suit. I dig it. I don’t think I could pull it off, but I am cool with it. Advise to the board. Cheap suits (clothes in general work here) with a really good tailor look great, and nobody would know the difference. An expensive suit with a mediocre tailor looks like it’s off the rack at the Bon-ton. I do this with jeans sometimes too, not just my suits. A $30 pair of jeans can look and fit just like they cost $200 just by taking them to a trailer for a couple bucks.

I started a topic about this a few weeks ago during the combine with Josh Allen on my mind. Guys who have suddenly jumped up the draft board pre draft/combine, what is the success rate. I feel like guys with a sudden media blitz are pretty dangerous. For the most part stick to what you’ve seen for years on tape. I would guess you win much more than you lose that way. Not sure anybody remembers anybody who went from a “good prospect” to tons of hype in the lead up to the draft, and actually lived to those standards.

Yeah. The fact that the bigtime pro sports don’t follow WADA or USADA testing protocols is a testament to the fact that they really don’t give a ****. International athletes find ways to beat both of those as well. But it is waaay more difficult. Win a medal at an international race. Get tested. Show up to international competition, you’re out into the random testing pool. Training at your home training center, an official can show up any day and request a urine test. Hell, the best way for the Russians was to fake the test. You have to keep your schedule updated with USADA and WADA because anybody in the testing pool can be tested at anytime. So if you go on vacation you have to give them notice when and where you’re going. Because if they show up to where you have listed as your gym/training center, and you aren’t there, you get written up. A few of these in a given time and you’re suspended from competition. For a giant business like the NFL, NBA, NHL, etc. this should be easy to implement, and account for basically a rounding error on their ledger at the end of the year. Source: Was registered in the USADA and WADA testing pool for a number of years.

I didn’t read it as placing blame. I read “bad time” as unlucky, not as in poor decision. Also so what are the rules on IR-ing a career ending injury for they sake of the cap. I’ve always thought that big time career ending injuries/retirements should have little to no effect on the cap situation for teams. I am sure language could be inserted into the CBA to account for this. Something in the realm of “career ending injuries will not impede teams existing cap standings baring said injured player officially files for retirement within 5 days of release” Players (income) nor teams should be held back in situations like this.

Dude, this is a football message board. Literally everything is speculation for speculations sake. Will the Bills move up in the draft? -We will see in 6 weeks. Who is the better prospect, Mayfield, Rosen, or Donald? -We’ll find out in 3-4 years. What is EJ Gaines worth? - Won’t know until somebody signs him. Was McBeane a good hire? -I’ll tell you in 3-5 years Would we be better if we still had Darby? - No way to know. EJ did a good job. Wait and see on Davis. It’s a message board man. The entire premise of this existing is to have the conversation

I can. Elite athletes are that. Elite. You CANNOT be an average Joe and outwork the world into the NFL. You just can’t. Every single person who enters the NFL has won the genetic lottery, in that they are born from the womb with an innate gift that 99% of people are incapable of acheiving. Within that 99th percentile their are levels of gifted. Some have better heads than others. Some have the ability absorb and process information faster. Some physically recover quickly. EJ failed because he wasn’t gifted enough. It’s as simple as that.

Hadn't really thought of that. Ugh

Not sure who it was, but I believe it was confirmed that Beane, McDermott, nor Badol were in attendance. Another scout/coach I would assume.

TOP (12-14 WINS) 1. Pats- They were in the SB. They stay here until proven otherwise. Sorry guys 2. Steelers- Big Ben and Bell are still there. Always a tough team. Their window is closing with Ben. HALL OF VERY GOOD (10-12 WINS) 3. Chargers- I am just sick of seeing Phil Rivers fall short. Picking with my heart here. 4. Jags- I could see a slide down the chart, but they were in the AFCC. AFC South could very well beat each other up in 2018 with the best at 9 or 10 wins) 5. Texans- Assuming Watson is ready to rock and roll. Plus that Defense is still good. No Watson no cookie. FIGHTING FOR THE FINAL WILD CARD SPOT (8-10 WINS) 6. Colts (assuming a trade down with the Bills for more picks. This could drop big time but they get a HUGE bump with Luck back behind center) 7. Bills (I have more faith than some in McCarron. Better passer than TT. Still some important holes to fill) 8. Chiefs (could take the Colts spot. Rookie QB vs. Andrew Luck 9. Raiders (Carr's season will determine where they fall) 10. Dolphins- They were a QB away from being a much better team than us in 2017. Losing some help though. Could drop. 11. Titans- Same as Broncos, but they were in the hunt last year so they get the nod 7 WINS OR LESS 12. Browns- Just being nice. I don't want you to be the factory of sadness anymore. Also TT is a good dude/mediocre QB, who will get you to at least 5 wins this year. I predict 7. 13. Jets- I just don't see a turn around for them now. 14. Ravens- The wheels will fall off the organization in the next few years. Their window is over. 15. Broncos- Probably too low. But I can't really say they are better than anybody above the, 16. Bengals- Sorry guys, but probably swap with the Browns in reality. I think there is probably a log jam of teams at 7-10 wins, that are all pretty comparable that flip flop in there. Chargers the most notable of to add to that group. I wouldn't be surprised if everybody in the hall of very good was basically also fighting for a WC spot as well.

I am just so INfatuated, I can't get enough. Also...can McCarron start at QB if Pegula owns both the Sabres and the Bills and they are both IN Buffalo? Finally...Glad we got McCarron ground up and in the freezer! Did I hit all the TBD classics?

You created the 3rd McCarron thread on the front page. Just look for like a second, it is all right there. Loads of people talking about how cheap the deal is, likes, and dislikes. GAHHHH IT IS EVEN PINNED!

Unsure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me. I am just saying, while Whaley had whiffs that draft class regardless of scheme, if I am opening old wounds, I am more annoyed with Pegula and Brandon for forcing a coach on a GM that was so drastically different than what he was acquiring.

I don't want to turn this into a Whaley thread, and he deserved to get canned. Guys like Washington and Shaq are guys to fit a system, for a coach he didn't want/hire. I am more upset at Rex and Pegula/Brandon for that BS. He also assembled Schwartz and Pettine's defenses so if we are gonna knock him for one, give him credit for the other.

Best man wins in camp. But it has to be consistently. So if the rook comes in and isn't better 80% of the time, he sits I think. Just to avoid the huge clunkers, and digging the team/himself into a hole. I have faith that McCarron is a more than serviceable place holder, so the situation is different than at other points.

For me it is the commitment to the game. Not putting in the work every week with tape, the weight room, working with receivers, and the playbook. But wether he wants to be in the league still in 6 years. I feel like the guy could retire in. Relatively short order and at the peak of his career.

Not to hijack the thread. But Losman was an idiot frat boy. Bad combination for a rookie QB. EJ was smart, worked hard, had all the tools, just couldn't put it together. If I had 2 more inches I would be much less single....or maybe more single.....

Different GM brother. Dude could make an XT $100 per week off us donating on the board from March to TC.

If 100% it is arguable Bradford is better than Cousins That doesn't mean I would sign him for a heavy cost given his history.

I doubt that. As a dude who used to manage a brewery, juice would never leave foam on the glass, and NA leaves an odd foam on the glass. I would guess this is real. Also the amount of alcohol is negligible compared to the other ingredients is trying to not ingest. Alcohol is not necessarily what he is avoiding with beer. It is mostly the sugars. Also, as a guy who ate similarly to the TB12 method before it was copyrighted, I almost never drank when I was training. The occasional beer once per month with friends was cool. I don't think he is that tight assed in March. I would guess he has about 2-4 drinks per month. This is beer.

I am sure this is probably a bit of a joke reply, but I can answer this. It is much more common for high achieving people to test on the spectrum. Much higher than the general population. So Superbowl MVP's, Olympians, and college professors are more often somewhere on the autism spectrum than the people you encounter daily. Hence you find them awkward. Their mild autistic tendencies are a huge part of what allow them to be elite at what they do. Statistically it would actually be weirder if you didn't find the GOAT in his profession awkward. Also, can we talk about how insanely fast that was.

If he hits on a QB he is the Messiah. If he misses he is reckless. It is really that simple.

Could not agree more. Worst case scenario: - Bills trade for number 3 pre draft day. -NYG o. 2 becomes much more valuable for the Jets, Broncos, Browns, Cardinals. - Browns get worried select a QB at 1 rather than Barkley. - Giants pick becomes even more valuable. - Jets, Broncos, Browns, or Cardinals jump to number 2. - 2 QB's off the board before the Bills pick at 3. I have a feeling the Bills really like/love 2 Qb's this year, but nor three. If this happens, all is for nothing. The leak is even bad enough for the Buffalo Draft.

God I hope there isn't a plot twist to this and we give Philly what they are asking for for Foles

That is fair. He never really had a ton of talent in either HC stint, and you’d think he would have some say in the roster their. Didn’t have a ton in Pitt or NYJ as OC. The answer is probably a little bit of both. I don’t think anybody ever really says “I don’t want better talent”. It’s probably closer to “get somebody somewhere else, I can make due with this” I dont disagree with that at all.

Chan Gailey isn't a failed OC. As a HC, sure, mediocre in his best years. Chan's big issue as an OC was thinking he could get more with less too often. He wasn't wrong. He got tremendous production out of mediocrity from Kordell Stewart, Fitzy, Spiller, and Stevie. He wasn't wrong. But because of he could do it, he never really surrounded himself with talent as a HC. As an OC, and playing with the pieces he is given, he is talented. He is/was one of the most widely respected OC's in inner circles in the NFL.