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Anyone know what was up with Jones today? Dont remember if I saw him early in practice, but definitely he was standing on the sidelines dressed but not in with 1s, 2s, or 3s for at least the last half of practice.

I don't think they get rid of Harmon if he catches it. But once he not only drops it but blames Kelly...

Just arrived at Fisher with my son and father. In town for my dad's 95th birthday. I'm the one walking with an older man and teenager that has hair like Sodedhow Bob.

From a 100% selfish standpoint, I disagree that it's antiquated. Ok, hard to say disagree because I realize camp is for getting the team ready for the season, not for me or for other fans. That being said, although I've been in California since 1994, I grew up in Rochester and my father still lives in the house they bought in 1954. My mother passed away three years ago, but he's still completely independent and turns 95 next month. My family visits once a year or so and when possible, I schedule it during training camp. So, on July 25th and July 28th, my father, my son, possibly a brother and nephews, will be going to training camp. One of us will be the old looking one. Hopefully, we don't have any issues. Two years ago we were walking and talking on our way to the stands. My father turned his head to point something out and tripped on the cord cover that was going to the radio announcer's tent. He had cuts on his face and hurt his leg but we still enjoyed watching practice.

I'm like you Augie. I have had DTV for around 10 years now. Switched from cable partially over a stupid issue that made me p.o'ed and partially for Sunday Ticket. I've never called for a discount although I've thought about it every year. Maybe this is the year I actually do it. Can't see me calling threatening to cancel unless I'm actually ready to actually do it.

I heard John McClain interviewed on Sirius XM yesterday. He said basically what’s quoted above. The Texans were very happy with Gaine’s personnel decisions, but felt he lacked the skill to run all departments in the organization. He also said O’Brien approves all personnel decisions. He, or perhaps Carucci, brought up that they could have hired assistant GMs to run other departments, no reason given why they didn’t. They didn’t say there were any issues with relationships. I also found it interesting that NE can block an interview if it’s not considered a “true” promotion. They are given the job description and unless it’s a complete GM job, they block Caserio. They didn’t explain further but I assume the fact that O’Brien has control over the 53 man roster.

According to Vic Carucci (link below), the Bills got better at QB, RB, Rec/TE, OL, DL, ST and stayed the same at LB and Secondary, didn't get worse in any position grouping. I tend to agree, but of course as others have said, we won't know till the games start. Impossible to predict when players slow down to the point of being ineffective or how soon a rookie or other young player starts living up to their potential (or if they ever will live up to expectations). This was also written before this week's injury report, but I don't think that would have changed the receiver/TE combination assessment. https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/20/buffalo-bills-josh-allen-sean-mcdermott-brandon-beane-vic-carucci-nfl-football/

It seemed to me that the Bills best opportunity was to sign him before today. Starting today, free agent signings don't count towards compensatory picks. Since the Bills have signed so many players, there was no chance they'd get any picks anyway. But, some other teams like the Seahawks likely were waiting until today so that the signing won't affect their ability to get an extra pick. So, he probably waited either because he wasn't interested in the Bills or wanted more teams to bid on him.

For what it's worth, I was driving from around 3 to 7 PM Thursday listening to Sirius XM NFL radio, Pat Kirwin and Dave something (never heard Dave there before but I'm ever in my car at that time normally). Neither of them thought Hock would be there at 9. They thought Detroit would take him or someone would trade up ahead of Buffalo to take him. Dave thought if he was still there the Bill's should take him. Pat felt there's too many good TEs that will be available for the 2nd Bill's pick whereas the dline dropoff is much larger after the top few.

He didn’t quit on the Bills. 2nd round draft choice in 93. Before his 2nd season Levy cut him and took a bit of heat for it. Levy said he wasn’t a fit for our 3-4, was meant to be in a 4-3. Chargers picked him up and he was a reliable defensive tackle for them for 8 seasons.

Not correct other than offering him head coach. All assistants are considered the same level.

What does LAMP mean?

Grew up in Rochester and was a diehard Bills fan since around 1967 (seven years old) and went to quite a few games (and for a short time had seasons tickets) when I lived in the Binghamton area after college. As a kid, I kind of liked the Chargers as my 2nd favorite team when Fouts was the QB, but always a very distant 2nd to the Bills, rooted for Chargers in the playoffs since the Bills were almost never in them. Moved to Orange County CA in 1993 which is halfway between LA and San Diego, around an hour from each. So, I'd still say I root for the Chargers and to a lesser degree for the Rams when the Bills are out of it, but in reality, I don't know most of their player's names, don't read every article I can find about them, and in no way do I care anywhere near as much as I care about the Bills.

Mark Levy had a pretty good run in Buffalo after being fired from the Chiefs.

Schwartz was hired in Detroit after the 2008 0-16 season. In 2011 his third year as head coach, the Lions made it to the playoffs for the first time since 1999. The Lions went 4-12 and 7-9 the next two seasons and he was fired.

Was at the game sitting in end zone seats on the side the last field goal was kicked. Would have left at halftime in a second if my friends who lived in Orchard Park would have said let's go back to our house and party. Would have suggested it myself but I lived in Binghamton and was driving back after the game. Obviously very glad I stayed.

I always used to think it was dumb, then I listened to two discussing it on Sirius XM NFL Channel, they seemed to say basically what you are saying NoSaint. They also brought up the obvious point that all players know the rule, it is a huge penalty for not taking care of the football at that location of the field, but it's not like it's a surprise to anyone. Besides, if it wasn't for this rule, Don Beebe wouldn't be known by anyone but Bills fans and possibly Packers fans. I see no reason to change the rule.

Maybe I'm just interpreting it wrong, but I found it odd the way Lofton said that the penalty "wiped out an 18 yard gain." While true, I kinda think that when three players hold it may have had something to do with why they ran for 18 yards.

I'm travelling for work this week to Detroit (high level business meeting of course), arrived close to midnight last night (Monday night) at the hotel. There were around 7 people in front of me to check in at the Embassy Suites near the airport. Saw a guy with a Bills shirt on and the Bills emblem shaved in his hair. I called out "Hey Bills fan" and asked what he was doing there. He said that I was at he tail end of around 30 Bills fans coming back from Green Bay who missed their connection. Sucks to end the trip that way, but said he had a blast.

What is LAMP? Nothing Google tells me makes sense and my kids don't know.

I was at the game. Got up to go to the bathroom at some point during this, can't remember exactly when, but I missed most of it. The next week they had another huge comeback in the 4th quarter against the Raiders on Sunday night football. The Bills scored on a 42 yard Kelly to Lofton pass, then a bit later James Williams blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown and the first Bills lead of the game. They then added a field goal and a fumble return for a touchdown.

I’ve been to two Monday night games, both wins. The Miami game in ‘81, 31-21, just a year after ending the 0 for the 70’s against the Fish. And ‘89 against the Rams, Frank Reich’s first start, Rams were undefeated going in. Reich sucked until the very end of the game. He had two short touchdown passes in the last 3 minutes, the Rams scoring in between. Bills won 24-20 to go to 4-2. Here’s a listing of all of Buffalo’s Monday night games. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/bills-news-notes/2015/11/16/9746950/buffalo-bills-monday-night-football-history-all-40-and-counting-games

Major mistake if you do not go to the falls. Although the Canadian side is better, the American side is still awesome. Definitely do the Maid of the Mist (it leaves from both sides) and Caves of the Winds. I moved to So Cal in '93. I plan to go to the Chargers game with two friends who lived their whole life in So Cal and became Bills fans in the early '90s. We went last year to the home opener (Jets) as well and of course we've gone when the Bills have come out West; Arizona a few years ago (Edwards concussed on first play), San Diego a few times, San Fran something like 12 or 15 years ago, LA for the Chargers last year and the Lambs the year before.

Absolutely. I grew up in Rochester. My two best friends were Dolphins fans. Actually, I didn't know many Bills fans in Rochester back in the 70's (I was born in '60). My father was a Bills fan and an Orioles fan (Rochester Red Wings were the AAA farm team of the Orioles while I was growing up). My mother was also a rabid Bills fan. My parents had an antenna on our roof where we could at least sometimes get a grainy picture of the Bills games from either Buffalo (if not blacked out) or Syracuse when they were on. Or, we'd have the radio on to listen to the games. in the '90s, when games were blacked out, my parents would go to the Garage Door (a bar / restaurant that used to be a few miles from their house) to watch the games. My father turns 94 this August and I'm very fortunate to still have him. My mother passed away 2 years ago. Her last training camp that she went to was either 3 or 4 years ago. My father still makes it to camp most summers, he wouldn't go on his own, but either me or one of my brothers or nephews will be in town at some point during camp and will want to go and he's always up to go with us. I started taking each of my kids to a Bills Backers bar in Orange County CA when each turned 8 weeks old. I kept taking them every week for several years. They're now about to turn 20 and 16. Unfortunately, even though I tried my hardest, neither is really into football. I think if asked, they both would say the Bills are their favorite team, but in actuality, they don't really care. Happy Fathers Day.

Two more come to mind that weren't mentioned yet: Andre Reed double reverse pass play. Last season, cant remember the receiver but catching the ball in bounds with seconds left in the half and the Bills in fg range. Oh, one more, didn't affect the game but boneheaded. Against Miami last season, a defender, forgot who, celebrating AFTER it was announced that his fumble recovery was overturned.