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Seems we should, at the very least, have a video from practice of a perfectly lofted Allen bomb to somebody. I'm worried the attempts to jump start the big ten season have Yolo distracted.

Over the last 10 years, an avg. of 27 Americans have died from lightening per year. Over that time, the rate of African-American deaths from shootings is 31 per million. Even if there were only 1 million African-Americans in the country, and every person killed by lightning were black (seems unlikely) that would still be more deaths from police than lightning. There is the issue of unarmed...according to a 2012 report, most victims were armed (but African-American victims were much more likely to be unarmed) at about 15%....but that would still mean many more killed by police than lightning. But it sounds good, so.....

I tend to agree with you...but I also remember the Bills opening the season as a much improved team that was going up against a Jets team that was predicted to be one of the worst teams in the league. It was Mario Williams first year...and they crushed us. So, I don't want to jinx it. I'll be happy with any win.

Yolo posted a tweet from Bills PR on p.7 of this thread.

Thompson was cut yesterday....so looks like Dodson.

Dane Jackson? Ohhhhh....the guy they drafted in the 7th. I COMPLETELY forgot about him. No training camp and no pre-season makes it easy to lose track of some of these end of roster guys.

but...but...but...I thought THIS was your job...that you work for us. (You do understand that your posts are our lifeblood at this time of year, right?)

STOP IT!!! I am convinced that there is TONS of Bills news out there, but that Yolo has cut us off for calling him a bot.

Yeah, and my impression is that Diggs got a similar reaction when he wanted to work on things with Cousins. This is a pair that just might work.

Seeing reports that his mother passed away.

At the risk of having my credentials pulled....it is interesting that Roberts is in with the first team. It seems to me that Roberts and McKenzie have similar skill sets...both returners with the shiftiness that position requires. Yes, McKenzie has been better on the offense and used much more, but was an adventure when returning. I have been thinking about what receivers they will keep, and with the talent they have now, I wonder if keeping both is a luxury they can no longer afford. I think Foster is a goner...and if they keep 6, the coaching staff would keep one of Mckenzie/Roberts and Duke/Hodgins.

Bills reporters tweets from yesterday (or at least the day before when there was an actual practice) were a lot more detailed. There was even a discussion earlier this week about the way reporters were cheating a bit to let readers know who was starting and where without actually saying it. Then Chris Brown happened....a shot fired across the bow, so I think Bills reporters are being especially careful today.

I agree with the sentiment. Last year, everyone was sure Foster and/or Duke would get snatched up. I also agree with Fromm....and certainly think it is worth leaving him exposed. However, I am influenced by someone I heard talking pre-draft (sorry, don't remember who it was), but was asked who he thought was a late round player that could develop into a star and he talked about Hodgins. All it takes is for one team to think that and he's gone. As for Bass, yes he is a 6th round pick, but he was also the top ranked kicker in the draft on many boards, so again, if just one team has a need.

So.....kind of the anti-Bojo?

Not true at all. There was only one Rough Riders. The other was the Roughriders. Completely different. Actually, the Roughriders are still around but the Rough Riders are not.

Yeah, so who is getting him a limo to the Bills facility and who's working on getting him access? We need to get on this.

If we're going the gofundme route, how about Hammer's Lot?

Don't call him Shirley.

I am guessing they will allow select members of the press cover camp...and if that is the case, someone needs to get that man press credentials. His reports are at least 10 times better than any other media coverage.

He was my first favorite Bill.

Agreed. I move we double their pay, effective immediately.

A few more details here: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29176557/nfl-cornerbacks-deandre-baker-quinton-dunbar-wanted-armed-robbery-charges

I don't see the NFL doing it because they want to have the free farm system which makes evaluating easier. The NBA claims that their age limit is for the good of the athlete, but that is crap. It was put in place to save GMs jobs. After the Lakers had such success with Kobe, nobody wanted to miss out on the next great player and GMs started drafting kids out of high school based on potential. For every great player like LeBron, there were probably at least a half a dozen like Kwame Brown. GMs were losing their jobs because they couldn't evaluate high school kids effectively. They wanted a Carmelo Anthony to play at least a year against college kids so they could evaluate him against better competition. In the NFL, I am sure there was a GM (probably working at One Bills Drive) who would have picked Maurice Clarett in the first round if he came out. I think they much prefer the current system that gives them a few years of tape.

I think Beane (rightly so) values guys who have actually played in the league more than he values the potential of rookies. Which is why he would trade for Diggs. He knows what he is doing. But that doesn't mean he ignores potential. To me, what was interesting about his rebuild is that he would aggressively go after 2nd tier free agents. He would sign guys that would normally linger until after a few weeks of free agency early in the process, and perhaps overpay. Remember the complaining from another GM about how much the Bills paid Nsekhe? But when you pay too much for a Nsekhe, even if he doesn't work out, you haven't invested too much. (Unlike sinking all those extra millions into a player like Darius.) The kind of player Beane looks for are ones that have potential to be more valuable than they have been recently either because of injury (a la Murphy) or situation (a la Feliciano and Nsekhe). By signing many of these, for not huge salaries, Beane can have some hits while still affording to cut or (better yet) trade the misses. The trades turn into those "comp picks." The approach seems very moneyball-ish to me.

"The Bills don't really have any needs." Wow. When's the last time we heard someone from the national media say that? It's amazing when you think about what they were saying just two years ago.