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Expect Cleveland to put Watson on PUP in 2025. He wont be healthy by the start of the season. That will allow them to keep him away from the team and even recoup some salary and cap space from insurance. That only lasts until he can pass a physical though. But they’ll just leave him on PUP for the remainder of 2025 anyway. Then on the first day of the 2026 league year they’ll designate him a post 6/1 cut and that’ll be it (finally). Yeah, Stefanski was the Vikings OC in ‘18 & ‘19 and worked with Cousins then. Atlanta has been running an offense that hasn’t worked with Cousins. Kurt Warner has a breakdown of it that I want to watch. Cousins should go to a team that runs the offense he has been successful in. Cleveland is a logical choice, but there may be others.

Not my point

I can only imagine the thread here if Allen cried over a teammates season ending injury and got criticized over it.

Cleveland or Pittsburgh. Cleveland needs the cheap starter. Also Cousins has a no trade clause. He will almost certainly force his release. The Falcons will have to comply to avoid an additional $10M becoming guaranteed by them. His contract has offsets so there is no reason he wouldn’t take a vet minimum deal.

Not just because of importance, but also degree of difficulty. QB is arguably the most difficult position to play in any sport.

Nard dog is the LB

This isn’t necessarily an either/or situation. It’s to be expected that Milano would be rusty. Also he’s been hurt a lot lately and is north of 30 now so washed is very much a likelihood. But Williams sucks in coverage so Milano will be given a long leash to show what he has left in the tank. It’s sad, but this season is probably his last in Buffalo. Unless he reworks his contract. A team can’t pay guys that keep winding up on IR.

My college age son doesn't care much for sports - other than Esports - but he used to watch football and was in the room when they called the offsetting OPI/DPI penalties. He just laughed and shook his head, then indicated that stuff like that is one reason he doesn't watch games anymore. Overall it is a joke.

I think Allen wins it this season, but that it’ll be our championship. A SB just isn’t happening with McD.

for several seasons now I’ve been hoping for a John Elway trajectory for Alan. I think the issue might be that our DBs are well suited to zone, but not man. If an opposing offense can beat our zone then we do not have an answer since we’re poor in man. Also when we have to blitz to create pressure it forces us into man and creates the same problems. Obviously these issues present themselves when we play against the best QBs/WR corps/offenses.

The Bills have to pay him (unless they trade him) so Elam will get a chance to compete for a roster spot next offseason. Expectations should be zero for him though.

I clicked on this thread thinking this would be lame. But that is actually really fun.

Maybe not coincidentally a spot on the PS just opened up. Thanks for the info.

I loved watching NCAA basketball, NBA and the MLB in my youth. I haven’t watched anything other than the occasional playoff game in many years. I never cared much for the NHL so not much happening with me there. NCAAF and NFL were always my favorites and still are, but my interest isn’t what it was. I still watch the Buckeyes, Bills and other games every week, but my consumption of other games has fallen in a major way off this year. Homogenization of schemes, spectacle over game play and the outsized impact of the refs are all reasons. I am more likely to watch the X Games or a less popular college or pro sport than I am an NCAAB, NBA, MLB or NHL game.

I (obviously) am very happy with how this season is going. We’re going to be in the playoffs again - probably with a very high seed. I’ve beat this horse to death. In the playoffs McD’s Bills are 5-0 against 5-7 seeds and 0-6 against 1-4 seeds. I’m rooting like hell for that to change in a big way this postseason, but he’s got to earn it. I’m choosing to enjoy the ride this season and see how far we go.