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Metchie is a slot-only WR. We don’t need another one of those.

Yes

Safety is played from the neck up. Being an elite athlete on top of that will make a safety great, but an elite athlete at safety busts if he doesn’t have it upstairs.

Surprised by Deion Jones getting released. I thought he might start - or at least split playing time - in place of Milano.

Sonoran hotdog or traditional Mexican food.

You are correct. Thanks.

The Cardinals might be the least talented team we play this season. The Pats are in the running but we play them twice at the end of the season. Who knows what impact attrition will have on them and us by then. The Cards are not strong in the trenches or at CB. I would hope that we don’t have much trouble with them.

While spending a day 3 pick on him would have been reasonable, I don’t get the fascination with a deep threat who can’t figure out how to make over the shoulder catches.

No. But sometimes there are commercials so annoying that I refuse to buy that product and encourage the continuation of them. Sometimes they have athletes in them. The only exception I can think of is that I’d buy Josh Jaqs cereal for my daughter because she kept asking for them.

Horsesh*t. You know how you can tell the difference? When things are good the irrational, emotional people are way too high. Everything is perfect for them and they get upset when the realists point out what they think is not. That’s when the realists get called pessimists. But when things go wrong those same irrational and emotional people crash. Suddenly everyone sucks and the team is garbage. I’ve never seen a realist come down on the team like they do. In fact, those same realists keep their even keel and are the ones to tell everyone that things aren’t that bad. They point out that changes need to be made - often the same changes they advocated for when things looked good to many - but that there’s still a lot of good. They are the ones who can see the path forward from bad times.

ICYMI, McDermott has been pushing this team in the opposite direction with his “complimentary football” directives.

I feel ya. But it’s where the league is now.

You’re not wrong. After the excitement of being legit SB contenders for 4 straight seasons as well as the preceding ascension, a retooling year is a bit of a letdown. That isn’t to say that teams haven’t surprised and won it all with teams like this. It’s happened, even if rarely. Outside of Allen this team really lacks star power. We’ve got some good talent and some quality players, but the elite playmakers either aren’t here or haven’t fully emerged yet (looking at you Kincaid). There’s also Von Miller. Formerly elite, 35 years old and hopefully healthy and able to hit some of his pre-injury high notes. Watching the Bills retool and develop with the hope of getting back to where we recently were isn’t as fun as being there, but it’s part of the ride. Besides that, anything can happen on game day or even over the course of the season.

NGL I don’t like the movement away from “football” to “big event experience”. It isn’t just the Bills, it’s the NFL as a whole.

$33M AAV would not set a record. Jefferson is at $35M.

They did?

I don’t know that we have much info on our OL. Preseason week one they looked terrible, but I do not put much stock in that. Easy for the Bills’ starters to be less emotionally invested in that fake game versus what I’d expect from a team like the Bears who likely were looking to show thst they’re turning things around. The OL looked much better against the Steelers, but they didn’t play their best DL. I don’t think we will really know what we have until week 4 or 5 of the regular season.

He’s also poor in pass pro.

Immediately and without hesitation. But there’s no way another team would offer that.

I’d welcome an upgrade at QB2 - and it might be a real necessity if Trubisky is out. I don’t know that Dallas is going to give up Lance tho.

LOL Yeah, that’s something I should keep an eye on. Did you ever watch Friends? If so do you remember Fun Bobby?

Yup. It’s not just recovering from the injury, but also getting conditioned - both physically and mentally - to the point where a player can be effective on the field. It’s a heavy lift for Milano to be 100% ready for 2025. 2024 isn’t realistic.

34 or so years ago I visited my dad in the Bay area. He and his wife took me out to a bar as I was newly 21. Just hanging out and I look at the table tent with upcoming show and see that Greg Kihn was going to be playing on Wednesday. Then I realized it was Wednesday as I looked up to see him walk out and start to play. It was a great bit of luck and a really enjoyable show. RIP Greg.

Cool. Have fun! Something to look for: M&H is on the corner of Main & Hamlin. The Hamlin street sign had a cut out of Damar Hamlin on it when I was there last.

I used to hit the EA location once in a while. I live in Williamsville so was excited for one to open up near me. Huge difference. Told my buddy who liked the North location about it. Eventually he took his wife to EA. He was shocked at the difference and mentioned it to the bartender. He agreed and said it was simply the experience they have there. The same people cooking on the same equipment forever. The North location started off pretty good but has slid in my and my friends’ opinions. We don’t even bother anymore. My guess is that they’re just inconsistent at that location. Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don’t. EA is small. If you can’t get in then I recommend M&H (Main & Hamlin) across the street. Former employees opened it and they were spot on when I went. A+. The next best option is to order takeout from Bar Bill’s takeout only window in the rear parking lot. The wings aren’t quite as good as in the bar, but they’re still solid. Take them into Aurora Beer Works and have some good beer with them. They welcome people doing that as they don’t have food.