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I took that as a sign that he was feeling pressure for next season.

It’s not unusual for teams to tell multiple players that they will be their guy if available.

Yep. He said the Bills told him that if he was there then he was their guy. He seemed to take it personally.

Under McDermott, last season’s Chiefs team was the only team that the Bills lost to in the playoffs that did not lose their very next game. Collectively those teams are 1-6 in their next game. I’ve repeatedly used that fact to argue against people that say that if it weren’t for the “unbeatable Mahomes and Reid Chiefs” we’d be winning SBs.

aren’t Morris and Driskell both out injured?

yep

They’re on IR

I’m definitely not in the demo.

I don’t know how much Kendrick Lamar paid the NFL to perform the halftime show, but it wasn’t enough.

You’d think, but I heard those Parsons rumors last season and again this one. The locker room is a big thing the Bills have going for them so I don’t want them to add a player that could screw it up. That all said, if you were going to risk it, then a Parsons level talent would be what you’d risk it on. And maybe the Bills locker room is strong enough that he wouldn’t be a problem.

Chris Tabor is available as well. He got denied permission to interview after he was interim HC in Carolina in 2023 and missed out on coaching this season. Excellent STC and better person.

Typically I’d agree, but I don’t want Parsons. The word out of Dallas is that the locker room would not miss him. He’s supremely talented to be sure, but I don’t want the Bills to hand a huge contract to a player like that. We’d be stuck with him for at least 3 seasons and if things went sideways………

I’m happy to see an experienced coach come in. Hopefully this means some fresh ideas. I’m interested in what this means for our defensive personnel.

yeah. nice they have the differently modeled trade charts.

https://www.drafttek.com/NFL-Trade-Value-Chart.asp?RequestTeam=buf Here is a handy chart that shows every team’s picks.

I got some free bets from a site I bought some OSU NC gear from, so I made a couple parlay bets for fun with some of that.

well earned! and great job on the acceptance speech.

You should re-read my post as I agreed with you on the international games and the league/teams maximizing profits (long term, at least). You have your view on the capacity for future expansion, but that’s just your projection. Others are free to have their own views and disagree. I think it’s a mixed bag. The NFL is certainly going strong, so check. International games are likely helping expats stay connected to the game and may be helping grow viewership a little, but it’s getting crushed by the NBA in that regard. Nationally, adding time slots and games already may be causing some fatigue. Most fans of the game don’t have to worry about catching every game anymore to get their fill. Missed MNF? Don’t worry, there’s a TNF game now. Crappy games on at 4 pm on Sunday? Go outside. There’s SNF and MNF. There has been incremental viewership increases by adding time slots, but viewership of regular season games dropped 2.2% in 2024 vs 2023. So they may have already hit a wall in that regard. Also there was slippage in viewership among the younger demographic (16-24). That bears watching too. The NFL is smart to promote flag and 7-on-7 football. Fewer kids are playing tackle and that impacts emotional ties to the game. It not only keeps more young men in the game, it includes young women’s to. So the NFL is a very strong business, but history is full of strong businesses that over-expanded and paid a price for it. There is no certainty to continued expansion.

While I agree with that in principle, there is always the risk of greed getting the better of a business. Any number of missteps, including a focus on short term gain at the expense of long term success, is not uncommon in the general business world. Fans who love the sport or their team simply don’t want to see the league make a major misstep and damage the product. I don’t think that international games are a problem and I’m sure they boost revenue. But expansion if oft discussed. That would be bad for the league IMO. Despite paydays that have hit $60M/year and are climbing, the NFL can’t find 32 quality QBs. So as it stands every team added would be one without a good QB. I don’t see how adding a handful of uncompetitive teams wouldn’t hurt the league.

Is that your attempt at a save, junior? It makes no sense. You’re using the example of bringing in a 33 year old on a contract that binds him to the Bills through age 35 as a reason not to bring in a player in their late 20s on any contract? That doesn’t leave many players to choose from, especially decent ones. Lots of players are highly productive into their early 30s.

“Nearing their 30’s”? The Bills signed Von Miller the same month he turned 33 and gave him guarantees into his age 35 season. Trading for or signing a 28 or 29 year old to a contract with 2+ or 3 seasons of guarantees is vastly different (unless it’s a RB).

I don’t think it got talked about, but Allen fumbled in the KC playoff game. He simply held off the defender (who was trying to tackle him) with one arm, bent over and picked up the ball. Next to the Saquon Barkley reverse hurdle, it was the most athletic play I saw all season. No QB should be able to do that and I can’t think of another that could.

Those are terrible reasons to draft a WR at 33 to play X. The issue there is that Coleman was a poor separator in college. He was not particularly good at contested catches either. Oh, and he’s not fast by NFL WR standards. So you wind up with a player on the outside who has to make his living on the sideline with contested and back shoulder catches. That kind of WR doesn’t draw coverage away from the MOF or require a safety over the top. Coleman is young so I am not writing him off yet, but I don’t have any real hope for him either. The investment is made so you might as well see what we can do with it. Yes, he needs a very good offseason. But we still need that X.

Knox - TE, primarily in line Kincaid - TE in name only, best utilized as a Big Slot WR (Z) Shakir - slot WR (Z) Samuels - Y/Z WR Hollins - X/Y (but backup level) Coleman - Big Slot (Z) We have a lot of Zs, one Y and no starting caliber X. When they drafted him Beane did say that they envisioned Coleman as an X, but that was an exception to the prevailing opinion of draft pundits and other GMs. They said that they thought that his best chance of success would be as a big slot WR. Note: The X WR lines up winds and on the LOS, the Y is wide and off the LOS and the Z is in the slot.

Do we have to point out the obvious problem with that?