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The LA Times article was kind of a rough read. If the accusations are true, some people need to go to jail.

Yes, practice squads count against the cap. Active roster, IR, PUP and dead money also count. Suspended players do not count for the games they are suspended for however. In a nutshell: If money is paid to a player then it will count against the cap sooner or later, depending on structure. There are a few exceptions that have to do with small discounts on veteran players and bonuses and whether or not they are likely to be earned. But those are small numbers. Edited to add: Fines do not come off of the cap. So the Browns will NOT gain $5M in cap space from Watson’s fine.

It is about what a team needs moving from Rule of 51 to full roster, including practice squad and minimum contingency. The other option is to trim salary by releasing one or more vets with at least decent sized contracts. That’s not really an option for the Bills this season.

No need to give the Rams and other teams any info about his condition until we have to.

Josh Allen literally has had hundreds of millions of dollars riding on his performance. Now compare that pressure to that of him hurting our collective feelings.

Yup. A time to discuss trades that make no sense for either team.

Thanks for the info. Looks like the team is taking his evaluation up until the last day. Fingers crossed for no major setbacks.

Definitely would be a concern. I added the Spotrac link to my post. Forgot to do that.

This is very misleading. While it is true that the Giants would save $13M in cap space this season (despite $8.15M in dead cap), they’d also have to eat another $10.2M in dead cap next season. I have to think that it is worth $2.8M for them to see how he does with the new coaches. Even if he has a bad season, he will have another chance next year with a different QB. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-giants/kenny-golladay-21838/

Yes, both are antihistamines. Suggested by a friend who is a doc and my allergist had no issues with it.

Thanks for the reply. I’m 53 now. I got allergy shots as a child until I went away to college. I’ve taken taken OTC meds since. I also take a puff of QVar everyday for asthma. I do have an allergist now. I started taking Grastek this year to help with my grass allergy. It is an immunotherapy for Timothy and related grass allergies. 2-3 seasons of that and hopefully at least that is in check. Interesting similarity - my allergies totally went away my first year in Buffalo. I was overjoyed. Then year 2 happened and I was right back to the usual. I heard that there is an air mass hanging over Buffalo now. It has a lot of allergens from the Midwest and Canada caught up in it. It should be gone by sometime Wednesday. Maybe that is it.

I spent a week’s vacation in Northern Vermont a couple weeks ago. Weather and allergies were a big downer. My eyes were a mess almost certainly due to ragweed. Last week here in Buffalo everything was okay. This weekend and today it feels like Vermont all over again. Anyone else going through this? FYI I am taking Claritin, Zyrtec and Benadryl on a daily basis.

Grew up in Parma. Lived in Independence briefly then moved to Columbus during/after college (tOSU). Started college in ‘87. Moved back to Strongsville early ‘00s and then to Buffalo 10 years ago. You?

Congrats on the new job. Grew up there and lived 40+ years in Ohio. I moved to Buffalo from Cleveland 10 years ago so my info might not be the most current, but PM me if you have questions. I’d recommend: - The West Side Market. Bring a cooler. Lotta great food there. https://westsidemarket.org - The Cleveland Orchestra. It is world class. Seeing them at Severance is great, but outdoors at Blossom in the summer is special. Pack a picnic and some wine and go a few hours early. Kid friendly events are done regularly too. - Surprisingly the Cleveland Museum of Art is quite nice too. - Little Italy. Since you’ll be working right by it, you’ll want to go find your favorite places/food. Lots to do on the East Side in general. Good luck.

My buddy and I would love to go to Columbus for the 9/3 game between my Bucks and His Domers. But neither of us are going to drop a grand on tickets for that. That’s just how it goes.

I remember when the Bills were a very good team held back by their middling QB…..

Two horse race between Baltimore and Cincy. Cleveland is hurt not only by Watson’s suspension, but their WR corps. Cooper is good and I like the rookie, Bell, but they need another quality outside WR. And there’s no depth.

Fair question. First of all, I do not believe that morality has much to do with how the NFL views this situation. Their concerns have to do with money and their image - and latter is only because of its impact on the former. The Browns did not require Watson to settle his cases before they traded for and signed him (as Miami did), they gave him a huge fully guaranteed contract, botched his first press conference and issued a joke of a press release when he got 6 games. In short, they exacerbated the PR situation and made the NFL look bad. No way was Goodell going to give them a pass on all of that.

That would not hurt the Browns as much because his contract would toll. The NFL had to do this so they would get punished for their mishandling of this whole thing. Yup

Plus lawyer fees in the millions, settlements totaling millions, the negotiated $1M donation and lost salary. The total hit to him is definitely over $10M and probably closer to $15M.

I like seeing the $7M donation to sexual assault prevention programs. Not sure of Watson’s portion, but NFL fines go to former players programs and can’t be diverted. This gets some of the money to the right places while those former players programs still get over $5M. Edit: Check that. The NFL & NFLPA negotiated thy the $5M fine go toward that $7M donation.

Little help for the Bills

22 years old. Simply tragic.

I think if Hodges did anything that the Bills didn’t want him to do, he has already heard about it from a coach.