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Gonna have a whole off-season to discuss the off-season.

This is where I am. It’s like this Bills team was built to destroy bad teams at the expense of being able to win competitive games against quality opponents. I think it was a strategic mistake to go all in on the passing game and pass rush. The bad news is that I think it will cost us a chance at a run in the playoffs this season (though I definitely think we make it in). The good news is that I think it will be rectified going forward.

You know, I’ll give you props for a reasonably fair trade proposal. Most trade idea threads would have Barkley coming to us for Cody Ford and a fifth round pick or something like that. Edmunds is set to make $5.5M more than Barley next season. That would require a sweetener to the player for player trade, but moving those two players makes a lot of sense. The Giants could really use LB help, the Bills could really use a stud RB and both players sure could use a chance of scenery/scheme.

I get your concern. There was just a little bit of that IMO, but it was much more about how people on the ASD spectrum have similarities with “neurotypical” people. For instance, the show really highlighted one big misconception: that people on the ASD spectrum aren’t interested in close relationships. It shows that could not be further from the truth. It is interesting to me that one of the differences between people on the spectrum and neurotypical people seems to be that the former aren’t nearly as constrained by societal norms and customs as the latter are. Since there is a lot more of the latter in the world they are the ones that have to adapt, but the way they see the world is probably better.

If we can’t figure out how to beat the Pats and other top teams, then just getting into the playoffs has no real meaning. Barring some weird Covid altered playoffs.) Go big or go home.

Hey, Mitch! I’ve got some good news and some bad news for you. You’re starting against Carolina.

A bigger issue is that the NFL only randomly checked three teams, including the Browns and Rams. Both of those have double digit cases. That apparently has not led to additional teams being tested at the level those three were, which sure seems like a prudent thing to do. To me that looks like the league is trying to get more games played rather than limit the spread of disease. The Browns went through normal protocols before practice on Wednesday which means that unvaccinated players were tested. The team practiced. Then AFTER practice they were told that the entire team had to be tested. That’s when the positive results came rolling in. Allegedly 3 teams got this random full team testing.

A long time ago I fought full contact TKD. Headgear was required, but at Nationals I saw a few fighters with just a pad that covered the backs of their heads, not the usual full head, open-faced ones like everyone else wore. It was explained to me that when people got knocked down or fell backwards they’d sometimes hit the backs of their heads - at times even falling outside the mat area (which wasn’t very thick anyway) onto the concrete floor. That was the worst concussion issue in a sport where kicking people in the head was the main goal. That’s how dangerous hitting the back of your head is.

The money has already been paid. The voidable contract years just spread some of the cap hit out. Those two numbers are locked in.

Every play is designed to work. The biggest issue is that they used this play in an obvious situation. We should have just kept the offense on the field. The Pats, being a well coached team, were not rushing. They were playing safety and were ready for the fake.

Urban was already starting to get exposed at the college level. The RO/RPO heavy offense was evolving and he was not evolving with it. He still had the huge advantage of being a tremendous recruiter, but even the has its limits. As terrible of a decision as it was to hire him, at least Khan did not compound his mistake by letting Meyer linger, i.e. Jimmy Haslam and Hue Jackson with the Browns.

lol Hughes isn’t under contract next season so him not being here doesn’t impact next season’s cap at all. Releasing Morse and Star would cause dead cap hits. Due to those the savings would be only $7.5M for Morse and $4.25 for Star.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/2022/ 😂 Don’t get too excited. The Bills currently have 39 players under contract for next season plus about $10M projected in available cap space. They will (have to) create more space - and there’s various places for them to do that - but there won’t be a big spending spree. There’s lots of work to be done.

So it isn’t a sign of respect to put players names on the wall of honor?

Monuments are not how you tell history, they are how you honor people, events, etc. The easy answer is to leave his name up on this stadium, but omit it from the new one.

If you believe this, then why do you watch any games? Why waste your time on a fraudulent product that is sure to only bring you frustration?

Against Carolina? Sure. Start Trubisky. Get Allen healthy. I’m not a huge Trubisky fan so I would want Allen available should he be needed.

IMO there is not a more frustrating penalty that DPI on an underthrown ball. It needs addressed somehow.

You think he’s coached to leave his assigned gap and to overrun plays?

My point is that it’s going to be very difficult to trade him while he is on a fully guaranteed one year $12.7M contract. We’d have to eat some of that unless we got very lucky. As for finding his replacement, I’ve been advocating for that for some time now.

His fifth year option for next year was picked up. It is for $12.7M and is fully guaranteed. It would be tough to trade him. I think he will be here through next season.

Any thoughts on what they should do about THIS season?

Should have gone for that

Nice protection and throw