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Is this a good idea in 2020?

Years ago I had an old refrigerator in my garage. When it got cold during the winter it would turn off both the refrigerator and freezer sides. I used a hack a friend told me to remedy this. I hung an incandescent bulb behind it near the sensor during the coldest part of the winter and it worked fine from then on. Obviously go with a freezer made for cold places if you can, but if you’re ever in a pinch.......

Many players in the NFL go to extreme lengths to stay on the field due to the fear of another player stepping in and making them expendable. I‘m pretty certain that Tyrod wanted to play and I wouldn’t be surprised if additionally he felt pressure to stay on the field so he could prove that he is a viable QB for some team next season. As it stands I don’t see much reason for a lawsuit. He’ll be paid in full this season regardless of whether or not he plays again and this doesn’t seem like it will impact his health into next year. This is his 9th season so it’d be incredibly difficult to convince a jury that he was going to do much this season that was a lot better than what he’s done so far. Pain and suffering? That’s probably a long shot and it would not likely be worth pursuing as any lawsuit would likely impact his future employment opportunities in the NFL and with its close partners. There’s just not much upside to suing unless he’s going to retire anyway and if he has no interest in the media side of the NFL.

Must be shopping at Whole Foods

Good or bad, I keep my mouth shut for the first 4 games of every season. By then stuff should shake out and we should have a good idea of what 90% of the NFL teams and players look like. Some of the young/developmental players are most of that remaining 10%. So I’ll wait 2 more games to give my opinion on Allen, but my hope is that he continues to look like he has so far this season. 🤞

Ward dealt with some concussion issues his rookie year and there’s little doubt that he was making business decisions on the field later in that season, but he’s a top 10 CB in the league when healthy. So far so good on that this year. I was one of the few who thought he was on par with Chubb in the draft and that either was a sound choice. I stand by that.

Thank the Haslams for that. The five Browns executives who supposedly had a say in the hire unanimously recommended McDermott. In a classically dysfunctional move the Haslams ignored them and chose Jackson.

If I understand this correctly, Dan Patrick asked Wilson if he thought he was the best QB in the league and Wilson stayed that without a doubt he thought he was. What else should he have said? He’s certainly top 5 in the game today. Brady and Brees are waning though one could still argue that Brees is better. Mahomes is young and in an O that is stacked, but he’s probably 1. Rodgers is probably 2. Last night I watched a little All-22 of the GB-MIN game. Such a contrast watching Cousins miss open receivers and throw a pick then seeing Rodgers look at tight coverage everywhere only to drop a dime TD to the only receiver who had even the slightest separation. Amazing. Wilson is right there with that group though.

Please do not offer any additional details about what you’re doing while you watch Allen play.

The Iggles really kept the pedal to the metal on their spending to keep open their window. And that’s not been good in a lot of ways. I watched their week 1 loss to Jax and all I could think was “They’re running headlong into cap hell for this?” Also Carson Wentz is horribly overrated, but I knew that. No way the Iggles win that SB if he wasn’t injured. More generally contract numbers can look a lot bigger than they are in reality. Incentives and possible bonuses often get included in the total as do non-guaranteed years with relatively large salaries that players are unlikely to see. I’m happy for Woods. He earned it and I hope he gets it all.

A note on Teller. As mentioned PFF graded him out at an elite level last week. He looks to be a spectator fit in the Browns I/O Zone scheme. Great, inexpensive (probably flat out lucky if we’re honest) pick up for the Browns. That all said, he wouldn’t look anything like that in the Bills Power/Gap scheme. He didn’t do anything in that scheme last year with the Browns just like he didn’t here. It was the right move by Beane to get something for him.

He was my favorite QB since Luck. I’m not saying Cincy can’t ruin him, but he can be a great pro.

I think it would be difficult to keep the camera pointed directly up. Too easy for it to get jostled when the posts are raised and subsequently by the wind and balls hitting the uprights. There’s also the problem of the posts not pointing exactly upwards in the wind. The cameras would have to be set prior to raising the uprights and they’d be out of whack by the time they were raised.

Throwing a challenge flag on a non-reviewable or automatically reviewed play is actually a penalty. That’s certainly something.

I would get one about every 6 months as a kid. But have only gotten one in the last 20+ years. I really don’t speed much unless you count 7 miles over the limit speeding. My dog barfed in my car and I had to go home, clean it up and then take her back to Camp Bow Wow. That made me very, very late and I was rushing. I got nailed for 70 in a 55 on 290. I was new to Buffalo and now know that’s a speed trap.

Agreed. Show up and you may get it knocked down to non-moving violations. You’ll pay a fine, the city will get their cash and you won’t have points driving up your insurance rates. Shortly after moving to Buffalo I got a ticket in the speed trap on 290. I paid it. The wife got a much worse speeding ticket a year or so later. Much worse speeding violation in a different part of town (Cheektowaga I think). She went to court. It took time but it was an easy process that almost everyone who showed up got to go through. Tickets were knocked down to non moving violations and fines and court costs were paid. One last piece of advice. She dressed very nicely that day - and got busted in an Audi. She paid a much higher fine than anyone else she saw go through. Still, it was way better than it would’ve been. So dress respectfully but not too nice.

This was probably already addressed by someone else, but the $99 NFL Game Pass is a good deal. You have to wait until the game is over to watch, but you can choose from condensed games and All 22 as well as the regular broadcast. If I have 40 spare minutes I can watch a competitive, condensed game. It’s also good to watch All 22 versions of Bills games to focus on a player or the schemes or just rewatch a fun game in condensed format. And I gotta be honest, I love the condensed games. Not only are they time savers, you don’t hear all the inane banter from the booth between plays. I get a good feeling every time the color guy gets cut off.

That’s a horrible day in just about anyone’s life. My condolences to the family.

I assume it’ll go to 2 preseason games when the league gets 18 regular season games. They do matter for the rookies who start game one or otherwise get a lot of playing time. And teams implementing new schemes need them. We do not need four of them though.

Oh and then there’s this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/bangedupbills.com/2020/09/12/2020-week-1-bills-jets-injury-preview/amp/ INACTIVE LIST This is incredibly tricky due to the fluid nature of the practice squad list. However, there still has to be several inactives. CB Josh Norman G Ike Boettger QB Jake Fromm RB TJ Yeldon TE Reggie Gilliam WR Isaiah McKenzie It would appear that Epenesa will be active for the game.

What depth chart? The unofficial depth chart published by the Bills media team? Please don’t read anything into that. As someone else previously posted the Ravens unofficial depth chart has JK Dobbins listed as their 4th RB, and we know that’s not true. Jeez. Relax.

That was one of my points.

So you only had to go back to 1999 to find a DE who was the 16th overall pick who had a stellar rookie season. That’s hilarious.

Why are you expecting a DE selected 54th overall to be a stud? At that point in the draft I’d say a GM did well if that player developed into a competent starter at DE. Also (and I already brought these things up): 1) why would you ignore the impact of no OTAs, a shortened TC and lack of preseason games on rookies starting or being active for the first game? 2) when was it announced that Epenesa is going to be inactive? 3) why ignore the fact that a bunch of players at a variety of positions have been inactive or have not played early in their rookie seasons? I am not even saying that I have high expectations for Epenesa, but it’s silly to put so much emphasis on his status for game one of his rookie season, especially when we don’t know what that status is. With no preseason games and such a shortened offseason do you really expect a lot of rookies drafted beyond the first round to see action early? Even in regular seasons it is rare for players taken past the early second to get much playing time. I mean, what’s your point? That you didn’t like the pick? Great. Then just say that instead of trying to make something out of nothing.

You have a lot wrong here. First off, DE is absolutely not a position rookies jump in and contribute early. Early first rounders, sure. Not so much after that. Feel free to list all of the DEs that started game 1 or even contributed early in their rookie season. I looked through last season’s first three rounds. Not a lot there as far as games started - or even played - from DEs outside the top 10 picks (Bosa, Ferrell and the other Josh Allen). Some mixed results even with those high picks too. For further comparison, the 54th player selected last season was a CB, Lonnie Johnson, who played in 11 games. I know there have been players selected at 54 and after who have come in and contributed (or even started successfully) from game one, but it’s not the norm. You might wanna let this one play out for a little while before making any judgment. Also it wouldn’t hurt to get your facts straight.