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Maybe not coincidentally a spot on the PS just opened up. Thanks for the info.

I loved watching NCAA basketball, NBA and the MLB in my youth. I haven’t watched anything other than the occasional playoff game in many years. I never cared much for the NHL so not much happening with me there. NCAAF and NFL were always my favorites and still are, but my interest isn’t what it was. I still watch the Buckeyes, Bills and other games every week, but my consumption of other games has fallen in a major way off this year. Homogenization of schemes, spectacle over game play and the outsized impact of the refs are all reasons. I am more likely to watch the X Games or a less popular college or pro sport than I am an NCAAB, NBA, MLB or NHL game.

I (obviously) am very happy with how this season is going. We’re going to be in the playoffs again - probably with a very high seed. I’ve beat this horse to death. In the playoffs McD’s Bills are 5-0 against 5-7 seeds and 0-6 against 1-4 seeds. I’m rooting like hell for that to change in a big way this postseason, but he’s got to earn it. I’m choosing to enjoy the ride this season and see how far we go.

It is worth pointing out that he’s handing her eviction with his lawyers, not dragging her out of the house by her hair. Reading some of the comments here you’d think it was the latter.

You really need to move out

He’s not even close and if he wasn’t a Bill, then no one here would ever even mention him. Here’s a list of some other NFL WRs who play a lot of slot, many of whom can also play on the outside. Since all WRs are considered together, versatility should be considered a plus: Amon Ra-St. Brown Nico Collins CeeDee Lamb Keenan Allen Cooper Kupp Chris Godwin Jaden Reed Jerry Jeudy Jakobi Meyers Christian Kirk If you’re going to put him above that whole list, then you’re delusional.

He’s not close. Top 6 WRs in NFL are supposed to each get a Pro Bowl spot/vote. I could make an argument for 10 or so WRs and he’s not one of them. That said, he’s a good WR and I’m happy to have him on the Bills.

Love Pixar’s stuff overall. They’ve been somewhat Disney-fied since they got bought, but they’re still good. The older stuff is all top shelf IMO. Finding Nemo might be on my top 10 movies all time

I told people here that they were going to love Amari.

Every year on the last episode of SNL Michael Che and Colin Jost write each other’s jokes and tell them on air when they see them for the first time. Hilarious. Worth youtube-ing them all.

Once. It was a letdown. The meats didn’t really work that well together. Despite the added difficulty and expense the dish resulted in something that was no better than a turkey IMO.

That would only happen if a team claimed him via waivers, which obviously none will do.

It eliminated any chance of his injury guarantees kicking in for next season. $27M of his $30M 2025 salary is guaranteed for injury so that would be a huge hit if he injured himself working out at the facility. His salary would have fully guaranteed on day 5 of the league year. If he could not pass a physical by then due to a football related injury then they’d be on the hook for that money. No word on if there are offsets to his current salary. That would have a minimal impact on the cap because another team would just sign him for vet minimum and the Giants would get credit for what they pay him this season.

I wonder if that’s why Tomlin had to call the time out - to avoid a delay of game penalty.

It’ll be another nail biter if we meet again in the playoffs. Maybe we’ll get them, maybe they’ll get us.

https://amp.tmz.com/2024/11/17/bills-fans-hang-kermit-puppet-mahomes-jersey-chiefs-game/ Pic here. I don’t see a noose. Big difference between saying “ha ha, Mahomes looks like Kermit” and hanging him in effigy with a noose.

Hiring Wrex would be a horrifically stupid decision. So it’s probably on the table for the Jest. Could be his agent just getting his name circulating in the media though. But we can hope.

Exactly correct.

that’s a fair point. as the topic is in favor of McDermott being considered for COTY I thought you were arguing in that direction.

You think that COTY voters specifically consider playoff history? In what way? I certainly don’t see evidence of playoff success helping a HC win COTY. Andy Reid won the last two Super Bowls and is tied for 8th place with McD and LaFleur at +2500 odds. As I’ve already said, they consider expectations versus actual performance. A HC with a team that performed well in the playoffs obviously has a tougher time winning COTY. That makes it unlikely that Reid, McD, etc. will win it. But there isn’t more to it than that.

That would probably do it. But McD is not in a great position to win it. It is an award that usually goes to a HC that overachieves with his roster or situation. The Bills have been the 2nd, 3rd or 4th best AFC team for last four seasons. They’ll probably finish the regular season there again. Notably they have had a top 5 QB every one of those seasons and easily so this season. Voters are going to look at McD and the Bills and say “He probably has the best QB in the league (or very close) and his team earned the 2nd (or 3rd) seed in the AFC. As a HC he is doing a good job, but there is nothing that comes close to making me think it is the best HC performance in the league.”

COTY is a regular season award. It’s voted on before the playoffs start.

I watched with three other people and we all audibly reacted in a negative way to that kick. We all either thought he missed it or thought it was likely he missed it.

Cooper has always been a pro. I don't think he's the kind of person who would sandbag. As for him needing to be on the field, that is particularly true in the playoffs. If he has to take off this Sunday and rest through the bye week so he can get healthy, then that's a lot better than him playing, getting hurt worse and going on IR. Or if it is just a matter of his ability to perform, then it's a question of whether he'd be helping or hurting the team by taking the field. None of us know what the situation is and assuming the worst of Cooper is pretty sad.

Playing poorly is the worst thing a pending FA can do (next to having a catastrophic injury). Not playing isn’t great, but it’s not nearly as bad. But we don’t even know whether or not he’s going to play. There are a lot of people here that are getting ahead of themselves on that. If I was McDermott I would want to keep KC guessing on whether or not he is going to play. Cooper’s impact on the defensive play calling is huge. No need to tell KC how to game plan for us.