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Agreed. If Kincaid substantially improves his blocking this season, then Knox can get shipped out. Not happening until then. I think that’s the Bills plan tho.

Yeah, you can’t take a player back if he’s lied to you. You never know what else is lurking. This was still a big misstep by the organization though. Even if the Bills truly believed he was innocent, drafting him was inviting a lot of unnecessary distraction. You can’t have that on a team vying for a SB. The upside wasn’t even for something of much value. For a FQB, sure, no problem. But for a PUNTER? No punter in the league was ever worth that.

Thanks for the feedback. I like their stuff and the wife is a big fan. My brother lives in Denver so getting to visit him is a big bonus for me. Also Red Rocks is the nicest venue I've ever seen for a concert so that's a plus.

That's a load of crap. The MVP came down to one simple thing: There were a bunch of good candidates and every one of them had a garbage game and got their name crossed of the list - Josh Allen included - except for Lamar. He saved that for the playoffs, but that doesn't count as the MVP votes are cast right after the regular season ends. And guess what? Consistency is a good tiebreaker for a close race.

You have some good stuff there. I'll caution you on Modest Mouse though. The UB show was a crapfest. I got worried when the opener and guitarist both made a point of pumping up the crowd and telling us what a great show we were in for. No need to do that if the show is going to be great. Brock came out and started to slur his way through the songs. He was awful. Also the sound was garbage. I happened to be there with the guy who did the sound system for the room. He said they must've brought in their own sound people because the regular crew was top notch. This crew had it distorted and imbalanced - and too loud. We walked out about 30 minutes in to the show. Brock actually yelled at us "Where are you going?" I will forever be angry at myself for not flipping him off. It was literally the worst concert I've ever been to. I told a buddy about it and he said, "Yeah. I didn't want to say anything when you told me you were going, but that's pretty much how it was when I saw them a couple years ago. But you already had your tickets."

Looking into going to see Vampire Weekend at Red Rocks on June 19th. If anyone has seen them I'd appreciate hearing your opinion of them in concert.

As a blocker this past season he wasn’t the total disaster he was in college, but he was still poor overall. The progress is encouraging, but he has a long way to go. I’m rooting for his continued improvement. If he can become an even average blocker, then he will be a fantastic, complete TE1.

The more run-heavy offense the Bills ran under Brady will make that tough unless Kincaid learns to block. 11 with Kincaid isn’t all that great against the blitz either. He’s an excellent receiver, but he belongs in the slot.

That’s exactly what happened this season when he broke his wrist. i’m bringing it up in a joking way, but mainly my point is that it impacted him greatly this season - especially when he tried to play through it. I said it before and I’ll say it again now, the tight end market is crazy. At the time I thought it was a slight overpay, but nothing to get the pitchforks out over.

They have to sign at least one WR in FA. It can be a cheaper, aging vet or a player on a prove it deal, but it can’t be nothing.

I don’t think that they are among the“worst at cap management”. Few teams are truly bad at that, though some make poor decisions due to trying to keep their jobs in the short term. This cap situation was planned. I’ve mentioned this before, but the contracts and ages of players point to a planned reset of the roster next off-season, give or take a season. They built a roster that they thought could win it all and wanted to keep it together up until many of the key players (not named Josh Allen) would be at the end of their useful careers. Injuries to Von Miller and Tre White have hurt the team badly and may move the reset up to this off-season. For the record, this is not my preferred methodology but I am willing to see how it is managed. edited to add: I believe that one of the contributing factors to the Bills going the route they did - especially signing Von Miller - was due to the new stadium deal. They certainly pushed this roster to a SB caliber one. The timing of the Von Miller signing was after the disappointment of 13 seconds. It certainly reinvigorated the fan base and stoked the frenzy to white hot levels. It’s not a coincidence that it happened during the final funding push for the stadium. Obviously that is something that would have been directed by the Pegulas.

Yep. If the Bills had extended him prior to his contract voiding, then the structure would have remained in place until his contract ended. So there would have been some temporary relief to offset his new deal. But it voided already so there’s nothing we can do retroactively.

Some great ones so far: Firefly, Brisco County Jr and News Radio were big favorites of mine. (RIP Phil). I’ll add an obscure one: Doctor Doctor, the one from 1989 that only ran 3 seasons. It is still a one of the funniest shows I have ever seen.

I remember that movie from when I was very young. David Carradine was in it. I remember that because I was a huge Kung Fu* fan too. *reference also applicable to the Office Space thread

That’s a good point. I hadn’t considered that, but that’s exactly what it was about.

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

One of my favorites as well I had a red Swingline stapler. My freaking kids destroyed it I literally know what “PC load letter” means because of that film

Washington is under new ownership. Just because it was a disaster under Dan Snyder doesn’t have anything to do with Josh Harris and the people he has brought in. The dead cap that would hit Washington’s cap would be due to money that they already paid him. Every dollar that the Bills would pay him would hit their cap. That would be $18.5M in 2024 and $18M in 2025 - unless they renegotiated his contract with him.

Washington’s #1 priority should be to ensure their new QB has the supporting cast around him to be successful. You don’t trade his best WR away. Also it’s worth noting that McLauren is due $18.5M in new money this season. That is the cap hit that a team trading for him would have to take (unless they convince Washington to pay some of it and then trade him). See below. How would he walk? He’s under contract through 2025 and he’s not giving up $18.5M this season or $18M next. Spotrac

McLauren’s contract runs through 2025. It also has 2026 void year. Why would Washington trade him? He’s their best WR, they’re taking a QB #2 overall and they have the most cap space in the league. It would make zero sense from their side. Great player and I’d love to have him here if he were to become available. I just don’t know why he would be.

I agree with your assessment of McLauren. While he’d be a great addition here I don’t see why Washington would trade him. Why would they trade away their best WR the same offseason they draft a QB with the second overall pick? They’ve currently got the most cap space in the league to boot. Makes no sense from their POV.

That’s fair, but Baker would allow them to take Marvin Harrison Jr. I would not be a fan of that either. I haven’t done much homework on the QBs this season so I can’t speak to what they’d be getting at 3. I do know that, in general, even QBs picked in the top 3 are far from a sure thing. Baker and MHJ would immediately give NE a very good chance at splitting games against the Bills (not that they didn’t with Mac Jones last season), but I get your point that if they find a true FQB it would be a bigger long term problem.

It depends on how long they want to tie themselves to him. He’s not going anywhere without guaranteed money tying him to a team for at least two years. Tagging him could be cheaper overall.

This leak could be from the Bucs and aimed at getting Winfield Jr signed to an extension due to the threat of the tag. Once he signs they can tag Baker if needed.

It’s worse than that if Baker goes to an AFCE team. He’s streaky. If he’s on, it can be a problem. Odds are he would be “on” in one of the two games we’d play him every year. I wonder if he’d go to the Steelers? The AFCN would be even more stacked. I think this is likely - and I would prefer it this way.