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I'm reporting this to HR. ( ..she is the head of HR... )

HappyWalk is Bills fans leaving Highmark after a win.

Actually, I'm pretty fond of WNY where I live now. However, when I reach my mid-70's snow removal tasks will be on my forbidden list. I will have to weigh my options then--it will be either a Senior's apartment in WNY, or moving to a small house in Virginia. I've lived in VA before. Not too hot, not too cold. I really like it. On the negative side, it would cost me about $18k more a year to live there than WNY. A $250K house in WNY is $400K in VA. Off the wall retirement spot: Portugal. I hear great things about the place.

His salary is fixed by the rookie pay scale in the collective bargaining agreement, so it's not that. My understanding though, how much of that money is guaranteed money is negotiable. Maybe that is the sticking point. Or maybe he objects to some clause in the minutiae. My bet is on the guaranteed money.

Very funny, you big galoots. I expect big things from Bosa this season.

I believe Ralph did meddle in that era. Ralph ended up firing Wade Phillips because Wade wouldn't obey him. Thank goodness Pegula does not meddle. The zeitgeist against Flutie was he didn't have a long game. I don't know if you can win a Super Bowl that way.

Oh...! If we're not careful, this thread could deteriorate into a Doug Flutie versus Rob Johnson debate. Those were some dark days.

I guess I am one of those tight wads, the baseline comparison for me are the above average RB who make about 5 million a year--Ray Davis is an example, making $1.2 million a year. Ray Davis isn't as good as James Cook, but he's still pretty damn good. So I'm looking at great RB making 14 or getting a pretty good RB making less than 5. When you only have $95K in open cap (https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/overview) you have to give some serious thought to being a value shopper.

The Eagle extensively use "void years" salary cap voodoo. They haven't been impacted yet, but there are dark clouds in the years ahead for them. Agree, Knox and Samuel are overpaid.

"Were there ever years you were disinterested in the Bills?" During the back-to-back 2-14 seasons, 1984ish. Hank Bullough and Kay Stephenson were two totally uninspiring head coaches. This was during Ralph's cheap phase.

So the Bills will have one of the highest paid QB's in the NFL, and also the one of the highest paid running backs. That's a lot of salary cap for two players. I don't want to hear any complaints when they have to skimp at other roster spots.

Invite everyone who writes a flattering tweet to training camp. What could go wrong?

Tempting. Very, very tempting. The only hesitation comes from: I enjoy watching the games at home on TV.

I am nostalgic for Clayton's Toys. When they were on Elmwood Avenue--not the glorified gift shop they are now in Amherst. The Elmwoood stores (they moved around a lot) had the best toy selection outside FAO Schwarz.

"He's an impeccable kid," Beane said. "We did a lot of research. I think all teams were aware of the Title IX thing. That was fully investigated by the school...It was one of those where there was zero information saying that this actually happened." I will trust Beane's research over the word of someone out to make money.