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https://937thefan.radio.com/articles/antonio-brown-addresses-everything-with-fan-morning-show Just listened to the whole interview (link is in the article). The beginning isn’t too bad. But then the radio host brings up JuJu smith-schuster and things go way off the rails... He went off about JuJu for like 5+ minutes (starts shortly after the 8am mark on the radio.com app), defending his attacks because he said JuJu posted a picture of himself scoring a TD and saying “I’m ready”. AB took it as disrespect, so he therefore felt justified in his response. Then he continued ranting for a while about everything. Mainly making excuses for all his actions, saying people just need to understand his side (yikes). Unfortunately I dont see this guy changing any any time soon.

So sorry for your loss ?

I watched a bit of their SB parade on NFLN and I was surprised by the turnout. It didn’t really seem like a whole lot of people showed up. Their first SB in 50 years, I don’t get it? Weather maybe. I know that sure wouldn’t stop people from showing up in Buffalo.

Amari Cooper already threw cold water on this idea at the Pro Bowl. https://theathletic.com/1569231/2020/01/29/are-the-bills-shaking-the-siberian-stigma-it-depends-what-matters-to-nfl-players-in-free-agency/ (sub. req.) That doesn’t sound like a player that’s interested in Buffalo.

Yes, I agree. Mentioned that right at the top of the post you responded to. we need more talent and a new mix of players.

That pretty much is what he said, actually. https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/sabres-avalanche-recap-highlights-sam-reinhart/c-314645400 Reinhart had some things to say too - I appreciate Reinhart saying it, but it just rings so hollow. We’ve heard it literally 100x before. Maybe not from Reinhart, but from plenty of Sabres players. I just don’t know how many of them have it in them to actually step up.

This team is so mentally fragile. They can’t overcome any in game adversity. We need a new mix of players, and more talent. No coach is going to do much better with this crap team. I don’t see how Botterill survives if the end of this season keeps trending the way it’s been since the all star break. They had this big home stand and so far they’re 1 for 4... Fans are going to completely revolt if they keep collapsing. It’s going to get ugly. I’d have to say that I’m on the “fire botterill” bandwagon. I was trying to be patient and find reasons to not lose all hope in botterill. He just hasn’t done nearly enough and I have no faith he can fix this mess. This is year 3 and I see no improvement from the team he took over. They may actually be worse, as far as the talent level. His only good moves seem to be Jokiharju (LOVE that trade) and Skinner (But Buffalo and Toronto were the only 2 teams on his no move list). But he also subtracted ROR and Kane. i think the Sabres need a veteran GM. Enough rookies. This job is too big for a rookie.

Glad to hear about PHam. You had me worried. After you mentioned that, I started paying more attention and noticed he hadn’t written or tweeted anything in over a week (and he always writes post-game articles).

This was pretty good.

https://www.tsn.ca/trade-bait-winnipeg-jets-and-dustin-byfuglien-heading-toward-split-1.1437152 Winnipeg Jets and Dustin Byfuglien headed toward a contract termination. This has long been a team that I thought made a good trade partner for Buffalo. They desperately need defenseman (only 4 under contract beyond this season, and they’re already playing with a bare bones D corps), but they’ve been waiting for this Byfuglien situation to be resolved due to his $7+M cap hit. Ill be interested to see what happens once this is finalized.

Feel bad for him. I hope he’s able to beat it.

It’s a rule in place between the NHL and CHL, basically to make sure that they have talent for their leagues. https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2012/8/1/3213217/bruins-nhl-chl-ahl-agreement-CBA-talks-2012 So Cozens would have to go back to juniors for 1 more season if he doesn’t make the Sabres next year. Then after that, if he didn’t make the Sabres they could send him to the AHL. With certain players (like Alex Nylander for ex) whose rights are held by European clubs, they can play in the AHL right away.

Meh

I’m sure you’ve probably seen the replay by now, but it’s still worth seeing again.

Good for him. I’ll always be a fan after seeing this ^

? Brady is such a troll

Just stumbled across these rankings today. I was surprised to see where buffalo placed in a # of them.

https://www.panthers.com/news/panthers-2020-coaching-staff-announced-matt-rhule Full coaching staff. Looks like he brought a lot of his guys from Temple/Baylor with him.

Nice to see that Mittelstadt seems to be trending in the right direction in Rochester. I still don’t want him called up any time soon though. Let him develop down there the rest of the season.

Thats why I specifically said that I want them to learn how to win when games get tougher in the 2nd half of the year. They haven’t shown they can do that yet. I don't see where another epic collapse does any good. They’ve drafted top 8 for how many years straight now? Every year it’s “we need just one more high pick”. I’m done with that ****. I absolutely refuse to root for them to lose. I 100% agree that they need more talent though. But plenty of teams are able to add talent and get better without constantly tanking for top picks. If our GM needs a top 7 pick to add talent then we need a new GM.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001099825/article/chiefs-sammy-watkins-concedes-pay-cut-a-possibility ? I

Pretty cool. Props to Tortorella.

F draft position. I know they’re not making the playoffs but I still want to see them finish out the season strong. Another collapse does no good, and things may get really ugly. I just feel like learning how to win down the stretch when games get tougher is a lot more beneficial to this team than another top 7 pick.

Curious, Why do you say something is up with Paul Hamilton?

Yeah I’ll be shocked if they don’t trade Cam and go into full rebuild mode. It seems inevitable at this point. I was expecting it to happen even before Kuechly retired. I think that is probably Rhule’s best shot at success - build a fresh, young team from the ground up that will buy into his message.