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Sabres announced Montour will miss the rest of the preseason. But If he broke his his hand he will be out longer than that. Hopefully this doesn’t prevent a Ristolainen trade (if they get the right offer that is)

So, did we sign another Charles Clay or what? I feel bad bad for the guy. This is a terrible way to start with a new team. I’m sure he’s more upset about this than anyone. Thankfully Dawson Knox is playing well.

https://theathletic.com/1217367/2019/09/19/nfl-biz-competition-committee-likely-to-look-at-dolphins-tanking-first-lawsuit-filed-in-40-yards-of-gold-fiasco/ (sub. required) Personally, I think it is disgraceful what the dolphins are doing. There is no need to tank in the NFL. It’s not like the NHL or NBA where you can only get the most elite, franchise changing players with the top 2 picks in the draft. NFL Teams have found their QBs in every round of the draft. Sure, tanking for a top pick may give you a better chance at landing that franchise guy, but it’s still disgraceful to do it by tanking so blatantly.

I’ve noticed a lot of their comments over on the Athletic are all negative toward the Bengals. They actually remind me a lot of Sabres fans after a bad loss. They’re just sick of the constant ? I’m not sleeping on Cincy though. I’m not confident enough in the Bills yet to sleep on any team. I don’t think the Bengals are as bad as they showed on Sunday. That game got out of hand quick. Kyle Shanahan schemed it perfectly and found some big holes in the Bengals D. Then they sort of just ran the same handful of plays over and over because Cincy couldn’t stop it. I don’t see that happening again this week. I’m sure they’ll work to fix it. Plus they're going to be hungry to bounce bounce back after being embarrassed. Im still hopeful for a Bills win and will be disappointed if they lose. This is definitely a winnable game. But I don’t expect it to be nearly as easy as that 49ers win.

So it looks like Buff is considering retirement after all. I kind of figured he was after the comments from the coach and GM. If Buff retires, Winnipeg will have lost 4 of its top 6 defenseman from last season and all 3 of their top 6 right handed defenseman. That is pretty much unheard of. They basically went from contenders to a rebuilding team in one offseason. Chevy is a patient GM and took years to build up that team, but their window is open now and their core is aging. I’ll be surprised if he’s as patient in trying to rebuild his blue line. Plus he’s been on the job a long time now, it’s time for some real results I’d think. So... hopefully this makes him that much more desperate to trade for someone like Ristolainen. They need someone to eat those minutes and that’s one thing Risto can do (even if not that capably...).

Well, that was a pretty ugly 2nd preseason game. They looked like crap in the 1st, a little better in the 2nd and not very good in the 3rd (though I paid less attention in the 3rd, so I can’t really give an accurate description). Very disorganized overall. That PP to start the 2nd (iirc) was particularly awful. They had absolutely no clue what they were doing or where they were supposed to be on that PP. Paul Hamilton wasn’t a fan of that game either- https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/opinion/one-bad-preseason-game-doesnt-make-or-break-player But as he said, it was only 1 preseason game. Can’t read too much into it. But it certainly wasn’t the start I was hoping for from Mittelstadt and others.

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2019/09/16/nhlpa-declines-to-reopen-cba-ensuring-labor-peace-through-2022/ Nice! This means no lockout until Sept. 2022 at the earliest, but hopefully a new CBA is signed before then. This is the best I remember negotiations going in quite a while.

The game will stream live on Sabres.com for anyone in the local broadcast market. I cant believe the first preseason game is tonight! This is the best time of year. Both Bills and Sabres games! (and our hopes usually haven’t been crushed yet, which makes it even better...lol)

Things are looking like they’re going to implode in Miami, maybe as soon as this week... it could get pretty ugly. 43-0 today. Yikes. Waiting to hear about more players asking for trades.

Pretty cool seeing Barkley and Allen exchange jerseys after the game. Good win today. It wasn’t always pretty but they got the job done. It’s to be somewhat expected in offense though. There are 9 of 11 new starters. 4 alone on the o line. No other offense in the NFL is dealing with quite such a drastic turnover. And we have a still wet behind the ears QB who has yet to even start a full season’s worth of games. Its gong to take some time for them to hit their stride consistently, but we are seeing some really nice flashes of what Allen+ this offense can be and it’s really exciting! The defense also also had their struggles today, but again, got the job done. But they played well overall. It’s damn tough to fully shut down any offense theee days. Also, While there’s more continuity on defense, there are still a # of young players at key positions (both starting players and 2nd string guys). This looks like like a good, up and coming young team to me. They are playing well when it counts the most and put 2 games away so far. But they’ve yet to fully hit their stride, which leaves me excited to see what comes this season (and beyond)!

Phew. I can breath a bit again... I was legit starting to wonder if the Giants would hold them 6 straight downs when they needed 2 freaking yards.

Give Motor a shot already ffs.

Huge break. Now, please for @#$&/ sake, put it away!

Yesss!

Our offense really needs to come out and answer back here, before this game gets any more out of hand.

Defense needs to answer here. Momentum still seems to be somewhat in the giants favor at the moment. This game is far from over.

Wow! HUGE play there. Great play by Oliver and Murphy! Momentum shifter right there! I don’t blame them for taking a knee and collecting themselves, especially since we start with the ball in the 3rd.

Hell of a punt by Bojo. Horrible punt coverage that likely just gave the Giants points and some momentum after a bad series by the offense.

I hope Ty Nsekhe can come back in this game...

Come on Allen. Let’s get another 7!

Hyde! What a hit! You could see that guy’s Bell was rung.

Come on, hold em here!

Come on defense. Get this game back under control.