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For the Deadheads here... I just listened to the second set suite from 3/24/73 at the Philadelphia Spectrum. He’s Gone>Truckin>Jam>Dark Star>Sing Me Back Home Hoooolllly cow. It was so stunning, so jaw dropping, so amazing, that I had to share it here. The He’s Gone is the first played since Pigpen passed away two weeks prior. That and Truckin are outrageously well played, but it’s the 20 minute jam that follows that just dropped my jaw. Positively other worldly excellence. Just when it can’t get any further out, it drops into the shortest Dark Star on record, out of the ashes of which a stirringly beautiful Sing Me Back Home arises. They follow this masterpiece suite with a rockin Sugar Magnolia and Johnny B Goode to close this historic 30 song epic performance. The show is available on YouTube, Archive.org, and as an official release (Dave’s Picks series). I highly recommend at least listening from He’s Gone onward. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Put on your headphones and close your eyes and float away. Magic.

Oh, cool. Another thread where Zero lectures all us simpletons about how the salary cap really works. 🙄

While I want to wait to see what personnel we add before answering this question, I WILL say this: In 2019, the Bills allowed the third fewest yards to tight ends of any team in the league. Defending tight ends was a strength. Last year, clearly not so much. But with Milano and Edmunds taking turns being hurt all year, it’s not too hard to see why the drop off likely happened. Furthermore, the Bills saw an offense that made liberal use of heavy sets and 2TE formations in the playoffs: the Ravens. They held them to 3 points. With Edmunds, Milano, Hyde, Poyer, potentially a DB yet to be added, McDermott/Frazier as coaches, and a full, real offseason.....I like our chances just fine.

Ask again after free agency and the draft. Impossible to answer this question without knowing what personnel we’ll have.

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I, too, expect speed to be added via the draft. Particularly at WR, RB, and CB. Here’s hoping.

Fair. The only thing I'll say to that is that the Bills were without Brown for quite a few games last year, and teams were still two-highing them quite a bit in some of those games. Furthermore, while Gabriel Davis doesn't have deep "speed", per se, he IS a deep threat. His 17.1 yards per reception attest to that. John Brown, by comparison, has a career 14.8 yards per reception average.

I stand corrected. Nevertheless, the Tweet I'm referencing infers that Wallace had no interest in leaving the Bills. His preference was always to stay here. Maybe he's just saying that to save face because other offers weren't materializing, but I don't find it too hard to believe that a guy wants to stick with a team that gave him a shot in the league and with which he has comfort and familiarity.

I love that Levi Wallace told his agent not to even entertain any other offers, because he wants to be a Bill, because “we are going to win a Super Bowl”. How can you not love that?! As others have said, Levi is a GREAT “worse case scenario” to have as CB2, but I bet they draft one high and give Dane Jackson a long look, too.

Talk about whatever you want, sure. I just think it’s cringe worthy. It necessarily objectifies female reporters, which seems unnecessary and a little gross and certainly not football related.

It’s a certainty that if a female reporter or media personality’s tweet or report is being discussed on TBD, the discussion will quickly turn to how *****able she is. 🙄

I posted this in the John Brown thread, and decided to paste it here as well: I think it was @Hapless Bills Fan that said it here first, and then I saw Erik Turner and Greg Tompsett of Cover 1 talk about it on Twitter: John Brown too easily got erased by aggressive press coverage last year. He too easily got erased from whole games, in general. Seeing now how much Brown signed for, compared to how much Sanders cost, and then keeping in mind that the Bills didn't even ask Brown to take a pay cut (according to Brown)...it just seems like the Bills view Sanders as un upgrade. In particular, as Turner pointed out: Teams started to play two-high safety zone coverage shells more and more as the year went on to force the Bills to dink and dunk their way own field. It took the offense some time to adjust, and Brown was not particularly helpful in these situations. By contrast, Sanders is more physical, a better route runner in general, and can work underneath more effectively. So while they gave up the speed and familiarity of Brown, they gained the physicality and route running of Sanders and, thus, theoretically gained the ability to more effectively operate against the two-high shells and/or to force defenses back into playing man-to-man. TL;DR: Beane and McDermott seem to feel that Sanders is simply better than Brown, or at least more effective at doing what they need from a WR2. They replaced Brown with Sanders as a means of more effectively operating in the short and intermediate game, so that when teams go to soft zones, the Bills can more effectively counter.

I think it was @Hapless Bills Fan that said it here first, and then I saw Erik Turner and Greg Tompsett of Cover 1 talk about it on Twitter: John Brown too easily got erased by aggressive press coverage last year. He too easily got erased from whole games, in general. Seeing now how much Brown signed for, compared to how much Sanders cost, and then keeping in mind that the Bills didn't even ask Brown to take a pay cut (according to Brown)...it just seems like the Bills view Sanders as un upgrade. In particular, as Turner pointed out: Teams started to play two-high safety zone coverage shells more and more as the year went on to force the Bills to dink and dunk their way own field. It took the offense some time to adjust, and Brown was not particularly helpful in these situations. By contrast, Sanders is more physical, a better route runner in general, and can work underneath more effectively. So while they gave up the speed and familiarity of Brown, they gained the physicality and route running of Sanders and, thus, theoretically gained the ability to more effectively operate against the two-high shells and/or to force defenses back into playing man-to-man. TL;DR: Beane and McDermott seem to feel that Sanders is simply better than Brown, or at least more effective at doing what they need from a WR2. They replaced Brown with Sanders as a means of more effectively operating in the short and intermediate game, so that when teams go to soft zones, the Bills can more effectively counter.

Jordyn Brooks doesn't think that's very funny! ...but I do 😆

I hadn’t realized that Sanders and Beasley were college teammates at SMU. Sanders should be a seamless fit in the locker room.

She does football words for the internet.

Amen.

I’m perplexed by anyone insinuating that Ertz wouldn’t be very exciting. Fourth in TE catches this decade. Just 30 years old, younger than Travis Kelce. Would instantly be the best TE the Bills have ever had. That’s not exciting?

In better shape? Injury history? Now I know you’re just making stuff up. Ertz has played 117 of 128 career games. He’s a dependable, proven threat at TE who would improve both the run and pass game. He’s only 30 and has had literally ONE down year, last year, when his QB and the whole offense were crap and got everybody fired/traded away. No longer a top TE? Nonsense.

Based on what? He’s 4th in catches by a tight end in the past decade. In 2018, he set the record for catches by a TE in a single season with 116. Prior to last year when he was injured, he had at least 800 receiving yards every year since 2014. And I’ll say it again: he’s younger than Travis Kelce. Just because he was injured last year and Wentz turned to *****, all of a sudden he’s no good? Bull.

I don’t know... Adding a top five TE (who is younger than Travis Kelce, by the way) to THIS offense? I’d say that an Allen-Diggs-Sanders-Beasley-Ertz offense is enough to bring in a new fan. 🤷‍♂️

If the Bills trade for Zach Ertz, my dick is gonna fly off my body and zoom through the cosmos. That's how excited I will be.

Was just coming here to post this. First of all, the list of QBs that have been throwing to Sanders is atrocious. He's gonna look good with Allen throwing him the ball. Second, listen to the way Shanahan talks about Sanders: Speed, route running, versatility....sounds a lot like a couple of other guys we brought in that worked out pretty darned well!

I always figured they were only gonna do a 1-2 year deal with a veteran with speed. That way, they don’t have to be in the position of NEEDING Gabriel Davis to become WR2 — though I bet he naturally will anyway. Consider Sanders veteran insurance in case Davis doesn’t progress the way they hope he will. Essentially, the retention of the o-linemen and signing of Sanders means that, save for the Tyler Krofts and Ike Boettgers of the world, the Bills have a ready-to-go starting offense right now. They’re not gonna lose anything from last year. Hopefully they continue to add — I’m sure they will. But even if not, our offense shouldn’t miss a beat from last year. Now I’m off to watch Sanders from last year. Seems like he’s still pretty fast to me!

One of my favorite bargain options, FA WR John Ross, just signed with the Giants for $1M guaranteed. Darn it.