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Why would we want a developmental guy? Seriously - with Josh we are only keeping 2 on the roster - so you need an experienced back-up. If we draft a developmental guy then you have to hope he shows nothing so you can sneak him on the PS. If he looks like he can play - then you waste a roster spot. For the next 5 years - it should be Josh and an experienced guy that has some game experience in the league that can win you a few games. Then you can start looking at developmental guys, but not now - that is just a waste.

I agree it is watered down, but what a scummy thing to say for a HOFer - especially with the timing of the inductions. Deion was all about 1 person and quite frankly - I rather see him removed from the Hall than given any credence. I wish the rest of the HOFers told him to Suck It and booted his sorry butt out. He does not deserve the honor with that attitude.

They should, but I doubt the Cleveland FO cares. They knew what this could entail and not only did the deal, but then because Watson wanted nothing to do with Cleveland - they chose to give him the money. They basically screwed the rest of their team for a year for a sexual predator. My hope is the NFL really hammers him and more things come out and the NFL punishes Cleveland by taking more picks. Watson should never play in the league again - plain and simple, but he has talent and so will be back. It sucks and I can only hope going forward every game for him is as bad as the time the women went through that sued him. Scum.

I got to go to the game with my family - nice win and I appreciate getting to see live football for $5 a ticket - very nice. As we really break down the roster there are a couple of things that I think are changing that may impact roster spots. 1) Elam and Benford looked legit at CB and with White and Jackson - that gives you 4 outside CBs. I think they also like Cam Lewis and McCloud and I believe they got some run as gunners on ST. I am wondering if maybe the argument of Kumerow versus Hodgins isn’t maybe impacted by these 2 CBs. If Lewis or McCloud can provide some ST plays - maybe it allows Hodgins to get passed Kumerow as you replace Kumerow with let’s say Lewis. 2) LB play - Both Spector and Bernard got a lot of playing time and both looked up to playing in this league. Bernard was always making this roster and with Edmunds, Milano, and Dotson - I think that gives you 4 locks. Spector - I think is looking like a PS player because I think the Bills value the Matakevich ST ability, but whereas at the beginning of Training Camp - I had those 5 sort of locked in and Smith as a sort of filler - Spector has opened my eyes and with Andre Smith getting 6 games suspension - there might be an opening for him. 3) RB - This has not changed much from an early off season prediction, but I think Singletary, Moss, and Cook were and are locks. Moss showed exactly what he needed to to ensure his spot. Cook did not show much, but the essentially 3rd string OL against 1st team defenders like Deforest Bucker meant there was little space. Blackshear showed out and I have heard/seen good things in camp. Right now I think Blackshear is still on the outside looking in, but like the Hodgins/Kumerow battle - Blackshear/Taiwan Jones could end up as a potential changing of the guard depending on the team needs. I believe strongly one of Kumerow/Jones is making this team (and maybe both by the end), but with Lewis and McCloud seeing ST action - depending upon other needs I could see Hodgins definitely and/or Blackshear potentially making this roster to balance out positional needs. Blackshear has the biggest uphill because of Gilliam. 4) TE production - this group was atrocious with really Quintin Morris showing anything. We know Knox is making the team, but I am not sure if any of the remaining 3 guys now deserve a spot. Where this could impact the RB room and make a space for Blackshear is if they need to consider Gilliam more as a TE because of the lack of talent - it could create an extra spot, but right now I still doubt it. 5) The 2nd/3rd string DLine/DE combos looked alright to me - I feel for him, but I think Shaq might be a cut candidate. The DTs also seem set with Settle, Jones, Phillips, and Oliver. I count 8 locks on the DLine and I expect they will try to keep 9 overall. Shaq, Love, and a host of DTs are battling for 1 spot - I think it will go to a more versatile guy and therefore I think Shaq might be in trouble. I love this time of year to try and fit pieces together to construct a team and find ways to keep guys you want. I find the choices made by McD versus Reich to be interesting. Frank choosing to play starters into the 2nd quarter versus Sean sitting starters and several high ranking #2’s the entire game. Fascinating.

This is exactly what I have seen - I used to be able to open it - skip the sign in and get what I needed. Now it freezes at the log-in and won’t allow you to enter with out connecting either via an account or another app. I get it, but it sucks to have to log in for a crappy app - so I just deleted it. May try again later.

Again this is click bait garbage. Everything points to him being ahead of schedule. Coaches, GM, mouth pieces for the team all talk about week 1 and being on schedule. Media with direct contacts and knowledge are all suggesting week 1 Now even ESPN after talking to the team - Fowler is pointing to a return to practice sooner. The latest studies show tons of players getting back in 7-8 months with new surgeries and new recovery/training techniques. Heck Chris Godwin has been cleared already and he tore his ACL several weeks later. I believe Tre has not been cleared yet solely because the Bills are being cautious. I think based upon everything they have said - he could practice right now, but there is no reason to - give the young guys time to play and bring him in as we go. I would be surprised if he is not activated from PUP and is on the active roster for week 1. Whether he plays or not will be a decision, but I would not be surprised to see him start and get maybe 10% of the snaps with a week plus off to let him recover. And Chris Godwin tore his week 15 and is already back and practicing.

Well the coach and DC have said he is on pace or ahead of schedule that was set after the surgery, but they are not rushing him. I don’t know, but it seems like you would target the start of the season as it was nearly 9 months out. Maddy Glab and Chris Brown have both talked multiple times this summer that in discussion he is ahead of schedule and looking like a plan for being activated for week 1. The general consensus from the people around the team and guys like Sal from over the summer seems to be that he will be ready for limited action week 1. Mark Gaughan in July reported that after several discussions that the most recent group of players have been seeing activity at or earlier than 9 months including multiple college players at 5 and 7 months respectively using newer recovery techniques and he was pegging the season opener as his comeback. Basically everyone associated with the team or with team contacts are saying he is on or ahead of schedule, but they are not telling you the exact schedule. We will see where he goes, but with the timing and the new rehab the Bills have - like 0 weight treadmills in the water - he has already been doing things that in the past could not be done until much later.

Although I tend to agree - I would rather see a miss by a GM on a huge upside guy than just go after average guys - it is hard not to fault Douglas a bit for taking Becton over Wirfs even at the time. I don’t think Wirfs becomes the players in NY he is now, but I think he was the better player and the safer pick. Becton did not really fit what the Jets o-line was under Gase and he really did not fit the SF style o-line they have become. I think Douglas has had a few smelly drafts - even given the huge number of picks he has had to work with, but to me they have a huge ton of potential and boy if they can get some of these guys coached up - esp QB - I think they could be tough going forward. For me - I am hoping they have a rough start and things fall apart quick - cause I want them moving on from the GM and coach and repeating the cycle.

To protect himself - I heard he was wearing a dress and using the ladies room - better hurry and check the ladies room also - let us know how that goes! 😂

Don’t know if he is done, but he is hurt again. Knee buckled needs an MRI after the swelling goes down.

I highly doubt it. The current stadium was not a catalyst for anything and there is less in the area now. With no other destinations - any bars/hotels have to live on essentially 9 dates a year - it is not going to work. They need something on the property that drives business the other 340 days. A couple of big casinos, several new businesses moving there from other locations, a nice music venue for smaller concerts, an outside summer league soccer team to play in the stadium 25 times during the summer, etc. The stadium with NFL can not support anything else in OP - it never has and it really won’t.

Play time this weekend for Josh - should be zero. I would hope for a couple of limited series week 2 and nothing at all Week 3. That gives the O-Line a week to gel with everyone back before protecting Josh in live action and then a couple of weeks after the week 2 game for players to get treatment and ready for the Rams.

There has been no growth or anything built around the stadium since it opened and there is little reason to believe anything successful would be built with the new stadium as the new stadium changes nothing in the dynamic. There is nothing in the area to drive weekly business to the area. It is why downtown was the answer if you want to build around the stadium. There are already 30+ bars and restaurants scattered around Pearl, Elmwood, Delaware - that survive on Weekday business traffic and Friday/Saturday night party traffic. If you have the established infrastructure that survives without the Stadium- it would enhance and add to it with 11 more weekends of huge crowds. When the stadium was decided back in OP - you are basically just building a stadium - you lose surrounding revenue because nothing will survive long in a rural community that has nothing except 1 day a week for 11 times a year. They could build a great Hotel on ECC property and a great Hall of Fame, but the Hotel would have to survive on being full about 1/4 of the year and nearly empty the rest of the time - not a long term sustainable plan.

I am totally different, but I enjoy Turner, but the rest of the Cover 1 team to me are horrible listens. After a game looking for content- I struggle to listen to Tompsett and Quinn. I don’t find either of them to provide much of anything. Anthony Prohaska to me ruins the Turner listen. His voice is bad and he adds nothing. When Nate was paired up with Turner - it was fine, but the current pair is sub par. I want to like Marino with the daily podcasts, but he just sounds horrible. I can listen every so often - especially around the draft, but I can not make him a regular listen. The nice thing is there is a ton of content- the difficulty is a lot of it is garbage 90% of the time - with a few gems thrown in. I just wish Turner would pair with someone else as his content is stellar.

This is such a limited part of the story. She was in the hotel room and they were all involved because some other stuff was going down. They had been drinking heavily and got a group of young girls up to the hotel room and then things started going wrong when she did not cooperate. She acted badly, but Hunt was a total arsehole and not only shoved her once - the shove he gave to his friend that then immediately knocked her sideways was nasty. In addition he kicked her maybe not hard, but there was no reason for it. The entire situation could of been handled by hotel security, but there would have been many questions about what was going on. It is a big part of his history and will always be a part of his character. It was bad enough that a team with multiple players with violence against women and children cut him and it allowed a scummier team to sign him.

This division throws me. I top to bottom it is not a great division. I voted for Dallas, but would prefer Philadelphia - I just thinks Hurts is super inconsistent and is not really an NFL level QB. Dallas with McCarthy will lose a bunch of games they could win, but I feel similar about Hurts. If Washington or the Giants had anything on their rosters - I might step outside of the top 2 and take a shot, but when I look at those rosters - I literally gag.

Look at the decals - it is the same kit as on the white helmets. 2 blue stripes flanking a large red stripe down the middle. This would take the Bills staff like 30 minutes or less to put together. They just needed a red helmet lying around. This is not a different design from the regular white helmets. Just as Josh rolled out a Red over White uniform last year that he knew we were not using and then talked about his love for the scheme - I think this is Josh having a bit of fun.

It wasn’t 2 blue stripes - it was the same decal kit as on the white helmets, it was a strip of 2 blue and a red stripe down the middle - the red was just hard to see on the red helmet. Josh did not have something different made or unique decals - they just fitted a red helmet with the current decals. It was nothing but a bit of fun and is not some kind of prototype or planned helmet. It is just a red helmet fitted with the current kit used on the white helmets - nothing more.

If you look at the Red Helmet - you can see the Red between the 2 blue stripes is a sticker - it is the same 2 blue stripes and red center that is on the white helmet. The Red Helmet Josh had used the exact same coverings that the white helmet used - just placed on a red helmet. It was not a preview or a prototype, but it could be used to gain some idea how fans would react, but if they go to red helmets - it won’t be what you saw tonight. That was a throw together using the current helmets kit and needed some type of white to off set the color, but the current decals do not have the white incorporated. We know from past scrimmages- Josh likes the Red uniform and my guess is he likes the Red Helmet - so my guess is we will see something shortly, but not this coming year because the Bills have stated it is not part of their 2022-23 uniforms.

Totally agree - that is part of why it looks wrong. They said it was just Josh doing this - I think he loves poking little fun at things.

Hate the blue strips on it - looks wrong. Give me the Whites all day - every day.

I hear you, but the guys they draft and look good in this system do not pan out with other teams. The Bills find guys that fit their system and get lots of help being allowed to be aggressive.

Snyder is on-going and Kraft was doled out prior to the new CBA. The NFLPA will have little to go on and with the recent suspension of Ross and team punishment- I think the window is even smaller. Heck even Snyder with his original findings lost control of the team for a couple of months. I still think Watson should be suspended 6 games for each person that came forward - give him 144 games and after the 8 years - the Browns still have to deal with the contract. The Browns should not be allowed out and Watson should not see the field through the rest of the 2020’s.

To me - this is a very scary moment in Jets history. It actually reminds me a lot of Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz in Boston and I hate Baseball, but everyone was saying those guys were done and they were trying to unload the contracts and no one wanted to take the players even cheaply. Then bang they figured it out and suddenly the team got good again around them. I am hoping and praying someone goes and takes Becton out of NY for pennies on the dollar because there is enough talent that if he puts it together could make them tough and combine that with a lot of youth and to me the Jets can be a scary team. I want talent to start coming off that team because there is talent there and I do not want any teams really challenging the Bills for the division for the next 15 years like the Pats had. Give them all Rebuild after Rebuild.

I will be very interested in watching this play out. In year 1 of Edmunds and Milano as the LB pair - the Bills did a ton of double “A” gap looks and blitzes that were very effective. The issue seemed to become that it was mostly Milano that was effective and soon he would get blocked and the effectiveness decreased. If Bernard can show the ability to blitz like he did in college - He and Milano as double “A” gap blitzers might give another aggressive wrinkle when needed.