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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.

MGK - The issue I think is middle ground. I have been in all levels of management and each of you make points that are correct. The issue I have is Bruce said ~ there are guys I am praising in meetings that I fire the next week. That is terrible management if you are praising a guy in front of his peers and then firing him the next week - it is a terrible look. What you said is different - not criticizing a person in front of peers is very different than praising a co-worker or a player that you have issues with and want to move on from. I think from McD - praise in the media is a real thing. He does not heap praise out and when he does I think it somewhat means something.

Although I agree in principle with this. I think @GunnerBill called it more correctly. I expect that the majority of Beasley’s catches still go to the slot guys and is broken up along a 40% Crowder, 35% McKenzie, 25% Shakir - getting McKenzie to career numbers (as you said not real hard). I think McKenzie will be used more as a true WR this year. I think some of the trickery catches he had stay with him, but I expect Cook will get a bunch of those. Cook will also get a significant portion of those catches that went to the combined RBs last year with Singletary getting the reduced number. I also expect Davis to get most of Sanders targets - plus a few extra and the targets as a 3rd wr that Davis got last year go to additional Knox targets, OJ Howard, Shakir, and spread amongst RB, 3rd TE, and Gilliam. The numbers are there to be distributed and who gets what will be interesting to see. I expect that McKenzie’s targets and yards per target go up and he is used more like Beasley than he has been in the past. I think Cook starts to fill the McKenzie role with some trickery due to his better vision and RB body.

I think this is 100% correct. I think Cover 1 did a nice job after the regular season win in KC - showing how the Bills were mixing up the coverages, but doing a lot more tight man with White on the outside and Taron in the slot and then playing a more aggressive zone on the other side with much less space and tighter windows. It allowed Taron and White to play outside leverage and keep their eyes on the ball more and force the plays into the zones if needed and gave protection to Wallace. It allowed Hyde and Poyer to move up and be more physical and limited Edmunds zone size allowing him to be more set. The loss of White on Thanksgiving limited the ability to mix coverages as well as before. Dane played well at times, but he was easily tricked by double moves and Wallace was just to slow. That forced the Bills into standard 2 deep coverage to protect them - which they play very well, but allows really good QBs - Brady, Mahomes, etc to pick them apart. I think they are hoping that Elam and White allow that same kind of switching of defenses to better match-up and perhaps better protect the weak spots by switching up where those weak spots are. I think they believe aggression on the outside with talent will make the #1 defense even better this season.

You have got it backwards. Ferguson was colorblind - hence the change to red helmets. It had nothing to do with Kelly - the helmets were already red when he arrived.

Don’t mind them at all. Can’t stand the bBears, but the combination is way better than the Red - especially the Red on Red the Bills have worn.

If it is/was the same offense and terminology - I have no issues siting him, but with a new OC and several new offensive coach’s - I would like to see him get a couple of series to work on communication within game. Getting calls from the OC with real crowd noise, timing of the calls coming in, where the OC is comfortable (booth versus sideline) and how that impacts communication with JA. Work those things out with a couple of drives in pre-season - rather than finding out against LA that something does not work in the set-up and it costs you.

Totally agree - it is just nice when the mods have them set ahead of time - so everyone knows where to post before the game day stuff rolls in.

Totally agree - kind of like game day or the draft - pre-make a thread that opens for each day and have all of the relevant tweets and talk go in there.

Why are all of these players looking into each other’s eyes as they pee in the troughs in the bathrooms at the stadium? 😂😂😂

He was 9-18 for 56 yards and 1 Int in over 3 quarters in that game. The Bills D sucked and the Bills QB was not only terrible, but gave up on the game and the team. Peterman out played him in 2 drives and that was why he got the start versus LA the next week. That performance against NO lead to a crazy decision because the team felt they needed something out of the QB position. Tyrod is not disrespected in my opinion - He is exactly what he was the entire rest of his career - a very, very mediocre replacement level QB. He was an athlete playing QB and had 2 tricks - running with the ball and a deep sideline pass. Luckily Rex had an OC that had found success in SF with Kaep and that same OC has had success with Jackson afterwards in Baltimore with those same traits. My issue with Tyrod is how he played the games - he was such a mediocre passer that once the Bills were down by more than a TD he could not bring the team back. The Bills relied on being ahead or at most being within a FG throughout the game or it was a loss. Tyrod did play into that well with his aversion to throwing to anyone covered and therefore not turning the ball over. His TO rate was phenomenal, but I would have given that up for a guy that would make plays late to try and win a game. Fitzpatrick lost games where he threw that crucial pick trying to find a way to score and win the game. Tyrod lost games because he would not even try to make those plays - it would be fourth and 8 and he would throw a 3 yard pass in the flat or scramble out of bounds after a short gain. Tyrod to me belongs in a huge line of middling QBs that have suited up for the Bills - Guys like Bledsoe, Johnson, Edwards, EJ, Losman, Collins, and the like - He does not need a legacy - he was just a small part of the team. I don’t dislike or like the guy - I am just glad he is not our starter and was thrilled when he was replaced. Before JA - there were only really 3 Bills QBs that mattered - now there are 4. After those 4 - the rest (including Tyrod) were a short series of names and why anyone would care where they are ranked is beyond pointless.

Because 2 bye weeks sucked. It added nothing and the league quickly got rid of it. The only way 2 bye weeks comes back is as part of an 18 game schedule. Why would the NFL want to get rid of a week of revenue (even preseason) for a bye week? It isn’t discussed more because it already failed and will only be used as a bargaining chip to get to the end goal of 18 games. Everyone knows the current end goal is 18 regular season games, 2 preseason games, and 2 bye weeks. That is where we end up after the next CBA. The hope being the NFL can extend the season 2 more weeks and match the Super Bowl with Presidents Day and fulfill most people desires to have the Monday after off.

Hey - Hey - I heard the plan was for 4 new stadiums: 1 in Batavia, 1 in Dunkirk, 1 in Niagara Falls, and 1 in Letchworth to help regionalize the team. Then they secretly rotate where the games are played without telling the fans - so the fans get 4 spots to tailgate and the Bills get 4 times the ticket sales. Brilliant. 😂

Totally disagree - if they cut and resigned him and he had dead cap money on his previous contract - the most likely reason is they know he is making the roster and wanted to adjust something. It just makes no sense as did not need the roster spot and his contract was tiny for an NFL player - not sure what the Bills would save. He might have become one of the new camp cuts to get an injured player on the 53 to go to IR and then resign, but why set that up now? We will see - it was done with a plan and we have 2 roster spots left - maybe they have gotten wind of some July 1st cuts that they want to go after.

I would also add that the Browns are not alone, but have moved up to the worst franchise with Watson. I have a huge issue with KC and their repeated signing and playing of domestic violence/drug abusers and even after getting rid of Hill - that team deserves to just slowly die away. Miami now moves into that category with their pursuit of Watson and then their signing of a scum like Hill - they deserve to crash and burn. Seattle and Pete Carroll are another match that I just can’t stand with their DVers - some of whom are now in KC and Carroll to me has always been a slimy individual based on his USC and previous NFL actions. None of them hold a candle right now to Cleveland- which sucks because for years they were the lovable losers that you could root for and now I hope for a tire fire of epic proportions bad enough to take the team away.