Rochesterfan

Without trying to speak for @MAJBobbybut doing so anyway - The original idea was the NFL was going to force the Bills to increase capacity to 65,000. @MAJBobbythen ssid if the NFL is going to dictate capacity- then you only agree with a Super Bowl guarantee. Therefore - as we know - No Super Bowl to Buffalo - the Bills should not then change capacity for the NFL. They don’t necessarily go together - they just came together as part of the discussion.

I totally hear you - that will definitely add to the cost, but might be why the price tag is where it is.

It might be, but the cold I think is a bigger impact than the weather. I think the overhangs can protect the fans, but the seats will be exposed to sub freezing temperatures when ever the stadium isn’t in use. Any exposed charging plugs will not hold up in that type of temperatures. Most of the excellent new technology would be best protected in an enclosed space. I will be very interested to see the final product and the final designs and how it all plays out in the end.

It will be interesting because the 2 new enclosed stadiums in LA and LV used the roof space to get new gen WiFi across the stadium as a major enhancement. I think open air limits some of this - like built in charging stations will not stand up to the weather. I don’t mind 60,000 fans, but I think many people loving open air and orchard park are not going to be happy with the final product as prices go up and PSL hit more seats. I expect them to do more integrated tickets and parking packs to limit off street parking and bring more income.

The problem is the teams don’t decide who is available to go on the COVID list - The NFL decides. The rules are set up - so if you want to use this loophole - you would need to plan it out over a week in advance to get a positive and close contacts. Just not happening - you just have so really poorly coached teams - like Tennessee- that keep having issues. Meathead coach - stupid issues.

This was Houston trying to drum up business because most likely a team like Philly called asking about a 1st and a 2nd and maybe a guy like Hurts and Houston was hoping to get them to increase the offer while they are thinking about it.

Does it really matter where he is listed? He was listed as a TE last year and blocked a lot as a FB/HB and was active on Special Teams most weeks once they got him active. He is multipositional and will do whatever is needed - a perfect fit for this roster.

Most likely not because with his signing bonus and contract this move costs the Pats between 3-4 million in cap space. You typically want to use a guy on a 1 year contract with little guaranteed money.

Well most Sundays I have 2 TVs going: 1 Bills and 1 the next best game or Redzone. Then 2 games when the Bills are done. Then Sunday night - at least part and part of Monday night. I usually catch some of the Thursday night game before bed. Plus Saturdays late in the season and All 3 games on Thanksgiving. So probably close to 100 non-Bills games and this year will be more. If they played both Saturday and Sunday - I would watch even more. It is the only sports worth watching right now. Can’t stand Baseball or Basketball - both are just boring to me. I don’t enjoy Soccer. I love Hockey, but with the Sabres being bad - I don’t enjoy the rest of the games and even then I only watch a fraction - it just isn’t worth watching lots of games. So I watch football and as many games as possible - love watching, talking, seeing highlights - any content available I try to consume.

Except Stevenson got a head injury in the game against GB - Sal could not confirm or tell what that meant or a time table - so maybe he could be a candidate still. Hogdkins was moving around, but could still be IR’d to be available later for a stretch if there are other injuries. Johnson seems likely to me as a potential IR candidate. I expect McKenzie to be back. You have Sweeney also as a possibility. They could also use it on someone like Doyle to give him more time as he was injured with a knee.

He isn’t deciding - the Texans are deciding to inactivate him. They don’t “want the distraction” right now. If they wanted him to play him and he refused - he would go on a Non Football refused to report list - where the team can suspend him without pay. The player also does not accrue vested years without hitting milestones - so he could not get paid and he would not accrue a season and therefore he is stuck in limbo as his contract would not move forward. The Texans are hoping by protecting him from the media and paying him, but inactivating him - maybe they can salvage this relationship. If not then maybe they can at least get his market value back.

Actually you can’t and salary has nothing to do with it because you can pay a coach whatever you want. The NFL has a rule that prevents “player/coaches” and does not allow a coach to be activated to play on the team. It was designed to prevent teams from using to hide players and keep them on the roster and modified to prevent teams from circumventing the salary cap. It does not come up often, but was enforced just last year with Denver when they lost all 3 QBs to COVID. The NFL would not allow a fully tested Quality Control coach to be activated as a player because of the rule.

The NFL has rules against this to prevent teams from hiding players. Denver wanted to activate the QB quality control coach last year when all the QBs were placed on COVID and the NFL wouldn’t allow it. There was a nice article about it - I will try to find it - but basically it was done in the past as a way to pay players and not lose them, but keep them on the team and the NFL banned it. Edit: https://broncoswire.usatoday.com/?p=651317 Not the original article, but mentions the rule in here.

Actually at least Houston got something for Shaq - where as Miami got nothing for Shaq except a player they cut. Miami nets zero Houston nets a 6th Jets get Shaq to fill snaps for very little.

I think it is playing out just right. The NFL doesn’t want to put him on the exempt list because it could be all of 2021 season before criminal/Civil/FBI investigations and if the NFL can get him not playing - that gives them options. Then they can use the exempt list for next year and suspension after that. The interesting piece is what happens if a trade is made because then I assume the NFL will have to do something and use the exempt list at that point.

What incentive would he have to sign that contract mid season - unless you are offering him big time money? He took this gig to get a chance to learn in a low pressure environment and see what Josh does as a leader to help himself. He has already showed that he has picked up a lot of ability at reading defenses and making good reads if you give him options and more importantly he is learning what kinds of throws to make in specific situations. In Chicago - he was over drafted and the coaching staff has shown themselves to be very poor at leadership as just look at the number of QBs that have gone through and not one has looked effective. Now you have another guy in Dalton that looks worse in that offensive scheme than he did in Dallas after taking over and significantly worse than Cincinnati. I think if Daboll leaves and goes to a couple of different places like Minnesota or Denver where they have a nice WR room, but are lacking a QB - Mitch could come in and make that team instantly better. As a QB - he had a winning record in Chicago, lead them to multiple playoff appearances, and had a positive TD to Int ratio. He couldn’t live up to his draft position, but he was never as bad as they thought.

If you are not keeping 7 DEs and you are getting rid of either Johnson or Obada and you can get a pick back for Johnson rather than cutting him - isn’t that the smart move. We would have to see, but one of the 3 was getting cut and I don’t think they were getting a bunch of offers for the other 2 - so that drives the decision you have to make. Now - unfortunately we will never know where they would have gone if no offer materialized because at least one deal did come about for Johnson - so all we know is the Bills we’re willing to part with him for a price.

Yes, but Shaq will play 40% of your defensive snaps at a premium position. He is overpaid compared to the contract, but he earned that contract by at least putting up 1 good year. Johnson as a late 7th round pick has nearly given nothing on the defensive side, but did some nice things on special teams. I image he will get more playing time in Carolina, but currently he has 2 sacks in 450 career defensive snaps - so nothing that jumps out. The fact that you can flip that for a round earlier pick is not bad. My guess is Johnson was not the guy Beane necessarily wanted to move (much like Teller), but he was the guy with the most potential to move. Addison was going to be tough to move and Obada was an option, but Carolina was not making that deal - so my guess is he got value and took it.

Sounds about right to me. Shaq an actual DE that plays regularly was a 6th. Bam - a more ST focus that can maybe play in the regular defense also for a 6th. I have no issue with it.

I heard a lot in the Media about Kumerow making plays. The Media barely talked about Johnson. I think you are way overthinking this.

I find the comment 3rd best team in the AFC to be laughable. With Tua - they are in a group of 5-6 teams competing for spots 6-12 or so. You have KC, Buffalo, Cleveland in tier 1 - Baltimore, Tennessee in tier 2 - then you get Pittsburgh, Miami, Indy, SD, & NE in the next tier. With Watson they maybe move up tier, but I am not convinced.

I won’t disagree, but there are teams that are bad with cap space that for the right deal would trade for Addison if you want. It could end up being just something stupid like a switch of 7th round picks with Houston to give them a better version of Lawson. I do think they like his leadership - this is another Wyatt Teller moment - where a developing player like Johnson or Obada might have to get moved and if that development continues - we come out looking worse for it and people get mad - when that player never gets the same opportunity here because of talent. Wyatt Teller developed when he hit an offense suited to his strengths and Johnson or Obada could do the same if going to a young team.

I totally agree - there might be a few cuts that trickle in, but if they are working on some trades - it might keep a few more guys on the roster until the last minute - just to maintain flexibility.

I think there is a lot of “recapping” what is pretty well known, but where the narrative falls apart for me is that his friend is a “scout” and worked on trades. Most scouts spend almost no time in the organization’s headquarters during the summer months and very little time working on trades. That to me is just a cop out way to make it sound like insider info. Then to say this is the same scout that told him Fields was going to Chicago - is this a Dolphins scout or a Bears scout. Where did that info come from - again sounds to me like something you say to try and sound credible - he has given me info before, but is complete BS because a Dolphins scout would have little inside info on the Bears draft - that would be a huge disadvantage to teams if even scouts knew exactly who the teams in a alternate conference were taking. The final kicker to me is the “info” about Carolina and the quote about becoming Houston of the NFC - why would a Dolphins scout have that kind of info - especially at this time as they are just getting back out to scout college games. It again seems to me like it is just an added fact to sound plausible - like he has some info because the statement seems consistent with what we would think, but would make no sense for an organization to even be thinking. Overall this reads like a Incarcerated Bob type post. I have limited info that has come out and I can piece it together and sound like an insider and if it doesn’t happen - you just say well they must have decided risk was greater than reward - He never said it was 100% or something and you still sound like you knew something.

Classic Right Josh to end a drive. Terrible pass Tripped himself on 3rd down run 4th down sack Ugly