SoCal Deek

Thanks. I guess it’s settled then. It has to be LB in Round One. I personally believe they’re going to ride with Oliver in 2023. Way too many holes to fix everything and I doubt they’re in the posit to eat much if any of his salary.

I read many of you saying they should trade Oliver because they already know they’re not retaining him next year. Makes sense. Was the same true with Edmunds? Or do you believe they thought they had a shot of keeping him?

Well thank goodness we now know they were flat. For months now I’ve been praying that wasn’t the best they had to offer. Phew…that was close!

I’ve always likened Oliver to Dante Whitner back in the day. A really high draft pick who was healthy more than he wasn’t. Who was a solid contributor but certainly not a star. And who’ll eventually pass through the lore of Bills history for the years he gave us, but who’ll inevitably move along. Would the Bills entertain an offer now? Sure. Will they get a decent offer? I really doubt it.

Yep…I read it. The Bills will rebuild the DT position in free agency and the draft, NEXT year. They’re going to sit tight THIS year. Too many holes to fill this year to dwell on next year’s problems.

I’m not sure how you get that from my post. This year we have one Oliver and next year we don’t. What’s confusing about that?

Flatten the tax rates and you'll solve all of this.

What's the plan? Replace Oliver next year, just like they are doing with Edmunds this year.

So it's settled then...draft an SEC linebacker or offensive lineman! And if you feel like gambling a bit go for Ohio State or Michigan.

Hawk, They have no intentions of winning the case. Just like they didn’t with the impeachment. They simply want to be able to say they charged him. I have way too much respect for you. Have you learned literally NOTHING?

Apparently finding really big guys who can block is a whole lot harder than anyone would’ve ever imagined.

I actually know one of the inspectors, personally. They were packed and ready to go when we attacked.

Funny you say that because I just saw a NBC News report this morning on Iraq. And they were far from calling it a disaster. In fact, they highlighted the freedoms now enjoyed by the Iraqi people.

We always stop at Nandos for chicken when we’re there. I think it’s considered South African with the perri perri sauce.

Morning Hawk…yep, if you only had one army in a country you can’t attack because you have to leave at least one back in the country you’re attacking from. I always loved that game, and haven’t played it in many years….but don’t start it after dinner. It takes forever to finish!

For those not familiar with the area, Van Nuys is about 150 miles from Indian Wells. Maybe they came for some corned beef and cabbage.

I find it fascinating that with every single college football team having two starting offensive guards, that only one guy is listed as worthy of this list. Does this mean the rest of them stink or does it just show a built in bias for not taking OGs in Round 1?

I share a lot of your thoughts and don’t care too much about the exact draft order…but think about how many picks we need to get really right in order to make any significant impact on 2023. WR, MLB, possibly two at OL, and many would add RB….frankly, I’m not liking our chances.

My lone recollection of Cook’s rookie year was his early propensity to put the ball on the ground. I know he got better as the season went on but I just couldn’t shake it. I held my breath each time he touched it. (Let’s pray that’s behind him.) So I’ll stand by my earlier post that I believe the Bills plan on simply swapping the roles of Cook and Singletary with Cook getting the starter level reps.

So here’s how SVB was explained to me by my financial adviser this morning: The bank experienced a significant and sudden request for withdrawals; but because they’d invested a large percentage of the banks assets in long term bonds, they were forced to cash out those bonds ahead of their maturity term, at a significant loss. The bank was way too heavily invested in this single asset type and regulators failed to either caution or actually stop them from investing with such limited diversity.

So EIGHTY PERCENT pay a higher tax rate. What am I missing here?????

I think you’re looking at the symptom not the cause (poor analogy). This program doesn’t change how much the doctor charges you for glasses. It’s just a pay me now or pay me later program. Anyway, and I may be wrong here, I don’t think this was ever written as a perk for high earners. In fact, I generally thought of it as the exact opposite.

So what that means is that you had a healthy staff….which is good! It doesn’t say anything about perks for high earners.

It’s interesting, I read it more like he’s saying they needed to decide how much they wanted it in the City of Buffalo (downtown) versus in the State at large…thus Orchard Park

I’m not sure we’re talking about the same thing. We did have a program where you could set aside money, pre-tax, for reoccurring annual medical expenses that you knew you’d have. It didn’t make any difference how much you made and nobody in my company was considered ultra wealthy. I personally had no such recurring expenses so it was of know benefit to me. On the former, I always used to laugh that for my expenses to be 7.5% of my annual income I’d have to cut off either a leg or arm every year; and you couldn’t possibly keep that up for too many years. 😉