Richard Noggin

Who's Kwame?

Underrated wit in this post.

Just busting beef. My sense of humor isn't always...uplifting.

Question: what/who are "DV people"? (I do understand the abbreviation to mean domestic violence, mind you.) Odd phrasing to my ear/eye. Just first responders/social workers/law enforcement types? Or, like...fans of it?

Thank you. I do love analytics. (I actually wish, if I could have a superpower, that it would be the ability to instantly produce analytics on ANY facet of my life to date, no matter how quotidian. And I'm in the Humanities. For example, how many minutes have I spent doing everything I've done the last year? Or decade? Or lifetime? At work, how many more times have I performed a certain task compared to colleagues? At home, especially, how many more minutes have I logged doing household chores compared to cohabitants? No agenda there, of course...) But, being that this drinking game was played in an on-campus suite of six sophomores with moderately diverse backgrounds and academic interests, I'm thinking we counted the utterances at least once. I'd like to know if I imbibed more fluid ounces than my counterparts no matter which team I was assigned to...

This gets an exaggerated eye-roll (I know...devastating) unless you provide details. Why would you mention it and NOT be more specific? Your insight could (and I'm truly not being entirely facetious here) greatly help the team.

Tell me this is a Rick Sanchez reference...

Okay, here goes (it's VERY complicated, so make sure you have something to write with): Divide your drinking party in half. One half will be assigned "red light," and the other...wait for it, will be assigned "Roxanne." Play the song. Every time you hear your assigned word/phrase, drink. I suggest nothing heavier than sessionable beer, as due to Sting's (and pop music in the 80's, in general) reliance on extreme repetition of the chorus (HELLO Bruce Springsteen, among others!), you will consume between 12 and 36 ounces of beverage in a fairly short period of time (depending upon multiple factors like age, weight, constitution, etc.). There goes.

The drinking game, anyways. You're aware of the drinking game, right?

And...I'll be watching you. (I'll be deeply disappointed and culturally freaked out if I'm the first to grab this low-hanging fruit. Also, thank you for growing it.)

I want this on my tombstone

This is why I am VERY critical of a few of the Bills most beloved figures. They are (or at least were) demonstrably bad people. OJ is the obvious frontrunner, and broadly agreed upon. But there are others that many Bills fans refuse to judge. Which, I guess, is their right. I just have more difficulty turning a blind eye to the malfeasance of privileged athletes. I'm certainly not perfect, either, for the record.

That's the spirit.

Kelly's delivery could not be much more different than Allen's current motion. Kelly and Moon had similar throwing styles to my eye: TONS of arc from really high, traditional, over-the-top throwing motions. Look at the way the ball explodes upward out of Kelly's hand, compared to the more direct rockets Allen throws. That really old school throwing motion was great for getting the ball over the top of a defense. Really great for having guys run underneath dimes. Allen's motion is more about laser beams for the modern spread game, and from a boggling variety of platforms (not quite Mahomes or Rodgers level, but not far off at all).

Those are rookie numbers

Like "Florida Room" information? Is that the dressed up version of "screened-in porch (hyphen added)" information?

Are an intriguingly large number of highlights in the first embedded video from the Colts playoff game? Did Allen (and his receivers, I guess) just create enough offense out of nothing to win us a playoff game? I'm interrogating my own memory of the divisional round.

OF COURSE an upper-echelon CB entering the last--and least lucrative--year of his contract wants more guaranteed money before he steps on the field again. And especially of course if the CB in question is on the wrong side of 30. He's no dummy: he knows his current boss is historically (and probably correctly) objective and disloyal with respect to past production. Belichick will trade or cut or simply force you to play out your contract. And really, we all know Gilmore doesn't want to play under the pressure and risk of a "prove it" season (with the Pats or anyone else). He wants guarantees. He's already proven it enough to likely get some team to pay him, he figures. Time to get that last lump sum. Or, eff it. He's already rich.

Pretty please run the numbers and share the infographic! Pretty please!

Agree heartily. It IS worth noting WHY fans wanted to celebrate Kiko, though: impact plays. Fans love them some defenders who cause or recover turnovers (there are other kinds of more nuanced impact defensive plays for front-7 guys, including TFLs and pressures and penetrations, which are maybe overvalued to simplify our amateur scouting evaluations). But reliance on such metrics and splashes can lead us to overvaluing guys like Alonso, and like Jairus Byrd. It's obvious Alonso had a Jairus Byrd-like season, simply being frequently in the right place at the right time (and making a few athletic plays along the way). Turnovers are sexy. Obviously.

Mekhi Becton, at 6'7" 363 lbs, is NOT an obviously innate fit for the Shanahan-based stretch/outside zone running scheme the Jets will be implementing under OC LaFleur. I've heard a Jets radio guy recently suggest he's too massive, at first glance, to regularly "pull" off the stretch responsibilities that lighter, rangier LTs are asked to perform in a San Fran or LA Ram zone blocking scheme. Although, to be fair, his draft profile RAS and early NFL performances suggests Becton is probably, actually athletic enough to transcend his elite size (which alone leads many lazy pundits to declare him a better fit for power/man blocking schemes), and be a beast in the new. movement-based offensive blocking system. So, in short: you're not wrong. Even the rebuilding NY Jets field a leveled-up boss at LT. There is some discussion about his ideal "fit" in the new blocking scheme, but I don't think I'd discount his capacity to dominate in any system. It might not happen immediately and consistently, on the field, of course. Zone schemes require synchronicity.

As usual, my fellow Bills fans in this thread present really sharp, evidence-based perspectives on considerations I often treat with less...diligence. Nevertheless I think many of us agree on the broad strokes: that we'd like it if the Bills decide to hold onto a few (or even just a couple) more young players with developmental (or more immediate) potential at the expense of older guys on expiring deals. McD loves himself some veteran leadership, but hopefully the team's young core of locked-up guys is ready to lead with a few less vets there to help.

I appreciate your response. But I don't agree. Addison and Jones represent poor value WRT to the cap, the depth chart, and continuing roster development. Daryl Johnson is important to STs, and can probably produce more efficiently at DE commensurate with his salary (compared to Addison's, who has no ST value, and is a million years old, and not super productive). Don't pay Addison for past production (with a previous team) if it means cutting a more valuable, younger, cheaper guy who you've been developing. Taiwan Jones has ZERO positional value, and he's also getting old. (He did have that one improbable first down...was it a catch and run?...in his first stint with the team that got the sideline all juiced up. But he's...limited.) The Bills must have other gunner candidates who offer enough positional depth or developmental value to warrant cutting a one-dimensional guy who covers punts for a team that didn't exactly punt a lot last season. Maybe the drafted WR, Stevenson, can cover punts? He's got upside worth investing in, for example. Maybe Wildgoose? You see my point (even if you don't agree). I'd like to see the roster filled out with more promising offensive and defensive depth while ALSO not ignoring STs. It's what they'll need to do once the QB is locked up long term for a big chunk of the cap. Best get a jump on it now and bring those youngins along. Plus, it's MUCH more fun for us keyboard/fantasy/Madden GMs who were trained for so long to look forward to the offseason roster building more than the regular season mediocrity. Basically, don't trade away Wyatt Teller and keep Vlad Ducasse. (I have not deeply vetted this analogy, but in spirit it captures my thesis: younger, less proven players will be VITAL to the team's sustained success moving forward.) Addison and Jones are dead-end, overpriced roster spots you'll have to replace soon anyways. Get on with it.

Please, McBeane, just say NO to Taiwan Jones. And NO to Jake Fromm. And NO to several other fringe guys who could be replaced by promising young talent. I'd like to see Mario Addison OFF the roster, for example. Daryl Johnson has much more value, or maybe one of the lesser known DTs. Or some other position entirely. Someone with upside. It's time to turn it over to drafted players (or otherwise acquired younger talent) at several positions. Let's see Antonio Williams over Taiwan Jones. Whatever. Get crazy. Cut the cords with "safer" players at positions where there is younger talent to develop. Let's not have another Wyatt Teller situation, if we can avoid it. That undrafted TE looks intriguing. The drafted WR has traits our WR room is otherwise lacking. Et cetera.

I mean, WRs...am I right?