Richard Noggin

I'd find a way to rationalize it.

No. You get fired up.

Here we go! This is great. I'm excited!

So we're all just gonna leave Mr. Striker hanging like this?

Anyone notice BOTH interviewers have wonky pinkies? I knew about Baldinger's bent-a$$ lineman finger from the NFL Matchup days, but I didn't realize Warner's got one, too.

Tre is remarkably charismatic. Just the way he listens, processes, responds...so authentic. Football guys must LOVE talking football with him. Rarely are such talented (and young) players (especially CBs) SO engaging and likable.

Amen. Got any pull with Frazier or McD? Point of clarification: is said baby screaming disconsolately?

That'd be swell. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! Position flex.

Or mighta been making a funny.

Thanks, but I meant I CAUSE those things.

That's not how thinking works.

Got a credible citation for that stat?

Masks.

Record me losing my mind at home. I'm good for at least one false start or delay of game each week.

So be it, then. Let the best five play. I hope they don't factor in draft capital when making the final depth chart. Give him every chance to succeed now, sure. But don't try to justify what it cost to acquire him by forcing it once the regular season kicks off. All I ask on that front.

I agree in large part. But...am I the only one who thinks the Dolphins will be even more difficult to play this season? (Let the record show: they gave the Bills "fitz" last season, and look to be improved in 2020. Obviously, QB is the wildcard here.) I think they're being built to be a pain in the A$$ for opposing QBs...

I think for most analysts, and many GMs, talent in the secondary has become the most important piece of the defensive puzzle. Heard some pundit on WGR the other day emphasize this point, and certainly we're seeing contracts and cap allocations indicate or at least suggest as much: your secondary sets the tone in a passing league. Pass rushers will always matter, but they can only get there so fast on most plays. They need the back end to force the QB to hold it just a little bit longer, to come off his first or second read, or to doubt what he's seeing just long enough to get home. Brady has always been a great example of this: they say pressure up the middle is his weakness (same goes for all QBs of course), but really, it's always been about making him hold the ball just a LITTLE bit longer through disguise and execution on the back-end, which then exposes his risk-averse, nut-less tendency to turf the ball as real NFL football players close in on him. With this in mind, Buffalo and Miami (and of course New England) have built modern defenses. The Jets are some vestigial anachronism of the 90s and early '00s where Greggo's machismo was rewarded. Eff the Jets. They suck. Miami, for example, is built more progressively.

Right, but the poster's point was that now the Bills HAVE begun to "make their own luck," really bad luck (and other factors) is threatening to eff up the season. We've waited forever to watch a truly competitive team again, and it might get thwarted by something entirely outside of the team's control. That's next-level Billsy. 4D Billsy. Quantum Billsy.

But it's a gif, fellas

+1

I like to think so, too. Might be poised for a breakout season rotating all along the Bills D-line. Love those lengthy tweeners on the line. Then again, Star's sudden absence probably shines a light on Butler now, right? I was thinking of the signing as a moderately expensive roll of the dice on a young, talented, but thus far underwhelming, DT. Like a house money kind of signing to a team with depth at the position. It worked with Jordan Phillips (albeit at a lower price tag). But now that the D-line rotation is missing one "starter," Butler's role has been elevated by default.

This approach would GUARANTEE the season doesn't move forward. Kind of conflicting logic there.

The emboldened phrase, now and forever more, connotes so much more than it should. Certainly not an empathetic sentiment.

The strike against your theory on potentially replacing Dawkins is that Dion drinks and then sweats out process kool-aid. His personality and strength as a teammate means something to this regime. They value locker room leaders, which I think Dawkins has become. That being said, those negotiations will be intriguing. I see a mutually beneficial deal being reached. But I've been wrong. A lot.