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Trumaine doesn't care haha. He'd rather have Star than a chunk of free cap.

I'm not ranking backups moron. The average quarterback career is 3.3 years. EJ's good enough to stick around, as is Chase. There's this thing called practice where coaches decide if you belong. Coaches don't watch Jamarcus Russel stink up the joint and think "ah **** it, he can back up Drew Brees. Not gonna play much, let's keep him around"

I'm making the point he has longevity and you're like "NO HE'S NOT NICK FOLES". Lets at least argue about the same thing pls. Tell me you don't believe he has longevity if you want to argue. I never claimed he was going to make a Nick Foles superbowl run. The fact that he still is a backup means teams think of him as backup material rather than 3rd sting fringe talent.

WE OVERPAID FOR STAR. Not the end of the world, it's a front loaded contract and we want to spend up to the CAP anyway. Not a bad contract. But he's overpaid because he's not worth what he's paying. Does it matter? I hope it doesn't hamstring us in the future, but it doesn't sound like his contract is set up that way. $18M a season or so for a guy who played 50% of snaps in the Panthers rotation. He's good. Not that good. With the structure of the contract we both come away winners. Star is being overpaid, happy for him, Bills are spending their CAP, getting talent in for which we have desperate need, and being mindful of future CAP ramifications (AFAIK).

cmon dude name me every other backup in the league lol, don't cherry pick. My point is he's probably better than Brett Hundley and 10 or so other backups. Also, Keenum and Garopollo are starters (Who knew?!!). I'm saying he has longevity in the league, not that he's going to break out a superbowl run like Nick Foles.

Thought he had some good backup spells for Derek Carr? Think he's definitely going to stick around the league for a long time with this kind of attitude.. and again unless I'm wrong I thought he played very well for a backup QB, a very thin position in the league

I would put Mario waaaaay higher. He made that 2014 year something special

as he should be.. Go Allen! It's not hard to fix the NCAA, replace with another college institution or put people in charge with common sense not to profit off of some very poor insanely talented athletes forced to go through their system.

Anyways sorry for the spam posts, soccer is my first love but I can't get too involved beyond USMNT cause I really have no good connection to root for random European teams. So Bills really provide my fan entertainment. My hot takes are based on my fascination with tactics and an old blog documenting my opinion on how successful tactics eventually get exposed. No tactic is free from experimenting how to beat after proven success in the tactic causing managers to lose sleep. Fun fact USMNT broke Spain's dominant win streak under Bob Bradley in the 2011 confederations cup. Tiki Taka relies on narrow play with no true forward (internationally Spain had everybody but Messi). So Bob Bradley created a narrow 4-4-2 to force a congested center for Spain with a non threatening outside attack with Jozy Altidore exploiting the Spanish confusion and counterattacking with pure athleticism over Spanish defenders. Managers admitted they copied. The traditional 4-4-2 of the 90s was a large pitch (defenders had to play deep to cover the corner balls, allowing space for center mids to pick up the ball and spray and Chase. Not to mention everybody wanted Alex Ferguson's success. But he had the perfect personell, Ryan giggs and David Beckham in particular to play killer balls to the best target men in the game, Michael Owen, and Roy Keane. that got broken apart when teams reassembled with destroyer defenders on the flanks, and outnumbering the centermids with 3 in the middle (note how virtually every team now has some version of 3 CMs now, with so much space 4-4-2 required they could pass around 2 guys in the middle with ease. EPL stuck to it and got wrecked by the Robben and Ribery era of Bayern who were simply too dangerous against a flat 4 zone defense that could never defend the wingers switch from zone to zone at pace. Tiki Taka developed concurrently. Notice France played the finals 4-2-3-1. With Giroud apparently being the ole Watkins decoy. The current trend is possession doesn't matter anymore. In fact you lure the team into pressing higher up to score a goal cause they've had the ball so long, and Mbappe in particular was running rampant as soon as France charged forward. My sources: -3 time champions league winner on Sega football manager with Napoli based on revolutionary tactics.. and signing Zlatan since he always leaves the MLS. -playing FIFA and literally never seeing a top ranked player EVER pick an EPL team for a 5 year stretch.. guaranteed loss and broken controller -hating the english butt ugly style of 4-4-2

Their getting better. I was just trying (and failing as I was hammered that day) to make a point to row that the Superstars aren't skipping the WC to gear up for EPL.. because majority of Superstars aren't in the EPL haha. I'll give you Kante, Pogba, Kane as Superstars.. Lloris is just a tier below superstar status IMO (Courtois is my goalie of the tourney, Neuer is THE best goalie right now.) And Giroud is horrible (not even close nto a superstar, just the best version of a target man France had). Didn't even score a goal as the 9. Arguably the worst player on France and one of the worst world cup starting winners I've seen since I was cognizant during the 2002 WC. Oh and midwinter break wasn't a factor when Arsenal wrecked the world with one of the best seasons of all time. See my post above on my theory. Mostly based on the fact that EPL has by far the most domestic player restrictions, causing them to overpay for good not great English players to fill in the gap for their foreign stars. He didn't see the REAL TALENT from the EPL. "Who the hell is this Modric guy? Must be filling in for all those Croatian Superstars in the EPL who chose not to join. They're gearing up for the big league" You're a man who goes on a forum and yaks on and on about NFL dude. Love you row, but consult with a soccer fan before saying "the real supersars are skipping the world cup gearing for EPL.. who the hell is this Modric bloke?"

He won the champions league as arguably Juventus' best player after the defense. English coaches have been incredibly slow to adapt but they're obviously turning it around (by ditching English coaches for Pep, Mourinho and the likes.)

They also have the best developmental training in the world. Barca is the team that brought up Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi. The style of play fits south American players like a glove. They love the touches and passes, and obviously want to play with these guys over who... Old Lampard and Gerrard playing ugly 4-4-2 soccer that revolves around kicking direct corner balls and chasing and getting the crap beaten out of you as a result? (Not fun I loathed playing CM in 4-4-2, the difference is quite striking, Modric wouldn't be free to play the way he does in that formation, he'd be a poor player with no help in the middle). Easy decision. Italian and German leagues are fond of their south American players too. The ones that do play in the EPL need a coach that will accommodate their play. Notice how poorly EPL players on Brazil perform, they're playing a completely different game than their compatriots. He won a treble at Juve as arguably their best player. Fair to say whoever was managing United at the time was a moron. Yeah his resume stands out as all time great. Believe he won 4 champions leagues as the striker for Bayern and later Juve. Not to mention his success with Croatia. This world cup final appearance has him and especially in the best players of all time conversation between that and champions league success. Shame they couldn't deliver. I love Mandzukic as a Juve fan.

Gotze wasn't called up because he's been really out of form. To the point were 19 year old PULISIC! (I live vicariously through him) was starting over him. Gotze was the hero the 2014 finals. He's crushed he didn't get called up. He certainly didn't choose not to go.. such a ridiculous statement by row. sweet Jesus row.. love you man but your off the wall sports leagues opinions are so weird.

I disagree on some points. Barca coaches lose their jobs if they can't beat Atletico or Real consistently (even with a champions league win!). The parity isn't there but that's as fierce a rivalry you'll ever see. The whole catalonian/Madrid identity makes the Barca real games feel downright international. Dortmund and Bayern's rivalry really reveal the North South cultural division in Germany (southern Germans have the funny Austrian like names). And boy serie a used to be top of the world. Now it feels like they take turns pumping out a champions league contender between AC Milan, Inter Milan (you don't think they take that rivalry to another level??) Juve, Roma. I'll give you PSG. Kind of lame when Superstars go there and face little threat. But Monaco is spending crazy money and building a fun team. EPL may be more focused on winning the league. But they weren't like that in Man U and Chelsea's and Arsenal's heyday. All about that treble. ARSENAL WENT UNDEFEATED ONE YEAR, got the treble, one of the greatest teams a time. But when they were REALLY struggling in champions league 3 or 4 years ago they lost like 3 spots, sending 3 teams that were waay out classed by Barca's tiki take, and Bayern's Robben and Ribery era (2 teams with the majority of their respective WC winning country stars). They didn't stand a chance. Of course they're going to cut their losses and at least go for the EPL when that's all they have a shot at. -signed: a FIFA addict that never saw EPL teams on online play from 2010-2015. The difference in play if you're Chelsea vs Bayern would infuriate me. No matter how good I was a lesser player could just spam Robben and Ribery down the flanks and wreck me, while I'm stuck shooting 40 ft shots with slow ass Lampard.

You're right, I was just being a moron and overreacting to row. I think I was trying to make the joke that maybe he didn't see his "stars" in the world cup because the EPL is all he watches lol. "Who is this Modric fella? They couldn't get any EPL croatians? They must all be gearing up for ENGLISH FOOTBALL" But I was hammered and butchered it. EPL has been hamstrung IMO because they have the most stringent domestic player policy. They upped it to like 6 players on the field have to be of English nationality. Really sucks, the English talent gets overpriced and England and they never move to the continent because any half decent English player has to start for the top flight clubs (just from my football manager experience I never manage in the EPL because it's so annoying.) Basically a guy like Raheem Sterling is world class but gets paid Messi money because he's not only a monster but doesn't limit your foreign player count. He's great, but overpaid nevertheless. EPL as a league has to have the most money across all teams, and they can splurge, but Bayern, Real, Barca, PSG, and Monaco have waaaay more money. Chelsea with Hazard and Liverpool with Sterling can definitely throw a punch in Champions League, but they are forced to overspend on English players. And to someone's point above combine all that with the fact that EPL as a whole is way stronger than the other leagues. A midtable EPL team could throttle mid table Spanish team. So EPL is more entertaining as a league because the Chelsea's and Liverpool's still get beat up by mid tier teams any given Saturday. The parity bites them because over in Spain, Real can have any domestic players from their youth system beat up on the bottom teams, they can afford to spend a crapload on Bale and only play him in champions league when the domestic limit is off. And mix in the fact that England has been painstakingly slow to leave Alex Ferguson's 4-4-2 success behind them and adapt to new tactics, they make bad decisons: Pogba leaves the Man U reserves to be the best player on champions league winning Juventus. Choose Rooney over Ronaldo because of the domestic player affect (you keep Ronaldo at all costs foreign player limit be damned). And the other leagues really aren't a slouch. Spanish league and French teams are poor quality outside of the top clubs. But Italy's Serie A and Bundesliga have depth too. Bayern, Juve, Real, Barca still take their league very seriously, but they've just consistently beaten EPL recently as well. They're always looking for a treble, no small feat when Dortmund, Barca, AC, Inter knocking at your door. PSG is really the only team that can nap through the domestic league. That said I read statistically Bundesliga has the most parity, but just not as good as EPL. -Long winded post from a football manager addict. I've won a few champions leagues myself with Napoli. Don't sleep on a good soccer manager boys.

EPL has won 1 champions league in 10 years. They are the most balanced/deep league but haven't competed well in champions league for years. Simply don't have the money. That's why Ronaldo leaves Manchester United for Real. Pogba leaves for Juventus. The last player to win the ballon D'or from the premier league was Michael Owen in 2001 Like 3 players in the finals today play in the EPL.

That is so not true. What is your basis for even saying that? What athlete doesn't dream of representing his country in the world's most popular sport. Better yet when has a soccer player in his prime ever turned down a wc roster call? EVERY superstar that had their squad qualified played their guts out. Brazil wasn't missing neymar, Argentina wasn't missing Messi, Modric for Croatia. Ugh don't misinform the people that don't know pls haha No that's ridiculous. The best players always show up for the world cup if they are called up and healthy. A superstar soccer player simply can't deny a call up in his prime his country would hate him! Row who are "some of the best" that didn't go? Lol name me one. Ibra didn't go because he is retired and is 36.

Goo Croatia?!? Props to anyone rolling out to the bars at 9:00am just to get a damn seat. Austin is full of hipster soccer fans flooding the pubs.. JUST FOR THE FINALS. never had to deal with this crowd any knockout stage games

Gooooo Croatia?! Props to anybody rolling out to the bars at 9:00am. We're doing it right Too bad Austin is super hipster. Lot of poser soccer fans flooding the pubs. Crap I need to delete this thread can't figure out how with OP

I'm saying a 3rd party, knew this situation, how the woman would perceive the events, and did this. I'm saying that is more likely than her setting Shady up, or Shady setting her up In a sense they were both set up. There were a lot of people knowledgeable of the situation. It's possible sure. I don't think it's likely. Always wanted to be a detective. My first gut would be what I said above ^. More probable. If that is ruled out than yeah, we have a case against the gf. yep, and someone came up with a dumb robbery idea on their own.

Well like I said 3rd party that knew the details of what was going on.. knowing what he did would be interpreted as being Shady. So that is a set up certainly, just doubt either Shady or the woman were a part of it. I also don't know the circumstances of the robbery, does sound stupid. Somebody knew about the civil going on and went ahead and did all this, I believe. I don't think the woman was a part of this and had herself pistol whipped on purpose.

Crap the lawyer's a woman? I'm not a sexist I just assumed the lawyer wasa money grubbing MAN

Eh it's easy money when you have a he said she said case prosecuting a rich man who wants nothing more than to settle and stop you from dragging him in court proceedings when he's got football to do. It's a lawyer's dream really. Is this lawyer going to be rich, powerful, and successful from this case? No but he sees any money. 90% of prosecution lawyers would take this case in a hot minute

She MAY be a squatter according to the urban dictionary definition. I hope for her sake the judge isn't from the Simpsons and got his law degree from urbandictionary online law school. Lol of course the lawyer is foaming at the mouth to go after Shady. He's got a case and is hoping Shady settles to make him go away. And he come home with a wad of cash and sleeps at night the way only prosecution lawyers know how to do.. soundly and happily.