Motorin'

That's $73 per month.

Faks is a Bills fan, that's awesome! And totally explains why he sounds the most like he's from Chicago as anyone on dat show! Cause da Chicago accent is an old school Buffalo accent.

Do it, and let the English see ya do it!

If we lose this, the season is over!

So Brandon Beane is a liar when he said his first round draft pick is a big slot receiver. Got it.

So either the family is lying or he is mistaken about being swindled out of his film rights. But the father is quoted today in People magazine claiming that his family never made a dime off the movie: https://people.com/blind-side-sean-tuohy-speaks-out-about-michael-oher-legal-petition-7643431 Oher alleges that each of the four Tuohy family members — Sean, Leigh Anne and their two children — made $250,000 outright from the movie, according to the petition, in addition to 2.5% in residuals. Sean Tuohy disputed that. “We were never offered money; we never asked for money... The last thing I needed was 40 grand from a movie,” Tuohy added. --- So they wrote in a book that Oher got paid along with them for the movie. But now are saying they didn't get paid at all... Which is it?

I totally agree with Gunner, and it's bc I think Kincaid is going to be used more as a big slot wr than a true #2 inline TE. I don't see Harty or Shakir being high volume targets at this point. Maybe they're 30 catch guys at best? If Kincaid can handle 70-80 targets, which I think he can, he's in the running to become the #2 receiver on the team. At least by next year. I see 50-60 targets this year. Maybe on par with Knox. Without asking Kincaid to stay in to pass block.

He's claiming they told him they were adopting him and instead the papers they had him sign gave ownership of his life rights to the family, which they then sold for the making of the film. Fraud and misrepresentation void contracts. The family either defrauded him or they didn't. And he's either owed back payment or he's not. It's a legal question.

Exactly, and in some of the most impossible throws that almost no other qb's in the history of the game can make.

And a little bigger?

No, 10 min delay due to the earlier lightening. KO at 1:10pm ET

Bow to your sensei!

Fair enough... Allen did have a QB rating of 130 when targeting Knox last year, and 140 when targeting Cook. We'll see what happens to that rating when the targets go up for one, or both of them this year.

Short of Knox (or Kincaid) rising to #2 level of production, I think there are ways to get the #1 cb off of Davis. By utilizing the TE and RB in the passing game effectively over the middle they could really punish teams for doubling Diggs with a S, and force them to go back to paying their #1 on Diggs. I also think Knox could up his production from 65 to 80 targets, which I think he would have had last year if the pass protection didn't suck so bad that they needed him to stay in and pass block.

Another option may be to essentially have four #3 receivers this year in the 60-70 target range, Gabe, Knox, Cook & Kincaid. With Diggs getting about 25% of the total targets, those four could get about 12% each, making the top 5 players account for around 75% of Allen's targets. Then you have Harty, Shakir, Harris, Sherfield get like 5% each... Looking at the Chiefs last year, they had a clear 1 in Kelce, 2 in Juju and then basically two #3's in MSV at 80 and McKinnon at 70 targets. So their top 4 guys accounted for 62% of total targets, though they did have four #5 option kind of guys with over 30 targets accounting for 5% of total targets each. Back to the point, the Bills top 5 could potentially outpace, or keep pace with the Chiefs top 5 in terms of overall contributions without needing any one receiver to be the defacto #2. Not sure if Cook and Kincaid are able to carry that load, but it would be nice... What is pretty interesting though is the Chiefs #6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 options accounted for over 140 targets (22%) Whereas the Bills 6-10 accounted for 54 targets (9%). That's like getting a ton of quality innings from the bull pen in additional to a higher performing #2.

I think Davis has to improve his short route running to make strides in that area, and also have fewer drops overall. Modest improvements in both of those areas will do the trick and get him where he needs to be. And I don't necessarily attribute his lower catch % last year to more targets. I think it had more to do with being covered by the #1 cb frequently while they doubled Diggs.

Motor had over 50 targets in the pass game last year. If Cook gets 50 + targets in the pass game I have a feeling it's going to be a lot more productive.

He needs to get his catch percentage up in the high 50's / low 60's. He's a deep threat, his catch percentage is always going to lower that underneath guys like JuJu and Jakobi Meyers. DK Metcalf, who yes is bigger, stronger and faster has alternated between high 50's and low 60's over the last 4 years. Gabe dropped from a mid-50's guy to a 50% catch guy last year while dealing with a lot of #1 CB's in coverage while teams doubled Diggs with a safety and the #2 cb. I'm not sold on the idea that performance levels are set in stone by some innate qualities. This is a big year for him, and he needs to step up his game and catch more of his targets. We shall see if it happens.

Sure, except we don't have the guy to take on his workload this season. I was hoping Beane would take a wr early over the few years to have a potential #1 in the making. Maybe long term that can be Kincaid, but we will all be amazed if that happens his rookie year. This season Gabe is going to be #2 in targets most likely. And I'd like to see him make a jump in his catch %. Maybe Knox sees 90+ targets and Gabe drops down to the 65 range? Knox's catch % jumped big time in year 3 from the low 50's his first 2 years. Maybe he's owned more targets? I also think using the TE more in the passing game could unlock Davis a bit as well. Since they kept Knox in to block a bunch. If Knox and Kincaid combine to wreak some havoc, team's may not be able to employ the stradegy as much of putting the #1 cb on Davis and doubling Diggs with a S and the #2 cb. If this offense can make the safeties respect he TE more, they may have to revert to putting their #1 on Diggs more often which might let Davis work against less talented coverage. All that he he still may be 50% catch rate next year. But I don't see a clear way to reduce his role to #3 yet.

Gabe needs to catch at least 10% more of his targets next year to put him over 60%. Which is where you want him as your #2, imo. That's about 10 more catches over the whole season. Less than 1 per game. There are a number of current #1 wr's that had big improvements in catch % in years 3-5 of their career. Amari Cooper, year 3 (50%) to year 4 (70%). Devante Adams year 2 (53%) to year 3 (62%.) Then he hovered in the low 60% for the next 4-5 seasons before having a leap to 70%. Tyler Locket year 3 (63%) to year 4 (81%) Chris Godwin year 2 (62%) to year 3 (71%). Of course there's no guarantee than Gabe has a similar improvement in year 4. But there's definitely precedent for it being possible. Had Gabe caught 60% last season he would have been a 1000 yard receiver, and was already top 15 in TD receptions. And I don't know if anyone is saying he's not a #2. It's on him to improve. If he catches roughly 1 more pass per game on the same number of targets, he'll have a huge leap statistically and be over 65%.

From the analysis I've watched on McGovern, he struggles run blocking in power schemes. Whereas he's a much better puller and zone scheme fit than when he's asked to block down on DT's 1v1. So I think there's a reasonable expectation that his run blocking improves in Kromer's scheme. This may be more fan based wishful thinking on my part. But if his run blocking improves and he continues to pass block well, then it may end up being a good signing. Even so, his pass protection is such an improvement over Saffold... We shall see how it shakes out.

I like the idea of Rapp playing big Nickel against 2 wr sets. Hated seeing how many FB's and TE's targeted Taron Johnson last season while he essentially played SAM in heavy sets.

The reports that the Bills have been looking to add a RB make sense now.

Best guess is probably a MUT League item.

I think Thad may be the one who just took a swing at the hornet's nest.