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Really interesting

The Bills with the 1st pick they have will take McDermott's long sought after big nickle. I'm not enough of a draft guy to say who'll that'll be. I just expect the player to be an elite athlete who can move and bring a little something everywhere (cover, rush, plug against the run). They'll take a RB in either 2nd or 3rd round. I think they'll trade off lower round picks to move up in rounds if they can.

Don't know about Klein being a "defensive lineman" or Diggs being "a big tall receiver" but the overall sentiment is appreciated

We haven't even hardly started testing yet in this country. This is the very beginning. Test. Isolate. Get hospitals back down to more manageable numbers and not overwhelmed and carriers off the street.. Need test kits, ventilators, hospital supplies. Again, we are not very deep into this. I definitely think the season is in jeopardy UNLESS there is a vaccine discovered AND tested. That would be world record time for a season to start by September/October. Cannot have masses of people showing up for events. This is only the first wave and even IT has hardly started here. Once there is a reduction in cases, hospitalizations and deaths, I expect people to get lax and that's where the 2nd wave typically spikes. By the way the "Spanish flu" may well have started in Kansas. (Per Wikipedia): There have been statements that the epidemic originated in the United States. Historian Alfred W. Crosby stated in 2003 that the flu originated in Kansas,[21] and popular author John Barry described Haskell County, Kansas, as the point of origin in his 2004 article.[11] It has also been stated by historian Santiago Mata in 2017 that, by late 1917, there had already been a first wave of the epidemic in at least 14 US military camps.[22] A 2018 study of tissue slides and medical reports lead by evolutionary biology professor Michael Worobey found evidence against the disease originating from Kansas as those cases were milder and had fewer deaths compared to the situation in New York City in the same time period. The study did find evidence through phylogenetic analyses that the virus likely had a North American origin, though it was not conclusive. In addition, the haemagglutinin glycoproteins of the virus suggest that it was around far prior to 1918 and other studies suggest that the reassortment of the H1N1 virus likely occurred in or around 1915.[23]

Yuck

I'm a definite fan of the Athletic and not just for Bills and Sabres coverage (which I think is very good). There are lots of great articles on all kinds of things in there and i get my moneys worth from it.

NO!!!!! Hard NO. Definite NOO. N f..ing O. Don't want to collect all stars from 5 years ago. Want to create my own all stars and pay them for what they did for us to get there.

Thanks! That was funny!

No

My thinking if they are going to do it they need to do so before the season starts or Poyer will just play out his deal and hit the market. I would think we'd know by the end of August.

Excellent post and agree with Joe B and the OP

Corrente has been useless. Not thrilled with this crew

I wish him good luck. He always played hard here though production wasn't real high.

Apparently the Dolphins chose to select Ryan Fitzpatrick over Joe Burrows. Thanks Fitz for helping keep him out of our division!

It had been so long ago I misspelled his name. I corrected it. I remember he was outstanding in the brief career he did have. I wonder with the advances in medicine since then if he could have gone on to have a fulfilling career. The old AFL games were a blast. Tons of offense and some stars that never really got their just due after the merger.

Ah memories! Roger Kochman? Tragic. Cookie Gilchrist? Monster. Night games at the Rockpile? Dark, damn dark. Goal posts on the goal line? Suprised more players werent killed. Vito "Babe" Parelli? Major nemisis. Paul Lowe, Keith Lincoln and Lance Alworth? The best offense of the AFL. 1963? Prelude to greatness. $10 deposit for season tickets? Would have been worth it. Thanks for posting this!

Didn't watch a ton of Iowa all year but Wirfs looked really good last night vs USC. Extremely mobile and athletic for a big guy, pulling and leading plays and was a sturdy run blocker and good pass protector. The Iowa offense looked nothing like what I had seen earlier this year. They had a ton of speed and explosiveness and their QB was accurate. Loved their TE who is only a freshman but looked like he was next in a line of a great group of Iowas TE's that preceeded him. All the mock drafts I've seen have Wirfs in the 15-20 range in the first round.

50%

I don't think Epenesa gets anywhere close to where the Bills are drafting. Tristan Wirfs is a beast too. He'd fit right in at right tackle and allow a move of Ford inside where he belongs.

Looks like a Red Zone late afternoon approach to things

I certainly can relate to Billsy loses and doing whatever it takes to make those happen. Lord knows that is why this fan base is long suffering. That said, I thought the penalty on Spain for holding that stopped the clock and gave the Steelers over a minute and half at the end of the game instead of about 30 seconds was going to be another one of "those plays".Thereafter it's Milano's face mask penalty and it's like "are you kidding me?", "here we f....ng go again". They overcame that. They overcame EVERYTHING! It's the dawn of a "new era". When the clock ran out I breathed for the first time in about 3 hours and it felt wonderful. Glad your trip was rewarded!

I don't think the Bills, at this stage of their development, are ready for a team like the Ravens (hope I'm wrong). They ARE much farther along than I thought they'd be but in my opinion not ready for THE league heavyweight. The Ravens (unlike the Cowboys) have the Bills level of team chemistry and culture but more talent and experience in higher level games. The Ravens strength, a power running game, is our weakness (stopping the run). 33-16 Ravens.

I thought he played a very "Brady like" game today (and no I'm not saying he's Tom Brady). Poised, accurate, no mistakes, made a ton of 3rd down conversions with accurate throws at key times. Nothing particularly deep down the field but just picked them to death in a very calm, veteran like professional manner. There were a couple of touch throws and some power throws that were extremely accurate and aren't made by every QB. It was a joy to watch. His growth as a QB has been great to see.

I really liked how Shaq played today. Especially early in the game when they were getting gashed, i thought he made a few solid tackles, helped force 3rd and more than 1 or 2 and helped get the Bills stabilized when it wasn't going well

Dawkins with a TOTAL whiff on that block. Dont know if he got even a hand on him.