Florida Bills Fanatic

He should be glad that Mono was all he got....just sayin'

Dumb doesn't even begin to describe this behavior. This will probably get him at least four games. It makes some of Beane's free agent moves look pretty important right now.

Now that you ask, who do you think will start at RT and CB2? I still believe it will be Ford and Wallace respectively but that is just the opinion of a bored quarantined Bills fan.

My experience with Jest's fans has been formed over multiple years. I'm glad you found some nice people but my experiences have not been like that at all.

If you've ever been to New York and attended a Jest's game, you'll relate to my comments. A high percentage of their fans are aggressive and mouthy until the wheels come off and defeat is in the air. That's when they switch over to blaming the refs and making other excuses. Many of them leave the stadium before the fourth quarter. Many of them know little about the game in general, little about the rules, and little about the talent or lack thereof on the Jests. They are a really sad group of fans in general. For other stadiums that I have attended in recent years, I contrast them to Giants, Steelers, Packers, Colts, Titans, Tampa, Falcons and Jaguars fans that are not like them at all. As a result, anything coming from the Jests has no credibility from my point of view. The media seems to hype them at the start of every season (probably due to the importance of the large market) but usually by week 5 or 6, they've all crawled back into their hole. We should all be used to this media behavior and continue to disregard it. After all, the only thing of real importance is the game results.

Living in Florida where things have started opening, the situation seems to be changing quickly. People are still being careful, wearing masks in confined areas, maintaining distances, and just being smart. The number of people out and about is increasing very quickly. If things continue to move in that direction, some semblance of normality will exist in more places by September. I don't know if all of that is good or bad but our human nature to be out, active and in a routine seems to be pushing things in that direction. Even if the parking lots are not officially open, people will find other places to gather to enjoy their game day experience with other fans.

I see things the same way. Adams has a lot of potential and a chance, if he has fully recovered from his back injury.

That blocked field goal and the return is what made me realize how good Biscuit was going to be for the Bills. I was at the game. I remember having a good time in the parking lot after the game. People were pumped.

Nice thread but I always thought it was more about the tequila McD had put in the visiting team's Gatorade.

I was traumatized by number 47 as a small child....lol.

He's too young. We should go back and get Curtis Brown. I always enjoyed the innovative ways that he could muff a punt or fumble on the return.

You're exactly correct. Viewership and advertising dollars drive most of these decisions. If they turn out be be a bad team with loop-sided games, they'll be flexed off the national game slots.

I must have missed David Sills appearance in the Pro Bowl. Just kiddin'. All I know about Adams was that he was a very highly regarded player and was then hit with injuries. When he is right, he can be a really talented player. Apparently, nobody wanted to risk a draft pick when the o-tackle draft was pretty deep. I'm anxious to see him in some live action. He could turn out to be a great value.

I can't say that I'm sorry to see it go. It was a poorly conceived idea to address the horrendous missed call in the Saints/Rams playoff game. They could have fixed the problem by firing the two officials who were in position to get the call right and didn't. You only need to hang a couple on Main Street to inspire the rest to do great things in the future.

I've got a daughter and she would know if a round was chambered. In fact, I'm afraid that she would have shot old Earl in his low hanging fruit...if you get my drift.

It will all depend on the language in the collective bargaining agreement, which I have not taken the time to read. I seriously doubt that the players and their individual contracts are totally insulated from a drop in revenue by the league. The cap is based on a percentage of the total league revenue. Not all owners have the financial ability to "wear" it for a year. I also doubt that owners would ever agree to a labor contract in which they assume all of the risk associated with changes in revenue. The players negotiated for a labor contract which would give them a percentage of the total revenue and probably never considered a scenario like this. If they had settled for a flat total dollar amount for the cap as proposed by the owners, they would be in a stronger position. Players and the league will sort it out because they will have no choice. What we as fans should be concerned about are the inevitable increase in ticket prices, parking, beer, etc..

That might be true, if he had a team to actually show up for.....just sayin

They should have also reminded everyone that Allen held the ball for an incredibly long time because no receiver could get open.

Actually, OSHA has very little to do with this. Workers are covered by state worker's compensation laws. In his case he was clearly injured at work and would be entitled to receive a payment under the applicable provisions of the law. In this situation, the collective bargaining agreement provides financial protection which far exceeds the relatively meager compensation given to workers covered by those state laws. If the NFL management bargaining committee was semi- competent, they will have an offset provision whereby any workers compensation payment received by the player would be subtracted from any payments made by the team/league to the player. In addition to all of this, many players carry personal insurance to pay them in the event that they suffer career ending injuries and some players negotiate the payment of these premiums into their contracts so that they are paid by the team. You are exactly correct about the injury settlements. They are covered by the collective bargaining agreement. The bottom line here is that there are multiple avenues for players to follow to protect their financial future. Alex Smith is a smart guy and I bet he has his bases covered. The cap hit is the team's problem.

I believe that McD has a really good handle on who he wants to keep before the preseason even happens. He has seen the best and the worst of most of the players and extensive video on the rookies. When I think about the positions that are really up for grabs, we're talking mainly about depth or rotational players. For the people who really do their research before they sign or draft a player, they probably have a fairly high confidence level about each players assessment. The teams that do a pathetic job of player evaluation will be the ones that do all the whining if the preseason is cut short.

If that's entirely true, what's the story of Warren Moon and Kurt Warner. They were less than mediocre, didn't get drafted, had to play in the CFL and the arena league respectively. The facts are that they did develop and became franchise QB's. Those are just two obvious guys that came to mind. I'm not sure what is significant about the last twenty years but here are a couple examples. As far as merely competent QB's go, the 49er's just paid big bucks for Jimmy G. and I consider him to be barely competent. Tannehill and Bridgewater also fall into that description IMHO.

Sometimes it's just bad coaching, bad scheme fit, or just a bad team. There are some that don't fit the generalization. I think about Jerry Hughes as an example.

I agree with most of what you are saying. But the facts remain that all four of the teams identified in the original post have struggled to win consistently and have had more than their share of problems with high round draft picks. Those two problems are directly related.

This says a lot about the struggles of the four teams associated with these four players. They've all had issues with high draft choices in recent years and as we all know, that will set back a franchise for a couple of seasons.

Jerry may not care anymore or at least that is the bargaining position that he is establishing. At a minimum, he is protecting the team in the event of a holdout. I would sure like to hear the conversations that Dak will certainly be having with his agent. The stakes just got raised and it is fun to watch. He's in the running to be the new beer vendor is section 104. Steven Ross just traded the old beer vendor to the Texans for a 2021 7th round draft pick.