Ethan in Cleveland

My issue with Beane signing Trubisky is he proved he sucked last year in Pittsburgh. No matter what they thought they saw in practice a couple years ago, he proved he can't carry a team in real games. He sucked in Chicago and he sucked in Pittsburgh. Justin Field would have been a better guy to bring in. They could have had him for $500K less than Trubisky and it would have only cost a 5th rounder in 2025. In the end it won't matter much if Allen misses more than a couple games.

I yield. Everything you said is correct. But.... NFL TV deal $110 Billion over 11 years. NFL ticket sales for preseason games is a rounding error in the income ledger. As in the $6.5M in ticket sales from yesterday represents 0.065% of the revenue they get from one year of the TV deal.

I have the blue with standing white Buffalo and white with red Buffalo as well. Have had those for a few years. Classic awesome look! Almost purchased the white on white. It looks cool!

We are both correct. Yes the income from the preseason games goes into the pot of money that ultimately determines the salary cap. That is not tiny but still mostly insignificant compared to TV income from regular season games. It has been a ripoff since day 1 that season ticket holders have to pay full price for these games. A true travesty but in the end people would jsut pay a higher cost for season tickets for the 8 games if the pre-season wasn't included. And I'm sure the players don't see it as real income. They only get paid bonus checks and game checks and they aren't getting a game check for this week. They do get a camp stipend of something like $3200 a week. That pales in comparison to a say a $2M roster bonus or a $10M salary divided over 17 games which amounts to over $500K a game. Even league average salary is nearly $180K a game. So that $3200 for the week is 1.7% of the average NFL salary game check. They have the best LT, RT, RG combo they have ever had. Never though much of Morse anyways. If Edwards is not cutting it at LG I'd be fine moving McGovern back to G and playing Anderson or the rookie in the pivot.

There is no point, that's the point. I know I'm a broken record but COVID proved you don't need preseason games. They couldn't figure out Wyatt Teller was a future probowl player in real games let alone preseason games. Everyone relax. If they suck this year these preseason games won't have anything to do with it. Playing Arizona week 1 is like Ohio State playing Bowling Green. Should be a good get right week 1 win. Get some solid reps for the backups. Let Elam play some man to man on MHJr. Get a few sacks to pad the defense stats as McD does. Then move on to week 2 Players don't get paid for preseason games They only get game checks for regular season games.

After a few years of wearing the same hats, I am starting with a new trio! Please post yours!

Yeah Cleveland got hit with two tornados this week. Trees down everywhere. 400k lost power. About 200k had no power four four days. My hospital was running on generator for 2 and half days. I was working out and showering at Planet Fitness for a few days. Saw Inside Out 2 - no good trailers We changed our mind and went to a steak place after the movie. I love biriyani though!!! After dinner we came home to the power finally back on! I think many others still without.

Bench 225 8x Inside out 2 I'm on call next weekend

I've been without power for four days and no signs it will be coming back on. Hit Planet Fitness this afternoon during the game, new personal best bench press, and a hot shower. Now off to a movie and Indian food. Imagine all the things people can do when they finally get rid of the preseason!!!

I did. A HC doesn't control preseason games? Not sure what that even means. That said, all I meant was I wouldn't take anything from this. It's meaningless. During the SuperBowl years the Bills would look terrible all preseason long.

Do you honestly think that? I mean I find all kinds of ways to criticize McDermott but you are going to criticize him for preseason roster bottom feeder performance???

Oliver got hurt

Bass hit from 49. How did it look?

I'm on record as being anti McDermott. But now it's time to put the past in the past and just evaluate him moving forward. I've tried to do that. I said I disagreed with his decision to play the starters without any negative comments. All we can do is see how he does this year and take it game by game.

All they want to do is avoid injury. The starters don't care about anything else. Most of the 3rd and 4th quarter guys are just trying to put something on tape in the hopes that they can make the PS.

Edge, OT, Edge

Oliver goes down on first series with a knee. Anyone want to defend playing the starters again???

Yet we keep at least 3 core ST guys a year not including the K,P, and LS. McDermott has yet to find a decent punter in 6 years. All those draft picks this year and they couldn't draft a P and K for competition? Yet let's spend time letting a wrestler take training camp snaps.

I will take your word for it. Guy started 3 years in the SEC. I'd give him a shot with the #1s next week

Van Pran should start at C and move McGovern back to RG

Just benched 225 eight times. New personal best!!! Can't belive people are watching and analyzing preseason football....

Unlike Beane their GM is thinking win now while their QB is on the rookie deal. They are in the weakest division in AFC. They have a good but still mostly unproven HC and probably see a very clear path to the AFC Championship game - perhaps at home. They can easily be the #1 seed as all the other teams beat each other up all year. If Diggs gives them 80 catches and 900-1000 yards they will run away with the AFC South. Will Diggs show up in the playoffs for them? Who knows? A 2025 2nd round pick does nothing for them now. As to why they voided his other years I can't explain that. Other than they knew he was a 1 year rental and didn't want any possibility of a holdout for a raise in salary.

No doubt his production dropped. I will admit that. I will add Allen missed a wide open Diggs multiple times last season down the stretch including two 80yd+ TD. But Diggs also dropped one of the best passes Allen has thrown in the playoffs. That was absolutely brutal also seeing that the defender fell down and it would have been a TD. Now that I agreed to those facts... Are you saying McDermott didn't blow the 13 second game? McDermott's defense didn't blow lead at Texans and had no answer for the Chiefs last season?

Cooper is probably pissed. He could have gotten away from the dumpster fire that will be Watson playing only because he has a guaranteed contract. He was horrible before shoulder surgery.

Diggs: 445 receptions, 5372 yards and 37 TDs in four years. McDermott: 13 seconds. no playoff road wins, and lost at home in the division round two years in a row Yup Diggs was the problem