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I dunno. Fitzpatrick *has* been a very competent player, but he had a passer rating of 127.6 against him and completion % against of 78.8%. That's like a 40 point passer rating against jump and ~20% jump in completion %. Ouch

The NFL reserves the right to impose its own discipline and sanctions if a criminal case is dropped or plea bargain accepted (or of course, resolved with conviction) (But they won't act while a criminal investigation is ongoing or criminal charges pending)

For me, if we're talking about their objective stats and measurables-based data that teams around the league pay for, they're always good: what plays teams run out of different sets, how often they run them and what their success percentage is, how open a receiver is etc. If we're talking about their player grades, they're always variable in quality - there's an element of subjectivity and assumed knowledge If we're talking about their lists of "10 best QB" or "10 best coaches" or whatever, I think they're written to generate controversy and clicks. If we're talking about Sam Monson saying Brandon Beane is the most sensitive GM in the league because he supposedly called PFF to complain about how the Matt Kalil free agent signing by the Panthers in 2017 was graded, Beane wasn't GM of the Panthers at the time, Dave Gettleman neither had cancer nor was on leave, Marty Hurney was not in the Panthers building, and there's no evidence that Beane was filling a GM role. So if he did ring up PFF and B word, it was very likely at the behest of Gettleman. And since PFF is supposedly objective and analytics-driven in their grades (that's how they market themselves) it would actually reflect very badly on them if they changed their system because 1 GM rang up and complained Beane may or may not be the most sensitive GM in the league based on his interview on WGR or other factors; my take is that there are plenty of big and sensitive egos in FOs of teams around the league and I doubt Monson is really keeping some kind of objective tally. If some other GMs aren't more sensitive than Beane, maybe they should be (I have certain candidates in mind, but I digress). Beane took a metric ton of crap and mockery for drafting Josh Allen instead of Josh Rosen or even Mason "the Reindeer" Rudolph and he was right. Beane took a metric ton of crap for trading Diggs when we had no #1 WR last year and came out with the top-scoring offense (and shed all of Diggs cap in 1 year). I don't forget that Beane got us into cap hell between Diggs new contract and signing Von Miller etc, or that Beane under-invested in WR in the draft-and-develop pipeline, but I think he's entitled to a bit of saltiness with the local press.

No argument that the Kalil signing was a Bad Move in retrospect. They got 16 games out of a 4 year contract before he went on IR and was subsequently released. Your account of the Gettleman/Hurney succession at GM and Gettleman's cancer doesn't match public record however: 1) Gettleman was fired by the Panthers in July 2017 2) Hurney was hired as interim GM to replace Gettleman in July 2017 3) Beane was gone to the Bills by that time 4) Gettleman was hired by the Giants in Dec 2017 5) Gettleman was diagnosed with cancer (lymphoma) sometime in late May/early June 2018 There's nothing to be found on the Google machine indicating that Gettleman had cancer in Spring of 2017, or was on any sort of leave as GM, or that Hurney was actually brought in that Spring prior to his July 2017 hiring, or that Beane had taken over as GM for a non-cancerous Gettleman who was not on leave.

I have been listening very carefully to that very loud silence. https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/rashee-rice-update-on-potential-suspension- It's almost like the criminal case will drag out until his career is over. A bit hard for me to understand how the league can pretend to care about its image but let that guy on the field. https://www.footballguys.com/article/2025-rashee-rice-jordan-addison-legal-updates "We're busy, Man"

His calves are like twice the size of Cybo's. It's like man, don't get calf cramps Dion they'd be extra with calves like that.

Apparently so, since the Texans just did it.

I think Beane is open to fair criticism but it's not because of "culture". The criticism that Beane had under-resourced the WR position in the draft up through 2024 is fair IMO. I also think it's a fair point that our offense is our strength, so invest in it rather than continually searching for a top defense we haven't managed to achieve. A couple more plays on offense get us there. Potentially a couple better players make those plays. The fact is, a number of Beane's attempts to put the Bills over the top have not provided decent return on investment. Von Miller is the biggest example, but I don't think they got what they expected with Emmanuel Sanders or Amari Cooper either. But I don't think the issue is the Bills "culture" or "signing for culture". It's more taking a big risk to sign a undeniably great, but 33 yr old DE to a big contract and pinning your Superbowl hopes that he will work out.

Example: he tags Beane as "sensitive" saying PFF "had to" change the way they grade free agent signings because Beane called them up to complain about the way they graded the Matt Khalil signing. He's got to be talking about the Carolina Panthers signing Matt Kalil in 2017. Beane was not the GM who signed Matt Kalil. He was assistant GM and probably had some involvement - but also absolutely no "skin in the game" for how the Panthers got "graded" by PFF for that signing since he must have known he was on his way to Buffalo. Dave Gettleman was that GM. Now I don't know how Gettleman runs things, but in general, assistants do not take it upon themselves to call up a company their organization does business with and threaten them. They might make that call- but only at the behest of the actual GM. The other thing is: PFF "sells" themselves as being objective and analytic-based in their grading. So if they changed it in response to customer pressure, what does that say about PFF?

Anthony Prohaska and the Cover1 guys say "Hi" Whether you like them or not, separate issue, but they're not 60+ and don't have grey beards Matt Parrino and Ryan Talbot more fluff and less technical but also not 60+ with grey beards

And that, my friends, is the bottom line.

I'm curious about that walking pad/stand up desk setup Since it's peak off-season, can you say more?

I know they claim a person can return to golf, tennis, swimming, and "light" weight training I dunno about "almost being back to normal" for an athlete

The thing is, I think if you asked most of these guys who had a moderate degree of success in the league or better ..... .they would tell you they don't regret a minute of it Many of us have significant injuries that either hinder or prevent some activities from something outside our control..an accident while driving or at our "little jobs", without the adrenaline rush and glory that is sports at a high level

He's not talking about his route running ability, but his ability to release and get off the line. Stevie was amazing there, to the point where I heard the coaches didn't want him to practice their release drills. It was like "whatever you do, we can't improve on it and we don't want to tamper with it" Stevie was not a precise route runner. He excelled in Chan Gailey's offense where Chan taught "beat your man, get to the spot", not so much in SFO or SDG where the expectation was to run an exact route. That's how it looked, but a good bit of it was the receiver having options, and needing to be on the same page as the QB (and give the QB good body language) about what he was going to do. We've seen that with Josh a few times. There was one notable play where he was actually penalized for "intentional grounding" when it seemed quite obvious to the announcers and most people in the stadium that it was an option route and the receiver and he weren't on the same page. One of the film guys even diagrammed the route options and what Josh expected and why.