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I mean, he did that with his hit piece on McDermott as well: said he interviewed a huge number of current and former Bills players and coaches. What that statement hides, is how many of those sources he actually drew from for the major themes of the piece. I can talk to 32 people, but if I only use information from 3 or 4 of them for the major themes and points of my piece, why bother?

Babich and McD are advertising for Strong to get the start. Remains to be seen if it's false advertising designed to get Ravens coaches and receivers scurrying for whatever film they can find.

Bleacher Nation has an article on the Ty Dunne article https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2025/09/05/tyler-dunne-caleb-williams/ Where have we seen something that "reads like a hit piece" before? The author of the BN piece suggests this as alternative viewpoint: https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2025/09/05/caleb-williams-post-0905/ You're spot on with the first part. But I think you have cause and effect mixed up. When Ty Dunne was let go from Bleacher Report, he decided he wanted to try to make a living at writing long articles modern journalism doesn't have much time for. But it turns out, writing long, balanced and fair articles doesn't attract a lot of readership. Dunne discovered if he can slant his articles with a controversial take, well, that brings him more subscriptions and more money. So he abandoned traditional journalism for muckracking. Apparently, it works.

Which you know because?

Oooh, friendly fire! I mean, you hate to see it.

Well, actually, there are a number of bigger liars but I know what you mean: "don't over-react to one game,especially the first game" is valid

It's a great try but unless you enlist a mod to move posts and reply posts, my Magic 8 Ball says not gonna help

I think it has to do with preconceptions. Coming into the league, Lamar was a limited passer. He was very accurate on a limited vocabulary of throws, and teams learned if they took those away they could shut him down. To his credit, Jackson worked his ass off becoming a complete throwing QB and he's now a very complete, very good passing QB, but people still view him through the lens of their preconceptions. There are people who still see Allen through their preconceptions ("couldn't hit the broadside of a barn") as well, of course. The difference is that for several years, the Bills had a mediocre run game, so for the Bills to win, all eyes were on the passing game and it was clear how much Allen had grown as a passer.

Coleman wasn't even listed on the injury report they posted on their website. And wtf with all the "groins"? White has a groin...Benford has a groin.... Coleman has a groin... Bass has a hip/groin What are these guys doing with their groins?

So Benford was limited with a lower leg injury (per McDermott) but showed up on injury report with a groin? And White is also listed with a groin (and amusingly, his photo still has him in a Ravens uni) https://www.buffalobills.com/team/injury-report/

You mean Benford? He said White DNP

That's basically it. I don't have cable. I don't want cable. I also don't want to pay for half-a-dozen platforms. If I could pay some reasonable legal fee per game to watch over WiFi, I would prefer that.

If this is is now the level of contribution you, as a Chiefs fan, intend to make to this board, please Blondie yourself

And yet....the Rams, in that high-distraction LA environment, have had a pretty successful team since 2017, with 2 Superbowl appearances, 1 Championship, and playoffs 6 out of 8 years So apparently, the right coach and the right makeup of the team can overcome the environment and all its distractions

oooh burnnnnnn

You can't cut an injured player. I'm pretty sure you know this. At best, you release him with an injury settlement, and since the RTP for an Achilles tear is 9 to 12 months, no player is going to accept a settlement less than the entire season. You get the roster spot whether he's IR or released, and you owe the full salary, so why not go for the better optics and keep him? My guess would be he was working through something and that's why he looked so bad in pre-season, and either it got worse, or after long enough of not getting better they told him he had to get more tests. Wishing him the best and a good recovery.

The Bills thought enough of Codrington that they traded for him when they'd actually drafted a guy, and cut that guy ahead of him so....

Totally not a fan - who are they trying to look like, the Lions or something? But it's just a uniform

I'm right there with you. I think he's a lunkhead, but he's a solid coach. He was totally done wrong by his GM's player personnel moves (example: trading AJ Brown to Philly, who helped carry them to the SB)

He seems to be regarded as a Strong Safety, meaning better playing in the box and against the run

Unknown but mostly no. Here's how it breaks down: The Pats have $4.5M of amortized signing bonus on the books for Peppers ($4.5M at $1.5M per year). That stays with the Pats, no matter what. But according to Spotrac (and not included in that $4.5M) the Pats owe him $2.5M in guaranteed 2025 salary. If Spotrac is correct, then in theory another team signing could provide the Patriots with a minimum of $1.255M salary relief (vet minimum for 8 yr vet) up to $2.5M IF Peppers does not have language in his contract which allows him to double-dip. That's not a contract detail that usually trickles out to the fans.

I expect this is similar to some of the stuff McDermott and Beane did when they took over in 2017. They moved on from a bunch of players who were good (Gilmore, in FA) or could play (Ron Darby, 2015 2nd round pick - started for us 2 years and was still starting in the league last year at age 30). In some cases it was because they didn't fit what McDermott wanted to do defensively; in others it was because they had trade value and Beane wanted to stockpile picks; in some cases it was because they weren't "culture fits" Obviously Peppers has no trade value or they wouldn't have cut him, but my guess is, he either doesn't fit the culture or defensive scheme for Vrabel

FWIW that's the exact opposite of how Gunner Bill sees him in the post above yours.

Yep. Don Beebe used to wear a T-shirt that said "White Flash"

Shavers played ST in 2 of his 3 games for the Bills last season. He didn't against the Colts, but that's because the starting WR were Shakir, Hollins, and Samuel and he was "next man up"