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I can not disagree. And that's saying something, for we have had some tone-deaf doozies.

In case anyone wondered. Hyde listed as "full", but only a walk-through practice today.

I think we put a little too much emphasis on the "pajama olympics" at times. Josh Allen ran a 4.75 second 40 yd dash at the combine. I think most LB and DB who have been tasked with bringing him down in the open field would say he plays faster than that. You're correct that Kincaid is a different TE coming out of college than Kelce was. Kelce was noted as a run blocker!!!!! and had only one stellar season as a receiver. Kincaid is not noted as a blocker at all. FWIW I found Kelce's draft profile which as you say lists him at 256. The Chiefs and a couple of other sites list him at 250. Guys can and do transform their bodies and impact their performance in the NFL. I don't think the Bills want Kincaid to gain 15 lbs, but it wouldn't surprise me if they encourage him to try to add 5 or 10 lb of muscle and to "cheek up" as Josh did, in order to run faster. Time will tell

? Rich Eisen asked Josh "Was there a thing?" He shook his head side to side 'No' and said "there wasn't"

Salah most definitely ran the wide-9 in San Francisco as DC. What Jeff Ulbrich is doing as his DC can't 100% tell you (or even if he's actual DC or DC in name only) but I think they do. Found articles about how their DE are ideally suited for same.

All of us are approximately 60% water Runner friend was telling me the new guideline for hydration in distance running is no longer trying not to lose weight, but try not to lose more than 5% of body weight For a 300 lb dude, 5 lbs is a mere 1.67% of their weight - easy come, easy go

I vote with the Mrs. Most habituated/concentrated skunk population I've ever seen was at Blackwater Falls State Park (WV). Every morning and evening there was a veritable Skunk Parade through the campground, including one Grandfather Skunk that was something like 3 ft long. Our kid was a toddler and our friends had 3 kids from grade school to toddler, and of course the toddlers thought they were fascinating

You sure about that part? Story: Friend of a friend had a disappearing racoon. Called a well-recommended critter removal guy, he looked around, identified an where he thought a racoon might be getting in to the partially finished attic, and identified a location to place a live trap without removing drywall. Okay! A day later: "Ma'am, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is, I trapped a racoon. The bad news is........it's lactating" About $500 worth of pending drywall repair later, he found and captured the kits.

Hi. Can you explain to me the "Allen struggles vs. the Jets" thing? my Data on p. 9

The two are not unrelated. When a DL excels at the pass rush, it sometimes happens they lose gap integrity and give up runs. The problem the Bills had, is since they weren't doing much in the run game the Jets DL just pinned their ears back and went at it.

Isn't that exactly what happened last night? It was 4th and 20 at the end of the 4Q, and the officials called something that had been going on All Freakin Game Now I was all "Karma's a Beyotch, aint it?" but, it's frustrating as hell to watch and probably for the players also. I can't remember the game now except that it was a big one, but the #1CB had been allowed to lay hands on Diggs all night to the point where he should have been offered a sexual assault kit. All game. Then in the 4Q in the red zone or EZ they called DPI. Well, it was DPI, but where had that call been all game?

Who should the Bills draft or acquire that would be a sure bet to be "a lot better" than Dawkins at LT? Oh.

His "captainship" wasn't "taken away". The team votes each year for captains. It's not uncommon to have fluctuations, but if you want to make a deal out of Dawkins not being a captain, you got to go back to 2021. 2020 offensive captains: Allen, Dawkins (that's it, out of 7 total - 3 on D, 2 on ST) 2021 offensive captains: Allen, Diggs (that's it, out of 8 total - 3 on D 3 on ST) 2022 offensive captains: Allen, Diggs, Morse (out of 9 - 3 each unit) 2023 offensive captains: Allen, Diggs, Davis, Morse (out of 8 - 3 on D 1 on ST) This reminds me of another thread that wanted to make a big deal out of the number of captains the Bills elected this year - 8 - and make it into some kind of "message" McDermott was sending when, in fact, the team had more captains in 2022 and 8 in 2021.

We need a TBD "Hall of Fame" where links to Epic TBD posts could be stored. Retatta would be one. With coining the phrase "caterwauling from the permawhiners" You Sir, have just earned my vote for your entry. Hey Zero. How ya feeling on this POV now? Hey Zero. How ya feeling on this POV now?

Fair, but It's not "either or" it's "both" Facts

You do realize you're posting in an thread about an article on Dawkins talking about all those things? Funny that. Who?

Mango, to your point: you and I have had different POV on a number of topics and have discussed them at length, staying on the topic in question. I wish I could "like" this about 1000x because you're exactly correct. Almost any type of topical discussion is not a problem, but when the topic turns to the character of those having the discussion it goes sideways, fast.

I agree with you. On the other hand, there are those who maintain that some players are such athletic freaks that they can get by on native athleticism, until they get older and it wanes. I don't think that's a realistic POV because in the NFL, many of the players these guys are competing against are also athletic freaks, but still train and study obsessively. That's why IMO guys who are athletic freaks and don't train at all (off season) or take it seriously, just don't last. Some may be less obsessive than others, but all have to train and work hard. The ones who try to get by on athletic freakishness alone, are IMO the 1st and 2nd round draft picks that don't work out from the get-go.

One of the interesting things about Dion was that he's always looked as though he has a poor body type. I forget who, might have been Greg Cosell, commented on how you see Dawkins and you think he's got a bad body type for a LT, then you get to late in the 4th Q and realize he hasn't given up a sack.

It's not a beauty pageant, but it is similar in one sense: beauty contestants and professional models and dancers need to care for their bodies meticulously, maintaining the physique and physical condition their job demands. So do professional athletes. I wish I could find it, I think it was @Shaw66 who wrote a really cool post about sitting in a section at an NBA game that he realized was full of the wives and girlfriends and "road wives" of the players, and having the epiphany that one thing these ladies had in common with the players was the need for meticulous, almost obsessive, focus on their bodies.

I could be wrong, but I think Dawkins was actually getting sloppy the end of last season. I don't actually buy the "I gained 40 lbs between Jan 22 and Mar 1" notion. And he may say he lost the weight in a month or so (by the time OTAs rolled around) but I'm the one who looked at pics of Dion coming into voluntary workouts and went "OMG". He still looked hugely sloppy in the photos the Bills put out. You're absolutely right, party but when you're being paid for your physical skills, be a professional and preserve them.

I get your point, but gaining 12% of your body weight in something like 6 weeks(if that's true) is still very concerning. [I'm not sure it's true, I think Dion was getting sloppy and gaining weight through the season]

Well, he observed one thing negative. Can you imagine Collinsworth if McDermott made some of the choices and Josh made some of the throws Mahomes made last night? Going for it on 4th and 20, 4th and 25? Some of the throws that were missed? This. This is the way. That got me too. "The Chiefs are consistently breaking the rules, the refs aren't calling it, that's on the Lions coaches"

But it was so beautiful and karmic how he was called for it at the worst time with the game on the line. That's fine, but the problem is that it's not being called (or no-called) consistently. Even in that game, the refs finally called it - right at a critical moment, after not calling it all game. In one game, they'll call it multiple times, in another they'll let it slide. Because of the inconsistancy, I don't buy Simms and your explanation about "changing the rules without changing them".