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When the Ram-a-Lambs won the Superbowl in 2021, their safeties were Eric Weddle and Taylor Rapp. Weddle signed to the practice squad after the season when Rapp was in concussion protocol and their other starting safety Jordan Fuller (the defensive play caller) went on IR. He had to learn the defense (which allegedly took him just two days), but wound up wearing the "green dot" and calling the defensive plays in the Superbowl. Eric Weddle had retired after 2019 and literally spent 2020 and 2021 at home with his kids and coaching Pee Wee football or something like that. So sometimes signing the ghosts of the past works out.

A practice squad player is officially a free agent, with a few extra wrinkles. So like any free agent, when a team tries to sign them they can say "no" or "yes". Back when the Bills were a bad team, they actually had several players they tried to sign off another team's practice squad who said "thanks, I'm Good." There is a minimum salary, but a vet player can be paid more. I think I heard $890,000 per season is the practice squad maximum, which is pretty much $50k per game.

So about 3 minutes in Hyde is talking about his expected role. He doesn't at all sound like a guy who "only signed because he's going to start once he's reacclimated". He talks about how "it's a new role for me" He sounds like a guy who's excited for where the team is and wants to help any way he can. At least, he sounds that way to me. Judge for yourself. I think he's lost weight though, his face looks really skinny. LOL at the part where he talks about how his locker was still there but Taron and D Ham went through it and got a lot of his stuff, but he's going to see him wearing it and s n a t c h it back.

I don't think that at all. Rapp and Hamlin have been doing a capable job. I think Micah is this year's help with the film room, sideline coach, "break glass in emergency" AJ Klein. I think it looks like the Bills may have something and he hopes he can be part of it, even a small part. I think what players really lose as they age is their recovery. They don't recover as well during the week. So the 2nd week let's say they're 85%, then the next week even less, maybe 70%, so then by week 12 or so they're down to like 35-50% of their off-season peak. It's like Steve Smith and Zo Alexander said on one hilarious piece they did about the difference between vets and young players "They don't listen 'cuz they young. They roll out of bed on Tuesday and go. We "unh-uh, not this day, I need that deep acupuncture" If he's just playing 2-3 games Hyde may have more left to him.

I dunno. I think Poyer kind of left with hard feelings. He had signed a 2 year contract "intending to retire a Bill", the team cut him, and it was pretty clear that he wasn't happy about that. He has a house in S. Florida and his wife loves it there. I don't think he'll want to return to Buffalo. Hyde was a free agent and was reportedly unsure whether or not he wanted to retire. Different situations, different outcomes. Edit: now that I've watched the interview with Hyde, I think family has to do with it too. Apparently Hyde's wife loves it in Buffalo and feels part of the community. Rachel Bush was open about "hating that she has to live in New York State".

Yes, that was one of the plays this guy did more analyze and not just "fanboy" I would want to see a different view of that but I think DPI was involved and it wasn't as close to a pick without that - BUT, clearly there was a 'surer' throw underneath that Josh could have had. I thought Shakir was getting interfered with a lot during the game, which is a testament to how dangerous the 49ers assessed him to be. And statistically, yeah, if you interfere with a guy and prevent a reception on 8 plays and 1 gets called, you're quite possibly ahead. Agreed, he was a fun listen. I'll see if I can carve out some time to check out his coverage breakdowns, you know that's "catnip" for this cat

Fun watch, thanks for sharing! It's kind of a fan piece with a few pieces of professional insight spliced in. He does point out a couple places where Josh got greedy and went for a deep shot when there was a wide open alternative underneath, although on at least one of them I thought DPI was involved.

Just found this video of Tom Brady discussing the hit with Colin Cowherd. It's Tom Brady, so, his POV is worth listening to (especially since he's the one Al-Shaair grabbed by the throat) https://youtu.be/NOU6-IEMeDw?t=31 I will say that his POV kind of surprised me a bit, but then, he did spend many years playing before some of the new rules came into being.

My point of disagreement with you is that I don't think she posted to get clicks. I think she was genuinely upset and genuinely felt that her daughter had been cheap-shotted, so to speak. I think the reference to "dealing with the police" shows that they legit felt they were done wrong. My guess is that the police took a report, then pulled up the footage and later told the family "there's nothing out of the ordinary here"

Josh is a running back for that play. He's not down by contact, nor is he trying to give himself up. In fact he keeps fighting for yards. You can't lead with your helmet, so it's not legal and should be a penalty by rule, but just like DPI and holding, a lot of that goes on every game and is not called. If we don't want Josh taking shots like that, he has to stop running those QB draws.. Simple as that. It's not a clean football play. Can't lead with the crown of the helmet. So by rule, it's a foul. But you're correct that RBs are hit like that constantly and it's not usually called unless the player is "defenseless"

Maybe one reason the parents are so reactive about it, is that they failed to take all care they reasonably could? Like the dad and son were considerably ahead of the daughter or something?

Practice squad. Huh. When we re-signed Cole Beasley to the Practice Squad, it didn't have very good results. Hopefully this results in something better. Apparently, Deon Cain, WR, from the practice squad. Each team gets 2 practice squad call-ups per game, who revert to the PS immediately after the game without needing to clear waivers or be signed to the 53 man roster. Each practice squad player can be called-up 3 times.

This sounds like a believeable account, except that why would a father let a belligerent drunk push past him and have access to his medically fragile daughter? Would you be like "hold up fella!" and get between him and your daughter? And if you're going down stairs and your daughter is behind you and your son, wouldn't you be in a position to catch her and break her fall? Maybe I don't "get" the geometry of the situation?

The thing about Bills mafia is, you know if we felt that would bring us victory, parents and kids would line up to be chosen.

There's bruising, then there's bruising.

Geez, fans really ought to be able to attend a freakin' football game without passing the He-Man Test of Carolina Boyst Tough Guy I personally think the Bills/Stadium bear a lot of culpability for apparently not modernizing their snow removal (if it's still largely done by hand and not with the snow blowers Green Bay uses), thus leaving the stairs so slick it's easy to fall. They really need to do better. I may write them a Carefully Worded Letter about this. PS you can ditch the "probably".

I've looked into it, and Hope Rises is a legit nonprofit with very high % of their funds going to the people they support. So calling it a media/fundraising organization kind of mis-represents it a bit, IMO It is true the founder is a reporter, and that if they didn't have that connection their story might not have gained so much traction. I don't think the family is making extraordinary claims. I think that's AB with the "fan threw little girl down the stairs" tweet is the extraordinary claim, but they can hardly control AB when coaches and football organizations failed to be able to do so.

Now that would be too far. I can understand the family of a girl who has battled cancer, relapsed, and battled again going for a chance to see their favorite team play close to home, even though it's a school night and the weather sucks, because when you're in those shoes, you just don't know if you'll be able to do it next year or next decade. But if they take her to a mosh pit I'm Done with them.

I disagree with it being a money grab. The GoFundMe has been there for more than a year, and the girl/family are evidently known to a respected reporter and founder of a legit nonprofit Hope Rises. I think the family legit had a bad time after trying to give their 49ers fan daughter a "bucket list" experience, and are upset about that. We have no way of knowing how slight a bump it was. It could have been a bump that was deliberate and harder than it needed to be because the guy is a jerk. But, at a crowded event where the stairs are "fall on your ass" slick without any bumps needed, that doesn't amount to assault charges either.

If I were guessing....I would guess that the family filed a police report, but police told the family that after review of the video, it didn't appear that there was enough evidence to support charges since the stairs were so slippery people were falling without any pushes, all night.

Did I speak to the contrary? But I would like to point out there are different ways to show that which are less susceptible to being abused. For example, one could donate to Oshei in her name, or send a note or a card wishing her healing and health to Hope Rises in her name I personally think this story is legit that she has cancer and the family will use the money to defray medical costs and bills, but the potential for someone to create a story around a go-fund-me and not be legit is certainly there; sadly, it has happened

I could be wrong, but I don't see it as much of a mystery. Phillips is at his best as a penetrating DT. He wants to go after the QB like he's a hungry warthog and the QB is covered in steak. So he leaves too quickly and doesn't maintain gap integrity. The Bills defense depends upon the DL getting pressure on the QB, but not so quickly that they lose their gap and become vulnerable to the run. They need to be aggressive, but not TOO aggressive, which is a fine line thus a tough "ask", and one reason why our DLmen don't rack up as many hits and sacks as some other teams.

It's the Mom. Her name is apparently Mikey Sherry (or she used both her and her husband's name to create the account, but it's pretty clear it's the mom posting.

Strangely enough, in actual news outlets featuring actual interviews, it doesn't. The family was on the stairs, a rowdy Bills fan didn't wait for them to clear but said "I'm gonna push through those 49ers fans", he bumped the father and son, then he bumped the girl who slipped and fell into a chair, bruising her ribs. He was a jerk and an #######, but not a malicious assaultive criminal from the sound of it. That's consistent with reports of people in that section who didn't see anything out of the way - people must have been getting bumped and slipping and falling all through the game, so that wasn't a happening that would cause fans to rise up and beat the crap out of the guy before delivering him to the hands of the law, like actually throwing a child down the stairs would have been. It's Antonio Brown tweeting about "Bills fan throws little girl with cancer down the stairs" and to some extent, the mom's original angry post about "pushed her daughter down the stairs" (moms of kids with cancer are allowed to be emotional and protective Mama Bears IMO but AB is just an attention *****

Cancer treatment is awful with thousands of dollars of deductables and expenses even good insurance won't cover So I have nothing against a family getting some $$ to help them with their battle But her Gofundme has gotten pretty plump from the incident.