Coach Tuesday

Tyrod is a mess today and Dennison may be on acid.

LOL all of these suddenly vocal Bob Woods fans - an army of Dunkirk Dons...

Or he has a flair for the dramatic...

I doubted it - the Bills have been conservative with injuries all year under this regime and Shady tends to be conservative too. That said - a slightly hobbled Shady isn't necessary a bad thing, because it may force him to run the play as called instead of looking for the big cutback. Nothing wrong with 3-4 yard gains on first down. You don't want to get into 3rd and long situations against this defense.

LA has a hard choice to make. They probably didn't expect Kupp to be this good, this quickly. Watkins doesn't really fit what Goff is good at, so they'd be paying him a lot of money to run clearout routes and catch 2-4 balls per game. That said, they may get stuck in the "sunk cost" fallacy that many NFL GMs fall prey to (because of CYA) and feel the need to justify the trade by paying him. And they have the benefit of having Goff signed up on a low cost rookie contract, with few holes on the roster. In fact, their roster is STACKED, their defense is chock full of #1 picks. They need a tight end and probably some young offensive linemen but that's about it. So in sum, who knows?

CB, if it's really you - I just have to say, the Bills' PR/media/social media team has really stepped it up this year. I suspect I know why that's the case, but it has been noticeable and welcome. Much better fan engagement, much better usage of modern technologies and social media platforms to interact with your constituents. The Bills have finally stepped into the 21st Century. You all should be very proud of the improvement, it's quite palpable. Keep up the good work. Go Bills!

Kelly, I expected your "loaf of bread" rant here...

SF, Baltimore, NO, Jets, Lions, KC, Dallas, AZ, Chicago, Tennessee, Houston. The Jets have something like $100M to spend this offseason, need receivers and need to make a splash. Miami already has Stills to run deep routes (and Tannyhill doesn’t throw deep anyhow), and NE has Cooks (although I bet BB likes Sammy more than folks here think). Someone will give him a monster contract, I have no doubt.

The NFL has no shame whatsoever about putting horrible officiating on display every week.

The Ravens would be wise to take him. They drafted Tyrod under similar circumstances and LJ is a similar - but much better - player. Flacco will be phased out over the next 1-2 years and then LJ can step in and dominate.

No income tax in Nevada, right?

And I'd add Hauschka to that list. This team doesn't win 9 games without Hauschka - more like 6 or 7.

This was quite a signing, Poyer too. It's remarkable that they found two Pro Bowl-caliber safeties in the same offseason, at affordable prices. Really something.

So here's an angle: SALARY CAP VIOLATIONS Brady is paid under market. But the team also pays consulting fees to Brady's company TB12 for training services etc. A portion of those fees must go into Brady's pocket as part owner. Isn't this a violation of the salary cap?

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/hotread180105/beginning-end-new-england-patriots-robert-kraft-tom-brady-bill-belichick-internal-power-struggle

Eh, I want to get excited about this but I can see it being yet another “challenge” that the Patriots overcome on their way to a championship - they keep overcoming these things both on the field and off, and it ends up just augmenting their dynasty narrative. But hey, maybe this time karma finally wins.

PLEEEEEZE take this discussion somewhere else!

Fixed.

You're more than welcome here. Ignore the mouth-breathers, we have a lot of them here lately.

For those of us who stopped paying attention to this thread about 128 pages ago, can someone please summarize where we ended up?

The Haleys seem like complete nutjobs but maybe kind of fun to party with, until they start to get dark and rowdy?

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2018/01/02/Steelers-coach-Todd-Haley-injured-in-fall/stories/201801020112 Sure, he was injured in a fall. Sure. I wonder if Todd is hitting up the hotel bar scene again...

I’ve been on that bandwagon since October and I was on the Russell Wilson bandwagon too.

Anyone else get a bit choked up reading that?? Man, I must be getting soft(er).

Gotta disagree - bringing this franchise to the playoffs in his first year as a HC will buy McD some much-needed credibility.