stevewin

Puntalooza - the gift that keeps giving

In his locker room interview today dude reminded me of John Dalton 👊

Some real cool stuff in there. Can tell Josh has really thought through and worked on so many details. The bit about how he sets up to the left b/c he knows if he has to quick go right he can get there from that position. Also thought it was interesting he is really focused on not overthrowing - for touch balls doesn't have to be perfect, just in a position where receiver can go get it, and defender can't. Also thought it was interesting he really doesn't lift for his upper body - wants to stay flexible. Does a lot of dead lifts. Country strong indeed. I still think there's going to come a time in the future where he really focuses on his diet and body and is going to hit a whole new level of strength/athleticism - hasn't come close to the ceiling yet.

i believe the proper protocol would be start a new thread to express this

Stadium Renderings spotted at the airport

When the stadium renderings come out

Goodnight Sweet Prince

It was an article in The Athletic - discussed here. Dion used the words complaining and pouting referring to him

Goodnight Sweet Prince

I talked to his Dad at the Panthers game - he said Daboll will pick him up if the Bills don't put him on their PS

It was kinda sad honestly in the Panthers game seeing him thrown out there on the KR team into the 4th Q

This is not a shock to me - Sweeney may make the 53

THAT's what made you lose repect for him?

This. If Bellicheat is such a genius coach why can't he have his team ready for the start of the season? Every other coach is expected to. F him.

Its going to be so sweet to see them fall into mediocrity/sucktitude while fanboys and media continue their delusional "but its Bellichek never count him out!" mantra. I hope so dearly his last years are horrible and he retires with his "legacy" tarnished. Fat, miserable, cheating POS

Haven't read this whole thread - have any punters been spotted at the airport?

Clearly Barkley's fault floating out that hospital ball

Capra wa unbelievably bad in the Panthers game - we were there shaking our head like that #66 dude just needs to quit now

"Find A Way"

Agree. You factor in that kickers, even in normal circumstances, spend most of practice off by themselves, and I assume generally have less interactaction with offensive/defensive players. Add in that he's a rookie that just showed up, I doubt the majority of the team had tight bonds with him. I personally think almost to a man no one was grief stricken he was let go - it was probably a relief for most.

I think it probably was some of all of the above that you mention. Also, with regard to end of July, I can only imagine what the exchange with the psycho lawyer was like, we've all seen how he operates. Even if he did give details, the Bills at that time were prob like wtf? - then asked Araiza about it, who apparently stuck by his version of the story which obviously didn't have all the same detail. So at that point it was still Araiza's story vs psycho lawyer's "allegation" - so they continued to "have the back" of the player with the info they had at the time. I think the civil case made it real - even if the lawyer had mentioned some of the details in July, they could have thought he was bluffing/lying (again dont forget to take into account how this lawyer has presented himself - and that Araiza's story remained unchanged). Once the lawyer's allegations in July were in an actual civil suit, they were "real" now. And of course then then it hit the fan and they saw what a sh!tstorm this would be, and frankly at that point probably started doubting Araiza's version - or at least had to be concerned there were elements in the civil case that were very different from his account of what happened. It then became apparent it would drag out as a distraction and only get worse- and I also think the possibility that it was really true started to weigh more heavily on McD and others. It was simply an untenable situation to try to deal with this, both in the present and who knows how far into the future, and be 100% committed/focused on football

Agreed. If anything they reinforced that they had the backs of everyone else in the locker room by dealing with this one individual - cutting him loose for the benefit of the team

Note also the restructuring of Dion's contract which Beane did to create some room this week will come in handy to take on a little higher punter salary