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- Haack was really good with practicing punts inside 20 - think that is going to be a very big positive this season. Then later he bombed one from the back of the EZ to the other 35 - During the kick returners practicing off jugs machine, mckittrick twice lost the ball and it bounced in front of him - then each time gestured to everyone the sun got in my eyes. The other returners were trying to explain to him how to catch the ball in the sun - put hand over sun etc, finally at the end Hyde also came over to explain it to him. It is absolutely crazy to me he didn't know how to field a ball in the sun. Also had a horrible drop on an unbelievable throw Josh made scrambling to his right then fired a rocket back across to the middle of the field - perfect throw prob for TD that he just dropped - The first time the D came on the field edmunds went around the horn with diff handshakes for everyone a la Josh - not sure if that is a new thing for him now - if Kumerow doesn't drop that long throw the reporters would have been lobbying to put him on the wall of fame - Hollister looked pretty dang good for just getting back - Thought Fromm looked good. When you look at the roster sheet at the 3rd string olinemen who are in there it is slightly frightening - When you watch the 2nd and 3rd teams you are reminded how much a fringe WR is dependent on the backup QB actually finding and targeting them - They prob have been switching back and forth but Moss was with 1st team - had a couple nice plays with catch out of backfield and screen. Antonio Williams looked good again - hopefully they can get him on practice squad They prob won't but to me wouldnt be a bad idea to limit his exposure in preseason games - One note from last week. We stayed after and were watching a group of LBers who stayed on the field to work the Jugs machine. One non-LB also was working with them - Wildgoose - and it soon became apparent why. He was horrible - goose feet for hands

These races always make me immediately think one thing - hamstring I was thinking the other day too - would it hurt to put Diggs in a permanent red jersey?

This after the feel-good story in the athletic how Jordan palmer had dramatically increased his velocity - nothing like facing live bullets tho

Wouldn't mind if Kumerow took Taiwan's spot on ST - I hate reserving a spot for a ST-only player if you can get someone who will also contribute on off/def to do it at least competently. Replace Jones and you can keep another position player. I think the reports that Kumerow has been lining up at other positions, his ST contribution, McD's glue comment, and the fact that he's standing out at WR in camp make his chances look pretty good at this point

To me the most surprising thing is that the players actualy did the running/push-ups and didn't just flip Judge off and laugh at him

Interesting - the Kumerow package...

Siran needs to finish that block

Oh that explains it - I avoid any Brady media/content like the plague. If I even see his douchebag cheating face on any media device I immediately make it go away.

Thought the best quote today was from Beasely BTW - I don't get Sal's "This jugs machine video is real" comment in his tweet

Does Beasleys shirt say 'Tricky Dicky'? Looks like it has him (#11) on it - I googled and didn't find any links to him

Thought Tremaine looks thicker too

Did he have a puppy?

When I saw the title I thought it was going to be b/c they didn't call him Prime Time - so it's not as bad as I was expecting

After a Bills game, just after Thurman Thomas was announced for Hall of Fame, I am walking to my gate at the airport and the area was mostly deserted (might have actually been the next day) and Thurman is walking all by himself from the other direction. I shook his hand and congratulated him on the HOF and he was very nice. My son has actually gotten selfies and been on flights after games on separate occasions with both Croom and Shaq Lawson - in each case there was some issue they were going home for right after the game. He also got a selfie with (retired) Fred Jackson in the airport after a game. Also - my son went to UNCW and one day he was in class and one of his friends who knew he was a Bills fan said 'Brandon Beane is here today' (UNCW is Beane's alma mater) and told him the building where he just saw him. After class my son booked over to the building and literally was just wandering around halls looking for Beane and he found him! My son was wearing a Bills hat that he always wore - and he said when Beane saw him he just lit up - he LOVED seeing a random Bills fan far outside Buffalo - seemed genuinely happy to see a fan and interact. He was there with his family and was super nice (think this was within a year of him getting job - he might have been there to accept an alumni award). Years and years ago I spent a night drinking w/ Matt Kofler - he was married at the time to a girl I went to HS with. I remember trying to be cool and not ask too many Bills questions - but it's also not like there were "glory days" stories to tell from his era .. He seemed a nice guy (RIP) I've told this story before: Years ago I went to Jimmy V charity golf tournament which was right next to where I lived, and James Lofton was in one of the groups. Things were winding down, and as I was headed out I saw Lofton on a tee. For some reason I got the great idea I was going to run home and get a camera (oh the days before cell phones) and get a picture with him. I soon realized the distance was longer than I estimated, and I was not quite in the shape I thought I was. By the time I got back I was dying - could hardly breathe and sweating my a$$ off. I stumbled toward Lofton and will never forget the look on his face when he saw this heaving, sweaty, crazy-looking person approaching. Barely able to breathe I blurted out "JamesisawyoucatchalotofballsatrichstadiumthoseweregreatdaysGoBiils!canigetapicture" and he accomodated me as one might accomodate an insane person while fearing for their life. He showed a lot of poise in that situation 😛

It's crazy to see all lined up how many passes were from running around without a clean pocket

This seems like as good a place as any to ask - has there been any rumblings if fans might be able to attend TC at the stadium - or when an annoucement might be forthcoming? Planning to go up to Buffalo 1st week in Aug w/ my son w/ hopes to go to TC w/ my Dad.

Yep - first thing I thought of. We used to play street football in the neighborhood and we all loved to tip-toe the curb ("sideline") and yell "Bobby Chandler" when we made the grab

Not the frozen kind - heyyy-ooohhh A while back I randomly came upon some "most extreme" type show that detailed some of the engineering for earthquake protection - was amazing the extent of some of what they put into it

There was also tons of engineering/expense poured into the stadium (pun intended) to make it earthquake resistant

There is someone in this thread who literally used the phrase "science worshipers" wth?

I read this thread during high level meetings

These are the exact two points that I've been thinking about a lot reading some of the responses in this thread (from people on both "pro" and "anti" vax side) Last month I was back in Buffalo and ran into an old friend from the neighborhood I grew up in (57 yrs old), who I hadn't seen in years. Three years ago he was diagnosed with liver and pancreatic cancer. He went to live in a hotel near the Cleveland Clinic for a year - getting chemo and radiation off and on and literally slowly dying waiting for a liver donor. His weight went down to under 100 lbs, and eventually he was told he had two weeks to live if a donor couldn't be found. Ultimately his wife's best friend stepped in and gave him part of her liver. When I saw him it was two years since his operation, and he was just getting back to 'normal'. As part of the transplant they also removed his pancreas and his stomach. He takes a daily cocktail of drugs and immunosuppressants, which he will have to do for the rest of his life. After all he'd been through, his outlook on life was so upbeat and positive - it was truly inspirational. He is one of the at risk people who will remain vulnerable even with the vaccine. It is not as simple as saying "I don't want to take it, - if you want to protect yourself just get it yourself" The mutations are the other thing that I'm not sure most people fully consider. The more people that contract the virus, statistically the greater chance of a mutation eventually developing from a single blip in mother nature's cosmos that the existing vaccines might not protect against (as I type this, the virus is replicating billions and billions of times in millions of currently infected people). It's not as simple as saying "just let all the healthy unvaccinated people get it, we'll be fine - and we'll develop herd immunity, and everyone who is vaccinated will be perfectly safe". The less people who actually get infected, the lower the possibility of a variant emerging that the current vaccines do not protect against (imagine what will occur if that happens)

One thing that I see as a possibility from all this is unvaxed players who feel the same as Beasley on the surface agreeing to the terms, but just not following certain parts of the protocol. How much in depth policing can actually be done. Especially in terms of personal human contact, it would seem to be largely an "honor" system (assuming players aren't posting pics with strippers). The policing/punishment aspect of this really seems like it could become a mess.

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