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Next episode might be the first time ever Hard Knocks pretends there was no game that week

Omg forgot we have to watch Edelman now. It just gets worse

And felt twice as long

He looked like Tre trying to bring down that TE last week

Lol. McD's master plan is to practice coming from behind

Half the guys will be out of position and miss it

Think Buffalo Joe had too many Blue Lights at Skoobs

Time for all Bills that are dressed to fake an injury

At least we know Mitch will be our number 2

I'm just looking forward to Buechele-time

Did Olsen say Pereira looks amazing?

He's a swing tackle but LT is actually his more natural position - he was pressed into time at RT last year bc of Brown injury like you said (and wasn't necessarily great there)

Try to be more drunk than the guys the Bills have playing

Every time I see that dude I think Robb Riddick

Bills are not providing good Hard Knocks content rn

Believe for 'practices' he was referring also to Bears joint practice with Dolphins last week which by many accounts Bears dominated

I said in the other thread this is the one comment so far this preseason that gets me the most excited. Physicality matters in the playoffs

This may be the most heartening thing I've seen of any preseason report this year. Physicality goes a long way for wins in the playoffs

One thing I've come to realize is that the national media and non-Bills fans have a different perspective - they haven't been as close to it and for them the story is still a macro view where player dies on field, fights way back, and amazingly is back on the field to be celebrated as a hero. Buffalo fans being so much closer to it have seen so much more coverage of it from the beginning for so long. In some ways I think the Bills fanbase is past that - and at this point he is just perceived/assessed based on his ability on the field today and treated as any other player would be (which in and of itself is a testament to what he has done) Last year I had to smile during telecasts when broadcasts teams would go off on what a beloved hero Hamlin is in Buffalo and how joyous all Bills fans were to see him on the field.. In truth, while everybody appreciates the story of his survival and fight back, for those games many (most?) Bills fans only cared about how well (or badly) he was playing, whether he should even be on the field etc. It doesn't take away from what he's accomplished, but for the most part I think Bills fans view is different from the national one

Virgil cut kind of a surprise

And honestly also take the opportunity to just geek out and enjoy the access as most fans would

One thing I will say is there have been comments on here about how Pegula's interactions were all staged - and I'm not so sure. I've heard Beane in multiple interviews talk about how Pegula loves to be involved n the process of player evaluation - especially in the draft - and a natural extension of that would be the evaluation of who makes the final roster. Beane made the following comments on 'Fitz an Whit' podcast earlier this year before the draft: I've been to mutiple TC practices over the years where Pegula was present, and it is common for him to be talking to Beane and others on the sideline as was shown in Hard Knocks. I think he is 'hands-on' in terms of wanting to understand and be present during player evaluations bc he likes the process (probably how most of us would be), but I don't think he tries to meddle in the actual final decisions. I don't think the shots they've had of him have been totally made-up.

Saw a couple interesting Hard Knocks things today - McD on Shoop/Bulldog, they asked if there was any time/place to have full privacy and McD said one of the 'parameters' they required was that he would have no cameras in his office and that is where he has his private conversations - Beane on McAfee mentioned "they listened to things we thought would be invasive or uncomfortable" and specifically mentioned "we do not want to be releasing players on film" which is normally a big staple of the season finale It seems to me that the NFL was especially accommodating to the Bills - assume Josh, the status of the team etc helped them to be able to dictate some terms

Interesting most people thought Cook practicing yesterday was a sign they basically had come to an agreement, but in Beane's PC today he basically said they told Cook's team he needed to start practicing to advance the discussions - and the deal was made last night after he started practicing again.