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Joe dufek called and wants in on this.

Another Mike Brown trait, in addition to lethargy, is cheapness. I cannot believe that the Bengals would not have sent Dalton and his thick salary on his way if they thought McCarron could do a comparable job more cheaply. One more point. The bet here is that Foles is the target and the hint of interest in McCarron/Keenum/etc. is designed to leverage the Eagles. No matter the primary target though, McBeane seems way too sharp not to have something solid on the runway before trading Taylor.

Agreed. Andy Dalton . . . is who he is, the miracle in Baltimore notwithstanding. The Bengals saw both Dalton and McCarron in practice for years. And stuck with Dalton.

Yes. In Nick Foles. To help philly clear cap space to accommodate Bennett.

This. Perfect for what we do.

I highly doubt the Vikings organization would leak its offer inasmuch as there is no immediate benefit to it to drive up the price (e.g., the leak won’t make the Bears, packers, or Lions pay more). Could it be someone rogue in the organization who leaked (e.g., a head coach who disagrees w management and wants a different QB)? Absolutely. The tampering thing is immaterial. Sure it’s tampering. But unless Cousins reports it (that would be a good way to destroy his agent’s career), it won’t go anywhere. Maybe what I’m saying is that the concept of tampering does not cause me to believe that the leak isn’t from cousins. Cousins may want to go short and bet on himself. Imagine hitting FA again in three years if he plays well ...

They might not like any of the three “in house” options.

Maybe. Could be that cousins wants to get a little more leverage by leaking the terms of the offer and causing another team to up its offer (thereby prompting a reaction from the Vikings). I can’t believe this isn’t from the cousins side given who reported the information. And I can’t believe it would have been reported had cousins not consented to the release.

This was leaked for a reason. Probably by the cousins camp. Either cousins wants to shake more cash out of someone, or Minnesota is not his first choice.

I totally agree with this. I’ll also add that finally having decent coaching out us in a position where a lot of the coin flip games finally went our way.

Nope. And interesting that the news leaked before the combine swap meet. It’s nice that we have a front office that’s proactive and smart about this kind of stuff.

Maybe. It’s a reasonable approach. Also could be leverage relative to a hesitant trade partner.

McCarron was long gone from the Alabama program by the time Daboll arrived there.

I have no idea whether Gronkowski will retire, but you are dead on about everything. Tons of money, nothing to prove, and a chance to walk away somewhat intact.

When I think Keenum, I think of fitz. Keenum might be a bit stockier, and he might have a bit better of an arm, but he invokes a lot of fitz for me.

Not necessarily, right? Doesn't the roster bonus (or whatever bonus is owed) vest on the third or the fourth day of the league year? In that event, the trade could be accomplished after the opening of the league year but before the Bills would become liable for the roster bonus?

Wood is making the team retire him. He certainly won’t do it himself. Not with that kind of money at stake.

Excellent point. If you feel like the fix is in (even if it actually isn't), it's less compelling television. Part of the beauty of sports is that you don't know the result when you turn the game on. It has become different with the Pats.

Wise to wait. At first glance, this seems that it could be a bit like the Pat Kane/cabbie incident in Buffalo. Technically, that was a robbery, but practically speaking it never was going to be prosecuted that way (and shouldn’t have been). Time will tell.

To answer your question directly, now ...I would be surprised if it happened. Back in the day (late 80s early 90s), it was much rougher at the stadium and the hurling of beer was maybe not common but not altogether irregular. So during those times ... maybe yes. That brings up another good point. Maybe bills fans are more serious about their drinking now (and don’t want to waste the booze). Maybe the security in and around the stadium is better. Maybe times are different. But either way, despite the immaturity of some parts of the “mafia,” the game day crowd is MUCH tamer than it used to be. Jumping through tables and hurting ones self, while kind of dumb, really is harmless compared to how things used to be back in the day.

I think you missed the point. Throwing something at someone who has not assumed the risk of participating in a gladiator sport is much worse than blatantly violating the rules of that sport to intentionally inflict injury upon another participant. One is worse than the other, but both are bad. So if Zolak is going to condemn an ambush outside the stadium (eagles fans hurling beer cans at others), then he should take the same approach with respect to an ambush within the stadium (Gronk on white).

I realize that life is a matter of context and degree, but Zolak's views with respect to gratuitous and unjustified violence seem a bit inconsistent. I suppose that, in this instance, he was concerned that somebody might have been, you know, concussed by being hit in the back of the head by a forcefully propelled inanimate object. Perhaps he should rethink his view of Gronkowski's ambush of the prone Tre White.

If he does well here next year he may be an HC before long.

This guy wants to be a HC. A good couple of years here, and it's possible. Good luck to him.

I have no idea about the family situation, but he's here in the spring/summer. I don't know him, but I see him around the neighborhood once in awhile.