DrDawkinstein

That's news to me. Not necassarily doubting it, but I hadnt heard him state that so clearly. If so, then the Jets have absolutely zero leverage, and GB can demand anything they want. The sticking point before was if GB doesn't move him, there's no reason for Rodgers to not show up and collect his $35M, and $50M fully guaranteed each year for the next 3 seasons.

All true. But I wasnt necessarily saying we have to find 2 Safeties in this draft. Maybe they move Benford to Safety. But then that opens a hole at CB depth that needs to be filled. Hence another 5th-6th round DB. But agreed with your post.

Both teams have plenty of leverage. Packers cant NOT move him at this point either. Hence why they have been at a stalemate.

You aint wrong. They love gambling (and are paid well to talk about it by sponsors like FanDuel and DraftKings). And they love hockey, which is a product of the Bills pulling coverage a long time ago and giving the game broadcasts to 97Rock for a while. WGR stopped covering football for a while out of pettiness and spite, and was pretty much a hockey station (luckily for them that coincided with the Sabres being good in the 00s). On top of their own preference for the sport. They're still struggling with properly covering football even all these years later. Luckily the morning and daytime shows werent around for that, and have pretty decent football coverage.

I'm not necessarily a fan of the picks, but for all the "too many DBs" folks - we need to replace 2 All-Pro Safeties asap. The ones we have are unlikely to make it through this season. I dont like the players at those picks, but dont be surprised when we go Safety early.

WGR talks about Bills, Sabres, Fantasy Football, Gambling, and then anything else. They do not do "news around the league" unless its big news (like Rodgers to the Jets, and even then it's barely covered). Here in Atlanta its similar. But college sports dominate with UGA (and GATech, Ga State, etc), so you get some coverage of other college football teams, but only as it pertains to how it affects Georgia. Then it's Braves, United, Hawks, Falcons (almost in that order). Not a lot of talk outside of the local teams. That is pretty standard. It's all homer coverage in every city because most folks just want to hear about their hometown teams. And Atlanta is a VERY transient city with a lot of other allegiances. I do highly recommend that all local-Buffalo people get a taste of sports media outside of Buffalo. So they can hear that fans all over the country have the same concerns we do, also think their OL is horrible, etc. It was definitely an eye-opening experience that helped change my perspective on the following the team.

Diggs, Milano, Edmunds were the only 3 that showed up ready to play playoff football. Who else you got?

the going was tough DURING THE GAME. What you are referring to is after the "war" is already over and the guy just wants to go home. He bailed on no one. He was one of the only players leading the charge during the game, when it actually counted. Everyone else bailed on HIM. Josh included. The second that game clock hit :00 he's not beholden to anyone. The entire team should have been kicked out of the building immediately at that whistle for how they performed.

He was the only player that was ready and willing to continue the game. Which would have been the right mindset to save the season. But the players are human to and the right thing to do was cancel. But it stood out that he was ready to go, and the only one ready to go. If you look back at our only possession, he was also one of the few Bills players ready to bring the heat to the Bengals like they were trying to bring to us. Going into contact hard after making a catch. Everyone else was flat. The game was over, the season was over, he left. What does everyone want him to do? Hang out and give everyone goodbye smooches for trying so hard during the first half of the season? There was nothing left to do or say at that point. I'd say the way he was 1 of only 2-3 players that actually showed up to play hard in that Bengals playoff game, the team bailed on HIM more than he bailed on the team after the game. Fans need to get over it. I'm sure the team has.

Oof, great round for our rival.

And also, what us worrying about any of them changes for anything

I hate you

Agreed on all accounts. Between this thread, the Josh/Britt thread, and the prior Diggs/Dallas threads, I've been ashamed of Bills fans all offseason.

Seems reasonable 🤷‍♂️ Whatever.

I've seen enough goodness out of JW over all the years here that I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I know there are a ton of new posters who dont have the same history with him, and also "hate the media", so I guess it's not surprising folks ran him off eventually. Bummer tho.

Haha, I guess I did. The board is one thing. The way he does his job for AP is another tho. Unfortunate if the board finally drove off the best media contact we've ever had.

JW is never that dramatic or inaccurate

Not only made up, but absolute character slander. Diggs was a 5th round pick because he played for crappy Maryland. He went to Maryland, instead of taking the scholarship offers at schools such as Ohio State, Florida, USC, etc, because his father had just passed when he was 15, and he wanted to stay home and be there for his mom and brother since he had stepped into the "man of the house" role at such a young age. Had he ditched them and gone to a big school, he would have been playing with better talent and coaching, and been on the national stage on a weekly basis, and likely gone in the 1st round. But who knows what would have happened to Trevon being left alone at 13. Or when his mom needed someone to help out. Instead he stuck with his ethics and his responsibility to the people he loves. And now today, these absolute #######s dare to insult him while at the same time showing they know nothing about him. Disgusting. Bills "fans", do better. This fan base has gone straight to the shitter. Who knew the Mafia was so weak and fragile. Everyone needs to suck it up and move on from last year already. You're all making this not fun anymore.

Delete this thread

I would never take a RB in the 1st. Dont really care who it is. Giants picking Barkley was a mistake. For plenty of reasons, but also the one you point out.

I mean, when you step outside the sportsmanship of the game, after the match, and physically attack someone... yeah, you deserve the cops called for assault. Same as some NHL players have been charged by local police for horribly violent and illegal hits/slashes. Same as Myles Garrett should have been charged for swinging that helmet at Rudolph. I dont see anything in the match that warranted the punch after except sore losing.

Interesting. Going the Burrow/Chase or Tua/Waddle route. Surprised it took this long for the trend of keeping college team mates together to catch on. Seems like it would make a lot of sense. Especially with QB/WR chemistry. I've heard the Texans are sold on Stroud and are trying to trade out of the pick, but I think this might be their best plan, since tanking next year isn't guaranteed. And tough to ask of a brand new coach.

He's better than Poyer was at this point of his career. He has football in his blood. Keep developing him. Will also be interested in seeing how the Safeties play with McD calling a more aggressive D. Absolutely no reason to cut bait right now when we have him so cheap for 2 more years. He was far better than Johnson who had a 2-3 year head start in the system. I think Hamlin playing next to Hyde or Poyer would look much better than he did last year. That secondary was so decimated with injuries we had dudes from the street starting at different points.

Yeah, even players we "ran out of town" arent really despised like Eichel. Trying to think of players who dissed Buffalo while here or on their way out. I have no strong feelings against McGahee or Lynch. Other guys were just disappointing, not living up to their hype, but nothing to hate them about. Eichel was just such a dick on so many levels, and the way the team IMMEDIATELY flipped and became a whole new culture the second he was gone, really says something. Eat *****, Eichel.