Albany,n.y.

I was in the hospital in the post surgery area with multiple beds partitioned off by walls & curtains that everyone could hear everything the day of the Indy snow game in December 2017. The game wasn't on local TV in Albany & WGR blacked out the game on androids. After the game was over I put the postgame show from WGR on, on my cellphone. A nurse yelled at me to turn the sound down because it was too loud.

JP Losman. Back in 2004 I used to study the draft a lot more than I now do & I would put together a draft board & draft the same time as the Bills. I "drafted" JP at pick 13 & cheered when the Bills traded up for him. Then I doubled down & brought two pieces of paper to a game, onewith J & one with P & when Bledsoe made a bad play I would chant J P and hold up the letters to match my chant.

He was hired with the instructions "Never talk to Jalen Hurts"

Here's the problem with what Donahoe did vs what Beane did. Donahoe gave himself very little room to trade up if his deal fell through. By trying to trade to 9 with a team that could veto the trade if their player was there gave Donahoe very little wiggle room since Pittsburgh was at #11. He should have started looking to trade up much earlier in the draft. As soon as Rivers went at 4, Donahoe should have been on the phone with every team from 5 down. I suspect he wasn't willing to offer enough-Penny wise, pound foolish. Beane, on the other hand started at 21, moved up to 12 and had a trade in place to move up to 5. Like Donahoe, the team he had the trade with backed out because a certain player was available. However, Beane had enough room to still trade up before either Arizona or Miami could put together a trade up deal & ace the Bills out of Allen. When the Denver trade fell through & Indy wasn't going to trade the pick, Beane still had the ammunition to trade up to 7. Chances are if things got more competitive, Beane knew he had the extra #1 which no other team he'd be competing with had. Beane showed the courage to make something happen, Donahoe didn't.

I watched it last week on MGM + (formerly EPIX). As you say, it's also on Paramount +. So there are at least 2 places to see it if you already are a subscriber. It was OK. The stuff they did wouldn't happen in the real world. I won't give out too many spoilers, but there's no way some of the stuff would happen, like getting into the Patriots coaches box & talking to Brady through his helmet & getting into the game without valid tickets and ending up in a corporate box. Marshawn Lynch had a scene in the movie playing poker. It looks like they took real highlights from the game, the Atlanta choke Super Bowl. For those who hate the thought of watching it because of the Patriots, at the end of the movie they become Tampa Bay fans after Brady signs with the Bucs.

Martin is signed for the next 3 years: https://overthecap.com/player/sam-martin/2246#:~:text=Contract Notes,per game and workout bonuses.

Not any more or less seriously than Lamar did.

The following guys got 15s : Dan Marino, Donovan McNabb, Jim Kelly & Terry Bradshaw. Is 2 points lower really that bad?

If the Giants sign Hart, I'll know they're just signing anyone who played for Daboll in Buffalo.

If anyone is still scared, go spend a week in total darkness and then realize how nutty Rodgers really is.

Josh has already grossed about $42 million more than Lamar the last 2 years. At the time Josh signed Lamar was not missing games like he has the last 2 years. No matter what he signs for, he won't make up for the fact he could have already pocketed a lot more by now with an agent.

I totally agree. On Facebook I've answered numerous memes that are saying he deserves 100% guarantees that since he only played about 70% of the games, the maximum guarantee should not be greater than 70%. Personally, I think he's very talented, but since the best ability is availability, I would hate to be with a team that is going to pay him all the money he'll end up getting. Until proven otherwise, his team cannot count on him playing more than 70% of their games. That's just not good enough for a franchise QB.

He missed 5 games each of the last 2 regular seasons & 1 playoff game. That's 11 total games, not 15. So, he did not miss 15 games. In fact he hasn't missed 15 games in his entire 5 year NFL career.

Even though he got paid the year he sat out, it worked for Watson.

Turned down Ravens offer of 3 years $133 million fully guaranteed.

After seeing what happened with Peterman & Fromm, developing a rookie frightens me.

They also have both lived well into their 90s until Bud passed yesterday.

I've always blamed Donahoe for not taking Roethlisberger, who he wanted. At the time he said he couldn't get someone to trade with to get ahead of Pittsburgh, but I've always said he didn't offer enough. On the other hand, I believe Manning & Rivers were out of reach, because he would have had to trade up to 2 or 3 to spoil the Giants/Chargers trade & that may not have been realistic.

I hope you are a victim of a bad auto spell corrector.

All you need is there to be one QB in the class if you're drafting #1 and you pick the right one. Trading up from 9 to 1 greatly increases your chances of getting a QB in a weak group. At #9 you're settling. At #1 nobody else can get your guy. Pretty smart move by Carolina if it's a bad class with possibly only 1 or 2 viable QBs.

The Bills didn't have a 1st round pick in 2005 when GB drafted Rodgers. They had traded it away the year before to draft JP Losman.

Another QB possibility: https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2023/3/9/23632548/matthew-stafford-trade-rumors-rams-retirement

It is extremely poor management to give up a high pick for a 39 year old QB who is a head case. Throw in Joe Douglas for picking Wilson and after 2 seasons realizing he drafted a bust. If the Jets are convinced they blew it on Wilson, a better option would be to package the picks GB wants with something else and move up in the draft & get another QB. Or they could have signed Carr, Garoppolo or a stopgap for free. The main problem with the draft would be that the same GM who picked Wilson would be drafting his replacement. The 3rd stooge is Joe Douglas

A bird in the hand... If you're drafting a young QB, you are taking a chance at getting a bust, Carr is better than anyone the Saints could get at pick 29 (Philly has their original, higher pick). You can turn a team around in the 4 years Carr is signed for. It's a lot worse hoping to get a better QB than Carr at pick 29 and putting your job & the HC's job on the line with a guy 28 teams passed on.

Did you ask him how he liked the Super Bowl that the Bills gave him tickets to?