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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?

It matters because it may have been a huge reason Carr signed with NO. Dennis Allen was Carr's coach when he was a rookie and gave him his 1st starting job as a rookie. For the record, the Raiders fired Allen after 4 games, but he may have left a positive impression on Carr.

When I opened your link, it was from last year. Here's today's link: https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-re-sign-g-ike-boettger-to-one-year-deal

That was when the Empire was in the Arena Football League. The attendance is much lower since they moved to the National Arena League in 2021.

https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/How-Albany-Empire-match-up-with-Carolina-Cobras-17364900.php The Albany Empire have averaged 2,171 fans per game this season, down about a thousand from last year’s average of 3,161. Albany Empire 2022 home game attendance Opponent Date Attendance Carolina Cobras April 23 3,211 Jacksonville Sharks May 22 1,051 Carolina Cobras June 4 2,417 Columbus Lions June 26 2,132 Orlando Predators July 16 2,172 San Antonio Gunslingers July 23 1,981 Jacksonville Sharks* July 30 2,235 Table: Alexandra Harris/Times Union Source: Albany Empire

When the original Arena Football League came to Albany, I used to go to Firebirds games. Even had seasons as part of a group in the mid 1990s. I haven't been to an Empire game & have no plans to attend. Back in the old original league some players were either ex NFL players or in some rare cases, like Kurt Warner, future NFL stars. That just doesn't happen anymore in the league the Empire is in. I remember seeing guys like Art Schlichter, and Browning Nagle (with the Destroyers) play.

Don't quit your day job. Those trades aren't reasonable. I wouldn't count on Hamlin being back. Oliver on the 5th year option wouldn't get much in return, Epenesa wouldn't be worth more than a 6th, Morse is worth more to the Bills than a 5th, which is about all his value is. The only place to lock Brown in is on the bench.

https://247sports.com/Article/Buccaneers-hiring-Thad-Lewis-to-QBs-coach-Ex-NFL-QB-former-Duke-football-star-getting-promoted-205135392/

The XFL plays this week

When Dan Campbell talked about biting kneecaps, he had Conrad Dobler on his mind.

XFL starts this week. Why wait for the USFL. https://www.xfl.com/xfl-today/russ-brandon RUSS BRANDON, PRESIDENT, LEAGUE AND FOOTBALL OPERATIONS Russ Brandon is the President of League and Football Operations for the XFL. As President, Russ manages day-to-day operations of the league while directing strategic planning for business and football operations on both the league and team levels. Russ is responsible for overseeing league and team business practices, with a strong focus on commercial initiatives, including partnerships, ticketing, merchandise, media, marketing, digital and gaming. Importantly, Russ leads the development of the football philosophy to bring a dynamic game back for fans as the XFL returns to the field in 20

One thing RT, although I'd like to see more O-line changes. I heard a rumor that Morse is gone. If that's true they need a new C & at least 1 new G. If Bates moves to C, 2 Gs. So we need 3 new O-linemen before anything else.

They'll get Rodgers and after he loses on opening day he'll go into a dark house for 4 months & never leave. Every week Hackett will deliver his groceries to his door & beg him to come back through the ring camera & Rodgers will tell him " I need more darkness." Same Old Jets

2001 wasn't the very beginning. I remember posting the day of the Rob Johnson trade in 1998 and that wasn't my 1st post.

We don't have a #2 WR & some of you want to trade our #1. Come On Man!

Let's see Hodgins next year before we crown him. So far he hasn't done anything more than Robert Foster did in 2018 and we know how that worked out.

It dropped last year too in the middle of the week. The last 2 SBs I went to were XLVIII in NJ and 50 in Santa Clara, California. In NJ the prices dropped below $2,000 the week of the game. I paid $1,857 for a sideline endzone upper deck ticket & could have gotten one cheaper if I sat behind the goal posts. I had an advantage since I could drive to the game that Sunday, so I didn't have to make advance plans. I got the ticket on either Tuesday or Wednesday the week of the game. For SB 50 I panicked after what had happened in Arizona the year before when prices went up to a minimum of 10 grand a seat and bought in November for $4,726/ticket. By the end of January (game was on 2/7) the price was $3,500/ticket.

I've been to 6 Super Bowls. The only one where I wasn't surrounded by fans of one team or the other was XXVIII in Atlanta.

Let's remember how many people criticized the guy last year who told us Harrison Phillips was gone before we say that this story isn't real.

I had a bunch of reservations before the Bills got eliminated and I had to cancel everything. From Albany round trip Friday/Tuesday to Phoenix $460 (I ended up with a credit I'll use later in the year for a different flight), Car rental $614 for Sat at midnight -Tues 8 AM, Motel 4 nights in Casa Grand (an hour away) $1,475 with ability to cancel, prepay was $32/night cheaper & I would have cancelled & switched if the Bills got in. There was no way I could stay in Phoenix or Glendale where anything decent that was left was around $1,000-1,500/.night & the only places left were dumps.

Not that it matters to us now, but the cheapest Super Bowl tickets have dropped $2,000 since Monday. They started around $6,000, went up to $6.500 a few days ago & tonight at 12:03 AM they're at $3,600. This is from NFL On Location, fees included. StubHub is seeing the same price drops. They're a little higher than On Location, but have dropped 2 grand too.