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    Friday 8-2 Return of Blue & Red at Highmark Stadium; Open to public 5:30 pm — 7:30 pm

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    23 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

    This is an interesting discussion you two are having, because it's a microcosm of McDermott decision making.  McDermott seems always to go with the steady, consistent play over playmakers who are inconsistent.  He tends to value no mental mistakes over physical superiority.   

     

    McDermott's entire philosophy is premised on this.  A defense playing together, with 11 guys all doing what they're supposed to do, is better than 10 guys doing what they're supposed to do and one guy, no matter how talented, running around and making some big plays. 

     

    These two statements are about as accurate an assessment of McDermott's philosophy as I've seen.

     

    Dorian has all the physical tools to be a great LB, he just seems to lack the mental part. I agree that it probably drives McDermott crazy.

     

    PSL Pricing/Seat Selection Discussion

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    As an update, I got my appointment email today. It was a link to a web site where you can pick your day/time from the options available.

     

    As mentioned before, it's only M-F, 9 to 5. It had options for the entire month of August, so it wasn't like I only had a single week to choose from. That said, as I was looking over the options, the available openings were disappearing right before my eyes. Seems like a group of people probably all got emails today, and they were snatching up openings.

     

    I'll be going on Monday, August 12th. We'll see, I'm skeptical of the whole thing.

     

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    Bills signing S Terrell Burgess

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    Just now, Brand J said:

    Good speed (4.46), was drafted in the 3rd round (2020). Has started 4/43 games and is already on his 4th team. The health at the safety position is officially a worry.

     

    I mean, it's a worry, but the truth is that Rapp was always going to be one starter, and the other was to be a battle between Edwards, Hamlin, and Bishop. Hamlin's still available, and it sounds like he's been doing well, so my sense is that these latest signings are to make sure we have sufficient depth at the start of the season, allowing Bishop the time he needs to recover and catch up on the position.

     

    Bills have not lost by more than 6 points in last 40 games (NFL Record)

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    1 minute ago, Alphadawg7 said:

    Bills have not lost by more than 6 points in their past 40 games, which is now an NFL record and counting.  I just thought that was pretty impressive as I wouldn't have thought that. 

     

    For as much flak as Allen and especially McD can get sometimes, they both win a lot of games and when they don't they are still right there in the game. 

     

    But I didn't post this to debate the merits of Allen or McD (as I am sure this will trigger some McD people lol) or anything...when I saw it made me just appreciate more what a difference it is now compared to the dark years where games were often looking bleak or out of reach by halftime.  And think some of that just gets lost in all the bickering and arguing over trivial things around here sometimes.  And it is yet another reason that despite a lot of changes on both sides of the ball, there is still reason for us to be the favorites in the East and room for optimism around here.  

     

    #GOBILLS

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ...and seasons were over by November...

     

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    Training Camp 7/29 - First day of pads

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    1 minute ago, Sierra Foothills said:

    This seems like a good place to mention that today was the 5th practice of training camp.

     

    There will be 7 more practices at St. John Fisher before they break camp on August 8th.

     

    They move to Orchard Park where there will be 3 preseason games and approximately 12 more practices before the final cutdown date of August 27th. This is the date that all teams must go from 90 to 53 players.

     

    In other words, today was the 5th of about 24 practices before the final cutdown.

     

     

    Sure, but should we be worried????

     

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    Christian Barmore diagnosed with Blood Clots

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    1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

    Unless he has a hereditary predisposition to clotting abnormally, his treatment is a few months of blood thinner and that’s it. 
     

    Minimal recovery if any is needed.

     

    Plenty of non-hereditary reasons for clots that are of enough concern that continuing this type of massive contact sport might not be such a good idea.

     

    Training Camp 7/26

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    10 minutes ago, NewEra said:

    I don’t disagree.  I’m worried about it as well 💯. Until I see him play in a game, I’ll be a little worried.  Seemed as if we was made of glass early in his career.  
     

    My point was that Nogoodposts was taking is usual extreme negative approach 

     

    Perhaps early, though in the two seasons prior to this last injury he had missed only two games. Mid-career, he had been pretty reliable.

     

    Nevertheless, as others have pointed out, nobody should expect that he is back to his old self at this point, or even close to it. The knee will give him problems in his first action back, there's no question it will. He hasn't done a lot of the physical things he's needed to do in a long time, no matter how much rehab he has been doing. He's testing it now in ways that he couldn't do otherwise. It will take time.

     

    The hope is that he continues to improve with time, as his body adjusts. By the end of camp, if he is still having trouble (or has a setback), then that would be cause for concern.

     

    PSL Pricing/Seat Selection Discussion

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    38 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

    Anyone done both the virtual and in person presentations?  I still can't make an in person (who decided M-F, 9-5 only is an idiot) so I'm set up for a virtual next week.  Just wondering if I should still try to go to the in-person later.  Right now I'm 95% certain I'm not going to renew, so going to the site is not a priority, just wondering if it's cool enough to check out anyways.  

     

    I haven't done either, but I'm weighing the option of doing it virtually. My appointment will be coming up in the next couple of weeks (supposedly), and it would be much easier for me to do virtual, but I'd really like to see it in person...

     

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