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One of the biggest stories heading into the season is how Dorian will fill Milano’s huge shoes. I just read today’s article in The Buffalo News about his background, and it sure is hard not to root for this kid. Really hoping for a Bernard-like awakening this season…he definitely has the tools and a good head on his shoulders.

I know he’s just getting used to the NFL but I always thought this talk of Caleb being this once in 5 year kinda talent was little off. Everytime I saw him go against a defense with a pulse in college he struggled. Hopefully that isn’t the case for the Bears sake.

A nice breakdown of Dorian Williams in pass coverage at about the 1:00 mark. This kid is just starting to shine. The Bills staff deserves a ton of credit for showing up this uber athletic kid’s game. You saw flashes last year but all too often he was over running or out of position. Not now. What will the Bills do when Milano is ready to return? What a cool problem to have.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-refused-to-allow-caleb-williams-tax-moves/ar-BB1qaJFO He did NOT graduate with CPA or business degrees.

Very sad moment in American history. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/29/william-calley-dead-my-lai-massacre/ William L. Calley Jr., a junior Army officer who became the only person convicted in connection with the My Lai Massacre of 1968, when U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of unarmed South Vietnamese men, women and children in one of the darkest chapters in American military history, died April 28 at a hospice center in Gainesville, Fla. He was 80. The Washington Post obtained a copy of his death certificate from the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County. His son, Laws Calley, did not immediately respond to requests for additional information. Other efforts to reach Mr. Calley’s family were unsuccessful. The Post was alerted to the death, which was not previously reported, by Zachary Woodward, a recent Harvard Law School graduate who said he noticed Mr. Calley’s death while looking through public records. Although he was once the country’s most notorious Army officer, a symbol of military misconduct in a war that many considered immoral and unwinnable, Mr. Calley had lived in obscurity for decades, declining interviews while working as a jeweler in Columbus, Ga., not far from the military base where he was court-martialed and convicted in 1971. A junior-college dropout from South Florida, he had bounced around jobs, unsuccessfully trying to enlist in the Army in 1964, before being called up two years later. As the war escalated in Vietnam, he found a home in a military that was desperately trying to replenish its lower ranks. Mr. Calley was quickly tapped to become a junior officer, with minimal vetting, and was soon promoted to second lieutenant, commanding a platoon in Charlie Company, a unit of the Army’s Americal Division. The company sustained heavy losses in the early months of 1968, losing men to sniper fire, land mines and booby traps as the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched coordinated attacks in the Tet Offensive. On the morning of March 16, 1968, the unit was airlifted by helicopter to Son My, a patchwork village of rice paddies, irrigation ditches and small settlements, including a hamlet known to U.S. soldiers as My Lai 4. Over the next few hours, Mr. Calley and other soldiers in Charlie Company shot and bayoneted women, children and elderly men, destroying the village while searching for Viet Cong guerrillas and sympathizers who were said to have been hiding in the area. Homes were burned, and some women and girls were gang-raped before being killed. An Army investigation later concluded that 347 men, women and children had been killed, including victims of another American unit, Bravo Company. A Vietnamese estimate placed the death toll at 504.

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Per Ryan Talbot.... Beane loves his ex Panthers.

I was just watching Kyle Williams last game and it hit me that he may have given Josh Allen the his heart and soul, so Josh could take his mantle as the heart and soul of the team. It got me thinking who did Kyle get it from, Aaron Schobel? Thoughts?

Im hoping WR Jameson Williams falls to us do to his injury 6'2" 190 4.25-40 Very good hands accepts the ball fluidly on most throws and is ready to make a play afterward. Makes catches in traffic, even going up over taller defenders with vertical and toughness. He is a monster with his ability to stretch the field vertically and track the deep ball. Williams has been Alabama’s most productive pass catcher and he’s also had two kickoff return touchdowns. A slippery runner with elusive footwork. Has little to no wasted movements between the reception and burst upfield. Combines speed, balance, quickness, vision, and crisp cuts to leave defensive backs and linebackers in the dust. A pass-catcher that dominates at the start of a route due to his explosive quickness and short-area burst, his ability to couple his isolation skills with sure hands and YAC ability is the best in college football Fits a zone system, can sift through oncoming traffic and explode through tiny creases and cutback lanes. Elite, darting stop-and-go acceleration. A high school track star who won Missouri state championships in both the 300-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash. We estimate his forty yard dash time to be in the high 4.2's by the time the combine comes round Similar Crimson Tide standout and Denver Broncos first-rounder Jerry Jeudy, although even more explosive. https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Jameson-Williams-WR-OhioState.

I say yes. Two of the top four winningest programs in NCAA history, with the greatest rivalry in college basketball (if not all of sports).

I mean, I’ve kept pretty quiet on this front all season but now it’s time to call Coach K what he is…an arrogant whiner and sore loser who wouldn’t know sportsmanship and personal accountability if it bit him in the arse. Since the early 80s he has gotten cream of the crop recruits and while he managed to win 5 national championships arguably no coach has ever done less with more — and he did it while whining the whole time. You want to talk about character? This is a coach whose players are known as much for their cheap shots and dirty play as they are for their talent (Laettner, Henderson, Allen). He also hung an assistant coach out to dry during a season in which he knew he had a subpar team and chose to leave with “back issues.” He actually petitioned the NCAA to have losses expunged from his coaching record that season; arrogance personified. Now, did he embrace the 3-pt shot more quickly than others? Yes, I’ll give him credit for that. The guy can coach. He emphasized tight man-to-man defense and took advantage of a home court that probably adds 10 points per game. Coach K announcing his retirement a year early and then going on the “praise me” tour this season was as absurd as it was predictable. Look no farther than down the road in Chapel Hill where Dean Smith and Roy Williams — K’s equals in every way — retired at the conclusion of their seasons, and their celebrations were conducted in house without detracting from their team’s environment. Recently we’ve been hit in the face with Duke’s “The Brotherhood” marketing campaign — clearly and unmistakably initiated to compete with the 100% organic “Carolina Family” with which all college basketball fans are familiar. Nice try coming from a program that may be the all-time leader in “one-and-done” players; yeah, I’m sure those guys who spent fewer than 300 days on the Duke campus feel that bond of brothers for life. And then there was last Saturday night. Oh, how glorious that was, first watching the Dookies self-destruct in the 2nd half to be blown out by their fiercest rivals, and then seeing Coach K blame his players by telling the packed house at Cameron their effort was “not acceptable.” Not a single word congratulating the opponent until his press conference hours later. It was cringeworthy and I loved every minute of it. His assistant coach and former player Chris Carrawell deliberately ignored UNC coach Hubert Davis in the handshake line, and then after being called out over social media claimed it was because UNC didn’t “honor” Coach K in Chapel Hill earlier in the season. Hey, when you learn from the master of pettiness it comes easy. It’s so easy being on the “right” side of a rivalry. Goodbye, Coach K — I’m counting on your team to exit the NCAAs before Final Four weekend so we can finally put this chapter to rest and see which path Jon Scheyer chooses. Hubert Davis — coaching a team FAR less talented — already has the signature win of his career in a karmic victory of all-time. Dook Sucks. P.S. Absolutely loved the shots of the crying fans in the stands.

Great read on a player who is likely on the Bills radar early in the draft

3 years 60M Lol. What a joke. Way to screw up the market even more. Chargers are paying Allen and Williams 20M aav.

RIP...another young player who didn't retire too long ago...this is really continuing a disturbing pattern. Drafted by the Bills in the 6th round in 2001 but never played for us. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-nfl-defensive-back-jimmy-234928431.html

Today and tomorrow on NBC. As of my post they both are on the course.

On his most recent Spotrac podcast, Mike G. broke down the FA class with some value projections as well as where some players "could" land. I put could in parentheses because I've found Mike G to have what seems like some insider knowledge when it comes to the Bills. Thats why when I hear any predicitions he makes regarding the Bills, I perk my ears up. Last year he said sownthing to the effect of "keep an eye on Tribusky to a team like the Bills for a team friendly 1 year deal." Then about 3 days later it happened. Maybe it was total coincidence, but common sense says probably not. In his most recent episode he talked Christian Kirk coming alive in the Cardinals offense once Murray started pushing the ball down the field more. He linked him to a team with a QB that can get him the ball down the field, and specifically predicted with Josh Allen and the Bills. Had his value pegged @ 4 yrs - $48M. A little later he said he liked Cowboys Guard, Connor Williams, to land in Buffalo where he'll be a better fit scheme wise on a 3 year - $21M deal. I think cutting Feliciano is a given, but a move like this I would assume means the Bills would also cut/trade Daryl Williams. Connor Williams plays RG, so no way you're paying him $7M a year without moving Daryl, IMO. That Christian Kirk move would be a pretty sick addition though. And would probably also forecast them moving on from Beasley. Mike G. didn't dive into the weeds on who he'd expect to be cut to make room for these moves, but I'd be interested to hear his take on that.

I have to admit I don't remember him. Former Bills and Florida State fullback Clarence “Pooh Bear” Williams dies in car crash at 47 Posted by Michael David Smith on February 18, 2022, 10:47 AM EST USA Today Clarence “Pooh Bear” Williams, a fullback who had a brief NFL career with the Bills, has died at the age of 47. Williams was killed in a car crash on Thursday near his hometown of Crescent City, Florida, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. An undrafted rookie in 1997, Williams played briefly for the Bills before his playing career ended. He later became the head football coach at Crescent City High School, where he had been a star player, rushing for more than 5,000 yards in his career in the early 1990s.

I have not watched him all year, just his bowl game last year, which he looked very unpolished but talented. UCLA’s defense is garbage but his performance in this game, it was the closest thing I have seen to Josh so far. Absolute rocket arm, power runner, fast, excellent throws on the run. I imagine we will hear a ton of Allen comparisons. Which is weird because I never thought we would get an Allen comp.

short video .. Mainly discussed running QBs but #1 was Josh .. Sherman memory of going against Josh was particularly amusing.