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That was an older post leh-nerd. He is up to 8 posts , ALL him. hilarious.

It was a better game than I thought it would be. The Lackawanna kids really played their hearts out. It was actually 22-14 Monroe at one point after a pair of botched snaps led to a Lackawanna safety. Sloppy stuff from Monroe. They’d only given up 11 points all season. Lackawanna just got flat outplayed in the 4th quarter. Their quarterback, Michael Moore, threw a couple of beautiful deep touchdowns earlier hut he ended up getting picked off twice late. Hampton had a nice punt return TD to ice the game.

Yeah it could not be because he is a good veteran WR who happens to be available. I am surprised they are not signing guys from the other 8 or so potential playoff matchups

I think it's wrong.

Yes, he has to play enough to help ensure victory. In 16 games last year, Cook had a total of 239 touches (14.93/game). In 12 games this year, he has a total of 258 touches (21.5/game). By its nature playing football means you're one play away from a catastrophic injury. Handling the ball 7 more times each game exposes him to that no matter how well he protects himself and avoids big shots. Furthermore, wear and tear doesn't only mean taking shots. Every run is a combination of explosive movements and endurance exertion. Usage leads to fatigue. Fatigue leads to injury. The less we can use Cook and still win, the better.

I do thank you. It is frustrating and I can't talk about this stuff with my wife because she has no clue!! Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I am on the fire Beane and McD train and have been for a while. We have an all-world QB and are not giving him anything to work with. We should be drafting a WR in rounds 1-3 every year until we hit on a #1 not drafting one in round 5 - 7 like they do. Those WR should be a luxury kind of like Elam and Benford were (Elam was the #1 didn't work out and Benford was a 6th round pick in the same year where they hit on). I get the injuries but what happened to next man up. Why don't we have someone else running Kincaid's routes since he has been hurt what about Knox. I feel like we have pieces here that we aren't using properly or getting the most out of them. I know people are down on Coleman but why can't he play the big slot like Kincaid does or Shavers (who can block just as good as Kincaid and can run routes) and put Coleman on the outside. Coleman is more of a slot receiver anyway. Line him up inside lets go four wide with Shavers and Cooke (now) and Shakir and Coleman the two slot spots. Coleman can't separate from a DB too good but he can from a LB. This roster isn't a super bowl roster but we also aren't getting the most out of our players either IMO.

No squirrels. Why don't YOU comment on this policy ?

someone gave the order and even if only in retrospect, Hegseth condoned it. Part of the testimony, according to an R on the committee included written specific instructions on the missions. It would be great to see those and who signed them.

If they are “great” as the OP states, you keep them as long as possible. That debate will continue.

So how come you didn’t go back in time and let Beane know all of this stuff? It’s real easy to call these bad moves when you have hindsight. Also, there was a thread probably over 100 pages long of people who didn’t want the Bills to sign Cook, trade him for a bag of footballs, just release him because he’s not worth the headache, etc. Were you in that thread saying “no guys, I guarantee he’s going to rush for 1600 yards this season and become a top 2 back in the league!”

The Democrat criticism of President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth continues to make them sound like they're acting as defense attorneys for drug cartels. It seems like forever ago that the Democrat outrage du jour was Trump's East Wing renovation and ballroom construction, but now much of the focus is on the Department of War and Secretary Pete Hegseth. There is nobody in the Trump Cabinet that the Democrats don't think should resign, so their criticism is empty. How do we know that Hegseth's doing an effective job? Because crazy Democrats like Schumer think he's doing a bad job. Jesse Kelly says Dems like Schumer are making something abundantly clear: https://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/12/05/jesse-kelly-points-to-sen-schumers-outrage-as-proof-hegseth-threatens-more-than-just-narco-terrorists-n2422482

I think a lot of things are missed here but i do like reading things like this that aren't fully rooted in a bias. 1 - I don't disagree. We barely wade into the FA pool here so you tend to want to see some impact before some splash. Injuries are going to happen to players though. 2 - Shakir's contract was about the same in AAV as the deal gabe davis and darnell mooney signed in 2024. I think his value there is appropriate and will probably age pretty well. Benford's contract was the 8th highest AAV of deals signed just in 2025. I think he's somewhere around 18 or 19th total. To me that reads fair market value, and will probably age well. Rousseau is overpaid, but it doesn't mean he's a bad player either. It's also not really an egregious overpay either. You mention bosa as getting more pass rush for the money, but he's also caused a lot of issues defensively with his poor gap integrity against the run. Bernard is a captain so there's a little bit of an overpay. There's like 7 off ball linebackers with ~10M AAV, so it's not like he's jumping off the page. He missed camp with a hamstring, re-aggravated an ankle injury, and now he screwed up his elbow on a weird tackle. He's likely here through 2027 unless he's traded. Dre greenlaw got the same 10M coming off a playoff achilles injury 3 - Other than White, all of these are mid-season injury replacements for Carter (DT5), Jackson (DE5), Palmer (WR2), Rapp (FS), Bernard (LB5). The options are either players who have never practiced here, and don't necessarily represent upgrades, or bring in players you've seen play quite a bit. Devil you know (they are old or not good), vs. devil you don't. 4 - Frazier was the DC during that bengals debacle. That alone was pretty much a fireable offense. You promote from within because it empowers young coaches to feel they have the ability to earn promotions. Brady was brought in as an heir-apparent, and stepped in and settled down that hot/cold dorsey offense down the stretch. Babich was interviewing with other teams for their coordinator position, and has a family pedigree of coaching. 5 - I think there's reason to be critical of the strength and conditioning staff, seems like the team has torn pecs/biceps, pulled hamstrings/quads/groins quite frequently. There have been a number of practice injuries this year which is concerning. At the same time, the tackling was so bad to start the year that you HAD to improve the practice intensity. Seemed like that coincided with more soft tissue injuries. 6 - I think there's still and will always be a buffalo effect here. There are a number of players... who do not want to play here. The weather alone to me always will deter a lot of people. Factor in night life and stuff and its not always a place people want to live. As for WRs having to block? Yeah, thats going to be important for any team that plays in the rust belt. It's a mistake to NOT have that be a large part of your identity. You WANT to play football in december and january at home, and that means wind/snow/cold that tends to favor a running football team. I want to be clear, you are not WRONG in your criticism of Beane. I think there's more than enough reasons to be, but there's nuance and context. "Go out and get a WR" doesn't really work when the available trade options aren't good. Trading for holdouts like Samuel, Mclaurin, or Metcalf were not looking to be smart moves - and none of them really worked out for their team this year. Davante has been solid this year, but with that contract you probably don't get Bosa. Also not really sure he was interested in coming here so its speculative.

I'm pretty sure the Bills can put him on the "Reserve/Did Not Report" list, which makes it so he doesn't count as a roster spot and his cap doesn't count either. that's good news. I didn't realize that. unless there's a catch. why do I feel like there's a catch?

There's too many points to your post (for many) to thoughtfully respond and respect the conversation, so expect snark and backlash. While I understand most all of what you are saying, most of this could be debated and talked about through several threads here.

So you like this policy. What about his statements on immigrants?

He’ll get moved to the did not report list Bills won’t release him before the Philly game imo. I get everyone hating on beane overall but we really did the league and ourselves a big favor if slay rots on our did not report list. hes a solid player if you don’t ask him to play a ton of man at this stage and an instant big upgrade to that cb2 spot in Philly.. really think slay was a nice scheme fit here if he decided to give it a shot and he probably would’ve been an upgrade to Tre even.. Steelers hurt his public perception with some strange usage

you better stay away from hospitals in less desirable locations (?Buffalo) then, when you get sick. Probably best not to insult them also.

Pope Leo XIV Puts End to Female Ordination Debate in Catholic Church Ed Morrissey So endeth a debate that has officially percolated for more than a decade, and less formally, much longer. When the Catholic Church reinvigorated the permanent diaconate as an ordained ministry several decades ago, activists began lobbying for the inclusion of women in such orders. Unlike the priesthood, the church had ordained women as deacons in its long-ago past, but essentially allowed the entire ministry to wither, with its only vestige being the transitional diaconate used as the final stage before full ordination for priests. During his pontificate, Pope Francis ordered two reviews of the question by study commissions, without exhibiting any enthusiasm for the proposal to open the diaconate to women. Yesterday, Pope Leo XIV ordered the publication of the results, signaling an end to consideration of the proposal: https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/05/pope-leo-xiv-puts-end-to-female-ordination-debate-in-catholic-church-n3809545

Here is the bandits regular season schedule. Keep in mind that often times the starting time may change, but the dates usually remain the same.

I’m done with even getting a chit from Rosenhaus and letting slay go now *if* there’s a wink from Roseman that slay does not under any circumstances play against us at any point this year. Otherwise he can rot after running his mouth yesterday. We want volunteers, not hostages, but keep the complaints in house.

I think we really need to wait until 51 former, current and/or imagined intelligence agency members declare hallmarks of Russian misinformation campaigns afoot, but that typically comes just prior to an election. For now, rando anonymous reports daisy chained by major American media sources will simply have to do.

I mean of course not haha that was more a comment on how the ‘hot’ team can be accurately course corrected to the ‘overrated’ team at the drop of a hat in the nfl. Beating teams like the titans in September/October is essentially meaningless if you’re losing to teams like Baltimore/Buffalo in December pats have had maybe one playoff relevant game all year so it’s still an incomplete for me but most of the sports world has crowned them it seems.

IMO our problem against Miami wasn't that they stacked the box, it's that it was one of the only games all year where our blockers were losing their 1v1s. I think we came into the game a bit lazy thinking we could cruise to an easy win, and weren't prepared for a Miami team that was ready for a dogfight. I welcome stacked boxes honestly. If Cook finds a crease and gets through the box that's where you see those 40+ yard TD runs. Cincy has a bad front 7 so I expect us to win our 1v1s. I'm not expecting Kincaid or Palmer to play so this will need to be another Pittsburgh type game plan.

That must be a big ass hammer