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Agreed. Marino is being objective. He sees the potential because he’s a rookie, but also offers critique where appropriate.

Yea, I also heard "Baker Mayfield" and thought, what?... he's playing?... wasn't supposed to be.

And...........

A few as in three? I definitely missed that.

I love how he has played, but ultimately, this isn't some sort of make or break for the team. We're talking about a 5 or 6 guy in the WR corps (and the latter only if they keep 6, which is probably unlikely). I doubt they would trade Samuel to make room for him.

American democracy, in my opinion, died with the Citizens United v. FEC decision back in 2010. I’ll concede, however, that it’s neither productive nor healthy to operate in the political realm as if that’s the case. I view Donald Trump as much more a symptom than a cause. I don’t see why population size is even relevant to the question of how a society will respond under social democratic policies. You simply scale up or down all of the nationalized goods and services, depending on the market demand. The far more relevant metric to any proposed Nordic model is probably consumption as a percentage of national GDP. The U.S. economy tends to hover around 70% for private household expenditures, which helps make it a very strong candidate for far-left economic policies. Getting back to the Bolivia topic, since it’s a super interesting one…their country’s current political turmoil has practically nothing to do with the eternal philosophical debate of capitalism vs. socialism. Let’s all think about why Evo Morales and MAS (Movimiento al Socialismo) failed: 1. Widespread government corruption: not unique to socialists. Why did the far-left rise to power there in the first place?? 2. Internal strife among political factions of MAS: same argument as above. 3. Dangers of having an unbalanced national economy: EASILY the most important reason for the Bolivian far-left’s demise. Their country has long been way too dependent on the influx of U.S. dollars from raw material exports. So when extraction production declines and international market prices also drop on these exported goods, combined with general international inflation on most others goods and services, the entire national economy will inevitably tank. But again…what did the non-socialists do to help diversify the economy while they were previously in power?? 4. Various environmental crises that have harmed Bolivia’s economy: poor sustainability practices (related to point # 3), pollution, and civil infrastructure/agriculture damage from a rapidly changing climate. The Bolivian government actually has really good environmental regulations under MAS, but their government is too corrupt and ineffective to enforce them. But yet again…what makes anyone think right-wingers will be better on these issues?? Historically, they are most certainly not! It does look like Bolivia is heading in Argentina’s direction of painful austerity measures, so we’ll see how long that goes until its citizens cycle back to the left. Bolivia’s best economic hope lies with their immense lithium resources, but I have my usual doubts that far-right Bolivian capitalists can impel their nation to efficient lithium extraction without horribly exploiting labor, the land, and indigenous communities. Then again, yes I do understand that the far-left had their share of opportunities to deliver and did not. Such is politics.

Not opposed to Hamler over Moore.

FWIW, Shenault made a few epic breakdowns in kickoff coverage yesterday. As fearless as he is as a returner, he seems fearful as a coverage guy.

30 more to go…

No, but when healthy, he's extremely good. His season-long health is a question mark, but his in-game impact for Week 1 shouldn't be in doubt here.

I've said this in other threads since the schedule was announced and I will say it again here. Week 1 is just an unpredictable wild card and no matter what happens in the game, it is not going to affect my outlook on the season at all (well, outside of any injuries that may happen). Win by 40, lose by 40.....won't matter much in the end because these teams are likely on a collision course one way or another come January and both teams will be a lot different by then. If I had a lean, I think I would have it on the Ravens only because, for whatever reason, sometimes it takes us a while to get going in Week 1. I mean we win our share of games in Week 1, but sometimes it is a struggle, even against worse teams. Even last year we played a terrible first half before finally turning things up late against the Cardinals. We won't probably have that luxury of a slow start against the Ravens because their defense is so good. So, unless we come out cooking and keep the game within striking distance, I don't feel great about the game, especially with the questions we have in the secondary right now. All that said, though, win, lose, blowout, etc.......I don't think it is going to set back either team drastically in the long run. Obviously a loss hurts us in the race for home field, but we have 16 more to play catch up if needed.

I liked how Elijah Young looked yesterday. He would dance for just a moment when there wasn't hole and then pick and burst. Even as a smaller back he had enough explosion to move the pile a bit and the ability to outrun defenders. His game has some parallels to James Cook but there's no room for him in Orchard Park. At least he put some nice stuff on video for his portfolio.

I understand he's been practicing but his durability has been the biggest issue throughout his career. You really want to argue otherwise?

Specials is his path. I don’t think there’s a Shavers problem. If his play on Specials warrants a spot - and I think it very well might - then he’ll make the team. If not, then he’s a cut as his play solely at WR does not warrant keeping him on the 53. If he’s cut then he’s likely a PS player.

no doubt. Still— I bet white could at least have a fighting chance to keep it close if thrown in there. Not sure about Buechele.

Good write up! Just wondering if it was just me but didn't one of those guys on the very 1st series call a completed pass by Baker Mayfield? I think they ate the cookies to sober up a little....

You're catfishing us aren't you? 🙂 On the subject, Bass doesn't evoke a feeling of confidence in me. I hope he proves me wrong when the stakes are at their highest.

I think both Ciarlo and Shenault make it over Shavers for teams. Shavers makes 53 if we decide to keep six WR which isn't a guarantee at this stage. Everyone is overlooking teams imo.

Shi-lo-blow got released.

The camera angle was misleading. I don’t think the kicks were as close to missing as you believe.

You're part of a large group that hoped for this. Rightly or wrongly, this is a topic which will reoccur regularly... a sore point that'll never go away unless Kaden Prather becomes a player for the Bills.

It is? He’s been practicing fully for weeks.

His path will probably mimic Bernard's. Didn't seem like much at first as his play appeared underwhelming, but really developed nicely after his rookie year as his skill set compliments McD's defensive scheme.