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https://x.com/WallStreetMav/status/1941077526090019138?t=mocFl7oUWgHFgkIs27FF0w&s=19 It apparently won't embed but If you click it the only thing on the list of Dem insanity that is unfair is "defending fraud" besides that one there are 13 things listed that any intelligent person would know is insane but they truly fought for

Thank you. Great player was McGee.

I'll only quibble in that it's never completely dead. Marxists will never stop. Ever. The plan they had, which is now dead, was to: 1. open the border wide 2. add another 20 million illegals to the 11 million+ already here 3. Use those 31 million illegals to SHIFT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE in the next census in 2030 4. Use control of the House to FORCE A NEW MASS AMNESTY 5. Reap the eternal benefits of the newly minted 31 million + American citizens and never lose another election forever and ever amen. THAT WAS THE PLAN. It is now dead. God bless Donald Trump, God bless America, and good night!

I’m happy for Dawson and his family. Enjoy the journey as it was a wonderful one for us. My sons are 26 and 24, and daughter 21. They’ve grown into wonderful young adults and I enjoyed every hurdle. So Dawson enjoy how wonderful being a dad is and truly fulfills you’re life.

He was still under contract with the Giants, this they retained his rights if he chose to return. Essentially they don’t lose him for free and remove the dead cap hit is what I’m seeing. Could be wrong though.

Their playoff games are absolute head scratchers. They deviate away from a lot of what is successful during the regular season. Last years loss to us was on the rest of the team but the year prior against the Chiefs? Ooof. He gave KC the win when he was playcalled as a “passing” QB. Regular season king indeed.

Watt has healthy the past 2 years. Played around 80%+ of the defensive snaps too. Often injured? He’s missed 12 games over the last 5 seasons. 2020&21 he came back for the playoffs. To the rest of the post, yeah the outcome doesn’t translate to what his stats have been but they’ve also had very little from the QB play. Very rare do they have a 2 score lead late in the game and can have their guys pin their ears back and get after the opposing QB.

And exactly what Roundy is asking for. Not sure why anyone engages with him on the issue.

Toast? You think so? The guys they have behind him could produce. Highsmith is decent, Herbig has shown flashes and Sawyer has a chance to show the same flashes Herbig has in what, as it stands with Watt on the team, would be a limited role. Hey ward/Benton/Harmon is a decent interior on that defensive front that should make things easier for whoever slots on the edge. Getting rid of Watt would not be the ideal move for them given where they are at but if they can’t work a contract out, which at him wanting $40m p/y seems unlikely, then the most they’ll get for him is a 2nd rounder as the highest. Either way, don’t believe they are “toast” without him. Definitely not as elite I can agree with.

Always enjoyed watching Alex Smith play. Guy was the consummate professional who did nothing but what was best for the teams he played on. Never complained about the Kapernick or Mahomes leapfrogs, showed up and mentored the guys as best he could.

I'm not, no. I like Josh Palmer, I do. But if he is your main boundary down field guy to try and get defenses to fear your outside receivers and defend the full 53 and a third yards then you are asking more of him than has been asked of him previously. He doesn't have the reputation of Amari Cooper who he is replacing either. So he isn't going to affect defenses even on plays where he doesn't touch the ball. He will have to prove he is a viable threat in that role for teams to respect him. Is it possible? Sure. I don't think it is in any way a given though. And Elijah Moore is a nice floor raiser, with a certain skillset but again there are significant limitations in his game. As for Keon. I'm in you gotta show me it. Go read my posts about him right back before the draft, hell before the combine in 2024. The exact player I described is the player that was there on tape in the NFL as a rookie. Maybe he takes a big jump, but unless the Bills are willing to commit to him as a full time big slot type (and they won't because they have Shakir) then the same weaknesses that are on his film are going to hamper him I fear. We had a more explosive downfield passing game when we had Singletary and Moss. I'm fine with bang average backs like those two if the passing game is dynamic. Indeed that is my preference for how the team be built. But right now, it isn't built that way. If the Bills don't extend Cook before the season and their passing game can make more explosive plays no relying on Josh in scramble mode I will be all in on let Cook walk and draft another mid round back I promise you. But I am sceptical about them having done enough for the passing game to make that step. Yes. TFLs are bad for running backs. You want fewer, not more. He was second in the NFL. Only Gibbs was better at avoiding being tackled behind the line. And while of course blocking plays a part in that Cook was only 14th in the NFL in terms of yards before contact and was only a tick above the league average. So I don't think it is as easy as saying "oh its just the oline". The reason James Cook avoids tackles behind the line so well is he has ELITE vision for a running back. He sees holes that a ton of guys would miss. And he will find a way to get to that hole and pickup 1 or 2 where another back misses that hole and is dumped for a loss. And I'm sorry Johnson and Davis are not as good as Cook at that. They're not even close. Singletary is bang average. He's been a starter and lost it in three places. I don't know what you are seeing. He was good at wiggling around in the backfield making a guy miss then getting tackled by the second guy for a loss, sure. He isn't nearly as good as Cook at the quick movement of his feet to find a crease. Doesn't have the vision. Doesn't have the quick feet. That's why one is a back with two thousand yard seasons in the last two years and the other is likely battling for a roster spot on his 3rd team in three years. There are deals to be done with Cook that make sense for the Bills. Even if the AAV on it looks high. But yes, it would require Cook to be willing to leave the team flexibility. What he wants, presumably, is a bit of security beyond this year if he is going to play this year (which as I told this board when you were all speculating in spring - he 100% is going to) and what the Bills want is a bit of flexibility beyond that. I don't expect him to sign a long term deal with the Bills in camp at this stage but I can see a short extension that gives him some security and the Bills some flexibility as an option. Or he could just play without a deal. But he is going to play. And if he is healthy he is going to be the 2nd most dynamic player on this offense again. Then not paying him after 3 thousand yard seasons gets even harder.

Oh, spending time caring for and bonding with your newborn and easing the load on the mother physically recovering from birth is just "milking things" now? I took 6 weeks and then 8 weeks of PFL for my first two kids. Working is easier. Way easier. Being down a person or two for injury, illness, unfilled position etc. is pretty commonplace, you adjust. Heaven forbid a new dad opt not to shove all newborn parenting duties onto the mom, though.

Sounds about right

Fun Fact- Dave Mustaine wrote most of Kill Em All. Metallica recorded songs by other artists that few knew besides me, back then.

We used to play Seek and Destroy and Twisted Sister You Are Under the Knife in the lockerroom before HS Football game. It would get us ultra pumped. I saw Metallica in tiny club, The Agora Ballroom in West Hartford CT, 1985. There was no more than 500 people there

Trent is a great lyricist. Here another NIN 3 pack Another Trent line that stuck with me- "I Wanna Open It Up and Swim in it until I drown"

I'm critical in the sense that I don't think he's worth a $15M year contract. I'd be happy to get him back at a figure that's a bit lower. And whether you're tired of it or not is beside the point, pass blocking is a knock, a legitimate knock. Just because the OL is really good and Josh is damn good at escaping guys who get through the blocking doesn't mean we should stop taking blocking seriously from the RB position.

Really? You're not convinced this group of WRs is better? Wow. Well, I am. I mean, we can't know, of course. But with Elijah Moore and Joshua Palmer? And Coleman in his second year? It's sure the likelihood that we got better. Injuries happen, and expectations sometimes aren't met. But we look significantly better. And yeah, we did keep drives going. Yeah, it's hard over 17 games. But we managed it with a poorer WR group. We managed it with Devin Singletary and Zach Moss a couple of years ago We've got Josh Allen. That's a huge part of the calculus. Yeah, Cook's a big part of their everyone eats results. But that part worked just about as well with Johnson and Davis. The difference Cook made was his breakaway long runs. That's the thing he does that nobody else on the team is anywhere near as good at. Cook wasn't second in TFLs. He had the seventh-most in the league, with 21. Bijan Robinson, Derrick Henry, Kyren Williams, Josh Jacobs, Jonathan Taylor and Saquon all had more. Are you talking about TFLs per rush, maybe, or something like that? In any case, TFLs are more usually about blocking than they are about RB skill. Well, yeah Singletary's YPC was bumped up by his rookie numbers. But he had more carries that year than other years. Sometimes being a change of pace guy improves your YPC. Sometimes not. In any case, his rookie numbers bump his total up, but not by all that much. And about halfway through that rookie year, Singletary was the starter. Even without that year his YPC is still very very good. And Singletary started most of the year for Houston as well. The Giants had him as a backup, though, after they saw what Tracy looked like. Singletary did not look as good last year, whether it was injury or the crappy line or just age or scheme fit or whatever. Cook isn't as good as Singletary at making the first guy miss (or at least as good as Singletary used to be; I haven't kept close track of himsince he left the Bills). Singletary was one of the absolute best at forcing missed tackles since he joined the league. Cook is better at using those missed tackles to create really long runs, of course, and that's a huge talent. Oh, but I'm totally with you about the contract problem not being just about AAV. AAV is just a convenient shorthand. But the Bills clearly don't think Cook is worth what he thinks he is. But I personally wouldn't do any $15M deals with Cook unless it was one of those things where there's a ton of non-guaranteed salary money in the last year of the deal that is very unlikely to ever be paid, the kind of thing Von Miller signed with the Bills for instance.

Nate Clements and his hit on Brady.😱😁

Waller had retired and was away from the NFL last year. Why couldn't Miami just sign him without giving compensation to the Giants? The Buccaneers didn't give the Pats any compensation for Tom Brady.

Boy, I don't agree with that for one second. He just wants to maximize his earning potential. Which from the player's perspective makes total sense.

He’s bumped 9 threads @big balls 8 of the 9 posts are about Trump. As are 99 percent of his posts. There is nothing going on in the world and his world that somehow isn’t related to Trump. Unprecedented juvenile behavior. Its a serious mental disorder. So I’ll just get the popcorn…….I’m having too much fun winning.