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We absolutely don't need him but acting like he's washed is silly. He was still a very capable defender last year: https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/jadeveon-clowney/8636 5.5 sacks, 4 Forced Fumbles, 9 TFL, 4 batted passes with a 64% snap count on an atrocious team isn't awful either. He was being paid $10M a year. I think he earned that.

I don't get the anger amongst fans (or talk show hosts) for them not drafting a WR. I don't subscribe to the theory that the position value of WRs are like QBs in that "you must hit one to the point of elevate them a round or 2 round higher." With that, you trust your scouting and the board. And this year the boards across the NFL is that it is a lean year for WRs. I know there are narratives out there that Beane is one of those GMs that don't come from a scouting background. I have not done research on how many of them are out there and the success ratio. I know a few like Rick Smith (Texans) and Terry Fontenot (Falcons) are in a similar boat, though both are former players. Holmgren transitioned from Coach to GM. But I'll say overall, the organization is run way better than pre-McDermott/Beane era overall, maybe 2nd to only Bill Polian (and I can argue Polian won over Beane on eye for talent, but nothing else. I may even question were Polian in Beane's position, would he gamble on selecting Allen). Reaching out against your own evaluation based on needs is what net you Elam kind of decision. Go with the flow of the draft, as the saying goes "let the draft come to you." I feel they did that this year.

Not all sad to see Belichick and his Girlfriend make fools out of themselves .. more so Belichick..

I thought I'd go with Fitz ... He went to Harvard ya know. The problem with Fitz though is that it seemed wherever he went as a backup, the starter got injured, so not wanting Josh to get injured I'd have to go with Bledsoe. Our line is good enough to protect the statue that was Bledsoe and he was pretty good at throwing it.

I’m a huge Allen fan but nobody is like Jordan was. Jordan was the most competitive person ever. No one comes close. David Blaine was trying to do a card trick with him and Jordan tried to cheat with that because he didn’t want to get fooled on a stupid card trick. Yeah Jordan would make stuff up because that who he is. Most of the guys are competitive but not to Jordan’s level.

This entire 2-down/3-down back argument is the fanbase grasping at straws to try to devalue him after being offended by some innocuous posts on social media Doesnt make any sense for anyone who has watched him play, saw his performance last year, and still wants to comment on what he brings. Like I pointed out up-thread, he was still the most productive/used player outside of Josh. No one else comes close to his number of touches. Regardless of what downs they came on.

I am not using placebo effect in its medical sense. It now has an accepted wider application for analogous situations where a percieved effect is bigger than the reality.

I have a questions. In this post you replaced everyone with someone on the roster and I agree with most of it. The only person you didn't/couldn't replace is Diggs. Isn't that a huge loss when comparing the 2 seasons?

I use to spend a week in Kincardine Ont. every summer, Niagara Falls and Toronto routinely, until I was banned. Their loss, I spent a lot of money there. But seriously, their problems started before Trump. If it takes scapegoating him to feel better about themselves than looking in the mirror, so be it.

“Daaaa Prayers” 🤣🤣🤣

It says his 2025 cap hit is $2.5M. If the incentives are easily attainable, they'd be "likely-to-be-earned (LTBE) and make it a $5M cap hit for the year.

I think you can leave Lamar off your list.....if he ever learns how to read defenses pre-snap, or be able to throw to anyone other than his first read before taking off to run, then maybe he can be considered, but I am not holding my breath. Once his athleticism fades, he will fall off quickly. As for Starks, he wants an INT off the best QB on the planet......what defender doesn't want that?? Wanting an interception is one thing, but getting one is quite another.

Placebo effect involves an actual treatment of a physical or physiological condition, so for me you are completely mis-using it here. I think you are making the point that the players already had these abilities so the emotional heightening from perceived or actual "insults" is negligible. I would simply say that physiological changes when experiencing strong emotions can change mental focus, increasing it when channeled properly. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01454/full So, some pro athletes find ways to experience strong emotions to find greater focus. This is what is being alluded to. Yes, you're right the athlete already had the ability, but finding ways to maintain maximum mental focus enables maximum and consistent physical performance.

Thank you.

Now that India is our ally can we please bring Apu back on the Simpsons?

Brian Cox would like a word…the 12th man took the proverbial bat to him following his bulletin board moment(s)…😅

As a backup, all you would need was half a season in play, right? Bledsoe had a lot of playoff experience and won four playoff games and appeared in the Super Bowl while Flutie did not, so I'm taking Bledsoe as a backup.

Yea fans hat the business side of football. But it exists. You can't play stop the world I want to get off. If fans think $15m is "ridiculous" they are not following the NFL market. Is it high? Yes. Is it more than you'd like to pay him? Yes. But it isn't ridiculous. And I don't break the market down by 2 down vs 3 down. I break it down between guys who are a genuine threat to go the distance and guys who are just chain movers. Cook is the former.

And we all agree healthy food is important so no you can't use your food stamps on soda and junk food. Can't have it both ways. Free or reduced price HEALTHY food for all students is something I can get behind. Growing up my wife didn't know if she would have food at home but luckily she had food at school except it was all crap. But it beats eating cereal for dinner at home.

To me it's a ridiculous amount, and I think to most fans it looks unreasonable - at the time it was $3M more than Barkley. And it's beyond the top end of the 2 down RB market. It signifies Cook wants to be paid at the top tier of the 3 down workhorse RB market - which he is not currently in (thus the Shakir example). I still can't figure out why Cook's team put that out there - what good did they think could come from it. As for social media games, the Diggs thing turned the Bills fanbase against him. And Poyer's wasn't much better, seemingly orchestrated by his wife.

Yesterday, in an interview with Martha McCallum on Fox News, Vice President J.D. Vance was asked for his thoughts on the recent outbreak of hostilities between India and Pakistan. The answer he gave was such a departure from Washington politician-speak that it is probably going to cause everyone in D.C. to throw a conniption today. Watch: We will stand ready to defend OUR interests but otherwise countries that have been virtually at war for decades and decades will have to work this out.

Lol because of tariffs they say. Someone can't read a chart. Unemployment looks to be at similar levels as it was last fall. Canada is a joke. I don't even know if we should make them a state. Maybe they should get the same treatment as Puerto Rico or Guam

Not quite right. He said the Bills told him on his visit that if he was there they wanted him. Not in a call on draft night. But of course they edit the video to suit the reality. It isn't a true reflection of what went on in the draft. It's a snapshot cleverly edited together to make the team look good. I remember long ago before Embedded the social media team did a post draft video that showed Whaley trying, and failing, to trade up on day 2 for Carlos Hyde, the running back out of Ohio State, and apparently when it went out Whaley and Monos were apoplectic. Lesson learnt.

I love the irony of the last two lines especially!