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I never said Beane had taken over as Panthers GM at that time. You are misconstruing what Monson said in not clarifying that Beane was not the actual GM at the time of the Kalil signing. Hurney succeeded Gettleman. My timeline was wrong on WHEN Hurney took over and DG's cancer diagnosis and that having anything to do with his departure as GM though, that is correct. What Beane's responsibilities were was is what I knew and cared about knowing. And I had gotten that info from someone I've known for most of my life who was in a similar football executive role who knew Beane in Carolina. Beane was a very important person in the Panthers front office at the time because Gettleman didn't want to handle the non-football GM responsibilities. Those duties were becoming an increasingly larger part of the workload. Very similar to the Whaley situation in Buffalo.......except the Panthers owner was a true football man.......a literal former player who had been there at the teams inception. Beane was a great fit because the Pegula's were lost on how to run an NFL team with a road scout as GM. They had literally lived in Orchard Park during the 90's SB's and yet the first time they even attended a Bills game was AFTER they bought the team. To say they were NFL novices is an understatement and their early tenure was their first real embarrassment as sport owners. They were tanking to get superstars in hockey and that was a very popular approach so they hadn't yet earned the ire they now own on the hockey end. Their embarrassment and uncertainty on the football side created the environment for McBeane to take full control of the Bills.

The government has no business banning books like they’re doing in red states. What a private company chooses to do? That’s a different story. Nice try tho. Florida banned AP African American Studies and passed the "Stop WOKE Act," limiting how systemic racism and slavery are taught. Texas removed hundreds of books by Black authors and passed laws restricting how racism and U.S. history can be discussed in classrooms. Arkansas blocked African American Studies from being taught in public schools, labeling it "leftist propaganda." Oklahoma passed HB 1775, which led to schools limiting discussion of topics like slavery and the Tulsa Race Massacre. Missouri proposed eliminating standalone Black history courses, folding them into general U.S. history to downplay their importance. No except when red states target eligible voters who just so happen to be registered democrats. Virginia tried to purge thousands of voters as “non-citizens” — courts blocked the move for targeting eligible voters. Alabama attempted a similar purge; a judge halted it for violating federal voting protections. Georgia & others used unreliable data to challenge voters, risking removal of naturalized citizens. Texas purged “inactive voters,” disproportionately affecting minorities and low-income communities. Supreme Court allowed Virginia’s purge to proceed temporarily, setting a dangerous national precedent.

Has to be Lawrence for the win (or loss)

“Sexual behaviors”. Sounds legit. Is she even a biologist?

Didn't he go out the back door to shoot at critters and pee troleum came bubbling up in the swamp?

American greatness, right @Big Blitz

You were lied to.

I’m good with it. Accountability shouldn’t be partisan - both sides of the media need to be held to the fire.

what's you point about the source of his money?

Anyone not named Josh Allen, by comparison…🤩

I was wondering when he was going to comment on this: From whoever runs this account: The induction into the HHoF is a very prestigious public event to which new members are invited and regularly attend. It should be said here that since AM is a Russian citizen, he is automatically a representative of his country and therefore represents the actions and crimes of his country today. Yes, if AM participates in any event, in this case his induction into the HHoF, he will represent the Russian imperialist war in Ukraine and all Russian crimes associated with it, including the genocide of Ukrainian children. This induction of new members into the HHoF in 2025 on the territory of Canada would thus help legalize the terrible Russian crimes and would become a huge advertisement for the Russian imperialist war and this event would contribute to a greater number of lost and maimed lives. The HHoF and the country of Canada, if this were to happen, would be responsible for the huge number of killed and maimed people and for the huge material damage in this war. If HHoF (and the country of Canada) wants the 2025 event not to be an advertisement for the Russian war and at the same time for AM to participate in the event, they must give Alexander a chance to officially condemn the Russian imperialist war. If AM is interested in condemning the Russian war, it is necessary to support him and help him as much as possible. If he succeeds, the November event will not only not be an advertisement for the Russian war, but would publicly support the end of the Russian imperialist war. As a member of HHoF, I of course want AM to get a chance to officially condemn the Russian war and participate in the event. But the most important thing for me is that this November event is not an advertisement for the Russian war in Ukraine and that people do not die because of it. In conclusion, I want to say that I offer HHoF and the country of Canada @MarkJCarney (and possibly Alexander) my maximum help-cooperation in this.

You could see Torrence thinking “when the f*** is he going to let me speak?”

So you’re no buying the Joshua Palmer hype? 😂

We just wanted you to bake a cake. You will be made to care.

For me, if we're talking about their objective stats and measurables-based data that teams around the league pay for, they're always good: what plays teams run out of different sets, how often they run them and what their success percentage is, how open a receiver is etc. If we're talking about their player grades, they're always variable in quality - there's an element of subjectivity and assumed knowledge If we're talking about their lists of "10 best QB" or "10 best coaches" or whatever, I think they're written to generate controversy and clicks. If we're talking about Sam Monson saying Brandon Beane is the most sensitive GM in the league because he supposedly called PFF to complain about how the Matt Kalil free agent signing by the Panthers in 2017 was graded, Beane wasn't GM of the Panthers at the time, Dave Gettleman neither had cancer nor was on leave, Marty Hurney was not in the Panthers building, and there's no evidence that Beane was filling a GM role. So if he did ring up PFF and B word, it was very likely at the behest of Gettleman. And since PFF is supposedly objective and analytics-driven in their grades (that's how they market themselves) it would actually reflect very badly on them if they changed their system because 1 GM rang up and complained Beane may or may not be the most sensitive GM in the league based on his interview on WGR or other factors; my take is that there are plenty of big and sensitive egos in FOs of teams around the league and I doubt Monson is really keeping some kind of objective tally. If some other GMs aren't more sensitive than Beane, maybe they should be (I have certain candidates in mind, but I digress). Beane took a metric ton of crap and mockery for drafting Josh Allen instead of Josh Rosen or even Mason "the Reindeer" Rudolph and he was right. Beane took a metric ton of crap for trading Diggs when we had no #1 WR last year and came out with the top-scoring offense (and shed all of Diggs cap in 1 year). I don't forget that Beane got us into cap hell between Diggs new contract and signing Von Miller etc, or that Beane under-invested in WR in the draft-and-develop pipeline, but I think he's entitled to a bit of saltiness with the local press.

Yeah, this was no accident. The place does look great though, and if the seats can hold Dion then I think the average Bills fan will be OK. I have to wonder if that part was in direct response to the common question out there about seat size. .

This is a 100% politics-free forum. If you can't keep it to the Bills, then keep it to yourself please.

Don’t know anything about them. How much were the Fortons/their in-laws worth back in, say, 2014?

Love or hate death metal (I don't really listen to it), but Cannibal Corpse is legendary in the heavy music scene. Alex Webster is a/the golden standard for death metal bass. Hammer Smashed Face has possibly the heaviest riff ever. I only recently discovered King Buffalo and totally dig their music, but they are from Rochester.

Channel 7 needs to feature this game on the Highmark memories special