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Turns out blowing $5 trillion on tax breaks, defense pork, and ICE isn’t ‘fiscal conservatism’ - it’s a masterclass in budgetary faceplanting. Bravo, deficit hawks.

It's not just the yearly cap, it's the 5 year term. Locking in to a guy whose at best above average is crazy to me. I get a 2 year deal for high money but more is insane to me. I am blown away that they did this.

You got the first part right. how do you rationalize this stuff…… Barrett pushed Sauer further, responding that she wasn’t referring to circumstances such as when the Second Circuit (one of the 13 federal appellate circuits) “has a case from 1955 and you think it’s time for it to be challenged.” “That’s not what I’m talking about,” Barrett continued. “I’m talking about, this week, the Second Circuit holds that the executive order is unconstitutional, and then what do you do the next day or the next week?” Sauer responded again that “generally,” the administration would follow that order. “So you’re still saying ‘generally’? And you still think that it’s generally the policy — long-standing policy — of the federal government to take that approach?” Barrett pressed. “That is my understanding,” Sauer confirmed. Here’s what that means in plain English: The Trump administration, through its top lawyer, is telling the Supreme Court that it doesn’t believe it has to comply with lower court orders in all circumstances. And contrary to Sauer’s assertion, that finds no support in long-standing DOJ policy, much less department norms. It’s one thing to hear political actors — whether that’s the White House press secretary or even Vice President JD Vance — assert that the administration should not be bound by federal court orders it considers lawless. But it’s another thing entirely to hear the administration’s top appeals lawyer say as much in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.

this is the Poyer clip referenced at the 54 minute mark. if interested must watch on youtube

Josh Allen does everything for this franchise, lol. He has single-handedly turned the franchise into a relevant team and drove ticket prices from $50 to $500 a seat. He’s a unicorn.

Yes but will he survive Baltimore?

Trump just holds the mic - Putin writes the script.

Everyone knew it was a bad pick except Beane.

Another day, another thread where the "We're doomed because we don't have a great WR" fraternity beats the same dead horse.

I really hope he plays well this year. I think he’s gonna be the number five by the end of the season but we’ll see.

any QB in Niners gear who has won a playoff game is considered Joe Montana Lite

Ladd is a slot receiver. Shakir is the same height as and faster than Diggs too(if just using the 40 yard testing). We heard a lot of bullsh!t about how Shakir could play outside and Diggs comps from irrational fans. But Diggs had longer arms and 10" hands that allowed him do more on the boundary in his prime. Diggs aged out of the boundary a couple seasons ago but the Bills didn't have anyone else to put out there.

I would not make that deal in 1 million years.

The first bolded statement is a decent point. We have tended to go small on defense at certain positions (LB/Secondary) and that could be a factor in those players getting injured. And yes, we have had some injury-prone players (particularly Milano). So, no I wouldn't be surprised to see Milano or a couple of other guys injured. I do hope this is something the Bills brass has at least looked into, from all angles. But, I do think we are a much deeper team now (at most spots) that can withstand injuries a bit better than the teams from say 2020-2023. The weird thing is that the first 3-4 years of the McBeane era, we were one of the least injured teams. Then from the end of 2020 to 2023 it felt like we were one of the more heavily injured teams. Was it a change in training/conditioning staff/methods, was it the type of players we were bringing in, was it just bad luck? And of course, other teams have injuries too. But, there were particular games, Bills/Chiefs 2022 for instance, where we were missing a number of key players on defense (like 5 or 6 guys) and they were only missing like one starter or whatever. It does have an affect on the game. But yes, say in the Cincy game, they were banged up too. I guess we'd have to look back at each game to see how significant the difference was on the injury report, etc. and then how much we think those losses affected the outcomes. So, I get not wanting to lay too much of the blame on injuries, but no doubt they were a factor in at least some of the playoff games. To the second bolded statement. Yes, no question the Lions were depleted by injuries last year and it played a big role in the end of their playoff run. But that's the thing, the national media talked over and over about Detroit's injuries, and posters here too have brought it up a lot. But then when some of us say, well injuries played an issue for the Bills in some years, people say, aw you're just making excuses. Why do injuries factor in for Detroit, but not for Buffalo?

This is insane to me. Lynch is gonna get fired over this. He's at BEST like 10th-12th best qb in the league. Sf might make the playoffs this year purely based on having an easy schedule but man they shot themselves in the foot.

I've been calling him West Coast Tua for 2 years now lol.

FWIW with Purdy. He's an above average starting QB and this contract won't look as bad a couple of years from now imo.

Oh look! Another “I hate the Colman pick” post.

With the exact same roster, you believe that Purdy is “several wins better?” Okay. I’m not even saying that Fields is good. I’m basically saying, anyone that would rather have Purdy at $53M AAV than Fields (or whatever bridge QB) at $20M AAV is an idiot. Purdy is fine. That franchise just gutted their roster to keep an average QB. The biggest mistake an NFL front office can make is paying an average QB, top QB money. The numbers are so big now, it just can’t work. You’re 100x better with a bridge guy or starting over with a young QB. The day that you pay Tua or Purdy or Carr is the day that you’re officially no better than a WC contender for the life of their contract. That was Purdy on a rookie deal. It was the best contract in football. If you can get middle of the road QB play, from a guy picked last, and on a rookie deal, you won the lottery. Now that you’re paying him Josh Allen money, you’re done. That’s the point. I do agree on the Baker deal. I also agree on Lawrence, Goff, Tua, Kyler and a whole bunch of others. I’m not yet sure on Love. Fields wasn’t horrible last year. He isn’t a traditional QB. They won with him and he was effective. I’m not saying that he’s great or even good. I’m saying that he’s in the tier with those overpaid middle guys (or at worst a tick below). Your record isn’t much worse with him than Purdy. Maybe a game or 2. Your ceiling is the exact same.

Coleman will have this year to show improvement. If he doesn't, I expect Beane will be looking to draft a WR early in next year's draft, given the cost of top WRs, in free agency (assuming any even would be available).

Knicks just wrecked Celtics. Towns is usually so soft— great to see him so aggressive.

Like I said. I wouldn't give him that much but the Lance example is why you at least need an above average QB even in Shanahan's offense surrounded by all pros. Baker's $33m per year contract makes a lot more sense.

I banged the table leading up to last years draft on that fact. WTH, didn't beane draft a faster Diggs and a guy with a great attitude as well?

Ladd is a slot receiver. If they drafted him, then he and Shakir have to share snaps and Shakir had a hard enough time getting his snaps in an offense where they want big boundary WR out blocking. Whether Coleman makes it or not, McConkey's skillset would have been redundant so they'd still be seeking boundary help. I do think Coleman would have had himself a much better season catching the dink and dunk stuff from the slot like McConkey got. The average depth of target disparity was enormous(9.9 to 15.2). It's reminiscent of the tantrums people threw over passing on Creed Humphrey. They owed Mitch Morse a lot of money, he was solid, he was a captain and since centers in the NFL spend a ton of their pass blocking snaps blocking air or just being a help guy.........what you don't want is to pay the top of the market for a non premium position. That's what the Chiefs are doing now. Give me Morse and McGovern over that stretch and I'm good. Slot WR is a non-premium position.

If he doesn't make a big improvement this year, then it's a bust pick. You look at what McConkey did, and then add in BTJ who we should have traded up for and its bad.