HardyBoy
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6 hours ago, Dillenger4 said:
I went once and had a blast. Bills won in OT. But I will say this - it's a rough area! We stayed in Hollywood at the Hard Rock Hotel. "Interesting" people lurking around as it had a casino. Gameday tailgating was actually awesome! But the Miami fans were brutal. Kind of a scummy atmosphere IMO. I felt unsafe at times. Hollywood FLA is quite a hole. Just my 2 cents.
I mean unsafe as in low lifes around everywhere you go. Unhealthy street druggies.
I lived in the Fort Lauderdale area for 8 years from 2012 to 2020...were you walking around the area where Hard Rock is?!
Hollywood is pretty cool, and has awesome parts, but also has some rough areas...walking around the Hard Rock hotel area like in the area off the hotel grounds, yeah I'd definitely not at all recommend doing that
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5 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:
Yep. Throughout his tenure McDermott has been very selective of who he praises and when. We see it with rookies especially every year. Heading that, to me it indicates that McDermott feels Claypool needs to hear it in some regard. Hopefully it works out.
Definitely possible... could also be where when they signed him they gave them their word that no matter if there is a spot ultimately for him, that if he comes in and genuinely tries and has an awesome attitude, that they would help him try and catch on with a different team.
So where normally he would keep that in house and in a meeting room or a 1-1 convo with a player, he's saying it publicly because the guy has a reputation that maybe isn't fair or he is working on changing the perception.
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1 hour ago, NeverOutNick said:
He never said at pick 28 lol. But yes he did say he was glad he had a slow 40 so that they could get him. He said the same thing about Gabe when he came out when they got him in the 4th. We’ll never know where they had Coleman on their board but 2 things we do know:
1. They knew they could risk dropping down a couple time to get Coleman because other teams wouldn’t have him rated as high
2. There was no WR outside of the top 3 they had conviction on to trade up in the draft for.
Coleman had the best hands in this draft class so I’m happy to have him because we had too many dropped passes last year. Coleman should NOT be expected to be a plug and play #1 WR that can run the route tree and win off the line of scrimmage with his explosion. That’s not who he is. He’s got a great head on his shoulders though so who knows maybe he’ll get to that level with some hard work and good coaching. I see him being a Higgins type for us and I’m ok with that.
Wonder if they'll go 12 personnel and use Kincaid, Shakir, and Coleman bunched with Kincaid on the line so he can be the one beating press and then Samuel as the weak side receiver and Knox in line... the jet sweep action with Samuel and shifting/ motioning in and out of that alignment... it's exciting.
Then have Cook running counters with Brown and Dawkins pulling...I think this offense could be really cool to watch, I'm super excited
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20 minutes ago, chongli said:
Broke the law?
Are you consistent with that view point or are you good with people who break laws that you feel are unjust and are immoral?
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33 minutes ago, DJB said:
Such quality people over there in KC
What exactly did these two guys do that makes you call them bad people?
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1 minute ago, sven233 said:
Sounds like Coleman was not a guy they really wanted to had to have. I mean, that was pretty obvious from the fact that they traded down twice and then picked him. He was in a bucket with a bunch of guys. He talked about the tiers of WRs and said there was a clear top tier, then made it sound like there was a pretty big drop off to the end of round 1 and round 2 before getting to the 2nd tier.
To me, this means even a guy like BTJ who everyone had rated fairly highly, was in this tier 2 group and not in the tier 1 group because if he was, I believe they would have done everything they could have to move up the handful of spots it would have taken to get him. So, guys like Worthy and Legette were probably all in the tier 2 bucket with Coleman and a few other guys and they just took the one that was there. Frustrating for someone like me who did have several guys above Coleman who in this scenario I would have had more as a late tier 2, top of tier 3 kind of player.
But regardless, I think they are really hoping to win by having Josh play point guard this year and just get it to the open guy no matter who it is or what position it is. It's a bold strategy that could pay off if it works, but if it doesn't, it's yet another season of not fully committing to building around Allen and just forcing him to make everyone around him better rather than getting Allen the most weapons possible to unlock even another level for Allen in his career.
I don't agree with that interpretation...I see it as he was among a tier of players where they felt comfortable spending a pick without spending future assets to trade up, where they saw they had say five players when they were at 28 that they valued equally, so they knew if they dropped to 33 they would be guarenteed to get one of those five.
That doesn't mean they didn't have Coleman as one of their guys they wanted...it's just they would have been equally good with anyone in that tier and they would have been just as pumped to draft anyone in that tier equally...Coleman definitely was their guy, as were several others in that range I'm sure.
They definitely didn't settle...they got who they wanted, added a 3rd and went from the bottom of the 6th to the top of the fifth in the process...they killed it
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19 hours ago, Jauronimo said:
He's saying you and @GoBills808 are Debbie from Depew.
Haha, wait me?! I think sports talk radio taking phone calls from the audience is super lazy and they do it largely to fill space...that and the reflexive immediate negative reaction people have and the use of petty nicknames is super annoying
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On 5/3/2024 at 5:44 PM, hondo in seattle said:
Back when men were men...
Oh stiffle it Hondo
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On 4/30/2024 at 10:28 PM, Dr. Who said:
Nah, if you don't love to eat, you can't be Buffalo. Food, the Bills, pray God, the Sabres, it's what we do.
Addendum, and if you listen to the conversation in context, the fella is very focused and bright. This is not someone who is indulgent, but actually pretty wise about allowing a small amount of comfort food into a diet that is not foolish. Not taking care of himself and getting out-of-shape is not going to be one of his vices.
I don't pray, but sure
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6 hours ago, Jauronimo said:
Some jackass asked TG to "go tell [ESPN personality] to STFU!". The other CHUDS joined in. That was his last day.
Wawrow was less and less active but there was one final thread where JW defended himself and his profession against a bunch of dudes who insisted he had no inside information or access to the team and that better information was shared more quickly on Twitter. Much like TG, he said he no longer gets any enjoyment out of participating on the board.
Sounds about right
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58 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
Yes.
Yes, they both used to post here and Tim Graham hasn't for years, while John Wawow changed his user name to @Delete This Account
Yeah, I remember Tim Graham was positing in here right around when I joined iirc, which had to have been somewhere between 2007-2009 I would think (I lurked for a whiiiillle before actually signing up)
It really might have been Jerry Sullivan and seven burner accounts that forced Graham out, based on the time frame... I'm only mostly kidding!
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36 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
Not sure. I try to be cordial. But damn, why not advise TBD/BBMB folks of the status? I’m sure we’ll get more details.
They definitely were both on here posting for a bit at separate times until I would imagine Jerry Sullivan's seven burner accounts called them out for not sharing details that would have burned their sources or something.
I can't remember all the specifics, felt silly, especially as they seemed pretty engaged.
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16 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
Go Tim Graham!!! Thanks for putting this behind a paywall. How about just reporting the news to the only (biggest) Bills fan board on the web. Maybe John Wawrow will give us some insight. Stay well, Kim! You’re the best.
Didn't we run both him and Warrow off from here? And by we I mean some of us
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1 hour ago, GoBills808 said:
The overwhelming majority of negative posts re this latest draft are reasonable critiques imo
op is tilting at windmills
Debi from Depew in the house?
Lol, I'm just kidding
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5 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
Thanks dude
I call everyone dude for what it's worth...and you didn't address the point of my post
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8 minutes ago, FireChans said:
If fans discussing the team and their opinions on the players, coaches and GM’s holds no interest in you, why come to TBD at all?
It can’t be to debate PSL’s. After all, the Pegula business people know best.
Is it to look at photo renderings of the new stadium?
There's a difference between people having their own opinion and the swirling negative group think of Deppie from Depew and Frank on a cell
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56 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
I don't think knowing more than the fans is much of a flex tbh
That shouldn't even be the minimum job requiremrnt
Um dude, he's saying people shouldn't listen to Debbie from Depew, not that Bills leadership and scouting should be proud they know more than Debbie.
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2 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:
I get scared whenever we pick a defensive tackle in the 1st 3 rounds. Marcell Dareus, Torell Troup, John McCargo. All huge busts
Um, definitely remove Dareus from that list... dude deservingly got bank on a second contract and then coasted...he was gearing up to be a generational talent.
It's funny, people specifically calling Dareus a bust, while complaining about this Bills leadership drafting players who "love ball" even if there are other players who maybe measure better (not saying you are that person)
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On 4/20/2024 at 9:27 PM, Ya Digg? said:
We've all thought about it, so how many passes do you think you could complete in an NFL game? For the sake of argument, let's say the pass must travel pass the line of scrimmage, so none of this jet sweep just give a touch pass to your wide receiver type stuff.
Oh *****, I read this after I voted...I thought I could throw a tiny toss to a running back right next to me or something! Wonder if I can change my vote! Lol, every cb taking away the short stuff and even though I can throw a football decently far, I'll get destroyed by a blitz or just the rush and not get up... it would be awful
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3 minutes ago, Dr.Mantis_Toboggan said:
Hopefully not too aggressive. Hard to shake the ghosts of Sammy Watkins from the memory banks, but it feels like that same situation. The draft is loaded with WR potential, and Whaley wanted to get the cream of that crop… then Davante Adams goes in the second round.
Point is, in a deep class I’d rather fire 2, even 3 bullets trying to find the Davante Adams, Aj Brown, DK Metcalf, or even Justin Jefferson in the late 1st, rather than risk the farm and hope Nabers or whoever is more Jamar Chase than Sammy “Can’t Miss, Generational Talent” Watkins.
To be fair I do think it was injuries largely with Watkins... which is a huge risk in the nfl obviously.
He also turned out to have some pretty let's just say interesting ideas on things iirc... kinda wonder if he brought any of that into his injury rehab?
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42 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
Gonna push back a little. A little better than average qb (if you don’t have one) is worth ten times more than an elite receiver/DE/CB/LT. It’s just such a far more important position, and it’s not even arguable. Hence you might want to factor that into your grades.
You can find a bit better than average qb play in free agency and through trades...Baker Mayfield for example...using a top five pick on a mid first or lower rated qb is bad use of draft value...especially when those players are going to likely bad teams and situations and their flaws will be magnified, which gunner points out in several of his ratings as a concern.
If you want to argue trading out of the very top of a weak qb draft to get more picks to help you get up the next chance you have where there are a number of elite qb prospects, assuming you can find people to give you value for the pick without there being an elite qb prospect, sure...reaching for any position, especially qb to get a slightly better than average prospect...and then saying there's no argument... I'm not with you on that one, but you're welcome to your opinion obviously.
The worst thing to have is a mid-tier rookie qb that you don't know if you should re-sign or let walk...look at Tannehil with the Dolphins, shoot, look at Tua now who has had trouble in the cold and wind late in the season. Look at Dak Prescott and his contract...some of those guys are well above slightly above average...I just don't think you ever reach for a player and seeing elite ceiling due to athleticism and coachability isn't reaching, that's factored into the ratings...some people might have a higher risk tolerance than others...EJ Manuel was a bad pick...JP Losman was a very good pick who went to a very bad situation sadly...we've seen examples of two of those situations play out in Buffalo...don't reach for a qb or any player based on need
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3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
I don't push Quarterbacks up the board. I grade them the way I grade other premium positions.
I think they all go round 1 or early round 2. But that doesn't mean they are all worth that.
There's a reason that a general manager on a short leash and/or feeling pressure to make immediate impact is the most dangerous thing in sports.
Also curious if we'll see any trades out of the top of the draft.
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5 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:
I think if they cut him, they save around 5 mil next year.
i could be wrong, but Im pretty sure I heard that somewhere
That would free up space for 2026 and 2027 then because the guarenteed money would accelerate into 2025 if they cut him at the end of 2024...there is a path to making a big contract work.
Like I guess the question is really this...how many big contracts do you expect the bills to have going forward? Diggs is off the books next year and I expect Von to be off the books fully in 2026...I understand getting younger and all that, but it's hard finding elite value players in FA...and I mean hopefully they hit on one in the draft, but even that is a crap shoot and having more picks than less picks is the way to go there, but maybe it's not about finding stars in the draft other than obviously that's the hope, but pieces that fit your roster development player/contract type category needs and can be better than the slot you drafted them in.
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6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
As of right now they have just under $6m in 2025 cap space.
What's Von Miller's salary vs dead cap if cut after this season? That was always going to be a three year deal basically right?
I'm assuming most of the incentives they built into his reworked deal were the not likely to be achieved since he had such a down year... so that will eat into the 2025 cap a bit if he does hopefully hit all of them, but still I think any cap numbers for 2025 should be probably talked about as if Miller is cut before the new league year starts...Knox too maybe, but my hope is he had a down year because of the wrist
Ticketmaster Live Nation Antitrust
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I'm 40 years old and was recently asked how many concerts I have been to... I've been seeing shows since I've been 16 years old or so, let's round that up to 20 to account for not seeing shows during covid and when my two kids were super little for a few months (lol, except my youngest was born in December 2019, so there is overlap there).
At an extremely conservative estimate at one concert a month, that's 12 a year for 20 years and puts me at 240... frame of reference, I saw about 10 concerts this year already just from Jan through May... I'm counting a show as anything that isn't like me going to a farmers market where there is music, unless I intentionally went for that music and watched the entire show... I'm talking big venues like Darien Lake, Great Woods, Coral Sky and most recently Walnut Creek where I live in Raleigh now, but also smaller theaters and concerts at bars (I'm not counting if there is live music randomly at a bar either, like I legit had to make an effort to see the band)...
Ticketmaster and Live Nation suck so much, they're predatory, they sell these platinum tickets at crazy markups, while holding back the inventory or selling it to brokers to artificially manipulate supply... there's a whole bunch of stuff... getting fees like 10 times over... in most cases the best move is to wait until the day of the show to get tickets at the venue, for concerts at least... there are absolutely some hard to get tickets still, Billy Strings in Raleigh last summer for that Saturday show was super tough... but I just walked around adlibbing funny lines to a song I made up called "Who's got my extra, my heady extra" and got enough people laughing that finally someone was like I got one that I'll sell you $10 below face cause our friend bailed and we're looking to sell it to someone for a fair deal and screw him he'll owe us $10 for bailing last minute...ramble ramble
Anyone going to the phish festival in Delaware this August by any chance?