HardyBoy
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47 minutes ago, T master said:
If they did they one would think given what he did in college he would be on the team but again maybe that's just me .
He ended up going to the Rams and iirc made the team...his path to making the team was likely better somewhere else.
The only way you could possibly know that the bills weren't interested is if he wasn't signed as an undrafted free agent on any team at all, which wasn't the case.
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25 minutes ago, T master said:
Shaun Dolac came out last year and the Bills didn't look his way which baffled me he should have been of the first ones in the building just like they should have done with Mack, it wouldn't surprise me if they let this guy walk too it seems that home grown talent isn't something that they want to invest in .
Maybe that's just me ...
How do you know they didn't?
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1 hour ago, thenorthremembers said:
This doesnt explain him missing throws. He hasnt been good for a month now, and that isnt a result of being a game manager.
I think he got a concussion against the Pats
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1 minute ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
Wait til people learn the Patriots will be coming off their bye week when the play us in Foxboro
Yeah, I saw that...I watched the Falcons game at a bar at a networking event without volume (except for me thinking Palmer tore everything on the initial play and then when they stepped out at the half yard line to end the half)... I'm sure they mentioned it on the broadcast, but I didn't hear it obviously
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4 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:
After the lost to the Pats the Bills players thought they would get right with the Falcons.
I don't think the players gave enough credit to the opposition.
They have to stop that thinking this week.
Haha, I dont know what a bunch of people here are thinking, let alone the players
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36 minutes ago, billsbackto81 said:
Bye or no bye.
That is not an excuse for making Michael Penix look like Dan Marino.
Let that sink in, Michael Penix.
What in the world?! Penix had 233 yards and a yards per attempt of 6.9 which is below his career average...and they scored 24 points, including three in the second half...seven of which came on an 80 yard run on the first play of the drive...
Dan Marino...seriously?!
It really has gotten to the point where I'm almost rooting for wins more to keep people from going crazy than for the actual wins...almost
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Missed tackles could absolutely be a factor of a player getting to a spot a fraction faster because they are fresh...that's not an excuse
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Why isn't this being talked about more???
They looked like a team coming off their bye and the Bills defense especially started playing way better in the second half after they adjusted to what I'm sure some wrinkles they were able to add during the bye and two weeks to prepare for the Bills.
Feels like massively important context
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4 hours ago, boyst said:
One of the NFL radios guys was praising San Francisco year after year for having numerous injuries and still putting up a fight every week. It got me thinking how poorly the bills do when they start to get punched around a little bit or dinged up.
My wife said it last year watching a game with me, one of the few times she sat down to watch more than 5 minutes. If the bills start to lose or are down by a touchdown they never seem interested in trying to win or care. They don't have the fight in them
Maybe she's trying to mirror your energy or repeating things you've said in the past cause she wanted to connect with you?
Cause otherwise, I'm not sure I really am going to take the opinion of someone who barely watches the team more than five minutes at a time...that said, my own wife does have a pretty good understanding of football, she grew up having to watch it, but she doesn't anymore all that much, but I do value her opinion when she watches... so yeah, I'm flip flopping a bit, lol
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I feel like trading a 3rd during the season causes Beane to chase the pick in the draft somehow...like there is some sunk cost fallacy or something going on
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2 hours ago, Matt_In_NH said:
Understand what making things up is.
Lol, nicely done and go bills
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22 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:
Please tell me you are not serious
Do you understand what the term contributing factor means?
I'm not saying he did that because of CTE... I'm saying it could he something he was dealing with and as a coping mechanism he could have went down a path of self soothing with drugs and alcohol, which ultimately could have resulted in him doing that...
Like if someone hurts their back and then gets prescribed pain pills and then gets addicted even when using them as prescribed and then loses their job as a result and then gets foreclosed on and then has to live on the street and then gets arrested for robbing someone...and I say I wonder if them hurting their back was a contributing factor and then you saying "you can't be serious"...you know ridiculous and lacking humility or understanding your comment would have or lacking the understanding of how incredibly close any one of us is to that reality no matter how much you want to tell yourself you're different and somehow better than reality...well, same thing here in terms of how silly that comment is
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1 hour ago, finn said:
Wonder if it's CTE.
My first thought too...at least as a contributing factor
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Because you're more likely to have 48 out or 53 healthy players...if one team has 53 healthy enough players to play and the other team has only 49 healthy players to play, that's a disadvantage...this makes it more likely to be even...that's how I've always understood it
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1 hour ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:
I don’t know if I would want to be tied to Lamar. Not sure his game is going to age well. And in the end, the coach will be fired before Lamar is benched/dismissed.
I think that's a fair perspective
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2 hours ago, colin said:
That team is just collapsing.
Bunch of front runners, like their coach. When the going gets tough they get soft
Unfortunately it would be an incredible landing spot for Joe Brady...
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1 hour ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
Said this in another post, but Ciarlo over Jenkins was surprising to me. We've called up Jenkins twice already to fill in for injuries at LB. We only have 1 more call up for him and had all 3 call ups for Ciarlo. So from just a roster management standpoint, it would have made more sense to elevate Jenkins to the 53.
Hopefully though, we get both Milano and Williams back soon and we don't take any more injuries to the LB position to where something like that would matter.
Maybe a team was trying to claim him?
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He doesn't have the lateral quickness to be an NBA point guard and he's not big enough or explosive enough to be a small forward...which no knock on Allen, just it's insanely hard to make it to the NBA, much harder than the nfl and obviously the nfl is insanely hard to get to.
Not sure if this has been said yet, but the answer is lacrosse hands down...he could be the best lacrosse player ever...he would be absolutely incredible as at long stick or midfield...he wouldnt even need to be that good with the stick to be a short stick d midfielder...but just thinking about him coming around on a sweep from midfield, getting half a step on the defender and boxing him out with his body and unleashing a shot, as hard as he can throw, him with a lax stick...oh man
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15 hours ago, Low Positive said:
I got into a discussion with a guy in a York pub years ago (It was the year Leeds United first got relegated). My argument was (and is) that the reason that the US doesn't compete in international football/soccer is that it's not the default sport here It's interesting to think about how certain Amerrican athletes would be as footballers. My usual example is Steph Curry. His feet are so quick, and he has elite vision. So does a guy like James Cook. You put a ball in their feet from birth and I think both would have been elite players.
The reason the USA is not better at soccer is because it's pay to play and insanely expensive...it actually probably is the default sport in a lot of ways...it's just crazy expensive to play at the level needed to develop elite soccer players.
Look at it this way...Josh Allen was basically almost completely missed as a prospect...he didn't go to a ton of football camps, which cost a crap ton of money and travel to attend...now imagine the entire system is designed so essentially only afluent kids can afford to play a sport (soccer) and the whole basis of the system is to make money per player.
In Europe and other places, clubs that identify an elite player and develop them, are then able to either keep that player within their organization or they transfer that player to a different club and get a huge transfer fee that allows them to continue developing other players...to make money, in the usa the goal is to get players in the door...in other countries it is find unidentified players with elite potential and get them to be elite...the players identified as having that potential do not have to pay in other countries
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20 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Overpaid
Not worth the money
Not elite
Troublemaker
Not a team player
Diva
Can't catch
Cant block
Can't break tackles
Don't pay running backs
Ray Davis or Gore Jr would be just as good
And the classic, "If he behaves" post...
Any other horribly inaccurate takes I am missing?? Feel free to own up to them...
Yeah, you forgot he had a 100% fumble rate at one point
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7 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
He kicked game 1 but as a practice squad elevation. He wasn't signed until the active roster until week 2.
1 hour ago, Boatdrinks said:Not disputing that he played week 1, but he was practice squad initially
Thank you! Didn't realize he was elevated for week 1!
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3 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:
Didn’t they wait until after 1st game to sign Prater to active roster to avoid guaranteeing salary ?
Didn't he kick in game 1? Maybe they have to be on the roster at the start of week 1 and he signed that Thursday after the week started?
It would make sense they waited to avoid the guarantee, but he played week 1...
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On 9/19/2025 at 5:34 PM, BillsShredder83 said:
Prater has left me feeling a helluva lot more steady. The fact Prater is kicking well and Bass' job may be on the line, makes me even more nervous he'll be a headcase returning.
Praters miss was how far out though? Football reference only has a range, between 40-49yds. The fact it was wildly off makes me a little more comfortable it was flukey.... hes obv been $$ in practice too, because McD didnt hesitate to bring him back out for a risky'ish kick. Came out and drilled a 47yd despite that miss.
I think we have a lot to potentially lose by releasing him and trying to get him on PS when Bass comes back.... I dont feel much of a risk letting Prater keep hitting the ball. Worst case scenario, Prater crumbles, and Bass is protected on IR/getting 100% healthy.
We have this kicker 'hall pass' thats only valid if we use it! Id be sick making the switch before Prater did something to make us!!! Let Prater finish out year, next year we can try the Bass thing again (absolutely wouldnt have a 6th or 7th round swing again either!)
Isn't Prater's contract fully guaranteed (he was on the roster week 1) with offset language...he could legit turn down any offers and come back on the bills practice squad and the only thing that changes is he wouldn't be actually kicking...now if you needed to go back to prater, then you either cut bass and get hit with all that dead cap and you likely lose him to waivers since it would be post trade deadline, but you could also elevate prater in the playoffs...
Let me know if I have anything confused on how that stuff works
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36 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:
Lol, who is manipulating supply?
I was simply commenting what STHs are doing with re sell opportunity
Ticketmaster and ticket brokers...the bills sell them tickets directly, I can almost guarantee that...they definitely get tickets to concerts directly
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Some might need a decoder ring, not us...we just need Draconator and a six pack!