WhitewalkerInPhilly

Agree that the team is about to get a whole lot younger on D. Maybe the vets and journeymen hold off late round rookies for a season, but our cap space in 2025 isn't an immediate money pot for profligate spending I thoroughly expect that by 2025, Milano will be a grizzled veteran as one of the longest consecutive members of the defense and that makes me feel old.

Delicious brisket. Possibly some wings this weekend. And note, I said current NFL. Name the current bellcow backs in the NFL. Derrick Henry? Joe Mixon? Saquon Barkley? Cook had 45 less rushing yards than Henry (not counting receiving) and ran for more than Mixon, Barkley and Pacheco. This is the model of the current NFL. Derrick Henry is probably this generation's epitome of a bellcow back, probably the highest standard of an every down rusher and he might be out of the league next year. The model right now for smashmouth football is the Niners. Right now I would say that Cook isn't Singletary 2.0, he's a poor man's CMC. Not as good, but that he had a year roughly in the same stratosphere are CMC is pretty darn good, and that we can work on a niche for that in our schemes.

I don't what they're called, I've been X-iled. It's BlueSky for life now! But seriously, everyone still calls it Twitter except for journalists who reference it as "X, formerly known as Twitter"

Same. I have no idea how it will go, but the team is definitely seeing its more senior members poached away. I would much rather see a college coach alternate between the pros and college before giving him a shot at a coordinator position.

Definitely a number #1 in the current NFL. The current model seems to be "by committee" unless you have a special back, and honestly CMC and Cook fall into that category. Even they have #2 support. Solid #2 hard running options are usually cheap to pick up (see Damien Harris and Ty Johnson)

It also neglects any salary cap implications. It's silly season, prepare for 6 weeks of wild speculation that comes to naught.

____ Hey, you can make the case that Tucker Carlson is uniquely qualified for the job, as he has had plenty of practice with Putin's US mouthpiece 😁 Legitimately though, it's not the end of the world to have Tucker Carlson interview Putin. I mean, everything Putin says should be taken with a grain of salt, and I've seen better interviewing skills from a guy whose schtick is getting people to eats wings, but he should have the right. He just in no way should be taken seriously as a journalist.

I mean, I thought the Jessie Waters show was evidence enough of that. ... Oh, you meant the Tucker thing.

I'll be honest, it was actually refreshing to be asked to actually provide reasoning for my stance and give it. Usually this board does not bother. And while I will say climate change isn't the biggest reason for the current surge, it's coming: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/20/621782275/the-refugees-that-the-world-barely-pays-attention-to Which is why I would prefer we'd have been working on an actual solution to the problem rather than the performance theater we have been getting from politicians. (I will include Democrats in there too)

I am genuinely surprised that you made it to the 2nd grade.

Fortunately, it takes very little time surpass you.

I...did? I mean, was that not the quote that I directly provided? About how the right wing party didn't need to personally drag vulnerable minorities, they had their base do it...and then linked to the thread of crazy right wingers showing that they consider liberals "a disease"? I mean, it's not like the Nazis ever used language like that. Would you like me to literally spell it out for you? I mean, can we point out the rise of hate crime assaults in that are against...*checks statistics* black people and Muslims? Surely, that's what she meant, right? /s

It's a good thing you had no wit left to bleed out.

OK. You want serious: The border situation is broken. It's been broken for a long time. Stopgaps for put into place for a long time, and as climate change and the reckoning of the US' 80s War on Drugs and repeated South American coup policy have gotten worse. Rather than do anything to solve the problem, rather than do what I think is the obvious thing and develop a pathway to citizenship, to set up the infrastructure it's been used by the right wing to drum up such incessant fearmongering that nothing could be done. Instead of sending money to lawyers and judges to process cases, infrastructure on settling applicants or setting up a more robust work permit system money kept being thrown at enforcement: a "wall" that could easily be cut through with a handheld circular saw, border agents whose authority extends to an area that is about 2/3rds of our county's population, running deportations to an extent that police and prosecutors begged them to stop because witnesses stopped coming forwards, and I-shiesse-you-not, saws on bouys. So when the Democrats buckled and gave in because they would prefer our allies not run out of ammunition while shooting an invading mutual enemy, when they gave the Republican party the vast majority of what it has been bleating for the last 8 years their leader went "oh Sh!t if they give us that, we can't complain about it as much" And I am supposed to think that knuckleheads should be in charge of a charity softball game, never mind deciding who we go to war against, and what medical care we are allowed to have?

This is the one, right? Now, let me look at this forum for something relevant. Hey! This sounds like the thing she was talking about right? Lefties are mentally disturbed and must be stopped

Hey quick note, remember when the situation at the border was so bad that the only way to pass Ukraine and Israel aid was to package them together? And for Democrats to give up pretty much everything that Republicans wanted? How'd that go again? Right. https://apnews.com/article/congress-ukraine-aid-border-security-386dcc54b29a5491f8bd87b727a284f8 It's a problem so terrible that Biden is asleep at the wheel and Dems are out of touch and we NEED funding, but now that they could get the funding it's something the presidency can handle all on its own. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/02/06/gop-says-biden-has-all-power-he-needs-control-border-reality-far-more-complicated.html There was money for the wall in there man. Liberals were screaming about how their leaders were selling them out for a political stunt. And then Republicans were the dog that caught the car and had no idea what to do next because they realized they have nothing to run on other then SCAAARRRRRRY Brown People.

Huh, almost like we should be doing something about those guns.

To be fair, Gina Carano didn't say she was a Nazi. Just that she felt like the US was like Nazi Germany right now. I mean, she has a point: ethnic minorities, gay people, unionists and socialist have been seriously stignatized, and with a rise in hate crimes against-pfffffft sorry, couldn't keep a straight face. She actually had to the gall to compare mean tweets to mass deportation, starvation, legalization of sub-citizen classification and mass murder and was surprised when people have her schisse for it.

Very rarely do I think you get a political fight with a clear and distinct side. That a functioning democracy (I'm not saying without flaws) in actively being invaded by an totalitarian regime run by a man who was a member of the Communist spy agency seems like one of them. Considering the people around here who claim that they want to d**k-slap communism out of the world, you'd think that would be an easy one. But no, the US keeping its word and proving it will actually serve as the bullwark it claims to be isn't important isn't important. Keeping Russia away from strategic geographic assets and letting it know it can't reannex the Soviet Union isn't important. No, what's important is that Glorious Leader gets his way so he can build a golf course or some schisse. Sure, Dubya can f*** off in the dessert and get the US bogged down for 20 years, but two years of sending money and weapons (which is one of our main industries) is a bridge too far. It is good that you are aware of your early onset dementia. Early treatment is critical in these stages.

Do I think it's possible we can get one more good season out of him? Yes. Would I rely on it from here on out? No.

I mean I would love a breakdown of how his schemes have worked.

Maybe I am crazy but I remember Romo talking about how the Bills were using them in the Chiefs game. In theory, I think it makes the most sense for our current personnel, even if we go out and draft a stud WR to be our #2. In my mind, the three most dynamic weapons Josh had last year were Shakir, Kincaid and Cook. If two out of your three are RB and TE, condensed formation lets defenses pick their poison and then you can motion Kincaid or Cook to get an advantage.

It's a little sad that I am actively hoping that he gets suspended, because that would wipe out his guarantees so we'd be free and clear.

oh thank christ

I mostly agree, especially with the bolded I expect that with some moves the Bills have enough for a journeyman S and/or DT (injury discount of DaQuan). I also expect that part of cap being freed will be Dawkins getting an extension for a few more years. He's just about to turn 30, so I don't think it's unreasonable to think that he's got a few more years in the tank and in general it's good practice to retain your LT. My philosophy: functional pieces can (and should) be acquired in free agency. Outside of QB, #1CB and outside WR there are usually day 2-3 players who can hold their own and not be a major liability. Sometimes, they turn out better than hoped (DaQuan, Poyer, Hyde) but your goal is plugging a short term hole. The draft is where you look for impact, swing for the fences on a Pass Rusher, dynamic WR, lockdown corner.