WhitewalkerInPhilly

At an event at the Philly zoo. I've already seen four groups in Bills gear. Go Bills!

At an event for my sister in laws birthday. I am so glad I sprung for rewind

Bad News: Rudolph doesn't make the same number of boneheaded throws that Levis does. Good News: Rudolph is still pretty bad Better news: Rudolph is probably still traumatized from the last time he came to Buffalo https://youtu.be/bSJi0iuzBHE?si=9dikdrVb81TaOy5X Fixed it for you 😛

Ooof. I don't like it on a number of levels. For one I really just want the Dolphins to be bad and Tua is undeniably better than the scrubs they've had in. I still think the Bills are the better team and will be even better than their last matchup (Cooper will have been in, defense is recovering) and the Bills just have a schematic advantage with what they like to do (Phins are below average vs the run in YPG and YPC, Bills zone D has been consistently containing Miami's offense the entire Tua era) On a human level I don't want him dying on the field. I remember our collective horror and the horror of the players when Hamiln had his heart stop and that was far more a freak chance than another traumatic hit for Tua. I don't care so much that I wish that on Tua. Finally, as a fan of football: hitting is part of the game. I legitimately thought some of the Rapp hits would get him thrown out considering how the refs were flagging Dawkins, Epenesa and TJ. Those jarring hits saved touchdowns and killed drives and they were completely legal. We watched Epenesa put on a clinic of a wrap up tackle, attempt to strip sack and then brace his fall before he hit the ground and then rolled off Rodgers and they STILL flagged him. Imagine what will happen when Tua is out there.

How much did the refs get fined for that bullsheisse they were calling on the field? None? Then I don't care

I reasonably brave coach could say "Our franchise QB is indefinitely out. We aren't going to burn assets on a rental if we are so underwater that miss the playoffs anyway. Evaluating our younger players seems like a better use of our time, money and picks" Because if the Phins are likely to do that is Tua comes back later

Tom Grossi on the script writer meeting before Bills vs Jets https://youtu.be/nGNjpEn2Mfw?si=7MaOq6dVEHAAQjXz

I mean that's a low bar at present but I agree. Even a middle to low end starting X and/or reliable field stretcher opens up the space Kincaid, Shakir and Coleman have been missing. I think that they are the true beneficiaries and it's no coincidence that MVS was immediately shown the door

FWIW I'm listening to Beane on McAfee and he's talking about getting Cooper "onto the field"

Huh I thought he was going to take Lil Dirty's 19

Amazing to hear

Look I'll face the music. I was hopeful, I was intrigued, but this move doesn't happen if the team has faith that they were going to get over the hump this year without it Don't get me wrong, I love Shakir's game and I think Coleman is having a solid start to a second round rookie season. But without the gravity of a true X receiver or someone who could take the top off there isn't enough space for them to work. I think this is the best value meets price moment the Bills were going to get.

If you're talking about the entire length and breadth of their careers I think that's a hard thing to say and requires some hypotheticals. That said I think right now, at this moment, Cooper is doing a better job at the things that Diggs provided in his peaks years than what Diggs has done since November 2023 and is doing it at a bare fraction of the price.

I mean show me the lie

I am remembering the stretch last year where I told myself the Bills would get right and stack wins. Then we were 6-6. But still even then I can bring myself to be terrified about this game

In my mind what's damning is that Joe Flacco came off the couch and Cleveland was pretty damn good with him. Cooper was pretty damn good with him. So I'm willing to start with a blank slate

Dude gets these out at a clip https://youtu.be/q2LQs-pt9ww?si=LmMc760YSx0_oeir

Even without a full route tree just opening things up should have divideds. The Bills picked a good stretch to bring him on too so he can ramp up.

You guys have a point. I'm underselling this. If you told me back in 2018 that we'd be getting Amari Cooper to pair with this new QB we drafted I'd have told you that you were out of your mind. If you told me this move would happen pre-draft night I would have been so much calmer. Cooper may not be a superstar anymore but he a competent established WR1. He may be a new focal point but the theme I am seeing for Brady's offense is that no one should have a do it all by himself. Competent, "will beat most CBs 1 on 1" makes everyone's lives easier and unlike the Jets we didn't take massive cap hits for equivalent talent

As I said when I sat my then five month old son to watch the 2021 opener vs the Steelers: "The cycle of child abuse is a terrible thing. Go Bills!" And then the Bills dished out that pain

Sounds like 80% of Diggs at a bare fraction of the price and drama

It's just... I can't imagine watching a sack turn into a personal foul that wipes out a 4th and long to extend a drive that results in points, a pancake block become a personal foul that invalidates a huge PI call, a penalty between quarters and a fumble that looked like a definition of the tuck rule not only reversed but deemed reviewable and think it was the BILLS getting extra chances by the refs

Cortland Sutton in Denver was a target I had in mind in off-season. He has about a $1.1 million hit this year and his 2025 contract is unsecured

To me it's not nearly as annoying as the ones saying the refs bailed out the Bills

"The Raiders trade Adams to the Jets for 3rd/conditional 2nd" Well it's a bit higher than I would have liked the Bills to give up but for the cap hit the Raiders would be taking on for a on for a one year rental- "And the Jets will pay the remaining $13.5 million on Adams deal and will be looking at salaries of $36.5 million for 2025 and 2026" AHAHAHAHAHA