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3 I think. Allen -87, Diggs -54, White -47

I need a mod's help here. I don't have an edit button to change the option on Josh from 5-10 to 6-10.

So the players-only poll, popularity contest get released this weekend. Project where Allen and Diggs will land. Drop in the comments where you think others like Kumerow 🙂 or Beasley or White might land.

I like bought six beers and took out a small loan to pay for them.

I’ve been watching Colin slowly turn from critic to fan. He’s all in on JA17 and McBeane. Joy is still only grudgingly going along. She acknowledges he’s good and her assessment was wrong but inevitably brings up year 1 and says something akin to disaster.

I took it as a joke/play on his Herr commercial. Guy didn’t pick up on it.

I have never called nor threatened to leave. They literally just gave it to me. Second year in a row. Last year it was sans Redzone. This year is with Redzone. I have been a DTV customer since 1991 so maybe it's a loyalty thing. Maybe the guy who runs DTV is a JA17/Buffalo Bills fan... Anyway, I'm stoked because I was ready to pay for it. Hell if I would pay for it during the Whaley/Nix years, I sure as heck was going to pay for it during the McBeane years.

I forget which coach said it, but one coach last year said that Miami has the greatest home field advantage in sports. Especially for those September and early October games. They have the visitors where dark uniforms and they stand in the Miami sun and humidity. Teams go down there and melt in the hum-did-it-ty. Meanwhile, they wear white and have the shaded side of the field.

Great stuff.. I'll play along... -- Beasley and Josh in mid season rhythm -- Singletary TFL again and again -- Bass booming kicks 4-5 + 2-2 outside 50 -- McDermott with a very quick whistle -- Epensa flashing with another fake sack -- Holiister with 1st team reps -- Jackson smoked by TD Jesus

At what point do the worry beads come out over the Schnoman?

THIS preseason, more than any other in a long time around here, is for the bubble players. Let's see the draft picks. This should be all Webb and Fromm.. Gentry and Hollister.. Zimmer and Basham... Lamp and Long... Wildgoose and Hamlin..... type of game...

Yep hoods, two in the binocular case, a few in your back.. People were very creative back then.

And the answer was: JA17

Any bets on what will be Lead Block segment on GMFB this morning? Will it be Peyton et al or Josh?

In the stands watching it. It was delirium in the stands. And that was during the era where you could still sneak a fair amount of beer in. 🙂

This contract scaled according to the $$$s at the time in the Kelly era, would be pretty darn risky. Why? QBs used to get the snot beat out of them. Hits to the head, hits to the knees, full blown blow ups by the DEs, body slams. Not no more. QBs are playing flag football these days while everyone else is playing tackle. If Josh got hit like Kelly got hit, I doubt he would be in the league long based on his style of play. But with the QB force protection rules enacted, we see QBs playing into their mid forties. The fact that Buffalo structured it for maximum flexibility shows me, and soon the league, why Josh and the Bills are doing it right. And in four years when the Jets QB comes up for his 5th year option and renewal, and the Jets are looking down the barrell of a 325+M contract, they'll look back on this contract and realize what a good contract it was for the team and the player. If I am the Jets, I would be more worried about the contracts Lance, Burrows, Fields, Jones and Lawrence may get/will get and worry much more about their impact on Wilson's contract than what Josh Allen and Buffalo have done. I'd also say kudos to the Bills for getting this done before the season started. Sure everyone says it didn't matter, but I think we all know it does and would. It removes a potential distraction for the players and team and allows them to focus on the task at hand. It does not surprise me it got done. This FO just seems to do things right. What an astonishing change after wandering the coaching, QB-ing, and GM-ing desert for what seems like most of my adult life.

I honestly think JA17 became a national media reality when all these day time talking heads, night time fantasy football players (pundits playing in leagues) started noticing they were losing to him each week last year. That’s when his profile starting coming up. He lead many fantasy leagues in points. That’s what gets noticed by the rank and file. And it didn’t hurt that he was pretty dang good on a four week stretch of national broadcast games last year.

Yeah I caught that. Also gives Lamar credit for 2.5 good years and Josh only one, when it could be argued 1.5ish..

I polled one of my friends who is a staunch Brownie. He says what just about everyone in the media was saying yesterday. Allen 43, Mayfield 40. He knows his team, salaries and structures, like many on here do with the Bills. He thinks that's what the Browns can afford. The more interesting topic is LJ8. I live in the Baltimore region, so I am surrounded by purple. Baltimore can probably go north of 43 as they have what feels like manageable contracts and projected contracts. LT Stanley got paid last year. After that, it's hard to think of anyone breaking or going to break the Baltimore bank accept maybe the secondary guys like Humphreys. The intriguing question about LJ8 is whether they can afford to go north of 43 and continue to expose him to hits on running plays. I'm not here to argue LJ8's QBing ability. I would be concerned as an owner if I have to give him 151+M guaranteed and then have him get hurt because the style of play that fits his skill set is atypical and risky to long term tenure in the league. That guaranteed money could hamper your team for years to come. Should make for some interesting short term deliberations and long term vision of how LJ8's career unfolds. Of course the same argument has been proferred by various talking heads yesterday that JA17 also exposes himself to a lot of punishment by his style of play. Can you take the JA17 stiff arm of Aaron Donald out of his game? Should you now that you have locked him up for 8 years?

This might be the nicest Nick has been to Josh when talking about him. I know it may not be a popular opinion on here, but I like Nick Wright. Sure he is a Chief's fan and fanboy of MyMahommy. But watching him speak about Josh over the last year, he is grudgingly coming around. And maybe that is just the best testament of Josh Allen. Slowly, surely, inevitably, he is winning over his toughest critcs. He is the least egocentric NFL player I can remember. He not only elevates his play and his teammates, but he is a great interview. He never gives you a cringe moment. His charisma smarms the interviewers, fans and critics alike. I have so many non-Bills fans, being an expat, that tell me they love watching the Bills and Josh Allen now. There is something about his story, his withering criticisms he endured by the media, and his humbling worth ethic that just draws you in. And we get to enjoy the ride for the next 8 years.

This might be my favorite post of the day.

Media sure is gushing over JA17 throws today. Uniformly gushing...

2nd year anniversary is cotton.. Wonder where he could get some cotton.....

Pretty creative...

Me too. Second year in a row. I have had Sunday Ticket from it's inaugural season. I have never asked for a discount. Nice surprise.