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Yeah, but why do you think that is the case? Why would they pick up the option on an oft injured player with a bad attitude on a team they are trying to change the culture on? I mean they didn't pick up the option on Shaq either, but he responded and worked harder.

Ok, lets go over that. The ONLY reason he traded for KB was ONLY because we were SURPRISINGLY to everyone, including our own FO, in the hunt to snap the playoff drought. And as much as we all hate KB now, had Beane not made that trade we would have not likely have made the playoffs as I am pretty sure there is no way we win the Snow game without KB. And this board OVERWHELMINGLY loved the KB trade when it happened. And we gave up only a third to get him while we got back a 2nd and a good player for Sammy. You are correct, Beane did not have to deal Sammy because of the cap of THAT season. He dealt Sammy because he was going to lose him for nothing at the END of that season or have to pay him a contract he was NOT willing to pay him, even under a tag. The focus of the regime, as its proven it should have been, was to clear out bad contracts, bad cap hits, and bad attitudes. Sammy had a bad attitude, admitted it himself, and was going to have a bad contract to remain here. And, Sammy has said many times he was not happy here and did NOT want to stay in Buffalo. More importantly, had Sammy had another lackluster year in 2017, there was no way they would have fetched a 2nd round pick and a pretty solid DB back for him. That was a major haul by Beane for an injury prone WR who had attitude issues and did not want to be here. Way better and proven players have fetched far less in trades. Sorry...I agree with you on a lot of other things, but this one was by far the only choice and the right choice to build our future team. Once a guy is designated as the wrong fit, get rid of him. And not only did they do that, they got quite a bit of compensation back. AND...its working out pretty good for us. We are a team on the rise with lots of cap space and extra draft assets. Beane has done a great job getting us into this position.

Personally...the more and more I look at all the options, the more I think we may actually draft an EDGE player in the first and take someone like Pittman in the 2nd, maybe even make a small move to get him (or the one they covet) like they did with Ford last year. There should be one or two really good edge guys when we pick, and this draft is sooooo deep with WR talent. I mean Pittman would likely be a sure fire first rounder in many other drafts (and still could be this year too of course, although I think he will go in the 2nd). And if not Pittman, there are still a lot of premium WR prospects that will go in the 2nd.

No, Whaley created our cap situation, Beane and McD did not. And they were not willing to pay him what the money was going to be if they tagged him, Beane has said this. The entire reason they did not keep him was $$$, they did not want to spend so much money on him moving forward, so they got a pretty good return for him while they could. Sammy was no lock to have a good year in 2017, he had been struggling when on the field the year before, and struggled through injuries. Had he had another mediocre season, no way they get a 2nd round pick for him. Better WR's have been traded for less, better players at all positions have been traded for less. To get a 2nd round pick for Sammy then was PURELY on potential, not production. We had a questionable QB and a WR who had been injury prone, and self admits had a big attitude problem while here in Buffalo. Moving him was absolutely correct if they already knew they were NOT willing to pay him, and Beane said they were not. And this guy has done nothing since leaving Buffalo...literally nothing. WR's making fractions what he makes outproduce him every single year both on his own teams and across the NFL. Good for him for having a strong showing in the SB, but so did guys like Larry Brown, Nick Foles, Joe Flacco etc that had big playoff performances one year and then got GROSSLY over paid fro the rest of their career. And I am a guy who used to defend Sammy. But its CRYSTAL clear to me now, this guy does not have the motor, drive, commitment, etc to maximize his potential. He has been a starting WR on the most explosive offenses in the NFL now for 3 years...he has never put up more than 700 yards in a single season. And for the LA Rams, he played 15 games as the #1 WR. In KC, he even got several games this year with no T. Hill for a bit...still had less than 700 yards in 14 games playing on the best offense in the league. He isnt worth half what he is paid. He has the talent to be a top 10 WR without question, but he has the mental and attitude of a guy who has NO INTEREST at all in being "the guy" as he just doesn't seem interested in putting the work in. So, sorry...Beane made 100% the right call not paying a guy who wasn't worth what he wanted and did NOT have the attitude they wanted on this team to build and change the culture. Not to mention, Sammy has said MANY times he did NOT want to be here either. We got BETTER trading him and he got paid for potential he has not remotely come close to reaching. Bottom line: Sammy is soft. He got paid and saw a chance to take a back seat and not have to be "they guy". He wont get that contract again though, which is probably why he wants to "chill" a year. His comments before the SB cost him a lot of money. Going to be hard to see a GM want invest in a guy who thinks he may prefer to just Netflix and Chill for a year. Not to mention the delusional attempt to claim he is "special" and has immense value because he shows up to practice. LMAO, that doesnt make you special Sammy, that makes you employed.

Way premature for this. I still think double digit wins is probable.

It seems a lot of people around here seem to forget KC paid Sammy $16m per year, insane deal at time he got it. There was ZERO chance we were paying him anything near that, nor should anyone. Beane already knew what they were going to be seeking and said so, and said he knew he couldn’t afford to resign him. He literally said this was the core motivator in the trade, the inability to resign him. Beane made the RIGHT and only choice he had, and he got pretty good compensation in return given what Sammy had showed the previous 2 seasons here. Sammy is soft. I was one of his biggest fans, but he doesn’t have the drive to be great. He has a ton of talent, and when be pushes himself he can do great things. But he just doesn’t have that drive to do it week in and week out. We are in a great spot to add some serious WR talent in the draft this year, so who cares about Sammy who just wants to “chill” next year

Gassing up his new white Ford Bronco

I can see Indy also going QB in the first too though. I can’t imagine that a HC who is an ex QB is sitting there thinking they are set at QB right now. This is such a deep WR draft, and there may be a pretty intriguing QB in the board when they pick or within a trade up striking distance too if they felt like there was a guy they wanted to go get. That being said, Jeudy could also easily go to the Raiders too a pick earlier

Lol, biased much.

Nope. ?

Whoa, Lids is offering free Kobe embroidering on any hat, dont even have to buy one can just bring one in, in honor of Kobes passing! Pretty cool https://www.complex.com/style/2020/01/lids-free-custom-kobe-bryant-hat-embroidery

Not that it matters, neither were good enough...but, I would argue the stats and facts seem to support Tyrod having the better tenure as a Bills QB than Fitz. Under TT, he led the Bills to the 2nd highest scoring period in Bills history, 2nd only to the Bills first 3 SB years. We scored more points and he had way less turnovers. He also was at the helm of a winning season and a playoff birth, to go along with 2 Pro Bowl appearances. They were polar opposites as QB's, but TT led offenses scored more points and won more games. End of day, neither were a good answer to the Bills QB issues...but I think its pretty clear to say TT had a better tenure here than FitzCrapTrick did. Fitz I will say has had a better career so far given he's managed to keep finding ways to start as a journeyman around the league where TT thus far has been bench fodder since leaving B-lo.

I have several contacts inside, both Spectrum who works closely with the Lakers because of the exclusive broadcast deal here in LA and with the Lakers PR team (I am also friends with Jeanie Buss herself). Now I have not spoken to Jeanie since this happened, although I did reach out and express my condolences. But my friends in PR at both Spectrum and Lakers said on Tuesday the target was 2 weeks and they want to do it at Staples Center but they fear its not big enough. So they are also considering the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl. Also, wasn't confirmed yet, but one of them told me there may be 2 services...the big one and then a private one for immediate friends and family only. Ironically, Jeanie Buss is about to become my neighbor. I introduced her to a neighbor who was selling their beach front condo and she bought it. So she is about to live 100 yards from me down the beach. She is SUPER sweet and just soooooooo nice. If you did not know who she was, you would think she's just a nice lady who makes a modest salary...she is so down to Earth and you would never know how much money she has and she is an owner of a massive sports franchise. Super excited for her to be moving right there. Sadly for her, she will have one psycho neighbor 2 doors down, which is Anthony Michael Hall who is a total a**hole who is basically hated by everyone. He has been arrested multiple times for going off the rails here, including pushing my friend down and breaking his arm which was on TMZ too lol.

Wow, they are putting a Kobe Jersey on every seat at tonights game for those in attendance. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2874036-lakers-to-honor-kobe-bryant-with-nos-8-24-t-shirts-for-fans-vs-blazers

These are always good, but yeah I saw this one earlier today and thought it was one of the better ones. I loved every one of the Brady ones hahaha.

100% I would bring him in. We have two young TEs with upside he could really help mentor. However, I thinks it’s most likely he is going to retire especially after the Kobe tragedy. He has daughters and has already pondered retiring and spending more time with them prior to this. He was one of many who spoke out about the Kobe tragedy and was posting pics of his own daughters. So I think he was probably already leaning to retirement before Kobe, but after I think it probably sealed it to start that next chapter where he’s just with his family. This Kobe tragedy has affected a lot of people deeply and put a lot of things in perspective.

Yeah he was nearly as divisive as Fitz was. Although, to be fair, TT was better here than Fitz was. Not much better, but at least made playoffs and didn’t give him a contract that made us stuck with him. That was the best part of how they handled Tyrod, we paid him but did so in a way where we could get rid of him at any point if he didn’t take the necessary steps forward. Handling TTs contract was one of the few things that Whaley did right as opposed to that utterly stupid contract the old guard gave Fitz.

Hooper doesn't seem like he is likely to come here given he already said he doesnt like Buffalo.

I was not a guy who wanted to trade Sammy when it happened. I did feel we got fair compensation, so I wasn't bitter, but after seeing what Sammy did early here I was looking forward to seeing him healthy and back in the fold. Once he got to LA, I gave Sammy the benefit of the doubt as no one on the team had crazy stats as they spread the ball around so much. I watched him get doubled a lot too. However, since he landed in KC, I feel like several things have become a lot more clear about Sammy. From a talent perspective, he has loads of it. But the reality is, he is just soft and lacks that drive to be great and live up to his abilities. He just doesn't have that extra gear. I think if KC had cut him over his massive contract, he would have had a good market and could have gotten another deal at $10M+ per year still. HOWEVER...these latest comments would be quite the turn off and red flag to me if I was a GM. Might take a year off? Clear sign football isn't his passion or priority to sit out in your prime and "chill". Not a good look for his commitment or drive even if he doesn't actually sit a year. And his comments about how valuable he is because he shows up to practice? Come on, thats your job Sammy, that doesn't make you "special" like he said. Personally, I think he really hurt his value if he became a FA due to KC cutting him over his contract. And there is still the option of renegotiating his contract to stay in KC, but honestly, I am not so sure KC will want given how little he has produced and these recent comments. They got other good WR's and this is also a loaded WR draft. I can't see KC wanting to pay Sammy even on a reduced deal when they have cheaper WR's on the roster now and an opportunity to draft more cheap talent in a loaded WR class. PREDICTION: KC does NOT renegotiate and just cuts him. He is forced to sign a one year prove it deal for like $8M somewhere.

Ryan FitzCrapTrick. Funny, I like him a lot as a person and as a player on someone else team. But I hated the era he was our QB for these reasons: He wasn't good. Lets get this clear, he was not a good QB. He was a below average QB at best. He would have one or two crazy games and then suck the rest of the year. Expanding on point 1...he was never going to deliver us a playoff birth, he just isnt good enough. He also was not bad enough to lose us enough games to find a stud prospect in the draft to replace him. Our stupid FO paid him like he was a good starter and married themselves to a journeyman level QB. This board was unbearable with the utter nonsense people would spew to try and paint him as a good QB. The only other time I saw this much delusion was with Trent Edwards, who is coincidentally #2 on my list. Like I said, love his personality, him as a person, and like it when he has a good game for other teams that aren't playing the Bills. I won a fantasy football championship this year thanks to him and his monster first half in week 16. I dropped both Josh Allen and Kirk Cousins in week 16 to add Fitz and Perryman...and they won me the Fantasy championship for consecutive years and 3rd in 4 years. So for that, I love him ha. But...his time as a Bills QB wasn't personal, I liked him a lot as a person, but hated seeing him as our starting QB because I always knew we would still suck, but not enough to get a good draft pick, and people here were going spew nonsense to spin him into something he wasn't.

Yeah, it’s definitely a breed I always take more caution with, especially if my dogs are around. Not because I’m afraid of the breed, but because a lot them are rescues and it’s hard to know what they went through before the current owners got them. So you always want to err on the side of caution given the damage potential if one got unexpectedly triggered for something. Most the ones in my neighborhood were acquired as baby puppies, so all they have known is being social on the beach with people, kids, and other dogs. And they are the most loving and sweetest animals and have been for years. But if I meet one out that I don’t know, I certainly err on the side of caution, especially in LA where you never how the dog was raised to be. At the end of the day, they are mostly a wonderful breed where tragic instances like this are rare compared to the amount animals that exist. Just when there is an incident they are a strong and powerful animal. Truth be told, they aren’t even the most dangerous dog. Just like I said about great whites earlier not being the most dangerous shark even though the public generally believes they are. For example, Rottweilers are actually more of a threat (although everyone of them I have known has been super sweet too).

Man, gut wrenching...Vanessa Bryant just made her IG public and spoke out for the first time.... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vanessa-bryant-breaks-silence-husband-kobe-bryants-death-i-wish-they-were-here-us-forever-1274754?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR Breaking News_now_2020-01-29 17:21:14_kkilkenny&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews

Ive been around a lot of Pit Bulls in my life living in Los Angeles. In my tiny beach neighborhood alone there must be a dozen or more. To this day, never had one even remotely show aggression. In fact, every time I have been bit by a dog, its been a small breed dog. There are tons of breeds substantially more aggressive than a Pit Bull, but the issue is that in the incident when a Pit Bull is aggressive, they are so strong they can do more damage than most breeds. Much how Great White sharks are really not the shark to fear as humans. Its other breeds of sharks that account for most bites, injuries and deaths. But Great Whites are feared the most given pop culture and their sheer size and damage capability in the incidents that do occur.

Here is the deal. Players who have an issue with "Buffalo" and make it about "things to do in Buffalo" proximity to other major cities etc, are not the type of players Beane and McD are looking for in the first place. The only guys that they will have interest in are players whose drive is football and winning. Not guys who prioritize recreation and partying. I have no worries about our organizations ability to attract the types of players they are looking for. We are an ascending team with a rabid fan base and great staff top to bottom with the best training facilities in the league. We will attract the right players.

Well good thing there is almost no chance Beane has any interest in inconsistent and pass dropping Amari anyway. Amari is going to be over paid no matter who he signs with. He’s a guy who puts a handful of big games up a year while the majority are duds. Seasons totals look good cuz of it, but week to week he lacks consistent impact too much and he has shaky hands too. We already led the NFL in dropped passes, I don’t Beane wants to add the highest paid pass dropper too.