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Agree. He and Beane have already been extended. Terry and Kim have had their struggles getting their organizational parts right, but they haven't suffered long when things weren't right and moved to pull the plug even with big money still committed, ex. Rex and Ralph Krueger. When they do get it right, they move to lock it in. PFT seems to not recognize this. They think they have it right.

I am a pretty smart guy but I am music dumb. I know what I like and I have high standards but can't explain why. There is this guy, Rick Beato, who has a Youtube channel that features music of this era. He is about our age and is from Fairport which means it's likely members here at TBD have some personal connection to him. He dissects great music down to it's elemental parts in an attempt to demonstrate what makes it great. I feel smarter after watching his material. Here is an example: What makes this song great Not much of what I hear today measures up.

Lol. I picture Wile E. Coyote holding up an umbrella as the boulder is falling directly above his head. I totally understand.

I think it's odd that Steven could not get a camp invite after he was cleared to resume playing. All I heard of was a June tryout with the Giants. He might have to seek an XFL opportunity.

I looked it up. Here's the link. One of 4 in the last draft. San_Diego_State_Aztecs_in_the_NFL_Draft

Actually I think this happens often. Sure they want to promote their program but they need good relationships with NFL scouts to do it. Letting an NFL team get burned like this hurts their cause so they should be honest.

I think it's all about who you know and what they are willing to say. I wonder if the SDSU coaching staff was under a gag order otherwise more NFL teams would have known.

The story was vague about what they knew. It implied it was a general sense of a problematic incident involving him but not knowing the details.

When did Matt get connected to it in any published account? Where was the info to be had? If a rumor like this were posted here, it would quickly get removed as have others. Who are the people in the know who are willing to talk? Most have reasons to keep quiet. Investigators, prosecutors, coaching staff, college administration. The LA Times June story did not connect names to the incident.

Aside from the filing of the civil suit, is Matt Araiza the punter vs. the Rams? Yes? The timing of the filing could have been much worse if it were September 7th or sometime thereafter in the middle of game preparation. Lucky to be done with it now.

With rampant campus rumors and an extensive history of social media references, should any sports reporter worth a salary, have uncovered this too? People generally dont spread gossip and rumors to total strangers. Best to go to a bar near the SDSU campus, get a haircut or rent a taxi/Uber. Bartenders barbers and drivers will talk. If the Bills had no trusted connection to staff at SDSU, They were probably told not to talk about it.

If Matt Araiza lied to the Bills at any point, I think they release him right then and there. Here's one scenario. The Bills likely have their own private security who took Matt's statement of events six weeks ago and went to investigate and largely corroborated his account. This would explain why he is still on the team. With pending litigation, only one side is talking which is a bad look for Matt and the Bills. The woman has a lawyer to do her talking so there is no reason to talk to her directly. The big problem would be that even if the Bills are confidant in what they think they know, a legal system resolution is too slow and the optics are too horrible and one sided to make patience a tenable strategy. One version might be that she lied about her age just to fit in to the scene, consented to relations with Matt, chose to go into the house and bedroom on her own afterwards and Matt had nothing to do with what happened thereafter. Another version might be that Matt acted as bait, spiked her drink, and actively facilitated events to allow his friends to assault her semiconscious self. In the latter, Matt needs to go to jail but if it were true I doubt he'd still on the team at this point.

There was no logical reason to bring Barkley back other than they want him in their QB room as the Davis Webb replacement. A shocker if it doesn't happen that way.

Vaccine requirement and the closed border tanked last year's resale market. The return to normal access, expectations and the backloaded home schedule boost demand for the early season home games. Market forces create the extreme jump.

My sarcasmanotometer isn't always well calibrated but someone suggested that Dawson and his family might prefer to grieve in private and that the PUNT foundation donations might be somehow intrusive. We see Dawson reaching out to share a link to a livestream of the memorial service and suggesting this an attempt to share their collective faith with a larger community. So, sarcasm detected there.

Whatever anyone might choose to donate, know this. It will be combined with hundreds or thousands of other Bills Mafia donations to send a much bigger message to Dawson and his family that we share some small measure of their pain and want them to feel that some good may come from their family tragedy. That's a powerful thing. It is one of the best of what we do.

https://ms-my.facebook.com/PUNTPediatricCancer/videos/from-dawson-knox-to-our-punt-family/624293778155814/

Cover1 did this going into the 2021 season. There is much evidence that Zack is an asset to the Bills pass offense. Moss and Singletary Comparison

Check out the Youtube of OBL from Friday. He was trying to make a point about Bernard but kept calling him Benford. Someone corrected him, he checked the roster and got it right for one sentence and then resumed calling him Benford three more times. Maddy Glab inserts his correct, full name twice before she finishes two sentences. The look on Frelund's face was one of total befuddlement. CTE is real and Tasker had as many full speed ST collisions as any of them. I totally hope that is not the case. Steve is at his best when storytelling as in many cases he has probably told many of them on multiple occasions. 19:36 Benford or Bernard

Probably going to consider reinstalling that tunnel canopy they used to have along the wall or something like it. Totally remove any opportunity for bad idea, impulsive moves like this. Gonna need extra control measures if the Browns come to play with Watson as their starter.

Two older, white men nodding in agreement. Context always matters but is seldom sought.

Nuance of race relations, social media, language and context is difficult for adults to manage. I do not expect teenagers to have a grasp of it. The use of that word amongst peer group white youths to refer to each other is odd to me, but it's likely a cultural influence of things other than outright racism. I do not listen to rap, but the context of the lyrics is a likely source. At some point, most of us see a day when we wish we could share some words of wisdom with our dumbass 15 year old selves. Here's a thought I have often had. Who released those Tweets just prior to the 2018 draft? The timing of it makes me think it is either (1) an agent hoping to drive his QB further up in the draft or (2) a team that was hoping for Allen to fall further down the board where they might have a shot at him which would make the Bills among the list of suspects. It would be some real Machiavellian, 3D chess to which no team would wish to admit. If it was just a random person who knew Josh and had some grudge against him I doubt they would have waited until the eve of the draft.

I think this is right. BBB seemed to express some regret that the Bills could not manage his weight loss during the summer of 2020 due to COVID restrictions and suggested that this hindered his readiness for his rookie season. The Bills' players are regularly showing big year 3 improvements and I would not exclude AJ from this at all. He has looked to me like a player that needed to develop more upper body strength to compete with the bigger bodied OL on a regular basis. As far as the change in body type, I think back to his poor combine testing and how it hurt his draft stock. I'd bet his athletic score would be much better now (sure would be worth knowing) and the Bills seemed to have a plan for him from the get go. Important year for AJ.

I think Thad is jealous that Cover1 does a better job of team coverage than him. Maybe other beat reporters feel that way too. Greg knows salary cap management better than most any NFL full time professional reporter/host/writer. Eric can break down film better than most of them too. The comment about it being a fan site seems to be an attempt to belittle their content.

Their attitudes toward the position are much alike. Take chances (not always well thought out) to make plays even if it risks your own bodily health, be a great teammate including taking the heat so others don't have to, engage with fans/media on a personal level and let your own quirkiness shine. Yeah, you are highly paid and the most important player for your team every time you step on the field but there is no reason to act like it. Josh can make plays that other QBs won't even attempt because they know they can't. Not Fitz. He was a QB that stretched the limits of own capability and it earned him an improbable 17 year, 9 team run in the NFL.