DasNootz

This is the MO of the organization - you pay key pieces a year early to show them your vote of confidence and give them a level of comfort. Josh, Diggs, Milano, Oliver, Tre... the organization has a history of these moves.

Who cares? He's paid to get listeners and clicks... Early on, he was on the Bills bandwagon before most others. It's his job to be contrarian sometimes to get a reaction. He has succeeded.

Every 7-8th grade basketball team has a guy like him - someone athletically gifted that burns by the opponents in the open court and misses the layup. He will occasionally make a spectacular play while routinely not taking advantage of the everyday play. I'm not sure if it's preparation, focus/discipline but given the opportunity, he didn't take advantage of it fully.

As an appraiser - I wouldn't care what the underwriter "wanted". You do a report, you make sure it's USPAP compliant, and you collect your fee. You're there to give your expert opinion of value... not to satisfy an underwriter's checklist.

Current property taxes $34,944 based upon an assessed value of $570,000. That assessment equates to a Full Market Value of $1,461,538

Does it come with a prepaid contract for Squirrel Winter to clear the driveway?

How about we settle for surround sound in the stadium with the sounds of a herd running laps? They could add visuals to the scoreboard too.

With some perspective: 11-12 Months ago: Allen was healthy OG: had just been upgrade with FA Roger Saffold (such a value find). Bates was back and we were solid on the interior. Edge - Von was healthy DT - JP was back where he had his best year(s), Jones was added, Oliver was about to be a star S - Hyde and Poyer were healthy with no major injury concern TE - Knox was showing improvement every year and poised to be the next TE star. OJ Howard was here so we could run 2 TE sets. Tre was coming back from injury, we had a new Rd 1 CB so we'd have 2 shut down CBs. Davis was coming off the KC playoff game - a true #2, Crowder was a solid veteran 3, Shakir was a steal in the draft. Fast forward to today - we're selling ourselves that we've hit gold on every FA, draft pick and ACL recovery. We don't deserve to be hyped more than last season.... at least not yet.

The date stamp is 11 months ago. It doesn't excuse it, but this isn't late breaking news.

Every season you think you're a better team after the draft... we cut waste and have some shiny new toys. We don't know if the new toys are any better than our old toys at this point - they only have more potential because we already knew the others were replaceable. I suspect with a few injuries, we'll be around the same place we were last season. That said, I think the Jets are clearly better than they were last season. The Patriots aren't likely better. I don't think Miami will be better because I think they outplayed their quality last year.

Whitner?

I wanted them to trade up to Seattle - I did not think the Seahawks were taking WR. I thought the Bills would trade up to ensure they got the best WR on their draft board, and figured the run would start with Baltimore, SD and the Giants coming up. My guess is that they were content with selecting 3 of the 4 WRS or Kincaid and rolled the dice one or two would be there at 27. When the WRs were gone it left only Kincaid and Dallas in front.

Rich indeed. 1) I'm not on the payroll, nor claim to have any "inside knowledge". 2) I have no aspirations to be a GM In that context, my TBD gossip about Von Miller is clearly the same as Von broadcasting that the Bills "might be getting another big weapon" on a national media outlet. Thank you for bringing that to all of our attention. You've done a great job today. Stay awesome my brother!

Loose lips sink ships - I'm not sure that this works well for his aspirations to be a GM someday. Maybe his personality is better suited to be an agent.

During the drought years I was listening so intently when national radio was finally talking about the bills, I entered an automatic car wash with my sunroof open…. My truck never smelled so good. I’ve also overshot my exit on the Thruway by an exit or two while zoning out. This seems different than those - like you temporarily entered another reality similar to when Zay Jones wanted to fight for Jesus.

OL will be the early adopters. Hopefully Mitch will be one of them.

There are a lot of options for backup QB: Keenum, Darnold, Mitch?, Wentz, Heinicke, Brissett, Minshew ... Personally I'd take each over Marcus at the same pricepoint.

History - I've been a season ticket holder for nearly 20 years. I live 3-4 hours away and typically make it to 4-5 home games, all playoffs and one road trip per year. It really comes down to the PSL price for me. As it is now, during the recent playoff years I've been able to sell off unused tickets with a reasonable expectation that I'd recoup most or all of their prorated value. Before that, I'd end up donating tickets to the United Way, because it was a better value than selling for $10 (but my tickets were 30-40% less than they are now. If the PSL fee isn't astronomical I'll probably keep them, so I have automatic options for playoffs. If it's 5k+ per seat for lower bowls, I'll pick 2 - 3 home games per year, one road trip and buy playoffs on the secondary market. If the PSL triples or quadruples your cost basis, it will be hard to recoup that it one year. The resale value of PSL has been historically poor. You may only recoup a fraction of what it cost you in the future.

Chad wanted to save money. Also Chad Johnson:

Buffalo Bandits perfect season in 1993… capped with a championship. Tavares was championship MVP and led the league in scoring.

I think the Bills window with this roster is nearly closed... the Sabres have a longer way to go, but are on a upward trend and their window is just getting unlocked.

Hurts has the most powerful legs at the position - It's like having an added lineman pushing the pile on the sneak plays. I completely believe they could line up for a QB sneak every play and get a 1st down on most series. It's a chicken and egg scenario - his line makes him better, but he makes his line's stats look better too.

Hear me out.....

Chad Kelly too?