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One of the few moves this off-season McBeane has done that I don't like. Carry him through camp, with one O-line injury and this Covid situation Long would have been a nice depth piece.

You can literally never have enough O-line depth. The attention to detail on this roster is the best I have ever seen as a fan. Winters is a starting caliber guard and in a season where depth is insanely needed. I love this move. Good to replace Feliciano short term.

It is better to know you are going to have football in October than to just hope you are going to have it in September.

The NFL needs to announce a delay to their season and come up with a bubble plan. Start the season in October and use the next two months to bubble up. Do 4 regional bubbles, 2 divisions in each bubble. You play your 6 divisional games and then 4 games against the other division. There is then a league wide bye week and you have 4 divisions travel to another bubble and play the final 4 games of the season. It seems like they need to find a way to avoid being in the same predicament as the MLB and they don't have a coherent vision.

Bring him in for camp in 2021. He was signed on a vet minimum deal so literally it costs the team nothing to kick the tires one last time on a player that you know can fit the scheme. It also gives his body a year of rest maybe he can get healthy?

Even if you wrote that off for some reason there is inherent risk to a lot of players getting the virus if we don't know the long term health consequences. We could be losing a lot of players down the line to possible heart and respiratory damage down the line. We really don't know what the long term impact of this virus is. I get people want to play the season and have football but the league needs to do a legitimate bubble plan because the MLB is proving there is no other way to do it. Do 4 regional bubbles, 8 teams in each bubble. You play 10 games in the bubble (6 against your division 4 against another division) you then swap to another bubble to play your final 4 games against a different division (thus only half the league needs to travel) and you get a 14 game season with 2 league wide bye weeks to help ease quarantine measures and provide a sort of reset twice.

76 Receptions, 1,123 yards, and 7 TD's.

Look at nations in the EU, Asia and Canada, they reopened once they had sustained low positivity rates for a month like the science says and they aren't seeing a surge. The US lowered rates but then reopened in a disorganized fashion far sooner than the science said. "Herd Immunity" is a moronic strategy. Sweden the darling of that idea had only 10% of the population had anti bodies and you need 60% to reach herd immunity. They basically admitted their own failure. So no you don't have to just let it "blow through"

It was an odd 2019 for Josh Allen. In his rookie year he looked very inaccurate on those short and intermediate throws. But he was very accurate on the longer throws. Then in 2019 he finds good accuracy on the short and mid-range throws but loses accuracy on the long range throws. I hope he finds his long range game and keeps tightening up the shorter and mid-range stuff. Because even if Josh could just get to his 2018 form on long range throws and stay the same on the short and mid-range game stuff he will likely have top 10 QB production.

The college athletes mortality isn't the issue (for one serious long term respiratory and heart damage might occur from those who fully recover) it is the fact that they could spread it to the coaches and support staff and their families or other students. Unless the SEC can create some sort of bubble atmosphere i just don't see it working out. I think the NHL and NBA are proving that bubble environments are needed to avoid outbreaks.

That is unfortunate, hopefully he heals up closer to two months. Considering the season could be delayed he might not be out that long if the season starts in October.

Top 10 certainly top 5 likely but I think Hargrove was their best player last season and he will be missed a lot.

The Steelers are going to miss Hargrove a lot not sure I would rank them above the Bills. I would rank the Ravens and possibly Niners above the Bills maybe one or two others you could argue. But certainly a firm top 5 defense.

Yes but if the Bills are making a run at the playoffs and they suffer a Covid Infection or an injury and there is someone out on the market that might help replace them decently I wouldn't be opposed to using some money to sign that veteran talent. I agree try and save it as roll over but also have it as a tool at your disposal for this season as well.

Or save the money for in season as this is going to be a season where depth and flexibility matter most.

The Titans and 49ers made deep playoff runs with multiple games where they barely threw the ball. Although I like Jimmy G better than Tanny I think neither were strong reasons why their teams turned the corner. Bosa has registered 40 sacks in 4 seasons but factoring that he missed over half a season with an injury it is more like 40 sacks in 3.5 seasons. Granted the team has only had one winning season in the 3 full years he played (2017 the Chargers were 9-7) but it isn't like Bosa is the reason they are losing.

I think Clowney's sack total is misleading as I do think he had a good season last year being a very disruptive player and a one year deal would be good for a mercenary like Clowney to keep his motivation. However I think that given the volatile nature of this season and possibly next season it would be best for the Bills to make any trades or big cap guzzling acquisitions in season. Players are going to miss games due to Covid and injuries happen in any season. I wouldn't hate a Clowney acquisition on a one year deal, however I would prefer the team keep its flexibility in season. Although if there is one more free agent out there that the team likes to go after I would almost rather Logan Ryan as I am not too confident in the CB2 options esp if Norman doesn't pan out (Levi Wallace is an OK fall back but Gaines is always hurt and Norman is shaky.)

The middle isn't inherently better, it is possible on a single issue that one side has a better idea. But the problem with American politics is that money and not the will of the people actually decides what laws get made. There are a lot of avenues of agreement between liberals and conservatives but those issues never get addressed because the only thing Dems and Reps can agree on is servicing corporate donors. They literally come together on the issues both sides hate.

The Bengals are at least a year away if not two from doing anything even if Burrow pans out. They have some skill position talent assuming AJ Green stays but their O-line despite heavy draft and free agent investment has been a mess for years. Their defense has some talent but their secondary is very shaky. I think they need another good draft and 2-3 more starting free agent adds before they have enough talent around Burrow and have a better than average defense. What is also concerning about the Bengals is coaching and ownership. Everyone knows Brown is a bad owner and Zac Taylor hasn't shown much or have a very proven track record even as an assistant coach. I think even if they get good talent and Burrow is the real deal do they have a coach that can put it together? Because we already know they have a handicap in a cheap owner which is already hard enough. Regardless I see the Bengals winning 4-6 games this year (if they play a full 16 games), a significant improvement from 2-14 but not exactly catching anyone off guard.

I live just South of LA and ***** bowling alleys and strip clubs were open after Memorial Day. It was insanely stupid.

If the MLB fails and has to shut down their season they will change their tune.

I think the NBA and NHL have a high chance of finishing their seasons. The NBA has good protocols in place and the staffs and team sizes are smaller But the MLB is dicey and the NFL needs a plan.

An AFC East and North "bubble" in Toronto would make a lot of sense to me. 8 teams equals 4 games at a time, I think they can find 2 sights in Toronto to make it work. That way you can play 10 games (6 in your division 4 against another division) without traveling outside of a bubble.

The Jags have little leverage over Ngakoue so I doubt they would need to pony up a first rounder. I honestly think the Jags could call themselves lucky if they got a 2nd for Yannick. Then again I though the Jets were going to just get one first for Adams so I am not good at this.

The NHL in my opinion has the best setup not necessarily because their protocols are better than the NBA but rather because they set their bubble up in Canada where they have the virus under much better control AND the players have a good testing and restrictions on their personal travel. The NBA has the best protocol but they have their bubble in the literal epicenter of the pandemic at this point in Orlando/Florida. I think that the protocols are effective but when it is surrounded by a pandemic epicenter it just makes the margin for error so much smaller. I think the NFL is going to have to delay the season till October to put together a bubble plan. Because the MLB is proving a non-bubble format isn't working.