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A wall could easily be circumvented with a ladder, some carpet, and a rope. Also you could just destroy or dig under a wall. Over 50% of illegal immigrants are people who come in legally and overstay their visas. A wall does not address the majority of the problem. I am all for border security but a wall is not the answer. Using technology (Drones, Lasers, and motion detectors) and more manpower is a cheaper and more effective way to secure the border. Also if you want to crack down on illegal immigration you probably are better off cracking down on employers and chocking off the money illegals can make. But Trump himself has hired illegals and his big business buddies like to have an influx of cheap labor. So demonize the southern border with an ineffective solution because the visual of a wall makes people in Alabama feel safer.

Marijuana could certainly help with killing pain and keeping retired players away from much more dangerous pain killers. As far as CTE I think maybe CBD oil and other treatments might be worth studying as alternative treatments but straight weed isn't going to help guys recover from a brain injury, weed isn't as harmful a drug as alchol or harder drugs but it isn't a magic plant either. Weed tends to have a negative effect on your cognition if you are a chronic user so I don't see how it would help with CTE.

Possibly, but I would still like to see the Bills make a run at him or one of the other top WR's on the free agent market. At around pick 6-9 there isn't likely a high impact WR and a trade down might not be available. I am not too sure Mac, Foster, and Zay should be counted on to anchor the wide receiver core, I think Foster or Zay can be a WR3 maybe even a WR2 and Mac could be a good gadget player. But with Allen on a rookie deal I would rather overspend on an abundance of WR talent rather than go cheap because you bought into a few young guns towards the end of the season. Golden Tate and DeSean Jackson would make for two nice players to pair with Zay and Foster for example.

I would love Jackson on a one year deal, Sign him and Tyrell Williams on the outside, let Foster and Zay battle for the slot position. I wouldn't want a longer than 1 year commitment on Jackson but as a one year stop gap while the young guys develop it would be a smart move.

He is a backup with some potential. I wouldn't roll into a season with him as the starter but if he is your backup TE you have decent depth. Will he ever be starting caliber? I don't honestly know but I think he could be if he takes positive steps in development. I would more or less project his ceiling as a low end starter or a high end backup.

I would like to see how Allen can improve with another off-season to work on his footwork and watch his own tape. I also want to see how much better he can play with better pass protection and better skill position players.

There are a lot of teams with QB's on rookie deals who have a ton of cap space and a closing window to take advantage of a QB with a low cap number. I could see a team like the Colts or Jets easily overpaying Clowney, Lawrence (who I think will get tagged), and Bell. Free agents always get overpaid and in a market flushed with cash and urgency its hard to see some team not giving a top pass rusher at least 18-20 million and a top offensive weapon like Bell 14-16 million.

Clowney could command 20 million per, Bell 15 million, and Lawrence 18-20 million. That's 53-55 million Daryl Williams and Pradise probably will combined be well over 10 million if not 8-10 million a piece. That being said even if that 90 million goes quick the team likely can open up an additional 10-25 million in cap space without losing much in value. Shady, Clay, Murphy, Vlad, Ivory, and a few other players can be cut to open up more space if needed.

Some might get into the consumer level but most is just going to end up in wealthy people buying more assets which might inflate asset prices in the short term but it won't generate economic activity that will actually produce consumer demand. The investor class is getting a big wet kiss from these tax cuts but your are a fool to think that it will actually generate significant economic activity.

I think the Bills were hoping for a great haul from the win now Rams who might have overpaid for a pass rusher like Hughes. It doesn't shock me that the Bills who struggled early in the year might have listened to an offer for Hughes. A second round pick and a late or mid round pick is likely the offer the Bills wanted. The Rams were probably willing to offer a third rounder and considering the value Hughes could have to the team in 2019 its likely they weren't trading him unless they got a good return. I wouldn't rule out pass rusher in round 1 but I don't think that's a given. I think they go BPA either an OT, Pass rusher, or Corner.

The O-line didn't play that well last year going from an elite unit (particularly in run blocking) in 2015 and 2016 to a fairly average unit in 2017. So the regression coming solely from a lack of talent in 2018 isn't the only blemish on Castillo's resume with the Bills. I think Daboll should get to pick his O-line coach if he wants Castillo then keep him but the team should not be afraid to move on considering they will have at least 2-3 new starters on the unit. As for special teams I don't think you can blame a ST coach for every miscue on the unit. But the things that are in a ST coaches control have been very bad this year and were subpar last year. The punt and kick coverage hasn't been good in a lot of games. Yeah sometimes a dynamic returner will break one but this is happening too often to not be a reflection of bad coaching. Like most things with special teams the leash is very short. So if a unit underperforms for 2 years in a row you have to make dramatic changes.

I was shocked White didn't make it, dude has been good, Milano deserved it not sure if his injury impacted it. Hyde, Proyer, Hughes, Kyle, and Lorax were on the bubble could have went either way, but White is a big snub.

I would have to watch the games again, off the top of my head I would say that the defense floats between mid levels of aggression and low levels of aggression. The defense is at its best when it is fast and attacking but often times the defense will go into a more conservative method of play. I hope that as McD learns to utilize the depth of the D-line and the speed of the linebackers and secondary to be more aggressive in general. I do think the defense is well constructed both from a talent perspective and from a scheme perspective. Its built for the modern NFL (deep rotating D-line, fast linebackers to take away the short passing and screen game, and a good secondary overall) but like any tool its only as good as you wield it. I think the coaching staff needs to adjust the way it utilize the defense.

The Special teams unit this years has been very bad this year and was below average last year. So the results just aren't there the past 2 years. The frustration with Juan Castillo stems from the O-lines sub par performance the past two years, but at least with the O-line you can cite lack of talent in 2018 to explain away bad results.

3k yards is not impressive at all, 13 QB's have 3500 or more yards with 2 weeks left in the season (4 QB's already have 4k yards.) 20 QB's have 3k or more yards. 10 or more QB's typically finish with 4k yards. Usually well over 20 QB's finish with 3k in yards passing.

I agree that I think the reports aren't that credible and they don't make sense. But there has been some level of noise about him. I agree I don't think he will get any interviews but stranger things have happened. I think McD taking over play calling after the disastrous start made him look bad. Its not impossible but from the outside looking in it looks like McD is the driving force of a good defense.

His name has been reported by media outside of Buffalo to be connected to other coaching positions. I don't know how much I buy it myself but there have been reports. I didn't think Lynn would get the Chargers job but he did so stranger things have happened. Although I would personally be shocked to see Daboll get an offer, the offense and Allen's development are still a work in progress.

Good for NY, I think that while legal weed is far from all positives no negatives the positives far outweight the negatives. On the positive side of things you take away money from cartels, you bring in much more tax revenue, you create legitimate jobs, you save tax payer money not enforcing petty drug laws against adults, you keep people out of the criminal justice system, you help the opiod epidemic by offering alternatives to people. and you in the long term don't see increased drug use. There are some negatives, use among teens goes up at least in a 5-10 year period before normalizing and some studies say DUI's go up moderately. But overall I think its much better to handle the negatives of legalization than to continue with the massive negatives of prohibition.

Depends on how you define special. There isn't a dominant Aaron Donald, Mack, or JJ Watt pass rusher on the roster. However Hughes and Lorax are pretty dam good players and Kyle put together a good season too. I think the depth is there too, Murphy is a solid rotational pass rusher, Shaq has shown flashes and is still very young, Star does his role well, Jordan Cameron has been solid, and Phillips has been decent in his rotation. The Bills run 7-8 starting caliber defensive linemen plus Lorax out there fairly consistently which is the modern blueprint for NFL defensive lines. I would like to see the Bills add an edge rusher in free agency (Although given the massive resources needed on offense I am not sure how they can do that) because I think they need to improve the pass rush I don't think the D-line is a major issue esp if Shaq and Phillips get going.

If I am evaluating this team I am not going to be comfortable with only acquiring one receiver and then leaning on Zay, Foster, and Mac. Mac is a nice player but I don't look at him as a top 3 caliber WR. He is a player that you bring in for gadget plays or if a top 3 WR is hurt. He is a good player and adds depth but I don't look at him and think he is good enough to be a top 3 WR. Foster to me is looking like he can be a top 3 WR and Zay flashes at times the ability to be a top 3 WR. I think it would be too dangerous to just add a Tyrell Williams and think Foster, Zay, and Mac can hold down the WR2 and WR3 positions. I would rather draft a WR in round 2 to be the heir apparent to Williams and push Zay to beat him out.

I am not buying Mac as anything more than a gadget player. I just think the team needs 2 WR's, a vet and a rookie, at worst if you sign a higher end vet and draft a rookie then you can trade or move on from the vet sooner. But if you overplay your hand on these young guys and they are in over your head then you are *****. I think with the Cap Space and the draft picks they should be able to heavily address the offense at both WR and OL while drafting players behind the vets at TE and RB.

I think the XFL 2020 could work if they make it more of an unofficial development league looking to fill the niche market of winter/spring football. I think they have the right idea in giving themselves much more time to build the infrastructure of the league and get a coherent plan to make the league have a sensible business model. If they can actually get a decent TV deal they might stand a chance to tap sports landscape. I think they learned their lessons from the first time around hopefully. Now granted they could have learned their lessons and still fail.

I am not sure Zay is a top 3 WR and Foster might be piling up flashy stats late in season and might not be as good as he seems. I think it is better to surround Allen with a deep fast WR core than to skimp out and think one addition will do. At worst the team has depth and a group of young players to take over for a veteran that was signed.

I think you need both a veteran WR like Tyrell Williams and a WR in round 2. I like competition and depth. That would allow you to have a veteran anchor one of the top 3 spots and then have Foster, Zay, and a rookie battle it out for the 2 other WR spots while having Mac as a nice gadget/depth player. Overall I think Foster can be a top 3 WR in the NFL but I am not sure about Zay. I would rather have Zay compete with a rookie and earn a top 3 WR spot. If Zay can't out compete a rookie and Foster he should be relegated to the bench in case of injury.

Even if you can count on Foster as a top 3 WR I don't know if Zay is a top 3 NFL WR (I think he can progress to that but I wouldn't want to rely on him) I think you need at least 2 WR's to supplement Foster, Zay, and Mac. The O-line needs 3-4 starters (50/50 on Teller) and there are needs to find younger players at RB and TE. Ideally I would sign or trade for a vet WR T.Williams or Golden Tate while also drafting a WR in rounds 1 or 2. I also wouldn't mind them addressing a defensive need like adding a pass rusher or CB2 (Depending on how the young guys finish out the season.) But the big money should be spent along the O-line where there should be at least high end 2 starters added and a pick in the top 2 rounds. Its not impossible for them to find 3-4 high end starters on offense via free agency and add in 2 more via the draft. Then build depth and youth at TE and RB in rounds 3 and 4. But its a tall order even with the cap space and draft picks.