Utah John

I am impressed by the professional and committed way Diggs has practiced and played. Absolutely not a diva. Whoever said that about him when he was a Viking had the wrong picture.

When you don't hear an OL's name, it means he didn't get flagged for any penalties and didn't do anything egregiously bad. But the entire O line really struggled against the Jet's D line. Our RBs got lousy stats but they had no holes to run through. So yeah, I didn't hear any of their names but I didn't see Motor or Moss sprinting to the second level, either.

TDs instead of FGs.

I love having White on the Bills, but honestly, is there very much difference between the top four or five CBs? They're all great players. The status thing of being the highest paid guy might make a difference somewhere, but I don't see how White or any of the others will ever spend all the money they're getting paid. White's in a great situation in Buffalo, and he has no need to rock the boat OR to break the salary cap budget and make it hard to keep other players on board. Good on him to "settle" for these vast riches, when he could probably have gotten more somewhere else.

Every year, injuries are the wild card. This year, we also have covid to worry about. If a couple of key guys are out, the Bills will struggle with this schedule. Of course every year there's a risk of injuries for every team, and it comes down to whether you are lucky or unlucky. Last year the Bills were pretty lucky.

Cole Beasley. I could afford to buy his lunch. Everyone else, I'd be worried about volume.

For some reason, the fish always play the Pats tough, and they beat the Pats surprisingly often, for example at the end of last year when the Pats needed a win for their playoff seeding and lost to Miami in Foxboro. And that was with Brady and all their starting LBs. I would not be surprised with a Miami win, setting up a very interesting game in Miami for week 2, playing the Bills.

From what I remember, this is the nicest time of year in Buffalo. If I could travel, I'd be there to see family and be in town when the Bills play. I think Dareus is retired and enjoying his life after football, probably visiting friends on the team and in the community. But if he's in football shape and is willing to follow the process, he'd be an upgrade over everyone else we've got, at least until Harrison Phillips gets fully healthy. A one year deal until Star comes back would make sense.

Oh, who cares.

They did this with Shady too, and let Jordan Phillips walk early on, when both the Bills and Phillips liked each other but both knew the money wasn't available for him here. These were classy moves, and help contribute to the positive image of the Bills around the league.

All I can figure is, that the Bills told Brown that if he wants his job back eventually, he needs to amclay the uckfay up.

The best Bills team of the past 10 years is the 2020 season as it's already played out in all our heads. 14-2 and a home playoff win.

The other owners won't want Snyder expelled, because he makes them all look good by comparison. And he doesn't cost them money. There's just no win there for the other owners, or Goodell, to do anything.

Reich's claim to fame, the big comeback, wouldn't have been necessary if he'd played well in the first half and the start of the second, when he threw the pick six. He was really bad before he was good. Fair is fair, you have to consider the entire game.

I became a Utah Utes fan when I lived in Salt Lake City, and Moss was my favorite Ute. He is both tough and elusive. He does have speed but isn't really quick, but he has the power to make people miss if they guess even a little bit wrong about where he's going. I told this board before the draft that we would love Moss if we drafted him, and so far that's looking good. He reminds me of how Freddy Jackson played with heart, but Moss is more talented, bigger and stronger. (Freddy is actually taller but Moss is thicker and stronger.) The end of THIS season is a long way off, let alone two or three or four years from now. Let's hope both Singletary and Moss are having good, productive, injury-free careers, when the time comes to make a decision about whether to keep both, one, or neither.

May I suggest we evaluate who the best QB in the AFCE is, AFTER the season? It could be Tua, for all we know right now.

I was playing soccer back in my younger days, when a 30-something man on our team had the ball kicked directly into his abdomen, which ordinarily is fine since the ball drops to your feet and you're in control. This time, it ruptured his spleen. This was a very fit man in good shape. Odd things happen. Someone falls on KJ (like that never happens in football) and it ruptures his liver. Some guys are just unlucky, and it's a shame. KJ was a good player for the Bills and I wish him well.

Fitz, Cher -- same difference.

If they limit the size of the crowd to 10K or so, the lines in the bathrooms won't be very long, if any. They could set up a roped-off lane to allow only so many people into the bathroom at the same time. Same thing for the gates outside -- set up rope lanes and use spacing between the people in line. With smaller crowds, this won't be insurmountable.

57. Damn. Too early.

I was working in the stands a pop vendor that season, and I was there for the first game. The next year I had turned 18 so I was old enough to sell beer, so I made a lot more money from then on. (Yes, the drinking age was 18 way back then.) 1973 was the year OJ broke 2000 yards in 14 games, which no one has ever done again. To me, he was the best RB ever, other than Jim Brown who was the best football player ever. Because I was working, I got into the games for free that year. I didn't make much money but I did get to see a lot of OJ.

Phillips is probably not going to be as good at the start of this year as he was when he was injured, because that injury takes more than a year to recuperate. However the Bills are going to keep him around in expectation that he'll get back to where he was. In the meantime, they've loaded up with other guys, which is good for Phillips who won't have to play much while his recovery proceeds. Let's hope all is well with his knee and he's back to beast status by 2021. He's a great guy and could become Kyle Williams v2.

The Jets remind me a lot of many Bills situations. They're plugging holes in their dikes as fast as they can, but new ones pop up they can't deal with. It's a constant churn of talent. The Bills broke out of this partly because of McBeane, but also through the leadership of a core of veterans, and the addition by subtraction of some foot-draggers (Dareus, I'm looking at you). Kyle Williams and LoRax and Hyde and Poyer were the right guys in the right place. Gilmore was a very good player and a tough loss, but the Bills would have had to tie up too much money to keep him. Instead, they bit the bullet and let the expensive guys walk. They're in a prime position now, with few really expensive players and a core group of guys who now see they have what it takes to win. The Bills are going to have to do some cap magic in a couple of years when Allen gets his new contract, along with Edmunds and White and Diggs and possibly Singletary or Moss.

I don't think there's a single thing about the Bills management team that needs changing. Both Beane and McDermott are young, doing a great job, and seem totally dedicated to THIS TEAM. Leave well enough alone. It took the Pegulas a couple of tries to get the current leadership team in place for the Bills. They haven't found it yet for the Sabres. When they do, their best move is to let hockey people make the hockey decisions.

This sounds right. Not the top LT money, but not the top LT either. The Bills are built around a concept of good to very good players at most positions, instead of a few top guys and lots of JAGs. With the salary cap, this is the way to go.