Utah John

Sweeney is on the team because Howard did so badly this summer, and keeping Howard just because he got paid would have been like throwing good money after bad. But who knows if Sweeney will make to the end of the season. If there are multiple injuries in another position group, Sweeney will be cut to create a roster spot for a new player.

I don't think any teams wanted to trade a fair price for Garoppolo because of his huge contract cost. This deal actually makes it more likely that after a year, he can go find himself a starting job, or a shot at a starting job. It's better than getting cut and having to latch on wherever he could find a job. And getting paid only $6.5M to be a backup for a year oh boo hoo, I don't think anyone feels sorry for him.

Probably one of the Brett punters at Tennessee. The Titans won't keep both of them.

Sure. I'm not condemning Beane, who I think has done a great job. It's just one bad trade.

And we traded Wyatt Teller so we could keep Ford. That will rankle for years to come.

Coaches think about everything. They watch how all the blockers on KO and punt returns do things. If they even think there's a good chance that a blocker on a KO return can be maneuvered into committing a penalty, that's a factor in favor of not kicking into the end zone. If an opponent consistently doesn't return KO's past the 25, that's another reason to not kick it into the end zone.

His career was on the downslope as soon as he came down with mono. Or maybe it was the day he was drafted by the loser organization that couldn't put a team around him. At this point, he's way past the downslope. He's skied off the downslope, off of a cliff. His landing ain't gonna be pretty.

Players get a fair shot at making the Bills roster, but it's still a very tough challenge to get there, or stay there. If someone else can do the job even a little better, you're gone. And Haack, despite not being as bad last year as his talent and history suggest were his norm, just wasn't good enough last year. Haack punted twice in preseason, and both were good solid professional punts. He's a solid player, and some other team will grab him because he's better than they guy they currently have.

My favorite poster from the 90s was the Dean. Highly informative and sensible posts, and often funny too. There's a good community here. I think it would be possible for some people to disagree with others without quite so much snark.

That's six players who would have to displace returning vets to get a roster spot. Not counting the massive FA turnover on the D line and O line, since none of the six you mentioned are linemen, which six players from last year's strong team would you drop in favor of one of these rookies? Levi Wallace left as a FA so that opens up one job, and Cole Beasley was cut so that might open up a receiver position -- but we have receivers from the last couple of drafts already waiting in the wings. Araiza might beat out the incumbent punter, so that's at least one that's not a problem. My point is that it's going to be really hard to hold on to all six of these players AND to keep the core team together for what we all think is a SB year.

I move around a lot. Just left Fairbanks Alaska, now in Memphis. Not sure about the water level in the Mississippi, I'll have to check.

Thanks for posting, Mrs. Hodgins. Your son did quite well yesterday. Mrs. Kumerow already called about her son, saying he's a lot better on STs.

Not playing any likely starters (except Elam) and still having the edge on the Colt's 1s is a really good sign. Most of the players who took advantage of today's opportunity to let the rest of the league see what they can do will still not get onto the Bills' roster, which is too deep, too stacked, and too good. Those guys are there now in case one of the Bills' 1s or 2s gets injured during preseason, and a lot of them will be on someone else's roster in September. Our cup runneth over. And it's great.

I'm wondering if he's going to be a bigger problem for the Titans than for the rest of the league. Flashes like these highlights coupled with poor performance in other plays will just tear the fan base and possibly the team apart. Many of the fans will cling to Tannahill, and there's nothing like a QB controversy to wreck a team's season.

The problem for McAdoo was that he was playing center, against the more-massive traditional centers of the day. As a power forward today, McAdoo would indeed have been Durant-like in his production. He was a great shooter and a good defender. As for the OP, it's a shame the Bills lost out on those two players. Bringing them into the fold would have gone a long way to helping keep the 60s good times rolling, instead of having too many players get old at once.

Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson Deshaun loves you more than you will know Whoa, whoa, whoa God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson Heaven holds a place for those who play Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey The announcement of this incredibly light sentence justified it on the grounds that it's in line with similar sentences. Sure, ask Gruden about that. Or any player caught having smoked nearly-harmless weed. You're coo coo indeed, Mrs. Robinson.

See if any of them are injured during training camp, which makes the tradeoffs moot. And if a player in another position is injured, it could be that McKenzie is trade bait for a team lacking speed/quicks.

who isn't?

Saffold injured ribs. The unfortunate car was totaled.

The thing about Kyler and the Cardinals is that the Cardinals seem to really think Kyler is worth that kind of money. They remember a couple of his excellent plays (which almost all QBs have, sooner or later) and forget about all the mediocre-to-bad plays he keeps making. Instead of the little dots showing up on his sunglasses, there should be dollar signs.

The OP makes it sound a little like Allen got rolled by Beane. I think he realized he's going to be fabulously wealthy for the rest of his life, and to squeeze every last penny would make it harder for the Bills to maintain a strong team around him. He wants to be rich AND he wants to win.

Sometimes I think Belichick screws up as a GM just so he can seem more impressive as a HC. "Look what Bill did with that garbage roster! He must be a genius!"

Poyer and Hyde are both terrific players, but they started to really shine only when they got to the Bills and Frazier built his defense to take advantage of what they do well and to minimize the impact of what they don't. It's hard to separate the value of the player from the quality of the scheme. The Bills have had several DBs over the years who were great here, signed big FA contracts, and were never as good with their new team. (Antoine Winfield being a notable exception.) These are professionals who want to maximize their lifetime earnings while they still can. You can't blame them for seeking top money, but no one should imagine that Poyer would necessarily be as good if he changed teams.

About not having top-level depth behind Diggs and Davis -- I think the Bills would have used their second round pick on a WR if the RB from Washington hadn't backed out. When he did, the Bills needed to spend a second on a pass-catching RB.

Boselli did have a great game against Bruce. In that game, he seemed like an indomitable mountain that Bruce couldn't scale. That fact, and the fact that the Bills lost (although perhaps there was a real argument that a fumble shouldn't have counted -- I don't remember that) are probably why Bruce is upset. Bruce was a very great player and it probably galls him to think about the games where he wasn't at his best. Bruce is right that a single playoff game shouldn't be the measuring stick for the HOF. But, it's not. Boselli was dominant for a few years. I personally think his career was too short to warrant the HOF but I can see how sportswriters might think differently. Maybe Boselli's HOF nomination mentioned the game against the Bills, but that wouldn't have been enough to get him in. I can't believe Webb isn't in the HOF. That's a disgrace. Year after year, the battle of the 78s was worth the price of admission all by itself.