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Had to laugh when Beane said that he expected Hodgins to continue to do well.............which is code for, he doesn't expect him to continue to do well.

Not being able to trust the slot receiver was one of the biggest pivot points of the season. It really took Allen off schedule after the bye. We tend to remember the early part of the season as when the Bills were playing their best........but the Miami and KC games both should have been blowouts. They barely escaped 1-1.

It's a positive, for sure. They've been using a clock in the minors for a while and it cut the better part of a half hour off of games. Right now the effect is a bit exaggerated because the players don't feel the clock so they are rushing. But overall, will make a big difference. Also big.........pitchers can only step off the rubber twice in an at bat. So no more throwing over 5 times. If they step off a third time they have to throw the runner on base out or he advances. So no more "running game slowing down the game". And the bases have been enlarged to shorten the distance between 1B and 2B and 2B and 3B by 4.5". So lot's more stolen bases. And action. Distance from plate to 3B and 3B to plate is 3" shorter so more infield hits are likely. Maybe less DP's as well but I've seen a bunch the first few days.......good throwing arms beat runners and these infielders all throw about 90mph+ now. But the biggest impact on quality of play might be banning the infield shifts. Two infielders on each side always. Left handed hitters and batters who hit the ball up the middle(which was always a good thing before shifts) are suddenly playable again after years of being auto-outs in a league where the pitchers now throw so hard batters can't count on hitting the ball where it's pitched. Even the ultra sh!tty Aaron Hicks had 2 singles go thru gaps as a lefty hitter in the first two games that would have been shift blocked in the first two games.

More like "definitely not". PSE doesn't own the stadium and the value it adds to their asset is negligible. It's likely just going to be a basic stadium that barely brings them up to standard for the league. My point is that people are stressing about the cost of this stadium.........and it will most certainly cost over-run..........but long gone are the days when the facility was more expensive than the team it housed.

$30/month for MSG streaming service.

That valuation will probably be $8B or something ridiculous like that already by the time they open the new stadium.

Actually, was watching Forbes Sports yesterday.........and PSE was ranked as the 21st most valuable sports entity on earth with a valuation of $4.46B.........the majority of that is the Bills. I know the Sabres are unprofitable but the Bills shouldn't have to share any important service with them to save costs on the hockey team.

Beane does that too.

His guide was a great resource when info was much more scarce. When he passed it was inevitable that PFW was finished. I think there is a market for printed draft info in September as a guide for following college football........and again in Nov-Jan for fans of teams circling the drain..........but that would require work. The draft guide magazines now are very late to the party and don't have much of a runway to get sold before the draft.

The combine is this week.........it used to be in February every year........it's later than in the past because the season runs later now.........and after the combine is when "Path to the Draft" and other network versions of that show start. There will not be less hype....online you can find a new mock draft created by a draft "expert" about every 6 hours. But they need the combine to create the numbers and hype. I suspect the draft rags will start coming out in the next 10 days.

Manny Diaz authored two of the worst defensive performances in college football history...........once with Texas where they gave up like 500 yards on the ground and Mack Brown had to fire him. And then Mack Brown put 500 yards rushing on Manny and the Hurricanes at Carolina 3 seasons ago. It's hard to fathom him being an NFL DC. Leonhard is my guy.........he's been very good with very modest talent at Wisconsin.

Yes very good at putting the effort in to read up on things that had no background in........not so good at understanding there is context involved when you are reading on subjects that you have no prior knowledge.

Yeah Darick Holmes was very much like Pacheco......speed and power.......not much subtle about his game.

I'm not one to just assign positions to rounds.........but the way the board looks to me that really might be the way the value falls for them. And yes on the FA. I will be surprised if they go into the draft with MLB as a need though..........I think they sign one of the many off-ball LB in UFA to be the starter in the event the draft doesn't produce one.

John Butler gets his chance most likely.

I was not against Guards in round 1 back when McGahee was selected because the game was different. Steinbach really stood out then, he was a focal point of Bills fans that offseason. But that was still an era of feature back football and CB and WR weren't quite at the level of QB/LT/PassRusher in the hierarchy of positions yet like they became after the 2010 changes. We knew RB's in round 1 were bad business though. Go back a little further..........to 1995.........and the only thing wrong with selecting Ruben Brown in round 1 was that they didn't go back for MORE OL. I wanted G Brian DeMarco to fall to them in round 2........he did not........but there were a lot of good OL in that class and the Bills shocked everyone when they went with weak armed stiff Todd Collins in round 2 and they neglected to double dip on the OL even though bad blocking ended their season.

You can't rule it out.........it was a bitter struggle for superiority in the link game.

I didn't watch that segment because Greg Rousseau played just 49% and Von Miller played just 61% of the snaps when they played...........Nick Bosa played 74%. I don't care a lot about how much the Bills rotate their non-stars versus other teams.

As usual you back up your claims with no work. I'm sure you'd say Quenton Nelson is your example of a terrific investment? His game dropped off already a couple seasons ago......remember seeing Tim Settle plow him over in preseason? It wasn't because Settle was on his way to a great season. And to make matters worse, a very average guard is now on a 4 year $80M deal because that's what you do with the 6th overall pick. Bills took Josh Allen with the next pick. Colts lack a WR1 and CB1.......island positions. They are unsettled or middling at LT and DE.......edge positions. There were 2 more interior OL picked in the round.........Frank Ragnow.......nice center but has $60M in cap hits the next 4 years..........and Billy Price, who was a total bust and likely playing in XFL next season. And that was a better year than most for interior OL picks. All 1st round picks are close to 50/50 just to get their option picked up.......interior OL aren't any safer bets.......they just bring lower ceilings of impact. As for your list of free agents.........the entire 2018 class was about as long as your "good" list..........and Beane spent upwards of $100M on those guys and they all sucked. Including your boy, Lotulelei. The Bills have been very busy in free agency under Beane.........the returns have been poor.

Yeah.........there are lot's of folks with multiple accounts. Some people can hide pretty well......but others........like Ryan L Bilz on the run from TSW law as Teddy KGB.......were rather obvious.

I remember the Bills Embedded where this happened to Big Baller Beane on the carpool to work. Good thing Overdorf wore brown pants.

fairly common gift store product as well

Also, who is Happless now? Beck Water?