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The Bills game this Friday will be on WETM in Elmira. Not sure why the other two were blacked out but my guess is they might only be able to broadcast one game each week and maybe they chose to show one Giants game, one Steelers game and one Bills game. It's not entirely Bills country once you leave Steuben County heading east.......there are a lot of douchebags who root for Giants and Steelers out there.

OL, WR and TE.........basically positions that usually account for 8-9 of the 11 on the field every snap. Keep in mind, it's relative........we all know how much they've put into the DL........but presuming that Elam passes Dane Jackson at some point this season.........the defensive back 7 are all on big money deals for their positions or/and were first round picks......White, Edmunds, Elam. By contrast, the Bills OL only has 2 such players(Dawkins and Morse) out of 5.....for example. No first round picks. Bates got a modest RFA deal for a full time starter and Saffold is only a 1 year flyer........something they only seem to do on offense(see Crowder/Quessenberry/Mancz deals). Maybe it works out because Josh Allen is just so great that he can make a lot of players look better than they are..........but with all the lucrative deals and 5 of 7 first rounders used on defense by this regime there is no denying they've put a lot more of their premium personnel chips into the defensive side of the ball. Personally, I'd rather the Bills have gone for becoming the first NFL team to average 38 points per game in a regular season and take my chances with a top 5-10 type defense instead of a defense that should finish 1st overall with a bullet(again, but admittedly might not because defense is the much harder side of the ball to remain consistently excellent on, see 2020). That more defense-centric approach to team building didn't work last season when the thin OL and lack of YAC receiving talent undermined them thru the first 13 games.

They've invested a lot in their entire defense. The only exception, prior to this offseason, had been their second boundary CB. Which they have now spent another first round pick on. The rest of their starting back 7 on D are all on very lucrative contracts. Even the slot corner. That is "evidence". Your perception that they haven't invested heavily in the secondary is very wrong...........they have just gotten better results/bang-for-the-buck from White, Johnson, Hyde and Poyer than they have out of their DL investments to this point.

ESPN+ is bundled with Disney+ and Hulu so A LOT of people pay for it..........just not specifically for ESPN+.

He would have been triggered by the criticism of Jauron Ball. No doubt.

When I open a thread I read posts..........yours just often contain something totally absurd in them..........and usually it's in the first sentence or two.......so no "combing" necessary. You seem to think wild exaggeration adds gravity to your point. It does not. There was no humorous element to your hyperbole........you were shouting down people questioning how much info players should share with media. If you don't mean it.........don't say it..........it's that simple. That's your bad.......not mine. As for how you want to respond to me.......do what you want........I'm not disagreeing with you for any reason other than your takes are often extremely illogical. Maybe you will be like @C.Biscuit97 who for years had angry tantrums about my criticism of his similarly illogical takes. He eventually realized I was right and grudgingly started using some common sense. Not that we let him forget those stupid takes though.

Man you get carried away. You are clueless if you actually believe the bolded. These are young men.......they put in enough time and then they have plenty of other interests as well.........they aren't spending every waking hour on their career. How do you see Josh Allen going from one recreational activity to another all offseason..........then talking about how he's binged dozens of hours of TV shows in camp.........and you think that every player.........most with far less invested in the organization than Allen........is spending 16 hours a day on football??

Back in 1997 the Bills played the Vikings in preseason at home on August 8 and totally dominated them..........then 3 weeks later the opened the season at home against the Vikings and got blown out by them.

Difference is that the Cubs missed the playoffs because only 2 teams made the playoffs in each league in 1969. Yankees are on their way to their 30th consecutive winning season..........with 7 teams getting in, they will make the playoffs. The Cubs have had like one two season winning streak in 100 years.

They have been comically bad lately. All the sub-700 OPS(league average) guys that they have kept insisting were actually good hitters have been killing the team. Even before the recent offensive struggles guys like Judge, Carpenter, Stanton and LeMahieu had been carrying the team all season. Hicks is an over-ripe version of what Tremaine Edmunds is to Bills fans. Everything Hicks does poorly is magnified now because the entire league knows exactly what pitch to throw him in every situation to make him look like a clown and he is mentally incapable of adjusting his ridiculously bad habits. It's become hilarious to watch. Dude was a career .165 hitter with the bases loaded......it's basically impossible for a major league player to hit that poorly when the pitcher has to throw a strike....... and then he comes up with the sacks drunk and squibs into a 1-2-3 DP on Tuesday. .164 now I guess? Hal and Cashman are dedicated to not cutting their losses but when it comes to guys like Gallo, Hicks, Gonzalez and Donaldson it's getting so bad they might have no choice but to swallow their pride and eat that money. It's their fault these guys are getting relentlessly boo'd. You can't march out a Joey Gallo hitting .150 for 150 games. I don't care what team it is. The young guys they have at Scranton aren't real high average hitters either but they can come up and provide more juice than these dried up f*cks have.

In fairness........Duke Johnson belongs in the NFL. He had a down year with the Texans in 2020 but otherwise he's been a much better player than the slightly older JD McKissic, for example. The chances of James Cook averaging over 9 yards per reception in his career like Duke Johnson are scant...........that is an elite number for a pass catching RB.

You can go to the stadium and walk to Danny's or Big Tree or just walk around the lots. There will be people outside in the lots with TV's set up watching the game as well because all you need is a TV and a little antenna to get the local HD broadcast in the lots.

I suspect that agents fill out a lot of the ballots for players they represent. Fans would be surprised how few players give a sh*t about rankings if they ain't in em'...........which accounts for about 95% of players.

If they aren't going to play 6-8 series this preseason..........don't play them in any. I don't see anything to gain from a series or two in each of the next couple games. Also.........the reality is that the opener is one of the least strategically important games on their schedule...........if they were opening up with the Chiefs or Bengals.........I might see using starters in the preseason a bit differently.

I'm not sure how you came to this conclusion.........but you can get a wealth of statistics on a player from the site below. Snap counts are right on a players main statistical page you just need to scroll a few categories down. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnTy00.htm

You are what you eat?

Losing complete track of time while sloshed on peanut butter whiskey is not the same thing as waiting, btw.

Well if you told me in May that there was any chance that Crowder wouldn't make the team I wouldn't have believed that...........he was a tremendous NFL receiver when healthy as recently as 2020 and there was no reason to assume that he wouldn't just bounce right back and replicate Beasley's numbers and his contract is exceptionally team friendly. And slot receivers are a relative dime-a-dozen. I thought they were set there whether they had selected Shakir or not. So if Shill Capaccio........who admits to softening his takes to prevent said players from limiting his access to them........floats it out there that there is a 25% chance Crowder gets cut.........then he is hearing it's more likely than that and just wants to be able to stake claim to being right if it actually happens. As for Hodgins...........he's missed the last 2 seasons to injury and has never played in a game in the NFL. I did, in fact, mention him. But why am I supposed to be sold on him? So he made a few receptions in the second half of one preseason game. Him.........and everyone Nathan Peterman threw the ball to in the 2017 preseason made a few catches. Hodgins also had a ball sail thru his hands in the first half as I recall. Fuzzy math would be you insisting that there is zero need for the Bills to pursue more depth for their WR corps and then turning around and saying "it makes a lot of sense" to sign one "OBJ" once he's healthy. Seriously? STFU You guys doth protest FAR too much.

It's a good question. Fans are assuming that it's Shakir now.........but with Crowder having a very poor camp and possibly not even making the roster(even Shill Capaccio says 25% chance he gets cut at this point).........and McKenzie having not been a full time starter anywhere since he was in High School(and has shown a propensity to lose every job he's been given in the NFL).........there is a good possibility that Shakir could end up the starting slot receiver by mid-season. They are thin outside.........the GM knows it. I don't think they will call it a day with either Kumerow or Hodgins. A move is likely to be made in camp or in-season. Too much on the line to risk going into the playoffs with holes in the passing game. TE, Guard, backup LT..........all also positions that could stand fortifying.

I don't think Ford did much for his trade value when he single handedly blew up the James Cook run on the series that went 3 and out.

Yeah a QB can't throw that ball like Keenum did to Crowder and expect to either not get his receiver killed or for the ball not to be tipped into two levels of waiting defenders. On target or low are the two options. This is common sense. Should Crowder have caught it? Yes and he's made tough catches his whole career, but it still would have been a bad throw. Keenum didn't look comfortable........he's new to the system and not getting all the snaps that the starter does in practice........I suspect he will look more like himself when he gets more familiar with the offense/personnel.

Yeah I think @RobbRiddicksTDLeap might be giving himself a bit too much credit for reasonable treatment of amateur officials. I'm competitive as hell when coaching but I have never yelled at a volunteer or lowly paid ref just helping out so kids can play organized sports. No justification for that. And if I have an issue with a coach for something they do in-game or mistreating an ump or a player I handle that personally, not by yelling across the field at them so everyone can hear. When my kids are/were playing I always made a point to remember it was THEIR game........even if I was coaching........my blood wasn't boiling if they let themselves get beaten by not being prepared for rough play. I know I wouldn't have liked my parents b*tching at officials when I was playing as a kid. I'd also suggest to anyone that EVEN at the pro level.........blaming officials for mistakes that hurt your team is generally a cop out to avoid holding your team to a higher standard. If a game is decided by a call or two and you lose.......your boys either weren't good enough or they played it too close. The majority of close games come about not because teams are exactly evenly matched........it's because coaches maneuver it that way........see "Jauron Ball" as a perfect example. The objective should be a decisive victory. If your team doesn't do that.......they are asking for fate to decide it for them.........and then you get what you get.

I expect the early season roster to be pretty fluid. The Bills may keep more OL or DB than expected because the OL position is one of the weaker ones in the league and the Bills DB's are better players than their TE or WR counterparts. With 11 days between the season opener and the home opener I'd look for the Bills to treat the first game roster sorta' like a weekly "active" roster and then do some re-arranging after the opener.........particularly if it involves giving a roster spot to a veteran whose salary they don't want to have to guarantee by having them on the roster week 1. Guys like Shaq Lawson or Tavon Austin.........or maybe Carolina releases Andre Roberts.......something like that. Also could see Beane getting froggy and trading to try to fix some imbalances on offense.........the last couple WR, TE and interior OL are not where you want them in a season where you are otherwise positioned to bully your way into a Super Bowl.

I actually could see the Bills trading for a more established or talented TE2 or an outside WR or a guard.

Big difference between throwing the ball too high over the middle and on the sideline. Nobody coming off the sideline to hit that receiver in the face........or to intercept the ball if it goes thru their hands. Keenum overthrew the two end zone throws on the first drive too. His mechanics and decision making will improve as he gets more familiar in the offense. Keenum is not an athlete who is going to just come into the game cold and keep the chains moving by any means possible for a few series........he's strictly a pocket passer who was acquired to play for a series of full games if Allen gets injured. He should probably play the entire first half the next two weeks.