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McKenzie had 6 fumbles in the return game as a rookie with Denver. He had fumble problems again in the preseason before his second season and that got him cut.

Other than THAT kinda' view........the views along Lakeshore are pretty spectacular. Would have been a great weekend to be in Chicago and out on the lake. Great weather, Cubs at home on Friday and the Bills destroying the Bears. One of the best preseason games in Bills history. The Big Cat was probably there.........if we had heat maps of the area we could know for sure.

Nice little beach with a decent taco stand right by the Bears stadium.........could have have had BOTH.

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What @dave mcbride and I are talking about with Stanton is un-watchability. Baez is a strikeout machine but he is a spectacular defensive SS and can steal bags/run the bases. Stanton's legs are so messed up he can't run the bases........he has struggled to consistently barrel up pitches this year and has probably hit close to 20 swinging bunts that the average major league catcher could have beaten out........and he gets thrown out by 10 feet every time. Once he gets on base it takes 3 hits to get him home.............it's tough to watch that.........and now that he is a 25-30 HR guy instead of a 35-40 HR guy he is not much fun to watch play baseball. But at least he's playing a few games in the outfield now.......that's a plus.

Because you are like a brother to me, eebs........a drunken, ne'r-do-well brother who needs tough love.

You see what that milk of amnesia is doing to you? You were the one who dropped your 27 year season tickets because of your frustration with the Pegula's and the McDermott and Beane hires. If you were so sure of Beane you should have got on 877-BB TICKS and talked to your rep....... But nope. You just had some more. Quitters never win..........as you found out during playoff time last year when you couldn't get a ticket.........as you cried those tears of regret into the......."pillow of remorse", was it? As for the article........I was replying to someone else's post and you ignore the context.........where @Logic was applauding the concept of not backloading contracts.........which is the key aspect of the "cash to the cap" philosophy that helped break your spirit as a fan. Beside the New England Patriots.........nobody has been able to avoid backloading contracts well enough to remain a legit SB contender year in and out for the length of a star QB's contract. Beane knows that. Saying he's not going to backload deals is just a form of lip service........talking down to perceived cap-ignorant fans who think that pushing cap debt forward is the root of all cap evil. The reality is that making bad value decisions with your cap dollars is the root of cap woes. Not the timing.........the time is malleable within the parameters of the salary cap. Beane has had his share of those bad value decisions..........basically the entire 2018 free agent class he brought in. But I've also praised him for every first round pick he's had...........praised his professionalism and fit with an organization whose ownership team does not serve as a steadying influence on sports operations...........and have praised a lot of his value free agent adds and re-signings. Beane has gotten A LOT better at his job since 2017. Same with McDermott. They have learned from mistakes and lived up with to their growth mindset mantra so far.

The Bills oft-porous defense in the first half of the season forced the offense to keep the pedal down. 1990 Bills had +165 point differential.......1991 "no-punt-game" Bills +140......2020 all-time scoring team Bills +126.

Yeah that's all fun and games until: https://buffalonews.com/news/cash-to-cap-changes-bills-business-plan/article_8566bcd5-d5c7-5106-be6d-8d8a0c5665b0.html

That's an interesting one for sure. But Peppers was a much better natural athlete and more conventional as a pass rusher, IMO. GR was a 3 star recruit for a reason, he's not a broadly spectacular athlete. I really thought Peppers was going to be better than Bruce/Reggie when I was watching him dominate at UNC. A conversation for top 10 all-time NFL athlete type. He had it all, except maybe that real killer instinct(in an era where that mattered more), which is why despite being an obvious HOF'er he kinda' underachieved for much of his career IMO. Rousseau isn't that kind of athlete but he really plays LONG. Peppers always struck me as not really getting the max advantage of his height/length. I'd say that about most of the tall comps. Rousseau seems to get the max benefit of his length and that is unique to me. Whether that materializes into him being extraordinary we will see but I do see him as a guy who could maximize his talents statistically because he just has a combination of length, hands and awareness that will lead to a lot of numbers behind the LOS.

Oh, I've been impressed. He is literally unique, though. I can't recall ever seeing any players with a comparable pass rush style. I'm not saying he's going to be like Aaron Donald or JJ Watt in that regard...........but whatever he becomes it probably wouldn't be wise for teams to waste time trying to find the next one. Even the similar body type comps......Alfred and Mario Williams for example.........had very different styles.

I was responding to @HappyDays post (quoted AGAIN, above, for you). Clearly, right? So yes, somebody was advocating "a dink and dunk fest".

Meh on the "take what the D gives" and no and no on the offensive talent takes.......the supporting cast gets ordinary REAL fast when Diggs isn't on the field(and if he has a season long nagging knee injury, that's a problem)...........and the cast he had on the field in the AFCCG was really beat up and not very impactful. The Bills #1 weapon is STILL Josh Allen. Allen has improved a lot as a game manager but he's not mid-career Tom Brady where you expect him to be 35-35 in terms of accuracy and placement on short-to-intermediate throws........he's gonna' miss a few and throw a few flat balls that would have been better with more air under them..........big plays still need to be part of his arsenal to be dominant at this point. Defense's like the Bills are designed to make teams run lot's of plays to get into scoring position............there is a reason that is a strategy..........big plays are important.

Thanks for sharing but most of the people on this board are WAY out of the age demographic where anyone associated with the NFL cares if those people are buying end zone seats or non-season ticket area upper deck seats. Those are for the young and rambunctious or people who don't mind that crowd. There are very few altercations like that in season ticket holder sections......which are the majority of the seats...........if only because there are ramifications for the ST holder. And of course, the premium seating basically none.

It makes sense to be heavy on DE's in today's game and moreso if some of them can move inside to rush the passer as well. You could have picked up a Snacks Harrison to be a 1 tech off the street last season and he might come in and play like a good starter...........there will be pluggers on the street or unprotected on practice squads this season as well...........but it's much less likely you will find a pass rusher of ANY value there. Part of roster construction has to be the realization that there are positions where supply exceeds demand and you can afford to run light at those positions because you can stock them with serviceable players on the PS............backup DT's, RB's, safeties and even WR's should be those positions this season........so perhaps the numbers end up lighter there. There is also the possibility that the Bills could cut make an arrangement to cut Mario Addison and put him on the PS. His salary is mostly guaranteed either way.........so maybe he basically stays on the team via the PS and then is there to fill-in for injury and hopefully be fresh for late season or playoff use. Meanwhile a Bam Johnson could be active every week so they have that impact on ST as well as to eat up some snaps at DE.

Fundamentally flawed take..........the bottom of the roster DL for the Bills don't play an "extremely limited" amount of snaps. Darryl Johnson has been the biggest liability in the front 7 on D during his two years of development but he was still needed for 22% of the snaps in 2019 and 21% in 2020. I'd also add that going into a 17 game regular season.........the bottom of the roster guys likely need to be more versatile than in the past.........smart teams will find a way to ration out snaps so that their starters still take the same amount of snaps that they had taken in 16 game seasons........ideally the extra 6% of snaps will all go to reserves. Special teams will continue to be important but there are no touchbacks, fair catches and punts out of bounds on offense and defense...........you can work around shortcomings on special teams.

I was NOT thinking the same thing.😉 But because of all of the people who thought Rousseau was going to be a bust............I do expect to hear a lot more things like "he didn't do that in college". Would that play have moved the needle for fans in the draft process? Reality is that he barely touched the QB.......he never truly disengaged cleanly from the block etc.. But that play is an example of how his style translates.........I certainly would hope he'd have improved his game some after almost 19 months to work on it since his last appearance........but that sack was totally consistent with what got him the big numbers in 2019..........he has a unique way of impacting plays behind the LOS.

The opener is 4 weeks away.........he might suck week 1.........but we should all be surprised if he misses week 1.

Last week he said Dawkins situation was a "lesson for all of us" or something to that extent.........he was definitely the unvaxed.

There is a lot of WR talent on NFL rosters right now..........plenty of Stevenson-level prospects on the fringe........he should make it thru waivers if they cut him late. Even this weeks opponent..........the relatively WR weak Bears.........are probably going to have to cut one or both of recent draft picks Riley Ridley and Dazz Newsome.

Funny how every other LB that steps onto the field in this defense makes plays like that except Edmunds though.

Fromm is Barkley-like in the fact that despite having weaker arms they both have very good touch on deep throws. They really excelled at that in college and saw it from Fromm on 4th down Friday night. But they don't have the easy velocity to make so many of the tight window throws. After seeing Tom Brady improve his arm strength I don't think we can say that a better athlete like Fromm couldn't improve his arm strength but he's limited right now.

That's too simplistic. The Bills depth at reserve LT(Nsekhe) and CB(Norman)........key positions.........was better last summer at this time. Last season the Bills only real depth concern was DT.........which isn't an island/edge position so it's a lot easier to cover up vulnerabilities there. You can't have DE's and OLB running free at the QB........can't have WR's scorching CB's over the top..........hence the concern level. Personally, I'd like to see Ryan Bates start splitting snaps with Spencer Brown at LT in some of these games..............Bates has got to be their best reserve LT option at the moment.