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I hope Tim thinks twice about the professional and person he aspires to be. past history shows he and I have different expectations though. Hes literally got troll in his name.

Call yards old school, new school, or dumb... but yards tend to be what your hearing when you have an announcer say 8th ranked defense. and points are important. Among a variety of stats. If a defense is facing 3 more drives a game and starting each on average 10 yards closer to the end one - they could easily allow more points and be better. Especially if creating turnovers and short fields for their own offense along the way.

Yards is typically what you see in rankings. No no single metric is great. A team can give up a ton of yards in a bend but don’t break and be effective. likewise an awful offense can leave a team in position to give up a ton of points even in a stingy defense in today’s nfl- a team that allows few passing yards and creates turnovers is phenomenal if you have any semblance of an offense. schwartz came in and the personal better fit his scheme and his scheme better fit our roster but I think it’s a woeful mistake to categorize pettine as closer to wannstedt. That defense was actually solid.

There have been more than a couple games I would have skipped here with torrential rain. There’s little less appealing to me than sitting in a downpour for a few hours

Im suspicious of a few

What tough is any major stadium tour is going to likely hit NYC and Toronto. I’d imagine often with the Toronto date being close enough to exclude buffalo contractually. youd get some but not a ton. A few monster truck type events an occasional ncaa regional bracket which is cool things that don’t likely show on those schedules include conventions, filming, quirky galas as you mention, the dome would by more quality of life than return on investment

So because other cities can put in underwhelming experiences, everyone should? driving back and forth to Rochester or crossing the border daily for 4-5 days including a late Sunday night in February sounds not fun. As a local example to me... Nola has darn near as many rooms within walking distance of the dome as your regional counts. Better weather, restaurant and event space infrastructure used to handling it... minnesota has similar weather challenges but to my albeit limited knowledge- much better airlift, those rooms are denser etc... jacksonville is just a lame choice. I doubt it comes around again anytime soon. i say embrace that you aren’t that city, and that it’s part of what makes you great in your own way. Be excellent on what you are, not what you think you need to be. Other than the chip on the shoulder, I’ve never really gotten a lot of fans desire to shoehorn in a super bowl. It’d cost the city a fortune, and probably be among the lowest ROI destinations with a lot of revenue going across the border.

So you want all the headaches but to ship most of the revenue to Canada? Buffalo just isn’t a super bowl city - and that’s ok. In fact, it’s a big part of why most of you enjoy it

On some level, 9 games into a season in the 3rd quarter of a game, archetypes go out the window and you are balancing fresh legs vs raw talent and these guys will all get reps in a variety of combos

To be fair, you have no idea how many times he “had his bell rung” between... just this was the first time it was drastic enough to miss time

And during that time Byrd was subject fully to the terms of the agreement. To suggest that fortunately a guy is in hell because he hard bargained a contract (and in an accusation not shown to be true to my knowledge) for a player in a game is a bit much

I’d hope that if he’s 4 they are playing well. If they are trash and he still can’t get on the field, I’m not sure you are keeping him either, doc.

Yup. and frankly the risk of potentially trading Antonio Brown for a decent tight end is enough to make it very hard to move him even if you are a bold GM

As ive said... it would take a lot... A) team thinks he’s not the guy we saw last November long term so he is max value before he suits up again and want to cash out and/or B) they can add an immediate quality starter instead of enjoying his depth I’m all for excellent depth and your 4th wr plays a lot. He could be a guy to move though, in a perfect situation. 90% of the roster is unlikely to be traded but could be if stars aligned though.

There isn’t. And he’s worth a good bit. Hence I’m not talking picks. But if he’s a legit 4 on our depth chart I’d think twice about a starting caliber TE, or a pass rusher opposite Hughes (what pick would foster/Shaq need with them for a clowney for instance). I’m only doing some devils advocate work here. It would take far too many items lining up to make it anything substantially possible

That he did isn’t much worth mentioning, or defending honestly. Is this one of those see something say something moments?

Honestly, it was just an easy example without rummaging through 31 rosters- not a true call to it being the best spot possible. Even if they get him back for most of this year he’d be high risk to resign so it was an easy throwaway example that everyone would be at least surface level familiar with.

I’d almost say likely, not just possible. Unless the wheels come off one of the old men and you cut him in camp, I’d venture the 4th guy there contributes much more than the 10-11th pass catcher. You find this answer to an interview question to be spouting off? Do you find bellichick to be overly talkative?!? “That’s a blessing,” Yeldon said, via the Buffalo News. “Coming in my first couple years, I didn’t have vets like that. Being here in this situation, I can learn a lot from those guys. It’s a lot for me to take with me in my future years. It’s going to be a heated competition. That’s one thing they told me coming in. There’s going to be competition regardless.”

Fosters still a decent risk and it miiiight be a chance to kick in value at his highest point if you aren’t sure of him. I do think that he’s a much better candidate for a player swap than a draft pick though. Even that’s tough though. Does a team like KC maybe take a shot at him being their deep threat and what type of immediate talent do you have to get back as a GM to risk the possibility of foster exploding there? A lot has to line up to even start the discussion

Going from the nfl to hanging dry wall for a friends business is a redemption story? How bad did he get in between those points?!? Jeeeeze. that said, for a 5th, I’d think long and hard about taking him again, even knowing the wheels come off. Top flight season, paid peanuts and a day 3 pick? He was probably a top 5-10 career in the round.

Is 2 catches a game and like 2 tds a year really a big part of an offense that had 4(?) hall of famers including 2 at his position? If he wasn’t a role player, who was?!? Outside of buffalo and the lett family, I’d venture not terribly well known. that play was likely legendary even if he’s not though

Wait... you are a cfo/it ops director?!? for what, the AAF?

If minuscule compensation, Reed on a 3 year 24m non guaranteed contract doesn’t kill me. ill keep echoing that we are in a spot to take on a few guys that you can’t count on or don’t make sense positionally or... if we take reed reed as a 1yr 7.5m swing with 2 team options to follow... meh. Not the worst use I’ve seen of a late pick.

Those offseason practices are always a balancing act...

Its a tough situation. I think that the fact that TWO of his sons spent time in prison and even after one died he didn’t step back and take a break worries me about Andy Reid the man. That they did drugs doesn’t terribly concern me but how he handled it and some whispers that floated around did. That man, for better and worse, is a football coach and his best and worst qualities are likely to bleed through. addiction is a tough and extremely complicated thing and I am among the last to look at it as a moral failing by anyone. I think that as a leader of men he has struggled to show that he practices good self care and by proxy often struggles with proper care of others. That may reflect in both his personal and professional life. That’s a very difficult conversation to have off the cuff on the radio though. I’m hoping he stumbled haphazardly into a tough topic and wasn’t just trying to score points. Those are widely different things.