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I've had a long standing theory that Bills (and Sabres) ownership is more fragile than it appears. It does not surprise me to see this announcement. Terry is in his early 70s, Kim's status as owner is unknown, and none of the five kids are easy to spot heir apparent to running the menagerie of companies he has in his portfolio. What you really don't want to see is Terry pass unexpectedly, and the ownership is transacted by the family to the highest bidder. That's a nightmare Bon Jovi scenario. The likelihood of the Bills being owned by someone like Terry with a deep appreciation of Buffalo and western New York is slim in that scenario.

No NFL owner is hiring a 72-year old guy to a be the head coach of their franchise. The wildest scenario where BB would be hired would be a talent-rich team that was underperforming and that team made a moonshot coaching change during the season. He should enjoy his good years of health and enjoy cashing those network checks. I think he'll be a surprisingly good TV personality.

Should do a Top Ten character actor/actresses list. Walton Goggins would be on mine. He's an actor who makes whatever he's in better.

My votes: Internal combustion engine Mechanical refrigeration (which leads to mechanical air conditioning) Anesthesia

I like Jordan Phillips. Always rooted for the guy, and smiled when the Bills signed him. He was one of the rare Bills players that looked like he was enjoying himself out on the field. That being said, he's good, sometimes even great, when rested and until he's injured in some way. He's just not a player that can perform when banged up. He'd probably be better if he strategically played every other game . 😀

Frank Reich was responsible for the Bills Super Bowl run in the 1992-1993 season. There's no Super Bowl without Frank Reich heroics on January 3, 1993, and arguably the following week in Pittsburgh where he threw two touchdowns and no INTs against a Steelers defense that had a week to prepare for him.

Cam Hart, corner, Notre Dame Very smart football player, and he plays up to his opponents. His best games in college were against the better receivers. Has the characteristics of an outstanding zone corner or safety.

I think the inaction on contract extensions for Prescott and Parsons coupled with the lack of free agency spending this year (and really the 2022/2023 seasons as well) suggests to me that Jerry is selling the Cowboys or handing it over to family.

Turns 31 during the 2024 season (November).

With the information at hand, I graded an A. The 2024 season is about arranging the team's contracts so that they can spend money on the teams that will be on the field in the new stadium. Moving an expensive, long term contract for a 31 year old player, when presented with an opportunity to do so, is a component of that strategy.

Clark Hunt is following the first rule of being absurdly wealthy - never spend a dollar of your own money. I feel like between the gambling, foreign (government) investors like the Saudis/Chinese, and crews like BlackRock and Bain Capital that Hunt wants to bring into the league, the NFL is missing just one horseman from the destruction of its product.

Deion Sanders PROMOTED Pat Shurmur to OC at Colorado. You can't trust Deion's judgement on anything, including the weather.

2022 was the last great year, and 2023 was effectively his last full season of play. I won't be surprised to see him cut before the regular season begins.

Weird Day 2 signing. This particular player is Preston Brown v2. The stats are deceptive. The Bills did not necessarily need one of the Eagles' slow linebackers.

I understand why the Bills made the move to a degree but I still wouldn't have done it. This is my least favorite of the FO moves this offseason to date. I don't think a 33 year old DT is going to have much in the tank come December/January to impact games, so why bother with the investment? My preference would have been to give those minutes to a rookie or a younger player.

I think Watson is in Operation Quiet Quit. Just sit back, go through the motions and collect the checks with the "let's not get ourselves killed out there!" mentality. I doubt he will ever play a full season for the Browns simply because he has no desire to do so.

This is the guy that doesn't block and pouts on the sideline. Zero percent he's a Buffalo Bill IMO.

I don't think the Bills desire to bring back any of these players for the 2024 season as of today.

He is the definition of the washed player who's time has come to either retire or latch on to a playoff team in November. His days of regular season play are over. He'd be smart to hit that November free agency market rested and ready to go. There is value in his services there. His ego won't let him of course, so he'll sign this spring and get cut at the end of someone's camp and bounce around practice squad and be salty about it.

It's not a big list if you remove players 29 and older and then of that remaining pool, you remove the injury prone - less than 75% games over two seasons. IMO, that's the realistic baseline pool of FA the Bills should be looking at. You factor in performance and salary wants with that pool of players.

I'd be interested in knowing whether there is art to holding a football for a kicker attempting a field goal. The only reason to bring a relatively lousy punter back is that he was quietly excellent at holding footballs for Tyler Bass field goal attempts.

There is a burgeoning free agency period in November where old vets sign on with teams for a playoff run. Diggs will be one of these players. Unless you're a team that doesn't care about the 2024 season, you aren't giving starter minutes to a 32-year old safety.

I want to like that trade and pick because that college production is impressive and he plays fast in the games and late in the games. However, I'm ultimately not drafting that neck or its injury history in the first round. The more I read about that injury, two words are in my head - "borrowed time". At best, you get the Vander Esch career with the neck stingers and injuries. Worst case, it's one terrible hit and he has to retire.

Just say no to old safeties (Diggs) and oft-injured safeties (Adams).

NBA: Long time Spurs fan to the mid 80s. MLB: Recent Twins fan, divorced the Pirates in 2018.