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James Franklin's program at Penn State is underwhelming and unfortunately, so are most of his draft eligible players. There's no production in college from this player, and he's not a 1st round selection. His sacks came against the cream puffs on Penn State's schedule. Of his four sacks in 2023, two came against the juggernaut University of Massachusetts in an October 63-0 blitzing. One against Rutgers, one against Iowa. He had no stats in the 2023 games against Ohio State or Michigan.

He should go to the UFL. Get reps, learn, improve that terrible decision making, and perhaps light the league up. Why settle getting traded for a 7th round pick and being a backup?

I'm ok if the Bills part ways with Rasul Douglas. He probably has a year of outstanding play left at CB at his age, but he will want a contract and the compensation that exceeds that year. The Bills don't want to be paying for that one great year for three seasons, and they don't need yet another older player who is a fantastic player for "most" of the season but fades come playoff time because his body is just out of gas. I think all players are struggling with this longer NFL season, but it is especially harder to be anywhere near peak performance come playoff time the older you get. I think a lot of 30+ year old players will get used to the fact that their market is evolving to 1-year deals where they join a team in November/December for playoff runs.

The Chiefs are not giving a 27-year old CB (with zero Pro Bowls or individual awards) who played great in a contract year the long term contract in the ballpark he's looking for. That contract would be one only the Saints would love.

I liked it. I always thought he either got shot by the guy in the USA hat, or had a heart attack (onion rings).

Enjoyed his work with SI, and read his FMIA column weekly. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/peter-king-retires-after-40-years-of-covering-the-nfl https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/26/peter-king-nfl-columnist-sports-illustrated-nbc-sports-retiring/

I don't know how the Saints fully get out of this situation. Seems like a perpetual motion machine of salary. I can see them trading players away for next to nothing in return and as others said, trading draft picks away so you don't have to pay players.

If you want to find the guys that have the greatest value in impacting a playoff game, just look at the data for December onwards. After our last two playoff exits, I'm more convinced that when evaluating free agents and college players, you eliminate the first 1-2 months of play and evaluate their performance once they are tired and injured. You don't want to spend money on the September stats machines.

No one 30 or older. I wouldn't even go for 29 year old players. No one who missed 50% or more games last year. The list should start with that group of players. Then you look at production. The Bills have to get out of the business of old players this year.

I received one of their Josh Allen silver coins for a gift. I wasn't aware that such collectibles existed, and was curious whether anyone else had them and just how many Bills coins are available. (I don't expect them to have any value outside of a collectible.)

The only way I'd want Derrick Henry as a Bill in 2024 is if he's cool playing mid-November onwards and sits on the bench for September/October. That's the bargain for a Super Bowl opportunity. I'd want his peak production to be right at the last week of the season/first week of playoffs, and between Allen, Cook and Henry, operate a 1987 playbook of beating the opponent defense to death with run after run after run after run...

The NFL needs a developmental league not necessarily for players but for officiating, coaching, scouts and front office. I also think it's the more appropriate league for the foreign players that didn't play a single down of college ball but have the physical talent for the game. I'd take a successful UFL head coach over an NFL coordinator with no head coaching experience.

I don't want Leonard Floyd or the other four players on the Bills roster for 2024. Floyd, Hyde, Jones and Matakevich are all 30+. I'm not paying a lot of money for Tim Settle's 14 tackles and 1 sack.

A true lightning in a bottle script and film. The true litmus test of a classic move is whether a randomly assembled group of adults can spout of lines from said movie, and aces the meme test that's provided. I have people skills I am good at dealing with people Can't you understand that??? What the hell is wrong with you people????

When it comes to pass rush, Rousseau and Oliver are 1B talents. On the other hand, Chris Jones, Aaron Donald, Maxx Crosby and a prime Von Miller are examples of the 1A players - they create the chaos the other guys can take advantage of. The Bills don't have enough chaos makers. The 49ers, in reality had just one chaos maker on the defensive line against the Chiefs - Bosa. The rest of their line are like our guys - they don't create it on their own.

IMO, Rousseau is a 1B at this stage in his career. He needs the other end, the 1A, to create the chaos so that he can take advantage of it. That's the downstream value of a player like Von Miller. If Von Miller performs, Rousseau likely has a Pro Bowl year statistically on the other end of the line.

I have a difficult time understanding the why: Resigning a 33 year old DT (come December 2024) who played in just seven games last year, is a high priority for this team. Resigning a 32 year old pass rusher who faded in the second half of the season. The importance of keeping a demonstrably slower Jordan Poyer and a cornerback (White) that's had two season ending injuries in the past 3 years. The Bills have to get out of the business of old players, especially on defense and how much of the finite cap dollars do you want tied up in seeing what Tre White's got?. That's the hard decision to make.

Between the two, something on offense, whether it's a WR or a lineman. The optimal way to beat the Chiefs is to limit their offensive opportunities and time of possession, especially in the second half. Keep Hero Ball on the sidelines. That means you have an offense that not only scores, but stays on the field. The 49ers would have won that Super Bowl if they kept running CMC and Mitchell at the Chiefs and dinking/dunking. That KC defense was spent.

Jericho (CBS). If they had put this show on A&E it would have been very successful. The typical CBS viewer likes serial comedy and drama, not high concept shows about terrorism likely instigated by its own federal government and a second US Civil War. NBC had some high-concept shows like The Event and Revolution they gave very little runway on that I enjoyed and then poof - gone.

As it pertains to Chiefs killers, I'd say McDermott and the Bills *are* the closest at doing it of all the teams in the NFL. How is Kyle Shanahan any better? McDermott does more with less.

They should have went for a completely new color scheme like the Buccaneers did. "Their" green isn't iconic like Packers green or the Eagles Kelly green.

The Gabapentin may be the trade-off from the doctor in the case of where she is no longer taking a lot of her medicines. It's in the vein of "something is better than nothing." Unfortunately gabapentin is one of those drugs where you get used to a dose and need to take more and at least in my experience, made me forgetful and tired when I took it. The reason I suggested the GLP-1s is that it is one shot a week to replace a bunch of pills, and for that one shot, she'd get appetitive control and control of the inflammation that is likely creating the pain. I hope she feels better soon.

For the playoffs, I'd support the teams having a 10-minute intermission and then playing another full quarter.

Unpopular negative: The Bills ownership is quietly one of the more fragile in the league. Terry is 73, Kim's status is unknown, with no readily apparent heir. Unpopular positive: The NFL, in the deepest, windowless conference room in the building, would admit that the Bills fanbase, and not the Chiefs, not the Cowboys, not the Packers, best exemplifies the modern day NFL fan with its support of the team, regardless of weather, and the consistent charity drives.

The Chiefs for two reasons. 1. You can't escape the Kelce and Mahomes ads and excessive, pervasive celebrity ball washing. 2. Clark Hunt is behind the effort for the NFL to allow private equity investment in the NFL which is a nightmare of an idea.