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My vote is Dawson Knox. Not so much an outright cut, but a win-win trade to a team where he'd see starter snaps and for the Bills, get out from under that contract. Yes, there are plenty of footballs to catch, but perhaps one of the pass catchers not named Kincaid, Samuel or Coleman outplays him and they don't need to pay that much for a blocking TE.

Jim McMahon. Just liked the way he played football. For me, his most memorable season was one of his last - his 1991 season. He was with the Eagles, and the Eagles were expected to compete for the Super Bowl that year behind what would become one of the greatest defenses in NFL history. Randall Cunningham is lost for the season with a torn ACL in the *first* game, and McMahon, as the backup, piloted the Eagles to a 10-6 record and into the playoffs, despite himself sustaining multiple serious injuries, including five broken ribs and barely being able to move his arm.

I was a big fan of Colorado hiring Sanders as coach, as I thought he was legitimately talented at not only coaching football, but also guiding young men. He's disappointed me - especially with the complete lack of self awareness that the first season wasn't great, and his propensity to blame everyone for the 4-8 season but he and his kids. All that said, I don't think the school cares about his antics or the team's record as long as the stadium seats are filled.

Absolutely not. I think if his kicking looks fragile in camp, they need to execute the Plan B at that position.

I think if you put both quarterbacks on the worst team in the league and asked them to win a game running their plays and their OC calling those plays, I think Josh Allen wins a game before Patrick Mahomes does. I think Allen is the better quarterback both physically and tactically, and I think he's more adapt to working with what he's got on offense. I think Patrick Mahomes has benefited *greatly* from Andy Reid's genius for football. He's a generational tactician and strategist.

Von Miller. I think a lot of people - including Bills brass - expect this resurgent year. I don't. I think you'll get a season that a 35 year old player, with 173 games on the body can provide. He'll give it his all, but there's a limit. The battery will wear down quickly. His season stats will be front loaded into September-October. I want to be completely wrong on this opinion. I think this is his last season playing football, and I'd like to see him go out with 10+ sacks.

My vote will be for MVS. Let's say he has a great camp and makes the team. Season numbers won't excite you, but he will show up in one or more of those must have late season games with a fantastic catch or one-off 100 yard game.

Center. Critical position. They have to get a lot right consistently. Kicking is a close second. I sense a kicker who has lost confidence.

Another vote for Eric Moulds. 6'2, 210lbs. He'd have 1,000-1,200 yard seasons every season.

A lot would have to go wrong for the Bills not to win the division this year. I picked the Jets because the Dolphins, until they prove otherwise, are not a cold weather/bad weather team and will always backslide come December, and this year, after Thanksgiving, they play at Green Bay, at Cleveland, at NYJ. That's likely three losses. They also play the Bills at home November 3. Jets ride and die on AR's health and the defense, which mitigates the mediocre coaching. I suspect this is AR's last season playing professional football, so he may give it his all. For the Patriots, this is a tank year for learning and restocking for 2026, which would be Maye's third pro year.

Great actor. I always found his bit part in JFK some of his best acting.

ESPN's salvation is embracing ABC's old Wide World of Sports mindset, covering obscure sports few know or watch and competitions in America and across the world. The Gay Bowl, to me, is something people would watch. Reasons why they'd watch would vary. Perhaps this league has a team that is the best flag football team in the country. Who knows? Dodgeball the Movie showed ESPN the way. Need to embrace The Ocho.

I need to learn more about how I can write the hottest of takes *and* get paid for it. I'm not even sure Gary's work on that one qualifies as educated guess. The Bills would never do this deal. Let's say in the world of possibilities, that they were interested, they would do the deal in 2025 as a rental for a playoff run and only take on a portion of the last year of salary under his contract. The Bills would not sign the then 31-year old player to a new contract.

I chose #3 behind the 49ers and Chiefs. Bills have reloaded for the year, quality draft. Four consecutive division titles and five straight playoff appearances, which puts them above teams like the Eagles, Lions to start.

Good: The Beane/McDermott hires have paid off, the team has been successful, and a new stadium is on the way. Lots of boxes checked. Bad: The Pegulas owe the public some clarity on the present and future ownership of the team, as the CEO of the team has all but disappeared, especially in light of the taxpayer investment into the stadium. Weird: The attempt to trademark Bills Mafia by the team during the height of Covid was weird, and has always felt petty to me.

Both the Bills and Sammy Watkins share responsibility for the trajectory of his career. Watkins had a history of chronic foot injuries that were well-known before he was drafted. His selection at a high draft position placed significant expectations on him, despite the risk that any serious hit or misstep could exacerbate his foot issues, which ultimately hindered his performance as a dynamic wide receiver. The chronic pain likely led to the use of painkillers, which further complicated his career. *Had* Watkins been drafted in later rounds with lower expectations from both the team and fans, his career might have followed a more positive path. However, his persistent injuries would likely have kept him from achieving superstar status.

A. I think the Bills have one of the best front offices in the league. Top 3. Five straight years of playoffs. I'm pleased that he will have this team poised to spend money for the inaugural year in the new stadium. Brandon Beane's front office is excellent at keeping the Bills competitive every year with potential for a deep run into the playoffs.

I wouldn't have done that. I think he and the Steelers would both benefit from some new scenery and ideas, but hey, advantage Bills. Yes, he's 173-100 (.633 clip) but has been overseeing some mediocre seasons lately in the post Big Ben malaise. That team hasn't recovered from the wheels falling off after that 11-0 start in 2020. https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2024/06/10/mike-tomlin-signed-contract-extension-coach-art-rooney-ii/stories/202406100069

Not this year. I think cash will be saved for the November FA period to backfill injuries and boost areas like pass rush or the secondary. I think this year's team is 99.9% what you see going into camp.

I'm a simple person - the feeling that comes with the Bills winning a Super Bowl game in dominating fashion. Like a Seahawks/Broncos 43-8 demolition.

Trash and lack of maintenance: Here in PA, trash on the roads is a big problem, and on some roads, the trash seems super-sized, like tire treads, big pieces of trash, vehicle parts, animals.... so if you had to pull off the road in an emergency, you're hitting stuff. The state doesn't put a priority on any sort of regular landscape maintenance either, so there's trees over signs, tall grass obscuring right of way, and the dead ash trees falling all over. PennDOT always says "small maintenance budget" but you drive over to any other state, and it seems they've got a much better handle on these things. The roadkill in some areas is ridiculous, likely because there's animals living in the grass that gets mowed once a year. Also have a growing issue with dirtbikes and ATVs. They don't care about the traffic laws and that works 90% of the time, but when they miscalculate that weave between the tractor trailer and car, the crashes are violent and deadly, and involve hours long road closures and innocent people who have to live with those images.

Even with two more, high quality Pro Bowl seasons, I don't think the Bills will give a then 27-year old James Cook the contract $$$ he's seeking.

Every city mayor who's got a stadium would like to host a Super Bowl. Just part of the job. Terrible idea on several fronts as many of you astutely point out, and I'm not particularly worried about it happening. London mayoral elections come every four years, and while Khan has won three terms, and he can run for as many as he wants, political tides - and priorities indeed change.

No. He's probably the NFL's most one-dimensional active player. Even punters do more on gameday. He's the player you bring in November if you want just the pass rush effort.

The NFL is in a time where it has a desperate thirst for revenue, so no idea is a bad idea if it can extract a dollar. It has also historically turned a blind eye to illegal gambling on its games. All sports leagues do. For example, does anyone believe Michael Jordan retired to go play baseball at the peak of his popularity? Remember the mysterious events surrounding the death of Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom? Strongly oppose it. It used to be difficult to throw a game as gambling was something done behind the scenes, usually in conjunction with US-based organized crime. You couldn't easily do it, and you often needed the *right* connections to do it. It was all quietly done in the background. Now, with it mainstream, you don't need the infrastructure of organized crime to throw games. An owner or two, a group of players, families of players or officiating, any particular enterprise that is owed debt or has leverage over players or officiating, foreign companies, foreign companies fronting foreign governments all have the opportunity to throw games. The NFL likely finds itself on the receiving end of a cheating scandal it didn't know about, and it can't control in the era of the Internet, and it burns wildly out of control. The best outcome is it's a sloppy player here or there - the worst kind will be one where stars of the game are discovered betting on games or a foreign entity - say a company with questionable ties to the Chinese government, or foreign organized crime, are involved.