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I didn’t get the pick. Still don’t. I think he can be very productive on this team. But I would not be shocked if he had a Chris Kelsey like career/role here. Not great at anything but very good at everything. He will never blow us out. Gets enough sacks and stops the run enough to stick around forever and not replace, but never elite or a true cornerstone. Just my guess, and I am not married to it.

My ask is different than my gut feeling. Unsure why, but I think this game is closer than we would like. Within 2 possessions until the last 7 minutes is my guess. For all the hate Greggo gets, his defenses have performed. Darnold can occasionally pull a rabbit out of the hat. If this off-season were normal I think I’d have a different take.

I’d like to see a dominant phase of the world offense. Not just efficient, or better, or taking advantage of, but dominant. I’d like to see them consistently move the chains, few three and outs. If it’s a surgical passing game or rushing for 250 yards. But we have to have something pushing elite on the offensive side of the ball. That said, if we lean on the rushing attack, I’d hate to see us with Diggs throw for 56%, 180 yards, 1 TD 1 INT. With the addition of Diggs, I would love to see us at league average even when leaning heavily on the run. Maybe 225 yards 1 TD zero turn overs, get few third and long. Defensively, we were great last year with a couple of games that were clunkers relative to our own average performance. Based on personnel moves and camp reports, this should be a great opportunity to hit the ground running. A clunker would be disappointing but would love to set the standard in week one.

I think the fumble issue with Singletary is something to pay attention to, but I don't think deserves a label yet. Just to note, that does tie him for 3rd in the league amongst RB's. Fumbles lost vs. won is largely luck. I wouldn't put a huge amount of stock in it. I am more "concerned", maybe curious is a better word, as to how productive DS can be as a feature back. He was used pretty sparingly last year at 150 carries on the season. Which is good enough for 30th. Assuming he stays RB1, that number will most likely jump to 225 to 250. Can he average 4.3-ish yards per carry at that clip? I think somebody posted a breakdown of last season that DS rarely saw 8 in the box even compared to league averages. Not condemning him, but definitely something I have been curious about watching this season.

He should leave the Gardner Minshewing-ing to Gardner Minshew.

Man, it’s been so long since a hidden Peter Pan URL. I miss those days.

Oh jeez. It moved a little bit when I heard....🍆

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is a decent read. Written in 2010 about mass incarceration replacing Jim Crow laws. I recommend it. Worth noting that the Fair Housing Act is only about 50 years old. And in my new town of Saratoga Springs, Sundown Laws (POC weren't legally allowed out after dark) weren't taken off the books until sometime in the 70s (77 I believe). In that same town the Commissioner of Public Safety (who is head of the local PD) told my neighbor in a public forum, who very politely reported an incident of racial profiling by the police, that she could have the police removed from the neighborhood and would tell dispatch to no longer respond to calls. Evans Bank in Buffalo didn't "settle" their redlining charges from the state until 2015. So before we go ahead and say it "was different then", her writing deserves much credence on the topic.

Curious to see how Saints fans trend after next year. They’re projected at something like 75M over the cap next year if it sticks at 175M. Then again when Brees retires.

I think they'll find somebody, CB depth is a little messy at the moment. They do not have much wiggle room for injuries/mistakes. Depth chart is pretty close to the below. I am thinking they try and bring in some insurance at CB, push Lewis and Jackson to the PS (waivers). Then to make room, they'll have to get skinnier at a place with some depth like WR or DL. Tre EJ Gaines- Opted Out- Often injured but good when healthy Josh Norman- Hamstring. Unsure what is left in the tank at the moment (could flip with Levi) Levi Wallace- Missed practice time. Hot and cold CB2 (could flip with Norman) Taron Johnson- Who has yet to make it through a full 16 weeks since entering the league two years ago... and is our slot corner. Siran Neal- Special teams ace and sometimes plays in the nickel Cam Lewis- Practice Squad, UDFA- Buffalo- Would be a great story if we could production out of him. Unsure how camp has gone for him Dane Jackson- Rookie, 7th round pick. Unsure how good of a camp he has had.

I have not been keeping track but I think our depth char has gone: Tre EJ Gaines- Opted Out- Often injured but good when healthy Josh Norman- Hamstring. Unsure what is left in the tank at the moment (could flip with Levi) Levi Wallace- Missed practice time. Hot and cold CB2 (could flip with Norman) Taron Johnson- Who has yet to make it through a full 16 weeks since entering the league two years ago... and is our slot corner. Siran Neal- Special teams ace and sometimes plays in the nickel Cam Lewis- Practice Squad, UDFA- Buffalo- Would be a great story if we could production out of him. Unsure how camp has gone for him Dane Jackson- Rookie, 7th round pick. Unsure how good of a camp he has had. I wouldn't call it a disaster or try and run a fire drill. Hoping we are getting some of the bumps and bruises out of the way early. I would bring in another guy as an insurance policy and try and stack both Lewis and Jackson on the PS. Both should clear waivers.

“Come to Buffalo and be the best version of yourself” Isn’t that what this regime has touted? I am unsure if MD will ever regain his old form. I do have some empathy for his past. That doesn’t mean he should be given a pass for inconsistent commitment and effort. I also don’t think he’s a cancer. He’s a troubled dude that I hope can find his path. Finding that path will be up to his own personal work and whether or not somebody gives him the opportunity to prove it. I do think he can be productive in the right environment at the right price. 1 year, vet minimum or slightly more. He’s of no danger of destroying a locker room. That’s never been his MO. His worst behavior is self destructive.

Woah buddy, calm down.

Can I pick Jordan Poyer's wife, Rachel Bush?

I still think it was a mistake because 1. He was still productive at the time 2. We wouldn’t have been in “cap hell” had we just waited a few months. 3. Its a coaches job to work with tough athletes, not cast them aside in short order to find easier ones. Marrone hasn’t been able to manage Dareus or 60% of his roster because he sucks. That doesn’t mean that he should be an all pro. Or even that good. But cutting him that quickly created a large hole, where we had to over pay his replacement, and eat his salary, all while he was still productive at the time. I would be been fine letting him go the year after. It would have halved his dead cap space.

Question. What is your thought on what Edmunds worth would be today, not down the road when his contract is up? Seems like top tier of the MLB market is about 17M at the moment.

Every RB is banged up and Yeldon still probably doesn’t get any touches. ?

I want to second this, but am willing to take this a step further. Based on what’s going on in RF’s life, the timing of this thread is trash. Especially when you take into account the fact that Fitz has had a career 10x from Tyrod. Fitz has been since Cincy, he’s been able to unseat their starter and take over the starting postilion for multiple games. TT has been a back up in Baltimore. Started over a failed draft pick in BUF. Lasted about 8 minutes in Cleveland. Super unsure what’s happening in SD. Show some class.

Hahaha. You think that there is some corporate formula that necessitates, or even implies, the need for a President to be a Vice President? Or that this is even common. Dude, titles aren’t even linear in that way between departments in the same company, let alone enough to make this some big gotcha moment proving something.What a wild statement.

I am very unsure what you debunked here? I literally posted the archived link from a month or so ago with 3 people on the team. I guess maybe the fact that I said there was not any listed currently. Sorry, I missed that Kelly Baxter wasn't removed from the website yet. Is that the big gotcha moment again? Kelly Baxter is still listed on the Bills website after quitting? I cited that in my response: https://web.archive.org/web/20200630095801/https://www.buffalobills.com/team/front-office-roster/ One more time for the people in the back. The Buffalo Bills, and only Buffalo Bills employed marketing team was listed as 3 people one month ago on the Bills website. The list of employees you gave are PSE employees. They are also listed for the Sabres because they are PSE. What was reported by Graham is factually true. https://www.nhl.com/sabres/team/staff

Fair, the Sabres did well with TV ratings last year, which is wild. We aren't doing great with attendance, and have not been for about a decade now. Since 2010, the Sabres have not been in the top half of % capacity filled in the NHL. Worth noting that the NHL TV contract is trash compared to the NBA and NFL and does not even cover the salary cap. NHL owners live and die on attendance, not TV viewership. http://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance/_/sort/homePct

A few things. To your top point about the listed staff. It is fair, but a C- for research. About a month ago the Bills website still listed a marketing dept that was different from PSE. Your big gotcha moment is a list of the PSE employees, NOT Buffalo Bills. Because if you went with the current website, there would be none of them. Which is Grahams point. If you jump back to the website from a month ago, there would be three of them. . I don't know what the difference between the two teams are. I assume they work together in a lot of ways. The Bill staff might be high level, and PSE does the grunt work? I don't know. But those are also PSE employees you listed. Graham mentions the Bills team, not PSE. To which he would be correct. It has been noted that the Bills have largely kept the Bills and Sabres/PSE separate for whatever reason. I believe that may have even been confirmed by either Beane or McD when the "Maintain Family Lifestyle" thing broke. Maybe that is different now? They are merging with PSE? Either that or they need to replace the marketing staff. Unsure. But it is note worthy. https://web.archive.org/web/20200630095801/https://www.buffalobills.com/team/front-office-roster/ To your second point. That is incredibly disingenuous for a few reasons, one it really is not true, and two, news article paragraphs are often a sentence or two long. The article opens with a few "paragraphs" on Brown. Then spends about the same amount of space on the marketing team. Back to Brown. Mentions other firings. John Murphy's removal from One Bills Live after criticizing Pegula. Back to Brown and a transcript.

For all the people getting their pitch forks because Tim Graham is “fake news”, let’s not forget that the article posted at the start of the thread is by Matt Warren on Buffalo Rumblings. Not Graham. Tim wrote the article on Chris Brown, and briefly mentioned the marketing dept.

I think a big part of this conversation is hinted at the back end of your post with your story. It was nice of the officer to ask you to get out of your car, and it was nice of you to agree. But you also consented to the search of your vehicle, something that you absolutely did not have to do. You would have been well within your rights to say no to that. A traffic stop does not provide reasonably suspicion. So now a normal person is in a position where they have to comply with an illegal request or risk an officer getting the jitters. Especially if they "have tats" or "all kinds of exotic facial hair". See how this situation gets sticky for the average person....

How you have failed to miss @NoSaint's point entirely and still post cooperate or don't, in the context of this entire conversation is either bafflingly stupid, dangerously callous, or willfully ignorant. Comply or you might die is literally the entire problem here. It is why the US has more deaths and injuries at the hands of police officers than basically every other post industrialized nation in the world. Both by total and by per capita. I understand that is inconvenient for your insulated world view, but it does not make it any less true.