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Right, he isn't a dud, but I think the expectation from fans is for him to be "the guy" on the line. I like having him. His contract is fine. But I think there's an itch for him to be a bigger impact player.

I think it could be Rousseau. He got his pay day but he just doesn't get home. The murmurs started at the end of last year. If he doesn't take a very large step people are going to be upset. Special mention to Brandon Beane. A lot of whiffs on the defensive side of the ball, hasn't addressed the WR position well and has been publicaly aggressive about defending it, most recently a lot of resources put into the DL that seems to be raising some yellow flags. More often than not you will get worse when you replace Brandon Beane, but people may start to grow tired of the high floor, low ceiling players holding the roster back. EDIT: These are not my whipping boys. I am saying I could see the boards frustration with these guys possibly growing.

He's an OK looking dude worth millions. I have no doubt Bass could bed at least 4 50+ year olds. EDIT: word

I don't know if this whole post is a joke or for real. And I'm unsure what one I prefer.

This feels very frantic, anxious, and not how football works. There's a lot of calls to be mad at. Picking up a bad flag during preseason is the absolute worst football related thing to be mad at in the history of football. Enjoy the weekend, football is back, today was meaningless outside of seeing some film on some fringe players.

I didn't see any holding on the replay.

We're rigging preseason games now?

If I am a team looking for a long term solution at QB and Sanders is in my locker room, I likely sit him this year. Not because he sucks or whatever, but I do think if Sanders is going to be a franchise QB he needs some time to bake. I'm watching the game now. He certainly made some nice throws. And he is "athletic enough" for today's NFL. But I think he needs to get stronger to play in the league. He really seems to have to heave it into some of those throws. He also sucks at throwing on the run. I'm not QB guru but I think both have to do with not understand good footwork and having a strong base. All that will be much harder to correct in the regular season. Edit: Curious to watch any A22 of this. As the game goes on he tries to squeeze a bunch of balls into windows that are just too dangerous against NFL starters.

I'm rewatching now and I am only on drive two but his first pass was a bit high in tight coverage but off the hands of his WR. His second pass was completed and the WR ran his route a half yard short of the first down, and they punted. The WR has to know where the pylon is on 3rd down. His second drive he converted he moved the chains with two first downs. One with a pass and one with his legs. To be fair his duck on 2nd and 12 wasn't good and stalled an otherwise good drive. I'm not convinced he's a starter but those drives weren't exactly how you described IMHO.

I low-key thought that comment about "micromanaging" was him trying to talk about the Sabres. Terry doesn't own the stadium. Sure he could walk through whenever he wants. But he also can't really micromanage it if he wanted. That was Terry trying to tell the world "I'm not the person you think I am". There's no way anybody should trust a guy who built Kevyn Adams in their own image.

Benford is a very good DB, and that is a good play from Keon, but Benford is not one of the most physical DB's in the league.

Allen should have taken $45M. Because everybody should take 2/3 value due to the salary cap.

I am a firm believer that not having these guys in house more often is part of the reason that we see more injuries. I think more in person practice (without contact/pads) will reduce injuries and greatly improve the product on the field. That isn't a knock on the work these guys put in all offseason. But individual sessions and maintenance work isn't a replacement for team work and constant in persons with S&C. A track star can run all they want, but it isn't the same as racing. Both need to be happening regularly and in tandem.

Don't even get me started on the puppies.

My guess is the 17 hour meeting before the draft where they watched every single snap Josh Allen ever took. Taylor Hall. He required a 17 hour meeting with just Terry, McD, and himself dedicated to every snap Josh Allen ever took. That is about as heavy of a lift a GM could have for a pick. That meeting doesn't happen if everybody is "all in" on the pick.

You guys still have hair?

At the risk of being pedantic. I think it was more that the Bills were upside down on Tre's contract v production due to injury. I think they would have stood with Tre on another year of rehab at a much lower cost. We're basically seeing them do that right now.

It's tough. I think the NBA does a pretty good job with this stuff, but the season is so much longer. On the other hand the NFL looks like Steve Buschemi in 30 Rock. They league can and should do more, but you can very quickly let it get out of hand and dominate 17 games.

Hey guys, has anybody made a joke about how Hacketts offenses are so bad that they make defenses look good so that's why he switched?

I would have taken Sheduer and gambled that Deion would be in the league in two years and would give me at least a third back. Edit: This is a little tongue in cheek. More or less a commentary on how dumb Deion is. I do think there are teams that can absorb Prime constantly chirping but it is low single digits. The Bills could but they just don't operate that way and it's fine by me. KC could get away with it. Also maybe Harbaugh in Baltimore. But again, meh, it's not worth it.

I agree. I didn't think he was nearly as bad as others thought he was. He had some good games and made some good plays. He lacked some consistency but he also didn't always get a lot of snaps either. This is one gripe I have with the staff, players need to sometimes fit this specific role so rigidly that even talented players struggle if not perfect for it Ford, Spain, and McGovern come to mind. But on the other hand we got production from guys like Dane Jackson and Levi Wallace so there is some give and take.

Let's be real, nobody is watching over Buffalo sports marketing. Remember when the Sabres misspelled the jerseys on alumni night for their own players? Lol

It was actually @Royale with Cheese who first said Jim's a great example of a guy who could turn things around. I think it's fair game to say maybe don't put a woman beater on a pedestal because he stopped beating women. But I guess football still reigns supreme. Stay classy Buffalo.

I think the issue that some people (rightfully) have is that some go out of their way to put Kelly on a pedestal, which happened on this thread. I myself believe that if you beat up women you deserve approximately zero praise. My quick two cents is that this thread doesn't go anywhere near disparaging Kelly unless he is weirdly propped up. Glad he stopped cheating on his wife and beating up women. It's a shame it took cancer for him to get there. He deserves minimal credit for doing the bare minimum. I likely would have said nothing about Kelly's POS-ness if somebody hadn't gone out of their way to use him as a shining example of exemplary humanity. (Which he doesn't deserve)

To be fair there are a lot of stories, and he would be easier to forgive if there wasn't also violence towards women involved. And it wasn't a "prime years issue" it was basically until he got jaw cancer issue. I was hearing stories and first hand accounts from my south town friends well past the y2k scare. Listen, I didn't come here to poop on Kelly or his family. Good vibes to his grandkids. But it's also so incredibly gross to put Kelly on a pedestal. People ignored what a POS Kelly was for nearly his entire life because he could throw a football. And suddenly it feels like those same people who ignored what a trash person he was because of the 90's want to use him as a shinning star because he's done the bare minimum to not be a garbage human. Again good vibes to his family, but Jimbo deserves little to no praise for anything other than being a tough SOB and being good at throwing a football. Frankly I don't know how anybody can feel any other way about a guy who beat up women.