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Arizona even won tonight - they were starting to scare me a bit.

There's no such thing as parity in the league. There are teams with franchise quarterbacks, and there are those without.

I feel the same way. When Ryan came over he immediately brought his defensive staff (as expected), but the only offensive coach that was with him was the TE coach. Clearly he wanted to consult with Roman about the offensive coaches. I was hoping Rex would step away from the offense a bit and give Roman more freedom. With the influx of Jets coaches, it doesn't look like he did. The Jets offense was a disaster for the last 4 years, I thought it was time for Rex to cut ties with that group and start with a clean slate.

I read an article (I think in the Toronto Sun?) that said before the World Juniors McDavid and Eichel were considered "1A" and "1B" in the draft, but now that the tournament is over it is clear that McDavid is "1" and Eichel is "2". The author of the piece said that Eichel doesn't have the explosive acceleration of McDavid. I'll see if I can find it. Still, if our top 3 centers were Reinhart, Eichel and Girgensons I would not be disappointed.

Usually I avoid reading BN comments, but it was refreshing to see almost everyone aligned in bashing that garbage article. Instead of whining like a melodramatic pre-teen, maybe Harrington could have offered his opinion on what he thinks the Sabres should be doing besides calling up Mark Pysyk.

Hit the trifecta tonight!

Ok, but how much of that development is directly attributed to the stadium? Probably very, very little (a few bars/restaurants). If Rich Stadium wasn't constructed there, do you believe it would still be a vacant lot today? Of course not. There would surely be development there - probably some type of plaza/mall with an assortment of small businesses. People left the city for the suburbs in that era. Believe it or not, you could almost say the stadium hindered economic development in that area. It's certainly not a given that a downtown football stadium will spur development.

Exactly. I think people are grossly overestimating the "year round events" phrase that I keep hearing. How many of these events would be so big that they could not fit inside First Niagara Arena? A Final Four? That's a huge longshot, and even if we landed something like that it would probably only happen once every 25 years. "Year round events" would be closer to 1 or 2 concerts over the summer with a monster truck show. We could do that now with the Ralph but we still don't (well, we did draw One Direction I guess).

Here's a blast from the past... David Lee to be Jets QB Coach? (now official)

He wasn't part of the initial crew that Rex brought into town, so it looked like the only remnant Rex was bringing from the anemic Jets offense was Sparano Jr, the TE coach. I didn't think much of Lee when he was here with Fitz and my opinion of him certainly didn't go up after seeing him work with Geno for the past 2 years.

Ugh, Kromer and Lee joining the offense. I need a drink.

Disappointing that we couldn't land Solari, I wonder what happened? Not a fan of Kromer, but based on our OL last year he has to be an upgrade over Morris.

Holy crap. I still think they are a bit on the high side with most of their predictions. At least I hope they are. Check out Ndamukong Suh (DT, DET) 6 years, $103,672,800 ($56M guaranteed) Average Salary: $17,278,800 Whatever he negotiates for is probably what we're going to pay Dareus next year. Ouch.

Salary cap is going up, but the big fish on the pass rush market is still Justin Houston.

I was under the impression they are all 4-year contracts now.

Best comment - "Even when it came to a job interview, he punted."

Wow, I hope he's a better communicator with his players. I don't know what more cringe-inducing -- that interview or the fact that half our fanbase wants a guard whose name they can't even spell.

Sammy is represented by Parker. Parker doesn't get involved with rookie contracts anymore because the new CBA leaves very little room for negotiation (it's work for his peons now). There is no 5th year option on his rookie deal. We have 3 seasons left on Sammy's contract and I assure you Parker will be heading negotiations. I don't think too many fans are concerned about EJ's agent.

I feel bad for Jeanneret. Don't know how many more years he's got left but it would be nice to get in the playoffs again with him in the booth.

/groan

Well, the problems start to arise when two parties start vying for Pegula's ear. This probably won't happen in the early honeymoon phase, but with careers on the line and type-A personalities, it's safe to say it will at some point (you want to succeed or fail on your own terms - not someone else's mistake). Also -- and this may sound like school playground politics -- if one party is perceived as "schmoozing the boss," it gives the impression of a power grab and could foster resentment between the two. That was my take on it too Dibs, until I read the above quote. Maybe Whaley just doesn't understand everyone's exact roles? Why would he think it would ever go to Russ?? ​Most teams outline a specific hierarchy such as Owner -> GM -> Coach to define a clear chain of command. I don't think our triumvirate will work for the reasons I mentioned above. Then again, if we go 12-4. none of this will matter. However if we slip back to 6-10, it's a recipe for a front office meltdown.

Elite?? I wasn't talking about an elite QB. We haven't had a top-15 QB in over a decade. That's referred to as "butchering the position," and that's a polite way of describing that level of incompetence.

Two blowouts with both home teams winning.

Enroth is definitely back on board with the tank. I guess the only downside is that both our goalies lost what little trade value they had.