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Not bad. Cool spot with Ochocinco.

He’s here all week, ladies and gentlemen...please don’t forget to tip your wait staff.

...peace and harmony for @FireChans. I mean, with all of his consternation over focusing on special teams and Beane’s inability to “get the defense right” that’s the least we can ask for. Come on, Bills, help the guy out.

I stopped at “what does they need...”

I feel dumber for having opened this thread.

The Bears are a bottom five organization at this point. Sorry Marquise.

Eric Moulds is ineligible for consideration as he is not a part of the drought.

Nate Clements opposite Tre White would be pretty nice.

So I see the Browns are @ScottLaw‘s new Jets. After all, he nailed that one. Cleveland has a nice roster. They’re limited by their QB. Need to prove they can get over the Baltimore hump before I’ll put them in the top 3 in the AFC. Clowney is terribly overrated, but he’s better than JAG so I guess it’s an upgrade for them. He’s a player who is so clearly just in it for “me” though...not what I’m looking for when building a culture. Nobody in the AFC has Pat Mahomes or Josh Allen. The next best QB might be Herbert. Jackson, Watson, Tannehill, Derek Carr (!) were all better than Baker last year. And now the AFC will add Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson. The Browns are certainly no pushover and should be a playoff team again, but I’ll pump the brakes on calling them great just yet.

Damn, that's right. My bad.

I read it. Edelman's postseason stats are good, but even in the postseason he only scored 3 TDs after his rookie year. He's remembered for that stupid catch against Atlanta. There's also the extremely legitimate argument that Brady made him what he was. And how about that massive drop vs. the Giants in their 2nd SB matchup? (edit: oops) He fashioned a very nice career for himself and was fortunate to play with the GOAT at QB and had the GOAT as his HC. He's an afterthought in the story of the NFL. Is there a HOF for banging models? Maybe he qualifies for that...

He's not a HOFer. Not even close. You want to call me pigheaded? Be my guest.

Cracks me up that anyone would be saying Edelman and HOF in the same sentence, unless that sentence includes the phrase “no f***ing way.”

And in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Long road back indeed...they still sucked until '73.

Bills at Tampa to open the season on TNF makes a lot of sense. SB champs vs. one of the AFC favorites, plus the Brady vs. Buffalo angle. If not that, then a home opener vs. a division opponent.

Four sounds about right, but I could see five given the 17-game schedule. There are three PT games per week, plus the Saturday games at the end of the year — so let’s call it 55 PT games overall (110 teams). That’s a lot of opportunity for the good/popular teams, and as has been noted, the Bills are drawing national interest because of Allen and their offense.

Good stuff. Curious as to your comment about the Bills not paying Taron Johnson. This kid made two of the biggest plays of the season last year and only seems to be getting better. He looks like a great fit in McD’s defense. Your thinking is he will be too expensive?

Josh had to learn the hard way early on that what you say or post on social media can come back to bite you.

Add me to the list of "good for Sam" posters. If anybody needed a change of scenery it was Darnold. I've commented previously that I'm not sure Darnold has the drive to excel, but he can still be a very good QB in the right situation. I'll be rooting for him and the Panthers as my "NFC team."

You know what’s awesome? Not needing that draft capital.

The one who sucks.

Oh, ok, I was going by the gridiron uniform database and it looked like the helmets had white facemasks during those years.

Great to get Lindor signed; good young core w/ Alonso and Conforto. McCann was an underrated pickup. Pitching will be good; they should at least compete for the WC. It’s a shame Covid has interrupted the start of their season but I’m looking forward to watching them.

So, it looks like when the Bills went back to white helmets in 2011 the facemasks were gray. Then from 2012 through 2016 they were white, and from 2017 to now they've been gray (with one white game thrown in during the season in 2019 and 2020). Personally, I like the white but the gray didn't bother me.