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@BillsSB2020KO wow that’s a lot of time you spent exposing your bias and ignorance.

Wow, great comeback. Pick one guy who failed and equate that to this situation.

Ha, figures you'd be against this move. I didn't feel spoiled against the Browns last year, and if Hausch still had a decent leg we'd have been able to try a 54-yarder in a dome vs. Houston in the playoffs. He was an excellent kicker for the Bills and has had a great career, but in Buffalo you need a strong leg and the writing was on the wall. The fact that Bass was nearly 80% in college should ease people's minds. He's gonna be very good.

He's still working on becoming the best version of himself. Sorry, that's all I got.

Everyone saying this is really missing the point. Yes, Hauschka made clutch FGs against Houston, but he was also the reason they couldn't try a 54-yarder earlier in the 4th quarter. The Bills used a 6th round draft pick on Bass! That's not a throwaway pick. The writing was on the wall, and the only way Hauschka was going to keep this job is if he was lights out and the kid looked out of place. Neither happened. Bass was every bit as good as Hauschka in camp, was better in the stadium conditions, and has a huge leg. Add the cap savings and this one, in hindsight, was relatively easy to predict.

Oh, he'll get a job for sure...he's not a "bad" kicker. The Bills simply drafted one who can be better, and probably is right now.

I always felt this was Bass' job to lose after the Bills used a 6th round pick on him. He proved he could handle a legitimate competition and this move makes sense to me.

Going to pat myself on the back here. I called this one pretty early.

So simple and yet so many are confused...

Did they only rank 23 teams?

Instant reaction over at PFF when they learn Josh Allen completed 70% of his passes for over 300 yards:

There were no arrests coming out of today's scrimmage.

Let's get all of the "it was just a scrimmage" stuff out of the way because we all understand that. It is very difficult to find something negative to say, looking at the "stats" that have been tweeted. Josh Allen at 70%, >300 yds, 3 total TDs, in 2.5 quarters of work. Who in their wildest dreams expected that? And without his newest shiny toy? And the 1st string defense dominating the twos? To be expected for sure, but still great to hear. Also excited to hear that Bass was 4/5 on kicks while Hauschka missed a PAT. That's two kicking competitions in the stadium that Bass has dominated. Loved listening to Jerry Hughes afterwards as well. Wrap the starters in bubble wrap and bring on the Jets.

Does it seem to everyone that the 1st team O went against the 2nd team D and vice-versa?

They really aren't. We just have to hold our collective breaths that they leave Beane and McD alone.

I sort of think that too. I believe they gave him the extensive work earlier in the week when Josh went to him 7 times in 11-on-11 drills.

I agree. Somebody else then made an asinine comment that, I felt, warranted a response. Come on, dude. I don't want to debate this any further and I'm not commenting on anything other than the scrimmage.

That's fine, but the question of whether or not they will scrimmage is what brought this discussion into it, and then somebody made a dumbass comment.

I'm sure you are both the "players should stick to sports" types as well. If you don't like the discussion go to another board or start your own thread. Unfortunately this is not about "politics" it's about social justice. By ignoring it or wanting it neatly categorized somewhere else you are part of the problem, not the solution.

There are already several NFL teams not practicing today...

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on this as I don't know the man personally, just what I've seen online and on the air. What he did was absolutely not smart, however.

I think the other reporters have been doing a fine job and providing content. Buscaglia and Fairburn have put out great reports on The Athletic. Brown was just stupid.

Don’t hold your breath that this happens.

I mean, come on. That exchange with Tasker was as blatant a violation of the reporting rules as you could ask for. Just stupidity on the part of Brown. Debate all you want whether NFL teams are going overboard with this, but the policy can’t be more clear.

That’s funny. Until I read the title of this thread I had completely blocked out that Sammy wore #14.