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Sort of how most of us feel about you joining this message board and posting…

Hey look! Trolly Trollstein is back!

You said you missed him 🤦🏼‍♂️

I disagree. There is benefit to both sides to do an extension now. Beane is betting that Gabe's "flashes" will become the norm and getting a discount, and Gabe is getting security and staying with an organization (and superstar QB) who will maximize his career. It only doesn't make sense if you believe Gabe is a flop.

I don’t think it’s a tough spot at all. I bet Beane is trying to get it done; the likely holdup is Gabe wanting to ball out and see what he really commands on the open market.

Is that the second one in a row (with an off day in-between)? I don't want to be a Chicken Little but...

It's called the "honeymoon phase." And let's face it, Rodgers has only won one Super Bowl under pretty preferable circumstances...how many home playoff games did they come up short in as favorites? He may be "invigorated" right now, but the Jests have a gauntlet to begin the season and lets revisit this topic in mid-October after they've faced the Bills, Cowboys, Pats***, Chiefs, Broncos, and Eagles. I'll go on record right now that they'll be no better than 2-4. Edit: I just reviewed the Jests' schedule and I have them at either 8-9 or 9-8. Missing the playoffs again.

No backup QB discussion on this board is complete without someone still saying Jim Kelly’s ne’er-do-well relative deserves a shot with the Bills.

Hi-freaking-larious. It’s amazing the lengths to which some trolls will go to get a reaction.

You sound like an abused wife.

He was being facetious.

I stay away from here like the plague on game days. Aside from those three hours, no other fan site I’ve ever seen compares.

Nice backpedal. You said preseason NFL programming is based upon “what the fans think.” No fans think the Bills are bad or “done” — you are just clinging to the “poor us in a small market” mentality.

Trash. If there is actually a DC who believes this that’s a sad state of affairs for the franchise in question.

You know this based upon what? Your experience in NFL programming? It’s an awful take. If anything, the networks want to showcase teams in preseason who have high profile early draft picks (QBs), bad teams that are expected to “turn the corner,” or teams featuring superstars who switched teams in the offseason. The Bills are “boring” in that regard as one of the league’s most stable organizations. As for national coverage, have you missed the multiple threads on TSW about national pundits specifically talking about the Bills? Josh Allen is all over the place. The media loved the Diggs fiasco. The lack of Bills’ preseason games being aired live is nothing more than a random anomaly. There are no “real” NFL fans who believe the Bills are “done.”

He has a huge, admitted personal bias against McD. You really can’t take anything he says about McD seriously because he can’t help himself.

I may have reacted a bit quickly. I forgot that one of Shorter’s “pluses” is that he’s a great ST player. That could be his path onto this year’s team while he develops as a receiver. Gary?

No way Shorter makes the 53…PS fodder fo’ sho.

Yeah, those 6 prime time regular season games really show the media’s “small market bias” towards the Bills. What a joke; I expected better from you, Shaw. The Bills are an elite NFL franchise and are treated as such in the media.

Aren’t all the preseason games on NFL+? I guess I don’t even understand the premise of this thread. Who the hell cares if preseason games are nationally televised? With the reduction in games from 4 to 3 and the late cutdown date, literally none of these games feature players we’ll be seeing on Sundays this fall.

The DL decisions are very intriguing. Hard to see Basham sticking with this group. Has AJE finally “gotten it?” What about Shaq? They love his ability to set the edge but he provides almost nothing in pass rush. Hoping Beane makes the right choices and turns the discards into some sort of capital…

It’s becoming a problem…one that surprises me a bit because I thought Kyle would be a better option than Keenum last season. Looks like I was way off, at least at this juncture.

Please list the WR rooms in the NFL you think are better than Buffalo’s. And for those rooms please also identify the other strengths and weaknesses of the teams involved, as well as their QBs. This is not intended to “call you out” or to insist that the Bills have a “great” WR room. I just want to know your basis for criticism.

Agreed. Babich is an impressive guy in his own right.

Pretty pathetic exit for the US women. Three of them missed the freaking net in PKs — the absolutely only thing you can’t do in that situation.