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I understand the sentiment, but Rivers won’t be the first HOFer without a SB, MVP, or All Pro nomination to be inducted.

Nice to see Risto back. That’s all I got.

Who? And will he be there at 30?

Neither did Peters, but I won’t re-litigate the matter. Rivers is a lock. The only question is will he be a 1st ballot selection and I’m on the fence there.

Given that it’s Canada and involves Canadians, there’s a chance that those are actual people frozen in that ice.

Nobody will ever hold Josh Allen more accountable than he holds himself, so I doubt it.

How do you separate watching the Bills and not drinking the NFL koolaid? Like it or not, watching the Bills is sipping from that cup.

As he should be.

I never realized that a person’s avatar pic could reveal so much about a person, especially one as innocuous as a bison. What does your avatar reveal about you? I’m just not sure what to make if it. It’s a bit creepy.

All that from a little pic of a bison?

Much of that has to do with Wentz being as adept at calling protections as Rivers was. Rivers was seldom fooled by anything defenses did.

Poor Ralph. He has to coach them through this “fragile” state they’re in. Doesn’t want to risk further damaging their delicate psyches. We have no chance with this coach and the frail players on this team. It’s all well and good to be a “player’s” coach, but that only goes as far as the ability of player to be a “coach’s” player. I don’t know where it’s written that your highest paid player has to wear the C, but Eichel needs to give it up. It’s just not in his personality to be in a captain’s role. He’s too moody and visibly frustrated half the time. Great player, lousy leader whose moodiness is visible from his first shift in every game. You can tell what kind of game he’s gonna have immediately if he’s skating with purpose or not early on. Unacceptable from a team captain. When it’s plain to see that your best player and team captain didn’t show up to play, it filters down to every player on the team. I’d start with Eichel, Ralph.

Reading between Beane’s lines, the Bills have a fixed dollar value in mind and Beane knew full well that some team is gonna offer Milano too much in excess of that number for the Bills to match. Indeed, I think the transition tag number for LBs already exceeds what the Bills want to pay him. Especially if they’re serious about going after Watt.

Age and health are certainly relevant, regardless of what scheme he ends up playing in, so I see them as his only limiting factors. We agree he has the ability to play in any scheme, so I guess I’m curious as to why you raised the issue of Watt “... playing in a different scheme than the one he’s played his whole career” as a concern.

Not surprised in the least.

If he were younger and without the past injury concerns, I would make an argument as to why he’d be more effective as a DE in a 43 scheme. But that’s a moot point at this juncture. Suffice to say, I agree that he can play in any scheme and I’ll leave it at that.

Age and past injury concerns are legitimate worries. While Watt has played DE in a 34 scheme predominantly, it is worth noting that he has played in one-gap 34 schemes as opposed to the two-gap variation. Going from playing a one-gap 34 DE scheme to playing a one-gap 43 DE scheme is not a concern at all, especially with a player of Watt’s athleticism. Besides, given the specialization in today’s game, teams are all playing a combination of different fronts during the course of a game, anyway. The Bills and Browns wouldn’t be pursuing Watt if he weren’t a scheme fit.

Forget the passing stats, Wentz has an even longer way to go before he reaches Rivers’ mental ability at the position.

Well, considering Wentz has never been as good as Rivers, he’s already worse.

He is tailor-made for McD’s scheme. The fit couldn’t be better.

Terry Pegula was a Sabres season ticket holder for 18 years. He knows as well as anybody the fervent nature of the fans, especially when cup fever hits the city.

Most of the nuts and bolts scouting work has already been completed and grades and rankings largely compiled. The biggest negatives to the new protocols are lack of medical evals and in-person interviews.

Oh, I knew you were definitely joking. I was just worried that you’d quit your day job to become a comedian.

All due respect, don’t quit your day job.

While I agree with your post, NcNair is free to hire whomever he likes for whatever position he chooses, stupid hire or not.