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He was fined for missing practice for the feet and helmet issues. Some $40k or there about. That’s a separate issue. That is not what lost him his guarantee. What lost him his his guarantee was being fined for “conduct detrimental to the team” when he accosted and threatened Mayock at practice.

In your eyes the Bills are dumb no matter what. So what difference does it make?

I’d wager every team in need of WR help inquired.

Sometimes you have to simply tip your hat to the defense on the other side. That Bear front seven is one of the best.

I think between the lines is the only safe place for him where he won’t melt down. Then again...

His ego won’t let him ignore the media and all the negativity surrounding his “brand” and it will just feed on itself as it continues. He thinks he’s being portrayed as a “villain” which means he sees himself as the victim in all of this. Somebody need to reach him and fast.

Zone or not, Bell is someone’s key on every play. It’s just not the same thing as allocating a dedicated resource to check the opposing QB (spy). And given McD’s tendencies, I suspect we will see a lot of zone coverages with matchups underneath.

Yep. Which is why I don’t think he’s long for that job.

People need to reconcile this simple fact. He will have completely crappy games. But some people won’t even allow him to throw one lousy pass without analyzing the F out of it, so there is no hope for them to accept a bad game here and there. The true measure is how dies Allen respond to those bad plays, bad series, and bad games. It’s all about getting up off the mat. Personally, I think Josh Allen is just fine in that regard.

Greggo completely losing it on the sidelines.

Just to be clear, you aren’t suggesting Derek Carr is as good as Big Ben because he’s averaged just 20 less passing yards a game, are you? No QB in the history of the game has been better at extending plays and giving his receivers a ton of extra time to get open and then FINDING them than BR. He’s routinely made stars out of his receivers since he began as a result, including AB. I’m amazed at how easily you dismiss this reality.

Are you under the impression that Mayock is at the helm of that ship?

I was totally joking in that post. I agree Mayock isn’t petty and will seek the high road. But I also think he fully realizes how little power he has in building that winning team you mention. He cannot have final say when the coach is getting paid $100m over 10 years. And while I think Mayock isn’t the petty type, I also don’t think he appreciates having his nuts handed to him in such a public display, either. I said yesterday that I don’t think he will be there much longer and I’m more convinced of that than ever after today.

Never said he wasn’t. But you know that and that’s beside the point. Will Carr have a typical Big Ben season? AB better hope so.

I believe the Raiders, read Gruden and Davis, said more by accepting him back and declaring he will play on Monday than anything else. If they were serious about any suspension, etc., they would have acted already. I bet Mayock was never on board with the signing after what he pulled in Pittsburgh because he actually played and has respect for the game. Gruden and Davis couldn’t care less. Mayock is googling “mama” jokes as I type this.

AB having a typical AB season depends on Derek Carr having a typical Ben Roethlisberger season.

They’ve made it crystal clear they have no interest in voiding his contract. Mayock knows this. Let the goading begin!

I can see Mayock goading AB and suing for damages when AB goes total ape crap.

I think it’s more a sign he doesn’t trust his CBs and LBs in coverage.

Pay the man!

And you’d be 100% sincere, just like AB was.

Perhaps I should have put “spied” in quotations. Let’s just say that using that word to describe an LBs normal key is redundant. That differs from dedicating a spy to mirror a QB in that it is dedicating a resource normally used elsewhere. Not many QBs are targeted like that because not many QBs can hurt a defense like that. When Kiko was assigned to spy Allen, he was otherwise removed from another responsibility defensively. Haha. This is a trap game for the Jest.

Nice to see Cozens has been cleared to play in the prospects tourney starting tonight.

Amazing how contrite one becomes at the prospect of losing $30m. I look for Mayock to move on.

Yep. 2nd round out of USC in the ‘13 draft.