JoeF

When we signed he and Johnson, I assumed each would be available about half the year. They both appear to have talent. If we can get 19 games out of them combined, I will be pleased.

Probably won't even notice or care in 5 years....but thanks for asking.

I am about 5 years away from mumbling to myself in a park some where...making friends with pigeons and feral cats...this is hitting close to home. My favorite pigeon will be named Kyle and he will be a Bills fan.

Jay Cutler -- no; Brett Favre--yes Am I unreasonable?

He put a lot time into making sure the forum was kept up to date in real time on any and all things Bills related. That was appreciated. I think sometimes when you spend so much time and effort on something you tend to lose perspective and any criticism or disagreement is magnified. I hope he chooses to come back some day but also realizes that Bills news will get here one way or another in a timely fashion. We all have our days when we are hypersensitive and we wouldn't be on this forum for 20+ years unless we had great passion for the Bills. The others who post a lot of news @YoloinOhio @ShadyBillsFan perform a great service to the board, but also seem to keep a great perspective. Thanks to them!

Will be at the game Friday night. Thank you both in advance for any practice highlights you can provide. I think we are going to see a lot of work for the 15 or so roster spots that are likely still up for grabs. Bank of America Stadium is always at least 30% or so Bills fans for these preseason and regular season games. Fun to be at a road game that seems more like a home game.

At least the oak tree kind of moves its branches in the wind.....me watching McDermott play LT last night...

In better times....... https://www.raiders.com/video/antonio-brown-surprises-derek-carr-with-a-visit

Mort with the two word kill-shot @mortreport · 1m Oh boy Quote Tweet Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter · 8m And now this: Raiders’ WR Antonio Brown has told team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play football again, per league sources. And more....

Beane is a wizard, a futurist, a soothsayer and a great GM. Love that man! Dodging a nuclear warhead...

Mike Silver just posted a 20 tweet thread about AB...holy *****... John Brown and Cole Beasley minus the drama looks really, really good right now! THREAD: 1) Even before suffering bizarre injuries to his feet, Antonio Brown alarmed Raiders coaches and teammates by railing against the NFL’s enhanced enforcement of helmet regulations, a policy change which will likely force the star receiver to switch to a new model... 2) Brown’s vocal resistance to the mandate, both during OTAs and shortly after his arrival in Napa, Calif. for training camp, has contributed to a disconnect with the team that acquired the seven-time Pro Bowl selection via a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers last March... 3) According to four sources familiar with Brown’s current absence from camp, which dates back to late last week, Raiders coaches and players are concerned that the receiver’s unhappiness regarding the helmet issue may be playing a role in his decision to stay away from Napa... 4) Brown initially left to seek an additional medical opinion on his frostbitten feet. Before leaving, Brown pushed back for a third time against the league’s prohibition of the helmet model he has worn for his entire nine-year career... 5) His continued frustration surrounding the situation has created a buzz among teammates and coaches, one of whom referred to the saga as “honestly the most insane thing I have ever heard. I don’t know why it’s so important to him. It doesn’t make any sense.” ... 6) The pushback began in May, when the receiver was informed by the Raiders that the NFL had officially eliminated the one-year grace period for certain helmet models, including the one worn by Brown, which had fallen short in laboratory testing for head-impact severity... 7) This meant that Brown and 31 other players who finished the 2018 season on NFL rosters, including star quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, would have to switch to approved helmets... ? On a conference call with reporters earlier this spring, Jeff Miller, the NFL’s exec VP of health & safety initiatives, said that any team found to have known about a player wearing a banned helmet or to have facilitated the use of one would be subject to league discipline... 9) Each team's equipment manager had been instructed to remove all banned helmets. All of this was conveyed to Brown at the team’s training facility a few days before the start of Phase Three OTAs—the first time players are allowed to wear helmets during on-field workouts.. 10) When he showed up for the 1st OTA, however, Brown requested his old helmet. After being told he’d have to wear an approved model, witnesses say, the WR loudly voiced his displeasure, complaining QBs such as Brady and Rodgers were not being subjected to the same scrutiny... 11) Shortly thereafter, Brown stormed out of the facility in protest. Later that day, Raiders officials found video footage of Rodgers, during the Green Bay Packers’ OTA session, wearing an approved-model helmet and texted it to Brown... 12) The following day, Brown showed up in Alameda and acted like nothing had happened, accepting the new helmet from an equipment manager without protest and completing the workout... 13) However, sometime in the next couple of weeks, Brown once again tried to take the field with his old helmet, which he had since had repainted with colors approximating—but not completely mimicking—the Raiders’ silver-and-black design... 14) He was told the helmet was not allowed, and once again, he acquiesced and wore the new model. Before Brown arrived at training camp last month, coaches and teammates believed the issue had been resolved... 15) But Brown, who practiced on his tender feet for only two days before leaving Napa to seek another opinion, tried yet again to sneak his old helmet onto the practice field, ultimately being told by team officials to remove it... 16) “He’s still freaking out about it,” said one Raiders player. “He hasn’t been here for awhile, and no one knows where he’s at.” ... 17) All of this has created an aura of mystery and uncertainty surrounding the receiver, whose highly productive tenure with the Steelers ended after a stretch of turmoil and dissatisfaction that dated back to last December, when Brown was benched for the season finale.. 18) Since joining the Raiders, Brown has frustrated his new bosses by showing up late to numerous meetings and by often appearing unfocused in them... 19) Brown, according to witnesses, typically glances at the screens of several tablets and his smart phone during meetings, distracting himself by engaging in activities which include perusing his bank accounts and “liking” photos on Instagram... 20) Still, according to one source, “the meeting thing isn’t that bad… but the feet, helmet and going dark is an issue.” (END)

And its only the preseason....we deserve a season's worth of plays like this for the last 20 years of pain!

Joseph and Johnson, Purveyors of Pain. The depth the Bills are building through the draft is impressive.

Disney just bought the rights to the story......Wade into the End Zone..

Wade is buying his OL bangers and mash after the game.

Wade >>>>>>> Yeldon in Rugby Wade >>>> Yeldon in Football

Done. Thanks for the updates.

I admire the women in my life greatly. Their courage, their pain tolerance, their resolve. We men are truly wussies. I would be like a half second into labor and call for the epidural.

It was a C-section --holy cow....they barely put her organs back in....Sorry...that's insane. The woman you love most is laying on a table with her internal organs askew birthing your son....at least hang around until she is sewn up.... there is dedication and then insanity. Flesh wound

Snickers bar fund...

Much better job than the Vegas strip landing scene in Con Air....

WTA tourneys usually get players that are in the 35-100 rankings in the world. Its the big time circuit without the top names. Jessica won about $40,000 for winning the tournament...the closer the calendar gets to a major tournament, the better the fields for the WTA tourneys become.

She's playing the best of her career, Augie. Hopefully that means good things for the Open. Would love to see her at least reach the final 16.

Sorry, Shady...didn't see this. She won the finals today...just posted in a new thread (now deleted) She Won!!! https://sports.yahoo.com/pegula-defeats-giorgi-capture-first-wta-singles-crown-192430975--ten.html

And here, all of us just thought they were frat boy incompetents...now we know the real story. Seriously, what an awful two years where the team had talent but was rudderless.