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The battle might be over, but I'd say there's < 50% chance Bojo is our punter come week 1.

I sent a message/question to the email address a couple days ago. Is it valid? Haven't received a response yet. Thanks.

1 XL please. Most likely shipped (I won't be at the opener, but might be able to arrange someone to fetch it for me). And I was just thinking it's about time to whittle down my t-shirt collection. :DOH:

What, is "Shady Brady" already taken? Can't afford the royalties?

Eh, all he does is catch TDs.

I caught someone (Beane, maybe probably) recently in an interview type thing mentioning it w/out a defined date, saying something like "sometime next week". I thought that odd in that it was someone that should know when it would be. So perhaps, quite recently, they still hadn't set a firm date.

I was made aware awhile ago, that the Steelers have only had 3 coaches since before I was aware what football was (Not quite since I was born; Noll started in like '69). That's like 50 yrs!

As I recall, he wasn't that good as a rookie, but showed promise. His 2nd yr he was pretty good. He regressed once Castillo came & they changed schemes. I think the new OL coach should have a strong say as to whether or not he's worth trying to salvage for the $.

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-hire-ken-dorsey-as-quarterbacks-coach-name-chad-hall-wide-receivers-coach

I still sometimes sing it (sorta to myself). I've got it on a cassette somewhere (recorded off the radio).

I was wondering if he wasn't going to get fined for "criticizing" the official. As I understand it, you're not supposed to publicly criticize their performance & him admitting that he got there early implies he's stating they made the wrong/lack of call.

It has been explained in the past. He takes all the teams rankings in numerous categories (1-32; obviously 1-x back when there were <32 teams) & adds them up. Team w/ the lowest cumulative points is the best, the most worst, etc. Actually, if you read the article you linked, there's a better description there:

Steve Freeman maybe? I think he was free rather than strong.

What might make sense is an "intern" type position during training camp. During the season, coaching is probably like a 100 hr/wk job. Not something you take on when you wanna be w/ your family. An intern position would only be for a few weeks & likely wouldn't require as much of a commitment during that time.

In hindsight, our handling of the WR certainly was ass-backward. Having Woods on our team now would certainly bolster our WR corp and would've been a bargain relative to what we paid for the production we got from his replacement(s). I never could understand how we let Robey-Coleman get away.

He's been top-10 10 of the last 18 yrs. Never worse than 22 except his 1st yr. 20+ yrs ago.

Actually, did you know that much of The Natural was filmed at the old War Memorial. Apparently, at the time, it was one of the few stadiums still around that retained that era's appearance.

So he's got to throw the thing 110' up & do so at a considerable distance away? Don't think it can be done. 110' is the apex of a good punt; he might be able to do that (though I'm skeptical), but I doubt he could achieve that hgt at a significant distance. I've (obviously) never been down on the field & it's been a number of years since my last time at the stadium, but I'm roughly guessing maybe 50 yds plus?

I think it's an imperative that Crossman be let go. Just too much inexcusable poor performance on ST. As for Castillo, I'd like to see him go, but I think the decision should be based on Daboll's opinion. He inherited Castillo & maybe he likes the guy & thinks he's a good fit. Yes, our offense performed poorly, and in his tenure some players have declined (Groy & Miller). We lacked talent on the Oline & perhaps the thought is that w/ better (& proper "fit") we can get good performance from that unit.

You've got to remember, Fox (read NFC promoting) has no allegiance to an AFC team. From their perspective, (not that of a Bills fan), they have a choice of a few games of little appeal. GB sucks (this yr), Dallas has more appeal than Detroit. The other games have no interest.

You bring up a valid point & in the past have often thought that way. Basically, it comes down to maybe 1/2 the time, that TO is basically worthless & the other 1/2 the time, it's potentially VERY valuable. The earlier you take it, the less uncertain those percentages are. I don't recall the exact situation, but I was quite perturbed they took it at that time, primarily cuz at that time, the need to is largely attributed to incompetence.

He didn't see it cuz he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head. I would think that is fine worthy; he wasn't near the play and again, IT WAS IN THE BACK.

I don't have any particular expertise, but I have noted that most "bombs" only travel about 50 yards in the air. As this one traveled 65+, it certainly seems reasonable that Foster start looking for the ball WELL before it's arrival. Further, I'd like to add that a 65 yd pass that's only off by less than 6' is still pretty accurate. It's unfortunate that in this case w/ Foster being so open, a 5 yards underthrow, would've yielded a better result than a 2 yd overthrow. Then again, it's also possible that he was so open cuz the defender didn't expect/believe that a ball could/would be thrown that far.

As it's already been brought up, my initial aversion to dumping KB was the comp pick formula. However, you only get picks if you're a net loss in players. Considering that we've got piles of cap space & likely won't be losing any expensive FAs (I don't think retirements count & I can virtually guarantee K Williams isn't signing elsewhere & Alexander I'd say is low probability, too), I don't think it's likely that we're aiming/likely to acquire comp picks.

Way back when, Bobby Chandler (WR) was a holder. You want/need someone that has practice catching a fast snap. Used to be, as I recall, more often than not, it would be the backup QB. However, I suspect, w/ the increasing complexity of the game, requiring more study & practice, and now coupled w/ practice restrictions due to the CBA, in most cases, it just makes more sense to have the more practiced punter do it. One other thing - as punters have improved considerably over the last 10 yrs or so, I suspect so has their general athleticism. As such, less reason not to have them doing it. Additionally, punters don't usually get hurt, QBs do thereby allowing for more continuity.