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They're pretty much different plays. The WR screen, you're trying to get the ball out to the WR as fast as possible, figuring the Dline is pretty much out of the play as they can't get out there fast enough, at least not fast enough to stop the play b4 it starts. THe OLine then pretty much gets out in front & takes on the 2nd & (hopefully) 3rd levels. On a conventional RB screen, it's slow developing & you've gotta get the DLine to commit upfield to take themselves out of the play. For whatever reason, we're not able to adequately develop these slow "setup" plays.

He's already been called up twice. Is there still a limit of 2? If so, if we intend to use him this game (which I assume is likely w/ Coleman out & others injured), this might've been a necessity.

I don't think I saw him on the field until Coleman got hurt. Seems we were opting for "semi-heavy"; often Knox & Kincaid w/ a lot of Hollis, Coleman w/ of Virgil & Shakir mixed in. Though as the gameplan seemed to be a bunch of short sh!t passes, that seems to be where we like to throw to him.

I seem to recall watching it live, well on TV. Maybe back in the old days when you could watch a Syracuse channel all full of static?

Not to get all philosophical, but it seems to me there are things worse than death. Constant, chronic pain & lack of mental functionality being 2 such conditions.

I read somewhere they said that 28 yarder was partially blocked. He certainly looked peeved coming off the field. As for Martin's low net, it's not entirely on him. Maybe there's a homer observational bias, but how often are we able to down a punt near the goal line when given the chance? Seems like a low percentage where as other teams seem to manage fairly frequently. Poor coverage. I could also believe that we allow longer returns than the hang time should dictate too frequently.

I'm no expert, but to me, near the LOS, moving forward, he's good, maybe Milano's equal. Out in space? Leaves something (arguably a lot) to be desired.

I'm prolly out of touch w/ Edge salaries, but to me he's worth $10-12M/yr, which is to say he's prolly worth 15. Which means someone else may well be willing to pay 18.

Curtis Samuel out wide please. FIFY

I do. But then again, I don't have any friends And for a Bills game, I can be VERY poorly behaved, so I think it better that others aren't exposed to that.

2. I'm assuming Trubisky's injury is only short term, we put one of the 2 new guys (or maybe a different street FA) on Practice Squad & bring them up for a week or 2. As for Allen, we're already eating like $30m dead cap for Diggs, so there's no way we can cut him now as he'd be a HUGE hit so he makes the roster for sure

Yeah, my bedroom! 😄

I'd say Dazed & Confused. Fast Times came out almost WHEN I was in HS, so I just took it as that's how things were. Dazed didn't come out til over a decade later so I didn't see it til I was in my 30s (& I don't think I was very familiar w/ it til MUCH later) so it gives me more a sense of "yeah, that's what HS was like". The John Hughes movies I very much enjoyed but I saw them in my college years, so although they were relatable, they didn't hit home as much as Dazed.

Every time I see/hear our new RB (Ray Davis), I think of the lead singer for The Kinks.

His early years were just before my time, but wouldn't OJ qualify? Statistically, his 1st 3 yrs he was very mediocre (I think he was hurt for one of them).

I think on offense, besides obviously JA, Knox might qualify. He's certainly inconsistent, but he makes some amazing catches & has been known to run people over.

Whitner wasn't the stud that you had hoped him to be, but he was a solid player. Ellison, for where he was picked was good. As for Simpson - he was worth millions !

Actually, based on last year, wouldn't they have a BETTER chance of successful marketing if they DON'T see them play?

No, I think that would've been Frank Reich.

I've been to a chiropractor a few times for various things. The results have ranged from miraculous (relief from cracked ribs) to worthless (tennis elbow). Actually, last year was prescribed PT for neck issues by my PCP. However, the visits were not like how I've always thought of PT, but rather they were "manipulation" & message - no exercise. I've always considered this type of treatment more in the realm of chiro. After several visits the situation was noticeably improved, though not cured. I will say that during treatment I was often sore or had problems after, sometimes not in the place where they were concentrating.

You can look at the Morse situation 2 ways. 1st, I'll mention that I was hoping that we could/would extend him so as to lower his cap hit. That said, I think we saved like $8m releasing him, even after the dead cap hit & he signed for like what, $5m/yr? That means that he wasn't worth his cap hit, so although losing him was unfortunate, keeping him would have been (too) costly. I'm in general happy how things have gone so far. Once I saw how much Trubisky cost, I was less pleased w/ that signing. Is he worth that? Yeah, but Kyle Allen is just as capable of taking a knee &/or handing it off when a game is out of reach & at less than 1/2 the cap hit. We've only re-signed our own guys, & the 2 we've lost have been for more than I'd want to pay for them. Further, I'd like to say I think it was more important to retain Epenesa than Floyd & I assume he comes at a (substantially) lower cost.

So far we've signed no one & lost 2 players (Floyd, Davis) who signed pretty decent contracts. Trubisky & Morse don't count either way as they were released.

Didn't the Browns or someone essentially did that when they traded for a player. Basically, the Browns got a player, like a 2nd round pick in exchange for a box of tape. As for your original question, think of (potential) dead cap space as a debt. Like you, I'm not familiar w/ all the specifics, but basically if you've already paid for the performance of a player & that cost is amortized & kicked down the road, you still need to pay for that previously used asset. i.e. You sign a player worth $6m/yr for a 2 yr, $12m contract. 1st yr they get a $1m salary & a $5m signing bonus. The cap hit that 1st yr is only $3.5m (& it'll be $8.5m the 2nd); if you cut them, you've essentially gotta pay for the benefit that you've already received but not paid for ($2.5m) but you save the pending $6m salary.

Yes, went to XXV (Bills 1st SB). Had to do it as it seemed like I was waiting forever to them finally making it (I discovered the NFL in '72 & became a Bills fan in '73). I also wanted to go to XXVII (very confident we were going to win ) but couldn't get out of work.

It seemed to me that the 1st part of the season Kincaid caught everything near him; not a single drop. At some point, he started to drop a few, but I still wouldn't call it a problem. Diggs, 1st part of the season very few drops but at some point, started dropping quite a few. Also, it seemed that Cook was thrown to later in the season more & had a few critical drops. I don't know if these issues corresponded to the switch in coordinators, just seemed like a marked difference between early & late season. (Perhaps weather came into play? Harder to catch a ball in cold/wet than in warm/dry conditions.)