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By and large.

It was listed on injury reports as a “foot” and it was aggravated by the crappy field there in Brazil so you were on point there. A bunion is much more serious than it sounds and he probably has one on his other foot. My wife has looked into surgery for hers. It’s a long recovery. 6-12 months to get back to normal from what she was told. I’d think he is probably on the front end of that and he may be right this season. But there’s risk there that he won’t be.

It was his bunion that was bothering him. That’s not a joke.

He had bunion surgery. No other notably “injuries”.

We’d have had to have sacrificed extensions and/or day 1 FA signings for some good players and found their replacements elsewhere - the draft, trade, later in FA. There certainly could’ve been disruption to our continuity, but it’s the job of a GM to find players that fit and the job of coaches to integrate them. Certainly worth that to get a difference maker who can elevate one side of the ball. That makes a huge difference in the postseason.

Took my son there on his 21st birthday. Sad to see it go.

Exactly.

Honestly, it looks like Clark was an addition to the Parsons trade to make Dallas’ return look better than it really was. Clark was an outstanding DT - and he got paid like one. Then he had a poor 2024. GB ate most of his compensation this season so Dallas only owes him $3M. But starting in 2026 he’s on the books for over $20M each season. Either he returns to form or Dallas cuts him next offseason. So Dallas can say that they got two firsts and a Pro Bowl DT. But in reality they’re really only likely to get two late firsts and a one year rental on a DT who may not be what he was. Jerry can pretend to save face and GB gets a great deal on an All Pro pass rusher.

Okay. That’s fair. I’d rather take a chance like that because I think we need elite players at DE and/or WR to win it all.

First, why isn’t our roster good enough to make a big move like this? I’d say it was a lack of elite, difference makers at premium positions - outside of Allen, obviously. My fix is to find some. Parsons certainly qualifies. Those elite players at premium positions will cost you 2 or 3 good players. Teams have got to find reasonable replacements in the draft, FA and via trade. This season the Bills chose to play things safe and keep the band together rather than take some risk and chase upside overall. I just don’t see how the current tack works out for us in January.

I can explain it again for you, but I can’t understand it for you.

I’d have been happy with either as long as that player was elite and still comfortably in their prime. But that almost never happens so you gotta take what you can get when it’s available. There was no young, All Pro WR on the trading block. There was a young, elite Edge. So I’ll take that player. Way to go out on a limb.

You can’t be justifying not acquiring a young difference maker at a premium position because that would “hurt our depth”. Let me be clear, the Bills made their decision on where to spend so Parsons wasn’t feasible. But if he’d come available prior to our spending spree, then not acquiring him at what he was traded for would be indefensible. It’s worth noting that Parsons would have been traded for substantially more if this had been done in March. That might have changed the calculation enough that it wouldn’t have been worth it. But championships are won with elite players - especially at premium positions. We have one and we have to play teams with more than one when we are in the playoffs.

What’s “worth it” to you in this context? Seems like you’ve got a lot of wiggle room there.

Two late first round picks is very little draft capital relative to acquiring a young, All Pro caliber edge rusher. Clark doesn’t move the needle much. He is on a very expensive contract relative to his production. GB ate almost everything already this season so Dallas has him for $3M in 2025. But that’s it. He’s over $20M after that so he’ll be cut.

Their chances just got a lot better.

Jerry got hosed on this one. You can’t wait until the week before the season starts to do a trade like this. He’d have gotten way more in March or April.

Agreed. After we did the slew of contracts this season it was not possible.

Ketamine is prescribed as a treatment for depression, especially after other treatments have been unsuccessful.

I actually didn’t mind Beane swinging for the fences a bit on this pick. He took a player at the end of the first round that legitimately could be special. Or that player may not be physically able to make it in the NFL. I’d rather that than another high floor, low ceiling player.

To me white out games always look like they're surrendering.

I don’t usually care about jerseys, but those are horrible. It looks like they gave us Colts jerseys and pasted a silver buffalo over the horseshoe. Also the attempt at the ice buffalo on the shoulder failed miserably. I mean, just win and I won’t care. But ouch.

It’s almost impossible to win MVP two years in a row. Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodger’s did it, but that’s it. Never even happened for Brady. So unless Allen is far superior to every other QB this season he won’t win it. Also this has the feel of being upset over a mock draft selection.

Couple excerpts from his draft profile: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/maxwell-hairston/32004841-4974-0557-7544-a7fed2221d85 - Hairston has the athleticism and on-ball talent to become a starter, but he needs to prove he can hold up to the rigors and physicality of the NFL game. - Massive liability in run support. - Below-average open-field tackler after the catch. Let me preface this by saying that sometimes the risk is worth the reward. Hairston has real upside as a coverage CB. But the risk in drafting him that highly was his size, stature and lack of physicality. But his injury was non-contact and that can happen to any player so I do not want to read too much into it. Still, this is not a good start for a prospect whose main question was his ability to hold up physically in the NFL.