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For all the players in this program since 2017, there's not one article saying or even implying another team can sign the player when the team he's allocated to tries to put them on the PS. Every single article reads as it's a foregone conclusion. From my understanding he is exempt from the waiver process and will be on the Bills for the 2019 season, either making the 53 man roster or going to the PS for the entire year. The NFL Network did a small piece on this when the NFL announced which teams got which players back in April. Peter Scharager explains it and it sure sounds like he stays on the team he was allocated to for the first year(unless that team cuts him outright). I believe his exact words are "And if they don't make the 53 man roster they still get to stick with the team and be on the practice squad". I've attached the video below. If he goes to the PS no one can sign him away from us this year. He will become an unrestricted free agent at the close of the 2019 league year. Also the Bills aren't cutting Shady to save 6 million while already being 23 million under the cap, there's no reason to make that move.

I believe I saw this being discussed yesterday and I was under the impression they could put him on the PS as one of their 10, but he would be subject to waivers beforehand. I was looking up everything I could find on this yesterday and came to one conclusion....There's nothing but vaguely written rules regarding this program.??

I believe so, but there's not one person I've seen discuss this that knows for sure. All articles I've read make it sound like he makes it to our practice squad provided the Bills place him there. There's no mention of him having to clear waivers.

I've read it like you have, he doesn't go through waivers and is on the Bills practice squad. I've read articles on all the guys in this since 2017 and everyone reads like they are on the team they are allocated to for the first year. Not in one article did they say the player must clear waivers first, it's put in a way where it sounds like they are automatically on that team's practice squad if they don't make the 53 man roster.

If everything is going well with him and the Bills, they could already have a deal in place before he even becomes a free agent. I have a feeling he would give them first crack. The old stigma of no one wants to play for the Bills is finally dying, once they get here players tend to love the team, the fans & the city.

Don't know if this is correct, But I'll put it here.

100% correct.

He had to contort his body in such a way, just to get a fingertip on it.?

But..but, I thought this was a horrible throw? If Brady threw this it would've been it was the perfect pass saving his WR from getting his head taken off. Zay has to catch that ball.

He had (10) different games with (10) or fewer rushes last year and no o-line to speak of. On top of that everyone was keying on him knowing we had the worst group of WRs in the league and a Rookie QB. If he got 752 last year with all that stacked against him, barring a major injury, he'll easily top that this year. I have a feeling were going to see a very different & a very motivated Shady this year.

Josh is going up against the #1 pass defense from last year that sees him and that offense everyday. Plus his running ability is, I'm sure being tempered in training camp. Add a whole new cast of players on the offensive side and it's going to take a bit, my guess would be between games 5-8, before they click. The defense needs to play really well early on to get us some wins.

This is all true. Even though I pick on him, I'd take Fitzy over Tanny any day of the week, even if it's just for entertainment value. It's going to be exciting one way or the other, with Tanny your prone to falling asleep while watching him.

He played in 8 games, after his first two he had 8 TDS & 1 INT. In true Fitzy fashion he had an opportunity to ***** the starting job from Winston, then finished the season with 9 TDs & 11 INTs. Every time he has something substantial to gain, when he's right on the cusp, he Schitts the bed.

They've been a schittshow also, it's just been awhile. During a good stretch of our heyday(89-93) they won 19 and lost 61, including a 1-15 season and a 2-14 year.

I agree with ya JJ. If there's a difference maker when the 9th pick is up, stay there and get him. I don't see the Bills picking inside the top 10 for a while after this draft, so take advantage of this year. Hell after the FA moves this offseason trade up and get your guy and bring some top level talent to our team. It's really the only thing we don't have enough of after the solid moves Beane made in March.

Then the Bills have to take N'Keal Harry in this situation imo. He very well could end up as the best WR in this years draft. He's got size(6'-4"), can make plays all over the field, has put up numbers in back to back seasons and would be steal at pick 40. I don't know another player you can pick @ #40 and have a legit chance of getting the best player at a skill position.

Brady is 207-60 or 77.5%(Including playoffs 237-70 or 77.2%), since Brady has become the starter Bill Belichick's record without Brady starting is 13-6 or 68.4%. I don't know where you got the Pats*** win an identical, if not higher, percentage of the time without Brady than with, it's almost 10 percentage points higher with Tom in the lineup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_quarterback_wins_leaders https://www.footballdb.com/stats/qb-records.html

Tom's win percentage for his career is 77%, the 29 games they played without Gronk 76%.

I hear ya about the longevity and guys hanging around to break records, that's why I don't think Emmitt is the best RB & why I think Barry is the best, even though he only played 10 years. Jim Brown was obviously really good, but the players weren't the same as they have been for the last 25-30 years(And getting better by the year)When you say, when he was on the field he was utterly dominant, I agree for some of his career and disagree in other parts. Always a great blocker, but when just as much, if not more, of your job is to catch passes and rack up yards and in 44% of the years you played you fail to hit 700 yards receiving, to me that doesn't say dominant. Don't get me wrong there were times I didn't think anyone could stop him, but there just wasn't a long enough stretch of that play, in my opinion. With him not being able to crack the top 100 in receiving yards, I just can't do it. I appreciate the discussion Dave, but on this I think we'll have to agree to disagree.

Ok I'll bite, who's your "greatest RB of all time"? Because Barry Sanders played more than 118 games and there's never been and will probably never will be a better RB. The Lions had nothing on offense to help him and he still tore it up like no one we've ever seen. EVERYONE knew he was getting the ball, yet still averaged 99.8 yards a game on the ground and almost 120 yards from scrimmage per game for his CAREER, no one was even close. 10 year career, over 3,000 carries, only missing seven games, while averaging 5.0 yards a carry. Never finished a year with less than 1,115 yards, while being the workhorse every year. I know what you'll say, he didn't win Super Bowls. I guess he wishes he drafted better or that he could've come 10 years later and put himself on the Pats*** so he could play with the best QB & Coach of all time, just like Gronk. The Pats*** are 22-6 without Gronk since he came in the league and more importantly 13-1 since 2016.

I'm not forgetting Gronk's 16 games in the post season, but I was comparing him to Moss, who played in 15 post season games and Rice, who played in 29 post season games. Why include it when the two guys I'm comparing him to played in as many or in Rice's case almost double the post season games. As far as Gronk being the second most dominate player on the most dominate NFL dynasty of all time, who would be the 3rd most dominate? Exactly, after Brady who cares because they haven't had that many really good players for any stretch during Brady's time playing. Not saying he wasn't really good, just not putting him up with the all time greats with only 4 really good years and ranking 104th in receiving for his career. He didn't even crack the top 100.

Because he played with the best QB of all time and the best coach of all time? As it was mentioned before, Brady has started 18 seasons and he has as many rings in the 9 years without Gronk as the 9 years with him. Win percentage is about the same with him as before him. Did he matter that much or was it way more to do with Brady & Belichick? They plug and play people all over the field and have been doing it for years.

Nope same win percentage and same 3 Super Bawl wins during his 9 year career and the 9 years that proceeded him.

4 dominant years in his career and your putting him up with the best of all time, sorry just can't do it with that small of a window of being dominant.

In reality he had 4 very good seasons, the others 546, 790, 592, 540 & 682. Let's take Charles Clay's 2013-2017 seasons 759, 605, 528, 552 & 558. Side by side the stats look pretty similar don't they?