Augie

Since we already have Da Bears and other jokes, let’s celebrate the man and appreciate his work. This is a few minutes of awesomeness to me. .

Oh, this one strikes deep. RIP That was our “home date night” on Thursdays when we were first married. Cheers and tacos every Thursday for must see TV.

Have we ever seen them in the same place at the same time? 🤷‍♂️

I think the Bills came out and said that by the time they learned of it, there was very little left on the DT market and they felt their best option was just to proceed. I obviously don’t like it either, but both the team and the player felt it was still the thing to do. They know a lot more about how it went down than I do. 🤷‍♂️

A linebacker on the west coast in the NFC gets a new deal, and it automatically turns into a referendum on Beane’s drafting. How…..predictable!

I think he took a pay cut from college ball. They don’t stand a chance of real success until the owner is fired….and that doesn’t happen.

Maybe if you are on the Titanic and the ship is sinking, you grab onto anything that floats? Did he have better options? But he gets his shot, and that’s all a man can ask for. I’ve met some guys who got shots like that, and I’m happy for them.

I can tell you that @Royale with Cheese is feeling good about this year.

I’ll blame this thread for the steaks we had last night. No, I should thank this thread. Not only was the steak great, but we roasted the fattest asparagus I’ve ever seen. Like, maybe it should have been genetically tested because you don’t see ‘em like that very often! Great meal, but there is a time for a burger, too.

I don’t mean to be a downer, but we have pics of me and my sons after a game 50 miles down the road in Sarasota, and I’m wetter than they are! That, and the unknown Lightning delays that can go on for hours. My kid’s in the game, I came on the bus……there are no good options there as we gather in the steamy huts looking for shelter from the downpour and occasional lightning bolt to make everyone jerk a little bit. Sorry, I thinking I’m just dredging up some old scars. Those memories are just the few nightmares. 😊 .

But, other than that…..

He also spent a lot of his time growing up on basketball. You don’t get offered by Tom Izzo without playing a LOT of hoops. Maybe he’s a bit behind in terms of refined route running as a result? Football became full time for him later than most. 🤷‍♂️ It will be interesting to see going forward. I didn’t love him at FSU, nor did my FSU grad son, but he’s ours now and I hope he keeps developing. I liked a lot of what I saw, at times.

I’m honest with people who want to gamble on the golf course. I’m here for my pleasure, and where I hit the ball from has a lot to do with my happiness. Nobody wants to gamble with a guy who tells you he intends to cheat. Even if I DON’T cheat, it gets me off the hook. I don’t gamble.

I guess my foot wedge is probably going to face some scrutiny as well.

I went to a September game in Jacksonville about 20 years ago. I remember paying $250/seat and realizing we were the only people left in our row. It was so hot the Bills were rotating the OLine. We had to join everyone else in the concourse and watch the game on little monitors behind the concession stands. After that I turned down free tickets in September in Florida.

James Worthy would be great, if we were having a pickup game of hoops. But Coleman played hoops for Michigan St, so he’s no slouch there!

The good news is, once we suck again the prices will come down. Wait……

Apparently he skipped over the long list of WR’s above who had nice NFL careers with similar 40 times. I’m not saying he’ll be great, but I certainly want to see it play out before condemning the player and the front office. But some people just don’t have that patience. To your original questions. 1) Maybe 2) Maybe, because we invested in something else/different that needs time to develop. We have not yet seen 2024/2025 play out. Apparently I lack your psychic powers. You are welcome to your opinions, but that’s all they are. This is tiresome, so I’m done here. .

I’m not at practice every day or in the locker room. That is their job, and it turns out they were right - Shakir is pretty darn good. Everybody wants to second guess, but without having the same knowledge our FO has. We have plenty of slot candidates, and they felt they needed a different body/style of player. Will it be perfect? Probably not. Will it be good enough? Hopefully.

If we didn’t extend him. Drafting McConkey would be like replacing him. Extending b him early usually saves some money for the team.

Time will tell, but Shakir was already on the roster and one of our better players on offense. If you let him walk, you are just creating an hole to fill and hoping McConkey turns out to be as good or a bit better. We hope our guys develop and earn a second contract, and that’s what happened here. BTW - We see a lot of UGA football and I was a big McConkey fan. I just didn’t know how he would make sense for the Bills.

That was the first two years of my marriage. My bride asked me “Why do you do this to yourself?” Now she wears a Bills shirt that says “I Married Into This.”

They will disappear into the woodwork until he has a bad game or drops a key pass. Then they will be back in force. I’m hoping for noticeable improvement. Time will tell.

I’m afraid there are limits.

Maybe the poll should be - if they were both equal price, which would you choose? I like to chew on a nice piece of steak every now and then.