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I would respectfully suggest a third voting option: Don’t care unless the Bills are playing. I used to LOVE Monday Night Football back in the day for the halftime league highlights. Now? What a different world we live in.

Honestly, I’m glad they put more effort into the OL first vs WR. I know you obviously need both, but I don’t want Josh any more damaged than necessary. I want to give him weapons, but not if he’s beaten to death as a result. And I don’t want to argue about the quality OLine! 😂 They made moves to shore it up, and they improved. Now I pray that Kromer can coach it up. Go Bills to you too!!! 🍺

To be fair, he did spend a 1st on Diggs too, but we obviously need more attention there. I think it will come next season thru the draft, FA or both. As some have pointed to, I wouldn’t rule out a trade near the deadline. Let’s hope some of the “younger guys” can reach elite status. Kincaid is an obvious choice, but I’d like to see Rousseau stay healthy and become a wrecking ball.

That does not surprise me at all. People who work in that field are very often there for a reason.

Hard to argue with that (unless another group is devastated by injury). I’m hoping for Von to give us something meaningful, Ed to give us some pressure from the inside, Solomon to be a surprisingly useful part time player, and most importantly I’m hoping Rousseau puts it all together and becomes a BEAST this year. He looked more powerful and impactful in his few preseason snaps. I know, you can’t tell anything from that, but a guy can hope.

Happy Birthday! Don’t do anything I would do!

My back yard is mostly full of dog poop. This is a miracle!

She could win in Australia…..and nobody would notice. If she’s going to get a Major, she had best do it soon. She’s a decade older than Coco Gauff, her doubles partner. Regardless, a fantastic career. .

Some people just live to tear others down. I feel pretty confident that most of the snide commentary came from internet warriors who have accomplished FAR less in their lives.

FWIW - I found a week old WKBW article that says they do close Abbott Rd at 8am. I won’t count on this being too precise, but I’ll be there well ahead of that.

Remember the snarky remarks that she was just a little rich girl with a hobby? Yeah, that all looks pretty silly and ignorant now. She is a world class athlete and could not be where she is without incredible work ethic.

I watched it live, and I LOVED it! BTW, she won in straight sets yesterday to advance to the third round. I have no idea what might have been cryptic about it. 🤷‍♂️

If I suggested that to anyone, I wouldn’t have any friends at all. And I’m roughly one million friends short at the moment.

I’d have paid that personally, but without the “million”, just to see that! 😂

Don’t try that. You know (or should know) that the word has a negative connotation, exposing your true intent. At the top of a quick search, I find this: doubtful, dubious, problematic, questionable mean not affording assurance of the worth, soundness, or certainty of something.

Some very unlikely things happened to keep us out of a SB. Stuff happens, good and bad.

The Bengals just might have a strong season this year due to a last place schedule and with Higgins and Chase remaining as (temporary) weapons for Burrow. Higgins was tagged, and Chase is in the 4th year of his rookie deal and making loud rumblings. This year might be their shot, and frankly if it’s not the Bills, I’d rather have the Bengals over the Chiefs. I also kinda wonder the mood of the Ravens community with a two-time MVP QB and their early playoff exits. The Bengals playoff game is in my rear view mirror now. I prefer looking forward. Learn from it, then move on. .

That playoff game was a head scratcher. We just didn’t show up, for whatever reason. We were flat, and they were physical. (I’m not getting into the drama rumors.) Having said that, I take some comfort in knowing that Mike Brown is cheap. Cincinnati was my college town and I still have buddies there with season tickets. He is despised. Ralph didn’t know what cheap looks like. Apparently, aside from the way they run the team, they complain that nobody will fix the escalators and stuff like that. I could go on and on, but I don’t see him coughing up $400 MIL in guarantees to put in escrow like the Dolphins did to sign Tua, Hill and Waddle. Maybe they can, but I don’t see them spending where they will need to long term. This link has some crazy stuff in it about just how bad things were in Cincinnati. https://www.cincyjungle.com/2018/7/10/17553122/tj-houshmandzadeh-bengals-cincinnati-mike-brown-water-gatorade-jock-straps

Exactly, I’d think the Bengals would be the first team to benefit from having this tool available if needed. They are going to need some cash for guarantees if nothing else. .

Having some liquidity for estate planning and facility improvements, etc makes some sense. Kind of like using Josh’s contract as the piggy bank you go to when you need cap space. My first question is why would private equity consider this? They aren’t in control and they can’t just flip or take it apart and sell it for a profit. Is the cash flow worth the investment? These franchises do not turn over very often, so what’s the return? Maybe if I knew more about the terms it would be obvious. 🤷‍♂️ We bought some stock in a bank a buddy was with as CEO. He went there to take a healthy but stagnant bank and grow it to get it sold. For a variety of reasons he was only there about 2 years. The PE investor on the board wants things to move faster, but they don’t own enough to make it happen. I agree with that PE firm, the time value of money is not nothing, so the NFL PE guys will find a way to make it worth their while. I have no control over this, so I’m not going to worry about it.

…and some of them probably don’t like getting trucked or hurdled by a QB. This may be one of those things where you love it when “that guy” is “your guy.” My college basketball team has had some guys who would have pissed me off….if they were on the other team. But we LOVED them!

From your post: “questionable on field leadership and a weak offensive philosophy to flourish now is unrealistic.” We don’t know who will step up as leaders, and I’d like to at least SEE the offense before declaring that the offensive philosophy is weak. THOSE are not facts, they are your (predictable) opinions about something that hasn’t even happened yet. It’s a new year, for the Bills and every other team. I’ll wait and see. .

You are making leaps in judgement, not presenting facts.

“We” are going to play the games, and we will see how it goes. I trust that WR is a high priority. How and when that happens, I don’t know.

Is every aspect of your life this dismal? Let’s play some football first. Not just go full freak out mode prior to the opener.