Steve Billieve

I think if you're the GOAT of pretty much any roll you should get in, even holder.

Just for comparisons sake: https://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2016-buffalo-bills-1785446085

I'm not sure people are making excuses for him anymore. Think his star has faded. Used to be he was the consensus pick as the future best QB in the NFL after a few retirements. Now he would barely get mentioned and probably just from nostalgia.

Sounds like the sword Whaley died on.

I find the statement "I did all of this well before a failed test was even confirmed" to be a major red flag. I don't think his appeal goes well.

Ray Ray

We could have the best secondary in the league, let alone the afce.

These are the best part of the off-season

No it's twice as big and now he's an inch taller. Should help right?

I think he's going to look like a whole new player this year.

I was optimistic at first, but I think we would have heard more positive things about him if he really had much of a chance. Same goes for the rugby running back. Maybe we'll get to keep them on the practice squad.

Or maybe it was because he hammered out a deal and then got sandbagged.

The details of clawback aggreeements are essential to any negotiation in which they are attached. It was his job to mind, regardless of his feelings on where the franchise plays. If one party has an unusual or excessive demand/request its your job as a negotiator to get something for it.

Just what do you think is being negotiated? The state wants the team to stay forever and ever. The team wants the state to help provide facilities. Why should a negotiator not care about an unusually large clawback that hadn't been previously discussed? and even if he doesn't care why should he let that on.

I mean it is a negotiation. What do you expect a negotiator to do? Vigorously agree?

Seems a little silly to give politicians the credit. It was obvious as the time that state officials wanted the Bills to stay in Buffalo and merely by pursuing the renovation when he did Ralph was trying to keep the Bills in Buffalo. It's Littman's job to focus on the financials, at the end of the day Ralph agreed to significantly reduce the the demand of his asset and presumably the value as well. He didn't have to do it, but he did. The politicians didn't loose anything by the deal Ralph Wilson did. He gets the "credit". Is Ralph's negotiator suppose to do the other sides job for them?

I think Allen will be good! Just trying to temper my excitement and remind myself that I thought EJ would be good too.

While there's no doubt that Allen is more talented I don't think their rookie seasons are that different. They both got thrown into the starting job because of injury/mismanagement/rubber mats and performed poorly. They then performed a lot better but not quite good enough leaving fans thinking the best is yet to come.

I remember reading all about how EJ looked more confident. I also read that he got smarter and stronger too.

Nothing like a refresher of the greatest moments of last years off-season.

I don't care about fidget spinners. I mean what's the point?

Weird not seeing Tre, and Milano period. Would probably put both ahead of Dawkins. Even Edmunds seems like a bit of an unknown. I don't know how you put him down as a better value than Poyer at this point.

I really thought we gave someone else that number either last year or the year before and they didn't make the final roster.

Changing the onside kick rules doesn't have to be an improvement on anything, it can just be a restoration or mitigation of some more recent rule changes. It's not like its a common play, why not just allow the selection of an onside kick like they do with extra points/two point conversions. I believe the only reason they changed the onside kicks rules was because of injury risk, but if its a play that hardly ever happens . . .

Wait! this is a Shaq Lawson thread?