SoMAn
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We all develop opinions, often different than someone else's.
The experts with 6 or 7-figure salaries whose job it is to analyze prospects probably have a better handle on who will fit and succeed.
Very deep. Great insight.
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I know! I know! Who's your favorite all-time Bill? That's never come up before. 🙄
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I wouldn’t get anyone’s autograph. It’s kind of stupid.
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4 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Actually in Allen's rookie season his top three targeted wide receivers were between 6'2" and 6'5".
And the other targets included that 6'4" stiff Andre Holmes and of course Charles Clay.
Lil' Dummy McKenzie was the only smurf and he got like 30 targets.
That strategy began in 2017 signing Holmes, trading for 6'3" Jordan Matthews and 6.5" Kelvin Benjamin.
It proved to be disastrous to their passing attack so they pivoted in 2019 and 2020 to smaller, quicker receivers.
Beane lamented the error of their ways trying to build around big catch radius guys instead of guys who got open.
i wasn't referring to the mostly forgettable first season. 'Early years', as in the period when McD called his receiving corps 'the smurfs'.
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Polar opposite of the smurfs from Allen's early days.
I wonder if the moves are a counter to the league trends towards the passing game that have resulted in smaller, but faster defenders who can cover.
Fine, you want to play that way, we'll just bulldoze your arses with 2 TE and big WRs. Let Cook juke his way through while Ray Davis and Josh Allen run over and past everyone else. If the defenders try to cheat up, we've got big guys with great hands who can move the chains from the slot, RBs who can slide out and catch, or contested catches on the outside. Maybe we'll be seeing a little more from the screen passe game than we have in recent years.
I think that's where they're going with this.
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On 5/1/2024 at 7:31 PM, Augie said:
I got my working papers when I was 14 in NYS, and many of my high school summers were spent coming and going from trailers covered with the fold outs while I did landscaping and maintenance.
Did I mention I was a 14 year old boy?
I'm betting the coming outnumbered the going.
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6 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:
Badger, is that you? 😆
R.I.P. Taylor. Cousin of 3 Dog Night's Chuck Negron. BTW, I have another musician friend here, same last name, and I believe is also a cousin.
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1 hour ago, WotAGuy said:
Agree. Having been in the old Georgia Dome for the last Bills Super Bowl and the Carrier Dome, I was turned off by covered stadia until I went to the Vikings home. That stadium is airy, gorgeous and has tons of natural light and I believe windows that open at one end. Love that building.
There’s a lot of negativity about a stadium that hasn’t even been built yet, and 99% of us haven’t been able to “experience” the presentation of the proposed building.
I get it’s the internet and people use it as a venue to b-word about everything, but jeezus!
I'm sure the stadium will be great.
It just that I believe it could have been pleasing to the greatest number of potential attendees it were more like the Vikings or the proposed KC stadiums. Us baby boomers are a huge portion of the population and often the ones with the $$ to spend on PSLs and season tickets. For many of this generation, many of whom suffer from arthritis, joint replacements, and other minor ailments, we may have no other choice but to opt out for late season games in which the cold makes the experience uncomfortable. I'm fortunate that I don't have those issues...yet. But, if I want to take my wife to a game in December or January, her titanium knees and hip would not be very forgiving.
On the plus side (for some), there should be ample available tickets in the secondary market for late season games.
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18 hours ago, Draconator said:
I live less than 5 miles from the stadium, spunky.
Assuming you go outside or have looked out a window during a windy, rainy day in WNY, you know that rain can be going pretty much sideways or at an angle in which an overhead shelter is practically useless.
FWIW worth, I've always been anti-dome, having experienced the circus-tent-like atmosphere in the Georgia Dome.
But, the newer enclosed stadiums that allow plenty of natural light have changed my mind.
Supposedly, the open air stadium is (at least in part) a result of the fan survey that gave fans an opportunity to express their preference of the proposed stadium. Odd, but almost everyone I know says just the opposite. I suspect the Pegulas just didn't want the added expense. Too bad.
I think the weather advantage for the Bills is exaggerated.
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I've had similar sentiments towards Shakir since first seeing him in preseason. After some action in 2022 and then the 2023 season, I made a comparison to Andre Reed. I think he could have a similar impact and be a vital piece to the puzzle.
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21 hours ago, Draconator said:
No open spaces in this stadium except for the roof. So that argument doesn't work.
So, you've never been to Buffalo then. 🤔
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On 4/29/2024 at 12:13 AM, QCity said:
Really looks like there's coverage for everything save the 100 level (depending if you are on the leeward or windward side).
Sure, if the rain is a nice consistent spring rain that falls perfectly vertical. The cover won't be much good if it's one of those cold, windy, rainy days and the wind is blowing in your direction.
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Can't say I ever collected them, but I used to forge my parents' signature with a note to the pharmacist or whomever, telling them to allow their 12-year old son, (who rode his Schwinn Stingray to Leader Drugs) to purchase the magazine. I don't know if they actually fell for the note, but I did buy a few and was a a hit with my pals. Of course, we only read the articles.
The only ones I ever bought as an adult were for the John Lennon and the O.J. Simpson interviews.
One of my local musician friends who was a singer in L.A. back in the day, was shown in a pictorial (full frontal) for a feature about 'the women of rock'.
FWIW, I've never had much interest in the smutty porno mags or even the strip clubs. I don't go to buffets to watch people eat.
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I'm seeing opinions here about the likes and dislikes from y'all about the pre and post-game commentators. I can't understand why anyone still watches those guys.
Years ago, before the internet, those shows were the most current sources for information leading up to the games and analysis following the games. Now, there are a multitude of outlets to get information without wasting time listening to that clown show.
Just my opinion. I rarely watch the pre-game shows. Occasionally, some post game for game recaps and highlights.
It doesn't matter to me one bit who is on the desk.
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Good hands, balance, and very good field vision (i.e. he has a good feel for the flow of the defense and where to find an opening).
Disclaimer: My assessment is lacking in any real knowledge other than what I saw in the highlight vid. Just my overall impression.
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38 minutes ago, Pete said:
IMO DeJean would be the pick, and an exceptional pick. But my guess is someone makes too good an offer for pick 33, and that Beane stockpiles top 100 picks
Excellent strategy. If he plays his cards right the Bills could corner the market in round 7 with 32 picks! Big Baller Bean make it happen. 🙃
ok..back to reality....there's going to be a breaking point at which they'd have to limit the number of players chosen. They still have to fit them under the cap, and too many picks mean practice squad, poached players, and ultimately wasted draft choices. I seriously doubt they'd consider adding picks. Just dealing with an overabundance of rookies and UFAs could be a headache for the coaching staff trying to get ready for the season.
If anything, I think it's more likely to parlay multiple picks for less picks, but improved positioning.
BTW - I'm not a draftnik, so I know little about the prospects, but looking at the video for DeJean, an Iowa kid, he just looks like the sort of player that Beane often targets. I wonder if they decide to go with him if they'd bundle some of the excess draft picks with Elam, who could become expendable.
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The NFL hype machine has made the draft, the schedule, the combine, etc. all 'must-see' events. Back in the day, before the web and 24/7 NFL network, these things were barely acknowledged in real time. If you get max enjoyment out of it, power to you. I'll get excited when there's actually men suited up and smashing into each other.
I'll maybe toggle over to ESPN or NFL network or check in here occasionally, but I don't have much interest in making it 'an event'. More likely slip into my usual old man routine starting with Jeopardy, maybe the news commentary talking heads, Nat Geo, Seinfeld re-runs, and start dozing on the sofa around 9pm. Most importantly, I'll be keeping the remote from my wife so that the Hallmark channel doesn't appear on the main TV.
I'll definitely be here Friday morning and probably see what Tasker and Brown have to say.🙂
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There won’t be any WR with a 1st rd grade at 28, but maybe a DT or edge. Take that defender, then trade up for better position in 2nd to get WR who they still like, but who wasn’t worthy of # 28.
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On 4/21/2024 at 4:47 PM, Augie said:
Funny, I moved away from WNY in ‘77, spent college years in Cincinnati then moved to Hilton Head, SC. The people from SC say y’all in daily conversation, which I thought was a little rednecky. Until it came out of my mouth. I still remember the first time, kinda stopping me in my tracks. Did I just say that???
Y'all is actually a huge improvement over 'youse', 'yuns', or even the ambiguous 'you' in it's plural form.
WNY has it's share of unusual colloquialisms. Nobody outside of Buffalo says the word 'mock', 'mocked', 'mocking' as a compound companion to 'out'.
(with exaggerated Cheektowaga accent): I got 'mocked-out' for wearing my Zubaz sport coat to da prom.
If I remember correctly, Vince Gallo used that local expression in Buffalo '66.
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On 4/20/2024 at 4:03 PM, DrW said:
Two more recent ones:
1) Wrong present perfect:
"I have went to the store" is wrong; it should be "I have gone to the store" (or "I went to the store").
2) "of" instead of "have", because of similar pronunciation:
"I should of gone to the store" is wrong; it should be "I should have gone to the store".
The 'could of', should of', would of' thing is up there on my nitpicking petty pet peeve list.
I've seen writing by reasonably intelligent people who do this. Apparently, they're completely unaware that it's a contraction. Eventually, it will be acceptable and the OED and Websters will acknowledge it, just as they have with words like 'unique'.
'Unique' used to be defined only as 'one of a kind'. Now through misusage, the dictionaries accept it to mean uncommon. So wrong. Stupid wins again!
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I'd want to be the IT guy.
They know everything going on behind the scenes before anyone else. If you get to work Monday morning and are unable to login...uh-oh!
Then you think back on it and realize upper management was forcing purse-lipped smiles and avoiding eye contact with you on Thursday and Friday.
That should have been the clue that working on your résumé over the weekend could have been a good idea.🙂
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No. Down year. Should still get 8 or 9 wins. Mediocre defense and a revamped O-line and no # 1 WR.
It would be surprising if they’re a serious contender.
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I heard this again yesterday and I realize that it’s petty but it’s just one of those things that bothers me.
When we would go outside as kids and throw the football or baseball to each other, we’d ‘play catch’.
I heard one of the female protesters at Columbia U who was on the news yesterday saying they had a football because they were going to “have a catch’. ??? I’m starting to hear this more and more. It just sounds wrong.. Let’s hear your opinion. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s divided by generation.-
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I still suspect the IR designation for Shorter was exaggerated and a means to 'stash' him in a safe place where he couldn't be poached off the practice squad. Naturally, the hamstring excuse was convenient.
It could be their hopes for him and his development after 1 season were factored into the Diggs move.
It would be a nice surprise if he turns out to be a viable option at WR.
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