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Dangle Kincaid as trade bait. He has been disappointing, but could flourish in the right system. I remember Dallas was after him in the draft.

The KC game is the time where in fairness we can be judgmental of Beane. He dedicated the draft and free agency to build a DL to pressure Mahomes. That was his baby. His DL creation is almost fully intact and ready to go, will they be successful Sunday? Michael Hoecht, and Larry Ogunjobi had a great game in Carolina, I think that will continue. Also, I don't think the Bills want a repeat of someone taking it to them in their own house again. That's just a hunch I have.

Boy, are you going to be disappointed. The Front Office is not going to make any big news--it can barely make one move. Multiple moves is out of the question.

Reversing the question--what guy would I cut from the Bills to make room for Lockett? Answer: no one.

Hairston, active.

It's noon, right about the time we find out. I kind of expect him to play.

What number will Hairston be? I'm going to be looking for him. He was doing great in training camp, right up until he got injured. I hope we aren't expecting too much too soon from the rookie.

The defense last year sucked as much as this year's D. A crucial difference however: last years D won the turnover battle, so last year looked better over all.

Bursting into the tent, screaming at Josh, reaming Tyrod Taylor, all come to mind. Daboll lets his emotions overtake him at times. He'd be better off if he could get that under control.

I don't understand what you think a coaching tree is? your first paragraph makes it seem all about approach to football (that is what I think of with a coaching tree). Such as the Walsh/Holmgrem/Reid offense. your second paragraph makes it seem about people's leadership relationships and affinity toward one another. Who worked for whom. If Dabs or Brady are not leadership-influenced by McD as you suggest, where do you put them on the chart? Are they islands to themselves? Or do you put them where best fits their football philosophy? Eh, coaching tree is a nebulous concept. Therefore a discussion that tries to pigeon hole coaches and make judgements from a coaching tree is a futile exercise.

I've seen McDermott Bashing threads start in many stealthy ways, but this may be the most creative approach yet.

Pardon me, I drew an inference from Google. People draw inferences all day at TSW. Google said professional athletes may have a spike in performance then usually return to their average: It is more likely than not, Lyon's recent play will regress to his usual average. You don't hear of goalies having a sudden performance improvement--and then sustaining it for the long run. It's not like a QB or CB whose performance improves when they suddenly get it and understand the system. Lyon: Career GAA; 2.99 2025 GAA: 2.43 He'll be back in the 2.99 range any day now.

Yep. Even Google AI thinks so.

Duke Williams. Many of you got hot-n-bothered over that one.

I don't think a trade will happen. The new team is responsible for the player's base salary, and any remaining guaranteed money. A team with limited cap space is restricted to acquiring players with smaller remaining salaries unless they can perform creative accounting. The 2025 salary cap constrains Bean's ability to maneuver. I suppose Bean could trade an expensive player to get an expensive player, but of our good players, who can we really give up?

My policy: If you have one at the ready, do not hold back. Let'er rip no matter where you are in the relationship. Rationale: She's getting it one way or another. "When you hold in a fart, some gas is reabsorbed into your bloodstream and eventually exhaled through your lungs" Which way would she rather have it, in a kiss or a whiff?

If Babich were on the market looking for a team, he would be unemployed for a long time.

Thanks. I fixed it. Despite having a fifty/fifty chance of getting it right, I got it wrong. I should work for the Sabres.

Carson Palmer is the QB whisperer who wasn't that great of a QB. Not to be confused with his brother Jordan Palmer, who also was not an accomplished QB. Jordan played for Buffalo for four days "On August 25, 2014, Palmer signed with the Buffalo Bills, but was released on August 29" While they both weren't hot QBs, they managed to make a good living off of football. EDIT CORRECTION: I got the Palmer's mixed up. Jordan worked with Josh.

This thread is as good as the "Would you want to see Josh play hardball with the organization?" thread. Silly times are afoot.

Should Josh play hardball with the organization? To what end? Just because he's a great QB, that doesn't mean he's great with X and O's. He has no clue what to demand. This place is becoming stupid on steroids.

the Bills lost because... I spent my time last week browsing negative TSW posts regarding the Patriots game. Now, I have 2 weeks to read doom and gloom drivel about the Falcons game.

Yes, fire Babich. Double hat McDermott HC/DC. He got good results the last time that was done.

The vibe of TSW... The "Fire McDermott and Beane" crowd and the "Bills suck" crowd (who were abused children, BTW) are going to have a heyday with their posts this week. The "I told you so's" will be unbearable, even more unbearable than a Patriots fan or a WGR caller. It will be curious to me whether Allen gets takes any heat. Criticizing him is verboten among the negative nancies, will they put their blinders on and overlook yesterday's performance? It's going to be a long two weeks until we visit the Panthers...who are undefeated at home. This will get uglier before it gets better.

Maybe the owner of the Dolphins is a tightwad. He has to pay McDaniel if he is fired and maybe he doesn't want two HC on the payroll at the same time. It's small numbers in the big picture--but you'd be surprised how cheap some rich people can be. I suspect Ralph Wilson thought that way about firing coaches.