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You got the reward right. The risk is a bad injury this year. Stef loses a lot of money that way.

Like this guy. From this interview: Reporter 1: You eat with your hands? Hollins: Yeah, you just eat with your hands. That’s what they’re there for. Reporter 2: Like anything? Hollins: Anything. Reporter 2, fascinatedly: Really? Reporter 3: Pasta? Hollins: If you can’t eat it with your hands, you shouldn’t be eating it. Reporter 4: Soup? Hollins: Shouldn’t be eating soup. You’ve never seen a lion eat soup. You’ve never seen a gorilla. You’ve never seen anything savage eat soup. He can also ball.

He has one year left. Like Douglas. Outside corner is more important than nickel in this transition year. Or are you suggesting starting Elam, as I have seen others do? The cuts are going to suck any way we slice it. This is more a choice between Douglas and Johnson and the difficult choice I would make is keep Johnson for the season. There are many variables here, not just the one of "he's good!"

There are no easy decisions here. But sure, your sarcasm is a really helpful contribution the discussion.

Agree with the JOsh restructure and those cuts as well. Matakevich isn't on the roster. We are still $16M above the cap and we need to sign rookies. More hard decisions need to be made.

Cap problems this big always lead to disappointing departures. TJ is great and I love him, but there are few ways (including restructuring and other iddling) to get under the cap that don't involve such cuts. Taron has one season left before UFA in 2025. I'll take the chance on letting go of a great nickel DB and keeping Douglas on his last year. We need a solid outside corner more than we need a solid nickel (especially with Milano and Bernard both playing the majority of 2024). Johnson is going to command very large dollars after 2024, so why keep him given we still need some (but less) cap help in 2025.

Cutting Taron Johnson would save $7.7M (including the debt cap hit). I'd rather do that and put someone in there while keeping Douglas for one more season at $10M.

Not saying those things. RB is not an area of need this off-season. I just think we can't boil down skill player performance to one variable that doesn't take into account all the negative plays. I'm happy with Cook and want him to be better. Hope he does it in 2024.

Sir, your lab results came back. You unfortunately suffer from monovariablitis. His gross output is great, but the stats don't capture the impact of the negative plays. Can he get better? Sure. That's all in his own hands. But a stat in isolation doesn't capture his value.

Norwood was perfect in that season's playoffs and then was replaced by Steve Christie.

Dunne didn't give anyone advice. The guy is a pretty successful journalist and he is widely respected for his thorough approach.

So much Tyler Dunne hate here when the conclusion to this season was exactly what his work indicated late in the season: McD doesn't get it done. He gets tight, makes head-scratching calls, and chokes. Anything different to close out the year? Maybe let's recognize good journalism that was well-sourced and not at all one-sided rather than complain about it with no critical framework.

From the all-22, look at the flags at the other end of the field. They were flying sideways, from left to right. The wind is tricky in that stadium and if the Bills didn't consult with alumni special teamers or bring them in to help prepare the K and P, that's an oversight on their part. We've seen that wind do that very thing in Rich Stadium for 50 years.

Josh holds the ball for a long time (and makes plays doing so). That takes offensive line talent. If Tua gets it out in two seconds and Josh holds it for four seconds, that's twice the work for the line. Which, sure, we all see. But to weaponize that line talent into a multiple attack is what very much sets Brady apart from Dorsey *and* Daboll. The quality of the D-line * the quality of the offensive line will be a decisive element in upcoming games. I am so here for it.

That would be Shakir, if they moved him outside.

I don't think so. Checked twice over the last two days and that promo has ended.

He didn't say it in a way that was accusing anyone of anything. He said he was being doubled a lot, which opens up other guys to make plays. He effectively said he wasn't doing anything different this year vs other years, so "it's not because of me." It's because of how opposing DCs are scheming against him and how the Bills are addressing those opposing schemes. It was very much in the vein of, "Glad we're scheming against that well, glad my guys are making it happen when I'm doubled, but sure, I want the ball. I'm not doing anything different. And maybe when we gash them with other guys, that'll get me more chances."

Why isn't Shakir lined out in Davis' position? Guy has caught 26 of 31 targets for an average yards / reception of 16+ and first downs on 17 of his receptions. Davis' reception rate is 56% of targets with 69 (nice) targets. Move his bigger body into the slot, where he can block and let Shakir do his thing on the outside.

Great work. Is a breakdown of snaps and targets by half available?

This is where anyone who knows anything about journalism is going to object. The guy talked to 25 sources and he quoted them, good and bad. He reported on why this team has so many late-game fails. Every wonder why? Oh, you do? But then you assail the guy that works his read end off to try to help people explain it. The article passes the smell test for most who read it and for most who have some modicum of knowledge of you to critically assess the media and journalism. The emotional, non-factual rejection of the work is very McDermott-esque. The problem is Belichik isn't tight and doesn't panic late in games. McD does. Over and over and over again.

It's lightly sarcastic. Sorry, I didn't know you are so fragile. The one quote you chose is about accountability. McD took none after 13 seconds and he's been replaying that evasion since. I was pretty sure you didn't read the piece. Thank you for confirming. That's lazy and not thorough. You have few grounds to complain about the article without doing the work.

I think it leads to, why can the Bills close out games. Bottom line.

So, peer-reviewed clinician objects to peer review. Got it. This is a very reasoned response and I appreciate it. Dunne had to get this out because his time, like that of any of us, is worth money. This thing was an investment of time and reputation and I don't think it was frivolous or shoddy.

Lets see it then.

Do you have any idea how rare this kind of article is? Or what constitutes good journalism? And you just admitted you read enough (from screenshots, DMs, failed firewall blockers) of a 20,000 word piece (that's a GD senior thesis) to reiterate your going-in biases? You're a scholar. A scholar and a GD gentleman.