Logic

Man.... A second MVP in a row for Josh. The last ever game at Highmark Stadium being an AFC Championship game under snow flurries... Josh outdueling Lamar and taking the Bills to their first Super Bowl in 30 years... Winning a Super Bowl comfortably over Tampa Bay (the team representing the city in which our franchise's most infamous moment occurred). Where do I sign up for this? Can you even imagine?

Certainly seems like there are mental health issues at play that the public doesn't know about. Various folks in the media have hinted as much. There's a reason a player of his talent level is just sitting there on the open market with no reported interest. What we DO know about him is also not great. Kind of a ballbag grabber, ya know?

No one can convince me that Peppers wouldn't help this roster. Give him Codrington's roster spot. Let him be your punt returner while he learns the defense. Our defensive staff would find a way to make good use of his defensive versatility. As a third safety or dime backer in certain coverages, he'd be useful.

The people on those sites don't usually have Poyer's steely baby blues or Rachel's....winning personality. They do tend to have terrific stamina and exemplary breath control, though.

Unfortunately, my league requires that defense and kicker be on the roster by the end of the draft. So I always take them in the last two rounds by mandate. First thing I do after the draft is drop both and add two additional players, then wait until near start of season to see if any players become IR worthy, etc, and eventually, begrudgingly, sign a kicker and defense. I'll admit: A good defense or kicker can definitely swing a week in your favor.

I tried to say I wished they had kept Caden Davis on the practice squad because Bass's health seems shaky (and because he still hasn't proven that he's fully past his yips). This way, Davis could keep practicing with our special teams unit and keep getting coached up. I was told I was silly and it was a waste of a practice squad spot. But here we are, working out kickers a week before the season kicks off.

Nice! I just checked his page and didn't see anything. Where and with what outfit is he playing this weekend?

I agree on Mason. I also think the chatter about Braelon Allen being a legitimate 1B to Breece's 1A and maybe even overtaking the lead role is real. He's been lighting up camp, and the new coaching staff seems to love him. I respectfully disagree on Pacheco. I don't think 30-year-old Hunt or Elijah Mitchell are taking meaningful snaps from him. By sheer workload and red zone opportunity alone, I think he finishes as a top 20 fantasy RB. If I'm wrong on Pacheco, then hopefully my Mason, Allen, Sampson, or Tuten tickets hit.

Ya know what? It was silly of me to dare to have a different opinion than you. I was under the mistaken impression that we're on a discussion forum. Nevermind the fact that I still predicted the Bills to finish 13-4 and claim the one seed, and that this is one of only four losses I've prognosticated for them. It was probably also silly of me to try to guess at the psychology of this game when you very clearly know it lock, stock, and barrel. I bow to your wisdom. You win. Your cookie is in the mail. Congratulations.

And likewise, no disrespect to YOU, but...the smallest of motivation edges can mean the difference in a game between two high quality and evenly matched teams. Of course the Bills will be "up" for the game. It's a home opener, it's against a great opponent, and they're a self-motivated bunch. But if you've listened to Ravens players talk -- starting with Lamar Jackson -- you know that this game is super personal for them and they're treating it as a Revenge Game. Let's also not pretend like the Bills haven't come out a little flat in recent years' season openers. They lost to the Zach Wilson Jets, for goodness sake!

My 12 team home league roster. Full PPR, one flex. Was planning to go RB heavy early because WR is so deep this year, but the rest of the league beat me to it, so I pivoted. WRs first three rounds. Wound up with my usual Zero RB build: Three elite receivers, good tight end, fill the bench with upside and dart throw running backs. QB: Fields/Lawrence/Young RB: Kamara RB: Pacheco WR: Nabers WR: London TE: Andrews Flex: McConkey D/ST: LAC K: Tyler Loop Notable bench: Chris Olave, Tyrone Tracy, Jordan Mason, Braelon Allen, Dylan Sampson, Kyle Monangai (like I said...RB upside and dart throw plays) This strategy tends to work pretty well for me most years because WR tends to be more stable health-wise than RB. I think Pacheco is gonna remind everyone this year why he had a 2nd round ADP the year before, and I think London is gonna lead the league in WR targets. Overall, I feel good. And ESPN ranked my roster dead last, which is how I know I'm onto something!

Predictions: - Collinsworth says "Patrick Mahomes" at least three times, despite the fact that he's not playing in the game. - I am sick of Collinsworth by the third minute of the 1st quarter. - Ravens are more "up" for the game than the Bills due to getting knocked out of the playoffs by them last year. - Ravens win, NFL prognosticators overreact, declare Ravens Super Bowl favorites and ask "is the Bills' window closed?!" - Bills proceed to finish the season 13-4 and claim the number one seed because week one barely means a thing. On to Sunday night. GO BILLS!!!

Parsons IS an amazing asset. This "he can't stop the run" thing is silly. You're right, he can't. I remember the Bills game where they ran right at him. You're not paying him to stop the run. You're paying him to bring down the opposing quarterback. I'd bet dollars to donuts that the Cowboys defense will be better against the run this year. .....And much worse at bringing down the opposing quarterback. If it's me, and my defense stinks but I have one or two really good defenders, I'm retaining those guys and then building around them. Swapping out the pieces that aren't so good. Upgrading over the players that need to be upgraded over. What I'm NOT doing is saying "meh, defense stinks anyway, might as well get rid of our one blue chip defensive player". To each their own. I think the "highest paid non-QB" top 10 players list speaks for itself. Get a quarterback, protect that quarterback and give him a weapon, bring down the opposing quarterback. Those are the priorities. Stopping the run on 1st and 2nd down is lovely. But if it's 3rd and 8 and the QB has all day to throw because you shipped away a blue chip EDGE, what good did the run stopping do ya?

"The defense sucks with this guy, so they might as well suck without him" is a bad argument.

There's no other way to spin it: Waiting until a week before the season opener to do this deal -- rather than announcing back in March that he was available and having teams bid against each other and almost certainly drive up the return, plus giving your team a chance to use the draft and free agency to find defensive reinforcements and prepare for post-Micah life -- is idiotic. Based on what GMs are telling Jordan Schulz (who's probably the most connected NFL guy these days, more so than Schefter and Rapaport), most NFL teams agree, and are laughing at Jerry's strategic botch. Also, getting only two late 1sts and a 30-year-old DT for a player of Micah's caliber is a loss. MAYBE if the stars align you can replace Micah with one of those picks (though its doubtful that you're finding an edge rusher of that quality as late in the draft as GB's pick will likely be), which means you ultimately added a late 1st and a 30-year-old DT in order to have the "honor" of not paying one of the game's most impactful defensive players. Organizational malpractice. Jerry is in over his head, and if Cowboys fans weren't such an insufferable bunch, I'd feel bad for them.

Something to consider? Sure. Give me Josh Allen, someone to keep Josh Allen upright, and Micah Parsons for the next five years and I'll figure out the rest.

Kenny Clark is good. No debating that. Two (likely very late) 1sts is awful value for a top three edge rusher who has four straight 12+ sack seasons, four straight Pro Bowl appearances, is a two time All-Pro, and is just 26 years old. Terrible return for a player of that caliber.

Yeah. Truly brutal. Jerry is officially the worst owner in football. Sad.

Really wish Beane had been the one to do this deal. I would've given Oliver and two 1sts all day long. Provided he could've made the cap situation work -- and I have no reason to think that he couldn't -- then I wish he'd have pulled the trigger. Ah well. At least Parsons stays in the NFC.

While I don't think the Bills will ultimately be the ones who pull this deal off (I'm guessing GB or LAR), I will say this... Elite, potentially generational pass rusher is the ONE thing Beane seems like he'd be willing to spend major draft capital and money on. I absolutely buy that the Bills are doing their due diligence on this one, and it wouldn't surprise me if they've made an offer. THE number one thing that would help the Bills' championship pursuits THE MOST over the next five years would be a Parsons level edge rusher. I just hope Beane doesn't look at the money spent on Rousseau and Bosa and the cap situation overall and let it scare him off. He can make it work if he wants. Again I say: No move would be more impactful than adding a Micah Parsons. It's hard to quantify how enormous it would be and how much it would improve the Buffalo Bills.

I'm late to this thread, but: - Music. I love listening to and discovering new music, I love playing guitar and singing, and I LOVE seeing live music. - Grateful Dead. I have ready every biography, listened to every podcast, been to dozens of shows...I genuinely think I could teach a doctorate level course on Deadology at this point. Currently in the midst of a (so far) five year long project of listening to every and taking notes about every GD show chronologically starting in 1972. I just reached 1978. Long way to go. - Professional wrestling. Really? Yes, really. I was a big WWF fan as a kid, then drifted away from it for most of my adulthood. NJPW brought me to AEW, and AEW brought me back into the fold. I also enjoy watching 80s/90s era WWF, WCW, and NWA wrestling. - Spirituality/philosophy. Buddhism, Vedanta, Taoism. Alan Watts, Ram Dass, Thich Nhat Hanh, etc, etc. - Movies. I love going to my local 100 year old historic movie house, the Hollywood Theatre, or watching movies at home with a bowl of popcorn. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Dukes of Hazzard, A Marriage Story, Jurassic Park, Jaws are some favorites, just to list a few. - Swimming and Snorkeling. Tropical waters, rivers, oceans, I don't care, I'll take it all. I can swim for miles and not get bored or tired. Love swimming, and love snorkeling even more.

As soon as he exited the game, the whole complexion of it changed. The difference in effectiveness for KC's offense when Benford was on the field vs when he wasn't was noticeable. Very possible that if Benford stays healthy all game, the Bills are in the Super Bowl. Fingers crossed to finally, for what feels like it would be the first time ever, have a healthy defense against KC in January.