Logic

Wait just a minute....do you mean to tell me that wrestling is...is....FAKE?! Say it ain’t so.

A “Social Distancing” Seinfeld episode. Now that would be something.

I actually foresee the season starting (because there’s too much money on the line for it not to), but having to stop a few games in as a few players are diagnosed with COVID. Then the NFL sits in no man’s land, like the NHL and NBA currently are. What a mess.

Wait...can...can we do that?!

How about 1 fan per stadium section? And the 20 people chosen better be MIGHTY LOUD, OR ELSE!

Seinfeld everything else.

If anyone plans to make travel plans around this schedule, I suggest buying refundable tickets.

I loved Mike Rotondo during his Varsity Club days. I came up during 90s WWF, mostly, so I knew him as “I.R.S.”, who was less than impressive. In recent years, I watched his late 80s NWA run against Rick Steiner, and he was awesome. Barry Windham is another guy that I irrationally liked a whole lot. Big, mean, tough son of a B word.

I disagree with your contention. The Bills defensive line employs plenty of stunts. Jerry and Kyle, in particular, were a lethal combo in this regard.

You’re kidding, right?

I’be watched the Benoit two parter, the Montreal Screwjob, and The Killing of Bruiser Brodie episodes. The Benoit and Bruiser Brodie episodes are well worth your time. 3/5 from Canada. Those Canucks sure can wrestle. Almost put Jericho on my list. side note: if you’re a Bret Hart and an Arn Anderson fan, check out the Hart Foundation vs Brain Busters (Arn and Tully) match if you’ve never seen it.

Not many people mention George Steel. He was certainly...something else. After wrestling, he was a high school teacher. How would you like to have THAT dude as a teacher?!

I saw this topic trending on Twitter today and figured I'd bring it here for discussion. For those who ever followed, or continue to follow, professional wrestling, the question is simple: who are your top five professional wrestlers of all time, and why? It could go deeper, as far as "best promo guy", "best work rate", etc, but to keep things simple, we'll just say a general "top five" for now. I'll start. For frame of reference, my time as a wrestling fan came between about 1988 and 1998. I haven't watched "new" wrestling in 20+ years, other than some NJPW here and there. Lately, I've been re-watching a ton of it on WWE Network, though. I started with Starrcade '85 and have been watching both NWA/WCW and WWF/WWE chronologically in order since then. I'm up to 1995 now. 1.) Bret "Hitman" Hart - My favorite wrestler of all time. For my money, the absolute best technical wrestler of all time. Truly the Excellence of Execution. His ability to perform the moves correctly and safely, to sell the opponent's moves very well, to tell a great story in the ring and display good ring psychology, and to have good matches with all sorts of different opponents led to this selection. He was a high quality tag team AND singles wrestler. He was good in the mid-card, he was great in the main event scene. The only thing keeping him from the top spot in my book is that he was never a truly great promo guy. He could hold his own, no doubt, especially by about '97, when he became "heel in the U.S., face in Canada" Bret. Still, never a strong point for him. 2.) Ric Flair - not my personal FAVORITE wrestler of all time, but I just couldn't bring myself to list the Nature Boy any lower than #2. His in-ring ability, his ability to cut a great promo, his ability as a top heel and ability to always get heat from the crowd no matter where he went were all factors. His enduring impact is another. Pro athletes, musicians, and people in all walks of life still quote Ric Flair or imitate his strut. Also, the amount of different people he worked with over the course of his career, the fact that he traveled to territories all over the country, always putting over their top stars and making them look like a million bucks...Flair was, quite simply, the gold standard. Classic feuds with Ricky Steamboat, Terry Funk, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, and on and on. 3.) Shawn Michaels - The best combination of in-ring work and promo/persona/crowd work ability. Incredibly athletic, an exciting move set, and was ahead of his time in terms of how high flying he was in an era where not many U.S. wrestlers could be labeled as such. Was an exciting tag team wrestler, then a great mid-card heel and one of the all time best Intercontinental champions, then a too-short reign as a main eventer, cut short by his back injury. Then, by some major grace, he was able to come back and wrestle for another decade or so, putting on more great matches and solidifying his spot as an all-time great. The sheer excitement of his wrestling style, combined with his charisma, his ability to tell a great story, etc, etc, led to his spot on this list for me. 4.) "Macho Man" Randy Savage - This dude was TNT in a bottle. His promos were just insane. He, more so than any other guy that I can ever think of, was an improvisational genius when it came to promo work. He'd just come up with everything completely spur of the moment, off the cuff, without prior rehearsal. Or other wrestlers would give him some weird prop right before his promo to see if he could find a way to work it into his promo, and he always did! Aside from his legendary promo work, he was incredibly talented in the ring. His Wrestlemania III match against Ricky Steamboat is still one of the greatest of all time. He held all the major belts in both the WWF and WCW, his popularity transcended wrestling, and he is surely on pro wrestling's Mt Rushmore. 5.) Chris Benoit - I know, I know. Look, this guy was just an incredibly great wrestler. His move set, style, execution, the stiffness with which he worked, his ability to work with all shapes and sizes of different opponents...he was a great one. He could wrestle cruiserweight style matches, he could wrestle technical masterpieces, he could even wrestle knock-down, drag-out brawls with tables and ladders and chairs. His promo skills were basically non-existent, but his in-ring work is so excellent that I don't miss his lack of mic skills. Besides, it wasn't as if he didn't have a clear persona. He was the Rabid Wolverine. Too badass to even have to say anything at all. I greatly respect the art of wrestling itself, and Benoit was one of it's all time greatest artists. I realize there is much controversy in making such a pick, but I find it akin to saying that OJ Simpson was one of the greatest running backs ever which, despite what came later, is still true. Well, who ya got?

I like that Nagy said he feels that Fromm's lack of arm strength has been overstated. Nagy also mentioned him being in the mould of a Case Keenum or Andy Dalton. To me, if that's what Fromm ends up being, it's obviously a great pick. Whether that means Allen gets an awesome backup for four years, or they can flip him for a pick in the future, or he gets a shot to compete if Allen flames out, it's a good pick for Buffalo regardless.

I think the only way the Bills were MAYBE going to add a significant veteran edge rusher was if they had missed out on drafting a good one altogether. The moment AJ Epenesa was drafted, any dreams of Clowney went out the window. Hughes, Addison, and Epenesa will be the top three. Murphy MAY, in fact, be cut, but I believe the only way that happens is if Darryl Johnson Jr takes his job.

Understood. I do not believe the Bills will be granting your wish so long as Daboll is employed.

I believe YOU need to go back and look at the play. Two men covered DiMarco. That means a WR (John Brown, as Gunner pointed out) was single covered. The play worked as designed. The problem was Josh THROWING to the double covered fullback deep downfield, not the fact there WAS a double covered fullback deep downfield. What made the play fugly was the o-line breakdown and Josh's poor decision.

Like I said: rarely do offenses who typically roster fullbacks suddenly stop doing so. Are you advocating that they don't roster a fullback AT ALL? Because I don't think that's going to happen. Their addition of a UDFA at the position backs up this point. They added competition at the position. Not exactly an indication that they want to phase it out altogether. Are you advocating that DiMarco, specifically, be replaced? If so, who do you suggest?

I once read a smart quote -- I wish I could find it, but I can't -- stating that all NFL offensive systems either have fullbacks or they don't. You almost never see a system that features a fullback suddenly get rid of it all together, and you almost never see an offense that DOESN'T feature a fullback suddenly add one. Well...Daboll's offense has a fullback. As long as Brian Daboll is the offensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills, they'll carry a fullback. For what it's worth, I believe that Sean McDermott believes in the importance of having one on the roster, too. You can argue that a fullback isn't worth the roster spot, but I don't think the coaching staff would agree. By playing tons of special teams snaps and providing blocking goal line and short yardage situations, the fullback provides at least as much value as, say, the WR5 or RB3. The question, then, becomes "is DiMarco the best guy for the job?". I know that the staff values his leadership, especially now that Gore is gone from the running back room. I believe they also respect his quality special teams contributions and leadership to that unit. The only player who has a chance of pushing him off the roster is the UDFA they brought in, Reggie Gilliam, who, as I understand it, is faster and can also catch passes. But can he block as well as DiMarco? Can he play special teams as well as DiMarco? Are the Bills willing to lose DiMarco's leadership? Time will tell.

Edmunds in 49 really ***** me up. I came around to it, especially since he’s half way between a LB and a DB anyway. I actually think 17 is perfect for Allen. Plus, if he turns out to be a great one, he’ll “own” that number, as there has never been a truly great #17 in the NFL.

Meh. Deliberately inflammatory clickbait. Does anyone expect a guy named Shaughnessey from Boston to think any differently? Getting mad at him for being an arrogant Pats homer would be like getting mad at a cow for mooing.

I actually like hearing that Beane had targets he missed out on and trade-up thoughts that never materialized. My one critique of Beane in past drafts is that he seems to fixate on certain guys he likes, and he was a little trade-up happy. I’m all for targeting specific players if you have a conviction, but it’s nice to see that he can also just stay put and get good players at plus value with his original picks.

Hypothetically, I wonder what it would have taken for the Bills to get from 54 up to, say, 42 to get Dugger. It's a moot point, obviously, and especially because it sounds like the Panthers may have taken him at 38 if the Pats hand't taken him at 37, anyway. But just for the sake of discussion during this boring time, what would a tradeup into the 40s have looked like for Buffalo?

By "this board", you mean you, yourself, right? YOU would have blown a gasket. Just be honest.