Logic

So much hype over a 9-sack per year guy.

48% of the revenue goes to the players, yes. But that still means that 52% of the profits are being split between 32 men, while the other 48% is being split between 1,696 players. I have no idea. How could we know that? Fair enough. I respect your opinions. As I said, I'm not looking for you to agree with Matthews, or to approve of MY agreeing with Matthews. You know what they say about opinions...

The one about the NFL owners -- who are already wealthy -- paying only a tiny percentage of their profits to the guys who actually lay their lives on the line for peoples' entertainment. The one about racial inequality in America. The one about there being so much ego and "fakeness" that it's hard to remember who you are. The one about the money he's making no longer being worth the amount of time he has to spend away from his family. I'm not asking you to agree with me or with Matthews. I'm just telling you that I think he makes salient points, and I have no problems with anything he wrote.

The 1,123rd miserable overreaction to a simple statement on a message board.

Loved Roscoe Parrish. Every time he lined up to return a punt, I held my breath. I couldn't figure out back then why he could never seem to beat out Josh Reed for playing time in the slot. He was ahead of his time a little bit, by the way. Roscoe Parrish in 2019 NFL -- with the jet sweeps, bubble screens, and other creative offensive measures that have become part of the league -- would be awesome.

I just read his Instagram post, and I had absolutely no problem with it. He makes lots of great points. ?‍♂️

Agreed. In 2018, Zay Jones had more touchdown catches (7) than the following players: Robert Woods, Odell Beckham Jr, TY Hilton, Larry Fitzgerald, Julian Edelman, George Kittle, Alshon Jeffrey, Brandon Cooks, etc, etc. Considering the absolute abomination that was our 2018 passing game, that's pretty damned impressive. While I agree that Zay Jones needs to step up and be a big time playmaker THIS YEAR without fail, it is silly to write him off completely at this point. Absolutely silly.

I just can't imagine a world where Vosean Joseph doesn't make this roster. This staff is not one to give up on a 5th round pick in his first year. I think Joseph will be just like last year's 5th round pick, Siran Neal: He'll make the roster even though he doesn't play on defense because he contributes on special teams. Then, with a full offseason to bulk up and learn the nuances of the game better, he'll be ready to contribute on defense NEXT season. Johnson, on the other hand, is more of an open question. I'd like to think that if it's a "tie" between him and Love, they'd go with Johnson, simply based on youth and upside.

I'd be willing to be there will be at least one player on the final 53 that is not currently on the roster.

The thing about preseason is that YES, it's true: the games don't matter. HOWEVER... All things being equal, wouldn't you rather that the team look great in preseason than not? So they came out defensively and absolutely throttled a team with no Andrew Luck or TY Hilton (nevermind the fact that Buffalo had no Hughes, Hyde, or Alexander), you're saying "so what?" Well, imagine if they looked really BAD against a Colts team with no Andrew Luck. Looked like they were all giving top effort, but got absolutely smoked by a team without their starting QB. How would you feel THEN? It could be like the Lions-Pats game, where the Lions got outgained in yardage 459 to 93, and outscored 31-3. How would you feel THEN? All things being equal, I'll take the outcome that features the Bills defense executing their scheme well, filling gaps, form tackling, dominating the opposition, and winning most of their individual positional matchups. Final score doesn't matter in the preseason, it's true, but performance on the field is what you want to see, and that's what we saw against Indy.

There are some players that just don't practice well, but show up big when it counts. McKenzie seems to be one of those guys. I'm hoping Foster turns out to be that way, too, because he sure doesn't seem to be impressing on the practice field this offseason.

McKenzie ran a 4.47, but I get your point.

I'm just curious...are you basing this on anything in particular, or is it pure conjecture on your part?

To be honest with you, I'm warming up to the idea of trading Zay away for something useful. I wouldn't have thought it was a reasonable idea before, but there seems to be a good 3-way competition going between McKenzie, Ray-Ray, and Phillips. If they can get a useful depth piece or 4th round pick for Zay, they ought to consider it.

The fact that he was drawing double teams in his very first NFL game caught my attention. The thing about the Bills' d-line is that it's a "pick your poison" situation. If you double Ed, Star and Hughes get 1-and-1s, and both men will usually win those. If you devote more attention to Jerry or double Star, you leave Ed 1-on-1, and you have to like your odds in that situation if you're Buffalo. Kid's gonna be just fine. By the way, I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned yet that former 5x All-Pro guard Willie Anderson weighed on on Twitter, as well:

Opinions can't usually be wrong. This is the exception.

Right on. I used to get offers to smoke alllll the time when I was driving delivery. I took the first few people up on their offers, but I quickly realized I couldn't possibly get through a shift if I kept it up. In addition to driving, I also ran the deep fryer, so anything that required frying (mozz sticks, chicken fingers, wings, etc) was up to me. My favorite "trick" used to be to intentionally include extra of whatever wings or mozzarella sticks or fries I was putting in the container for a delivery run. If they ordered six mozz sticks, I'd put eight in the container, etc. Then, on the delivery run, I would very caaareeeffully reach into the container and take out the extra goodies I had included and eat them. I mean..I made sure not to touch the other food items. I'm not a monster. It was still a dick move on my part, though. Sure paired well with the frequent smoke-outs, though! ?

Wow. That is legendary ***** right there.

I think this season will be the Shady/Gore farewell tour, at least in Buffalo. Next season, I believe we see Devin Singletary as the lead back. As far as his backups? More draftees, free agents, or perhaps a Christian Wade who has had a season to marinate on the practice squad.

Except, of course, for the fact that they began running at during the regular season LAST year, as well.

I'll be honest, I'm not so sure they cut Wyatt Teller. He played quite well against the Colts, and he acquitted himself decently last year when starting games that mattered, too. I don't think Beane/McDermott are the types to give up on 5th round picks so soon. Would they dare keep THREE interior backup players?

Anything is possible, of course, but I really don't think Foster is getting cut. Did anyone read the recent article from The Athletic, where Beane said he thinks Foster is an ascending player, and where the thesis of the article was that Foster stayed in Buffalo all offseason, that his work ethic has continued unabated, and that he's still doing everything "the right way"? Stranger things have happened, but unless he absolutely bombs the rest of the preseason, I expect him to be on the opening day 53.

People still buy beer in the stadium?! Weirdos.

Agreed. He had two bad throws all night: The overthrow on the Zay deep pass and the underthrow to Zay where he put it in the dirt. On the other hand, Zay also dropped what would have been a sure touchdown, which would have had Allen at 63% completion for the night with a TD. So long as our defense finishes top 5, like it should, the Bills have the talent -- and Allen is playing well enough, it would seem -- to win 10 games.

Nope. He's the 4th WR on the depth chart. He's making the team.