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This seems to be trend with Nike's redesigns. At first they change it to what you said, a real arena league kind of vibe. Then eventually they must get the message that most fans dig their teams throwbacks more so when the next redesign happens it's scaled back to a much more traditional look. Detroit's a perfect example of this. They had those thin, almost italicized jersey numbers for a while and now they've switched to the old, block-style digits.

It's all about the engagement these days. They throw a wild hot take out there, not because they believe it but they know it'll prompt people to respond and start talking about it. And for sure some of them probably try to call their shots and rank someone super high when the general consensus has that same player ranked much lower. It is what it is, I guess.

Yeesh, that's rough. This doesn't go for all of the draft dweebs in the media but some of these dudes definitely go with some off the wall or head scratching mocks in order to drive engagement. People see that some draft nerd has their team going with guy that hasn't had any first round buzz or whatever and ta-da, they're commenting on the website, going at the writer on his socials, and talking about it on other forums and platforms. It's the same reason the talking heads are always trying to one-up each other with the next incredibly dumb hot take. I mean, I get it. But some of them aren't that great at hiding the fact that they have zero belief in the BS they're spewing. I can't sit thru more than five or ten minutes of pregame shows or discussion shows, hot take shows, etc. It is what it is, just this day and age. Just kinda lame sometimes. Anywho, it worked on me because here I am to tell Chad Rueter his Bills picks in his mock draft are straight poop. You hear that, Chad? Big, stupid, poop.

JTs stuff is really good and he seems to be a pretty big fan of Josh. I liked his breakdown of the Eagles game last season, JT was just about shaking his head at the number of wicked throws from Josh in that one. Woulda been noice to come away with the W on that one.

Depends how many times they call that shotgun jet sweep where all I'd have to do is pitch it forward half a yard to a skill player zooming thru. They count those as completions, ya know. I bet I could make like... probably...one out of 43 of those bad boys. And that's why I'm bound for the Hall.

They're all over the place with this stuff. Yesterday I read that he was most interested in the Giants. I have inside sources that say ol' Bellychunx is off to coach the Northside Porkpies Pee Wee league up in Saskatchewan.

Well...bye.

When I see posts like this, I have to ask, what exactly are your expectations? That he has a 100% success rate on every draft pick, contract, trade, and free agent signing? It just seems trivial to complain about this stuff when the team has made six playoff runs with four division titles. He also kept those teams mostly intact for four years, teams typically have more turnover than that from year to year. Now here we are with an inevitable retooling of the roster and this is where you're at with it.

As long as they have Josh they should be contending. I think, anyways. I myself did take a step back just now when I stepped on a GD crayon. Toddlers, man.

Adding Samuel makes for a decent group. But there are still some question marks. Can Diggs bounce back? Was he hurt, or was the offense in general just not always on the same page? Would having other, more dangerous options that Gabe open things up for Diggs? And then after this year I think his contract becomes more flexible. He's at an age where teams maybe start thinking about moving on. And I'm sure the idea of a solid young WR on a rookie deal is enticing for Beane. Not all of those guys are gonna go in the first...but would any of them still be on the board when Bills pick at 60 in the second round? Beane has a bunch of mid-round picks he could wheel and deal if he wanted to go BPA in the first and then move around and grab his WR in the second. Either way, I'm good with whatever direction they go.

It's a bummer they had to move on from him but it's just business. Benford emerged as a viable starter and then they traded for Douglas and had drafted Elam the year before so the writing was kinda on the wall. Makes you wonder if they were set to move on even if he hadn't gotten hurt. Best of luck to the guy. Seems like a great dude.

I think they look alright. I really think they oughta switch over to those red matte helmets they use sometimes. Those look great.

Diggs Samuel Kincaid Shakir Cook Rookie Knox Hollins

I trust Beane and his team to make good picks. For the last few years I haven't really had a preference on who they should take because I'm usually good with whatever direction they go. However, this year seems to be a very ideal year to nab one of these top ranked receivers. Seems like a loaded class. And I'm sure they'd love to have two playmakers like Kincaid and a rookie WR on those cheaper rookie deals. Let the rookie learn under Diggs and Samuel. Ramp up his workload as the season goes on and then if it all goes to plan I'd imagine they move on from Diggs in 2025. Not that I really want them to but it seems to make sense financially. Or I'm dumb and have misunderstood what I've read about his situation.

Well, that's certainly a take. A dumb take, but a take nonetheless. I'd venture to say at least 98% of each draft class isn't concerned about weather. They're all pretty psyched to be getting drafted. And it's not like every single game is a blizzard in the cities that get a lot of snow. Not until like November do you gotta worry about it being cold. That said...shut yo mouf, Deion. He'd probably advocate for two hand touch or flag rules for the league since he was always so adverse to tackling.