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I respect the fact that they're genuinely trying to find solutions and create a safe environment for players and coaches, but man... I just don't know. There are too many variables, too many what ifs. I mean, if one of your starters comes down with it he goes into quarantine but does everyone he's been in contact with also have to quarantine? What if it hits a team and 20 or 30 players get it at the same time? Over half your roster has to go sit on IR for three weeks? Who's gonna play in place of those guys? How would that be fair to that team? They gonna allow a 40 player practice squad? I wanna see a full season as much as the next fan but I just don't see this playing out very well. I'm excited for this current Bills roster. I wanna see Allen take the next step and throw 35 touchdowns and 4000 yards. I wanna see Singletary and Moss run circles around defenses and see Tre pick off 10 passes while Edmunds becomes a top five MLB and Epenesa goes beast mode and racks up 15 sacks and a DROTY award. I wanna see Diggs catch 75 passes and score 12 TDs. Most of all I wanna see all that in a packed stadium with 68k Bills Mafia going ape-dookie. But at this point in time.... I just don't see it happening. And if it does, I don't think it'll be your typical NFL season. Not trying to come off like a pessimist, I try to find the bright spots as much as I can, but just looking at how things are right now with so many variables and unanswerable questions, it's difficult to truly believe it's gonna be business as usual.

I was on Spotrac the other day looking at the FA tracker just to get up to speed on who went where and all that. And I noticed that both Mario Addison and Shaq Lawson received deals that are for three years and $30 million. Guaranteed money for Addison is about $15 mil, while Lawson has $20 mil guaranteed with a larger first-year salary cap hit. I'm assuming the guaranteed money from Miami was more than what Buffalo offered him. I get that Addison has been more productive but he's entering the backside of his career while it seems like Lawson kinda turned the corner last season and is entering his prime as he just turned 26 last month. I understand they view Addison as a leader and they certainly love their vets. But we know Shaq was seen as a solid locker room guy and emerging leader as well. I guess they figure Addison can continue to produce at the level he has or at least match the numbers Shaq put up in 2019. I like both players and I'm not salty that they didn't retain Shaq. I guess I'm just throwing out a hypothetical scenario and saying I might've ponied up the additional $5 mil that Shaq got from Miami to keep him here as it seemed like he was finally coming into his own and he's at that prime age. Just some random thoughts.

Yeah, and they still want the full (almost) $50k tuition. You'd think they'd offer some type of discount since these kids aren't going to be getting 100% of what Harvard classes offer yet they're still expected to cough up 100% of the tuition.

No thanks. Guy drags his contract dispute into social media and tries calling out his GM and whatnot. Has an overinflated sense of ego, doesn't seem like a team guy, therefore, not a process guy.

I'm not sure what all the hype is about, it's not like the guy is some kinda world beater. Take a look at his and Knox's rookie years: Njoku: 32 receptions for 386 yards (12.1 yards per catch) and 4 touchdowns. Knox: 28 receptions for 388 yards (13.9 yards per catch) and 2 touchdowns. His second season, Njoku caught 56 passes for 639 yards (11.4 yards per catch) and another 4 TDs. Last season he played in four games (started only one) and had 5 catches for 41 yards and one TD. I'd say with the promise Knox has shown he can have a sophomore season just as good or better than what Njoku did his sophomore year. So, nah, I don't see any reason to give up anything for this dude.

I heard them going off as late as 1 AM last night. Heard plenty of fire truck sirens as well so someone maybe woke up sans a few fingers today. Also, lighting them off at 2 in the afternoon, what's the point? You can't really see it. There was also the house at the end of my street that set up some contraption two inches off the road, and then it was shooting up little bangers one after the other, as I'm driving by the house, no one is even outside to make sure it doesn't fly into someone's car, or even someone's house across the street or whatever. "Yeah, let's light these off and then go somewhere else!" Dummies.

It's actually Jaughn.

Yeah, happy fourth. Is it just me or does anyone else find it odd we celebrate America's independence with explosions that sound like a war? I feel bad for vets and pets, man. My one cat keeps zipping to the far end of the house until he hears something on that side and zips back out. Neighbor's dog upstairs is barking like a maniac and even I jump here and there when the next house over lights off a buncha loud ones.

I'd like to see them go with those throwback uniforms that have a darker burgundy and gold numbers. And with the throwback helmet too. Like this:

Meh. I think they'll be alright. Barkley isn't too bad. And Fromm seems like he can pick up on a scheme pretty good. If he had to go in, they would probably be a bit limited in terms of how deep into the playbook they can go, as is the case with any young quarterbacks. Josh is a big fella. And all reports this off-season are that he's beefed up and ready to go. https://giphy.com/gifs/southparkgifs-l0HlNsqRcBSNInrzO Edit: I'll be a buttmonkey's uncle if I can remember how to make gifs appear in posts. Dapgummit! Can someone remind me? Thanks.

I dunno, vengeance is a fun word, I guess. They surpassed the Phins and Pats as the AFCE team I despise the most when they hired that googily-eyed jerkface Wahdam Gase.

I thought Hopkins was going to be named the starter and then he got hurt which led to them signing Carpenter, who kicked well enough that they'd stuck with him even when Hopkins was cleared.

I thought he was all in with them and was the rah rah guy that the team rallies behind? I think he's a pretty good player but probably not worth the money he's gonna end up demanding. Adam Gase, man. I know nothing has really been said about why Adams wants a trade but I'd be willing to bet granpappy's old nickel sock that he's not real keen on Gase. That guy is a tool of epic proportions. Either way... Good. I hate the GD Jets. They've surpassed the Pats in terms of my unbridled hatred and vengeance! You're going down, Spleen Darnold! Down like a sweet muffin!

Yep. I mean, I like the guy, he's a good redemption story and he clearly works hard. But man, last season much of this board was in a fever pitch to get him on the field and all I could think was, if he's as good as everyone thinks he is then he'd be out there already. He came up big in the Titans game and had a few other stick-moving catches but beyond that I felt like he was just another guy. I'd assume Gabe Davis takes over as the "size" receiver this year. You...you monster! Nah, I like A1 and I'm always getting crap for it.

Yowza, that's rough. Glad he's alright. A 99% blockage almost sent my old man to the great beyond back in '09.

I wanna see a full season just as much as the next fan, but the closer we get to September, the less faith I have that it's gonna happen. If the so called leadership in this country had taken this thing seriously from the start then we'd likely be much further along. Other countries that acted quickly in ordering quarantine and then requiring masks have got their cases under control. It's kind of a travesty that one of the world's leading countries is in a mess like this. Many deaths could've been prevented, and I was just dumbfounded how some healthcare workers had to use trash bags and whatnot because PPE wasn't being provided. Unacceptable. And now it seems like the country is in a rush to "get back to normal" with a multitude of people who don't wanna follow any preventative measures and so cases are spiking again and it just doesn't seem like they're close to getting a real handle on this stuff. I mean, they cancelled all concerts, festivals, shows, carnivals, fairs, in addition to almost every sport for the rest of the year yet they're saying, "It's cool to go back to work, don't worry about it. But only work and then straight home!" Aside from grocery shopping there isn't a whole lot to do so a nation full of people with very few outlets for after-work activities is gonna become even more disgruntled, or so it would seem. I don't know what's gonna happen but looking at it right now, it seems like it's gonna be really difficult to make a season happen.

Stupid Broccoli guy

Smith deserves a lot of credit for putting together the career he's had given the fact that he had a new offensive coordinator every season for like his first, like six years or something? When given a chance to settle in with the same coaches and players like he did in KC he showed that he's solid.

John Harbaugh's butthole probably just clenched up enough to poop a diamond.

Sooo... you think their fourth round RB will find more success than your big fat free agent acquisition in Le'Veon Bell? The same Le'Veon Bell who was a beast behind Pittsburgh's OL only to crash with the Jets OL for a whopping 3.2 yards a carry? The fourth round kid is gonna do better than Bell and Moss as well? I mean, anything can happen... but I'd say that.... ...I can pretty much promise you that Zack Moss will have a better year than Gore did last season... and probably this season. Nothing against Gore, we all know he's a legend and despite his on-field contributions being less than great, what he offered the young guys in the meeting rooms is where his value was, and a big reason why Beane signed him. I'd say Buffalo has a middle of the road OL right now, but Gore made it look like he had a JV team in front of him. Save for a few nice runs it always seemed to be two yards and a cloud of dust... or smacking into the backside of his OL. But then Devin Singletary would check in and find room to run all over the place, so... that gives me faith that Zack Moss can do better than ol' Frank.

Gee whiz, Billllllll. Yes, he was decent in 2018 but the Panthers still sat home for the playoffs. The injuries looked like they really caught up to him last season. He was missing open guys and the ball didn't have the same zip it usually does. He's kinda been inconsistent over his entire career, so perhaps I mistook 2018 for a different season. Glad we got the Cam Newton Security Squad in you to keep everyone in line.

I know players are keen to push for the best possible deal but it I'm the Vikings, I'm hesitant to give this dude a huge guaranteed contract. He's never played a full 16 game season. He's missed 19 games in his three year career. And no, there's no reason to trade for him. Singletary and Moss will be fine.

His arm seems to be shot. Even when be could've played last season they rolled with Kyle Allen and then let Cam go this year. Also drafted Will Grier. I just think the injuries have really caught up with him.

Hopefully that dumb helmet rule gets changed so they can actually wear the 90s uniforms as their throwback, which I've always wanted to see. I think Tampa Bay contested that rule because they wanna use their classic orange kits which have white helmets. The NFL's whole reasoning is safety or whatever that only one helmet can be used but like... how hard would it be to provide players with their exact same helmet just in a different color? Dummies.

For sure. You also have to account for traditional/folk music of other countries. I'm a big fan of metal and I listen to bands from all over the world. In the early 90s, bands like In Flames, Dark Tranquiliy, and At the Gates gave birth to what's called the Gothenburg Sound (Gothenburg being one of the largest cities in Sweden if anyone was wondering) and the traditional/folk music of Sweden played a role in those bands finding that sound... and I don't think you'd break down their music and just say, "Ah, it's the blues with an overdrive pedal and a Flying V." Music is different all over the world... unless it was strictly American music being discussed and I missed that. But in terms of rap, both black and white individuals played huge roles in developing that genre. People already mentioned the Beasties, but Rick Rubin, a scruffy-haired white dude who's image screams metalhead (which is also true as he's produced some of the greatest metal bands ever) produced a lot of great rap acts when the genre caught on in the mid-80's. But the influence can come from a lot of places, there was the Sugar Hill Gang, and a lot of funk/soul and even disco bands influenced rap. I dunno. Music is a universal language... and there are only so many notes and so many ways to arrange those notes so I've always felt it's kinda weird to be like, "This type of music is OUR music!" I think music, just like culture, is meant to be shared and explored so people unfamiliar with it can gain a better understanding of it. And at the end of the day, it's all art, which is subjective. And that's just how influence works in music... someone hears a certain melody or guitar riff and they expand on it and do it their way. Take a band like Metallica for instance, when they started out people called them ripoffs of British heavy metal bands like Priest and Maiden... but that wasn't the case, they were influenced by those sounds but they went out and played it a little faster, a little more aggressive, etc. and helped create the whole thrash metal scene. Just how it works. One of the coolest quotes I'd ever seen from a musician came from Dimebag Darrell of Pantera. One of the guitarists in a band that was Pantera's opening act on a tour in the early 2000s said he always wanted to apologize to Dime if he ever met him because he was influenced heavily by Dime's style and told Dime, "Man, I'm so sorry for stealing that one riff of yours but it's just too good!" And Dime replied, "Bro, we ain't stealin' riffs, we SHARE riffs!" And I always thought that was a cool way to look at it.