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He claims he's lost weight. I guess he played last year at 285. Bills have him listed at 281, but that may be out of date.

I don't think he would have been any better at all. His Chargers teams were all-time great teams. Statistically, Rivers is a top 4 QB all time who was playing with a top 10 all-time RB along with two future pro-bowl RBs as backups, a top 5 all-time FB, a top 5 all-time TE, a dominant pro bowl WR, and a defense loaded with pro-bowlers and all-pros. The problem with the chargers was Rivers and to a part, his destiny. He just didn't have the clutch trait. You could count on him to fall apart when all the chips were down, and on the occasion that he didn't fortune would ensure that he would still fail via a missed chip-shot, botched snap, or a broken play on defense at the last second. The dude was the ultimate Cooler. I've never seen so many twists of fate happen to a player in the last moments of a football game. Tony Romo had that same problem coupled with injuries. They both had the talent to be Super Bowl Champions, but you just knew it was never going to happen for them. I'm not suggesting anything except they won them and the player they won them with belonged to a team that supposedly "won" the trade for him. rivers was definitely the more prolific and consistent player over the years, but I'd pick a QB out of a hat to play in a big game for me before I'd take Rivers.

The chargers may have gotten some all-pro players, but the Giants got 2 Super Bowls. It's not really debatable that the Giants won based on the only metric that matters.

What part was confusing?

He's a worse pass rusher than he is a run stopper. His 'out of this world' athleticism bails him out from terrible instincts in pass coverage and run support, but you need to be technically sound and have good instincts to be a capable pass rusher. I'm looking forward to him signing a 100/5 contract with the Raiders in the offseason.

So was Diggs against allegedly the best cornerback int he game. Benford played just as well as Ramsey. In the modern NFL, you aren't locking down a guy like Kupp. He's going to get his. You just need to stop him when it matters most and they did. The pass rush sure helped a ton too.

I think Elam is going to be an absolute monster. Great size and a physical player. Maybe he'll be the one we use to lock down elite TEs in the future. Once Tre comes back, we're going to have a very capable corner as our 5th CB.

Going to do some wings on the grill tonight using this method from Chudd's BBQ. The dude is a monster of the pit and has never steered me wrong, but curious on thoughts between regular Franks Red Hot, their Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce, or any other recipe you've got. For reference my holy grail of wings is Nine Eleven Tavern followed by Bar-Bill but I'm also up for charbeque, lemon pepper, asian sauces or whatever on occasion. What's your take?

Just bought 5 lbs of wings, so I guess I'm going to audible to doing those on the grill and probably pick up a pizza at halftime.

Smoked pork butt is a strong possibility.

Cooper Kupp just had the best receiving season in league history. You can like your own players without them having to be the best all the time.

Elam. I won't be shocked to see him get a pick.

They're the top safety duo in the league and of the two Poyer is better. This argument not to pay Poyer is pretty stupid. Before Miller got here, he was arguably the second best player on our defense. 31 years old isn't old for a safety. he could very easily play out another 4 year contract with no dropoff in production.

I'm not overlooking it, I just think that he's a product of opportunity. He's the red zone target because he's who we've got. If we had Kyle Pitts, Hockenson, Gesicki, etc they probably would've been the target. Again, solid player, just not a special one based on what he's shown so far.

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But he is now. Of course the relative value of contracts changes over the years. Not arguing that. They are still paying the maximum right now though. There's no point in re-signing your own players or being a good team with a chance at a ring if you're just going to pay the same amount as a bad team team would for the same player on the open market. Good player, bad value. Your parents named you Uille?

Their respective ages don't interest me. Their talent and production does. After all, Tremaine Edmunds is still only 18 years old.

I won't argue that he's at least as good if not better than those players, but other teams overspending on mediocre TE's should not have an outsized impact on our approach. It's a weird time for TE's because you have some top 10 talents playing on rookie deals. Meanwhile you have guys like Ertz and Waller who are better than Knox and making significantly less money.

Considering Kelce makes about $1M more a year, I highly doubt that will come to pass.

I have no complaints that he isn't an elite player. I have complaints that we're paying him like one.

I really don't like it. Knox is a fine player, but he's far from an elite talent based on what he's shown so far. I think he's closer to top 10 than top 5. A team that's a league favorite shouldn't have to overpay for mediocrity the same way we did when we were in the drought. If he wanted top 5 money, i would have rather drafted a replacement and signed a guy like Gesicki to mid term.

Sure, but that's nothing to be nervous about. It's something to be excited about. They could get blown out 48-0 and it won't effect my feelings about our year at all if they bounce back the next week.

They didn't. Josh Allen did. You can have all "the process" you want but Case Keenum, Matt Barkley, Davis Webb and Tyrod Taylor aren't making you SB contenders, even with the rest of the team. There was a lot of talent here before before Beane even walked in the door including White and our vaunted Safety duo in Poyer and Hyde. He drafted some nice complimentary pieces, traded for Diggs and signed Miller. That's all great, but without Allen none of it matters. If he had the #1 pick in the draft is Beane taking Allen, the raw prospect with spoty accuracy and football that never won a thing in one of the worst conferences in D1? I'm sure he'd tell you yes, but if he was that sure that Allen was going to be as great as he was, he should have been a lot more concerned he wouldn't be there by the time our pick rolled around. That's not to say that both buys haven't done their jobs very well. A good process ensures you have as many opportunities to have probability favor you as possible. The way the cap has been handled, the way they've brought in competition for positions of need are all good things. Some of these high end draft picks other than Allen need to start producing before I'm ready to give too much credit to Beane. It is clear that McDermott has had a meaningful positive, and has shown he can have a team be competitive even without a marquee QB. Then again, so did Rex Ryan - he just didn't have the Bengals to help him get to the playoffs.

I don't see this as a big game. Yea, they're last year's Super Bowl winner, but it's a new season, and they don't crown champions in September.

I was over it 15 minutes after it happened. It wasn't my first Bills game.