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Good stuff! Love it! Thanks! 2 questions: Could Brown and Beasely tag along? Who is Victor Bolden?

Link?

Doubt it. Beane really likes Zay. There was some interview this offseason where he went out of his way to praise Zay and even mentioning the need to come up with a contract for him in a couple years.

That's really interesting the relationship the 2 Allens and Darnold seem to have after working together last offseason. Darnold and Allen seem to have developed a genuine friendship like Kelly and Marino... let's just hope we're the bigger beneficiaries of all this work. On a side note, I'm wondering if/when Allen is going to get together with his WRs (new and old) to continue to develop chemistry. I like the idea of "cementing" his mechanics the way Palmer says, but I'd like to see Josh get together with Foster/Zay/Brown in Buffalo to help cement some chemistry. Liking that Foster has been there working the whole offseason.

Love it. Hope he's getting lots of time with Allen in. Foster really does have a legitimate chance to be a solid #1 WR for us.

Do we even have the money anymore for this? Any experts to update us on our current salary cap? Where's Bumbles when you need him?

Personally, I'm not excited about the Beasley signing... I was very much hoping we'd get Humphries as our slot WR, instead. I don't have a ton of faith Williams will prove to be worth anything, but I'd love it if he did. Regardless, Brown was a really solid addition to our WR corps... just gotta hope he can stay healthy.

Absolutely... we signed 2 Centers... one of whom will likely be a starting Guard. We signed our RT in the guy from Washington. I think Teller is our other Guard and even though Dawkins isn't great, I think he still sits as one of our starting Tackles. WRs are upgraded with Brown and Beasely and hopefully the improvement of both Zay and Foster. RBs are covered even if they're almost in wheelchairs. We added one TE, which gives us 2 on our roster now, but neither are difference makers. I think one of the top 2 TEs--Fant or Hockenson--are our targets.

I think Hockenson is very much in play as our 1st round pick, but ideally in a trade down to 15 or so.

Man... if it's "judicious" of Beane to go this hard after the 2 most obviously expensive FAs out there, what would a rash decision actually look like for him? Guess they're thinking seriously about cutting Shady, despite saying otherwise.

Imagine if we had this backfield 4 or 5 years ago

Why? Seriously... why? Chris Ivory is still under contract, right? We now have two 30 year old RBs and one 35 year old RB???? What's the thought process here?

Well... they're OL and I just don't pay much attention to OL. But here's a ranking of the 50 best UFAs this year and they lump Morse and Paradis together at #8 and #9... does this sound accurate? https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/03/ranking-the-50-best-2019-nfl-free-agents-by-value 8. Mitch Morse, C, age: 26 9. Matt Paradis, C, age: 29 We’re lumping these two in together. Paradis is the better player, but Morse will cost a team less money and is younger. Whichever teams end up with these two should be getting good value. Center is an underrated position and teams won’t have to pay a steep free agency premium to get them to sign.

I will. I'm in no rush... just gotta see it before Endgame. As for the rotten tomatoes reviews, I used to look at those critic reviews and weigh them pretty heavily. Over the years I've come to discover that the user reviews are the most accurate ratings in terms of how good a movie will be. Just as a couple examples, The Hitman's Bodyguard currently sits at 42% critic's reviews (rotten) and 67% user reviews (fresh). I remember going to see that movie in the first month it was out and the user reviews were in the 70% range, close to 80%. That movie was a blast. Laugh out loud funny with great action. The Greatest Showman currently sits at 56% critic's reviews (rotten) and 86% user reviews (fresh). That movie was also a blast... in a different way... and you've obviously gotta dig musicals. Marvel's The Punisher on Netflix is another good example of wildly divergent opinions from critics vs. users... and another example of where I side with the users a lot more. So I actually think those reviews are helpful, but mainly the user ratings. That's why crap like this pisses off people who go to sites like that for a legitimate overall feeling of a movie from audiences: https://news.avclub.com/the-morons-are-already-out-here-trying-to-tank-captain-1832753416

Okay wtf is going on? What's with all the crap that the Captain Marvel movie has been taking on? I haven't even seen the movie yet, but it has the lowest audience ratings by Rotten Tomatoes for a Marvel movie in the Avengers cineverse EVER!!! Lower than Thor: Ragnorok (which I couldn't stand) and the extremely forgettable Iron Man 2 & 3. I know there's push back because, I guess, Brie Larson is viewed as some extreme feminist, but are there seriously this many Internet Trolls out there? It's pretty irritating because usually I find the Audience scores more reflective of how good the movie is on Rotten Tomatoes than the Critic scores, but that 59% vs. 80% is clearly bullcrap.

More to why I barely pay attention to Syracuse basketball 'til now. Regular season college basketball, unlike both the NFL and obviously college football, is relatively meaningless. Hell, it's meaningless even in relation to the NBA. In the NBA, the regular season tells you who's almost a lock to be in the "final 4" championship games of each conference because they're best of 7 series. While in college basketball the "one-n-done" NCAA tournament is fun to watch, it's almost no indicator of the best team for that season. Boeheim becomes a better coach and the Orange always become a better team in the tournament, for some reason, and I'm just expecting that yet again this season after a very BLAH regular season.

Other than Golden Tate, I think he's the best slot guy out there.

Is that what he is?

Oh c'mon now... we would have by far the oldest RB corps in the NFL with McCoy and Ivory and then old man Gore.

Was there something confusing about what he said?

Yes. Julio is worth it as a player and he fits the culture of what McDermott and Beane have built in Buffalo.

Just actually watched what he said. What a load of crap. Guy should be a politician. He said AB was the problem while trying to evade the question. Plus, early in the interview he literally raves about the situation in Oakland as being ideal because of having an "offensive Head Coach" and an established QB like Carr. And on a side note, much like he did with Jalen Ramsey, I'm sure Allen is paying attention to a sleight like that and it's one more little spark to his fire.

We in the habit of taking NFL player agents--especially ones as notorious as Rosenhouse--at their word now? Seems to me he's trying to save face for his idiot client at this point. Beane pulled out, but I'd bet it was the effect of something on AB's part.

This deserves reposting. One of Joe B's more thoughtful and accurate columns I'd say.