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Absolutely. Bur if they get impatient, Allen will do it someplace else. I doubt they will let him get away.

I'm high on Allen too. More people will begin to see it this year. They will say its because of the talent around him, but they won't be able to deny he is making the throws. He will be an excellent quarterback in all phases within a couple of years.

Excellent, Chandler. Real-world look at the season. Right on the money, all around.

Not sure it was so ridiculous. $1.5 billion a year for ten years is pretty good.

I called CBS. They said no. I think on CBS All Access you can see replays, but not the live game.

I don't anything either, but I doubt it. I doubt it premarily because rookie running backs rarely start on opening day. As I understand it, it's very hard for rookie running backs to learn the playbook because of the pass route variations, the blitz pickups and the offensive line blocking schemes. They get much less of all of that in college. This year Moss got even less training and preparation in all of that than rookies get in ordinary years. So if I had to guess, I'd say it will be Singletary. I'm not too worried about Singletary and ball security. He wasn't great in that category last season, but I expect he will improve. If he does start putting the ball on the ground again, Moss may push him, but I don't think that will happen.

Can you tell us more? I want to Express VPN and a aw how to sign up. $100 a year. But once I sign up, what do I do? How do I get to a server in Europe? If I do that, then I can just go to NFL.com?

I'm really excited for Thursday night. Real, live, football. I'm worried that I've gotten myself overboard with my expectations. When the reL games start, its going to be as tough as everyone win. And the Pats will be good.

Good description of what King does. He had a good relationship with the Pats and with Rodgers, so when the Pats and Pack were winning he got some really good stuff. Not so much now.

They got Diggs because thats what angood receiver does.

Oh, my. How nice is that? Just beautiful.

DUKE!!!

Allen will be a star in the NFL. The only question is how long will it take to get there. He has all the ingredients. Size, arm, body. The Broncos waited nine years for Elway, then won two Super Bowls.

Thanks. Didn't know what people would think of it.

Unless Covid messes up the season, i think by November it will be good competitive football. Serious athletes going at it. Playoffs should be the same as any season. It won't be an asterisk Lombardi.

I don't know about linebacker. Im not sure I know what a linebacker is any more. So I just trust McDermott. I agree about DT. Losing Star hurt. Like li ebacker, the position is getting blurred. They talk about Epenesa moving inside, about 3 techs playing the one. I worry that they aren't stout enough.

“Ready to Go” And now it’s here, the season Bills fans have waited for since January. The season Bills fans have waited for since Sean McDermott arrived in Buffalo in 2017. The season Bills fans have waited for since Super Bowl XXVIII. To say the 2020 season is the season most anticipated by Bills fans since the early 1990s is no exaggeration. The Bills were a legitimate playoff team in 2019, and on paper they’ve gotten better in 2020. They’re young and maturing, veteran and experienced. They have what look like all the pieces. In May of 2019, I said this: “I think the golden age of the Buffalo Bills is upon us. I think we are about to witness the greatest run of excellence in the history of the franchise, and one of the greatest of all time in the NFL.” I still believe that’s true, subject only to the Bills extending the contracts of Brandon Beane and Josh Allen. 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The move for Diggs was a major statement from Bills' management. Brandon Beane said to everyone "2021 may have been the target year, but we're ready now." It's a statement to Josh Allen, a challenge. It says, “We have everything we need, so it’s up to you.” It’s a statement and a challenge to the offensive line. It says, "We're all in on you. We didn’t sign any high level offensive line talent and we traded out of the first round, because we don't need to replace any of you." It’s a statement and challenge to Brian Daboll. It's a statement to the fans, and to the owners. Beane said to everyone, "we can win now. We aren't done getting better, but we can win now." If Beane had not made the deal and had drafted the best player available with the 22nd pick, the message would have been, "We're still building," because that guy at 22 quite likely was not going to transform the offense in 2020. He might play, and he might have a future, but he was not going to make a transformative difference in 2020. Diggs makes a difference; the deal said McDermott and Beane think they don’t need to wait any longer to win big. The moves on the defense said the same thing. Free agency began and BINGO! The Bills didn’t just plug holes, they upgraded their talent with solid guys in their prime. The message was “all we needed to be really good are a few more solid players.” What the Bills did before the draft screamed at the team, the league and the fans: “We’re ready!” Why is Diggs such a big deal? Not simply because he’s a legitimate number one receiver in the NFL, but because his acquisition moves John Brown to number two, where he has been outstanding in the past, and Cole Beasley to number three, where he, too, has been outstanding. The Bills seem to have upgraded at running back with the addition of Zack Moss, who should be the explosive complement to Devin Singletary that the Bills lacked last season. The offensive line comes back pretty much intact, with a full season of having played together. The Bills expect that Cody Ford will continue to grow into a legitimate starter, and someone needs to step up at guard or tackle to help fill what could be a season-long loss of Jon Feliciano. That looks to be Daryl Williams, a guy with multiple years of starting experience. Thus, the offensive spotlight is on Josh Allen. Allen’s play should improve simply because the receivers should offer him more open targets and the running backs and offensive line should make the Bills less dependent on Allen’s legs to make plays. But it’s not enough if Allen is better only because the players around him are better. Allen himself must be better than last season. He needs to continue to grow as a leader, a field general, a coach on the field. He needs to be a better, more consistent decision maker, and he needs to execute better. That’s the job of great quarterbacks, and being a great quarterback is Allen’s objective. Allen certainly has the willingness and determination. He’s shown it consistently. But it takes more than that. He has to deliver on the field. I believe he’s on his way. If Allen shows just adequate improvement, he will be a top-10 to top-15 quarterback and the Bills will have a good season. I think that’s quite likely. If he makes a real jump, he will be a clear top-10 quarterback and the Bills will be a serious playoff threat with the potential to win it all. Win it all. That’s the challenge Brandon Beane has laid down for Allen and Daboll. And McDermott, and Frazier and the defense, too. I think the Bills will come out of the gate winning. Why? Because McDermott’s greatest strengths are organization, planning, and motivation. 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I thought so too. I hope you're right.

The receiver room is interesting. Three starters and two rookies. McKenzie isn't a very good receiver, nor is Roberts. Two rookies. Says something about what Davis showed. And Hodgins, too I suppose. It looks like they didn't think Hodgins would be around for the PS.

The larger PS makes a lot of sense, although maybe it benefits the good teams.

Good luck to him. McKenzie survives?

Anyone still wish Bills had taken the other Josh?

The perfect explanation. I don't know how old Alpha is, but if you weren't a football fan during that period, you almost can't understand. My son asked me once whether there would even be another Beatles, and the answer is clearly "no." The Beatles were the Beatles not because they were the greatest band ever; they weren't. Not because they had the longest run of excellence; they didn't. They were the Beatles because they became superstars at a time when it was still possible to get the attention of the entire country. EVERYBODY knew about the Beatles, and practically EVERYBODY watched the Ed Sullivan Show when they were on. Namath caught the end of that era, and era when it was possible to be a true nation-wide phenomenon. He was in the news all the time - everyone knew what Namath was wearing, whom he was dating, everything. At that moment in time the Packers seemed to have proved what most people thought - that the AFL teams were inferior to the NFL team. Along comes the guy who is probably the most famous - not the best, but most famous - team sport athlete in the country, and he proves the Packers wrong. It was huge news, a defining moment in the emergence of professional football as the number one professional sport in the country. Joe Namath was on the Ed Sullivan Show after he won the Super Bowl. Mahomes is a good comparison. Mahomes captured the imagination of the football public like Namath did, but in the modern world of 24-7 sports coverage, his impact never could be as great as Namath's was. Mahomes wins the Super Bowl, and he's on late-night shows. The whole country watched Namath; some nightowls watched Mahomes. Namath just happened to be the right guy in the right place at the right time.

Clinton has always been way up on may list of people I'd like to hang with. He's smart as can be, he's funny, and as President he's seen and done things we can only imagine. As for a Buffalo Bill, Fitz or Kyle. Maybe best would be Billy Shaw. I'd love to meet TO. Smart, funny, misunderstood.

I think the Mario Williams signing was a historic turning point for the franchise. There was a lot of misery yet to come, but signing Williams signified that the Bills were willing to make the big move to change their fortunes, and it indicated that big-time talent would come to Buffalo. I couldn't leave my computer during that time, for fear I would miss something.