Richard Noggin

With respect to outside WRs, Beane has shown a persistent affinity for every draftnik's most dreaded profile: the long, strong, physical, contested catch guy. Kelvin Benjamin, Andre Holmes, Duke Williams, Gabe Davis, Justin Shorter, Mack Hollins, Keon Coleman, etc. There is a role for these guys, but with the Bills, it's such an obvious role of motioning inside to run block or run a slant, fade, or maybe a shallow crosser/intermediate flag a la mesh concept... Offense seemed to SHINE with smaller, faster, better separators (and different OC). Maybe that was a specific "era" in the NFL, but Allen sure seemed to flourish with guys who got OPEN. Imagine that lol.

Not knowing what a PRIVATE trainer is putting in your own body is an absolutely INSANE claim for a professional athlete to make. Maybe 30 years ago that could hold water. Then again, didn't Ohtani make this same scapegoat scenario work for him? Even with some super bizarre/contradictory messaging out there initially.

Gotta admit how cool that reads. Impact S concussed by a monster QB who then goes on to have a legendary game.

I believe I've just been insulted, sir.

You've NEVER made fun of Kelce's lazy physique as his on-field production diminishes? Try it out. Super fun.

Don't think anyone could reasonably disagree with this perspective. Only thing is that each NFL season is so variable and who really knows what's beneficial or not until after things play out.

You don't think the general angst surrounding the value expended on acquiring Kincaid, compared to the ROI, is at all warranted? I'm not at all suggesting he's already a bust, but it IS perfectly rational to see the trade up to draft him as largely unrewarded, to date. Kincaid could step up in year 3 and become a reliable weapon for Allen, but it hasn't happened yet. Something that doesn't help his cause with fans: he doesn't look like a guy DEVOTED to maximizing his time in the weight room. I've certainly enjoyed ridiculing Travis Kelce's body composition in recent years.

The fact that this does NOT exist is just pure greed. Like the broadcast contracts would be SO much worse with ONE week to fill with something other than NFL games. The NFL is on a trajectory that can only ADD days/weeks to the content schedule. It cannot SUBTRACT at this point.

Focus on technique. The fundamentals.

Wasn't he just OWNING his former college teammate, Mike Hughes?

Agreed for that game, and the playoffs at home in general. Regular season is a different animal, however.

Does this suggest the Bills home opener will be "well attended" by Ravens fans? Sucks each time those North division teams' (both NFC and AFC) fans establish a visible and audible presence in Orchard Park. On one hand, I cannot blame any season ticket holder who is able to sell 2 single game tickets for over $1k. Goes a long way towards paying for the rest of the games. Especially now that we're paying PSLs to a billionaire. However, I will always resent any Bills season ticket holder who resells to visiting team fans, even though I empathize. All the North division team fans have traveled well to WNY in recent years. Eff that noise.

I find it really difficult to predict what's reasonable for the Pats. The AFCE has recently been rife with "offseason ascensions" that fell short of their optimistic projections, and sure, the Pats are broadly seen as this year's contender. Could be the case. But there is too much projection in that narrative to have much confidence in it to date. (I'm privately impressed with their moves since the season ended. Not convinced their OL is up to par, however.)

Awesome thread overall. Just look at the magnificently nerdy nonsense right above me on my screen as I type out this reply: People can approach these ranked analytics from so many directions, and employ so many different analytical tools, as well as so many different philosophical/evaluative perspectives. Personally I think it's true that fans (of teams who didn't just win SBs) overvalue their own org's FA and draft MISSES. And probably aren't nearly as aware of the frequency or impact of other good orgs' misses. Grass is always greener cliche. But the truth is that if Beane and Co had actually locked down just a couple more hits amongst the misses, especially near the top of the draft, then maybe the Bills would have a 'Ship already. Or maybe if coaching was just a little more ahead of the curve. Or maybe if good players just made one more play... You see how insanely interrelated football is. Nothing can truly be analyzed or judged in a vacuum.

Pro Football Reference has 2024 Bills 9th in passing yards (also 9th in rushing yards). Where are you looking? And either way, being ahead of the Bills in that category doesn't exactly correlate with season success. Not a GREAT indicator imho.

He's brilliant but he's also a dork (different from being a nerd, which of course he is). He enjoys being a pedantic Buzz Killington about popular misconceptions and kinda publicly yucks people's (slightly and blissfully ignorant) yums. Not a great ambassador in that he doesn't inspire a ton of wonder, at least with his noisy public persona. I'll admit his first appearance on The Colbert Report (a billion years ago) is the episode when Colbert finally figured out his own character's persona. Amazing interview. Tyson would find a way to make an amazing, season-defining NFL replay seem less amazing once you realize that centrifugal force is not actually a real thing and that centripetal force, which is the actual concept, doesn't actually apply at all in this case. You see how arbitrary and pedantic that was to read?

Exactly my (implied) point: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;" and yada yada

The Chargers social media team are the absolute best at this annual schedule release content (and I'd think are highly thought of nationally in the content creation/marketing/promotions spheres). They really know where to go to reach new and younger fans. They keep up. Older, established fans don't matter much compared to newly acquired fans who haven't yet established a specific team as the brand they might someday spend money on. Super smart. *not sure if Capt. Andrew Luck has traction with the new/young fans above, but maybe there's some retro/cult popularity I'm unaware of. Either way, quality collab.

Should be paid DOUBLE by the looks of this clip. And truly, the 2025 schedule, minus early bye week, is just another link in the championship chain of circumstances aligning to make this the year. Finally feels like even the NFL wants it to happen. **the author of the above optimism fully recognizes the likelihood of, and is even anticipating, yet another novel, season-ending calamity.

I can understand some rando NFL fan or person across the country who doesn't care enough to look at the video or to know anything about what Dawkins actually looks like. All they know is they saw a headline about it and that's the deal.

DO they, though?

People genuinely thought this was actually Dion's leg? For real? That's rough. Information literacy education never kept up with the proliferation of the internet. Education in general, really, wasn't prepared to combat intellectual laziness. And here we are.

Given that they used to wear the same uniform, the likelihood of that is increased. (No one tell Taylor that Stefon plays for a different team.)

That's just not what a show like that is focused on, though. Of course they'd touch on his day job lol, but there would be some crossover value for the network, which would most certainly involve topics outside his day job. He's a person. His fiancee is a person. They're both deeply embedded throughout digital and broadcast entertainment spheres. Consider applying a critical, holistic lens to the whole "stay in your lane" sentiment you've been positing whenever Allen's fiancée is potentially in play. He's spoken for.

You're an odd bird. That show isn't exactly where one goes to break down Xs and Os.