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He is not a backup, he is our starter. If he leaves that is one more hole we need to fill. When he stepped into the lineup it is the best our oline has looked in years. People can be excited about the team and the new players and still be concerned that we are potentially losing a quality offensive lineman. I've been pounding the table for Bates to have more playing time for a couple of years now. He is a good player. If he leaves, he'll be a starter in this league for a long time. If you don't believe that, fine, but the fact that multiple teams are interested in him shows that he isn't just some backup caliber JAG.

Browns fans aren't a court of law and don't need to presume innocence until proven guilty.

My educated guess is that he was thinking about something. Best I can do.

Yeah, a lot of them referenced Big Ben and how they continually bashed the Steelers for that, so now that their team has an even worse situation they can't be hypocritical and just accept it.

I saw some of this on Reddit. Tons of Browns fans were posting about becoming Bills fans and their disgust with the Browns for trading for Watson. I think, in particular, any female Browns fans will be inclined to leave the team. Tough to root for a serial sexual predator.

The Bills are sure to bring in a vet or two at CB, plus draft one. We'll be ok. But it is the by far the biggest hole on the team right now. Luckily, there is plenty of time to address it.

Seriously.

The Bills will soundly win the division and contend for the 1 seed.

He can drop passes for them now.

I said 8 to 10. I think he will be playing a lot fewer snaps for the Bills during the regular season than he had been playing for previous teams. The Bills will want to keep him healthy for the playoffs.

They are overrated for sure.

Texans are morons and trade him within the conference?

Because of the extra game, I'll say over.

Yep, he is going to command at least $18 million per year plus.

Whatever he is technically listed as, he will be an edge rusher.

Sure. I don't think Star has had his heart in it either, though. And ultimately, it is up to the player to perform and be available. Prove that you are worth the contract you negotiated. Star did not do that. Yes, it was a bad contract, though. The Bills were still a poor team and felt like they needed to overpay to get Star here to be a part of that rebuild, to be an anchor on the dline. We are past that as a team, now.

Star opted out for a year. He then held out till the end of training camp. He has had multiple injuries and illnesses and hasn't been available. He has also been a healthy inactive a couple times, and even when he played his snap counts diminished. I don't think Beane and McDermott are too excited by him being on the team anymore. Yes, I am guessing. But they just went out and signed three defensive tackles. And they have drafted a couple since he has been here too. They've clearly been trying to upgrade for awhile and now have finally done it. We can expect him to be cut.

I think the linebackers will benefit a lot too.

Has Rodgers started a new juice cleanse in protest yet?

That's just not the case. They do have inside information on a lot of teams. The Bills just aren't one of those, apparently.

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, but they were manufactured from blitzing more, which makes the defense weaker in other areas. I think we will get a lot more sacks and pressures from four man rushes.

You are quite passionate about this.

I don't view it as a low risk. I view it as a medium risk. Bates is a good player. But if we lose him, we lose him. We'll survive. But we can expect the guard position to continue to be a problem.

That's exactly what I said. I think YOU are confused by my post. Go back and read it.