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Levy is the winningest coach in Bills history, and is in the NFL hall of fame. Dickerson was a jacka$$ and a clown. I used to listen to him on wgr on my drive home. He wanted “strong opinions, strongly held”. Never admit you’re wrong, never back down. Although he had a good deal of football knowledge, and could be a good teacher, his character flaws and thirst for vengeance made him his own worst enemy. A bit like another popular figure.

Not sure that id be washing out Bishops season quite yet. I'm no expert on scapula fractures, and I dont know what portion of his scapula was fractured, but the observation that hes not even in a sling tells me its a non-displaced fracture. And 'm guessing that it will be almost healed by 6 weeks. Its not like a turf toe, or hamstring, or high ankle which might nag the entire season. I'm thinking hes good to go by game 1 or 2 . Lots of time to get into game shape. Its not a lost season.

Is that the old Trico plant in the background ?

Butler, Bill O Brien, and McDermott all went to La Salle high school in Philly suburbs. Butler was DB coach and then promoted to DC when OBrien was at PSU. Butler was widely disliked by players as he wouldn’t take responsibility for any errors and laid all errors at the players feet. Good riddance.

Dude. Coot De Ivoire is a stripper, not a country.

3 drops in 4 throws for a player who had a 2.2% drop rate last year is a cause for concern. Not sure what’s changed, or whether it’s an “off night”, but it’s not something to blow off as irrelevant. it’s something to track and pay attention to.

McGovern started all 13 games as center at PSU his sophomore year. Their OC refused to run plays from under center, so all he did was shotgun snap. I don’t recall any problems with his shotgun snaps. Althouh he only played a couple games at center for Dallas, I’m not worried about him relearning shotgun and under center snaps.

PSU has a very good weight training program. He did 15 reps on bench press, broad jump of 10.9, and vertical of 42.5. These aren’t going to improve much. Hardy’s problem is size, and he’s not goin to grow. May gain 5-10 lbs, but won’t get taller. He’s very sticky in coverage. Reminds me of nickel Robey, but stronger. I’ll be surprised if he’s cut.

I’m saying LB depth was a problem last year. If we’re playing Rapp and Hamlin, that’s a problem. If I’m Beane, I’m looking for safety help as priority 1.

LB was a huge problem at the end of last season.

I saw him play back in the mi 1960s. He wasn’t a running QB. Never ever ran an option or QB power. He was a classic dropback QB and an OK scrambler. He didn’t have a strong arm and was an ok passer. He was a good leader and his teammates seemed to respond to him. Best comp would be Kirk cousins, but without cousins accuracy.

I don’t think Cam Lewis qualifies as a surprise cut.

Call me crazy, but I’d rather have a QB who was judged to be good enough to be the #2overall pick 6 yrs ago rather than take a flyer on some kid from Tulsa.

Umm… Not sure how you know, but… Blood doesn’t flow out of the leg via an artery. Blood flows out of any extremity via a vein, not artery.

Not an unpopular opinion.

This is the reason that participation in OTA is important. Given the number of choice routes and decisions, this is why all receivers need to know how their QB thinks. And why A Rogers was a selfish prick for skipping minicamp. Not that I mind.

Depends whose voting. if it’s player, I thinkTaron Johnson makes it. If the press, nope.

This is including TE? So, basically, your'e saying that, by yardage, Bills will have a bottom 5 pass group. Ima taking that bet any day of the year.

This was discussed a while back. Bonus Money is taxed based on the state where you team is located. NY for Bills. But salary is taxed by the state in which the game is played. The interesting twist here is that we hear about players converting salary to bonus,and it’s a wash. Not quite. This could lead a Bills player to receding more of his income in a high tax state, and a lower % in low tax (TX, FL) states.

I used Wikipedia as a link rather than CNN or other "biased" source. 1) Manafort and Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_Paul_Manafort 2) Don Jr and Russia meeting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_meeting 3) Why did Trump pardon Flynn? Did it have anything to do with Russia? Hmm.... https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pardon-michael-flynn-russia-aeef585b08ba6f2c763c8c37bfd678ed

1) Ahh, youre right. Not to voluntarily relinquish office. Hope thats better. 2) I agree that Biden is also unfit for office. Due to age and cognitive decline. Not because he's a compulsive liar, cheat, or con man though. 3) Listen to Don Jr? I'd rather re-watch the PSU-Iowa 6-4 barnburner.

1) Clinton--wasnt a fan of his, thats why I voted for Bush Sr in 92. Think I probably voted for Clinton in 96, but the Republican candidate wasnt very inspiring. Dole was it? And by 1999 we were running a government SURPLUS. So not terrible fiscal policy. 2) Bush Jr and bad info in Iraq. Yes, there was bad info re WMD. I dont think that Bush conjured that up, I think it was a combo of bad intel and over agreesive interpretation by national security apparatus. 3) Nixon and Watergate. Of course he was guilty and deserved to lose the presidency. I note that todays Supreme Court would have let him off scott free. Thats a topic for another day. 4) The claims that Trump wasnt legitimate in 2016 were entirely different than Trump denial in 2020. Clinton was complaining about the electoral college system, in which a candidate coudl clearly win the popular vote, and clearly lose the electoral vote. But like an honorable competitor, she conceded that she lost, according to the rules of the game. Trump and his droogs say they were fighting against a corrupt system, which 40 courts disagreed with. I say he's simply a poor loser. With Clinton, there was no silly, corrupt scheme to try to claw back the election, followed by 4+ year of election denial. Youre comparing apples to hand grenades. 5) The ties of Trumps campaign to Russia were clear. Mantafort went to jail over them, the ties of Don Jr and General whatshisname to Russians were clear. Trump wasnt charged simply because of executive privilege.

This is pretty much where I'm at. Just for some perspective. I'm an old guy. I watched the game at The Rockpile where Namath threw 8 (yes eight) passes for TDs. Of course 3 were to Bills DBs, and Bills won 37-35! I consider myself an independent, and voted for Reagan twice, George Bush 4 times, and Mitt Romney twice. I like some of Trumps policy stances. Against chain migration, and most affirmative action. The gender identity politics strikes me as a diversion, as it affects a small slice of Americans. Of course a 20 yo biologic male shouldnt be competing against female runners or swimmers. This should be common sense. Common sense also tells us that Trump is unfit to be president. He's a compulsive liar, a con man, a grifter, a tax cheat, in politics only for himself. He is the first and only president not to relinquish his office after clearly losing an election. Yet for some reason, he inspires cult-like loyalty from almost half of Americans. I find this stunning. There is no other political figure in my lifetime who inspires flags and T shirts with his name or face to be flown. I listened this evening to the first couple speakers of the RNC. its all about Trump, and the speakers declaring their loyalty and fealty to the greatest US president ever. And how he's now a war hero. He's not. George Washington, Dwight Eisenhower, George Bush Sr., and yes, John McCain are war heroes. Trump is a draft dodger. I find this loyalty and admiration for a single man, as opposed to a set of ideas (such as the Constitution) to be quite disturbing.

OP stated that he thought the Bills 2024 WR group could be improved over the 2023 group. I think he may be correct, but you continually insist that he’s wrong because PFF has them as the 27th graded group. its an interesting group of WR. Shakir finished the year on a strong run the final 7 games, among the league leaders in catch % and ypc. Will this be a springboard to becoming a top 10 WR? Coleman is a promising rookie, with a strong record in college. Samuel has been a consistent performer, with 600+ receiving yards 4 of the past 5 seasons, with poor QB play. MVS has had consistent success, averaging 500+ yds and 15+ ypc in 5 of the last 6 seasons. Claypool had 800+ yds his first 2 seasons (with good qb play), then fell way off. Can he resurrect his career? Hollins has had one good year with 600+ yds As a group, these WR have been successful NFL WR. They all have question marks, but it’s not as if these guys, as a group, have never had success in the nfl (excepting Coleman, who was their first draft pick this year). I’ll bet that this group finishes 2024 as better than 27. You in?

Im pretty sure the original lyrics were “with Lofton,Reed , and Bebe”