Inigo Montoya
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On 8/24/2020 at 2:07 PM, Greg S said:
But Jets fans say Darnold is the greatest QB ever. He is already in the HOF and has a gold jacket in their eyes.
The Josh Allen hate on the Jets' message board is crazy. They definitely have a high opinion of Darnold as well. I tend to agree with them, on the Darnold part at least. I think Darnold can be an above average QB in this League and if Darnold had come to the Bills instead of Allen, Darnold would be ascendant. As it is, I think Darnold has had about as much success on that dysfunctional team as he possibly could have.
You just can't overstate how important it is for a rookie QB's success to go to a franchise that has the ability and patience to support their development.
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Just now, Chandler#81 said:
Can I make fun if this, or will you go all anal on me too?
WAIT! nevermind..?♂️
Lol
Yeah, definitely not my finest TBD moment...
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Live shot of Brandon Beane working on the Ngakoue trade
Offering a conditional 2023 5th round pick and a pair of old gym socks
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8 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:
Or mighta been making a funny.
Yeah, you're probably right R.N.
My bad... @BruceVilanch ?
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49 minutes ago, IgotBILLStopay said:
cant have an agreement for an extension on a franchise tag after july 15. other than that minor hiccup, I agree with your post.
Thanks, I didn't know that.
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11 minutes ago, BruceVilanch said:
I was told backup QB was the last piece of our puzzle.
No you weren't. You were told a solid back up QB is insurance to protect a team's chances during a championship run. I would take issue with you for deliberately misrepresenting my position but I think it was probably just an honest mistake on your part, more of a reading comprehension issue.
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There is no way Beane signs Ngakoue without having an agreement already in place for an extension. He isn't Bill O'Brien. I would love to add a DE like Ngakoue if they can get the numbers right. If you cut Murphy or trade him you clear a lot of cap space that can go towards Ngakoue's contract. Addison is 32 and obviously isn't the long term answer here. This Bills roster is on the cusp of being a legit Super Bowl contender. An elite DE may be the final piece of the puzzle. This is why you manage your cap wisely so that when an opportunity like this comes up you have the means to take advantage of it.
This move might be the one that puts this team over the top. I'm all for it if Beane can make it happen.
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1 hour ago, Rochesterfan said:
This just brings up so many questions.
1. How do we know if we have a Frank Reich on our team? Frank’s 1st 3 years in the league he completed 10 of 20 passes for just over 100 yards and 0 TDs with 2 Ints. Not exactly the stuff of legends.
2. Could Fromm become Reich like or at least be that good coming out of the gate? We do not know - just as we knew nothing of Reich until honestly the 1992 playoffs - 8 years into his career. At that point he was 4-2 as a starter with a 60% completion percentage on a team that was loaded with talent.
3. I love Frank for all his patience and the way he would stay back and help guide Jim when needed, but as a true QB - he was nothing special. He was 5-15 as a starter in his career with a sub 55% completion, 40 TDs and 36 ints. Heck throughout most of his career - he was Matt Barkley. Reich had a lower completion percentage, similar win %, but a much better TD to Int ratio. The difference is Reich did most of his damage when on a team with enough talent to go to 4 Super Bowls rather than limited talent teams like Barkley. Reich’s one year with more than 3 starts saw him with a sub 54% completion percentage, 16 TDs to 15 ints in 7 games with the Jets and a 1-6 record. Is that what you are looking for?
I get that Back-up QB may be an issue, but I am not sure we do not have something similar in place already. We may need better, but then so do a ton of teams as there are not 32 legitimate starting QBs let alone back-ups in this league. I would love to see better, but not sure at this point what is really better and what is just window dressing.
All fair points Rochester.
In an odd way I think you underscore my point. We honestly don't know what we have on this roster when it comes to backup QB. Could Barkley, Fromm, or Webb rise to the occasion and play lights out for a stretch this season? I guess it's possible, but admittedly it's not very likely. For a team that I believe has a real shot to win a Super Bowl this year for the first time in over 20 years, and that has available cap space, I think shoring up the backup QB position should be an important consideration.
If we had offered Dalton $5 mil this year ($2 mil more than the Cowboys did) would that have been enough to lure him out of going home to Texas to backup Prescott this year? I don't know. I think it would have been $5 mil well spent though. If we have to run Matt Barkley out of the tunnel to start weeks 8, 9, and 10 against the Pats, Seahawks, and Cardinals I think we would all be jumping at the opportunity to bring in Dalton at that price.
Just my opinion. I understand your position though.
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8 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
So if you had your choice to add Frank Reich or Jim Kelly to this roster what is your choice?
Obviously you're adding Kelly.
Jim is still healing up. Kelly Strong Jimbo!!!
I'd take Frank Reich and send our AFC competitor the Indianapolis Colts into total disarray scrambling to replace their head coach with only three weeks until the season opener.
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Just now, Buffalo_Stampede said:
I wish we had a Jim Kelly.
After graduating college and playing in the USFL for a couple of seasons Jim Kelly finally joined the Bills. He didn't have a winning season with the Bills until his third season. Let's give Allen a little more time to see where he ends up. I think Josh might end up being special in his own right. Not too many Jim Kelly's out there.
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1 hour ago, MJS said:
Sounds awesome. If our biggest issue is a backup we must be in a pretty good spot.
We have the deepest, most talented roster since the Marv Levy / Jim Kelly Super Bowl Era.
I just wish we had a Frank Reich.
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I think back up QB is the one glaring hole on our roster heading into the 2020 season. Not only do we have to worry about a regular injury to Josh Allen this year, we also have to worry about him coming down with COVID19 and missing several games while he recuperates. We don't have another QB on this roster that I have confidence in to step into the lineup for three weeks and win us 1 or 2 games. I was really hoping we would make a run at Andy Dalton when he was released. How valuable was having Foles, Bridgewater, and Tanneyhill for the Eagles, Saints, and Titans over the last few seasons?
I know there are only so many quality QBs that become available each year, but I think that when you are putting together a team that has a legitimate shot at winning a championship, you need to make an investment in a quality backup QB. I think it's worth $3-4 million a year in cap space to do so, especially when your starting QB is still on his rookie contract. To put that amount into perspective, that's half of what Beane will pay Trent Murphy this year to be a rotational DE. Dalton is getting $3 mil from the Cowboys this year.
This year the depth of your roster is going to be more important than ever due to COVID19. We have quality depth at just about every position on the field except for the single most important one. I do not mean to bash Beane with this post. I am a huge Brandon Beane supporter and I think it's a miracle where we stand today compared to where we were just three years ago. That improvement is due in large part to how well Beane has done his job. Maybe he has tried but was unsuccessful in signing a quality backup. Who knows? At the end of the day I would just feel a lot more comfortable going into this season with someone more accomplished than Matt Barkley holding a clipboard next to Josh Allen.
I think it is hard to dispute that backup QB is the single biggest hole on our roster heading into the 2020 season. I hope it doesn't cost us.
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It could also be that he was still playing because he liked the culture, locker room, and coaches in Buffalo. Maybe when he got to San Fran and got a sense of the team he realized that he wasn't going to enjoy it as much as he had in Buffalo. He probably already has more than enough money to retire comfortably (the Jets gave him a big contract when he left the Washington Football Team) and simply decided to call it a day.
Either way, he is a part of the Bills' family now and I wish him all the best in retirement.
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5 hours ago, Logic said:
Yep. The Jets did it exactly backwards: They're paying big money to their running back, but they've put a mediocre or worse offensive line in front of him. I'd much rather spend big money on the offensive line and then plug in a running back. I don't expect Bell to have a very good career as a New York Jet, at least until they convincingly improve their offensive line.
Agree 100% Logic. Nice thread bye the way...
MacCagnan was a terrible GM and knew the writing was on the wall for him and tried what a lot of GMs do to try and save their job when things start to circle the drain, bring in the big, flashy free agent signing to try and turn things around quickly. As usual, it didn't work. What good is a RB without a line to run behind?
Joe Douglas is an Ozzie Newsome disciple and seems to know what he is doing and I expect him to bring the Jets back to a competitive level in just a couple of seasons. We have a two year head start on the Jets at this point. Douglas is building a stock pile of draft picks and clearing cap space to lure in a solid head coach after this season. He has a good QB already on the roster and is trying to rebuild the O-Line just like Beane did. They have some solid pieces on defense too. I think the Jets' head coaching job will be a highly coveted gig after this season. I wouldn't be surprised to see Josh McDaniels end up there.
Lets hope the Bills can strike while the iron is hot with all three of our AFCE foes going through major transitions right now.
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8 minutes ago, 1ManRaid said:
Isn't Sony Michel injured?
Yep, that’s why they brought in Lamar Miller. Not sure if Michel will be ready for Week 1, but he shouldn’t miss much time.
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I've seen several reports that Cam Newton looks like he is fully recovered from his injury / surgery and is throwing and moving well in the Pat's camp. With Cam Newton being the QB Josh Allen is most often compared to, it will be interesting to watch those guys play each other two times this year. Of course they don't really play each other with both being on offense, but the match up will be fun regardless. How do the two teams QBs and teams match up head to head? I put 8 categories down in no particular order and my opinion on which team/QB has the advantage.
1.) QB Rushing: Advantage Bills/ Allen. I think Josh has the edge here. He is younger and his body is still in one piece. Cam saw his career on life support last season because of the punishment his body has taken. I think he might be a bit more conservative when it comes to running the ball going forward. Allen is a major part of the Bills rushing offense and is likely to remain so. Allen was responsible for 1 out of every 4 rushing yards last season and scored 9 of the offenses' 13 rushing TDs.
2.) System Knowledge: Advantage Bills/Allen. This one seems pretty straightforward. Allen is in the the same system year 3, Cam is in a new system with a truncated preseason.
3.) Coaching: Advantage Pats/Cam. I'm a big McDermott fan and he is getting better, but no one is Belichick's equal with in-game management. He just doesn't make mistakes. Bastard.
4.) Receiving Corps: Advantage Bills/Allen. The Bills offense clearly now has one of the most skilled WR1/2/3 sets in the NFL. The Pats always had Tom who could elevate the play of whatever WRs they fielded, but fortunately those days are now over.
5.) Running Backs: Advantage Pats/Cam. This is a hard one. I think Singletary is a hell of a back and I think Moss is going to be great, but he has yet to take an NFL snap. Behind those two are Yeldon, a rugby player, and Taiwan Jones. There's a lot of potential with Singletary and Moss, but they are not there yet. The Pats have James White, the best RB in the NFL that no one talks about, Sony Michel, Damien Harris, Lamar Miller, and Rex Burkhead / Brandon Bolden who are likely competing for the same roster spot. If you add Josh Allen to the equation it might be different, but this is about RBs.
6.) Offensive Line: Advantage Pats/Cam. The Bills have closed the gap considerably and the Pats have lost their starting RT Marcus Cannon to a COVID19 opt out, but they will still return a top five O-Line in 2020.
7.) QB Passing: Advantage Pats/Cam. I think at this point Cam is the more accomplished thrower. If his shoulder is healthy and he can still throw with velocity, I think he has the edge here. Cam's game has never been about pinpoint throwing accuracy, but his career completion percentage is a respectable 59.6%. Allen's by contrast is 56.3%. It's fair to note that Allen's percentage was much improved last year at 58.8%, and there are many other metrics beyond completion percentage that comes into play evaluating a QB's throwing ability, but I think it is fair to say that the onus is on Allen to improve as a passer and not Cam.
8.) Defense: Advantage Bills/Allen. You know that Belichick is always going to field a solid defense, but I'll give the lean to the BIlls because they are bringing back more of their defensive starters this year. The Pats have lost more key players to free agency and COVID opt outs than the Bills have; Kyle Van Noy, Danny Shelton, Patrick Chung, Dont'a Hightower, and Jamie Collins. The Bills lost some players to free agency/retirement but I think they did a better job plugging those holes this off season. We have also only lost two players to COIVD opt outs, Star and Gaines. Many of our replacements on defense have played McDermott's system before. That continuity will be especially important this year with no preseason.
The end result is a 4-4 tie. I think the gap between the Bills and Pats has closed considerably. These two teams in their totality are now pretty evenly matched with the BIlls moving up and the Pats falling back. I think this season series will most likely end up with a 1-1 split. If either team can sweep the series they will win the division. Anyone who thinks the Pats are going to be an easy out this year is crazy. I think both games will come down to the final possession.
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I’m not going to pretend to have an informed opinion about how much Milano should receive. There are three things though that I feel pretty confident about;
1. Milano should not be the highest paid LB in the League
2. Milano is not even the best LB on the team
3. Milano is a stud and a vital part of the D and he needs to be resigned
I’ll leave the rest to Beane who I trust to thread the needle again.
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9 hours ago, Victory Formation said:
If you wanna be gay, be gay then. But there’s no need to be inappropriate and cross so many basic lines and boundaries every chance you get though. We get it, you’re ***** but no need to antagonize people with offensive language, it’s just not cool. It’s not about intolerance at this point. Rather nobody gives a damn about which player you’re going to rub one off to later and I’m sick of hearing about it. I really really really don’t want to hear it. Could you please consider refraining from posting inappropriate sexual innuendos on this board? Once again it shows a complete disregard for sexual social norms which is really really really weird.
Dear Victory Formation,
I've always enjoyed innuendos but didn't use the word much before the advent of spell check because I could never remember how to spell it correctly. As for your impassioned plea to Sherlock to abstain from "posting inappropriate sexual innuendos" on the message board, it clearly states on the TBD membership contract that innuendos, hints, allusions, and suggestions as well as phrases such as, "wink wink, nudge nudge, know what I mean?" are perfectly acceptable for this message board.
However, your use of the phrase "rub one off" does clearly violate Rule II, subparagraph 3, section 8 of the TBD membership contract. Please refrain from "rubbing one off" on this board in the future. I would hate for you to get in trouble with the moderators.
Your friend,
Inigo
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25 minutes ago, BillsMafia13 said:
I’d give my first born for them to keep gase for just one more draft
Lol! I’d love to see Gase stick around too. The problem is their new GM Joe Douglas seems to know what he’s doing. He learned from Ozzie Newsome who was a top 3 GM in football before he retired. We have a two year head start on the Jets. Let’s hope we can take advantage of it. -
Roster depth will be more important than ever this season for teams that are looking to make a playoff run. This is another solid move by the Bills to add O-Line depth. Cutting Winters was a good move by Douglas to free up cap space for next year. I think Douglas and reasonable Jets fans know that the Jets are a long shot to make the playoffs this season. Douglas is marshalling cap space and draft picks to build a real foundation for the future. Bring in a new head coach next year and have the resources to put together a winning program.
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1 hour ago, Richard Noggin said:
You strike me as a skeptic, rather than a medical professional. I live with medical professionals, and try my best to keep up on what the peer-reviewed scientific community is learning and sharing about this novel coronavirus. You're absolutely correct that long term health effects of COVID-19 have not been studied and reported upon due its recency. But you're positing a false equivalency when you lump it in with "any severe respiratory infection" with respect to lung damage AND you're using a red herring by focusing on lung damage specifically, when the post you're responding to focuses on deleterious cardiac issues.
Also the stay-home-if-you're-immuno-compromised-or-scared argument you shared previously is NOT one shared by public health officials or medical experts, because it's not about each of us protecting ourselves...it's about each of us protecting society by not contracting and spreading the virus.
So I'm suggesting your points are slanted away from science. And that downplaying the virus and our responsibilities in this time of crisis is how the NFL could lose the season, and many people could unnecessarily and prematurely lose their lives. Which often gets lost in all this: people are dying when they don't have to. We should really try to prevent that.
And maybe the NFL is going to discover its plan is not insular and cautious enough to be sustainable. (I sure hope not, by the way.)
I don't know what you feel I'm being a skeptic about. I actually do follow the science because it's my job. I admitted a COVID19 patient with pneumonia three hours ago. You say that I am "slanted away from science" which is completely off base. The science as it currently stands supports my position. If the science changes, then my position will change with it. I don't have a dog in this fight one way of the other. I have taken this pandemic very seriously from the start. I lived in my garage for the entire month of April sleeping in my backpacking tent and had zero personal contact with my family because I was worried about infecting them with COVID19 if I contracted it at work. We knew very little about the virus then. We know a lot more about it now.
The article about heart issues with COVID19 sited by the TBD member I replied to is typical of the "science" the public gets their information from. It was not a peer reviewed or controlled study. It wasn't even a real study, it was a collection of data. The article was written in a way to gin up fear about heart complications from COVID19. Did the article mention that many everyday infections also cause myocarditis such as the common cold, the flu, mono, and strep throat? Or did the author simply state that COVID19 is causing serious heart issues without providing any of that context at all? Does it compare the rates of myocarditis between patients infected with influenza or strep versus COVID19 ? Did it quantify the severity of the myocardits in these patients? Are any of them actually symptomatic with the myocarditis? My guess is that the overwhelming majority of the patients had no idea they even had it.
This virus is only going away in one of three ways. 1. We develop herd immunity as a society. 2. We develop an effective vaccine and people take it. 3. It burns out on its own like many viruses do. I don't think any of those three are happening in the near future. Take away message is that we are going to have to live with it for a while longer. Back to the issue at hand.... the risk of serious illness or death to young healthy people like football players from COVID19, according to the science, is almost zero. That is not in dispute. People with significant comorbidities and the elderly should self quarantine as much as is practically possible until one of those three things listed above occurs. That too, despite what you assert, is not in dispute.
How this pandemic has become a political issue is simply beyond me. Appreciate the conversation my friends, but I'm done.
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2 hours ago, Rocbillsfan1 said:
If there isn’t a bubble, then they aren’t really giving it a go. They are going to get paid either way. Screw roger goodell and his greedy ass but I’m sure people like yourself will just blame the players.
As of this weekend there have been 4.7 million confirmed cases of COVID19 infection in the US. Many epidemiologists suspect that undiagnosed cases are probably ten times that number, but even if we use a very conservative five times that number for undiagnosed cases, that means that 25 million people, or 1 in 12 Americans have already had COVID19. I don't think that any of those people contracted the virus playing football. They were simply going to work and the grocery store and doing their regular activities.
I would imagine many NFL player will contract the virus even if we don't have a season when they go to the grocery store and Walmart, just like everyone else. As I noted in a post above, since young healthy people (insert NFL players here) are more likely to die from the regular seasonal flu or pneumonia or car accidents driving to the stadium than they are to die from COVID19, I don't see what is to be gained by shutting down the season. I don't recall the NFL shutting down during bad flu seasons in years past, and the flu is more deadly than COVID19 for the typical NFL player.
If someone wants to opt out of the season that's fine, and that is exactly what some players are choosing to do. I guarantee you that some of those players that opt out are going to contract COVID while they are at home opting out. I'm not a big Goodell fan myself, but you insinuate that Goodell is forcing the players to play out of greed. That is clearly not the case.
I know plenty of people that have been going to work since day one of this pandemic making $12.50 an hour to put food on their family's table. NFL players should have the same opportunity. Let each player weigh the risks and benefits of playing and make their own informed decision just like I have and my friends working for $12.50 an hour have.
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24 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
This is the study I read the other day.
Thanks for posting the link.
Context is everything. Inflammation of the heart is called myocarditis. Any systemic infection, including regular seasonal influenza can cause it. The fact that people with COVID19 infections have a higher incidence of myocarditis than people who are not sick is not surprising at all. Just so you don't have to take the word of a random internet poster (the irascible Inigo Montoya ?) claiming to have a medical background, here is a quick link to an information piece that talks about myocarditis. It clearly states that common viral infections are a very common cause of myocarditis. Time will tell if there is a higher incidence of myocarditis with COVID versus all the other viral respiratory infections. I suspect that if they did an MRI of people following an infection with influenza, the regular flu, they would get similar numbers. It would be more surprising if COVID didn't cause myocarditis in some patients. It would also be surprising if the vast majority didn't recover with no long term consequences, especially young healthy patients.
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000149.htm
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17 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
There's been many studies that say COVID-19 weakens the heart. People that don't believe COVID-19 is a threat likely won't believe these studies either.
There have not been "many studies" that demonstrate that COVID19 causes lasting cardiac issues or any other long term consequences. The virus hasn't even been around for a year yet. How can there be any solid studies that look at the long term health consequences of this virus when it hasn't even been a year since the very first person on the planet contracted it?
Any severe respiratory infection, COVID or otherwise, can damage the lungs permanently, especially if you end up on a vent. COVID is not unique in that respect at all.
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Prayers up for Fitzy
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One of my favorite former Bills. Hope he and his family are OK.