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Didn't Beane do some sort of "face saving" gesture for Jordan Poyer a few years ago when he was threatening to hold out under similar circumstances? I seem to remember them re-doing his contract by adding some more "attainable" incentives that could earn him an additional $500K to $1million or so that season? Perhaps something like that would be enough to get Cook back into the fold for this year, and then kick the can down the road for next season ...

John Denver's birth name was Henry John Deutschendorf

Just saw this for the first time during MNF tonight ....

Seantrel Henderson was the one with Chrons.

Monte Ledbetter - wide receiver in the mid-60's. He came to my elementary school (I was in 4th or 5th grade) to tell us why we should never smoke cigarettes. I just always thought he had a cool name. 😉

I don't pretend to understand all the nuances of NFL contracts fully... I was just going by a story I read in USA Today (who admittedly may have it wrong as well ...) Analysis of why the Arizona Cardinals decided to release Deandre Hopkins

I think when Hopkins saw what OBJ was able to get, even after sitting out all last year, he's is going to want something close to that ($15 mil/yr, with a possible additional $3 mil more with "incentives").

Actually, I don't think that's quite true. He won't be getting ANY "new money" from the Cardinals in 2023. That 22 mil (or more) is what Arizona is on the hook for in "dead cap space" money for what they have already paid him in the past. He made a LOT over the past 2 years, but he's not getting paid by them now (or in the future).

Actually, I think the Colts may be in play for Carr as well. They will no doubt draft a QB with their 1st round pick, but it would be nice for a rookie to be able to learn behind Carr for a year or two.

Thanks for this. It reminded me of something I've been wondering about for a long time. Why do all these YouTube clips of sports talk shows now insert some dude who looks like he's either "lip-syncing" or "interpreting" the conversation for YouTube viewers? I'm sure there must be a logical explanation, as it turns up on almost every clip taken from a TV broadcast these days ... is it to get around some sort of copyright issues somehow?

I think it's 50/50, and won't be surprised (or heart-broken) if the Rams win. As long as we don't have any major injuries tonight in what I see as basically another "preseason game", I still have high hopes for the season no matter what happens tonight. In fact, if the Bills do lose this one, I think it might actually help them focus even more on the rest of the season, especially when they start playing AFC opponents.

Was just scrolling through the 160 photos from Day 1 Mini camp on the buffalobills.com website, and noticed that in every photo where #55 appears, they have it captioned as "Jerry Hughes". I'm pretty sure Jerry isn't participating in the Bills camp this year, and it looks like it might actually be Boogie ... but I'd not heard that he changed his number when Hughes left? Jerry Hughes (55) During Day One of Buffalo Bills Mandatory Mini Camp, on June 14, 2022 Scroll to picture # 81 in the set ... 🤔

I've never quite understood why teams switched from using the backup QB as the holder? Seems like that would give them much better options for "fake FGs", and/or if something goes horribly wrong with the snap, etc. What is the advantage of using the punter for that task instead? Especially if it means cutting the punter with the strongest leg because he's not an experienced FG holder?

I'll also vote for Dick Enberg. I enjoyed Curt Gowdy in his earlier years, but towards the end, he sounded like he was confused a lot of the time, calling players by the wrong names, forgetting the game situation (what down, etc), and sometimes even getting the teams mixed up ... and even the cities! But in his prime, he was great.

Forgive me if I missed it, but I couldn't find any discussion of this play. I simply could not believe that they picked up that flag when Hughes put his hands on Mac out of bounds. He clearly wasn't trying to hit him (looked like he was actually trying to hold him up), but the fact that the refs picked up that flag, especially since it was against Hughes who many think is on some sort of NFL "blacklist", was amazing to me ... and in Gillette Stadium no less! When asked after the game if the refs gave him an explanation for that, Belicheat just referred them to the officials. Curious if anyone heard the explanation?