First Round Bust
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I think it speaks well of the Bills talent evaluation. - yeah all late round picks that have some chops, but:
Anderson - now on third team
Johnson - same
wildgoose - same
McCloud - same
Who gets cut when we add:
1. Punter - this week or next ?
2. Tre - one month from now ?
3. Ike B - either one month or season-ending IR are the choices with that achiilles
GR radio says Bills have singed to PS (so far) : Love (DE) Bryant (DT) Blackshear (RB)
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beano gonna take care of some internals:
1. upcoming 27 cuts will eat a little more cap space - good thing we dont cut many picks as the late-rounders have modest dead cap space...
2. PS cap space plus budget for in-season unknowns - injuries, vet depth signing, trade deadline move, etc
3. maybe....one vet contract maintenance ??? its gotta work for the Bills now more than before
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24 minutes ago, marck said:
No dead cap on a trade, sorry to point out your lack of knowledge as to how the cap works.
as a matter of fact, yes, but that would require a grasp of facts and reading comprehension skills, keep the job...IF you have one
24 minutes ago, marck said:Any other brilliant thoughts to share?
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at end of the day:
Beano is going to miss: 2nd round for Ford, 3rd rounder for Kelvin Benjamin come to mind
Josh is going to throw the occasional INT
our RBs are going to fumble once-in-awhile
WRs going to drop passes as well...
OL gonna jump early and hold on touchdowns - happened Saturday
DBs gonna hold on DL sacks - happened Saturday
we got 28 starts from Cody, we save about 500k in cap space(1.4M in salary gone, minus 900k in dead), got a fifth rounder back which is where Beano excels, Ford cant swing to tackle which is something the draft department now knows better how go to gauge, tihik RAS (Doyle, Brown).
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cody-ford-29074/stats-valuation/
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am expecting more use of the double TE offense has me keeping one more TE Morris over Sweeney or vice versa and cutting Blackshear, 4th RB is a dead roster spot, and returns handled by Shakir (P) and Cook (KO)...expect several Bills to be waived picked-up or traded in next 7-10 days.
Its the pre-season....Denver didnt play any starters so the results were skewed somewhat and yes our backups played well, and that reflects good coaching, cohesive-teamwork not just talent...
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2 hours ago, No_Matter_What said:
Kinda surprised about Wydermyer. I was hoping we can get something out of him. He was deemed as 2nd round prospect a year ago. Something went really wrong with him.
yeah I checked his draft card with D Brugler (the Beast)...he went undrafted, is slow-footed, runs a 5.1 40-time, must not have shown separation, blocking skills, improvement, etc
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Nelson (TE) , Josh Allen, Perreault, Lafontaine, Peca, Eichel, Resitsma,, Blank - sorry I stopped the show me thinks..
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7 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:
When I was a senior, there was a sophomore girl named Jordan Simmons that was just beautiful. I don't think this is the same person.
senior...what..citizen ?
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nice snag, thanks for the update, my new guy to follow over the next month and watch during second-half pre-season games with the 3rd and 4th stringers...
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got to get some live fire reps at game speed esp with some new O personnel, new O coord calling plays, etc...
loose the season-opener ? this becomes reason # 1 as to why...
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as a kid went the last game at the War Memorial (Rockpile) a 21-21 tie against the Lions...history says count on Bills fans taking home a piece of something on their own...
Last game at the Rich/Ralph/WhateverBank/HighWaterMark will be a highly coveted ticket and spirited event, my hope is that is an AFC championship and the Super Bowl parade starts or ends at the old ballyard for one helluva party and goodbye celebration...count me in....
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its the qbs stupid - some very expensive ones but only one really good one in this div...glad the Bills get this div this season...
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Pete Axthelm, Jimmy the Green Snyder, Hank Goldberg...those old school ,Lincoln Town Car personalities, that you wouldnt-couldnt-shouldnt have taken seriously would actually be entertaining...makes you wonder what analysis, metrics, facts, etc (or lack thereof) would go into their "professional" predictions...
Back in the 80s, Axe would call a woeful Green Bay-Tampa Bay game, the "Bay of Pigs" for example
rest in peace Hank, and keep picking those loosers from the best view above...
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Sept 19, 1971 - attended my first Bills game, home opener at War Memorial (Rockpile) vs the Cowboys - lots of points scored, Dennis Shaw threw for several TDs and OJ scored one right in front of me....Tony Greene debut, smallest player on the field...Craig Morton was Cowboys qb, not Staubach, and Walt Garrison has a big day as did the Cowboys O...many years later ran into a friend of Tony Greene, who would bet anyone-everyone willing that he could beat them in a race running backward while you ran forward.
Saw some beer bottles fly aimed at a cop on the field, a fight near me, a dude caught the ball after an XP and outran the cops with the ball until he got to the other side where the rest of cops gang tackled him and cuffed him...just the usual Bills game at the time, another loss and the fans entertaining themselves "Buffalo style"...
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On 6/28/2022 at 12:18 AM, Sierra Foothills said:
I think it's hard to talk about Marlin Briscoe without talking about his teammate James Harris and the parallels in their careers as they struggled as black quarterbacks during the racially tumultuous 1960s. Central figures in this story include OJ Simpson, Lou Saban, Jack Kemp, Chuck Knox, Tom Flores, and others.
Consider (with help from Wiki):
Marlin Briscoe:
- Drafted by the Denver Broncos in 1968.
- On October 6th became the first black QB to start a game in the AFL and in the modern era of pro football.
- Briscoe threw 14 touchdown passes that year in just 5 starts, including 4 on Nov 24 against Buffalo; both are still Broncos rookie records. He also threw for 335 yards in that game, a rookie record that stood until John Elway broke it in 1983, and one of only three 300+ yard rookie games in franchise history.
- Before the 1969 season started, Briscoe, still determined to play quarterback, discovered that Denver head coach Lou Saban intended to use Pete Liske as the starter, so he asked to be released. He went to the AFL's Buffalo Bills where he was turned into a receiver, since the Bills already had superstar Jack Kemp, former Pro Bowler Tom Flores, and James Harris, another black quarterback with a more prototypical 6-foot-4 and 210-pound frame.
- Briscoe never played quarterback again, but he enjoyed a splendid career. He led Buffalo in touchdown catches in each of his three seasons there and in receptions twice. In 1970 he was in the top two in receptions and receiving yards and became an All-Pro.
- After the AFL-NFL merger, he played in the National Football League from 1970 though 1976, mostly with American Football Conference teams. In 1971, the Bills traded Briscoe to the Miami Dolphins for the first-round draft pick used to take Joe Delamiellure, who developed as a Hall of Fame guard.
- Briscoe went on to win a pair of Super Bowls. Briscoe led the undefeated 1972 team with four touchdown receptions and was the leading receiver on the Dolphins in 1973, catching more passes than future Pro Football Hall of Famer, Paul Warfield.
- A biopic titled The Magician, based on Briscoe's life, has been under development for several years. Canadian actor Lyriq Bent has been approached to portray Briscoe in the film. In 2016, the University of Nebraska Omaha, Briscoe's alma mater, honored him by unveiling a statue.
James Harris:
- In 1969 Harris was drafted in the eighth round of the Common Draft by the American Football League’s Buffalo Bills, and would soon join fellow rookie O.J. Simpson in the starting backfield.
- On September 14, 1969 the Bills made Harris the first black player to start a season at quarterback in the history of pro football.
- Harris was also just the second black player in the modern era to start in any game as quarterback for a professional football team. Wide receiver Marlin Briscoe, of the AFL's Denver Broncos, had been the first to start a game at quarterback in 1968, and a few of Harris's completions in 1969 went to Briscoe, who, by that time, had been traded to the Bills and had been converted to the position of receiver.
- In 1973, Harris was the understudy to veteran John Hadl as the Rams went 12-2 and returned to the playoffs for the first time since 1969. As the 1974 season began, the Rams offense sputtered under Hadl and the team stood at 3-2 after five games.
- In an effort to spark the Los Angeles offense, Rams head coach Chuck Knox promoted Harris as the starting quarterback. In his starting debut for the Rams against the San Francisco 49ers, Harris completed 12 of 15 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another as the Rams won easily, 37-14, at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The performance earned Harris a perfect passer rating for the game. Two days later, Hadl was then traded to Green Bay, and Harris became the Rams' first-string quarterback for the remainder of the 1974 season. The football world was stunned by the bold move. However, Harris came through by leading the team to seven wins in its last nine regular-season games. He led the team to its second straight NFC Western Division title, which was also their first playoff victory (19-10 over the Washington Redskins) since 1951.
- Harris thus became the first African-American quarterback to start and win an NFL playoff game. The Rams lost the NFC Championship Game to the Minnesota Vikings 14-10. Harris was named to the NFC Pro Bowl team in 1974 and was awarded MVP of that game.
- The strong-armed Harris helped lead the team to another division title in 1975.
- Harris, in turn, became the first African-American to open a season as his team's starting quarterback in National Football League history.
- "As a quarterback, I had done all I could, more than most people could, but it still wasn't enough for the Los Angeles Rams organization to accept me as a quarterback, not a black quarterback," he commented. At the time of his departure, Harris held the highest career completion average of any quarterback in Rams team history (55.4%) and had been an integral part of three straight NFC West Champions. Harris was deeply upset by his trade from a perennial playoff team to a team in rebuilding mode and also by losing his status as a starting quarterback. Nonetheless, Harris maintained a good relationship with Chuck Knox until the latter's death in 2018.
- Harris served as the Baltimore Ravens Director of Pro Personnel from 1997 to 2003. During his tenure, the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV. In 2003, Harris left the Ravens organization and went on to serve as the Vice President of Player Personnel for the Jacksonville Jaguars, resigning on December 23, 2008. He also served on the NFL subcommittee on college relations.
- On February 2, 2009, the Detroit Free Press reported that the Detroit Lions were set to hire Harris as a personnel executive. On February 12, 2009, the Detroit Lions officially named Harris as Senior Personnel Executive. Lions General Manager Martin Mayhew has a long history with Harris, and indicated he was the only individual who was offered the job. Harris assisted in all areas of player personnel in an advisory role. He is no longer employed by the NFL. He officially "retired from the NFL" on February 27, 2015.
James Harris had a gun for an arm and should have become a starter for the Bills but we lacked patience and vision and most of all talent in our front office thru the late 60s and most of the 70s...sigh..
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back at that time, the daze of my misspent youth...I thought we were on to something with the rebuild...had a very talented group of WR in Briscoe and Haven Moses, JD Hill (2 of those 3 were number 1 picks)...couple of early second-round picks in Dennis Shaw (qb) and Jan White (TE) and then the back-to-back USC number 1 picks OJ and AC (who made more fame together in the LAPD White Ford Bronco chase scene than we "initially"[pardon the pun] thought)...just goes to show we didn't have the right qb and our TE woes continued for decades...then the bad trades of Briscoe, Moses, James Harris, Dunaway, etc and the missed drafts of Patulski, Dokes, Nebraska LB Twins (Ruud, Nelson), Gant, etc, etc...no wonders we made the playoffs once during the 1970s (wildcard loss to Pitts) and the 0h for the decade against the Dolphins...SMH
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Marlin Brisoce has passed away - One our better receivers during the early 70s -played 3 years for Bills -
October 1968, after being drafted by the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL), he became the first black starting quarterback in professional American football and established a Denver rookie record of 14 touchdown passes that season. He played professionally for nine years, including Bills and Dolphins
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34157179/marlin-briscoe-first-black-starting-qb-afl-dies-age-76
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Briscoe was 5-foot-10 and 177 pounds when the AFL's Broncos took him in the 14th round of the 1968 draft at the age of 22. The Broncos intended to convert Briscoe to cornerback, but Briscoe had negotiated for a chance to compete for the quarterback position.[3]
On September 29, 1968, starter Steve Tensi suffered a broken collarbone, and backup Joe DiVito was spotty. Head coach Lou Saban summoned Briscoe from the sidelines in the fourth quarter against the Boston Patriots to give him a try. Briscoe's first play was a 22-yard completion. On his second series he orchestrated an 80-yard touchdown drive. He completed a 21-yard pass and ran for 38 more himself, carrying it the last 12 yards for the score.
A week later, on October 6, he became the first starting African-American quarterback in the AFL. Briscoe threw 14 touchdown passes that year in just 5 starts, including 4 on Nov 24 against Buffalo; both are still Broncos rookie records. He also threw for 335 yards in that game, a rookie record that stood until John Elway broke it in 1983, and one of only three 300+ yard rookie games in franchise history. He completed 41.5 percent of his passes, and averaged 7.1 yards per attempt and his 17.1 yards per completion led the American Football League (and ranks 18th all-time). He also ran for 308 yards and three touchdowns.[3]
Before the 1969 season started, Briscoe, still determined to play quarterback, discovered that head coach Saban intended to use Pete Liske as the starter, so he asked to be released.[4] He went to the AFL's Buffalo Bills where he was turned into a receiver, since the Bills already had superstar Jack Kemp, former Pro Bowler Tom Flores, and James Harris, another black quarterback with a more prototypical 6-foot-4 and 210-pound frame. Briscoe never played quarterback again, but he enjoyed a splendid career. He led Buffalo in touchdown catches in each of his three seasons there and in receptions twice. In 1970 he was in the top two in receptions and receiving yards and became an All-Pro.
After the AFL-NFL merger, he played in the National Football League from 1970 though 1976, mostly with American Football Conference teams. In 1971, the Bills traded Briscoe to the Miami Dolphins for a first-round draft pick Joe Delamielleure, who developed as a Hall of Fame guard.
Briscoe went on to win a pair of Super Bowls. Briscoe led the undefeated 1972 team with four touchdown receptions and was the leading receiver on the Dolphins in 1973,[5] catching more passes than future Pro Football Hall of Famer, Paul Warfield.
Briscoe made stops with the San Diego Chargers, and Detroit Lions[6] before ending his career in 1976 with the New England Patriots. He had 10 receptions for 136 yards and 1 touchdown in 14 regular season games for the New England Patriots in 1976. He caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Steve Grogan in the Patriots 48–17 rout of the Oakland Raiders at Schaefer Stadium on October 3, 1976. Early in his career, Briscoe was intercepted by Boston Patriots AFL All Star Defensive Back Leroy Mitchell in Denver's 35–14 rout of the Patriots at Fenway Park on November 3, 1968. He is the only player to have been intercepted by a Patriot player and later to have caught a touchdown as a Patriot receiver.[7]
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was with the org from the beginning 1960-1997 - I remember BN articles about him dispensing salt tablets during 1970s training camp practices on hot days...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abramoski
started as player got hurt became a trainer, and made the Bills Wall of Fame
often volunteered for NY state special olympics as a trainer
an original...one of us...gone but not forgotten...now taping ankles in heaven...rest in peace Eddie Abe...
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As part of Tight End University..Dawson Knox won the Boys Club charity event with the mo$t donation$:
the prize is 50K to his hometown - Brentwood Tenn and 50k to his NFL city Boys Clubs
the Mafia rose to the occasion cuz thats what we do - support our team and city unconditionally
a lot of you gave - high five
extract of the facts from the BN today:
On the last day to donate was Monday, and by then, Knox once again had full control of the lead. His total ballooned and is now listed as $56,985. Okonkwo finished with $39,263.
O.J. Howard, signed by the Bills in March, came in third, with $7,520. Howard missed last year’s TEU due to an Achilles injury, but he is excited to make this summer’s event.
Jalen Wydermyer, a Bills rookie undrafted free agent, came in 14th out of the 78 tight ends listed on the leaderboard.
Now, three Bills tight ends will get a chance to soak in more from position-group peers around the league for a few days.
They won't be the only Bills on hand. George Kittle, one of the organizers, said last month on the "Pat McAfee Show" that Josh Allen was one of the quarterbacks he was recruiting to throw at this year’s event, and Allen did indeed make it there for TEU.
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been a two bye advocate for long time
the thursday nite games should not be played with teams playing the Sunday game before, short rest-recoop plus compressed planning, travel, logistics, stress, etc
every thurs nite game should be played with teams coming off of byes and two byes should accomodate this and gives a better product.
shorten to two pre-season games, teams can add a joint practice, 1 or 2 days as a substitute...scant national TV coverage of the pre-season, i think 6 games total this upcoming pre-season is not a significant loss of NFL revenue.
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5 days left
as of 540 PM June 15
Knox was at $22.044 in first place and Kelce was in second with $4517 +$17,527 (and 13 seconds)
OJ Howard in 6th place as well - not bad for a new guy
Knox in first place with 890 donors (me and you) and OJ Howard is in second place....
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12 hours ago, JerseyBills said:
So is Tre White practicing??
6 months into ACL tear recovery ? this becomes a question at 9 months around mid-Sept
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runs a 5+ 40 time, questionable blocking skills, not going to help on special teams, fine with being on the PS and developing into something hopefully
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1 hour ago, sirebors said:
Technically the animal on our uniforms is a bison and not a buffalo. There are no buffalo in the United States. The two anisorry mals aren't even closely related. Buffalo are native to Africa and Asia. Bison are native to Europe and the America's.
back in the days of my misspent youth, on those sunday evenings I regret missing that episode of mutual of omaha's wild kingdom in favor of watching a sabres game
Ozzy - HalfTime Act
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by First Round Bust
update
Ozzy is to perform at halftime...according to classic rock (The Home Of High Voltage Rock'N'Roll ).
Fans in the stadium will be treated to a multi-song medley on the eve of the release of Ozzy's new Patient Number 9 album
Fans watching at home on NBC and Peacock will be shown a portion of the performance during the halftime interval.
the linky mentions the Raiders instead of Rams, the article originally did as well, has been corrected...must have been written or approved by Ozzy...
keep on rockin in the corporate world..
https://www.loudersound.com/news/ozzy-osbourne-to-perform-half-time-set-at-la-raiders-vs-buffalo-bills?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=classic-rock&fbclid=IwAR1S8g9Dzn8Lo7DS3sZLQ6tpLlxrG1Ax0lCN69tSC211ucKJrtGhHzvSuoU