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Preaseason Week 2 depth chart. No changes observed other than the disappearance of Brandon Shell

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Milk check?

You're thinking about his head?

You wrote "he is the most experienced linebacker we have....". The point is he is NOT the most experienced linebacker at playing MLB. He has no experience playing at MLB. Maybe he would adjust, maybe he wouldn't, but in the meantime you are substituting a learning curve at 1 position for a learning curve at 2 positions.

You can check the play by play in the PDF available at the bottom of "game details". Beas played in the 1Q, with Tyrod Taylor and then DeVito. Crowder played early in the 2nd with DeVito.

The Giants signed Paris Campbell, who is primarily a slot, for $2.9M guaranteed. Then they signed Jamison Crowder to a VSB (vet salary benefit) contract with small signing, workout, and roster bonuses. Then they signed Beasley to vet minimum with NO bonuses The general feeling on folks covering the Giants seems to be that Shepard, Slayton, Hodgins, 3rd round pick Jalin Hyatt, and Parris Campbell are sho-ins. That probably leaves one roster spot. Crowder can return punts and kicks - did last year and the year before. Beasley has returned punts and kicks in the past, but has not done so since 2018. Some Giants writers are putting Beasley ahead of Crowder. Both caught everything thrown at them in the game vs the Lions, Crowder 2 of 2 for 32 yds, Beasley 4 of 4 for 33 yds. Beasley played in the 1Q, Crowder in the 2Q, which is often held to indicate position on the depth chart, but it's only the 1st preseason game.

Some of the other players in that video are also wearing long sleeves (Gabe Davis, Deonte Harty, Trent Sherfield, a couple of guys who are standing around and I can't see their #s). Let's start worrying about their elbows, too. Please get a job. If you have a job, please get a hobby.

Imagine being Josh Allen and having every single decision you make micro-analyzed. Maybe he wants to practice his sliding and doesn't want turf burns on his elbows. 🩹 Or maybe he's hiding track marks 🤦‍♂️ Or maybe he's cold. Josh has actually worn long sleeve shirts to practice a fair bit. 68 in Orchard Park right now, can feel chilly when you exercise then stop.

We have a long-standing tradition at TBD of having people observe a player's success at one position, and deciding they would be just as successful at a very different position. Milano is a top linebacker - as an off-ball linebacker. He has zero, zip, nada, no experience at MLB. He would have a learning curve there.

it's not infalliable, but the way a team ranks it's WR is often reflected in $$ Beasley is #8 for the Giants I don't know if it's a function of injury then continuing recovery, but I thought he was slow getting to the spot in 2021 and painfully slow in 2022. He was making or attempting to make some circus catches, but in part that was because he wasn't where he was supposed to be (yet) when the ball was thrown

I could be wrong, but I don't think Beasley wants to live on the practice squad. Guy has $38.9M in career earnings, and unless you count recording equipment or building basketball courts on his properties, I don't think he's squandered it a bit. PS guys make a max of what, $385k? What's 1% to Beasley? He wants to play, and he thinks he's still got it.

If we see the starters, I think it will be only for a series or two

FWIW Thad Brown highlighted Isabella for a good move today: On the other hand.....I don't think Isabella should get "a couple reps with the 1s" just to show Shakir the competition is still open. In his article on the Bills-Colts game, Joe Buscaglia did a deep dive into the snap counts of the receiver corps and pointed out that Sherfield (who played for Diggs on Sat but has been seeing snaps in the slot) was called after only 2 series, making him kind of the presumptive "#3". He also pointed out that when the Bills went to 11 personnel, it was initially Harty, not Shakir, getting those snaps, and that Harty's day ended before Shakir's. So if Shakir doesn't know there's a competition going on for #3 WR, he's dense as a lead brick, but his competitors are named Sherfield and Harty, not Isabella. What? I love to see passes thrown directly at our DBs - ANY of our DBs!!!!

It's actually about Bard College in Annandale NY but ⭐⭐⭐⭐ for the reference.

1. No significant injuries 2. No clobbering of Mason Rudolph by TDots helmet, TDots, or anyone else on the Bills or their helmet 3. I would like to see someone step up and declare at CB "I'm the Man" 4. OL looking more solid in pass pro, especially the IOL 5. cut way down on the pre-snap penalties

This is gonna be a weird analogy I'll probably take flak for, but I'm reminded of the Tanya Harding situation back in 1994. She was portrayed in the media as the "toughest" female skater because of her background. Some of the other ice princesses properly objected, pointing out that they all train hard and power through injuries and take bruising, painful falls; they are all competitive athletes who work hard to win, they just didn't cross the line and kneecap their competitors. Self control is key. Football is about playing at the angry edge of losing control - but only between the whistles. Then there has to be a switch. So some pushing and shoving and jawing, sure. But you're right - getting into fights or failing to tamp it down between end of play whistle and the next snap, only hurts the team. I know training camp fights are different than a game, but don't think that people around the league aren't watching and thinking "if the Bills go ahead and start that guy at MLB, maybe he's a guy we can work on and get him to lose his cool and blow up, gifting us yards".

That would be sad. Spotrac estimates that Oher made $34M in his 9 season career. But people have run through bigger sums of money if they develop an addiction to drugs or gambling or trust the wrong investment advisor or simply spend like they have no limits.

Well, I'm with you in not being knowledgeable about movie rights, but I think maybe when there's a book based on a true story and then someone wants to base a movie on it, and the book already has some kind of signed releases from the people involved, the studio only has to pay for the rights to the book, and not pay the people to use their story. But like I said, this isn't my lane. We got all kinds of people who know stuff on this site so maybe someone will educate us. However, I did enquire of my friend Mr Google and found this: https://beverlyboy.com/filmmaking/how-much-do-book-authors-receive-for-film-rights/ I found that the production budget was $29M, so if that article is correct and the book author gets 2%, that would be $580,000 (though it mentions there being a cap sometimes, ie if the original budget was $10M, the payout might cap at $200k). So let's say that the Tuohys are correct that the author of the book gave them half of what he was paid, and they divided it equally so everyone got $14,000 as Sean Tuohy has said. That would be the Tuohys, their 2 kids, and Oher so 6 x $14,000 or $70,000; that would mean the author of the book was paid $140,000. Which seems low, but not orders of magnitude low - and maybe the $140k was after a 15% agent fee and taxes? This pretty much tracks with the above if Lewis sold the movie rights to his book for a smaller original sum and then a percentage of the net profits. The part about the "trust account they set up for his son" is a little odd because apparently Oher has 4 children, 2 of them sons. But maybe it was set up after the first son was born but before the others.

That pass is crazy. Allen is on the run and just flicks it. The ball at one point is traveling SIDEWAYS. But it still moves with velocity, on a rope right to Gabe.

Well, here's the thing. People are saying Damar Hamlin was a starter last year and looked like the Bills were counting on him to develop as a safety, so he won't be cut. People are saying the Bills love Cam Lewis and he is crazy versatile and playing his ass off and won't be cut. People are saying the Bills love Rapp because he can cover, but also play the run and they can use him in different ways. Now Neal, very active. 10 DB is about the upper limit, 6 CB 4 S White, Jackson, Elam, Benford, Johnson, Lewis, Neal - pick 6 Poyer, Hyde, Rapp, Hamlin, Lewis - pick 4 (note overlap of Lewis They have a similar talent logjam at DE and DT. Then there's the underwhelming group at LB, where Dobson, Milano, Bernard, and Williams seem like locks. Matakevich has guaranteed money > cap hit and is a special teams ace on a unit that lost a lot of guys. Then there's the reliable vet Klein, last year's pick Spector who got an early chance to run with the 1's, and some other pickups. Pick 6. Well, the Bills can't keep everyone. Someone who might be useful during the season is gonna have to meet the Turk.

I thought his tweet kind of acknowledged he was "helmet boy"

Well, he's signed by the Steelers. Although the reaction to the 1st preseason game in some quarters is that Mason Rudolph outplayed him, so if that keeps up, maybe the Steelers will trade him back to us. They'd eat a $10M dead cap hit though, and they don't have it. The Bills could afford it just fine, his salary is essentially league minimum, but he's got a $4.9M signing bonus this season and 2x $2.3M for 2024 and 2025 So trading or cutting him would be costly to the Stillers.

Seriously? Did you actually watch the play before you typed that?