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6 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:
Tomlin might be too legit to be predictably, subversively undermined by some washed up coach killer. Or so I assume.
One can only hope
59 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:Tomlin don't even care anymore---just cashing checks, daring poor old man Rooney to fire him.
I think that's far from true.
But he knows he isn't going deep in the playoffs without a QB
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8 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:
He’ll be better off on the Steelers than that dysfunctional jets team. He just has to play average at best and the Steelers will be in the playoffs. From there anything can happen.
So this is an interesting point.
The Steelers had a top-10 defense last season. 4 pro-bowl players and an all-pro in Cam Hayward, Watt, Queen, and Fitzpatrick, and they're all back. But what about the other 7 defenders? On the front 7, they still have their NT but Ogunjobi signed with the Bills. Still have Highsmith but Elandon Roberts signed with the Raiders. Both Ogunjobi and Roberts were north of 30 yrs, so it remains to be seen how much of a loss they are. On the back, Donte Jackson is now playing for the Chargers. Still have Joey Porter Jr. Still have Elliot. I'd say assuming their talent development is on track, their defensive personnel are pretty much on track for another good year.
The Steelers, last year and this upcoming season, appear to be playing the Broncos "all we need is a QB" game which the Broncos won by signing Peyton Manning. Well, Russ Wilson is no Sheriff, so the Steelers said "Next!" and brought in a QB who legit was great, Manning level great, in his time.Frankly, I thought the Steelers OL stunk last season. I'm sure formerly DangeRuss didn't help it. They also had a very young OL except for Seamalo with rookie C and RG and a 2nd year RT, so I'm sure they hope for improvement. But Rodgers has all the mobility of a sloth on Sominex, so they'll need all the improvement they can get.
IMHO, it's kind of a re-run of 2023 Jets with a chance for a different outcome. In 2022, the Jets had a great D and returned most of the pieces in 2023. Their idea was "all we need is a QB" so they signed Rodgers. And as we know, that lasted a whole 4 snaps into the 1st game. In 2024, Rodgers played but the wheels seemed to come off all around and Rodgers exceeded his age in sacks.
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8 hours ago, boco357 said:
I had no idea what the Steelers plan at QB was.
I respect Mike Tomlin, but this seems like "A plan where you lose your hat. And a plan where you lose your hat is...a Bad Plan"A good friend is a Steelers fan. We could be proven wrong, but we're both predicting a rough year for her fandom.
5 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:I don't see Rodgers and Tomlin working out. They're in a tough spot this season and so they've turned to him. But Rodgers is a control freak with a Coach that has total control and won't take sh-t from anyone. This looks like something that has a 1 year life expectancy rate and i'd be really surprised if the two don't butt heads by the end of the season.
I'd be really surprised if they don't butt heads by week 4
8 hours ago, eball said:Waiting for all of the high and mighty Squealer fans who said “I want nothing to do with Rodgers” to start buying his jersey. 😂🤣
Time will Tell.
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11 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
McDermott agreed that what they were doing wasn't working. I think we will see more 4-3 which can adjust to a 5-2 or big nickle.
We saw size and power added to our defense esp. The DL. McDermott has always needed a lot out of the front 4 to make his D sceme work. He had more talent on the DL now,so let's see if he can properly use is.
Personally I feel good about the talent added on defense and even at WR.
OK, let's think about this a minute.
We still have Taron Johnson, our nickel, who is one of the most consistent players on defense.
If we're playing more 4-3, that means we're taking Taron Johnson off the field for...who?
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7 hours ago, eee1776 said:
How about someone being honorable enough to play out the contract he signed.
No player wants to play on a 1 yr contract if they can help it. The ideal is to get a new deal signed before the last year of the contract starts, preferably with some injury guarantees and decent guaranteed money.
But in any event, "playing out the contract he signed" starts when the season starts, not at "voluntary" OTAs or even mandatory minicamp.-
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10 hours ago, Lagoon Blues said:
Ha ha...I get it man. I still get ***** from my wife to this day about jumping out of our boat chasing a big redfish I hooked that took off running my reel out on the other side of a sand bar in skinny water while she was 9 months pregnant. That was 13 years ago and she even brought it up again last week that I abandoned my pregnant wife lolol. My avatar is the pic she took from that morning, fish included lol.
I feel like there's a need to just drop this here.
https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/28
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7 hours ago, Mango said:
This is a relatively A-List wedding. Those things are generally huge.
I would be shocked if there weren't at least 30 Bills currently on the roster in attendance. Then you have the ones that left that he's close with. It would be kind of crazy for a $300M QB not to invite most of his OL and WR room that's still on the roster from last year.
Who gets invited to wedding for the mega wealthy is a totally different world.
I agree with you on the "different world".
One source said the wedding was at the San Ysidro Ranch. I googled, and it claims a "resort buyout" would allow 150 guests at an event. Now maybe they can actually arrange seating and dining for more, my limited-duty obsession didn't motivate me to dig into it more. But 150 guests (if that's correct) .... 75 each to the bride and the groom, that would be a tough limit. Maybe the source is wrong and they were somewhere else. -
11 hours ago, NewEra said:
He’ll be there. Wouldn’t be surprised if he missed one or two days, but 17 is different
edit- I don’t care if he’s there or not. If there’s ever someone deserves to miss PTA’s, it’s him
Whoa, they just got married. Even if they get very busy, it will be a minute before they're attending PTA meetings!
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7 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said:
Reminds me of an Eric Wood type of retirement. Where there was some external factor that nudged him to that decision.
That could well be.
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20 hours ago, ControllerOfPlanetX said:
His legs will be weak if he does show up.
Winner!
6 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:This is my best guess also, but if Hailee starts shooting a movie sometime soon ...
Her schedule, like his, has dates where she absolutely must be there. And plenty of unscheduled time also. I'm sure her schedule will also have to be considered.
They got engaged last fall. Pretty sure they chose the wedding date with her existing schedule in mind and she negotiated any future activities around the plans.
I agree it makes a lot of sense to go to OTAs and mandatory, then honeymoon in the dead time - if for no other reason than every paparazzi in the world is on high alert to uncover and pester a honeymoon trip right after the wedding, so why not wait a bit and try to throw them off the scent? -
14 minutes ago, holla83 said:
Mike Catalana and Jenna Cotrell said on a recent episode of Buffalo Plus that they were invited.
Was it sarcasm?
If sincere, that seems odd given it appears to be a relatively small wedding and it doesn't look like a large number of Bills players were there (Knox, Shakir, Dion, Spencer Brown who I've seen so far - I would expect the entire OL was invited)
You got a NFL superstar and a movie star getting married, they either have to limit the guest list hard, or they have to invite hundreds and hundreds.-
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I got to give Josh and Hailey's people credit, there are normally a bunch of social media posts and so forth that have come out from a player's wedding within a couple days.
All we have so far are a handful of telephoto shots that all the news outlets are sharing. They've resorted to padding their articles with photos of the couple from their engagement, NFL Honors and entertainment events.
If the Bills make it to the Superbowl they should hire the same security team to lock down their game plan and practices.
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1 hour ago, boyst said:
I supremely believe Kelce is overrated. A system TE benefiting from Willford Brimley and Brittany Mahomes husband.
I think his positives are his ability to sit down in open space and find green spaces. He also has good hands.
I don't think he is efficient for running routes or being much more than a check down guy. He has been completely taken out of games far too often.
They played the position and were at least able to chop block and chip.
Kelce gets butthurt if he has to touch anyone.
I don't understand that last. Kelce seems notorious for pushing off IMO.
You can think whatcha like, but facts are that Kelce had 2 respectable 800+ yd seasons and 2 1000+ yd seasons before Mahomes ever took the field. And most pundits seem to credit him with very good route running skills for a TE.
Did his career benefit from playing with Mahomes vs. whatever crap at QB they've fielded in Atlanta, sure. Every receiver benefits from great QB play.
Now, of the last 2 years, has Kelce been taken out of games and less productive, Yeah. And it shows in his stats. -
16 hours ago, Billl said:
There's a baseball acronym, TINSTAAPP. There is no such thing as a pitching prospect. In football, TINSTAATEP. There is no such thing as a Tight End prospect.
TE prospect Noah Grey appeared to be taking a bit of a step in his 4th season.
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3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
I mean I don't own a car and I haven't worn a watch for years and years. Vacations and nice meals in restaurants however have a lot more worth than wedding rehearsals!
Gunner, with all respect, you're running on about the topic of dissing weddings and wedding events like rehearsal to a degree I haven't seen in you before. It seems disproportionate. "Methinks the Laddie Doth Protest Too Much"
If you don't think wedding rehearsals are worthwhile or useful => don't have one
Other people find them worthwhile and useful => what's it to you? their rehearsal isn't coming out of your savings
2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:I separate the dinners from the rehearsing walking and turning around. Which by any objective measure are a colossal waste of time
Gunner, you are so vehement on this topic that I'm starting to picture you with the weird habit of stalking churches, parks, resorts, and other venues where weddings occur charting whether or not there's a rehearsal and whether or not there are snafus to the wedding, to develop those "objective measures"
You aren't, of course. This isn't your lane, you're not an officiant or a planner or an event coordinator and you honestly have no idea whether the things are useful or not. So why are you so invested in this?
I'm honestly curious at this point.
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8 minutes ago, saundena said:
Your not wrong, but in my head I left off Pegs, Dawkins and some of the others that had net worth over 20 million.
What do you think Pegula gives for a wedding gift in this case?
Couple of NetJets shares to get Josh back to OTAs after the wedding?
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On 5/30/2025 at 11:36 AM, Einstein said:
When making more than $60 million per year, it’s hard for anyone to have a bad week. Still, last week was not ideal for Commissioner Roger Goodell.
"In a conversation with John Ourand of Puck, ESPN.com’s Seth Wickersham said that an extension will happen — but that owners want Goodell to focus on a succession plan.
'Owners would like to have a better sense of the bench,' Wickersham told Ourand.
The problem is that there isn’t much of a bench. And, frankly, there’s been a trend in recent years that, once an in-house name emerges as a potentially viable candidate to become the next commissioner, the person ends up not sticking around much longer.
From Dean Blandino to Chris Halpin to Tod Leiweke to Maryann Turcke, they came, they saw, and they were gone long before they could conquer."
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/succession-plan-hovers-over-roger-goodells-contract-situation -
1 hour ago, Orlando Buffalo said:
I get the Browns doing it a little bit the Vikings were a playoff team, seriously this is sad.
It's not the Vikes account, just a fan
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2 hours ago, HappyDays said:
I never thought it was impossible for us to cut Diggs like some fans argued, but I at least understood that viewpoint. What I didn't understand was the fans who acted like there was nothing wrong with Diggs. A lot of people buried their heads in the sand. The constant whiny tweets, the offseason podcasts where he openly criticized the team, the reports of him falling out with Allen, him going AWOL from mandatory minicamp. Even after all that there were a lot of fans saying it was just "Diggs being Diggs" and that the media was creating a controversy out of nothing. Now with each passing story since we traded him we find out he was even more toxic than the media made him out to be. When people tell you who they are, believe them, even if they happen to play for your favorite team.
I guess I must have missed the "off season podcasts where he openly criticized the team" while Diggs was still a Bill, but i focus on field. It was pretty clear to me that Diggs and Allen were not on the same page as of the end of 2022 and that Diggs was not taking accountability/ responsibility for anything. The Facts are the Facts: Diggs had 6 games over 100 yds in the first 9 games, but only 1 game over 100 yds in the last 7 regular season games, despite having 55 targets in those games (avg 8 targets per game). I did wonder if part of it was Allen's UCL injury, but I remember more than one commentator remarking that Diggs and Allen were clearly not on the same page or "Diggs should have had that". It wasn't just the Bengals game where Diggs was 4 receptions on 10 targets with at least 2 balls it looked as though he should have had. Meanwhile, Diggs was ducking his league mandated media responsibilities, in contrast to his assertion of leadership on the team.
Then, after the mandatory minicamp fiasco, there were the September hot mic comments from Maddy Glab and her subsequent forced penance at the hands of Diggs media team. Whatever you think of Glab as a reporter, she doesn't come across as having a conniving bone in her body so I took her comments as speaking the literal truth about the Diggs she knew behind the scenes. And it wasn't a pretty picture.
Then the 2023 season was a repeat of 2022: Diggs 5 games with over 100 yds in the first 6 games but the Bills were 4-2. Next games, Bills lost 3 out of 4 despite Diggs attracting 12, 12, 7 and 5 targets. Moved away from Diggs towards the run game (guy still got his targets, 8 targets per game in the last 7 games). It seemed as though for whatever reason Diggs had become a half-season guy who couldn't get it done in the 2nd half of the season - that seems to be common as players age, they start strong after an off season of healing up, but the beating their body takes every game starts to accumulate. Diggs, of course, attributed that to Joe Brady. Greg Cosell said he no longer had the physical skills to function as a #1 receiver (based on his film analysis)But you can 100% count me in the camp of people who felt that Diggs was functionally un-cuttable or un-tradeable in 2024 because of his contract and the huge dead cap hit it would create, and because of the dearth of other WR options on the team at the time and the fact that the Bills hadn't demonstrated much ability to run the ball consistently in previous seasons. I wasn't unhappy to see Diggs gone, but the move made me think that "Big Baller Beane" is actually an apt nickname and I thought "wow, our D is gonna have to be carrying our offense" going into the season.
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9 hours ago, 14774 said:
What a tool? Would be hilarious if Vrabel cuts him.
You know that's a fake, right?
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33 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:
I didn’t say he was particularly good at all WR aspects. You’re right, he’s not. But problems releasing off the LOS is a reason some WRs get moved to the slot, which helps cover up that issue to an extent. When defenders get their hands on Kincaid, he isn’t strong or savvy enough to break away quickly. It’s probably worse for him that he’s listed as a TE since refs seem to allow more contact with TEs than WRs.
My point was more that he is a poor blocker - abysmal coming out of college and still below average - and as such he doesn’t give an offense the advantage 2 TE sets typically give in the run game. So your point is well taken. If he isn’t going to be an effective blocker he needs to make up for that by being a very good receiver. He's never going to be fast for a WR, so he’d better get stronger or more savvy.
I see what you're getting at. I agree that the Bills can't use 12 sets with Knox and Kincaid as their TE and mount the prototypical threat in the run game that a 2 TE set poses. My point was that the Bills aren't really in 11 either, because Kincaid doesn't pose the same threat that a good WR poses.
True, they could bunch Kincaid, but the Bills already have a good slot receiver in Shakir.I actually think that Kincaid is a better downfield blocker now than he's credited with, using timing and space to get in the way just enough. You're right that he isn't a road grader downfield and he can't block inline, which is why the Bills went to adding a 6th lineman on run plays.
Anyway, I hope Kincaid has been able to put effort into improving the release aspects of his game, whatever that takes - sheer physical strength, footwork etc. His basketball background ought to give him the balance and body control to learn how to fake DBs out, I don't think he ever got to the point where he tried because the film was out that if they just jammed him he could be neutralized.
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31 minutes ago, Mat68 said:
I think you gotta show up. Want to play hard show up and show your work. But we all know Diggs is loving the attention and gossip with Cardi B.
Bills should have jumped off the train right then. In the interview Mcdermott did with Sal he brought up someone told him he is ok with 2nd place. No doubt in my mind that was Diggs.
Wondering if you have a linky to that interview with Sal?
The Bills got played by Diggs. When he showed up in 2020, he had been "all in" with the off season training his ass off. 2021 off season, same.Off season of 2022, he signed that huge contract extension with Buffalo and I'm not saying he didn't work, but I don't think it was to the same level - more time in Paris and at Coachella and fashion shoots.
That was the same off-season Sanders was "one and done" and the Bills moved on from Beasley. So it was Diggs, Davis, and no one else. Diggs had no one comparable in skill or seniority in the WR room.
Hindsight is always 20/20 but if the Bills made significantly more investment at WR than 5th round pick for Khalil Shakir and signing Jamieson Crowder that off season, I think it's possible Diggs would have checked himself instead of feeling like he was untouchable and had odorless excrement.
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On 5/6/2025 at 1:52 PM, BarleyNY said:
I always laughed when I saw people get excited about playing more 12 Personnel after Kincaid got drafted. If he’s one of your TEs, then you are still in 11.
Mmm. Except one of Kincaid's problems (in my observation) is releasing off the line against physical coverage. As of last season, he hadn't learned to release like an NFL WR
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On 5/6/2025 at 12:03 PM, Southern Bills Fan said:
That happened to my wife after a few years of marriage. She went from a tight end to a large wide out.
You remind me of a joke. I bet your wife knows this one.
A man notices his wife's butt is getting big. "I bet your butt is as big as my grill." He tells her. His wife rolls her eyes, but he gets a tape measure, measures her bottom, measures the grill, and teases her that they're about the same size.
That night, he tries to see if he can get lucky. "Not tonight," says his wife.
He asks her why not, to which she responds, "Do you really think I'm going to fire up this big-ass grill for one little wiener?"
https://www.ba-bamail.com/jokes/comeback-jokes/?jokeid=1269
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Aaron Rodgers signs with Steelers
in The Stadium Wall
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Do you count Metcalf in that "meh"?