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How the hell Lamar is over Josh?! I’m sorry, I don’t care about these lists, but cmon…. I would take Josh over Lamar 10 times out of 10. Lamar still hasn’t proven he can show up big in the playoffs or if he has to throw more than 40 times in a game.

Allen and Bernard only.

In another reality, I'm curious how the Cowboys would have reacted to a trade package involving Kincaid, Cook, and one of our defensive lineman.

I hate to say it, but I'm not optimistic about this game. Outside of the Rams game a few years back, we tend to start slow, and that's assuming everyone is healthy. I fully expect some rust with Josh, Shakir, and a few other guys, especially in their timing. The Ravens are going to be hungry for revenge. I know the game matters for tie-breakers and I would love to pull out the win, but I'm not holding my breath. With that being said, I don't put a lot of stock into Week 1 games, and we will be a very different team come week 7, with suspensions and injuries coming back to us.

Having a day to sit on this, here's where I'm at. Cap wise, I don't think we could have made this work at all. To trade Groot or Oliver would be a big cap hit, plus having to pay Parsons. In a magical world where that doesn't matter, for me it comes down to. Would you rather have Parsons or Oliver, Groot, and our next two first round picks. That's a tough call for me and I would say it's a fairly even wash. The deciding factor to me is culture fit, which I'm not so sure Parsons would be here. It's hard to say that for sure, and him being a top talent on defense at his age is tough to overlook. But in the big picture, I just don't see how Parsons would have fit in with our culture, salary cap, and having a "pay my top money" guy. Besides Josh, who didn't even ask for that, we expect everyone to have a team mentality. Would I love to have Parsons on the team? Of course. Just don't see how it would fit

While not in the same division, I can’t imagine Dallas wanted to trade with the Eagles, Packers, or 49ers, which makes me believe this was the best deal they received. Considering everyone was speculating it would take at least two 1sts and a player, I think the market was less than speculated. Granted, for those upset with the Cowboys, could they have physically paid Parsons even if they wanted to? Dak and Lamb are making top 3 money. It would have been almost 150 mil for just three players. I feel like that’s roster suicide. Ask the Bengals

I'd like to more about the three question marks in the title.

Does Gore get snatched up by someone else or make it to our practice squad?

Why is this being featured as “Breaking News” on the ESPN homepage?! 😡🤬 ***** em both

I find it impossible to care about the preseason with this team. NFL is scheme and talent, with scheme usually being the deciding factor. We are running zero scheme while Ben Johnson is trying to install his still. These two teams are night and day different in regards to what that game meant to them. Remember when Spurrier took over the Skins and was blowing out good teams? I think they even blanked the Super Bowl champs 40 something to nothing. Guess how both teams started the regular season. If that game was played for real tomorrow, would expect us to steamroll the Bears. I do somewhat worry about a slow start against the Ravens, similar to how we came out against the cards. But am I worried that Bishop couldn’t cover their best receiver out of the slot in man coverage? No. If that happens in a game, I’m questioning why that was allowed to happen. I do not believe for a second that McD would hold out so many players if he did not believe they were ready for the season. Anyone making the team who played in that game was just for reps. Btw, this isn’t directed at you Ethan. Just the first post I’ve seen since checking the site after the game that seemed to warrant the response.

Solid deal on both sides. Happy this is done.

I hope that with the new stadium comes new situational music and attempts are creating new traditions. Keep the shout song obviously, but I would love to see an overall bigger opening theme based around the Stampede. Something that really gets the crowd going out the gate. Not seven army nation, but something maybe more unique to us.

If we had fired McD and hired Ben Johnson, I would have been all for it. I don’t know if there will be a candidate available after this offseason.

I saw the same thing, but was afraid to mention Wright on here, due to the most likely well-deserved visceral reactions. But yes, that was eye opening and disheartening. I hate to say that, besides his KC homerism, his takes can be pretty spot on.

Your reasoning is why I have been good with keeping McD until now. However, I think I've reached the point where we would have to try anything different if the outcome remains the same. Could we take a step back with someone unproven? Yes. But we would also know that we can't take a step forward with McD, so you have to rip that band aid.

I'm not arguing with any of that. We just seem to be on the other end of these "Calls" or random plays too much. Let me ask you this. If we got the 1 seed and lost to KC at home in the AFC championship this year, 38-35 because we couldn't get a stop, sack, or turnover. Would you want to keep McD? For me, I know that's a great season, but I'd be ready to try something different.

Was listening to WGR yesterday and someone called into ask what Schoop and Bulldog would need to see happen for McD to get fired after this season. There answer and reasoning honestly surprised me, and also seemed like a course correction from prior years from them. They both stated that the Bills switching to the new stadium next year should prevent McD from being fired under most circumstances, even missing the playoffs. They both stated that a catastrophic PR issue or the entire team falling off a cliff could change things, but that's about it. I know we have a thread about McD every year, and even I've been thinking about this more since last years playoff exit. To me, if we get knocked out of the playoffs again and the defense is the main reason why (giving up 25+ points again), then I think it's time to move on from McD. I'm not a McD hater by any means. I will always be grateful for the culture he's brought to this team and the winning we've experienced since pulling us from the drought. However, if our D (his specialty) fails us again, then I feel very confident to say that McD has taken us as far as he can as a coach. It doesn't mean he's a bad coach, just means he's not a Superbowl caliber coach. I know McD would get hired almost immediately by another team that is looking to recreate the Buffalo success and we would be taking a chance on anyone else. But I also believe we would have our choice of HC candidates. I guess I'm just at the point where these playoffs losses haven't been talent related so much as they've been outcoached and outschemed. We put so much focus on the defensive roster over the years, especially this year, that it's time to put up or shut up. If not, then we are just defining insanity by running it back. The stadium excuse was just strange to me. Why would that be a factor as the stadium is new to McD too.

I would love to see the Bills "leak" their offer. If it's close to the Williams offer, Cook and his agent will easily lose the court of public opinion.

2 years, 6 mil. I wouldn't consider that to be a big loss. A back-up role where he can support multiple positions makes sense for him though. Beane still references this as one of his bigger misses.

This is honestly why I was hoping we would have signed Shaun Dolac. Our LB room has been made out of tissue paper. Every single LB on our team missed significant time last season, or is on the wrong side of 30.

He’ll be back just in time to ride the bench 😋

Thankfully we are super deep at DB. Could be a lot worse. Hoping it's nothing

I was literally coming to the board today to get a status update on this guy. Really wish we found a way to bring him on.

Eric Moulds. His maturity was actually a red flag when he was drafted, but then the vets hazed him a bit coming in. They all ordered pizzas to meetings or something, as a way to call him out for something similar he did in college. Kelly was in on it.