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Not that anyone should change their opinions based on the first preseason game but to your 3rd point, did you watch the game? Yes, especially for a 2nd year player, Ulofoshio was disappointing. I wasn't impressed with any aspect of his game. I agree with your list. In fairness, barring injury Davidson was not going to make the roster ahead of Hawes and while I was a bit disappointed in Hawes' performance today, he was always going to make the final roster as a 5th round pick. I've heard enough positive out of practices and those who watched him in college that I'm not concerned with his game today.

I'm getting conflicting signals... I wonder what his shoe size is?

Thus the Marv-ism, "Over-officious jerk." Maybe, maybe not. But even if so, I appreciate when a person can describe the same thing differently than 20 people before him... and place it in a perspective that's not wholly negativity-based.

I believe his MO is to clap louder and longer... it's kind of a passive/aggressive form of positivity. No way... Ralph is cheap. Maybe the assumption is that Bass will be back and the other guy is just an emergency placeholder? You're crying aren't you? At least you could watch the game. 😅 Being able to ride a kid's scooter? I agree. Do you want to tell him or should I? Especially with rookies you're hoping that one or two of them meet or exceed expectations. It looks like that burden is going to fall on Sanders and Walker. Exactly correct. Out of 3, it's most likely that one isn't ready to contribute. Average at best physically, way better than average as far as understanding the position. As the son of an eventual HOFer, it's not surprising. Gimme Canada Dry or Vernors. "On Monday the Bills announced the hiring of retired, former Head Coach Chan Gailey. The 73 year old Gailey who coached the Bills from 2010 through 2012 will return in the capacity of Senior Advisor for Screen Passes." In fairness he's been suffering from migraines on account of not being able to find an approved helmet to fit his 9.75" skull. Thank you... it took 55 pages. Yes, it's just as likely that they were avoiding Benford than they were picking on Tre. You have a very dry sense of humor.

I'll preface this by saying that I lived in Buffalo for 40 years. Buffalo, Cleveland... Detroit.... all 3 cities are on Lake Erie (Detroit's actually about 12 miles away), 2 of the 3 on the Canadian border, all three have the same early immigrant groups and same legacy industries... hell even our waterfronts all caught on fire within a few years of each other. Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit have a helluva lot more in common than they have in differences and all have great fan bases... it's just that we've been fortunate to have better football teams.

What is our protocol as far as live game threads? I know I've started a few in the past but mostly we're deferential to custom here... like the Bills Press Conference Q & As starting with the most senior beat writers. Who usually starts up the live game threads? Ahhh... no sooner do I speak than @HappyDays is on it!

In answer to this question, AI says that Lamar Jackson was unranked in 2019 and ranked number 1 in 2020. That's the biggest jump possible. Just skimming through, 3 teams had 4 players make it in 2024... the Rams, the Eagles, and the Bucs.

Thank you so much for this. The funny thing is I visit Wiki daily and even give them a donation... and yet I never thought that there would be a Wiki article for something that isn't even completed yet. For those like me who didn't know, the Top 10 players won't be announced until September 1st. Also included in the Wiki article is a simple spreadsheet which tells you who, from what team was ranked where... and which and how many players from each team made it. The spreadsheet also tells you if and when that player was ranked in 2024. There's also a direct link to the previous (and following) year's rankings. So last year only Josh (12) and Dion (96) made the Top 100. Dion went all the way up to 42. I wonder what the biggest jump in the history of the rankings is? I'm not doubting you at all but how do you know this?

Thanks for the correction Mark. Yes, the expectation is that Arch will not enter the 2026 draft.

In order to see their rankings, is there a list anywhere or are we forced to watch video?

And of course there's the product on the field... mostly non-starters. Besides being unproven, the strong expectation is that Manning will not enter the 2025 draft.

Oh. I guess Liev isn't short for Olivia... 😁

Hardly tragic, indeed. Once again, I'll be that guy... Career earnings (before 2025): $2.93 million https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/earnings/_/id/77108/baylon-spector

Or as @wppete (I think) dubbed Spector, Spectator. 😄

Glad to read that Joshua Palmer and Elijah Moore are continuing to develop the chemistry with Josh. Also pleased that it appears that we got through practice unscathed.

From the guys here I was made to understand that all 5 episodes are shown within the span of the one month subscription for $9.99... and then you can cancel the subscription afterwards. So it's pretty affordable and I love the Bills. They're the only sports team I follow anymore. That said, I thought it was too puffy and fluffy and there wasn't much real football meat to consume. On the plus side, the production values are excellent... the camera and audio work is outstanding and it's often a visual feast of blue and red. One might argue that you get to know the players' personalities but I don't really think so. They know they're on camera so they're not really being themselves. It's basically inexpensive eye candy. The highlight package on the other hand was superb. In spite of its length, they showed very few replays which drove home the point that there were a ton of great plays last year... multiple in each game. It reminded me of how grateful I am for this era of Bills football.

I watched the whole thing and let me say, it was much better viewing than Hard Knocks.

Yes. For too long, the pancreas and the spleen have been looked down upon as second-class organs when, in fact, they should be rightly viewed as organs of the same stature and esteem as the liver and kidneys. Make the Spleen great again!!!

Yes and I have a feeling that the sideline cleanup crews are gonna be cleaning up just as many ampules.

Understood. My feelings come from the sense that the Spector release was almost punitive… As if they lost patience with his injuries.

Brown flipped the bird at Deck Chairs? I wonder if he's gonna threaten to kill Brown's family now.

Thanks for the escape hatch! 😆 I think it's because it sounds like a woman's name to me. 👍

If it comes down to Moore or Samuel, I'm guessing Samuel's the goner.

Dan Fetes writes like Sean McDermott speaks.

Also the janitors after having to sweep up all those smelling salts ampules... Let's play hangman with the category, "opening day starter at safety: D A _ A _ _ A _ _ _ N I believe a hamstring. Good thing he doesn't actually have to write for a living. I'd bet even Keon could beat him in a footrace. I know the capologists here say it can't happen but I just wouldn't be surprised if Samuel was Spector'd.