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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.

Is she a woman? While you're yelling at YOUR cloud, would you mind getting off my lawn? 🙃 Agreed. Episode one was like a perfectly-baked, French puff pastry shell with a piping hot filling of nothing. And yes, the plot line was suspiciously similar to Navajo creation myth. 🙃

At the risk of incurring your hatred, I hereby nominate you for "The Winner of the Internet" on this day, Thursday, August 7, 2025. Congratulations good Sir! That business having been done, I'll devote the remainder of this post to answering questions arising from this new and confounding NFL policy banning the distribution of "smelling salts" by the clubs. No. NFL coaches are prohibited from vaping while in the playing field area and during television interviews. The NFL's policy states that players and other league employees, including coaches and officials, must not use alcohol or tobacco products (including vaping products) in these specific locations. Yes. Also, the shin bone is connected to the trom bone. Not exactly. "Huffing" is the term used for inhaling chemicals from a cloth and this dangerous practice requires no "hidden pockets." Going forward, huffing will likely be the method of choice for NFL players (and Adam Gase) when dosing ammonia. Possibly. The effects of smelling salts (ammonia) on the spleen is not a well-researched area, therefore pathologists are hesitant to link ammonia exposure to splenic disorders although some research has shown a correlation with hyperammonemia and splenomagaly. No. See below. Yes. While there's sure to be a workaround for taking smelling salts (see "huffing"' above), it's unlikely to involve the blue medical tent. At the risk of getting @machine gun kelly aroused, the tent (and its associated poles) is only erected for medical examinations/concerns... such as for a spleen palpation or to treat an overdose of sildenafil, for instance. No. NFL rules state that league-approved energy drinks be either ingested from league-approved cups or administered intravenously by a licensed physician. Yes. In cases where a player is suspected of violating the prohibition on ammonia, NFL medical protocols require that either the back judge or the side judge take a swab of the suspected player's armpit to be used in a hypernatremia test. A blood serum sample may also be taken in cases where hypernatremia is indicated or suspected. On the discussion of janitors (and more generally workers) and ammonia, it's well-known among scholars of the industrial revolutions that ammonia was pumped into the ventilation duct work of factories and mills in order to increase worker productivity. Forensic pathologists in conjunction with forensic anthropologists examining the exhumed remains of 19th-century wool-spinning workers in Northern Wales have not proven a link between chronic ammonia exposure and splenal disorders. I hope this post clarifies some of your questions.

Good graphic and thanks for posting. The QB that seems the most out of order to me is Bryce Young. I think he should be lower down.

The Dion Dawkins/drift car as a "kids activity" aspect (deep sigh)... so much to unpack there so I won't.

Yes, I would describe the first episode as puffy and fluffy... like a pregnancy pillow... of course I love all things blue and red. One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is McDermott's opening remarks before the team's first practice... extremely cringeworthy... "you have my permission to fail?" I know what he was trying to say but man, some people simply can't expound. If the producers were trying to put him in a good light, he must have given them zero to work with. Two schools of thought on the subject of wind and QBs: 1) The QB with the stronger arm and tighter spiral has an advantage in high winds. 2) High winds level the playing field and take the advantage away from elite passers. I'm more in school 2 than 1. I Googled Andre Reed + snake and they wanted me to sign up for an OnlyFans site called Kutztown Cuts. For some reason I thought Liev Schrieber was a woman. Please tell me I'm wrong. Good point. A surprise to me was that Keon wasn't one of the featured personalities in episode one. If I was a betting man that's where my money would have been.