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This season was already shaping up as a "Voyage of the Damned" for the Dolphins and now this...

I hate to say it but many Bills fans on this forum are spoiled. I'd like to blame it on younger fans that don't remember all the misery of the Bills' history but even some of the older posters here are insufferably entitled.

I LOVE the radio silence this team is able to adhere to. I'm getting massive deja vu right now...

The people who criticize the Bills for intending to re-sign Phillips are doo doo heads. However the people who criticize the Bills for not drafting Dolac are absolutely correct. 🙂 The obligatory counterpoint invoking the "definition of insanity." 🙃 Matt, why this sudden and extreme lowering of your usual posting standards? WGR won't let Ogunjobi on the air? The Bills won't let him go on WGR? WGR thinks he might get cut? 😆 You know Phillips future role with the team? Brilliant!!! I needed that. 😅 Thank you for an excellent post. The outrage over the anticipated signing of Phillips is surprising in its extremity... talk about hitting a nerve. We don't know his role on the team... can we wait to see what exact puzzle piece he is before we meltdown? On balance TSW is a very knowledgable group but there's this bizarre fixation with 1 technique vs 3 technique. While there are some small signs that the pendulum is swinging incrementally towards the run game, the NFL is a passing league and pass rushers are MUCH MORE important than run stuffers... thus Exhibit A, Zion Logue. The Bills are young on the D-line and feel that the "youts" could benefit from some veteran leadership. What exactly is the big deal? I don't think it shows a lack of confidence... I think it shows that they feel that what Phillips brings will be an asset to the team.

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The last time this came up, someone suggested enemas as qualifying for counter curse status. Has there been a ruling made on that proposal? The thing is, teams that have tradable assets usually shop them before cutting the player. Ricks being released means that no team was willing to part with a 7th round pick. It'll be interesting to see where he lands.

I'd say there was a clear loser at #2 QB and it was White. It seems to me that Trubisky "won" be default.

This is a fair response and the first and only to touch on the possibility that Dolac didn't want to come to the Bills. Good job. As I actually posted, "It's absolutely fair to question why the Bills didn't secure his services" meaning it's fair to question why they didn't draft him. Had he been drafted, he wouldn't have had a choice and I really doubt he'd have a problem with being drafted by the Bills. Does anyone think differently? As you point out, players like Buffalo Joe, Cam Lewis and JaMarcus Ingram came to the Bills because of the UB pipeline... the professional friendship that UB Football and the Bills enjoy. Not that football decisions should be based on PR but imagine also the positive effect of Dolac signing with the Bills... as opposed to Kaden Prather. This is pretty much the last time I'll say it or imply it... the Bills should have drafted Shaun Dolac. Flame away...

Of course instincts and feel for the game play a huge role... but we're talking about two players at the front end of their careers. It's like people watched "The Bears vs Buffalo Joe" and have decided that Andreesen will never be anything more than the player he was one week ago.

Fair enough. How about the idea of being with a winning organization rather than a dysfunctional one?

I disagree. Andreesen's speed and agility scores are good to very good and his explosion grade is excellent. He has plenty of athletic ability... he just needs to polish his game.

Dolac: 1) Played in Buffalo... meaning the Bills had access and exposure to him greater than any other NFL team 2) Has a RAS in the 90th percentile 3) Was twice All-MAC First Team 4) Was MAC DPOTY last year 5) Was a consensus All-American last year If any team should have known he was a player, it was the Bills.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/joe-milton-offers-a-solid-closing-argument-to-be-the-cowboys-no-2-quarterback

I'd bet that he'd get sacked a lot less than Trubisky or White given the exact same circumstances... he processes 3 times as quickly so his playing speed is faster than their's, even if his legs aren't.

True enough. The most recent context is yesterday against the Bucs. He was good from 37, 37, and 39 yards, missed from 26 yards and was 2-2 on PATs (33 yards). FWIW, of his 6 kicks, only one went straight down the middle. All the others flirted with the uprights. He makes me nervous.

I see you have a corny sense of humor...

Apparently it's misaligned.

Yes 100%. Under the old rules the Bills would have played yesterday with a roster of 65... needlessly exposing important players to injury in a virtually meaningless game. Another benefit is that they now have a much larger body of work with which to judge the players vying for the last few spots.

I couldn't agree more. I think it has to do with the stain left by the Bears game... a stain on the entire roster from top to bottom... not just Buffalo Joe. I have a feeling he's gonna be a good pro linebacker.

FWIW, Shenault made a few epic breakdowns in kickoff coverage yesterday. As fearless as he is as a returner, he seems fearful as a coverage guy.

I liked how Elijah Young looked yesterday. He would dance for just a moment when there wasn't hole and then pick and burst. Even as a smaller back he had enough explosion to move the pile a bit and the ability to outrun defenders. His game has some parallels to James Cook but there's no room for him in Orchard Park. At least he put some nice stuff on video for his portfolio.

You're catfishing us aren't you? 🙂 On the subject, Bass doesn't evoke a feeling of confidence in me. I hope he proves me wrong when the stakes are at their highest.

You're part of a large group that hoped for this. Rightly or wrongly, this is a topic which will reoccur regularly... a sore point that'll never go away unless Kaden Prather becomes a player for the Bills.

Would that make him, Isaiah Unlikely?