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It's noon somewhere... or 5 o'clock somewhere... (raising a glass of beer) "to the cosmic time-space continuum!" (hiccup)

“It’s just incredibly generous what he’s done with these guys. Bill has loaned out $4 million to 20 players that played for him, who come to him in this financial crisis. Bill knows when they come to him it’s a last resort,” Myers said. “I said to him, ‘Bill, you know, $4 million, you don’t expect anybody to pay you back. Why are you doing that?’ “And he said, ‘These guys have sacrificed so much for me with their bodies and their commitment.’ ”

I'm having a hard time believing that Buechele said that... really? Bill Murray's net worth is around $200 million... I can't believe he's padding his wealth by playing NFL football. Seems a bit greedy if you ask me. That's a funny way of looking at the Gabriel Davis situation. I'm thinking you've evolved on this. Listing Terrell Bernard and Kaiir Elam as starters is a bit generous. Inaccurate really. I'd love to see it but it hasn't happened yet.

Breech always makes me laugh.

Whatever you say.

I'm sure I'm in the minority here but IMO there's some really good young talent in this position group. One more good offseason and this unit could become a team strength. Specifically I think some of the backups have starting potential. Then what happened? 🙃 So since the inception of this topic: Quess was signed by Minnesota... guess we'll never know if the Bills would have offered him a spot on the practice squad. Germain Ifedi was signed by the Bills. Pretty solid pickup... based solely on credentials lateral or better than Brandon Shell. Nick Broeker was signed by Houston. Lots of people here (myself included) liked Broeker and I believe the Bills did too. There were just too many good young talents ahead of him like Torrence, Edwards, Van Demark, and Alec Anderson. I'm liking this offensive line but still holding my breath that Dawkins and Brown don't let us down.

Sounds like a distinction without a difference. It all falls under the broader category of "financial aid."

Good post. I believe that they thought Edmunds might be a transcendent player (meaning transcending his positional value) and along with the prior experience with Luke Kuechly caused McBeane to depart from their value chart and draft Edmunds highly. He proved not to be a trandscendent player. Actually hope is often a plan. Every team has roster holes and every team has a position or two where they pin their hopes on a player(s) rising to the occasion and growing into the job. In this case the Bills pinned their hopes on 3 young veterans (Dodson, Bernard, and Spector). It didn't work out partly due to 2 of the players getting injured. Exactly... a transcendent player... a unicorn. Agreed. Excellent post. I agree with all of this except I believe the Bills (my guess) will slowly cross train him at MLB as he becomes more familiar with the scheme. You want your best players on the field as much as possible and it won't be long before Williams is the second best LB on the Bills, IMO.

He was drafted by McBeane so there's that... Is he still elite?

This reminds me of an old Vince Lombardi-Paul Hornung story. After a bad loss in which the Packers were outplayed in every phase, an angry Lombardi was intent on denigrating his team. Lombardi: (Holding up a football) "Gentlemen, this is a football." Hornung: "Hey coach, can you slow down a bit?"

Prepare the celebration! Invite the prettiest girls from the village!!!

Jack Handey, is that you? So... he changed... his last name?

Where were you 7 pages ago? Do you have any idea how stressed out all of us are?????

He is attractive but can we restrict the discussion to football please?

Especially with 2 page threads, you should read through before posting... so others don't have to repeat themselves. The Niners starting QB Brock Purdy was Mr. Irrelevant... the 262nd and final pick of the 2022 draft. Also the Niners have 8 players ranked in the NFL Network's Top 100 players, most in the league. Knowledgeable league followers don't question what a great job Lynch/Shanahan have done building that roster. The Trey Lance pick doesn't negate the rest of their work. The five teams most commonly chosen to win the Super Bowl are the Chiefs, Eagles, Bengals, Niners, and Bills.

Right now the Bills have one pick in every round except the 6th where they have 3 picks. Was he playing "Ship, Captain, Crew?" Another scenario is that Beane trades a fringe player for a draft pick and then package draft picks for a player. In the preseason, Beane has traded guys like Cardale Jones, Kevon Seymour, AJ McCarron, Marshall Newhouse, Wyatt Teller, Russell Bodine, Darryl Johnson, and Cody Ford. He's better than most GMs at getting picks for players that aren't going to make the final roster.

Yes. In this small sample size opinion poll he's ranked 4th Best GM overall and 5th Best Talent Evaluator. I disagree with @BADOLBILZ comment that being a schyster is a better trait than integrity for a GM. As an NFL GM you're gonna be dealing with the same people over and over. If they don't trust you they're not gonna do business with you. If they don't do business with you you're not gonna be effective in your job.

On the other hand their starting QB Brock Purdy was Mr. Irrelevant... the 262nd and final pick of the 2022 draft. Also the Niners have 8 players ranked in the NFL Network's Top 100 players, most in the league. No one questions what a great job Lynch/Shanahan have done building that roster. The Trey Lance pick doesn't negate the rest of their work.

Thanks for doing this... I know it's a lot of work but for some people, also a lot of fun. Will you be doing player or unit grades? Thanks again.

Who gets here first... Keenum or Hart?

Simple is good.

Sorry about that. That makes a lot more sense. 🤣

Or "McClappy."

Then we could hire Davis Webb to coach him. The oddity of the joke is that it's the Baltimore Ravens, not the New England Patriots who have benefitted the most in their use of the compensatory picks "Ralph is cheap" Which would effectively accomplish what? Wouldn't that just give another draft pick to the Patriots? "I've heard of him!" Who gets the compensatory draft pick then? Hmmm... Beane might be reluctant to make that call. As has been pointed out, that would be an invitation for Nick Caserio to bluff Beane and then Beane would have to decide whether to call his bluff. Or is it a bluff? Could we simply trade a draft pick to Houston in exchange for them NOT cutting Keenum?

The NFL trade deadline is around week 8 which means you play at least half your gams without the player you traded away. As everyone seems to agree that there's a huge hole at MLB, it doesn't seem like it would have been a good idea to trade away your starting MLB when you haven't made the playoffs... to say nothing about how far you would advance if you did make them. This was a team gunning for the Super Bowl. It's a pipeline, not a pipe. What are you smoking. 🙃