Ralonzo

Why not both?

I'd think Samuel IS a lock to release next year unless he goes off for 1K and 10 tuddys or something. Large cap savings and minimal dead hit to release him for '26.

The rare post where "Agree" and "Vomit" reactions are equivalent.

Yeah, he had a broken bone in his back last year and is rehabbing. FWIW he played all season with it. Scouting reports said his conditioning was bad because of his body type but I surmise he had to come out due to pain more often than lack of O2. The condition was discovered at the combine so Beane discounted his 2024 tape and relied more heavily on his 2023 tape where he was a gd wrecking ball at age 19 in the SEC.

I think you gotta get your man card pulled for a) drinking White Claw and 2) being affected by White Claw

It'd be funny for Rodgers to sign with the Saints, leaving the Steelers hanging at the altar.

Saw one rep on UK tape where he dropped to a zone and caught a guy on a crosser, separating him from the ball and maybe his soul...

Trapasso's final draft board was certainly not influenced by the consensus. FWIW he had: #17 Maxwell Hairston (below Revel & Morrison) #34 T.J. Sanders #70 Deone Walker #98 Landon Jackson

I think that was Chris Trapasso. He also had Jordan Hancock graded higher than Jahdae Barron.

CBS sports likes the Bills draft a lot for instant impact ranking #2 in the league behind the Raiders (which have more impactable positions available anyway) https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ranking-top-10-most-impactful-2025-nfl-draft-classes-for-upcoming-season-raiders-rookies-ready-to-rock/

Don't we see this headline every offseason?

The curve ball IS my golf

It's probably going to gall me watching Brashard Smith on the Chiefs at the draft slot they got him. He's the right guy to have waiting in the wings but a year early for the Bills. The Cook equation, if you're thinking in terms of letting him walk and qualify for the comp formula, this is the trade: Bill get: 1 (contract) year of James Cook. Bills give: A (potential) 2026 4th rounder (by trading him) for a (potential) 2027 4th rounder (comp). To me, this status-quo is so much better a deal than the 10 games they got from Amari Cooper for a straight-up 3rd.

You said "contract." You didn't say anything about next contract with the Bills or another team, and neither did I. No need to take what I said, change it to what I didn't say, and argue against what I never said. Lewis is undoubtedly a target to be upgraded on the Bills roster, having spent a draft pick on a player who slots (heh) into his exact roster niche. The things that work against him to make the Bills 53 work to an even greater degree for the rest of the league as players who are a scheme-fit for the Bills wouldn't find a ton of teams running McDefense variants in the league (and judging from the playoff performances, why would they). That's fine, I'm just saying he's a maxed out player. Go to bat for your guy, Buscaglia agrees with you and is also higher on Lewis' value than I am. I think the upside and traits, contract and team-control of his competition will make the decision go against him if the performance is close. I'm stoked to watch all these guys competing in preseason.

I wouldn't expect it on Lewis. Beane was talking about getting more physically talented on both the DL and secondary and his draft shows it. Lewis is physically maxed out and at age 28 you know this is his ceiling - bubble bottom-of-roster/practice-squad guy. Good on him hanging on as long as he did, but for the Bills to go where they want to go, him taking meaningful playoff snaps can't be a possibility. Cam Lewis - 5'9" 183lb - 4.51/40 - 32" vertical - wingspan 73" Jordan Hancock - 6'0" 195lb - 4.42/40 - 41.5" vertical - wingspan 76"

If Devis never comes back that's how I'd remember him... Don't ruin my memories please!

Jordan Hancock if Taron misses any time. Hoping he takes Cam Lewis' role, and that he knows that on 4th down you KNOCK IT DOWN

Also Reelin' In The Beers

Perhaps at the pro level but for OSU he played boundary, nickel AND safety AND called the secondary alignments. No questions with his run support either. Combine that with a 9.8 RAS. I'm thinking they want to have him learn for a year behind Taron Johnson and see where he's at come 2026, but I don't think they're going to risk trying to slip him to the P/S if he shows anything at all in preseason.

The NFL will bone the Bills, you bet.