stevewin

I love it when people scream "but we need interior OL!" and then I picture Beane and all the FO and coaches and scouts who literally dedicate their lives to this going "Awwwwwwwwwwwww Crap! We forgot about interior OL!"

Some real awkward exchanges there: First dude (as an afterthought before he hands phone over) - "Hey man- you're healthy right? No issues I assume" 🙄 Pegs: "How's the weather there?" 🙄

Its crazy - he gives real meaning to "The Josh Allen of Linemen" - small blue collar town, work on the family farm, play football/basketball/baseball in HS, go to small college program, etc. And we all know Josh could bench 500 if he put his mind to it

He's the OT/TE hybrid everyone's been pining for

Bills focused on raising average team height this draft

Garret looks like Hanz or Franz's step-brother

Ha - just got a txt from someone I know - their son-in law is a distant cousin of Basham And I once was on a plane with Macho Man

Years ago I was on a flight with Macho Man That is all

There's been a number of comments related to playing weight - in the PC Beane was asked that specifically and he said - with the caveat they obviously would have to get him in and do an actual detailed assessment to make the final determination - that he saw him playing "in the 60's", which is where he is at now. Also some of that weight obviously may be re-distributed under NFL strength and conditioning

That's one thing that stands out from the highlights. He seems to have a laser focus on where the QB is and never loses sight of him - and there are plays where off the line he is setting the edge and initially guaging where the QB is, then pouncing to make a play as soon as the QB comes off his mark (instinct was one of the things Beane mentioned). He is chasing down QBs from all angles and covering all kinds of ground - and using his length to catch or trip up QBs who are moving all around. Looking at it in the context of Mahomes - you can just picture Mahomes side-stepping a one-dimensional straight-line speed guy and still making a play, but you can also picture Rousseau making Mahomes life a living hell chasing him around and down as Mahomes runs around like a crazy chicken in the backfield (hopefully for a few patented 20+ yd sacks)

And a 12 yr old

I blame the chair

Tears of unfathomable sadness

This will fuel Dalton

They have to permanently switch team allegiance - the chair is a serious matter

OMG I had forgotten about that - now it will haunt my dreams

The green room is an airplane hanger?

Nice to see Roger's long lingering hugs return - future patient zero for the next variant

I really like Fairburn - even when he was a beat reporter he always made an effort to find an angle and reach out to a variety of connected people for a story - instead of just re-hashing quotes from PCs which is what so many do. That being said I was surrised he didn't have more actual commentary from Losman himsef - would have been interesting to hear more of his personal thoughts about his time in Buffalo.

I saw this yesterday on SC, have to say didn't know much about Lance before but rooting for him now

What is this "going into work" of which you speak?

It's almost surreal watching off season coverage now and seeing the Bills being discussed as SB contenders - at times I have to remind myself - holy crap we were in the AFCCG last year. Recently I saw some draft coverage and the talking heads were discussing about QB prospects and were saying accuracy in college no longer is an end-all metric - Josh Allen has changed the entire way QBs should be evaluated.

Wish you would have started a new thread - instead of me reading the OP and first few posts and trying to figure out wtf was going on. I am not a fan of keeping old threads around forever as subjects change. Anyway - was a great article. Cool to see behind the scenes and see the value a player can have to an org separate from on the field.