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It's going to take $100 million. Cant't see him being happy with the $90 million offer...

At this point there are very few open minds left on this board. People are going to see what they want to see...

Prey for the starting five, There is no depth whatsoever...

Agreed. There's no cap savings by cutting him ( http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/buffalo-bills) and then you'd have to rely on Simms or a street FA if disaster struck. Why would Whaley and Rex want to do that?? The only argument I can see is if he has trade value. But according to his detractors, he isn't worth a bag of hammers, so who would bite on that...

Not E.J., according to Vic. Seems to contradict the tweets posted on TSW throughout practice... http://bills.buffalonews.com/2015/08/19/who-will-be-the-bills-qb-our-day-14-report/

Yawn. Using a cop for a driver/security is no different than a bar using them as bouncers...

Try even harder...

I have no problem with asking questions. Although how those questions are crafted is open for debate ("Have you stopped beating your wife?"). It seems to me the newshounds are in a breakneck race to announce the winner of the QB competition and are taking every angle possible to be the first across the finish line. Sometimes by reporting the story, but more often than not, by creating the storyline (both by selective inclusion and omission of how players are performing (JokeB vs. Astro's reports being the most extreme example). For the next two weeks I'll let my eyes tell me who's performing and who's not and skip the media 'filter'...

Deadspin's a 'waist'...

Ding! Ding! Ding! You're the winner, John. You got E.J. to finally say the "somewhere else" line. The media's been competing all summer to get that admission and you pulled it off. Congratulations! Your kewpie doll is right over here....

No, IMO. He's not quick or fluid enough, his hands are just average and he doesn't play ST. Quite an uphill battle...

Florio's a Chip Diller...

I'll add to the Good Night: The Ralph: First time back in 15 years since I had my tix. I was really impressed with the rehab...excellent job of bring the old guy back up to NFL standards. Not sure a new stadium is at all warrented (and I've been a big proponent of a new Downtown venue), other than from a psychological perspective...

I was at the game and watched him closely in warmups and whenever he was on the field. I've been excited about him since the pick, but after seeing him in person, I'm very worried that he's just too stiff and doesn't have the movement skills (or hands--he had a lot of drops in warmsups too) to play at this level. I was expecting a Tom Rathman H-back type but he just seemed too muscled up and un-athletic...

That's the gameplan, but the proof will be in the pudding. They've got to get some chemistry going with the ones, which I think has to happen next week and in the third preseason game. Shady's gonna need more reps running behind the OL as well. He was stringing things out a bit too much last night, IMO, which was the knock on him last year in Philly...

The big caveat is they had a honorable mention Parade All-American QB (who's now paying D-1 ball at Tulsa) and the other teams had 'normal' HS-level players. Pretty easy to not punt when you have that kind of player advantage...

TT had a great game but the concern is that he's the King of Preseason--his style of play (one-read-then-run) is effective against teams that don't install a game plan to contain it. How effective would it be if teams schemed for it, which appears to be what's happening with Kap in SF? The encouraging thing was the deep ball he threw in the corner of the end zone that Goodwin dropped. That would-be TD would have really set the QB competition on fire. Thursday with the ones will be hugh if he can stand in the pocket and deliver the ball...

Not looking good for O'Leary. He may need a year on the practice squad, but I was surprised by his stiffness/lack of athleticism...

Yeah, their team is a real heavyweight against their competition. Even in the NFL, the range from top team to bottom is much smaller... http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0067/0138/teamcume.htm

I stopped reading after those four words...

Yes and no, IMO. Certain years are better than others. The QBs in Manuel's draft class were a bunch of midgets, so picking one vertically challenged guy hasn't turned out any better the next ...

Not really. The take a few weeks off after the season, then jump right back into training. Nobody comes to camp to get in shape anymore, it would get you cut...

Its the Interweb, IMO. It's devalued journalism to the point where guys like Vic are competing against some kid in his parents basement (i.e., the barriers to entry are nonexistant) and deadline pressures trump thoughtful analysis and having a lot of contacts...