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Home field advantage will be a legit thing again, especially in Buffalo.

I root for all former Notre Dame players to be successful in the league. Fitz is an easy guy to root for as well. As far as another team's success goes? When I was a kid I used to root for the Eagles on the side because I liked Randall Cunningham a lot and that defense led by Reggie White. Once that team was dismantled I didn't have any others outside of Buffalo.

Definitely not too high on Daniel Jones, but I think he can be a serviceable Brad Johnson type of QB. That defense in NY was starting to click by the end of the season as well. Having Saquon back will be huge. Things will also open up more so on offense with Golladay and Toney. I think they will be tough. Dallas does seem to "Dallas" themselves a lot, but I like the pieces they have. If Elliott can return to pre-big contract form then they could make some noise. Washington is definitely the front runner because of that defensive front. Young, Sweat, Allen, and Payne all get after it. Two other moves I liked were the signing of Curtis Samuel and Adam Humphries. Then in the draft they go get Dyami Brown, Shaka Toney, and Benjamin St-Juste. Rivera is doing an excellent job thus far in DC imo.

Idk about that. The Giants got better this offseason, as did the Cowboys imo. NY has Saquon coming back and Dallas has Dak returning. Both offenses should be better. NY also signed Golladay in FA and drafted Kadarius Toney. Dallas got Micah Parsons, Jabril Cox, and Kelvin Joseph for that defense. Philly is a question mark with Hurts as the full-time starter and a new coaching staff, but they did get DeVonta Smith. I think it will be a tight race again, but with the team battling for the division being somewhere around 9-8 or 10-7 this time versus a sub .500 record last year.

The Patriots were whoopin' our *sses and winning SB's. Let's get a Lombardi and then we can start down these roads.

Agreed. Miami got better this offseason, but it will come down to Tua. Washington has a nasty friggin defense, but we'll have to see which version of Fitz they signed. We do know from experience though that Fitz always seems to play well against us. Still, that Washington defense makes me a bit nervous for Josh.

Soooooo......... The day we find out the Bills are playing the Steelers Week 1 is the day our interest is made known in a former Steelers CB? Yes, Brandon Beane

I don't know why some people are so up in arms over this. He may not make it out of the preseason on the roster. They are allowed to have 90 players going into it, right? How many guys do a lot of teams have on their roster right now that we all pretty much know are not going to make it? He was a good athlete, though now a bit long in the tooth at 33. Even still, his body hasn't taken the punishment of a typical 33 year old football player. Who knows, he may surprise some people. Or he may not. Either way, who actually cares?

Nah, it was the only picture I could find that matched what I had/have.

Yes, but a little more snug and the zipper has been broken for about 15 years.

This is the one I wore in high school and I still have it.

This is my thought as well. I know some people weren't as high on Basham, but I really like what he brings to this defense. I wouldn't be surprised if he immediately makes Addison just a rotational player. I think Rousseau was more of a project pick, but both were made planning for the future of life without Hughes/Addison come 2022. I think the three of Epenesa/Basham/Rousseau will make for a nice rotation up front at DE moving forward.

I give this thread a 6.9

I think it was Schlereth on one of those ESPN shows who talked about run blocking being a mindset. One that is developed in TC and worked on throughout the preseason. He said it's not just something that your team just picks up and decides to do. I believe pass blocking is more read and react where you pay attention to the OL calls then read your keys to pick up the right guys.

DK chasing down Budda Baker

Sign Tremaine up

Yes, an I have seen things like this in my line of work as well. We have roughly 150 employees for a maintenance contractor onsite who do various things. If a layoff were to take place it would unfold as such. Two guys doing the same job, making the same $$$, with the same attendance record, and the General Foreman has to lay someone off. If one of the two suffered a personal injury that resulted in an OSHA recordable accident then they will layoff that individual. You can't really prove that's why, but everyone knows that was the deciding factor.

Like I said in a previous thread, I don't think our RB depth chart is as bad as many make it out to be. I think we have a solid group and there will be some real competition in camp this year. Having an actual TC/Preseason to evaluate will also be helpful for all involved as well. Someone is going to end up being the odd man out and it won't be for lack of ability.

And as you described, such is life in the field you chose. It tends to be different for medical professionals than any other field. I see this in the same light as a flu shot. I've never had one in my 44 years of existence. I don't need it. I don't want it. It's not required by anyone I've ever worked for. My kids only received it one time because my ex-wife let them get it at the Pediatrician's office when they went in for a regular check up. Within a couple of weeks they both had the flu. With my youngest who was 3 at the time his turned from the flu to RSV, then from RSV into a viral pneumonia. He ended up in the PICU for 4 days. He almost died. They said if he hadn't been transferred to the hospital we ended up at, from the one trying to discharge him where we took him in to be seen, that within 24 hours he would have been on a ventilator. It was the worst sickness he has endured in his life and he's 13 now. We've also had the flu itself go through the house 3 or so times, but it never turned into anything remotely near that. No flu shots for them since then. The ever widening gap between the Recovery vs Death rates with the rona reinforce my thoughts on it. Back when all of this was getting moving in April of last year the death rate for the infected was at 20.40%. Now, with millions more cases to go off of, that has dropped all the way down to 2.36%. The recovery rate gains a 100th of a % point every couple of days it seems. Hardly worthy of a national mandate to take a jab. And if they try? I will deal with that when it happens. I've already told my employer if that happens I will no longer be there. There's a reason that only 30-35% of the people have lined up to get it. It's not for lack of availability. There's a reason that doses are having to be tossed due to expiration as the desire to get it slows down. There's a reason that places like Florida and Texas are thriving. There's a reason you're seeing a lot of people migrating to those two states at this point. Regardless of how many of you view the vaccine on this board, there are many who don't share your stance. Just like many on here, in this small circle, don't share mine. You don't have to agree with me and I can respect you being on the other side. It really has no relevance to where I stand though. People can point their fingers, try to exclude me from whatever, call me whatever, make whatever claims they want, try to use whatever reasoning as to why I'm wrong, it won't change a thing.

Hard to say. When I watch him he reminds me of Eli Manning with a lesser arm. He gets spotty with his accuracy the further the ball travels into the intermediate levels of the field. His WR's bailed him out a lot from what I saw. I think he has backup potential, but he won't be a long term starter.

Agreed. I think they are preparing for life after Watson. Mills was a reach of a pick. I fully expect them to be sitting close to the top of the draft order next year and taking a QB.

Bottom line, for all of our AFC East opponents, it will come down to QB play. Having Josh Allen, I like our chances. Regardless of the excuses they make for Cam, the pattern of deterioration in his game has been ongoing for 3 years or so now. I don't know if Mac Jones can put them back over the top, but I believe he can be a game manager for them as was Cassell. Is that enough? We'll have to wait and see.