Albany,n.y.

Too bad so many people don't read newspapers. No wonder people are walking around with no clue what's going on in the world, believing wild conspiracies they find on the free internet. You get what you pay for.

https://static.www.nfl.com/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2021/2021_NFL_Record_and_Fact_Book.pdf

This laziness started when people stopped reading newspapers🤩

All 3 that I read every day. Buffalo News, Albany Times Union, NY Post. I get the same edition as the print version. Total cost this year is $240. A bargain.

Where do you think I read my newspapers? On the internet & most articles on the internet are not free unless you are limited in your reading choices. Kid, get off my lawn.

Most of them were late round stabs where the percentage of success in the NFL is pretty low. If a college with a long time head coach had about 5 or more 1st round busts, then I might be concerned it's just the system. But still, don't judge a QB by his predecessors. The reason Aaron Rodgers slipped in the draft was because his college coach, Ted Tedford, as a QB coach, OC & head coach was associated with 1st round NFL dissapointments Akili Smith, Joey Harrington, Trent Dilfer & Kyle Boller. By the time Rodgers entered the 2005 draft NFL teams were afraid to draft a Tedford coached QB, thinking it was more his system that made them look good in college.

I think it's pretty funny saying college XXXX doesn't produce QBs. Before Josh there were 3 Wyoming QBs drafted in the NFL draft. The 1st 2 were Jim Walker taken in the 16th round of 1960 and played in the CFL, never in the NFL, and Rick Egloff taken in the 6th round by the Raiders in 1967, never played, got traded to Denver a year later, never played & his only professional career was a year in the CFL. The only other QB out of Wyoming was Casey Bramlet taken in the 7th round by the Bengals in 2004 and had a journeyman backup career for a few years in the NFL. You never know where the next great QB is going to come from.

I take it you don't read any newspapers, like ever, Amazing.

They're talking about the article on WGR right now.

It's such a good read I couldn't pick out any one part. Sorry for those who don't subscribe, but for those who do click on the link & enjoy: https://theathletic.com/2761001/2021/08/12/ryan-fitzpatricks-winding-football-career-with-its-magical-ups-and-miserable-downs-has-led-him-to-his-best-opportunity-yet/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983

Usually going into their 4th season, you know how the 1st round QBs are shaking out. The 2018 draft was a strange one. Josh Rosen flamed out faster than any other 1st round QB that I can remember. Darnold has been in such a bad situation I have no idea if he's a bust or if he has a future. The Jets offensive talent last year was as bad as the 2018 Bills.

One thing I noticed that was different this year was they usually show the homes of some players with the wives or girlfriends getting ready to go to camp. This year they never showed the women or the homes. I though he got a raw deal when the Raiders fired him. Then I watched Hard Knocks & I wondered who would ever hire this guy as a head coach.

I think they're going to be forced to keep 7 WRs: Diggs, Beasley, Sanders, Davis, McKenzie, Kumerow, & Hodgins. As a result, Taiwan Jones will not make the team as an extra RB/ST.

No way I'm trading Trubisky! The whole reason Trubisky is here is as an insurance policy, especially in the playoffs. Remember when Mahomes went down in the playoffs last season & Chad Henne saved KC vs Cleveland? I don't want to see a repeat of the Houston game when Josh was a rookie & Peterman lost the game, especially in a playoff game. I don't trust Fromm or Davis to preserve a victory in the playoffs like Henne did before Mahomes returned the next week. Imagine if we had traded Frank Reich for a draft pick in the Super Bowl years. That's how valuable Trubisky is to this seaason's Super Bowl run.

My point is it you are broadcasting on one of the biggest stations in Buffalo, you shouldn't be giving your audience incorrect information about the largest sports contract in team history. Whether they like it or not, they are being paid to be accurate on factual information. It is not a podcast as some have called the program. It is on a 50,000 watt station that can be heard 200 miles away and anywhere on the internet. They need to be more responsible. I doubt Sal would ever open his show not knowing what he is talking about.

OJ Simpson was one of the greatest running backs of all time. He gave his blood sweat and tears to the Bills. Was an excellent analyst for NBC, and was a great ambassador for the team...for years. So he had a bad day in 1994. SO WHAT!!

Yes, you get to spread out the bonus 5 years counting the year it's paid. Josh gets his 2nd bonus next year and it will be spread out in 2022-2026. He has bonuses in some years & they are spread out either the next 5 years, or if the contract ends before that 5 year period, through the final year of the contract.

If they didn't lead off today's show with bad information, it wouldn't have upset me. They could have talked about the contract without talking about stuff they didn't know. I can't beat them up too much because as I said I only learned this on Friday when I didn't understand the numbers shown on Sportrac, but then I never went on the air & gave out bad information. The good news is Eric Wood is back as the color man this season.

They are on the air and think bonus money can be spread out over the remaining 8 years. Now I must admit I only learned this last Friday when I saw the Sportrac numbers, and then looked up the salary cap rules, but the cap rules are a team can only spread out the bonus for 5 years. So the $16.5 million Josh got is spread out over the next 5 seasons not the next 8. Next year's bonus will be spread out from 2022 through 2026. They had all weekend to learn this but didn't before they went on the air today.

I haven't read all 76 pages so I don't know if anyone proposed this: The county sells all the property to the Bills for X dollars. The county then takes the $ the Bills paid them & gives it back to the Pegulas to help build the new stadium. Now under this scenario the Pegulas basically pay for the whole thing, but in return, they now own the stadium, all the facilities on the land & by owning the stadium increase the value of the franchise (since the stadium is worth more than half what the team is worth & they own it). They no longer have a lease and own the whole property, parking lots and all. When you go to a game at Met-Life they have a sportsbook at the racetrack which is basically on the same property. You can park your car, walk over to the sportsbook, bet the game, go inside & watch it & then cash your bet after the game. I've never done it but I have seen the sports book people in the parking lot at Met-Life telling people where they can bet during tailgates.

Romo has a better chance of getting in as a broadcaster than a QB. Look at him & Phil Simms. Simms never came close & accomplished more in his career-Super Bowl MVP and an important part of another Super Bowl winner even though he was out injured. Meanwhile Tony Romo never won anything & playoff victories & championships are what get QBs in the HOF. Romo was 2-4 in the playoffs & never made it to a conference championship game. Romo was never a top 5 QB and some of you think he belongs in the HOF-Come On Man!

They all have confidence, arrogance & to some degree a sense of entitlement. When the QBs were drafted in 2018 both Joshs said some pretty arrogant things after they were drafted. Nobody said "I shouldn't have been a top 10 pick" . Our Josh said this: " I want to say thank you to the Bills organization for making the leap and putting their faith in me, I'm going to make them look like they're the smartest people out there." Rosen said " There were 9 mistakes made ahead of me. I will make sure over the next decade or so that they will know they made a mistake." Basically they said the same thing, that each thought he was the best QB in the draft. Josh Allen said it a little different showing a little more humility, but he really didn't say anything much different than Rosen did. Rosen just didn't know how to say it in a humble manner & came off as an entitled jerk, but a jerk who was going to work hard to prove everyone who picked ahead of him wrong. If Rosen had performed like Allen, nobody would be on is case for what he said. Since Rosen was a disaster, his words make him look foolish.

Now you've made former Bills TE Bobby Collins angry.

It's way too early to draw any conclusions. Remember after Sam Darnold & the Jets beat Detroit 48-17 in the opener in 2018 Jets fans were thinking HOF for Darnold.

I've been to every current MLB baseball & NFL football stadium in California except SoFi Stadium & I'm hoping to be there next February to see the Bills play there. I never went to the LA Colliseum or Candlestick Park, but I've seen the Raiders in Oakland & the Chargers in LA & SD among stadiums no longer used. I've also seen the Warriors in Oakland & the new arena in SF where I was literally in the front row.