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Gunner I like most of what you post. But don’t sugar coat it. Diggs was pretty bad the second half of last season. He could not get open down the field. He was dropping passes and looked disinterested. I think he is pretty much done. A lot of guys have their day. But he isn’t balling out til he is 35 like a Larry Fitzgerald Jerry Rice or Tony Gonzalez. He was excellent for awhile, but not nearly in that pantheon. The Bills did great to dump him on Houston for a 2nd round pick.

What has he done in the pros? Seems like he has been Injured his entire career.

He certainly hasn’t been a star. But he plays hard and makes plays. How high his ceiling is at this point is the question. Let’s hope he takes his game to at least very good. We will have 2 years to find out.

Who has off from work on Presidents Day in this era other then maybe banks?

Very well said All Pro Bills. Could not agree more. Look at the coin toss for the 1st Super Bowl between the Chiefs and the Packers. 3 or 4 people total on the field. LOL

Definitely. What's wrong with being a fighting team, as long as you have some scorers too? The Flyers in the mid 70's were that. And they ruled the NHL world. Fighting was big in the NHL up til maybe the late 2000's. I haven't followed the Sabres in quite some time. At least the last 10 years. Why is fighting not big anymore in the NHL game? And were the Sabres ***** again this past season? I used to be a huge fan. And loved when Lindy coached the team. Heck I remember when he played for the Sabres. He used to live in my subdivision (Ransom Oaks) in East Amherst back when he played for us. Him, Mike Ramsay and Mike Foligno (who lived right across from my house) in the early 80's. I feel like I am in Ground Hog day. LOL But very cool to have Lindy back. It like Lou Saban coming back to coach the Bills a second time.

What have Mitchell and Thomas done since the last college season ended that they are falling on draft boards? I have read a bunch that the Bills are interested in trading up for Thomas. No way do I mortgage the farm for any of the top 3 WR's. There are a lot of great WR's that are drafted after the first round. Personally I would rather trade back into the 2nd round and pick up another 2nd or 3rd and draft two good WR's on day 2. We have a great QB. He can make most WR's look pretty dam good. We have a lot of needs, and don't need to be the desperate team overpaying to move up for anyone who is not a QB. Beane does a good job. But he doesn't always have to be the outlier trading up for someone he loves like a Cody Ford, Devin Singletary or Kair Elam.

That makes sense about Wilson. We need guys on the outside. I am impressed with your permutations on draft trades. Getting all of Washington's picks looks real nice. I am not crazy about taking an OT unless we are not planning on extending Spencer Brown. (Hopefully he continues to improve) I hope we take 2 good WR's and D linemen with potential. Beane will likely make some moves. That is just his nature.

That's great the summary of Roman Gabriel. I remember his name but was still a little too young when he was a star. But the early to mid 70's was when I started becoming a football fan in grade school. I lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania. And moved to Buffalo New Years 1976. The 76 season was my first as a true Bills fan. But remember watching several Bills games in probably 74 and 75 from Rich Stadium on TV. The start of a passion that has lasted a lifetime. Love discussing players and teams from that era. Game just had a raw simple feel to it. The sport of Gladiators. Pete Rozelle made football something very special.

Billy Napier is in over his head as an SEC coach. The Gators have been lousy under him. He was a bad hire. Dan Mullen wasn’t fantastic. But he was a lot better then Napier.

Excellent post Ralonzo. If we can trade back and draft two solid receivers, I am all in. Will Legette from S Carolina be there in the 2nd round? And do you like Roman Wilson? I don’t follow all the individuals so much in college. More the teams because I love gambling on college ball, and watching the games. Except for my Maize and Blue. I know the players pretty well. Wilson is a gamer. Tough quick smart has real strong hands. Not a big guy though. And let’s not forget we have Josh Allen. And he can make some of these guys look real good. Davis and Diggs were certainly nothing special last year. And we were a missed FG and a whole bunch of injuries on the defense from playing in the SB anyways. And that’s pretty much because of #17.

What a reference. Steve Largent was amazing Hondo. As solid of a technician at receiver as I can remember. Wow other than Jerry Rice, who was really better for that long a period? Maybe Larry Fitzgerald? Isabella is really small, and didn’t seem to do much when he returned kicks. Look at Harty last year. He made one play(albeit a big play). It’s not a small man’s game. You need speed. But you need some size otherwise you get swallowed up. Very few Darron Sproles in the NFL. I think Shorter may have some juice. He has size. But can he accelerate is the question. Hopefully he is not James Hardy.

Sutton has been ok. I have seen him drop several balls. Why does everyone always blame the QB? Denver’s roster in general has been meh. Their defense has been better than their offense. We have our veterans in Samuel and Shakir. what is Sutton’s contract value anyways? What’s wrong w a roster of young WR’s? We have a great veteran QB to show them the way. Look at GB at the end of last season. And they had Jordan Love.

Exactly Alpha. Good words spoken. Devonta Smith is a good but certainly not dominant force every week in the NFL. Look at how the Eagles season ended up. They completely went in the tank and there was real talk about Siriani being canned. Football is a team game. Trading for some overhyped self proclaimed great WR who wants a ton of money is not how to build a team. We should draft 2 maybe 3 WR's that can all run. Let Josh show them how its done. Look at the Packers receiving group last year. All a bunch of young guys that can run. Lets replicate that with our stud QB and excellent TE and RB, and we will be dynamite on offense. Davis was a plodder and Diggs is pretty much washed. Time to go young and cheap at the position. Our salary cap has been a mess. We need to draft some good players that can contribute right away. Having the oldest safety duo in the league is over. Time to change it up. We don't need to be paying a WR $25+ million per unless it is Justin Jefferson. NOONE else is worth that much period.

I think he has some ability. Once he got comfortable in the playoff game against the Steelers, he made some plays. He had a nice pick. Hopefully Rasul can take him under his wing, and teach him the nuances of being a CB in the NFL.

Bryce Paup was pretty sweet, especially in 1995 when he won the Defensive Player of the year award. Him and Bruce coming off the edge were quite the force. I have been to Blacksburg twice to see games several years back. Quite an experience when the team comes onto the field to Enter Sandman, and the crowd is going nuts. They used to have a real strong team. I saw them when Wyatt Teller was playing there. He was dam good and the leader of their O line.

Good point 78. We will have to see what happens come draft night. (I love your user name. Never really thought about it. Until I just read your response. Very sweet. Bruce was a special player. And a real good guy also.)

TJ Watt is a dam good edge rusher also. Much respect for his game. I like Highsmith on the other side as well. Not one of the top 5 in the league. But a very good player. Speaking of good defensive players, I was on my phone sitting by a fountain in downtown Fort Lauderdale early last Friday evening and Aaron Donald just comes strolling by. The dude was not overly tall. I am 6'1 and he was no taller then me. His arms are a little bigger though. LOL

When Michigan has a good college basketball team I follow the tournament. Otherwise, I barely pay any attention to it. Its not a bad sport. But can only focus on so much. I am all in on the Bills and the NFL every week. And I love College Football just as much. My other sport is Nascar. I can record the race on Sunday, and watch it during the week late at night after work.

Cosell is a smart guy. But most fans who watch the team week in and week out could easily see that Diggs wasn’t making many big plays any longer in the second half of the season. And on top of that his body language looked very apathetic about the entire thing. Some guys just fall off pretty hard at a certain point. Beane is no dummy. He gets paid a lot of money to be one of 32 NFL GM’s. And he is one of the best of that small group. He watched all the games. He watched the film after the season. I am sure he talked with McDermott and Brady and whomever else he needed to talk to about Diggs. And he came to the conclusion it was time to get rid of him. His play wasn’t worth the aggravation or the money. And to get a 2nd round pick for him before he looks like he doesn’t belong on an NFL field any longer was brilliant. I liked Diggs a lot. But he certainly isn’t great anymore. Or very good for that matter. Whether he is even good any longer should be the question that Houston and their fans should be asking. I am excited about the Bills and their reset of the roster. The roster was getting stale w veterans who were no longer in their prime-Diggs included. Beane will have us a strong solid roster come August once again.

I will take a healthy Matt Milano over him...And certainly a healthy Nick Bosa. And Chris Jones...remember him. I am sure there are several others too. If he is coming at Josh Allen one on one, he doesn't get a hand on Josh.

Do you think they told him when he signed, " We like you. But we don't want to have to play you?"

Yup that was sad. But he was a stand up guy and really tried to help his wife in every way he could. He is one of my all time favorite football players. And seemed to be a really good person too.

He was awesome both in college at Ohio State (had 26 tackles in the 1986 Michigan-Ohio State game) and for us. Too bad about his neck injury. And as a TV football analyst he was a riot both college and pro. That was one tough football player. They just don't play like that anymore. And my namesake Bryce Paup had a dam good run w us too until he tore up his groin.

Tre Whites $10 mill comes off the books on June 1st.