darksabre

Please god let the Sabres be good this year.

They're just gonna play Allen because they like his development. Then by December we'll have McCoy taking nonstop handoffs from the corpse of Kyle Orton.

If you had told me last year that Peterman would be the starter this year, I wouldn't have even fought you on it because I'm fully aware of how dumb this team is.

None of this would be a problem if we had an O-Line or a receiving corps. I hope they can pump Peterman full of enough painkillers to let him hand the ball off for most of the season.

This looks like the only option. Jo rando off the streets to play QB. I guess I don't care as long as Allen isn't playing by week 3 and getting hurt.

Argue if Peterman was the number #1 if you want, it doesn't really matter. These guys are supposed to be the sacrificial meat shields to keep Allen on the bench. Now we don't have that.

I don't follow. He looked like the #1 QB on a team where the other two QBs are Peterman and a rookie. Were there expectations for him to be better than that?

Um, McCarron was our #1 QB...

I disagree. But, if that is the case, this team is in even bigger trouble than I thought.

This is untrue. He's raw and undeveloped and needs a good line if we don't want him to end up like Rob Johnson. McCarron and Peterman were supposed to prevent him from being in the lineup at all simply by existing. I really don't want Allen seeing playing time with this line. Not if I'm supposed to believe he's the future and not just another plug.

Right. This is what I have an issue with. McCarron was supposed to be a sacrifice.

A 5th round pick and now our starting quarterback is Nathan Peterman and our backup is a rookie, and both of them are going to die behind the O-Line.

I'm not a draft expert or anything so I don't really have an opinion on where we take a RB. I'm mostly just curious if we have anything of value on this team to fix the O-Line so that this isn't a wasted development season for Allen if he ends up seeing playing time.

Does trading McCoy for O-Line make sense if this season is going to be a dumpster fire anyway? Like, at least give our quarterbacks some help and draft a RB in the 1st next year?

Here's the thing: I like Zach and I've only ever wanted him to succeed here. I was really excited when we traded for him. But the dark comedy of his injury history is just too much to ignore and we should at least have some fun with it.

For anyone interested, Aretha's funeral, which will probably last for many many hours longer than it is planned to, and will feature some solid musical performances, is being live streamed in both audio and video streams in various places. I recommend the NPR audio stream. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/29/642607996/how-to-stream-and-fully-appreciate-aretha-franklins-funeral

Yes they did, and I lol'd.

Zach says he's 100 percent. https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/sabres-bogosian-100-percent-start-season How long does he make it into the season before missing a game due to injury? How many games does he miss? What gets hurt?

This team is traaaash

You mean have one drink and then drive dad home ?

Is 4 a cursed number? Like...if you take 4 are you guaranteed to be the next man off the team?

I don't even know what I'm eating for dinner tonight, but there's a 90% chance it's getting Weber's mustard put on it.

The only mustard worth buying comes in a jar.

Fixed that for ya. This country is so problematic when it comes to taking time off from work. If you're not working then you're a terrorist.

Well, that's kind of exactly it though. Getting your skates sharpened once a year and then talking up how much you love "the stone" is exactly the kind of thing you hear in every beer league locker room. Which is why hearing it from a guy who isn't an overweight sales manager at a mattress store is so strange. Ideally pro players don't act like beer league players.