That Aud Smell

I don't want you to say anything. I want you to chill, Daddy. Lol - I never miss a chance to deploy that meme. Anyway, to me, it's just not a big deal. He probably did speak to 10+ "people" about the job opening. One of them was probably his dog, Tinsel (she was a Christmas gift a few years ago). Idk. It's just puffery, like I said. Benign, at that. Adams will be gone soon enough. The "shallow approach" seems dead nuts. Like, he knows the buzz words, but, it's also like, don't dive in, baby. I don't much care whether they're going to BS us a bit. Emphasis on a bit. That's par for the course. We're not really allowed under the tent to see how the sausage is getting made. (Sorry to mix metaphors.) I only care that the team notch ~95 points next season. That's all I care about.

What was the lie? Nah. He was puffing. I think Adams is in way over his head and may actually be a dummy. But I don't object to him saying he spoke to "double digits" people about this job opening.

That's the commonly received wisdom, for sure. WGR had an interesting conversation on this topic the other day. Could that thinking be shifting to allow for a big WR splash if your team already has its franchise QB? This is what the Falcons did to get Julio (and, I presume, already had Matt Ryan).

Actually, the guy named Adonai would probably be my first bet. I just get a feeling about him when he's mentioned. But BTJ would be my next best guess.

Odunze (sp?) would take a Julio Jones type trade. I'd be excited, sure, but also pretty nervous. The guy would HAVE to hit and hit pretty big to make it worthwhile. If I had to wager on anyone from the field, I think I'd bet "BTJ." Moving up that far shouldn't cost next year's first.

I keep coming back to that reasoning. OTOH, if the Bills have 1st round grades on, say, 23 players, there's a good chance that several would still be there at 28. Question being, though, at what positions. If there's no WR or DL available at 28 whom they gave a 1st round grade, then a trade-back would be desirable (question being: available?).

Can’t tell if @LGR4GM is yacking at my take or Sal’s.

Sal mocked the itty bitty burner from Texas to the Bills. Worthy. 165 lbs. No thanks. Everybody wants the next Tyreek Hill. They’re more apt to get the next Tavon Austin.

Your antipathy for Ladd ThaHonky to Buffalo only assures us that (1) the Chiefs will instead grab him at the end of Round 1 and (2) ThaHonky will post a 9-85-1 line against the Bills in next year's postseason. Hmm. So maybe available at 28?

It's the old joke about the old bull and the young bull standing atop a hill, gazing down on a pasture of cows that are "in season." Except in this case, Lindy's both the old bull and young(er) bull. And he's not looking to literally shtup anyone, afaik. Someone here posted a stat about how Power's long pass completion rate from the d-zone (or something) was near the very top of the league this season.

Read the story that PA wrote in May 2006, linked above.

The lore is out there. But not the video clip.

Hello, friend. I tried using Google to locate the video. I searched "sabrespace" "lindy" "stick" -- but got too many hits. As an unexpected reward, though, I also got this as a first hit. If you haven't read it, do yourself a favour and read it now (or soon). And excuse the formatting glitches that time has visited on the post.

Anyone know where to locate that video of Lindy instructing Sabres at a practice by, among other things, taking his stick and whacking it against a player's helmet? (Taylor Pyatt, maybe?) It was the subject of some debate here, years gone by. As I recall, Lindy's actions seemed to have been triggering for a former regular poster here.

Gotcha. I'd be surprised if Lindy had 3 or more years left on his Devils deal. My guess is that a no double dipping clause would, if carefully drafted, anticipate a scenario where the remaining term on a Devils deal could outlast the term on a subsequent deal (and then likewise wipe out the Devils' obligation to pay in that event). YMMV, as @Taro T often says.

Good question. I'd guess no more than 2. There should be (?) setoff/offset language in the Devils' contract (i.e., no double dippin'). Also: Shoutout to a DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.

A 2-year deal? That's interesting, actually. You hear that coaches don't want to be lame ducks. Isn't that what happened with Granato when he got extended in early 2023 through 2025-2026? Lindy will start out in the penultimate year of his deal. Hmm. Bets being hedged? On both sides?

Right on. I just confirmed that we got our pig cuts from Native Offerings. Now, do yourself another favour and take a listen to the mighty Del Paxton (the members of whom are likely now your neighbours). No idea what this music video's about, and I sorta like it that way.

Lol - ironically, with our household now being much smaller, we don't subscribe like we used to. Our produce farm share was always through our church -- it was from the Porter family farm in Genesee County. I think they've since branched out to doing meats as well. They may be WNY's "OG" CSA. I would vouch for them, for sure. When the kids were young, we would visit the farm at some point following harvest -- just to catch a vibe. https://www.porterfarms.org/about-us We also used Native Offerings at times - some produce, some beef. I'll have to ask my wife where we had our pig share for a few years. Because that was my favourite CSA we ever participated in -- loins, tenderloins, chops, bacon -- good lord.

Hope for the best.

Candidate to be the poster child for the mediocrity of this particular Sabres team. (Although I'd be partial to some others.)

Possibly - but I had the same thought this morning. Not a peep about guys who are available. It seems consistent with Adams' needing to wait for a team to be eliminated from the playoffs. There was something he said in his press conference -- he used a word like "sooner" or "earlier" to indicate that he had a plan and that the timing could be accelerated if certain things were to happen.

The online fancy stats people saddle Brian Thomas Jr. with several "red flags" -- something about how alarmingly low his "yards per route run" were. Apparently, this metric, YPRR, is a strong predictor of success in the NFL. And, physical beast though he is, Thomas's isn't good. I think I heard Joe DiBiase on WGR talking about Thomas -- something about "does he evolve into a DK Metcalf comparable" -- who apparently also had similar concerns with his fancy stats while also having physical freak measurables -- "or does he flop like several other physical freak prospects whose advanced stats were not good coming out of college?"

Smurfs 2.0. Let's do this.