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This is so interesting - thanks for sharing. I have to imagine that some form of reckoning is coming from the players. Otoh, their union is the same feckless organization that surrendered on guaranteed contracts in connection with the most dangerous professional sport.

That was the meta irony, for sure. ”You guys don’t know ball. The aggregator sports websites have made it clear that Diggs is a head case and a problem.”

I know as much about hockey as I do football. Pretty much dip squat. That doesn’t stop or disqualify me from posting on this board. More seriously: It is big dumb to posit that Sabre fans are somehow incapable of having informed opinions on the Bills.

I'll say it: If every player on that roster were as committed to winning not losing as 14 appears to be, this Bills team would have competed for or even won a Super Bowl by now.

Bro - what? Fixing to knock down Inky (good luck!) and note as established "fact" that Diggs is a huge problem? That wooshing sound is from your message board credibility just fah-lyin' out the window. ✌️

Richly deserved. What an absolute beast he is.

Diggy diggy diggy, can't you see. Love me some Diggs. Dude's got that dog in him, as the kids used to say. Bounce back year incoming.

Oh, word?

The Sabres match up well against these Red Wings. They just need to continue their recent run of play. Larkin’s still out. (Get better, pal.) Let’s Go, Buffalo!

He’s an intensely weird guy. Also, I think he just enjoys stirring sh1t up.

Apparently. The article linked below says it would be an $8.8M hit in 2024 if he were traded after June 1, but that $22.2 would then hit as dead cap in 2025. I will admit: The cap stuff makes my brain hurt. I have no idea whether and how those numbers could be manipulated, offset, and managed. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/football/nfl/bills/2024/02/06/stefon-diggs-nfl-network-pro-bowl-interview-contract-trade-speculation/72481777007/

Diggs' dead cap # for this season would be just over $31M. There is no way the Bills can trade him.

Fwiw, my Twitter feed was overrun with tape-watching/stat modeling junkies who love Samuel to the Bills. As for centre, here's what I've gathered from listening and reading to media that covers the Bills: McGovern is sliding over to centre and the Bills are high on Alec Anderson and his ability to play LG. I also heard someone relate, in passing, that the team feels they might actually become more physical on the OL when they're not pairing Morse and McGovern on the interior. I'm not exactly sure what to make of that -- maybe that Morse was getting blown off his spot too much? (Btw, playing centre in the NFL would effing suck.)

Right on time.

I don't think it was specified. Upper body.

Yes - season ending surgery.

Hmmm. There's no doubt he is. He is also a WR whose game should translate well to a savvy vet WR2 role (he's a route technician with great hands). But the Bills need a young horse in the fold - someone who can take pressure off 14. Everything lines up for this to be the draft where they go grab one (or two).

Years ago, I would sometimes get exercised around here by what someone else was posting. (For whatever reason, I always think of how I felt while I was crusade-posting about the Pat Kane allegations.) When those feelings arise nowadays based on this message board chatter, I take a deep breath and remind myself: It's a funking message board, bud. Log off. Relax.

<snip snip> this is a fizzer of a post. i agree with all of it, to the extent i have any basis to do so (no idea on who's who in terms of prospects). we keep hearing that this is a WR wealthy draft. so take 2! they did something like that with rousseau and basham a while back. go, go, go! that said, i do worry a bit about not having a leonard floyd comparable this season. but maybe that's supposed to be von with a proper recovery?

I don't understand that stat card (or most of them, really (but I'm open to having them explained)); I take it that Zach's numbers are good. It stands to reason - kid looked terrific out there!

Was Okposo just a big vibe killer?

I like it. Seems smart. Giving Brady a guy he knows and likes.