That Aud Smell

It is perhaps a curious pickup when you think about Shakir. But whatever. I’m thinking of that speech by Jonah Hill’s character in Moneyball: “your goal shouldn’t be to buy players — your goal should be to buy wins and, in order to buy wins, you have to buy *runs*.” It looks like the Bills bought 60+ catches, 600+ yards, and ~4 TDs. That may be a net positive over what Davis gave them. (It is in catches — not in yards.) Also worth mentioning: (1) Samuel had his best year when he was working with Joe Brady in Carolina. (2) He’s a versatile receiver — McDermott highly values versatility. One other thing: The Bills gotta draft a big bodied WR in Round 1. Gotta.

Lord almighty - is it ever and is he ever. It was February 2008. I get the sense that he was still a bit delirious from the runs at the Stanley Cup in 2006 and 2007. He's in fine form there, for sure.

just watched a 5:00 clip of his debut on YouTube. linked below. an incredible debut - 2G, 1A, a scrum where he frickin' decked someone who took liberties with Derek Roy and then holding-sweater-fist-punched the other guy who came in to grab him (no actual fight, as the Sharks player declined to drop his gloves). it will surprise no one - least of all @PASabreFan - that the true star of the clip is RJ.

God bless you.

beware the small sample size and ... Recently Arrived Player Phenomenon** notwithstanding ... we all know that guy who's a super good guy, respected, well-regarded ... but is also sort of a vibe killer, right? ** Dang it - who is the rugged forward that the Sabres once acquired (this must be post 2005-2007) at the trade deadline -- did he come to us from Montreal? did he eventually play for Montreal? -- who scored (maybe twice?) in his debut and looked like he was going to be a monster power forward for the Sabres, before he trailed off and was soon off the roster?

from what i could gather, our sweet prince's ankle/leg injury was similar (identical) to one that my athlete-kid (paternity test remains pending) suffered last year. the 6-8 week timeline caught my eye as that was the precise timeline that my kid was given for a return to training. but, even at the level my kid plays at (mid-major d1), "a return to training" did not mean they were ready for a return to game action. that took a bit longer.

I dunno, man. Pre-Roy Islanders were a bad matchup for the Sabres. And now? I don't have high hopes. Let's go, Buffalo.

I mean this with respect: JESUS EFFING CHRISTMAS ON A POPSICLE STICK — EVERYONE FLIES TO THE OFFENDER — OVER THE LINESMAN’S ARMS — DOGPILE THAT B1TCH — JUST GO APE SH1T. Word gets out about teams like these Sabres.

Inexplicable and inexcusable. As suggested by a reply to one of the embedded Tweets: Only these Buffalo Sabres could win 7-3 and bum me out.

even so. detective dietrich is the true antagonist to the professor in that sketch.

For the purposes of that sketch, you'd want to be Dietrich since he's the one with the epic and subtle punchline. I'm pretty mixed on the prescriptive/descriptive debate. And I think the best dictionaries should be a blend of those schools as well. Words matter. If we fully go down the rabbit hole of lexicography being descriptive, then we're eventually "through the looking glass," as it were. Do you also see 19 skating in with purpose ... and then having a few words with the offending player?

The term there is lexicography - the social science of defining words. The descriptive school definitely tracks "language use." There's a healthy debate out there on whether, to what extent, and in what circumstances which school of thought should govern. Cue a Barney Miller classic cold-opening

Krebs definitely has some psycho and rat in him. That was a fun one. He'll be telling his grandkids about that, I'm sure. OTOH, wtf was Krebs doing last night playing patty cake with this Red Wing after the second major collision with UPL?

yeah, i seen rob ray say offsides when someone is acrost the blue line too soon.

Slot guy, right? Seems like Shaqir has a handle on that role.

Yeah we need answers @carpandean

Wore the green dot on a mad sus defense. They were bad. Maybe that was mostly on the back end, though? Whoa - same for me! Except for the Uncle Bill part.

Nah, man. That ain’t it.

Word. I mean, the Miami guard is good. Maybe very good? I have no idea. But he's a guard. Yep. And having his big bodied ass in the middle frees of Oliver to do his stuff. And while he's ~32 yo -- DT's can be effective into their mid-30s.

Thanks for the summary by the OP. I also read someone on Twitter who provided an overview of what was said. What an enormous bummer this franchise is right now.

Did they re-sign DaQuan (sp)?! Oh sh1t!! They did!!

⬆️ Correspondingly, I saw the Panthers shell out huge money … for an offensive *guard*. Yikes.

Lotsa player signing news throughout the NFL. Before posting here, I'll wait for an article summarizing the moves that are of interest to Bills fans. (E.g., I saw Gabe Davis to the Jags and that the Bills re-signed Cam Lewis.) The Dawkins' extension definitely warranted its own post.