That Aud Smell
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6 minutes ago, Night Train said:
The trade up for Watkins shows what a bad idea it is to give up a couple drafts for 1 player. Only do that when you need a QB.
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).
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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.
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1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:
You guys will be getting rome or brian thomas jr
Imo
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.
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1 hour ago, Night Train said:
Reporters asked Beane about pick #28. Beane answered he doesn't have 28 players with a 1st round grade.
So a trade up or down seems likely.
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?).
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Can’t tell if @LGR4GM is yacking at my take or Sal’s.
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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.
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2 hours ago, inkman said:
Please make it stop.
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.
1 hour ago, Flashsabre said:Hmm. So maybe available at 28?
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51 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
The tone was very low key and while I agree Lindy sounded sharp when he answered, some of that energy I remember was not present.
46 minutes ago, ... said:I don't think that's a bad thing. The whirlwind energy we saw back in the day was probably double that behind the scenes, leading to rash actions and premature, emotional decisions. A wiser, calculating, thoughtful Ruff is probably a better Ruff. The passion is still there, but as an old guy it really will only come out when necessary.
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.
15 minutes ago, dudacek said:Once Owen Power gets the puck on his stick in the defensive zone, he moves it up-ice about as well as any Sabre I’ve ever seen: calmly, to a teammate, and in a way that allows that teammate to make a play.
He usually makes it look so easy that it may be perceived as unremarkable, but the frequency with which it happens compared to most is anything but.
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.
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10 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:
I knew it! I knew somewhere, deep down in your bowels, you were a Lindy fan.
Read the story that PA wrote in May 2006, linked above.
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9 minutes ago, darksabre said:
Luke Adam
5 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:Hello, friend.
The lore is out there. But not the video clip.
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3 minutes ago, darksabre said:
Luke Adam
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.
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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.
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1 minute ago, shrader said:
Yeah, no double dipping, but I have no idea what a two year deal does if you have more than two years remaining. I assume the original team is still on the hook for those extra years, but that’s just a guess. Lawyerese confuses me.
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.
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7 minutes ago, shrader said:
I wonder what was remaining on his deal with the Devils.
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.
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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?
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1 hour ago, #freejame said:
When we were in Nashville we lived a five minute walk to the farmers market and it really turned me on to buying direct. Not only to support local, but the conversations and connections were always a nice way to start the day. We’re walking distance to the Bidwell Market opening in a few weeks. I believe Porter Farms is there. I’ll have to check out the offerings.
Thanks!
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.
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4 hours ago, #freejame said:
We just moved back to the area and have been looking for a CSA and meat share. Any good recommendations?
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.
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Hope for the best.
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Candidate to be the poster child for the mediocrity of this particular Sabres team. (Although I'd be partial to some others.)
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
Still too early to make that determination.
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.
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4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
That all said, I would trade up for Brian Thomas Jr. because while McConkey has great speed and hands, I think Thomas has very good speed and hands but also has that extra height and weight. You are trading McConkey's YAC and excellent route running for Thomas Jr size/speed combo. Indianapolis would be a great trade up target.
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?"
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10 minutes ago, inkman said:
McConkey is exactly what they don’t need. Same skill set as Shakir and Samuels. I wouldn’t hate if they drafted him, just not in the 1st round as they already have rostered players who do the exact same thing.
Smurfs 2.0. Let's do this.
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8 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:
Kim was the force of, “Rochester is important because it is my home town.”
Terry has moved on from that and it sucks for us in ROC. He was the angel investor and it is no more.Man, y'all got the Wegmans family and just overall a lot more legacy money than Greater Buffalo. 😜
Lindy Ruff officially hired as Sabres HC
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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.