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Same one we faced in Buffalo.

Damn. I miss that team when Lindy would roll four and opponents were just overwhelmed.

Sweet. Rosen with a pair!

I thought that’s exactly what some of us were doing. Dahlin isn’t looking for an excuse to leave Buffalo, but he has a good reason to be away if that clarifies things.

We sure do miss that little bastard, don’t we?

There’s a difference between an excuse and a reason. That said, if this hiatus to check on Carolina’s well-being and ease his mind a bit serves to hasten his return, then the time away will have been well spent.

That was pretty.

I like the cut of your jib.

Well, he has certainly looked distracted at times this season. More than I remember him being in the past anyway. Perhaps I’m seeing things and unfairly projecting this baggage onto him.

Those three points are a screaming indictment of Joe Brady and our offensive quality control coach and their inability to self scout worth a damn.

I remember reading a scouting report on McConkey that said he lined up as an outside receiver nearly 80% of the time while playing for Georgia. I think there were two factors in him being projected as a slot in the NFL: his stature not being ideal for a boundary receiver at the next level and his off the charts quickness and route running that lends itself so much better to the slot.

This is the most probable outcome and I don’t think it bodes well for Dahlin’s performance if he’s on that kind of emotional yo-yo all season.

I’m not sure how any victory laps by you or anyone else would be in order as I don’t think anyone came close to suggesting Dahlin wasn’t coming back; just that it’s easy to see how he might decide not to for a while. If Carolina cannot travel for a year and frequent follow-up appointments are required in the first year after the procedure, is it unreasonable to think that Dahlin may choose to remain by her side until she is deemed medically in the clear?

I knew that. But thought I’d ask the question, anyway. 😄

I appreciate where you’re coming from here with regard to the Eichel trade, but I need to see how Östlund turns out before I can truly judge it. That said, only one team received a potential HOFer in the trade as it stands currently.

Kosak is the better 4C and Krebs is made to be a 4th line winger playing next to him. Kozak, Krebs, and Malenstyn were wreaking havoc as the 4th line before all the injuries derailed that plan. The sooner they get back together, the better.

A$$holes are optional? He may surprise.

Nuremberg. See it. Crowe is a shoe-in for the Oscar. Malek and Woodhall may well be nominated as well and Shannon was no slouch. I love John Slattery, but he is too often Roger Sterling in his movies.

I don’t know what his values and priorities are. All I know is that the professed love of his life is thousands of miles away and recently underwent an emergency heart transplant in France and he felt compelled to be with her. It may be easy for him to walk away from the money, who knows? We are in no position to project our value system onto him and his fiancee. Sweden’s socialized health care has nothing to do with it given where the surgery was performed and where her medical team resides. But Sweden is a heck of a lot closer to France than Buffalo is, that’s for sure.

I might take it a step further and suggest that if his fiancee and future wife must stay in Sweden to be nearer to her medical team and precluded from joining Dahlin in the US as a result, then Dahlin may choose to simply stay there, too. Tough situation for everyone involved.

It’s not up to me to explain why McConkey wasn’t a scheme fit or not in the opinion of the Bills braintrust. I merely pointed out at it IS a consideration for every team in the league. Yes, the Bills needed to replace Diggs but, AT THE TIME, McConkey was projected to be a slot receiver, where he spent the vast majority of his time his first two seasons BTW. We already HAD enough slot guys. You don’t replace Diggs, who wasn’t a slot receiver, with a projected slot receiver. It’s great that McConkey has shown he can also operate out wide, but there were concerns about that with the return of Keenan Allen this year. Wish we had him, too, but Beane and Co. don’t have the benefit of our 20/20 hindsight. And for the record, nothing about my position in discussion this has ANYTHING to do with Coleman. I can say he leaves a lot to be desired while at the same time explaining why the Bills had legitimate reasons to bypass other receivers in that draft at the time. They are two distinct issues in my mind.

An excerpt from Jim Kubiak’s weekly BN critique of the previous game confirms what I’ve been seeing from Josh as well. For as much as we complain nobody is getting open, he often isn’t throwing to them when they are. Something has just seemed off for a while now. He appears a half step slower and his fastball is lacking as well. Almost like he doesn’t trust his arm to make medium range throws with the necessary zip. I suspect he’s nursing an injury of some sort.

Are you saying scheme fit isn’t an important consideration when drafting players? Whether we like it or not, it plays a role in every draft for every team. I’m not saying BPA isn’t important because it certainly is. But when player rankings are as close as they are, especially late in the first round as they were in the ‘23 draft, scheme fit plays a role whether we agree or not. Anyway, I will agree to disagree as there is no point in continuing to re-litigate a draft in hindsight.

Scheme fit is not a small consideration when drafting players.

Nobody is above criticism, not even the best players. But dumb or not, I hope Josh never loses his desire to give that extra effort in trying to make a play. Same with Cook.