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Impossibly Perfect Sphere
Nov 6, 2002

They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

She could of have been so much more but the writers just didn't care!
AFCE not exactly adding a lot of WR talent this year.

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Kurgarra Queen
Jun 11, 2008

GIVE ME MORE
SUPER BOWL
WINS
:lmao: Chase Claypool. Pretty sure some UDFA from a DII school would be more likely to have a positive impact.

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

Don’t understand the fit for OBJ honestly

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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I would rather have Tyler Boyd then either OBJ or Claypool.

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
Beckham in the slot?

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:

AFCE not exactly adding a lot of WR talent this year.

Last year the question was "if every team in the division combined the rosters would they have one competent O-line"

This year it'll be "if every team in the division combined the rosters could they form a decent receiving corps"

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

How many good receivers beyond Hill and Waddle do you need to have a decent receiving corps?

Docjowles
Apr 9, 2009

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

How many good receivers beyond Hill and Waddle do you need to have a decent receiving corps?

They also have Jonnu at TE now which is, unbelievably, probably an upgrade

Impossibly Perfect Sphere
Nov 6, 2002

They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

She could of have been so much more but the writers just didn't care!
Jonnu is on the Dolphins now? LOL

Professor Funk
Aug 4, 2008

WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

Chris James 2 posted:

Last year the question was "if every team in the division combined the rosters would they have one competent O-line"

This year it'll be "if every team in the division combined the rosters could they form a decent receiving corps"

I think Tyreek Hill, Garrett Wilson, and Jaylen Waddle would be a pretty good top 3 tbh

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
I expect him to do fairly decent in this offense.

Professor Funk
Aug 4, 2008

WE ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
Mood

https://twitter.com/joeinclark/status/1786419212916838485?s=46&t=Q9JsEynxHxZ9F2lOwU2Uuw

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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I have a hard time getting worked up over a washed OBJ

TheBizzness
Oct 5, 2004

Reign on me.
If it means we aren’t gonna force the ball to Tyreek every down it might be ok.

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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https://twitter.com/ZackBlatt/status/1786469915425124620
cut this motherfucker

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

Malachi Corley is about to do all the drugs.

https://twitter.com/briancoz/status/1786476313924010435?s=46

stuker
Jul 9, 2003

mcmagic posted:

I would rather have Tyler Boyd then either OBJ or Claypool.

i don't think this is all that controversial of a take, but boyd is too expensive of a signing for WR3 especially if malik washington looks good

and well MIA tried claypool last year

Lieutenant Centaur
Oct 17, 2010

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon
This silly 4th round pick WR we got who is out here just already talking poo poo gives off huge 383 yards for the year and is cut in the offseason for sucking terribly vibes

stuker
Jul 9, 2003

https://twitter.com/DailyLoud/status/1786384674396287152

the offseason has arrived

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
Miami clearly refuses to put up with distractions. Best (emotional) shape of his life

Pablo Bluth
Sep 7, 2007

I've made a huge mistake.
Worthy off to great start

https://twitter.com/PJGreenTV/status/1786830092879937767

#copium

Docjowles
Apr 9, 2009


Pack it up Chiefsailures. Lost season.

Paracausal
Sep 5, 2011

Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.
in case people weren't aware, the ownership of the bills and sabres has had something of a shadow encroaching after one of the owners, Kim Pegula (aka the nice one), had a bad heart attack and was near death. A few things have happened since then.

One of her daughters, Jessica Pegula, who is an accomplished tennis player, wrote in the player's tribune about the situation; https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/jessica-pegula-tennis

This seems to have put her on her father's poo poo list and he's now putting in some ownership redundancies.
https://theathletic.com/5465268/2024/05/01/bills-terry-pegula-ownership-transfer-daughter

Nearly two years after she suffered a debilitating heart attack, Kim Pegula is still listed as a co-owner of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres alongside her husband, Terry. The Pegulas used to own the Bills 50-50, but that is no longer the case.

Palm Beach County Circuit Civil Court documents show that on Feb. 13, 2023, Terry Pegula filed to have Kim ruled incapacitated and to be made her guardian. A panel of three court-appointed examiners recommended incapacitation, and on March 23, 2023, a judge named Terry the “plenary guardian of the person and property” of his wife.

The documents also show that many of Kim’s assets have been placed in a trust, with Terry and longtime petroleum business collaborator Bob Long listed as co-trustees.

“The court has determined that the ward lacks capacity to handle all of their affairs, and everything that can be delegated has been delegated to someone else,” said Stacy Beth Rubel, chairperson of the Florida Bar’s guardianship, power of attorney and advance directives committee.

“Kim is not coming back” to the Bills or Sabres front office, a longtime Pegula family associate briefed on her condition and prognosis said.

Three days after Kim became Terry’s ward, Laura Pegula, Terry’s daughter from his first marriage, represented the Bills at NFL owners’ meetings in Phoenix. Shortly thereafter, The Athletic learned, Terry transferred a small percentage of the Bills to Laura to satisfy a league policy that aids in succession planning.
The Pulse Newsletter

The Bills declined to comment through a spokesperson. The NFL didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment.

Laura, 41, has long been involved in what the Pegula family refers to as the “home office” — the core petroleum businesses that made Terry a multi-billionaire. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a geology degree and is an executive with JKLM Energy (named for Laura and her three half-siblings: Jessica, Kelly and Matthew).

The Pegula children have always been visible around the teams, but Laura has become a more conspicuous presence over the last year. She recently sat in on executive Q&A sessions with rank-and-file Bills and Sabres employees.

When commissioner Roger Goodell delivered his annual state of the NFL address last month in Orlando, Laura represented the Pegulas while Terry sat near the lobby bar with Scott Radecic, senior principal of Bills stadium architect Populous.

Although her name doesn’t appear in either team’s front office directory, Laura is a Sabres alternate governor and represents the club at NHL meetings. She was the only Pegula child in attendance on April 24 for the Sabres’ introduction of new head coach Lindy Ruff, standing next to her father in the photo op.

To ensure the most efficient succession plans possible, the NFL discourages franchise ownership by a single person. For decades, majority owners had to maintain control of at least 51 percent of the team, but the threshold has been continually throttled down over the years, with a “controlling family” now required to own at least 30 percent and individual family members allowed to own as little as 1 percent.

Each May, teams are required to file an updated succession plan that must be approved according to established league guidelines. An NFL source who has been involved in succession planning says to be compliant teams are required to designate a successor with a controlling interest, an effort to make any transition smoother and curtail potential family infighting.

Before his 2019 death, Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen asked trustees to run the team and name a successor as his Alzheimer’s disease worsened. Some of Bowlen’s seven children fought for control of the team — several lawsuits were filed — and eventually the trustees agreed to sell the team to a group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton for $4.65 billion in 2022.

Terry and Kim Pegula bought the Bills for $1.4 billion a decade ago. Forbes’ most recent analysis, published in August 2023, estimated their worth at $3.7 billion.

The team has received significant public aid to build its new stadium, scheduled to open in 2026. The State of New York contributed $600 million when the deal was announced in 2022 and will give $100 million more over 15 years and $300 million more over 30 years (adjusted for inflation). Additionally, Erie County will contribute $250 million.

The new stadium agreement includes a 30-year lease with a non-relocation clause, but fans and taxpayers want to know the succession plans, especially now that Terry Pegula has hired a firm to explore selling a chunk of the team, with The Athletic reporting an estimate of 25 percent available. Limited partnership deals commonly include the right of first refusal to purchase a larger stake or the remainder of that team if it were to change hands.

Many Bills and Sabres employees, from executives to interns, remain unclear on Kim’s prognosis and Laura’s role. Turbulence in their front offices has only added to the confusion.

[sabres poo poo]

When Terry and Kim Pegula bought the Bills, he declared the team was in Western New York to stay. He said he would bequeath the Bills and Sabres to his children someday. Given the disparity in their ages — he’s 73, and she’s 54 — the initial succession plan was for Kim to run the teams until their kids were ready to take over.

For years, Bills and Sabres executives assumed the teams would be stewarded into the next generation by Terry and Kim’s oldest child, tennis star Jessica Pegula, and her husband, Taylor Gahagen. Terry Pegula promoted Gahagen to director of corporate development and used to gush about his future within the organization.

Six days before Terry petitioned the court to appoint him Kim’s guardian, Jessica went public about her mother’s condition in a column written for The Players’ Tribune. In the column, Jessica revealed that Kim had gone into cardiac arrest in June 2022 and suffered brain damage from lack of oxygen. Jessica disclosed that her mother suffered from “significant expressive aphasia and significant memory issues.”

“She can read, write, and understand pretty well, but she has trouble finding the words to respond,” Jessica wrote. “It is hard to deal with and it takes a lot of patience to communicate with her, but I thank God every day that we can still communicate with her at all.”

Jessica also wrote about taking over as Bills and Sabres president once her playing career was over: “My mom always wanted me to be involved. She wanted me to learn and eventually do what she was doing.”

Within three months of the column, Gahagen was fired and Laura Pegula was given an equity stake in the Bills. No other member of the Pegula family has commented publicly about Kim’s condition.

Terry, who also serves as CEO and president of the Bills and Sabres, has neither granted an interview nor taken questions at a news conference since naming Kevyn Adams the Sabres’ general manager in June 2020. Terry hasn’t answered Bills-related questions since the March 2019 owners’ meetings.

torgeaux
Dec 31, 2004
I serve...
OBJ is connected to KK.
Now, Hill and Waddle with Ivanka. Not sure I can be a fins fan.

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/dolphins-stars-tyreek-hill-jaylen-waddle-seen-with-ivanka-trump

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

torgeaux posted:

OBJ is connected to KK.
Now, Hill and Waddle with Ivanka. Not sure I can be a fins fan.

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/dolphins-stars-tyreek-hill-jaylen-waddle-seen-with-ivanka-trump

I have long priced in that everyone associated with football is the worst human being possible unless actively proved otherwise.

torgeaux
Dec 31, 2004
I serve...

tarbrush posted:

I have long priced in that everyone associated with football is the worst human being possible unless actively proved otherwise.

We tell athletes the rules don't apply, so you buy the boozing, the drugs, the misogyny as part of the program. The trumps and the Kardashians are a bridge too far, like Aaron's weird anti-vax/conspiracy bullshit is a step too far.

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
I would’ve guessed Tyreek would disappoint but Waddle?!?

TheBizzness
Oct 5, 2004

Reign on me.
Football in general is pretty poo poo so you should probably leave your ethics at the door

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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This looks like AI

https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1786941982654202296

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
https://nypost.com/2024/05/05/us-ne...ed-video-shows/

Incident was 2022 but this just came out. Phew.

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

TheBizzness posted:

Football in general is pretty poo poo so you should probably leave your ethics at the door

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
The Cybertruck was the bridge too far.

Phobeste
Apr 9, 2006

never, like, count out Touchdown Tom, man
Hi i'm new to watching this stuff but does the roast have halftime at like a points threshold

Quiet Feet
Dec 14, 2009

THE HELL IS WITH THIS ASS!?





Phobeste posted:

Hi i'm new to watching this stuff but does the roast have halftime at like a points threshold

Is it almost over? I'm waiting for Eli to come in and beat him mercilessly at the end.

Silly Burrito
Nov 27, 2007

SET A COURSE FOR
THE FLAVOR QUADRANT
https://x.com/cjzero/status/1787309736280330543

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
Truly pathetic

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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I'm not sure braindead bob knows that you're not supposed to own yourself at a roast.

syzpid
Aug 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/EliManning/status/1787478294754967819

Put Eli in the Hall before Brady

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
He'll be eligible first so you'll get your wish

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Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
Nearly a Bill or Chief

Appearing on Saturday's episode of SportsCenter, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler said the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills were "in the mix" for Beckham before he picked the Dolphins:

"Odell Beckham is betting big on Mike McDaniel unlocking him. He wants to produce, and he still wants to be a prime target. He feels like the Dolphins can help him get there. Now, they had an upside package of a little over $8 million, so they came to a sweet spot there in the negotiation. There were some other teams in the mix. I was told Kansas City was appealing to Odell Beckham, Buffalo as well. But in the end, he believes this offense can still help him prove something. This is a player who put up less than 600 yards last year in Baltimore; probably didn't go the way he wanted. So, he's going to go be the third option, of course, behind Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill, but he feels like there's enough footballs to go around."

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