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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Sep 9 @ 3:04 PM ET
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- Buff36

OH MY
SabresFaninIndiana
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bananaville, IN
Joined: 12.16.2009

Sep 9 @ 3:16 PM ET
I'm still suprised by your comrie as game 1 starter declaration.

Benching anderson would be like dressing peterka /quinn over girgensons / okposo

Anderson is the incumbent, someone would need to really really outplay him in camp. IMO

- Boss34

ehh.. i see it differently. I feel like the went and got Comrie to be the starter so they need to show him he is their guy. As long as he has a decent camp i feel like he gets game one nod.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 9 @ 3:28 PM ET
I'm still suprised by your comrie as game 1 starter declaration.

Benching anderson would be like dressing peterka /quinn over girgensons / okposo

Anderson is the incumbent, someone would need to really really outplay him in camp. IMO

- Boss34


I'm surprised you're surprised! Craig is taking a back seat, it was publicly declared. I won't remove the possibility of him getting game 1, but I don't think it's likely.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 9 @ 3:53 PM ET
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Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Sep 9 @ 4:00 PM ET
ehh.. i see it differently. I feel like the went and got Comrie to be the starter so they need to show him he is their guy. As long as he has a decent camp i feel like he gets game one nod.
- SabresFaninIndiana


I felt like the comrie signing was a "dont back up the system and not sign levi" move.

Decent back up type , maybe some upside guy.

Didnt see his signing as , " the Sabres signed their starter"


Anderson = leadership = vibes
joevthree
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 02.27.2011

Sep 9 @ 4:05 PM ET
Yeah idk I still think Singletary should be used more.

He’s effective with his touches yet they seem to pigeonhole him to a certain amount per game.

Take the leash off imo.

- Pegullaville



I somewhat agree, but McD likes to rotate fresh players in as much as possible. Motor isn't really built for a bell cow role, but he should get more touches than the others for sure
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Sep 9 @ 4:09 PM ET
I felt like the comrie signing was a "dont back up the system and not sign levi" move.

Decent back up type , maybe some upside guy.

Didnt see his signing as , " the Sabres signed their starter"


Anderson = leadership = vibes

- Boss34


Vibes can be achieved without playing a lot. Backup punter Matt Barkley is vibes in human form but the Bills still put him on the practice squad
SabresFaninIndiana
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bananaville, IN
Joined: 12.16.2009

Sep 9 @ 4:18 PM ET
I somewhat agree, but McD likes to rotate fresh players in as much as possible. Motor isn't really built for a bell cow role, but he should get more touches than the others for sure
- joevthree

washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Sep 9 @ 4:28 PM ET
Vibes can be achieved without playing a lot. Backup punter Matt Barkley is vibes in human form but the Bills still put him on the practice squad
- Hank Balling



homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Sep 9 @ 4:36 PM ET
Vibes can be achieved without playing a lot. Backup punter Matt Barkley is vibes in human form but the Bills still put him on the practice squad
- Hank Balling

Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 9 @ 5:14 PM ET
Vibes can be achieved without playing a lot. Backup punter Matt Barkley is vibes in human form but the Bills still put him on the practice squad
- Hank Balling

https://gfycat.com/tameemotionalemperorpenguin
The_Inkwell
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.29.2006

Sep 9 @ 5:27 PM ET
https://twitter.com/overtime/status/1568280386849091586?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
This is Cool

- Buff36


Makes sense now. I didn't understand why he said that at the time. Pretty sick gender reveal.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 9 @ 5:32 PM ET
I felt like the comrie signing was a "dont back up the system and not sign levi" move.

Decent back up type , maybe some upside guy.

Didnt see his signing as , " the Sabres signed their starter"


Anderson = leadership = vibes

- Boss34


Anderson also equals old, a horrendous save percentage last season, and injury prone.

Will he make it to Thanksgiving before encountering an issue?
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 9 @ 5:35 PM ET
Makes sense now. I didn't understand why he said that at the time. Pretty sick gender reveal.
- The_Inkwell

Yeah, cool thing to do
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 9 @ 6:02 PM ET
Anderson also equals old, a horrendous save percentage last season, and injury prone.

Will he make it to Thanksgiving before encountering an issue?

- kingcong39


Seems obvious to me...
Comrie is the starter getting 60% of the starts
Anderson gets 40% early on while UPL starts in the A with say 75% of the starts down there.
Somewhere in the last 3rd of the season UPL comes up and splits starts with Comrie...35% to UPL, 65% to Comrie...Andy fills in for injuries, or the occasional start.

Andy retires and hopefully takes Grandpa Girgs with him.
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Sep 9 @ 6:03 PM ET
ehh.. i see it differently. I feel like the went and got Comrie to be the starter so they need to show him he is their guy. As long as he has a decent camp i feel like he gets game one nod.
- SabresFaninIndiana



I think it’s Comrie’s net to lose Anderson is 86 years old in goalie years. He’s not playing a majority of the games.

And before people say. “Comrie sucks”. Comrie is honestly a massive unknown.

We paid him a couple million based on a 19 game small sample size from this last year.

He could be that guy or he could be a bum. Time will tell.

I will say this …… Comrie can’t be worse than Aaron dell or tokarski. No way in hell that is possible
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Sep 9 @ 6:06 PM ET
Vibes can be achieved without playing a lot. Backup punter Matt Barkley is vibes in human form but the Bills still put him on the practice squad
- Hank Balling



Allen and Barkley love each other. That is why he is here. They are good buds
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 9 @ 6:18 PM ET
Allen and Barkley love each other. That is why he is here. They are good buds
- Sabretooth9

There other halves like each other. My Buddy was on a flight to Chicago on Tuesday and Josh's Girlfriend and Barkley's wife were in 1st class together
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 9 @ 6:22 PM ET
I think it’s Comrie’s net to lose Anderson is 86 years old in goalie years. He’s not playing a majority of the games.

And before people say. “Comrie sucks”. Comrie is honestly a massive unknown.

We paid him a couple million based on a 19 game small sample size from this last year.

He could be that guy or he could be a bum. Time will tell.

I will say this …… Comrie can’t be worse than Aaron dell or tokarski. No way in hell that is possible

- Sabretooth9

Bad thing about time will tell is it could really hurt the development of the other players to
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Sep 9 @ 6:22 PM ET
Allen and Barkley love each other. That is why he is here. They are good buds
- Sabretooth9


Totally understandable. I'm just saying the Bills accommodated the Barkley vibes while also recognizing that Keenum is a better QB2 option. The Sabres could choose a similar path with Andy/Comrie/UPL if age catches up with CA.
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Sep 9 @ 6:29 PM ET
given the yipps by moss and cooks

bills may have to bring back singletary next year


going to be interesting
singletary
davis
edmunds
poyer
oliver
saffold
dane jackson

- homiedclown


Re-sign Davis now if you can!
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 9 @ 7:06 PM ET
Re-sign Davis now if you can!
- Gr8daygo

Beane is gonna have to work a little cap magic next year for sure. Might help if he did that. Bills are like 12m over the cap next year already
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Sep 9 @ 7:32 PM ET
Good god the Audacy app (WGR app) is unusable. I thought it was bad when they were with radio.com but this is a new level of suck. It literally does not work
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Sep 9 @ 8:00 PM ET

Josh Allen showing up last night:

https://twitter.com/bubba...&t=xXwE1oi25AgpgxcXrK5Zfg
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 9 @ 8:23 PM ET
By WHO?????
- BeadyEyedDouche


Bro, who do you think?
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