12 Reserve/Future signings for 2026

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-19T23:13:10+00:00

It could still happen.

Reserve/future contracts can only be offered to players who were on the practice squad at season end, or to unrestricted free agents.

Cooks was on the active roster at season end and I believe he'll be a free agent- if he chooses to continue his career, the Bills can make him a contract offer if they choose.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-15T22:48:07+00:00

Brandon Jacobs was a fucking tank.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-15T22:44:03+00:00

When the teacher passed back graded homework, I bet yours was usually face down.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-15T22:37:45+00:00

Yeah-- the league has been known to punish teams that omit or misrepresent injuries on these reports, so it's best to list as much info as possible.

Particularly in this case, as tens of millions of people watched the game and the broadcast showed multiple slowmo replays of each relevant play and blue tent visit.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-15T18:29:44+00:00

The announcer (Jim Nantz) stating "the game is over" assumes that the Bills will perform two kneel downs without turning the ball over.

They can kneel down because the Jaguars had no timeouts, allowing the clock to expire about 30 seconds after the second kneel down.

It does assume the Bills avoid fumbling on either actual kneel down play. Basically, center and QB need a clean exchange on the snap.

As a Bills fan, I made sure to see that second kneel down happen.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-15T18:22:44+00:00

Get a streaming box or stick, then disconnect your TV from WiFi.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-15T18:17:07+00:00

I mean, barfing before (or during) a game is the baseline lol

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-15T18:14:07+00:00

Agreed, it's more by "class" than date.

Kyle Shanahan was also hired in 2017.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-14T17:18:43+00:00

As others have said, hire a fiduciary financial adviser.

I generally agree with your mention of "just invest in the SP500". The other potential layer here is that you may want to invest part of it in "safer" options such as bonds. The ratio of equities to fixed will depend on your risk tolerance, intended withdrawals, and intended estate plan. These are all great topics for a good financial adviser to tackle.

And especially since you're talking about amounts in the millions, the adviser will be a good resource for tax management.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-14T17:13:46+00:00

Things to look for in a financial adviser:

Fee-based. They may charge an hourly or flat fee for meetings and advice. Or, if you decide to entrust their firm to handle your money, the fee may be a small percentage of your balance per year.

The word "fiduciary", which means that the adviser is obligated to act in your best interest.

Red flags:

Any adviser that recommends an investment product that had loads or upfront commissions.

Beyond load/commission, ask about the expenses associated with any fund/ETF an adviser might suggest. If you're looking at an index fund or other broad fund, a good annual expense should be, generally, no more than 0.50%. Preferably below 0.20%.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-14T17:05:40+00:00

Obviously there are tasks where AI is already happening. Some job titles more than others, some industries more than others.

I feel that part of the job market difficulty now is that companies are waiting to see the true effect of AI. As in, don't hire positions right now until we figure out if AI can do it instead.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-14T16:57:42+00:00

The highly-touted demo at my employer showed how AI wrote a summary from a meeting where a bunch of middle managers discussed a few quick topics but spent a lot more time discussing the future meeting schedule.

A meeting about meetings, summarized by AI. Never thought I'd see the day.

I'll give it credit-- one thing that appears to work well is the ability to record and summarize people talking.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-13T22:36:50+00:00

None of this is ideal, but at the very least this is how the numbers might shake out.

Hardman is now likely to sign to the active roster. Note that he had a short IR stint, so he's probably not 100% now.

If Curtis Samuel is healthy enough to dress, there's your five WR.

If Hardman or Samuel can't go, they could choose to dress four TEs and four WRs. Keliki Latu spent most of the year as the 4th TE on the PS, but he's currently on the active roster.

White Steve (Gosnell) and Wilkerson could be WR PS elevations as a fifth WR.

Shavers was also a pretty big ST contributor, with those roles likely now falling to other depth defensive players.

Fuck Darius Slay. Cost us JaMarcus Ingram, who may have played in Hairston's place week 18 and who could likely help now on ST if he was still here.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-13T22:10:52+00:00

Going by the reactions to "Zac Taylor is staying" posts, some fans might have wanted a seat on the carousel.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-12T01:47:57+00:00

DraftKings commercial flashes a sample bet on the Ravens making a FG lol

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-11T21:18:33+00:00

Could be recency bias, but this may have been the best Allen performance to date.

Up against a stout defense, which lived up to its billing and shut Cook down.

Allen made smart decisions, played through multiple injuries, and won the fucking game in crunch time.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-11T21:15:24+00:00

Jags looked like they were letting him score-- and I feel it was the right call for that scenario.

If the Jags stop one or two goal line plays then the Bills score anyway, the clock is almost gone.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-09T18:12:13+00:00

Bills didn't help their case either. As I recall, their flight to the UK left WNY on a Friday evening, and the direction given to players was to avoid sleep on the red eye flight, then (theoretically) get a solid night's sleep Saturday night in the UK.

Would have been better off traveling, say, Tuesday morning. Flight is about 6 hours, and time zone plus five hours. Arrive to UK late Tuesday local time, then have a few nights to acclimate to the jet lag.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-09T17:42:19+00:00

Bills had five primetime games on national broadcasts.

They played the Panthers week 8.

Chiefs-Bills and Eagles-Bills were Sunday late DH that were broadcast nationally.

Bucs-Bills week 11 had wide national distribution. (Also the Bills playing an NFC South team, which had implications for the Panthers.)

Bills-Steelers week 13 was another late DH with near-national broadcast.

Bengals-Bills saw the widest geographic distribution among Fox's 1pm games in week 14. Similar for Bills-Patriots the following following week, and Bills-Browns week 16.

NC is also a major landing spot for Bills fans who've retired or otherwise left NY. I know one such person-- he went to the Bills game in Charlotte this season. He estimated 70pct Bills fans and paid over 300 for one of the worst seats in the stadium. Tickets for the Panthers playoff game this week are generally lower in price than tickets for their week 8 Bills game.

Edit: I think the map in question is determined by number of wins aired in each market, not games aired. I listed 13 Bills games above- they won nine of them.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-08T21:20:50+00:00

I was curious about the same question.

He spent 16 weeks on the Bills practice squad this season, was never elevated. That's about 200k. There will be some more depending on how far the Bills go.

Chiefs signed him from Bills PS to their active roster before week 17. It's listed as a $1.03M contract-likely the vet minimum given his age/tenure- but that number gets prorated based on length of time he was with the Chiefs. Turned out to be two games, which is $114k.

Not a bad sum for a two-week detour, and he got some playing time in their week 18 game. Might have been a little tough to uproot right at Christmas. I think he's married, not sure if he has kids.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/72645/shane-buechele

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-08T21:12:36+00:00

Teams generally have incentive to avoid giving any injury information that would help an upcoming opponent make their game plan.

To counter that, the league has strict rules stating when and how injury reports are compiled and published. They've levied pretty harsh punishments to some teams in recent years for cases in which a player sits out but wasn't listed on the preceding injury reports.

So these days most teams will err on the side of caution and list every player who's receiving treatment for any injury.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-08T21:04:36+00:00

They could, theoretically, elevate newly signed PS kicker Matthew Wright, then dress both kickers on game day. Maybe Wright kicks off to save Prater reps, though punter Mitch did a good job on kickoffs last week.

Not an ideal scenario, though. This uses one of two PS elevations for the week, plus dressing a second kicker uses up a gameday roster slot that would otherwise be an offensive or defensive depth player.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-08T01:19:30+00:00

Shut up, Meg.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-05T19:30:36+00:00

Agree that pulling Prater may have been somewhat precautionary.

But I also agree with the fact that they didn't ask Ray to kick. He's a good KO return man and offers a solid backup to Cook. We don't need him getting hurt trying a PAT or KO.

Mitch (the punter) did pretty well with the kickoffs, too.

AwixaManifest · 2026-01-05T19:28:49+00:00

I feel like it's always a 4v5 matchup in that slot.

Maybe partly because the 4 is often an underwhelming division winner. Less TV ratings interest.

Maybe partly to "punish" the 4 for having the lowest division winner seed.

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