Adam Gase traded Jay Ajayi primarily to send a message to a locker room that wasn't on his page
Adam Gase definitely [traded Jay Ajayi to send a message], but it's more than that, actually, because Gase and Ajayi were not on the same page at all... relationship never really got better. So it was more like, this is untenable. I need to send a message. I'm going to get value for this guy.
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The Major League Baseball is better when the Dodgers are good. That's what people always say. I don't really believe that. I like Los Angelinos to be very disappointed in all their sports because they have everything else.
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Kelvin Benjamin, who, by the way, did the Bills realize he's already kind of a hefty guy with weight problems and that he's going to be in Buffalo? Yeah, and wings. And a lot of beer... I feel like Kelvin Benjamin is going to get off the plane in Buffalo and be like, oh, I don't have to be in shape in this city.
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