Jordan Poyer is now a member of the Miami Dolphins, but he was back in Buffalo this weekend for longtime safety partner Micah Hyde’s softball charity event.
A former draft pick of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins (at the time known as the Florida Marlins) as a high schooler, Poyer clearly knows how to swing a bat. He also knows the right things to say at a public event.
So it was that Poyer took to the microphone before stepping up to bad and expressed his gratitude to the Bills and their fans for the seven seasons he spent in Buffalo before he was released this offseason and subsequently signed with the Dolphins.
And this is where he made a comment that was met with cheers from those in attendance but might not play so well down in South Florida.
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“For seven years, I played here and I loved every minute of it,” Poyer said. “I’m sorry we couldn’t get it done … but, y’all got the best quarterback in the league (he said while pointing his bat toward Josh Allen) … I know that might go viral, but that’s OK.”
SHOULD POYER HAVE MADE HIS JOSH ALLEN COMMENT?
It’s perfectly understandable for a player to have a lot of love for his former team, something we’ve seen quite frequently expressed by Tyreek Hill when he talks about the Kansas City Chiefs.
And Poyer may or may not have been playing to the crowd with his comment about Josh Allen and it certainly was the right place and the right time to do it.
But the flip side is that Allen no longer is Poyer’s quarterback. Tua Tagovailoa is Poyer’s quarterback now.
So maybe Poyer could have expressed his support — even admiration — for Allen without having to call him the “best quarterback in the league.”
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Since he got to the Dolphins, Hill has made it a point to sign Tua’s praises at every turn and it seems like that’s what one would expect a veteran newcomer — especially a high-profile one — to do.
Now, this isn’t to suggest that Poyer should be calling Tua the best QB in the league and maybe he does legitimately feel that way about Allen.
But could he not have praised his former QB in a different way? Did he need to make a comment that, like he said, he knew would go viral?
A teenage boy remains in the hospital after a shooting in southwest Miami-Dade, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
The shooting happened along SW 152nd Avenue near SW 80th Street, where deputies say a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old boy were walking when someone opened fire from a vehicle. The 15-year-old was struck multiple times as the vehicle fled the scene.
Rescue crews took the injured 15-year-old to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, where the Sheriff’s Office said he is in stable condition.
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According to authorities, the 16-year-old was able to help his friend reach a safe area and call 911 for help.
Deputies said they are actively searching for leads but currently have no information about the suspect vehicle or the people inside it.
“We do not have any information regarding the subject vehicle or the subjects within that vehicle,” said MDSO spokesperson Samantha Choon.
When asked whether the teens were targeted, the Sheriff’s Office said it is not ruling out that possibility.
“This is a heinous crime against children,” Choon said.
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The 16-year-old who called 911 was not taken to the hospital, but authorities said he is shaken by the incident.
“He’s a child. He’s shaken up by this,” Choon said. “So if anyone has any information, no matter how small you might think it is, please reach out to us and assist in this investigation.”
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305‑471‑TIPS.
Palantir announced Tuesday it has moved its headquarters from Denver to Miami – joining a slew of tech firms fleeing to South Florida as a growing number of industry leaders deem it the new Silicon Valley.
Tech giants have been increasingly flocking to Florida from business hubs like New York and California in pursuit of lower taxes, warm weather and safer neighborhoods.
“We have moved our headquarters to Miami, Florida,” Palantir wrote in a brief post on X Tuesday morning.
Tech giants have been increasingly flocking to Florida from business hubs like New York and California. be free – stock.adobe.com
The company did not immediately respond to inquiries about its reason for the move.
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Palantir was founded in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2003 and moved to Denver in 2020 as its CEO Alex Karp emerged as a vocal critic of Silicon Valley’s culture.
Former Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who has long pushed for tech talent to move to Florida, cheered Tuesday’s “watershed moment for Miami.”
“This is the tipping point!” he wrote on X, using numerous exclamation points.
The Post has sought comment from Palantir.
Citadel’s Ken Griffin and real estate magnate Stephen Ross – some of the highest-profile billionaires to move to South Florida during the pandemic – recently launched a $10 million campaign to encourage business leaders to move to the Sunshine State, The Post reported.
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“The only place a CEO or founder can scale from 10 employees to 10,000 will be in South Florida,” Ross previously told The Post. “While other cities are still special, they no longer support building business and supporting ambition like you can find here.”
The campaign targets CEOs and investors with national ads and direct outreach, as well as a dedicated concierge program that can help executives relocate operations and navigate state regulations.
Apple has already expanded its presence in South Florida with a new Miami campus, while software company ServiceNow has committed to opening an office in West Palm Beach.
Amazon earlier this year signed a massive office lease in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
Palantir announced Tuesday it has moved its headquarters to Miami. Getty Images
Billionaire Peter Thiel – Palantir’s chairman and co-founder – has ramped up his investments in South Florida, opening a new Miami office for his investment firm Thiel Capital late last year.
His venture capital firm Founders Fund opened a Florida office in 2021, near his Miami Beach mansion, and the businessman has even switched his voter registration to Florida.
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Citadel’s Griffin – who lived in Chicago for nearly three decades – was one of the most outspoken business leaders to vouch for Miami after his 2022 move.
“I’ve lived in a failed city-state. I lived in Chicago for 30-some years. I had two colleagues who had bullets fly through their cars,” Griffin previously told Fox News.
“I had 25 bullet holes in the front of my building where I lived. You can’t live in a city awash [with] violent crime.”
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