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  1. 14 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said:

    Then you're missing out on a man telling the truth here.  I get that Dunne has a "rep" but check these out and tell me he's wrong:

     

    Those suffering from Drought Brain — terrified of another dark age — will soon nestle into another blanket of excuses and swiftly demonize any criticism of team, of coach.

     

    None of this happens if the Bills — ownership on down — operate with Allen at forefront of mind. He’s the most important person in the building. He’s the employee with the richest contract in Buffalo sports history. That’s what blew the minds of so many players and coaches I spoke to for The McDermott Problem. Those who’ve been around McDermott every day describe the coach as a simpleton when it comes to this position, as if he never understood that Allen was the No. 1 reason this team is a Super Bowl contender.

     

    As I write this column, McDermott is holding his season-ending press conference. He says the biggest reason for their turnaround was cutting down turnovers. Let’s hope he doesn’t try to neuter Allen’s arm this offseason after taking aim at his legs last offseason

     

    Nah, the dude is an absolute joke of a journalist.  A journalist puts forth evidence from both sides and lets the reader make their own decisions.  This clown has an ulterior motive...to grow his trash website with other trash articles.  He found a soft spot that got him clicks by interviewing a bunch of people who were fired, let go, not offered contracts, etc and mostly too afraid to put their name to it.  It's garbage reporting from a garbage "journalist."

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  2. 53 minutes ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

    It was obvious a number of years ago Mahommes and the Chiefs were going to be the team to beat in the AFC for years to come.

    Beane set out to mold his team as the one that could beat the big Boogeyman Mahommes through an effective pass rush.

     Yes Beane has picked up some great position players along the way, but its obvious with Rousseau, Epenesa, Basham (now departed), Von (I'm back to 100%) Miller, Floyd (and others) where he placed his personnel concentration. 

      Now he has a home game, with all these guys relatively healthy going up against some fairly average offensive tackles. 

      Yes, the secondary and linebacking corps is fairly beat up...but if Beane did his due diligence,  it shouldn't make a difference if they can dominate.

     We will know by midnight on Sunday.

    Nah.  It's one game.  Realistically we have a 60% chance to win at most.  I'm not going to judge a guys work based on something that is basically a 50/50 winning event.  It's going to come down to who makes a few big plays, a few big penalties, and some luck.  Not on our roster construction.  It's as simple as that.

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  3. Congrats to Taron! 

     

    Pretty stupid the list is basically all Cowboys (9, yes 9!!!), Niners (7), and Baltimore (6).  I don't remember the Bills getting 6+ all-pros just because we were 13-3.  Josh is the best QB in the league, continues to be disrespected by the AP.

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  4. 11 hours ago, BigDingus said:

    I don't get how we have better odds than Denver, but I'll trust it because it's what I want to hear! 😁

     

    But can someone explain WHY our odds are higher? Denver's remaining schedule is:

     

    1. Lions (Away)

    2. Patriots (Home)

    3. Chargers (Home)

    4. Raiders (Away) 

    Opponent Record 22-30

     

    Versus Buffalo's:

     

    1. Cowboys (Home)

    2. Chargers (Away)

    3. Patriots (Home)
    4. Dolphins (Away)

    Opponent Record: 27-25

     

    We both have a 4-5 Conference Record, but they've got the head-to-head tie breaker...

     

    ESPN even has us with a 24% chance to win our division and Denver only a 7% chance... despite them only being 1 game behind the 8-5 Chiefs in the West. We're sitting 2 games behind the Dolphins, so are our chances higher because we could sweep the Dolphins & the Broncos only split with KC? What am I missing?!?! 

     

    Probably because we can get in as a Division winner and they cannot (most likely).

  5. 5 hours ago, McBean said:

    The muppets are salivating and out in full force because of the “win.”

     

    Reality is, McClap scratched a lotto ticket last night and won.

     

    bailed out by toney and the refs for once again, more crappy coaching decisions.

     

    The facts are still this:

     

    1. he’s a horrible HC who continues to show he can’t make proper in game decisions.

     

    2. Has this team still outside looking in in regards to the playoffs. Still a stretch we get in and besides, we have to go on the road if we do. You trust McDermott to help us win 3 road games? I sure as heck don’t.

     

    3. Lost draft position 

     

    4. The win today insured he is coming back next year.

     

    This isn’t good folks. Some of us were willing to sacrifice a few games this year for long term success. 
     

    too many “want it now” short term thinkers.

     

    Sad!

     

    The facts are also this:

     

    1.  Over 60% winning percentage.

    2. Took a joke of a franchise and culture and turned it into a perennial contender.

    3. Wins at least 1 playoff game the last 3 seasons in a row.

    4. Drafted Josh Allen instead of Josh Rosen and was in charge while he went from raw, Wyoming Josh, to a top 5 QB in the league (top 2 IMO).

    5. Developed Hyde and Poyer into All-Pro Safeties.

    6. Drafted and Developed White and Milano into All-Pros.

    7. Drafted and developed one of the best nickle CBs in the game, Johnson.

    8. Attracted high value FA including Miller, Floyd, Jones.

    9. Has improved in analytical usage, most notably, going for it on 4th downs.

    10. We are in every single game are rarely are beat by more than one score. 

    11. Took the Bills to the Playoffs with Tyrod freaking Taylor as our QB.

     

    Dude needs to learn how to better utilize his challenges and timeouts, no doubt, but he sure has hell has way more positives than the few negatives you babies always cry about.  I could not care less what Trent Murphy and Quinton Spain type scrubs have to say about a former employer who fired their worthless butts.  Especially when they are too chicken to even put their names to it.

     

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  6. 12 hours ago, Utah John said:

    The two earlier one-score wins were gifted to the Bills, more or less.  We beat the Giants despite not being penalized for a blatant DPI in the end zone at the end fo the game, and we beat the Bucs but could have lost if the Bucs WR had turned to see where their Hail Mary was going.

     

    Today's win was a big deal for many reasons, not least because it will maybe get the monkey off the Bills back about losing close games.

     

    Can say the same crap about the ones we lost.  But, hey, pick your examples selectively to support your argument, we get it.

  7. 12 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

    What a knucklehead.  He not only saved the Bills season and maybe McD’s job, but he also negated what may have been a Mt Rushmore Billsy moment. 

     

    So 2 weeks ago we were going to score with 20 seconds left and 1 timeout.  Pretty much guaranteed the way people talk around here.  Now this week, Josh would have had 1:10 and 3 timeouts left, but Toney saved us?  Screw that.  Josh would have won it regardless.

  8. 19 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

     

    The Bengals sent that incredibly mediocre team (being kind) to the playoffs---where McD was outcoached by Doug Marrone.  Doug freaking Marrone....

     

    I mean, you just doubled down on my point, thanks.  Tyrod was horrible.  Horrible every where he has played.  Yet, somehow we made the playoffs with him and an "incredibly mediocre team."  Tyrod's horrendous, "I'm afraid to throw to anyone who isn't open by 5 yards mentality" lost that game for us vs the Jags more than anything.

  9. 13 hours ago, Patrick Fitzryan said:

    Let's be honest...that's what McDermott is.

     

    All the coaches we've criticized never had the talent McDermott has.

     

    Put Allen on the Mike Mularkey 2004 Bills - that team possibly wins the Super Bowl. Put Allen on any Jauron teams that went 7-9 every year with Losman/Edwards - those teams make the playoffs annually. Doug Marrone's 2014 Bills that went 9-7 with a lights-out defense and Kyle Orton - that team goes deep into the playoffs. Rex Ryan took Mark Freaking Sanchez to the AFC Championship twice. What does he do with Allen?

     

    Why does this guy continue to get credit for turning the team around when it's clearly a case of him simply getting a HOF QB by chance? How many games does his defense have to blow? How many more stupid timeouts? How many more?

     

    You realize he took Tyrod Taylor to the playoffs, right?  Tyrod freaking Taylor.

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  10. 10 minutes ago, cle23 said:

     

    I do 100% agree with the greed, but even as a large market, they average less than 10,000 fans per game.

     

    When the owner allows the stadium to go into complete disrepair, intentionally puts the worst product possible on the field, and is clearly intending to relocate the team, why would anyone spend money going to the games?

     

    Imagine the Bills were going to relocate, they traded Allen, Diggs, Milano, Oliver, Dawkins for basically nothing, and the stadium had overflowing sewage pipes and wild animals living in the press boxes, how do you think our attendance would look?

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  11. 16 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

    That makes no sense.

     

    Over 100 years old in 3 different towns... Sounds like a cheating who*** to me.

     

    Las Vegas is the perfect town.  New classic. 

     

     

     Oakland stole it from KC and KC stole it from Philadelphia... What's the difference if Las Vegas now steals it?

     

    Guess I missed the part where the Billionaire owner held the team hostage for Hundreds of Millions of taxpayer funds when they moved the team to KC or Oakland.  Please link the article so I can inform myself.

  12. Schools over stadiums lawsuit seems to be the only chance left.  As an A's fan for 35 years, this sucks.  Taking one of the oldest franchises with over 55 years in a huge market to one of the smallest markets in the league.  Makes no sense.  Such a greedy POS. 

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  13. Undergrad at Cornell.  Waking up getting ready for French class someone told me a plane hit the Tower.  Walked up to class and in the lobby I could see the second tower had been hit.  After class in that same lobby I saw the first tower just collapsed.  At that point classes got cancelled and I walked back to our house.  I can vividly remember people on their cell phones crying, desperately trying to reach friends and family but unable to get through to anyone as the lines were jammed.  Obviously there is a huge number of NYC, Long Island, Metro area students who have family and alumni that work in those from Cornell.  It was quite a surreal scene that I'll never forget.  Can't imagine what people who were actually there went through.

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  14. 13 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

    I'm not saying either, but there's nothing wrong with people who have this opinion. 

     

    Russell Wilson lost a similar one point game to open the last season, and it have been completely correct for someone to have blamed Wilson and said the Broncos have issues.   The reality of the league is that almost every season there is a team that most people consider to be a lock to make the playoffs and don't, like the Rams last season.   It happens, and a few people can actually see it coming.  

    Russel Wilson is not Patrick Mahomes.  Nathaniel Hackett is not Andy Reid.  This analogy just doesn't hit the mark for me.

  15. On 8/27/2023 at 10:10 AM, Wacka said:

    Two main causes of  stroke. A blood clot or aa aneurysm.  Aneurysms are caused bt blood vessel in the brain  weakening  and ballooning out and bursting. Those are generally  fatal. If the clot goes to the heart,  heart attack, to the lungs, a pulmonary embolism.

    A stroke can happen with no warnings, but generally there ate signs.  mine was caused by  extremely high  blood pressure., 245/75 the dy before it hit. I hd warning signs, but I was a dumb pollack. Months before my stroke, I had a TIA (transient ischemic attack). A numb region would travel around my body every few minutes. Since it moved, I said "It's not a stroke".   Closer to the stroke,  I was getting weaker, couldn't concentrate, had problems regulating my temp.

    Went to a picnic and several people  asked if I was OK.  I said "I have been a little sick but I'm OK."  I find out after I left the picnic that a friend's wife was crying that 

    i was sick and someone should  get me to go to the ER to get checked out.   She called a former girlfriend of mine who I hadn't seen in ~2 years and got her to call me and she spent two hours  talking me to go and get checked out.Finally the next day, I went to the ER at about 4 PM, expecting to be home in several hours. 

    First thing they take my BP and tell me I am being admitted. At about  10 PM I ask  why i am stil in the ER and they say I am waiting for abed in the ICU. The next morning I am having my brain scanned and I had the stroke and threw up. I wasn't unconscious, but the next clear memory I had was two days later when I had visitors.

    Because of the immediate response, the only lasting signs for me are a very, very,very slight weakness on my left side (shows up when lifting something heavy) and  balance problems if I look up in trees, but it stops soon as I look straight ahead.

    I regard the time since my  stroke in 2014 as bonus time as I could g\have died then. The high BP also damaged my kidney (as I only have one since i was 4). I have been going to a nephrologist since 201 and in the last year or so, my kidney function has been going down and I am now in stage 4 CKD and will need dialysis/transplant in the future. 

    Luckily I recovered my motor skills  but some people aren't as lucky. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

    HI Wacka.  Wow.  You may be surprised to hear this, but I had a very similar situation but didn't have the stroke.  Was admitted last year (day after Rams game) with swelling in legs and high BP.  Was also in the 240/170 range.  2 nurses there told me that they have been working in nursing over 30 years and have NEVER seen BP that high.  Unfortunately, the swelling was because my Kidneys were shutting down and water was accumulating in my legs and stomach area.  Gained 40, yes 40 lbs of water weight in like 2 weeks and lost it all in 10 days in the hospital.  It did screw up my kidneys permanently as well.  CKD, not quite stage 4 though, but I'm only 43 and it aint going to ever get better.  Best I can hope for is keeping steady.  Lesson learned....don't wait 20 years between doctor check-up.  Don't wait 6 months to see a Doctor when you are feeling sick for that long.  Listen to your loved ones.  I did eventually and it saved my life...for now at least.  Good luck to you, it's a crappy situation to be in.  I can't even have bacon anymore!

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