Mark80

Don't think so with his wife calling on a friend to go check on him. I'm guessing he had some sort of conversation with her earlier that scared her enough to send someone to check on him. Mental illness can be a terrible thing and he has battled depression and addiction in the past.

Terrible. Staley and Cornell were the best voices of the grunge era, more than Cobain and Vedder IMO. I just hope it was natural causes.

On Tyrod, my lingering question is this though...if our coaching staff was so terrible and unprepared, how many of his shortcomings are his fault? Or was our offensive coaching seen as competent? What is Rivers going to do if he is playing in that offense? Also, we have to provide some credit for the complete lack of talent at the WR position. When he had his full array of healthy weapons, I felt like he was a much better QB.

There is no way Taylor is not our starting QB this season. Well, injury I guess. But that's it. Even if Peterman is clearly better (and that is quite the stretch for a 5th round QB), he should sit at least this year and learn from a pro how to be a pro. If nothing else,Taylor prepares, works hard, and is the consummate professional. I am totally ruling out Jones as a viable NFL QB at this point. And Yates? Seriously, Yates? No. Give this year to Tyrod, see what you have in Peterman. If neither is the guy, go for one next year. If we got lucky on Peterman by some miracle, then use our 2 1st next year to acquire even more picks somehow and build an actual team.

Haven't really broken down any of these QBs for 2018 yet, but I have to wonder why Baker Mayfield doesn't get that much love. All the guy does is produce at an extraordinary level. Is it because he is only 6'1"? Something with arm strength? He puts up huge numbers ever year, gets better every year, and has great mobility too.

Think he is still doing college games for Fox mostly. Love his energy and creativity. "He's got run away from the cops speed" was an all time classic.

Don't hurt yourself getting down off your soapbox. It's really not even worth have the discussion with people who immediately point to sexism the moment a man criticizes a noticeable trend in a group of women. You are so quick to choose the "holier than thou" path, that you don't even take the time to understand and digest the point. The fact is that a successful broadcaster must not only have a great deal of knowledge, but also have a pleasant, welcoming, engaging voice for the listeners. It is simply my opinion that most, not all, of the women doing it do not have this quality. There are some out there that do, like Jessica Mendoza for example, and I fully support women like her in the role. But in my viewing experience, she is in the vast minority of female broadcasters at this point. Of course, there are men that do as well, it just seems to be way less (proportionally at least). I feel that many companies are hiring women broadcasters just to give an appearance of diversity, when they should be thinking about hiring the right PERSON regardless of gender. I mean, Suzny Waldman sounds like a 75 year old Long Island woman who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 40 years.

Yeah, OK. When 90% of the women doing it have annoying voices and maybe 20% of the men do, it's not quite a double standard.

Although usually very knowledgeable, I find most women broadcasters lacking in one very important area, their voices are annoying. Women like Doris Burke and Suzyn Waldman have voices that I simply cannot stand for an entire game. And it causes me to turn them off. I believe that many broadcast women are being hired regardless of their delivery whereas men must have a great delivery to be on top. Jessica Mendoza in Sunday Night Baseball is an example of how it should be. A very knowledgeable woman who has pleasant voice and delivery to listen to. Doris Burke and Suzyn Waldman have voices made for Print Media.

If ever there was a phrase that has jumped the shark, this is it. I immediately dismiss anyone who uses it as a crazy. You think you are funny, I'm sure, but all you and anyone who uses it are doing is turning off people from your party and opinions. Nice job.

You are not interested in a .500 team but you are still here after 17 years of it? Seems to me that you are pretty interested in a .500 team. Me, I'm a Bills fan and I typically support whoever is running the show and all the players until they are no longer a part of the team (or some major transgression - Like Preston Brown's complete inability to tackle as a MLB). I'm optimistic till the end (usually mid to late November). Football is entertainment and I am entertained even if we don't win the SB. I'm entertained watching the games, watching the draft, talking to friends and family about them, listening to WGR, reading this site, reading articles, watching prospects youtube videos, etc.. We don't need to win a SB for me to be entertained, it's just the icing on top.

In a heartbeat. Elite MLBs win Super Bowls all the time. CJ is an elite MLB. How many SBs have Randy Moss, Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones, AJ Green, OBJ won? Zero.

Seriously though, how hard is it to know the rules? If it was my job to run an NFL team you can beat I would know every single rule too. The real question is, why don't other teams seem to know them? It's their job to.

How do we know Gilmore to White is a downgrade exactly? Especially considering White is $10+M cheaper which allows us to fill other holes. I mean, White has to be a better tackler at the very least. He has to. WRs - What has Woods ever done? Blocked a few guys? Awesome. How about a WR who makes catches? Also, what about the addition of Andre Holmes and Sammy who SHOULD come into the season much more healthy than last season. LBs - Brown to Ragland a downgrade? Zach Brown cannot tackle. Ragland is a tackling machine. I'm sorry, but I want a guy in the middle that can actually tackle RBs. I would prefer Preston to be the Brown that left though. S - How are you listing Williams when he missed pretty much the entire last 2 seasons? Yeah, he was very good. But it's not hard to improve over a guy that missed 75% of the games in the last 2 years and we were playing scrubs off the street. And, because we let Gilmore walk we could use the money on Hyde, a very serviceable S to say the least. HB - Gillislee takes advantage of worn down defenses and he does it very well. He is not a 4 quarter feature back. Without Shady wearing down the D all game long, Gillislee would not have nearly as good numbers as he did in his limited touches. HBs are a dime a dozen, especially back up HBs. This is the least of anyone's concerns.

Until Shady shows me a sign of slowing down, I'm keeping him and paying him. He is an elite RB in this league and he hasn't shown any sign of slowing down yet. Yes, we know it's coming at some point, but we should wait until then before we start considering moving on. If he looks as good as he did last year this season, then there is no way I get rid of him in 2018. Very few RBs are a cut above the rest, he is one of them and is a game changer.

Trying to guess on college talent right now is pointless. Look at any pundits mock drafts from a year before the actual draft and you'll find about 75% of their first round projections off. And they are professionals at doing it. Last year some had Brad Kayaa going #1 overall. 2 years ago it was Conner Cook. Even Cardale was put in he 1st round of a lot of mocks that year. It's just a futile project to try and figure out next years draft until the college season has at least a few games under its belt. I'd be willing to bet that either Darnold, Rose, or Allen will fall off and not be a top prospect come draft time and I can pretty much guarantee someone else will add their name to the list who no one is even imagining right now.

It's deja vu all over again.

Except for when they file a class action lawsuit against your organization for getting them addicted to pain killers. This is an alternative to that and it's potentially liability down the road which could easily be in the Billions.

You could say the exact same thing about every other thread on this site.

I agree, this is the main reason. Gotta give me something so i will give you something. However, I think there is a secondary reason too. Big Pharma and their advertising dollars. Big Pharma hates Mary Jane and they will use whatever influence and resources they can to keep it down. That is false. Studies show that about 10% of regular users become mentally addicted. Physical addiction is basically non-existent though.

But seriously though, you don't think it has to be better than the complete cluster F on D we were last season, the clock mismanagement, the bad challenges, horrendous game plans (see Dolphins shredding us with their running game twice!!!), complete lack of discipline. Plus, you are looking at Dareus, Sammy, Lawson, and Ragland coming in healthy (hopefully), and what we added. I don't know. I just can't see us being worse.

Unfortunately, this team is better than a 6 win team IMO. This team is good enough to get to the playoffs. Our defense has to improve over last year. It has to. And a functional defense last year would have got us to the playoffs. Yeah, the schedule is tough, but teams get injuries, under perform, etc.. I like our additions more than our subtractions (except I think Zach Brown will be missed). This team has to be better than last year. I see 9-7 or 10-6 out of this team and a possible playoff birth. 7-9 at worst. So, why unfortunate? Simple, I don't think Taylor can win us a SB and I want to blue chip QB prospect to develop who can. Playoffs are not my goal, rings are and TT won't get you rings unless you have an Raven's, Buc's, Bears type dominate defense which we do not.

a risky question mark in the first round. One with either injury, drug, or off field issues, or a position that is risky by nature.

Says the guy who was saying Connor Cook was the next big thing...and just about every other QB you have wanted is terrible. In fact, take Darnold off your sig before you curse the poor kid. At the very least he is a huge upgrade over Cardale as the backup IMO.

A few injuries and any NFL team that was supposed to make the playoffs could easily become a 4 win team, especially at the QB position. The Chiefs have a tough schedule and have to deal with the Broncos and Raiders in that division. Personally, I don't think they are a playoff team next year.