Mark80

We have a whole thread dedicated to LBs up top that has been pinned.

People working in factories before the Fair Labor Standards Act also knew what they were signing up for, doesn't mean it was OK what the employers were doing. You can label it a "volunteer" job all you want, but when there are various requirements around that "volunteering" it quickly expands beyond that. As far as your "spill a cup of hot coffee on your lap" example. I implore you to educate yourself before making such references. Take a look at the pictures from that case of that ladies upper legs and thighs. I'll make it easy for you, there is one in this link...caution, it's graphic. http://x4mr.blogspot.com/2012/07/hot-coffee.html It should also be noted that McDonald's had hundreds of complaints on the temperature of their coffee before this case and settled hundreds of cases regrading it before a trial was necessary and yet still didn't lower the temperature of their coffee until after this case. That is the very definition of negligence, not acting in a reasonable manner when they had knowledge of how to do so.

Um...did you see him completely dominate the game and almost win it for the Bengals after the hit on Bernard? He knocked Big Ben out of the game and he made a fantastic interception all after the hit on Gio that got him really worked up. The team would not have been in position to blow it if he didn't make those plays.

Amazing how many football fans have no idea what spearing is. He clearly led with the crown of his helmet, that is spearing, that is a 15 yard penalty, that negates the turnover.

Add another to the ignore list.

Full article on Smith. He's back on the table boys. http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/01/08/jaylon-smith-knee-injury-full-recovery-notre-dame I think we need help in the middle more than outside, but in reality we need both so BPA at LB in the first is my opinion.

And Ragland has a fantastic LB name, doesn't he?

I think people sometimes forget just how popular OJ was at the time of the murders. He was all over TV as one of the biggest product endorsers at the time, in movies, on broadcasts, he was everywhere and adored by all. One of the biggest pop culture stories in history and really changed, for better or more likely worse, celebrity coverage in this country.

Isn't this the exact type of player that good teams take chances on with later 1st? Granted, they usually have the luxury of not having as many holes to fill, but I feel like good teams will take him, let him heal up, and if he comes back 100% then they get one of the best players in the draft way later than he should have gone. ACL/MCL injuries have pretty good recovery rates, guys who re-injure them are the exception now, not the rule. This wasn't a Lattimore or Chubb type injury where the knee was completely destroyed. As long as the Doc says his healing is progressing normally, I would still take him at 19.

Yeah, winning. Down Harvin, Goodwin, then Woods. Someone has to play.

If Ragland, Smith, or Jack are there, I'm taking them. IMO this is our biggest area of need going into the off-season. I think our LB core is pretty bad and virtually every great defense throughout history had a HOF quality LB. Bobby Wagner (off to a great start of career), Patrick Willis, Ray Lewis, Derrick Brooks, Mike Singletary, Even the teams with only flashes of greatness always had a very good / great LB. Von Miller, Clay Mathews, LT, Paup/Spielman Bennett/Talley, and Fletcher/Spikes. We don't have anyone even close to the level of any of the guys I just mentioned and it shows.

When asked about taking a pay cut to stay Leodis responded something like "I have plenty of money in the bank." At least he's smart enough to manage his money unlike many other professional athletes!

This. Great guy (see story with his sister), but we can't afford to keep a guy who is hurt every time he touches the ball, just can't do it. Look who we were forced to play at WR last week. You can't have guys that are so injury prone taking up spots, much less two of them (Harvin).

I don't understand how any Bills fan could be against this. Every year I watch at least a few episodes and every year I think "how awesome would it be if this was the Bills I was watching?" The "Distraction" argument is unsubstantiated and overblown. Give me as much Bills coverage as possible.

Vikings have always been my #2 team so I'm obviously pulling for them. Second is the Cards.

You certainly cannot blame last night's blowout on Cook. His OLine couldn't do anything against their front 7 (most lines can't). There were also some drops by his WRs. However, I wouldn't touch him in the first round for one reason and one reason only....A senior QB with the most starts in the schools history at that position and he still wasn't chosen to be one of the Captains for the season. That is a major red flag in my opinion as he either doesn't have that kind of respect from his coaches and / or his teammates. Goff looks fantastic and I need to see more of Lynch to make my call on him, but those are the only 2 I consider in the first round at this time. For us, it's clear we need LB, DLine, WR help the most IMO. Hopefully we can handle some of that in FA. I'd love us to draft either a stud MLB or another great WR in the first. Jack may still be there with his injury and Tredwell would be my WR of choice right now.

"It's a long road to wisdom, but a short one to being ignored."

Tom Brady. Franchise QBs are hard to find and when teams do hit on them, they rarely let them walk. Hall of Fame QBs are even harder to find. We've been stuck without a franchise QB in a division of one of the best of all time. It's really that simple. Even more rare is when you have no lag between that level of QB and you are great for 20+ years (Packers now, 49ers of 80s/90s, Colts potentially).

Bickering Bills. 4 SBs in a row coming soon.

I don't think it is scheme at all. He is there, he is in the right spot to make a play, but too many times the guys outruns him to the sideline, he over-pursues, or just misses the tackle. None of those things have anything to do with scheme, that's the player.

I thought Preston looked very good last season and seemed to have potential of being a very good MLB for us. But this year? What the hell happened to him? He misses tackles consistently, on that long run before halftime he was right in the hole where the HB was clearly heading and he overshot it by 2 yards and didn't even touch the guy. Tackling and playing your hole are not the coaches fault. He is there to make plays, but just doesn't do it. Not to mention his inability to man cover anyone really hurts our D too. Quick read passes are quite often to the guy he is covering. These are not just issues from today, it's been going on all season. We need to make a concerted effort to get a legit, starting MLB to lead a defense and I think it's our biggest area of need on the whole team and it doesn't seem like anyone is even talking about this. Truly elite defenses almost always have at least one great LB on their team, we have none that are even close to being great.

If you know what you are doing you can make a Honda Civic fast as hell. You obviously know as much about cars as you do football.

You do realize that Rex led the Jets to two consecutive AFC Championship games with Mark Sanchez as his QB right? Each with 2 road wins in the playoffs to get there. If that's not getting a team to perform ABOVE expectations, then I don't know what is.

This makes just way too much sense for around here. Why people expect a new coach with a QB starting for the first time in his career to gel right away cannot be explained to me. Not to mention a crap ton of injuries all over the field. Not just starters, but valuable depth guys behind them as well. This leads to us starting guys straight off the street or from our practice squad. That, my friends, is not good. When you are dependent on a Defense to carry your developing offense and then you are missing your best Safety, a top level corner (whom I think is our best still), our best linebacker, our defensive leader and very effective Tackle it is going to sting, big time. Then we also lose Carrington, Powell, Wynn, Brooks, all backups who would have seen significant playing time...well, what you get is a 7-9 or 9-7 type season. You know how many guys the Eagles were missing yesterday? One starting LB, the other guys on IR are backups and everyone on their injury report played. We are heading the right direction and we need to stay the course. Add some additional depth through the draft in LB and DLine especially, possibly a DB or two and on offense if we can grab another WR and some OL, we are well on our way. Unfortunately, now is the time we will go on a 3 game winning streak and kill our draft position in typical Bills fashion.

You guys want to give a head coach 1 year with a QB that is in his first season as a starter? What are we, the Browns?