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Ha he obviously knew he was getting quoted. Not a coincidence that my brothers get quoted in SI articles: https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/13/colin-kaepernick-jersey-bills-jets-game-tim-rohan

OK FWIW: 1. Mark is my brother. 2. He is, in fact, very successful, as is the other gentleman quoted in the article, who is a close family friend of ours. 3. He is not a TBD poster. He thinks it's ridiculous I actually spend so much time on here. 4. Their/our (I go back for a few games a year) tailgate was, in fact, the genesis of the table smash, as evidenced by the deadspin article/video from 10/5/15 in which a guy jumped through their table (at their request) and went viral (my bros and friends are right there in the video). The phenomenon spread shortly thereafter. If anyone can find evidence of a table smash prior to 10/5/15, please share. We are all late 90's WWF/ECW junkies so that was kind of where the idea came from. 5. Of course Josh Allen is in the worst possible position to succeed. He has the worst OL in the NFL (maybe the Giants?), the worst group of receivers/weapons maybe ever?, the worst defense in the NFL, Nathan Peterman as his backup/mentor and he was perceived as a project to begin with. Who could possibly dispute that? Juxtapose that with Patrick Mahomes, who got to study and learn under Alex Smith for a full year, has Andy Reid as his coach and the BEST set of weapons in the NFL at his disposal. So yeah, Mark Shepard is right.

For real.

Look, if anyone on here goes back and rewatches every lineman on every play then I will value their opinion as much as Joe Buscaglia's. I don't have time to do it myself. And I don't think he knows any more about football than me but I think anyone would discover that their opinions on what they think they know about individual players would be wildly different if they went back and watched the game tape. I trust that when PFF and Joe B are both saying that Ducasse is playing well, that he is.

Yeah we're not arguing. As someone who does not rewatch the games, I can tell you whether or not we have good pass protection and good run blocking. I couldn't tell you whose fault each pressure is unless they show a replay, which they usually do not. Last game, the pass protection was as bad as I've ever seen in the first half and shockingly good in the second half. I couldn't even begin to tell you who was good and bad on the line. Kelvin Benjamin sucks, that I can tell you. When it comes to the line, I have come to trust sources like PFF and Joe B. They have both been saying that Ducasse is good since last year. Meanwhile, guys with thick Buffalo accents are calling into GR and saying, "take out Ducasse and move Groy to guard," when everyone who actually pays attention is saying that Ducasse is actually good and Groy is a disaster. So naturally, I'm like, what is everyone's problem with Ducasse?

You didn't answer my question. What eye test? When I watch a Bills game, I follow the ball. Do you not? Are you watching the linemen block while the QB drops back to pass and throws the ball? If you rewatch the games and watch each lineman on every play, then that's awesome. Do you? And Xanax is awesome, especially with a couple drinks. Exactly.

What "eye test?" You went back and broke down the game film like PFF and Joe Buscaglia, who also watches every play and has graded him highly last year and this year? Why do people just randomly pick Ducasse as the guy they don't like? It's truly bizarre. I think we all know what a good QB, RB, WR, etc. looks like but this confirms my longstanding opinion that none of you have any idea what you're talking about when it comes to offensive linemen.

? My first "Oh FFS" was directed at the article. And "downstate elites" hahahahahahahahahahahah!! Hmm, who is a "downstate elite...???" Also, it really sounds by the tone of your response that you may be... triggered?

Oh FFS. Oh FFS #2.

I didn't say I like him. But he isn't nearly as bad as Miller and Groy from literally every last account of people who watch and grade every play. So, again, why do people single him out? Look, I follow football as closely as anyone on the planet that doesn't rewatch games and grade offensive linemen on every play. All I can tell you (without rewatching) is whether the line is good or bad. It's obviously bad. Occasionally when they show a replay, I will look to see where the pressure came from. But anyone who watches a game (and follows the ball every play like everyone else) and then tries to tell me who was worse than other guys on the line is a PHONY. Period.

Who cares how old he is? John Miller and Ryan Groy (who, without looking has gotta be as old as Ducasse, right?) are decidedly worse than him. So why single him out?

I realize you watch the ball every play like most of us but if you actually read the experts who break down every play, Ducasse is literally the least of our problems on the offensive line. Why do people just randomly single out Ducasse? It's actually kind of bizarre.

Yeah. What a Idiot.

15-34, 179 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT's, 1 rush TD.

Good thing McCoy is a mudder. Loves the slop.

Why the question mark next to Jones?

This is not true. He was the 2nd team MWC QB his first year as a D1 football player in 2016. This led to him being named the MWC preseason player of the year in 2017. This idea that he “wasn’t good in college” is just not accurate. I watched every game he played as a college QB and went to four of them. But anyway. It doesn’t matter anymore.

Jacoby Brissett is a hell of a backup QB and is about as likely to get called into action as any backup QB in the league. I wouldn’t have traded him either. Then if you do, you’re the team sitting there with no backup QB as the Seahawks are now.

I’m just kind of assuming this isn’t going to happen in the regular season. I’ll wait til one of these happens in a Bills game to get worked up over it. But yeah that call is an embarrassment to the league and an insult to the intelligence of anyone who has ever watched or played the game of football.

Please just don’t turn into a thread about kneeling, the troops, etc.

If history is any indicator, when a bubble Bills running back or receiver looks really good in the preseason, he'll definitely get cut.

What in the world is wrong with you?

The thing that stands out to me the most is how much depth we have on the defensive line. How solid does that second unit look? I'm guessing Confederate bank notes have a lot of value.

Wait, didn't we once get into a multi-day debate where myself and other posters were trying to tell you that Marquise Goodwin was better than TJ Graham and you were defending Graham? That totally happened.

This is so Patriots on so many different levels.