thebandit27

- Buffalo wins; if they can't beat Blaine Gabbert and Chip Kelly they should hang 'em up. - Best player matchup by far: Jerry Hughes against Joe Staley - To win: Buffalo needs to run and stop the run. The '9ers should have a solid run game with Carlos Hyde and an offensive line that gets a boost from the return of RT Anthony Davis. We know Buffalo's bread-and-butter is the run game, and SF's front-7 features a lot of young talent.

Even a blind squirrel... http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Top-3-things-you-need-to-know-from-Day-14-at-Bills-Camp/b5ec9441-345d-4f26-9e44-0f09e4fc9057 The officials quickly assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to Darby, but Powell went back after Darby after the play. Eric Wood, who was just a couple of steps away grabbed Powell and backed him away from Darby in a drive blocking sprint and shouted at him to knock it off. “No penalties in the red zone!!!”

Except that rules don't typically get changed mid-season, especially not rules regarding the use of banned substances. I agree that it's silly; that doesn't mean he should be doing it.

Rex vs. a rookie QB? Call it a win.

My guess is that it was related to "practice how you play"...when you're the most penalized team in the NFL, you can't have those types of habits.

You guys need to see the Elite Squad movies.

I don't know about another nail, but this is not a good look for him leading into a season in which they need to win to acquit themselves of some decisions they've made in the last 2 years--namely Rex and Shaq. On the plus side for him, that Tyrod contract is a thing of beauty...so he's got that going for him, which is nice.

That's quite a relief--really like Arians

I don't know...maybe I'm reading the contract wrong, but it appears that there's $41.2M in guarantees remaining after his 2017 base salary and a portion of his 2018 base salary became guaranteed earlier this year: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/marcell-dareus/ I cannot. If you need to ask for that to be included, then you don't deserve a vote of confidence. The vote of confidence is the owner signing a $60M check that you don't have to give back unless you do something grotesquely stupid. My apologies if that comes off harsh towards you; it's not meant that way.

Both IMO I would call it egregious. It is, IMO, as bad a contract decision as the Tyrod contract is good. There's no way they should've caved on that, let alone offered it (not sure if they did). The minute you give that concession, you're telling the player that it's okay to get suspended.

Major, major win for the Bills' front office.

I would imagine so...these things don't simply get dropped on you without any prior knowledge. Anyway, the point here, IMO, is simple: it's a banned substance, so a player has to be responsible for not putting it into his body. The coaching staff does have some skin in the game here, as they need to make clear what is and isn't acceptable--for folks that aren't in the locker room every day (which is all of us), it certainly appears that Rex is lax in that area. As to the on-field effect, well, we'll have to see. Bryant is a decent back-up, but where this really hurts is in the rotation. We'll have to hope that Worthy and a guy like Casey Walker or Alameda Ta'amu can take 20 snaps at NT per game to keep the horses up front fresh, and that Rex truly can manufacture pressure when the guys on the field know his scheme and are communicating well.

And God said unto Adam: "Now I will make for you a companion. She will be perfect in every way. She will be beautiful & smart. She will cook, clean, and be subservient to you always. She will compliment you and complement you. She will never disobey and will love you to the end of your days." And Adam asked: "wow, what will that cost me?" To which God replied: "an arm and a leg". So Adam inquired: "what'll a rib get me?"

Is there another kind?

Agreed.

Like I said in the Box o' Shout: this suspension hurts, but it isn't going to be the difference between 10-6 and 6-10. The team needs to start 2-2 at worst to make the playoffs, because I think they have to have both the SF and LA games as wins. So they need to win 2 of @ Baltimore, vs NYJ, vs. Arizona, @ NE. Tough sledding, but certainly not impossible by any stretch.

It's not the policy's fault that he couldn't lay off the buds. He owns this; terrible decision-making.

Probably the same thing that happened when we started 0-6 last year without Dareus, Lawson, & Ragland.

This is absolutely unacceptable on his part.

My opinion is that if Seymour can continue to acquit himself as a boundary corner, then you use him there in nickel sets and let Darby play the slot.

Ta'amu is a classic 0-Tech NT.

Y'all are sleeping on Sam Rogers

I love Reuben Foster...I said all spring that I think he'll be a better pro than Ragland.

SD is the one...thanks. KC is definitely not west coast, nor is St. Louis. Nah--I'm looking at the major time difference being a factor.

Serious question: who was the last western team to come in here and win?