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This teams personnel decisions in draft and free agency have been bottom third of the league. But making the playoffs is always better than missing them. Because it gives the team a chance. Maybe they catch fire at the right time? Given all the injuries and gaps in the roster, WR as one glaring deficiency, it seems improbable this version of the Bills is going to make a run for the title. Playoffs or not it might be time for a change of GM and HC. Leadership is simply too invested in sticking with their current approach and refuse to deviate from their plan regardless of the facts and changing situation. We can't have another draft in 2026 reaching for defensive line and secondary help in almost every round of the draft. And failing. The obstacle to this any change is obvious, Terry Pegula. He's invisible. What does he really think about this team? Nobody knows. I can't recall him making a single public statement about the team over the course of several years. Clearly, this owner isn't prone to making quick decisions but he can't want until Josh Allen's prime years are all used up to come to the realization most posters on the board have already arrived at that this GM/HC combo is not going to take this team over the finish line. A parallel to this might be how Bengals ownership stuck with Marvin Lewis for 16 seasons. Marvin was a good coach but he was 0-7 in the playoffs and team finally made the move to replace him with current coach Zac Taylor. Let's hope Pegula doesn't wait 16 seasons to figure it out. All he needs to know to make a change is right in front of his face. Waiting another season or two or more will just put off the necessary decision.

I think the problem with AI isn't technology. It's the absence of any open and rational discussion of the social and economic benefits and consequences and how those are distributed across society. Right now it's a race to deploy and then deal with the consequences later. Because if the investment world and its proponents think 10's of millions of workers are going to sit back and watch their jobs disappear and their life prospects evaporate while fat cat corporations, finaciers & banks, and moguls get richer while the huge majority of people suffer, AI proponents are high on some good drugs. And don't throw some idea out there like poverty level universal income. Because tha won't fly. The problem is the benefits are concentrated with the few and the costs are borne by the many. If these clowns think we have affordability and income inequality now just wait. I'll even say it's not that the technology is going to eliminate workers. It the revolutionary scale, speed, and impact of those job losses which make it impossible to have enough time for workers and businesses to adapt to new jobs and skills.

It might be a revelation for the ages but maybe the defensive genius should devise a scheme and system that is both easy to learn and effective? Because I watch in complete amazement several games each and every week of the season as other team's defense has rookies and second year players making an impact. And I wonder why aren't we drafting players like this? Bigger, smarter, faster, more instictive, and better football players making plays.

I've been drained of any optimism that Beane is going to fill any roster holes after many seasons of failing to do it. In fact, I'm not sure that's the best approach to restocking the roster. I'd rather see them going BPA at whatever position that might be. Getting some playmakers and serious talent at any position will do more to raise the level of play on either offense and defense rather than reaching for need which has failed as evidenced by spending so much on the D line for no big improvements year after year or drafting the 7th best corner vs. for example the best center or safety. I think that's more how teams like the Eagles, Ravens, and Chiefs approach it.

It would be out of character for 17 to raise a stink and make demands but it's probably the only thing that would force some needed changes.

This is 100% overdue and necessary but I'd say there's a 10% chance of this happening because the owner has gone missing.

The coverage scheme is locate the nearest receiver and then attempt to position yourself as far away from the receiver as possible while remaining on the playing field.

This team is a result of the cumulative effect of many seasons of drafting at the back end of the round combined with poor choices and bad college player evaluation along with over paying players on second contracts that fail to play up to thelr pay grade. Add in hit and miss free agent moves and stubornly ignoring the WR postition in a passing league. Which leaves them with an MVP QB, a great RB, and not much else. Not much talent. That's just it. See for yourself. Pick the top 5 players at each position on both offense and defense out of all the players on all the teams and with the exception of Allen and Cook what Bills player is top 5 in the league at his position? Even top 10? This is all on the GM.

I think her adherence to the America First agenda has exposed Trump's betrayal of that movement and she simply can't support him further. Whatever her plans, his attacks on her expose him as a fool and weakling. I think this event marks the peak for Trump, not MTG. His agenda and actions are way off course from his pledges. Expect more defections. Chaos to follow.

I don't see a rebuild coming but a reload is needed. Beane has done a sub-average job with the draft and free agency and the effects are cumulative over several seasons. Those problems have allowed other teams, like NE and Denver drafting earlier and having cap room to pass the Bills in talent. Free agency has been hit and miss with cap constraints caused by resigning players that under-perforn to big contracts. I think this is the biggest problem. Signing average players you should move on from to big extensions. McDermott hit his ceiling a couple seasons ago. Some argue earlier. Ownership needs to make major moves that could lead to the needed changes. Most fear Pegula won't act. I'd add without Allen this is a 5 win NFL roster. That's how bad the front office is here. One gripe is they've been throwing almost all the resources at the defense for years and they still stink.

Making the playoffs would result in few to no major changes and allow them to use injuries as the excuse. Sure that's a factor but not the only one. But even missing the playoffs is no guarantee anything is going to change. This owner has no problem with losing as demonstrated by the Sabres pathetic record and play season after season. If he won't fire Adams he won't make any major moves like replacing Beane and McDermott. If they want they can blame the coordinators but they're handicapped by the players the GM brings in and the guardrails the HC puts around their schemes. It all boils down to Pegula's fear and hesitancy to make necessary changes. That's THE problem.

You ht on several of the variables that go into a sound decision. Term, interest rate, down payment, loan amount, along with the rate of inflation. For me the most important factor is the interest rate. Some car makers are offering 0% loans for example. In that case a longer term of 7 years could be the better choice because the entire payment amount goes to principal. And at an inflation rate of greater than 3% like we're experiencing along with the time value of money means by the time you get to year 7 the payment in real dollars is around 19% less (by my calculation of compounding a 3% inflation rate over 5 years) than at the start of the loan. And keeping the car loan-free for a number of years beyond that means no payments! The absolute worst way to finance anything is through credit cards. Nobody talks much about addressing this issue. With onerous loan-shark like rates of 22% the amount of dollars you pay to service the balance is obscene. If either political party wants to attack a major cost to Americans tackling the interest charges banks are allowed might be a good place to start. Generally, the most cash strapped consumers fall into this debt trap that isn't so easy to exit. For people that can pay the entire balance off every month its a way to use somebody else's money for a month.

TDS patients will claim these numbers are now fabricated since Trump fired the former head of the BLS and installed his "puppet" at the agency that will produce numbers he wants to be published. What they won't try to understand, because it will burst their illusion, is these numbers were always subject to fudging through features in the measurement like the birth/death model of small business creation and closure. Below is a link to information about the model and a lot of statistical gibberish. https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm

This morning's BLS report on September jobs was 119K actual vs. an estimate of 50K. Unemployment at 4.4% vs. an estimate of 4.3%.

Its naive to believe that under Trump anything has changed about the US government's approach to the Saudi's. What may have changed is the public's perception of the arrangement. Because anything Trump does requires more inspection, criticism, and scrutiny. It doesn't matter that his predecessors have engaged in the exact same arrangement. The US, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, has supported the Saudi monarchy for over 60 years. Because of oil.

Would the Democrats consider it an illegal order if Trump directed American military forces to shoot American citizens that we're infected during a zombie apocalypse and transformed into the walking dead?

No. I saw the news of drought conditions in coffee growing areas of Brazil late last year then waited for a sale at the local Super Market and stocked up on about a 3 year supply. Sorry to say the blame for higher prices is weather not politics.

Under attack, for example, from government collusion with and coercing of social media platforms to censor views and opinions deemed critical of the regime? What you're glossing over is the fact Democrats under the Biden administration threw the first punch in the effort to suppress free of speech. Add in deploying street goons to inflict violence on those participating in protests and events where the exercise of free speech is attacked and you've got all that authoritarian crap the liberal cult complains about.

Perhaps everything is not always about Trump as you believe? And moving Maxwell to a minimum security facility is in part so the chances of her "committing suicide" like her boss are less likely? I'm going to take a wild guess and conclude she knows a lot more about the "clients" than what has already been said.

You're being irrational. Rather than parallels its most likely confirmation bias in interpreting events from afar. And seriously, how can we trust the judgment of people that believed Joe Biden was of sound mind and body when it was obvious through simple observation that he wasn't?

I support Trump's position and actions on some issues and not others. This is one where I don't. He could issue an executive order declassifying everything and instruct the DOJ and FBI to release everything while redacting the identities of the victims. While we're at it he could declassify files on the Russia collusion hoax and the J6 riots. Out the FBI and other federal agencies on how many employees and assets where in the crowd along with the purpose. Give us the official records why the NG wasn't called up. And settle the story on guys like Ray Epps and whether or not he was a government asset. Why won't he? There are many theories. One is the Trumpenstein theory purposed by a guy named Donald Jefferies. In summary this theorizes Trump is in reality a "Trojan Horse" deep state plant. If anything its a semi-amusing read. https://donaldjeffries.substack.com/p/trumpenstein-and-the-death-of-politics

Why doesn't Trump schedule a TV address to the nation and spill all the beans on the Epstein operation directly to the public and forget about having to rely on Congress?

I'm sold on the idea they need to go with the "Josh Allen experience" every game from here to the end of the season. If they go back to slow paced milk the clock and limit drive count Brady ball game management on offense on Thursday they're going to lose something like 27-10 to the Texans. Because this defense as its playing now can't stop anyone and is still going to give up points. So instead win 37-27.

I'm resigned to the reality the answer to the Bills defensive woes is not on the roster. And all the tinkering and additions Beane and McDermott have made since day one of their regime hasn't resulting in any significant improvements in the defense. Without turnovers its bottom third in the league. Clearly after 8 seasons they have failed. Getting a few players healthy is going to help but it's going to be marginal improvement. Protecting this defense by playing McDermott's slow-ball run focused offense isn't going to work against the better teams in the league. And in practice playing slow and draining clock is not how to utilize the league MVP. What we saw yesterday, an up tempo attacking offense is the blueprint going forward. Put up as many points as possible and put the stress on the opponents offense to keep up and play a game they either can't or don't want to play. This provides the best situation for the opponent to make mistakes and errors our defense should be able to capitalize on. I wasn't completely sold on the idea the Bills need to go balls-to-the-wall on offense to score 30 to 40 a game to win but with this defense it looks like there's no other way.

Earlier tonight Trump apparently reversed course and urged House Republicans to vote for releasing all the files on Epstien.