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Technically it wouldn't be racism because it was an alledged anti-religious statement.

With good size (6'3" 270) and speed (4.64) I can't wait to see if Lawson can generate some additional pressure on the QB and potentially help by dropping into coverage and stick with TE's like Gronkowski that always give the Bills trouble.

I'm not seeing this team as the same old Bills. There's a different look and feel here. My take is this team has come together and they're playing for each other not just with each other. I expect they take care of business on Sunday, go to 4-2, and then its off to next week.

Hey I hear ya. I guess anyone can ignore anything they choose. Even facts. But my basic problem is Kap's 'protest' is based on a false narrative that cops only shoot and kill black people. But the statistics show a slightly different story. Through July 2016 American police fatally shot 509 citizens. 238 were white, 123 Black, 79 Hispanic, 46 race wasn't reported, and 23 were 'other'. That translates to 24% were black. 95% of the 509 were male. Investigation found that 93% were armed. The source: The Washington Post. Could the stats be wrong? Sure. Could you argue that 24% is a disproportionately large percentage compared to the make-up the general population. Sure could. I know this will cause a great deal of cognitive dissonance with some folks but the social discussion needs to be about facts not emotion.

If Kap plays I propose to all Bills fans at the game that they stand and sing the National Anthem throughout the entire game when the 49ers offense is on the field.

My take on the Jets situation is Bowles is he's a conservative guy when it comes to risk taking. Pretty obvious right? Which makes me wonder if Gailey's offensive approach is compatible with how Bowles' philosophy should be translating to the offense. Having Fitz throw the ball all over the field week-after-week is an inevitable recipe for disaster. As we've seen with the exception of the Bills game this season. Such as on 3rd and 1 you get 5 wide with an empty backfield. Who'd he foolin'?

Yup. They need to avoid the Bills annual clunker game against a team they 'should' beat. You can't beat Pittsburgh and then lose to Cleveland a week later.

Does Florida have any weapons laws to violate?

I think Rex stays until the end of the season when Pegula cleans house. Then we get the new GM and HQ along with the customary Bills off-season hope and hype with excitement building since the team has the 1st or 2nd pick in the draft. This is feeling more and more like 1984 to me.

If I could get 1000 to 1 odds on a $10 bet while getting 21 points I might pick the Bills.

All True. The Bills as an organization simply have no workable management system in place. Think of teams like the Steelers and recently the hated Patriots. They have an established way of doing things and players come into the system and adapt to it. If they won't they aren't brought in and if they can't they're let go. Generally, no head cases, drug users, abusers, or screw-ups allowed. The Bills identity is a losing culture. Pegula needs to change this culture and unfortunately, in my opinion, bringing in Ryan as HC last year was a step in the wrong direction. I think TP realizes this and perhaps the move to let Ryan call all the shots is either a long-shot to make it work or give him enough rope to hang himself to cut losses and move on next off-season. Until they establish this identity and system they will forever wander in the wilderness of losing and dysfunction.

To me this move looks like creating the illusion of 'doing something'. I haven't been trilled with Roman's play calling but the blame for last night falls squarely on the defensive side of the ball. Not a lot of creativity in showing different looks or blitzes while giving the same look play after play to Fitz and the Jets. The Ryan brothers called the Bills 'D' like July practice session for the Jets offense last night.

For Pegula this is a close echo of the lesson he learned with the Sabres. In that case holding onto the GM, HC, and team management and trying to make some adjustments. In this case keeping Whaley and most of the team management while hiring a coach who was fired by a division foe. A coach your team badly beat twice the season before. That should have been an obvious clue right there. Like the Sabres, replacing the GM and HQ, tanking, and getting Eichel to build around it looks like the Bills are going to unintentionally tank this year and find their 'Eichel' at the QB position at the top of next year's draft. For me as a fan I'm prepared to suffer through a putrid season of 3-13 and get the franchise QB to build around than have another mediocre 6-10 or 8-8 and continue to miss out on the answer to the problem.

I'm still waiting for the defensive genius to show up on the sidelines. I realize they are a few players short of full strength but where are the exotic blitzes and coverage schemes? Where is the heat on the QB forcing turnovers and mistakes? One particular Jets play said it all to me. With 3rd and 1 they go 4-wide with three receivers to the right side. An easily anticipated Gailey formation call for anyone with even an elementary understanding of his inclinations. The Bills counter this with a defensive call that has 2 defenders covering the 3 receivers while playing 10 yards off the LOS. Fitz makes a basic read and simple throw on a WR screen and they easily get the 1st down. If you wanted to switch up looks then minimally you'd show they the original look and then shift to a 3 defenders cover with press coverage before the snap. I'm left believing that one of the dozens of knowledgeable football minds on this message board could do a better job. Rex doubles down and brings in Rob and things get worse. The only good news here is the Ryan's aren't triplets!

After last night's defensive atrocity I have a hard time believing this team can win any games. So I'll say 3 wins, a new coaching staff, and the top pick in next year's draft.

You score only 7 points and you're going to lose. The offensive play calling was mind-numbing conservative. You think TT is a franchise level QB you're willing to potentially pay big money then you let him throw the ball around and take some chances when necessary. They had favorable match-ups with the Bills receivers against the Ravens secondary but refused to try and take advantage of it. That's what good coaching staffs do, take advantage of an opponents weaknesses. Playing scared is how I saw it or at best unprepared on offense for the start of the season. Rex's call right before halftime to let the clock run out rather than take about 40 seconds of time to give the offense at least a chance to pick up 3 points said it all to me. That's all I needed to see for the day right there. Next up is the Jets. You have Fitz coming in and the Jets which is a big contrast to the Bills. Maybe Fitz is erratic and inaccurate at times but the coaching staff shows some confidence and guts to open it up a little. The Bills need to do this with TT or the season will be over after the first 4 games.

A bye for only the regular season conference champion might eliminate some of the practice of resting starters and having that factor into the results of games that last couple weeks of the season. An extra wild card might mean either 3 games on both Saturday and Sunday or 2 games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, and a Monday night playoff game. I'd take one more step and say if the 1st wild card (the 5th seed) has a better record than the 4th division champ (the 4th seed) then the wild card gets the home game on wildcard weekend. No tie breakers to decide this just record vs. record where the wild card team's record must be better with ties going to the 4th seeded division champ. I'll wager that would add another level of interest and unpredictability which would generate a lot of attention.

I'd like to see the league add 1 more bye week so each team gets 2 bye's in an 18 week schedule and also start the season a week earlier. And possibly eliminate 1 pre-season game bringing that down to 3 per team. Maybe its because I have absolutely no interest in fantasy football but to me 22 weeks is way too long.

OJ's number is retired for what he did on the field. What he did off the field is despicable. But un-retire his number to appease the political correctness movement? No. Give these goons looking to control the language of society an inch and soon they'll be demanding we rename Washington DC too.

I think that's it. The Eagles traded up to pick Wentz with the plan that he'll be their franchise QB in the future. Bradford knows that, Wentz knows that, the Eagles know that, in fact everybody knows that. There's nothing wrong with what the team is doing just maybe how the situation played out. Bradford gets a big 2-year deal, they sign Chase Daniels for around $7m per season as a back up and then decide to pull the trigger on the trade up to #2. So the 2nd overall pick in the draft is the 3rd string clip board holder? How may reps is he going to get in practice. What does this mean to Daniels? To me it appears they were done addressing the QB position and investing a lot of the cap to do so. But with the trade up in the 1st round there was a major shift in thinking that occurred somewhere between Bradford's deal and the draft. I'm sure this took Bradford by surprise and others too inside the organization. Maybe they should have informed Bradford of the teams intentions and the change in direction before they went public with the trade up deal? Maybe Bradford should have reacted differently? Probably, he should have kept his thoughts between the Eagles and himself. I can see his point in being PO'd but there was certainly a better way to handle it than what came off as a public temper tantrum. A private face to face all cards on the table man to man discussion between the QB and the GM would have accomplished a lot more and done a lot less damage.

The Bills big problem with the draft is a piece-part of the franchises biggest problem and that is a lack of organizational consistency and identity since the great Super Bowl teams of the '90s. Every 3 years or so their approach changes. Its the 3-4 on defense, then its the 4-3, the same thing on offense. Look at the successful franchises. They have an easily recognizable identity and consistent approach to the game and their drafts reflect that approach and consistency. Teams like the Steelers, Patriots, Packers, to name a few. Describe the Bills offensive and defensive identity over time. How can you possibly be successful with the draft in finding players to 'fit' your system when your system changes every couple years? That said, I think Whaley's performance is marginally better than his predecessors but to this point it hasn't been enough to get the Bills out of this funk and into contention. Find 3 starters with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd picks along with some developmental types and I would consider that to be a good draft.

Most times how your fare in the legal process is directly dependent on much money you have to spend to defend yourself and how 'good' your attorney is along with whether or not they believe your 'story'. I've seen people charged with more severe offenses get a lighter sentence than others charged with lessor charges because of what I concluded was how much they could afford to spend. If this was you or I against the off-duty cops we'd have be facing felony assault charges the day it happened.

That is true to this point in time. The suspects, still not charged with any offense to this point, have kept quiet. That is smart. I've read police reports that state the officers followed every process and procedure to the letter and the suspect was clearly guilty. But when the statements were examined in light of the available physical evidence, available video of traffic stops or other sources, phone records, medical reports, and testimony from witnesses, the officers, and the suspects, etc., there were a large number of contradictions, omissions, and misstatements in the police report. Sometimes enough to get the charges dropped completely and much more often enough to get them significantly reduced. That's what I expect here. A reduction in charges for the entering of a guilty plea to a lessor offense rather than a very public jury trial. While its nothing official, reality is a prosecutor can be more motivated to acquire a conviction or a guilty plea and less concerned about the severity of the sentence and punishment. They might deny this but they'd rather get a 'plus 1' for a conviction or reduced guilty plea than taking a chance on a verdict of innocent from a jury trial. Most defense attorney's will also advise their client to settle for a reduced sentence when weighed against the risk of a jury trial unless they are certain they can select a jury that will be sympathetic to the defendant and that's not going to be easy in most cases.

I believe it was Bill Parcells that said these draft experts are mostly 'information gatherers' and not talent evaluators. That seems like an accurate assessment to me. Otherwise you'd think they would be working for some team that A+'s its draft every season..

Interesting the hear that feedback from a trooper. My guess is he's spot on. And I suspect the same, maybe these guys pull this off all the time and this time were charging their tab to Shady's party and they caught on to the scam and confronted them. The off duty cops got an attitude of so what, we're cops so what are you going to do about it? And then things got out of hand. So now the cops and the DA are holding back on the arrest warrants until they can come up with some kind of cover story and get everybody involving singing the same song.