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So, the plan is to have a heavy DE that has only ever played on the defensive line that has knee problems lose weight and learn a brand new position. I don't know what could go wrong.

I think the Bills are an 11-5 team if I listen to my conspiracy theories that the winners/losers bracket is reshuffled by the owners first and foremost, and that the NFL wants to prove that the Bills needed a new stadium ten minutes ago. Can't do that with another 8-8 season and nearly 20 years without playoffs. Need the upstart "winner" to get that pressure building on a reluctant owner, county and state government. Owners aren't going to let Pegula skate with a free and clear "ancient" stadium forever after they kept it to themselves while RW was alive. I kid on some level.

This board would finally break the bonds of the Mario Williams threads into a new unknown. It'd make DF/RJ threads look like a calm, reasoned, discussion on the finer points of mulch colors for the lawn.

I meant literally sitting the #1 draft pick on the bench behind Taylor. Rodgers was a late 1st round pick but not picked first overall. I can't remember the last time the overall #1 didn't start the season they were drafted.

Can you pick a QB at #1 and have him sit? That'd be new. Inspired strategy but you know it'd set both OBD and TBD ablaze.

Valid points and I appreciate your response. You'd still spend a 2nd or 3rd rounder on all that mystery though?

I'll probably be a dissenting opinion here but I find the FTWD lame and boring. Too much standing around and talking. Way too much emphasis on the kids while the good actors (Curtis, Dickens Blades) stand around and look lost. The only way this whole seafaring concept works is if you go the Battlestar Galactica/Last Ship route - chased by not only walkers but "bad guys" with very few ports of refuge in search of sanctuary. That boat is big enough to go places.

Business intelligence is why the Patriots have been as successful as they have been for nearly 20 years. I am very interested in what the Browns are doing. There are more layers to this than what's reported in the press of course. The NBA Spurs hired Kirk Goldsberry of Grantland fame for their analytical unit. One of the reasons the Pittsburgh Pirates got out of their hole was analytics. They embraced the defensive shift long before other teams began doing it. Dan Fox, one of their data guys, studied how often balls were hit to certain locations on the field.

I picked Hackenberg. He needs to sit and learn but I think he's got potential and he'd be available in a later round where you could take him. Cardale Jones doesn't thrill me. He regressed significantly on a team loaded with talent and the same coach he had the year before.

The sex scandal probably doesn't bother the Eagles. The whole "oh he didn't really call plays" probably does.

I think Buddy Nix brought the Bills back into civilization after the terrible Levy/Brandon years. Nix built the foundation of the new house. Whaley has added the first and second floors.

"As it happens, the Chiefs were not going to bring Pederson back after all of this alleged sex." I don't know why but that sentence just makes me laugh.

Not a dig on Tyrod but I'm puzzled why Denver would think he's a great option for them. They give up a sizable ransom for essentially a one year rental. After Osweiler, I'd rather try to move up in the draft and get a QB and roll with Sanchez for this year.

I've wondered if Adele had the body of Britney Spears or Ariana Grande, would she get the play she gets? Or do people care because she's somehow more "authentic" because she's stated she doesn't like exercise and isn't a size 2? I recall reading an article about women falling out of love with Meghan Trainor because she lost weight and somehow became a sellout because of it.

That is the first time I've seen Doug Whaley and a tie together. I echo the comments about the fine quality of an article by Mr. Quinn. I don't want the Bills to trade down out of #19. Either make a pick or trade up.

I think they will have to deviate from the books more than they have because living under the Negan business model is going to be boring television if it lasts more than a couple shows before Alexandria does something about it.

I had to laugh when you guys started putting together the "Famous People We're Supposed to Like" list. My thoughts exactly when it comes to her. Two others: Trevor Noah Erin Andrews

I'd be surprised to trade *up* from 19 and/or see the Bills trade McCoy. Biggest name - Josh Doctson. A luxury considering the current state of the defense.

It was disappointing they followed the comic closely with this plot point. Since it's been telegraphed since before Season 6 even began, it would have been a prime spot to do some original storytelling with the character and surprise everyone.

Question is which do you run if you're the Bills? A 3-3-5 alignment or a 4-2-5?

I'm with many that didn't find the cliffhanger the best approach. I like that the show is moving away from the walkers as a major threat and getting into the more sustainable storylines of civil war in the post-Apocalyptic United States. Years after the outbreak, the majority of walkers aren't going to be around due to decomposition and survivors know how to kill any would-be walkers.

The one thing I love about Tarantino films - his interesting casting. He always plucks once famous actors and actresses back from modern day obscurity. David Carradine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lawrence Tierney, John Saxon, Tom Savini, Fred Williamson and Michael Parks. ( I swear he's been in every one of them like Where's Waldo.)

He's not slow. I like it already.

I really like Michael Mann as a director and I think Heat is his best, followed by Collateral. Heat is the cinematic brother to his NBC TV movie L.A. Takedown. For me, while the diner scene between Pacino and DeNiro was excellent acting, I thought the movie delivered on a complex storyline AND the action scenes with attention to detail. I hope it's never "remade."

Heat. One of the nearly perfect bank robbery films in all of cinema and the last great film for both Pacino and DeNiro.