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Ya know, I was just saying last week while watching the 1pm NYJ vs NE game "Ya know what this Jets team is missing, cayenne pepper!" Everybody at our party laughed at me. But they don't know ball. Who is laughing now Steve! WHO IS LAUGHING NOW!!!! It occured to me that this could be one of those pre-emptive cover up situations where Rodgers may test positive for something and he gaslights people by saying "It is just medicine, totally not steroids, extremely high levels of cayenne pepper and other natural medicines can trigger a positive test for xxx". Rodgers kind of reminds me of one of those preachers who screams about gay people burning in hell, only to find out he spends every Saturday covered in glitter at the Cathode Ray. He is that, but it's whale sperm/HGH.

Why stop there? Is Zach Ertz available?

This is the second game I have caught with Brady. He is getting a lot better at the play by play stuff. He is still super awkward doing the sideline stuff. I said it in another thread, he would likely be at his best doing a simulcast or podcast on the nuts and bolts of each play for both teams. Honestly Fox, ESPN, or Paramount should be doing this as part of their paid for streaming package. They all have former QB's as part of their crews. Getting two hours of film review from Romo, Manning(s), and/or Brady is definitely something I would be willing to pay for.

I mean the GQ interview he says teams didn’t want to move on from him, that he was moved because he wanted to move. And in the case of Buffalo, he knew that was the case at the start of the year.

I personally never liked Jim Kelly. He’s a noted woman abuser. He spent years crapping on this town all the time then asking us for money for Hunters Hope when the cameras were on. I feel bad for his cancer diagnosis, his children, etc. I didn’t mention Kelly or Bruce. Those guys are HoF’ers and are tattooed into the fanbase because they weren’t just great Bills but at the time all time greats at their positions. I specifically mentioned Fitz, Tre, and Stevie because that’s a different class of entrenched Bills fandom largely based on their personalities not their production in red white and blue. (The “don’t want to date your daughter” was a locker room vote. If you don’t like it bring it up to his teammates)

There is a common denominator among some of the Bills players who have entered the fan base is that while they were here they had these giant but soft personalities and really embraced the city and its fans. When thinking of guys like Fitz, Stevie Johnson and Tre White come to mind. To a lesser extent you could even throw Shady McCoy into the mix. But Diggs on his worst days here was very cold to the city, and on his best days “fine”. Fitz is a guy you wish you could invite to your kids birthday party and Diggs is a guy nobody wants to date their daughter. Also, you think he’s going to be there the opening weekend for the new stadium? HAHAHAHA

You think Diggs is gonna fly in to stand outside for cold weather games shirtless? Or publicly say that Buffalo was his favorite team? Is he going to start showing up to press conferences goofily wearing his teammates clothes? Maybe while he recovers he can grow a beard many believe to be a national treasure? There is no way, no how, that Diggs ever loves this team and these fans the way guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick does. Zero. He can’t because he’s wildly self absorbed. And because of that he’ll never be in the same club as guys like Fitz.

Phenomenal catch for the TD. I was actually shocked he didn't catch the first one at the opposite pylon since he is so strong, but I wouldn't say that about most receivers across the league. Kudos to the defender on that play. To follow that up by stealing the ball from what should have been a PBU was awesome! Those are the plays he was brought in to make and he is not disappointing.

He has to have the worst hype:production ratio in the league. Maybe ever. It has been a decade and he tops headlines and has not once had a double digit sack season.

Alex Smith has to be the most obvious/drastic QB to ever resurrect their career. At least in the 21st century.

Not that Brady is super charismatic, but I feel like taking a guy like TB and putting him on a network is like asking a stand up comedian to host a "yuk yuk" morning drive time radio show. They aren't the same skill set whatsoever. Chris Collinsworth is Nikolas Pickalas and Tom Brady is Chris Rock. Every once in a while somebody like Romo hits it out of the park and is Shredd/Ragan. He would probably be better on something like a more straight laced Manning cast that takes a deeper dive into x's and o's. Or a podcast with a professional host where they breakdown film. These are situations where I wish they would be able to adjust and use Elam more situationally where we can commit another defender down low and give Elam some reps in man.

I am not complaining about it. The conversation was about people saying "well who did the Bills beat?" My response was along the lines of "That won't change much, the Bills remaining schedule is pretty easy" (at the moment). To your point, and getting in the weeds a bit, I would be a bit concerned about us in the playoffs basically trouncing the bad teams and all of our loses were like our first two. An 11/12 win season is great, but in the context of the goal for a team like Buffalo, reaching 11/12 wins but getting worked by every team with a winning record would be bad and a reasonable talking point amongst fans and pundits. We aren't there yet, so it isn't a big deal. But I think we have to make sure we also start beating winning teams too.

This isn't going to get much better for Buffalo either. Buffalo's opponents the rest of the year are 30-36. We will go 11-6 if we drop every game against teams with a winning record. @ Seattle (4-3) Miami (2-4) @Indy (4-3) KC (6-0) SF (3-4) @LAR (2-4) @DET (5-1) NE (1-6) NYJ (2-5) @NE (1-6)

He is no different than that guy/gal you knew in middle school/highschool/college who loses their shirt, yells, screams, treats people around them like poop, and goes "but was I wrong". Maybe? Maybe not? But you are still not a dude I want to problem solve, work, or have a few beers with. Being "correct" is rarely the most important thing when it comes to personal and professional relationships and leadership. A lot of really smart people lose out on promotions and jobs because they were both "right" and ash holes.

There isn’t an NHL comparable to Tua/concussions/equipment in the current era.

Very hard pass. My take on Daboll is that hes a total blowhard but a smart dude. Good guy to have at the table but if his voice gets too loud or he gets too close to the head of the table he starts to become a detriment to the rest of the staff. Part of being a HC or running an entire unit (OC/DC) is being a good leader and a quality people manager. NFL teams/staffs are way bigger than his skill set allows.

I wouldn’t be shocked if they keep him on IR for the year even if he says he wants to play.

So strange that Hollins got all the looks I thought MVS should have been getting. He’s had 2 targets all year when he’s never had less than 42 in a year he played in 16 games. Not a world beater but he’s been a reasonable roll player at every stop. I don’t know if McBrady don’t like the guy, or he has a bad attitude, or maybe Josh just prefers Hollins? My guess is some combination of 1 and 3 are causing a bit of 2. He’s had 2 targets all year here. Down the back stretch of the season I suspect he’ll get that weekly.

Bass isn't Butker. Butker is one of the best kickers in the league. No argument there. Should the Bills look to every position in which they don't have an Allen, Butker, Gardner, Justin Jefferson? Absolutely. Should they cut a guy who is not been very good mid season to replace him with somebody worse because they aren't Harrison Butker? No.

You can't just say "You have to". 1. This isn't a spend issue. It is a cap room issue and there is no room. 2. I don't think there is anybody who falls into the category of "obviously better". But if you just speak in generalities I guess anything is possible. Didn't Bills fans trash Leodis McKelvin's yard after he fumbled a kick return against the Pats. Really sad and embarrassing moment for Bills "fans".

The Bills could pick Mike Williams 36 years straight. It doesn’t really matter. It wasn’t getting done without a new contract.

In the 2024 NFL 2-3 years isn't a semi rebuild, it is a full on rebuild. And you don't have a full on rebuild if you have the QB situation figured out. Von Miller is likely gone next year. I will be shocked if he is still around. Milano is interesting because he is only $1M off the roster than on. They do have an out after 2025. So in theory that could be a player they do something with. But I don't think so. I think Milano will have to make a decision on whether to extend in Buffalo long term at a lower price or try and get paid on a series of more lucrative short term deals to account for the fact he has been a major injury liability. Knox also has an out after 2025. However I think an extension at a more reasonable cost could happen.

To the first bolded. Fair, but I am challenging your assertion that "95% of the time our receivers were blanketed" and on the first play of the game Curtis Samuel is wide open in the flat. For whatever reason Allen refused to throw the ball to an open Samuel a few times this game. To the second, that is part of the problem. Cook was always going to beat the MLB who is moving horizontally when Cook is taking off vertically. There was no reason to move off the first read.

LOL. 95%? 95%!!!!! Well he completed 9 passes so lets start there. Then the first 5 pass attempts there were players open. Sometimes even his very first read. And on some there were multiple players. So far we have 8 other completions plus these 5. At this rate, parcing through the A22, you might not even get to 50% of the time. First pass: Incomplete. Allen first looks to Samuel in the flat in what looks to be a screen? Nobody within 8 yards of him. Holds the ball. Looks center field and Kincaid is crossing across his face with a step on the LB in man coverage. Hucks the ball to a very covered Hollins down the left sideline. Still nobody near Samuel in the flat. 2nd pass: Incomplete. One Simms already addressed. Cook beats his man and is the first read. The ball should have been thrown. 3rd pass: Incomplete: The Hollins throw deep. This play also has Kincaid, Ty Johnson, and Coleman open. 4th pass: Complete to Cook who is very open. 5th pass: Sack: really strange. This looks like a screen to Samuel. He is there without a defender. Kincaid takes his man out of the play. Josh pump fakes to Samuel for a reason I cannot figure out? Maybe to take off? Maybe to look down field? Then he takes a sack. I can't stop shaking my head at this one. Like WTF? (Forgive me, file size restrictions aren't letting me post screen grabs directly and I am too lazy to resize every picture)

Some posts aren't just for the person I am responding too. Ha!