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Haha…and oddly enough, I think it does. It’s crazy how absurdly incestuous the NHL coaching fraternity is.

She apparently also reads this forum.

The Fish have a schitty D. So much more to it than just looking at a W-L record.

Sounds like some guys who post here.

Tua is significantly better, IMO. The only real similarities in the pros are that they’ve both been blessed with some awesome weapons and offensive minded HCs.

And remember, this is a guy who played at freaking Alabama. And the supposed “America’s Team” in Dallas. And a success-starved fan base in Cleveland. We’re different. And better. Amari is a reflective, intellectual guy. He sees it and he gets it.

Transition was the right word. The words that were being thrown around in the media, however, were “rebuilding” and “taking a step back.” The national media, who don’t know any better, and some of the local media and fans, who should know better, simply saw “names” leaving the roster (Diggs, Morse, Hyde, Poyer, Davis, White) and didn’t see that it was the appropriate time for those guys to go and make room for the next phase. Were there legitimate concerns about the WR room? Yes! Thankfully it appears that Shakir was indeed ready to step up, Coleman has been a pleasant surprise…and Beane recognized the issue and made a key move to acquire Cooper. Hollins has been better than anyone expected. This is fun ride, and I’m here for all of it.

Just one? I think there were several dozen…

Holy **** we finally agree on something.

“This is the first time in like a long time that I’ve actually felt joy from winning this game,” Cooper said, “from just the way we played, from having so many guys on the team who are playmakers, and they come up and they show up when their number is called. Collectively as a group, it’s just amazing.” “It’s kind of a different place, too, Buffalo, compared to some of the other places I’ve been to. It’s a tight-knit group I would say. A lot of the guys go out together. They hang around each other 24/7, and it truly shows up on the field. It truly does.” “When you’re a kid and you’re dreaming of football, this is the stage you dream about,” Cooper said. “You don’t really dream about the games that aren’t meaningful. You’re dreaming about the meaningful games against the best teams. And so we were in it. It doesn’t come around that often, especially if you aren’t on a very good team. Any player who’s been in this league a long time, most of the guys haven’t always been on good teams. It’s just how it swings in this league.” “The Josh Allen experience, with this magnitude, it’s been phenomenal, man,” Cooper said. “Like I said before, he’s a great player. The old adage ‘Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time situations,’ and that’s exactly what he did.” “It kind of reminded me of – I was going to tell my friend this after the game – it’s like Little League, Pop Warner,” Cooper said. “It’s a Florida thing; it’s a Florida experience. But when you win the championship, you have to go up the road on your way to winning the national championship. And when you go up the road, the fans get crazier and crazier. I mean, they put rocks in glass bottles and shake them up, and everybody collectively gets so loud, and that’s what it reminded me of for some reason. But, yeah, the environment is phenomenal, for sure.”

I think I agree with this. The Bungles in particular scare the bejesus out of me because I remember the game two playoffs ago. Definite PTSD over that one. The Ravens are dangerous but I throw out the earlier game this year…in our other McD/Harbaugh matchups we have fared well. Of the other teams the Bolts have the best QB, and that’s always a concern, but dammit, these Bills are dangerous too.

Yet there are still plenty of “experts” out there beating the drum for Purdy. I myself think he’s a mid-level NFL starter incapable of putting a team on his back. He has been blessed with some of the best talent around. That team would be literally unstoppable with a top-10 QB.

Seriously. What coach does that to the guy? The Daboll schtick wore thin on me even during his 1st year there.

I don’t know why you’d think that. They seem to be getting stronger, not the opposite. They destroyed Atlanta, a supposed “up and coming” team. The AFC West is becoming what everyone thought the AFC East would be this year…a legitimate three-team division.

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