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These quotes from Deadpsin make the 9/11 story sound even more legit, because they try to explain why McDermott might have tried to use that example. Not the type of thing you would include in a totally made-up hit piece: Players who spoke anonymously to Dunne were taken aback by the “horrible, horrible reference.” One coach added that McDermott “doesn’t have bad intentions. He’s just so clueless that he couldn’t believe that it was a big deal when the players were losing their minds.” Other players tried to rationalize it from McDermott’s perspective. “In his brain it was, ‘If evil can accomplish this, then imagine what we can accomplish’ doing things the right way. The message was just f—ked up.” To me, this sounds 100% believable.

McDermott is already getting obliterated in the sports media and this just came out. Just google his name and you'll see what I mean. Tomorrow a good portion of sports talk will be ridiculing and roasting Sean McDermott. I ALWAYS hope we win, but man, if we don't everyone with a story is going to emerge from the shadows to take their shot. You have to ask yourself why, if he's such a stand up guy. Coaches and players can respect (but not like or be happy about) being let go for not getting the job done. This is downright family laundry, scorched earth type stuff.

Well, either it's true, or he made up 25 sources and concocted the entire story, or the 25 sources all made it up and are lying to Dunne BTW, does Leslie Frazier still work for the Bills? Why is that a question that is so hard to answer? At first I was worried that something was wrong with him, but then he's out there attending the NFL's head coach symposiums trying to get a HC gig in 24. It's just weird. Imagine if Spagnolo suddenly decided to "take a year off to rest" and the chiefs and Reid wouldn't say what's going on, whether he would be back, or give any updates. Then Spags is out there hawking himself for a HC gig. All the while KC tries to act like he wasn't fired, didn't quit, but won't tell you anything else.

I think of it this way. Players get cut all the time. Coaches are jerks all the time. Assistants get fired all the time. That's the NFL. None of that seems to rise to the level of animosity displayed here. Why is there seemingly a motivation to destroy McDermott?

This quote from the Florio article linked above lends credibility, IMO, because it sounds like a genuinely perplexed player trying to find a McDermott friendly explanation for bringing up 9/11: Dunne has quotes from multiple unnamed players and coaches regarding the incident. “I don’t know why he’s that awkward but his social skills are lacking,” an unnamed player told Dunne. “Maybe he’s just wound-up thinking about ball. You’ve got to talk to the team every day. That’s one where maybe he heard it on a podcast. Next episode! That’s not the one to lead with. He was trying to bring the team together. It was a horrible, horrible reference. He missed the mark.”

These are pretty specific and brutal takedowns. People say "I'll bet guys hate Belichick too." Belichick is a grumpy jerk who demands you have no fun and do everything his way. Everyone knows it. That's the "dirt" on him. But he won a lot so players put up with it. Not exactly breaking news to publish an article with the headline "Former Players Say Belichick is a Grumpy Jerk in Practice Who Doesn't Like Fun, Smiles, or Kittens." That's different from being upset because you were let go. That's the business. you just don't see this type of stuff with other coaches. For example, there are MANY pretty damning stories from people who know about what the Colts building was like under Frank Reich: guys falling asleep in meetings, strolling in late, being on their phones, ignoring the coaches... But people genuinely like the guy as a person (just obviously not as a HC) and he treats people well, so there's no motivation to bury the guy publicly. Jut fire him and move on. No need to humiliate the man in public. If this McDermott stuff is true. 1st, this feels like a coordinated hit in the media. 2nd, it is only going to get worse, especially if the wheels fall off this season. There are apparently many people who want to destroy McDermott's reputation.

we know for sure that: 1. He never really answered for 13 seconds 2. His defense routinely comes up short in the playoffs 3. There was/is some serious issue with Diggs (to the point where his brother is even tweeting about getting him out of Buffalo) 4. Mike Florio makes his cryptic little Jenga tower references just about every time the Bills have a tough day at the office 5. Leslie Frazier abruptly decides to take a year off to "recharge" while attending HC workshops and giving interviews. But he's still with the team, unless he's not. Allegedly. No real answer as to what is going on there. Lots of weird stuff goes on with the Bills. IF this stuff is true then it is well-known around the league and just waiting to all come spilling out once the wheels come completely off. The Bills are a top NFL team in terms of interest now, so switch "Mike McCarthy" or "Andy Reid" or "Mike McDaniel" or "John Harbuagh" or "Kyle Shanahan" for McDermott and ask yourself what your reaction, not to mention the NFL media reaction, would be. Would it be denial? Would you rush to John Harbuagh or Mike McCarthy's defense, for example? Or would you laugh and enjoy the chaos on a rival team? Because IF this stuff is real then that's exactly what is going to happen to McDermott. He and the Bills will be getting dunked on nationwide because the sports media LOVES this sort of stuff. IF there are 25 source who participated in this piece then people will be coming out of the woodwork to take their shots.

I'm hesitant to add my two cents after all the puke emojis and thumbs down I got in the cheese steak thread, but I learned an awesome recipe out of it so I'll reciprocate here. Brisket is amazing, of course. But crazy expensive, and it can take a really long time. It's still the king, but the below procedure is a great 2nd place, especially if you don't have a huge crew to feed and don't want to smoke a whole brisket. A FANTASTIC alternative (and one that we will be making Sunday) is to smoke a good quality thick cut chuck roast. We get our at Wegmans, usually in the 3.5-4 lb range. The biggest one you can find. You don't want small/thin because it could dry out on you before it's really tender. Season heavily and put into a moderate temperature smoker. The key is to very slowly bring it to 175 (ish) degrees in the smoker, then wrap tightly in foil and put in a 200 degree oven for a couple of hours (or just use the smoker itself as the oven) until juicy and tender. Be sure not to let it go too far to where it becomes like pulled pork (although it will still taste great that way too). We just prefer being able to slice it. When ready, slice and serve however you enjoy brisket. We love making sandwiches out of it on toasted Costanzo rolls and using homemade BBQ sauce (white or red). Extremely flavorful, tender, and juicy due to the fat content of chuck roast. Great for a few people, doesn't take more than 5-6 hours total, and is cheaper than brisket, although not "cheap" per se.

I'm telling you... I had a dream: Bills/ Lions in the Super Bowl and we were up 40 something to 20 something very late

Rodgers said on McAfee that he "has a few more good years" in him. That quote was a couple weeks ago somewhere. I watch every Aaron Rodgers segment because I enjoy it and find it entertaining.

Oh yeah! We're about to absolutely ragdoll the Chiefs. Like 49ers/Eagles style. "Game of the week!" becomes a curb stomping for the home team. After Sunday Chiefs will have lost 4 of their last 6. The questions will be what's wrong with them. Meanwhile, we'll be 1 game behind KC (not that that matters much but it's worth noting) and red hot going into the stretch run. There is no chance in the world that we are losing to KC this weekend. This team is an angry buzz saw.

Lots of football left to play. Jaguars entire season could have changed tonight, same with Bengals. You just never know

What a game by Browning! You have to be impressed

Big surprise... My prediction is wrong! Lol

Bengals miss here, Jags go down and get last second FG to win My TV is ahead

It's weird to me to have hated Aikman so much now he's a guy calling games I wonder if it will be the same with Brady

I don't mind them not getting yet another top 10 WR

3rd and 4 inches

Lol ref looking at the screen as if NY isn't going to make the call anyway

Seems like an iffy spot

Wow! These WR catch everything

That was an obvious hold that prevented a sack I get that all 12 Jaguars fans are mad

Holding Easy to see but also that's gotta be nice to chuck prayers and have them basically always answered

Lol Cincinnati's supposed great defense can't stop the Jags backup QB

They got to the 50 Does Josh Allen get you another 15 yards?