TheBrownBear

I'm a little apprehensive. I think this team is truly right there with the Chiefs, Eagles and Bengals if our older stars can stay relatively healthy this season. But again, we are dependent on major production from a lot of players that are nearing 30 or are already on the wrong side of it. And as Josh stacks seasons under his belt and racks up hits on his body, the potential for injury or physical decline increases. This year feels like a "now or never" moment, before we have to go into a bit of rebuild period.

House Ballard. He took me fishing on Lake Erie as a kid. Super nice guy. A true gentle giant.

Taking the emotion out of it, I think you're probably correct. Teams look "listless" when they are getting their @ss kicked. Doesn't mean they aren't trying. Having said that, they still looked like they were on skates in the snow that game. I definitely believe that Cincy was better prepared for the field conditions.

St George is beautiful. I was in Zion a couple of weeks ago. Just astounding scenery all around in that part of Southern Utah. Of course, it's really hot there, but you're already used to Vegas weather. It's clean, safe, lots to do there and the area is growing. I think you'll love it there.

HarHarHar. I've never voted Republican in my life, and certainly would never support Trump (who clearly flirts with facism).

People are waking up. I was one of these people. I lived in the left-wing echo chamber basically from birth since my Father was a union organizer/leader (btw, he's also confused and distressed by wokeness). But over the past 10 years, and certainly since COVID, the popular left-wing narratives started to seem so far removed from lived reality that I couldn't help but begin to really question them. What I found surprised me and then slowly began to disturb me once I went down the rabbit hole and began to parse out what these people were really all about. I am virulently anti-"Woke", but I am still a Liberal. I acknowledge that some level of systemic racism (and obviously outward individual prejudice based racism) exists. I'm committed to rooting these out of society where they actually exist. I believe in equality of opportunity for all (gay, trans, straight, brown, black, Asian, white, abled, disabled, woman and man). I always try to live with love in my heart for my fellow man, and treat all reasonable people with the respect and dignity they deserve. I want all Americans to live their best lives. If people want to call me a bigot or a white supremacist for always doing my best to treat everyone I interact with with the same level of respect, I can live with it. I have no desire to treat other adults as emotional babies who need coddling. I don't feel the need to center or decenter anyone's voice or perspective. Their personhood is right there in front of me, fully autonomous and granted the same right of free speech as I am. Every person has an individual perspective, a personal story, including wins and losses, joys and suffering. Our pain doesn't confer intrinsic human value. How we respond to it does.

Haha. She's a satirist (and an apparently tired one) who previously worked for NPR and the Washington Post. You're either being intentionally dishonest or you're a good two standard deviations left of the mean IQ.

I thought radical Leftists would love this. Mao and Stalin are two of their biggest heroes, and their writings are some of the primary textbooks in the critical theories.

It must be insanely frustrating to discover that your State funded brainwashing and struggle sessions are ineffective against the very people you've supposedly given so much support to. But they'll just keep turning the knob to the left until the gaslighting starts a house fire. That's the Communist 101 playbook.

First "woman" to start at QB in the NFL. Fixed it for you.

Hey Einstein, it was a joke. 😜

Better. I think the defense is better, but much of that hinges on the play of Edmunds' replacement. Offense should be better due to the additions to the line, and I like that we have a workhorse 1st and 2nd down back in Harris now. I wish we could have added a more proven playmaker to our receiving corps, but I am intrigued by the under the radar additions of Harty and Sherfield and remain a believer in the potential of Shakir, and, of course, have my fingers crossed that Kincaid can add a playmaking element out of the slot and 12 personnel groupings. Special teams should be solid as always (notwithstanding the season of Haack).

Haha. Sorry, I thought it was clear that my post was in jest and clearly intentionally ironic. I do know my IQ and feel no need to disclose it to others. I agree with your broader points. Our office is full of whipsmart STEM Ph.D.'s and they almost universally have a lot of humility about their own intelligence and acknowledge that, however smart they may be, there's always someone else out there that can run circles around them.

It seems like the type of thing (being a member of Mensa) that someone with an ounce of self-awareness would refrain from bringing up in normal conversation. I mean, I have a WAIS tested IQ of 146, but I don't run around telling random strangers about it.

Obviously, the story is still being written, but I think he ends up more of a Cowher or Dungy. Comes away with one championship during a decade of sustained success. But he could just as easily end up like Marty or Marv or Andy Reid. Or maybe he ends up like John Wooden. It took him 15 years to win a title and then he retired with 10 of them.

Other way around, but now the voice is telling me this may have happened as well.

I have a voice in my head that told me that Josh was sleeping with Stef's Mom. Not sure on the validity of it, but thought I'd pass it along.

Interesting. Josh seems to be corroborating Happy Days' take. It's clearly a personal beef between Diggs and Josh.

I think this is close, but I'll add another 2 TDs. I think he gets minimal usage early in the season and throws up some donuts, maybe has a couple small nagging injuries that force him to miss a game or two, and then he comes on late and is a legit weapon by playoff time.

Think for a second about what the Bills accomplished last regular season against a tough schedule and despite a bunch of very impactful and serious injuries (Von, Tre, Micah, Poyer (at times), Josh's throwing arm, etc). We all agree that the roster is improved over last year. Outside of a major season ending type of injury to Josh, what makes anyone believe that this team will be 3-4 games worse this season?

I want what he's having.

Colin is the king of midwit sports takes. When I want to hear something of shallow intellectual consideration that I'm likely to disagree with, I'll give him a listen.

Wow! I totally forgot about the Poona Ford signing. If the back end can hold up health-wise, this should be our best defensive roster under McDermott.

The Bengals game was a mess - no arguing that. But didn't we still have a top 2 or 3 overall offense while playing in one of the better defensive divisions in football? We scored at will in the 2021 playoffs and where did that get us? (don't get me wrong - i love scoring at will)

BOOM! Beane not playing around. Other than the Von signing and Diggs trade, Beane previously seemed patient with allowing the Bills championship window to open and grow organically with the players already in the system. He clearly seems to have learned the lessons of the past two years and is getting far more proactive/assertive and making a push to win now.