Juror#8

Very well could be the case man. Hopefully it’s all resolved amicably. They’re too good to not get through this. A part of me hopes the family member is wrong although I believe what she says. I don’t believe she has a reason to make it up.

The V8 has a cast iron block, forged internals including connecting rods, lacks an EGR syster and multiple other design features that make it one of the most bulletproof power plants ever put in a consumer truck.

I’m a big Josh fan. My post history supports that. But thanks for reminding me of the playoff game and for your skillful use of the tears face thing.

I should have been more clear - a member of Stefon Diggs’ family occasionally volunteers at Sherwood. We sparked up a conversation a couple of months ago. In May, I asked about the whole blow up at the end of the Bengals game. What I typed was the response I got back. Stefon Diggs has been frustrated with Josh Allen for some months. Whether that’s why he skipped mini-camp or not, who knows. I can’t speak to that. I can only say that a member of his family alleges that Stefon Diggs is dissatisfied with Josh Allen for the reasons mentioned. I wasn’t going to share because I figured it would be met with the “parrots, dogs, sister said responses …” But with the mini-camp thing I figured I’d share my little piece of info.

No sir. Of Mr. Diggs.

Wouldn’t consider it a source. I live in Maryland. An event frequently puts me into contact with a family member who volunteers at a local high school. Her Bills lanyard initially sparked the conversation.

Sounds good. Thanks for contributing.

She’s a family member of his. She knew him and high school and all his life and presumably is connected now. I know her because of where she volunteers.

Edit: it’s captured in replies anyway. Wasn’t worth posting. Caused more *****-stirring and agitation than I thought it would. It’s unbelievably tough to talk to someone who is associated with a public personality and discuss just the content of the person’s comments online. We can never get away from getting sucked into the game of challenge the veracity of the poster, the veracity of the alleged association, the veracity of the content. I knew that before I posted though. Zero sum game.

Solid! The move I was hoping for for O.C.

Didn’t watch the game because the loss last weekend hurt. With that said, glad the Bengals won. I’ll always not hate the Bengals because of 2017.

Warning: this may be the dumbest idea you’ve read all week. But here goes nothing … Has it ever worked that a team built to stop _________ has been successful? I’ve been reading people mentioning that we need to spend draft capital on meat up front to be disruptive to the run. But isn’t that reactionary? Doesn’t then the issue become when the nfl offensive paradigm shifts [again] another part of the defense is exposed that wasn't the point of emphasis causing this perpetual cycle of fitting pieces to keep pace with some sense of perfect state team archetype? Maybe I’m way off base but it just seems like the successful teams get really good at something and punish the rest of the league with that something. Those same teams stay on the cutting edge continuing to diversify that something so that as the rest of the league attempts to adjust, the rest of the league stays a step slow. Belichick has crap for receivers and their quarterback is a Trent Edwards-esque game manager but they’re running behind big uglies and they have an opportunistic and disciplined defense. Kansas City had a bs running game last year and their defense has remained largely suspect for the two years they made it to the Super Bowl. Tampa Bay is susceptible to the pass. Very much so. And their run game last year was suspect but they won the dance. I mean every team has a “something.” The 2021 Buffalo Bills is bad at run defense and have a poor to middling running game. From the standpoint of roster construction and team building philosophy, I almost wonder if it makes more sense to spend draft capital on lineman for pass pro (which will also help the run game), a better between the tackles runner who is an animal on dump offs, and then challenge the league to keep up. Yes you’re reading this right. I’m suggesting do nothing from a personnel standpoint to address the run defense and instead focus on getting insanely good at that something (in this case Josh and a high powered passing attack). The difference between 2020 and 2021 was the rest of the league adapted enough to keep up and McDermott and Co. weren’t innovative enough to stay a step ahead. Try to lead the pack instead of keeping pace. 2007 Colts.

Why does it matter what millionaire athlete the cause is connected to? The kids that the donations support are probably not a fan of a sports team as much as they are a fan of for once having two meals in the same day.

There may have been different factions there as mob mentality brings in all sorts of characters. What we know factually is that the intent, coordination, and communication of the rally was by Trump supporters (and by design) to protest (ostensibly peacefully) the election results. I imagine that there were many Trump supporters (along with supporters of no one and supporters of chaos, the left, the right, and anarchy) who broke into the Capitol. The key takeaway here is that no party owns or can claim law and order. The right and the left have good people and ***** people. There is a lot of ethical relativism that’s taken over politics. You can either be on the side of moral relativism or on the side of facts and solutions. Not sure you can have both. If you’re bringing up some guy who claims to be a part of some far left group as a way to assuage the culpability of the party you support then you may be being morally relativistic and not part of the solution to fix that crap from yesterday. There is, of course, another option. The option abandoning any notion that party affiliation carries with it any inherent qualities of good or bad. Rather political parties are comprised of many flawed people with imperfect ideologies that need to meet moderation in order to work for the majority of the law abiding citizenry.

Phins been playing good football and Flores being talked about for coach of the year. And yet they were just beat down - nearly a half of which was by the second teamers. Can’t underestimate how well Bills are playing.