Rocky Landing

You can't blame me if I think that's a really dumb statement. The rest of your post is none too surprising. You've been gaslighting your way through this entire thread.

You can feel however you want about Gronkosky, and his behavior. But, you really can't blame people who are both fans of the game, and fans of the Bills for disliking a guy who took one of the cheapest, and dangerous after-the-whistle shots at a player as beloved as Tre White. Nonsense? If you're going to say that "It's laughable the lengths people go to be mad at Gronk," I might suggest that it's laughable the lengths you are going to excuse his behavior. "Heat of the moment mistake...???" Watch the clip again. A "heat of the moment mistake" would imply that it wasn't an intentional attempt to cause injury to a player, with malice, who was face down on the ground, after the play. Which it clearly was. What is nonsense is your snarky, blithe insults of anyone who disagrees with your position, and your straw-man arguments about Cronk's abilities.. Literally no one is suggesting that Gronkowsky isn't a talented player, perhaps with plenty left in the tank. But, this wasn't the Jarvis Landry hit on Aaron Williams (which you weirdly dismissed as "legal" -- he was flagged and fined for that hit). It is completely understandable that Bills fans would not excuse that egregious, late hit. There are Bills fans on this site who simply believe that there are lines that can't be crossed, be they in the "heat of the moment," or not. And for many, Gronkowsy's assault on Tre White crossed that line. You don't believe that line exists? Fine. Others do.

In my admittedly homerist opinion, it isn't just the talent, and coaching that has made the Bills a great team that is a favorite for the SB next season-- it's the culture that Beane, and McD have created. Character, and culture matter, especially for this Bills team. It's the way it's been built. I believe this, and I'm not sure that Gronkowsky fits the Bills' culture.

Well, it has been a while since we've had a truly polarizing player on the team...

If they bring in Gronk, I hope the entire defense (or at least the secondary) wraps their soap in towels and pummels him onto the marble floor of the shower, with a particular focus on the back of his head, then throw him out the back door naked. Then the fans who remember his WWE-style elbow drop on Tre can slam him through a few tables. Justice.

I've actually never been wrong on this forum. Perfect record. 100%. A+.

Maybe, maybe not. There's definitely a very different level of opportunity for a QB in New Jersey than there is in Buffalo. Be that as it may, I can't think of another Bills player so far down the depth chart who will be missed as much. Could be easily argued that he was a more valuable BU-QB than Trubisky was last season.

Until someone can find a better way to get my family to leave me alone for three hours on a Sunday-- no, I will not be losing interest anytime soon.

I will be sad if/when Lil' Dirty signs with another team.

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Carolina Panzers vs. Washington Kommandants?

Just in the most general, and over-simplified terms, my explanation for the Bills' '21 season is that the Bills' mid-season slump, where we lost half of our games and looked like pretenders, was more or less due to the league figuring out how to defend our spread offense, and it taking the Bills two months to adjust to it. It was a question of scheme, and finally figuring out how to engineer a zone blocking O-line that, along with giving Allen adequate protection, could also block for a decent rushing attack. And that is huge. Once they had that dialed in, the Bills' offense became elite, and that is where they pick up next season. Had we won that coin toss to start in OT, it would have been Allen marching down the field against a gassed defense, and scoring a TD. Sure, we didn't advance to the AFCCG, but to this homer, I'm calling it a step forward.

Tell that to @GunnerBill!

Gibt es ein Kontingent der Bills Mafia in Deutschland? Ich frage mich, ob es in Frankfurt eine Bill's Bar gibt? Und tauchen sie ihre Flügel in Blauschimmelkäse? LOS BILLS!!!

When it comes to the Patriots*, Mike Florio can be trusted about as much as the Patriots*.

Shoulda kept it in Hawaii.

If the Bills were to move on from Fraizer, Jim Schwarz would be my first choice.

I think it's also worth mentioning that along with drafting so late in the round, we also had so much continuity going into '21, that we were essentially drafting for backup positions. It's hard for players to make much of an impact if they're not likely to see the field. That being said, Groot could very well develop into a serious threat, and Spencer Brown developed spectacularly. And just the fact that six of our draft picks were on the 53 makes that a successful draft, IMO.

Spencer Brown was the steal of the draft. (Ya hear me, @Zerovoltz?) And while I haven't been a real fan of Bobby Johnson, I do think he (and Daboll) did a great job of developing him, and Doyle (and Boettger, for that matter).

@FilthyBeast agrees with you.

I can't really vote in this poll. Josh Allen's playing style has evolved every year. Why would his evolution stop now? In 2037, it's unlikely he's going to be hurdling linebackers. But, why would his play just stagnate between now, and then? My conjecture: He'll be a slightly different QB next season (as he is a slightly different QB from last season), he'll be a very different QB ten years from now, and he'll be great until he retires.

I hope Dorsey fights to keep McKenzie in a Bills uniform. I suspect that Daboll might have been McKenzies biggest supporter in Buffalo. A lot of hay has been made about how McKenzie really emerged in the latter part of the season. But, a lot of those plays were things that McK was running in 2019, before we acquired Diggs-- those jet sweeps, and end-arounds, etc. Especially with the likely departure of Sanders, and possibly Beasly, McKensie's role on offense seems as important as ever.

This game going into overtime makes me physically ill.

If the Chiefs win by another coin toss, I'm going to be physically ill.

If the Chiefs lose in OT, I'm going to be physically ill.