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I agree 10000000000% with the clear intent of this post, your others and those of others with a similar take/tone. Saying crap like “speculation but with legs” is one thing when a rumor about a signing or a trade but quite another…and completely grotesque on a topic like this. With all of that said…..and realizing this isn’t exactly on topic…..shouldn’t you of all people know the difference between pedaling and peddling?

You’re right. It would all magically disappear.

Wait. Baker got the Browns pregnant? Was that in the parking lot of The Cheesecake Factory?

Would it also force the court of public opinion to shut up and go away?

This applies to so many more things than a Stones concert. You could also replace “misses it all” with: ran over a Tim Horton’s froze to death in May woke up in an ER where the puck is being removed. has vulgar dreams of Celine Dion gets run over by Marshawn Lynch

I agree with your opinion. Maybe I’d say “one of the most” because of the existence of Bruce Springsteen but that is splitting heirs. My entry was going to be that intelligent aliens do not now and have never existed in our galaxy and most likely anywhere else in the universe but I realized that I’d need to start an “unpopular facts” thread for that. For opinion I’ll go with: “Mets notwithstanding, baseball, despite all its management and organizational issues, has always been and remains the most perfect sport invented by man in its diversity of skill sets, symmetry of gameplay, and balance of challenge to mind and body.

You really nailed it here. Struggling to find a franchise QB is something no franchise has ever faced other than the Bills. It’s so easy for every other team. Well except maybe the Bears. Or fish. Or almost every team in the league at some point in their history. And hiring a coach is usually simple as well. Most coaches instantly turn into Vince Lombardi. We should have hired an up and comer like Adam Gase but no blue chip hire like that wanted anything to do with Buffalo. Other than that though you’re right, the Bills handled things exactly like the Browns. Well, other than knowingly giving an unprecedented guarantee of a massive contract to a guy with 20+ unresolved and highly publicized allegations of sexual coercion, assault and impropriety. Oh, and alienating your recent first overall pick so to crush any trade value he may have had. Other than that and the fact that one is happening now and the other happened 10 years ago the similarities to Trent Edwards are eerie. Maybe “Erie” given the franchise locations. I just can’t understand why this topic is being discussed instead of Jauron’s conservative play calling. It’s like we’re all delusional.

It’s also an easy crutch because EVERY year there are players that go late in the first that turn out better than others that go early. Whitner was pickedwell higher than his projection but this was not true of McKelvin. A DB is not automatically a bad pick and an OL is not automatically good. See Ford, Cody and White, Tre’Davious for recent early returns.

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So if we had taken Revis instead of McKelvin it still would have been a bad pick because Revis was a corner?

The above is true but getting something to trial…..through a Grand Jury is not typically as difficult. I can see where it would be difficult in a case like this where it is essentially two people calling each other liars.

Duct tape and a broomstick proved useful for the Bills in repurposing Ralph Wilson’s favorite toy……his Mr. Krabs penny pinching claws.

One year ago Moss was presumed by many to be the lead back with Motor seen as a 2nd option and possibly on his way out. This wasn’t universally true and pointing to fantasy football is never a great idea but look at last year’s drafts and you’ll see what was thought of Moss/Singletary. It was close but Moss normally went before Singletary. The same was discussed on this board. 2020 led many to believe Moss was on the rise and 26 had found himself in a precarious spot. A few games into 2021 not much had changed. If anything both RBs were seen as issues. It wasn’t until late in the season where 26 was seen as a contributor to many on this board. The drafting of Cook is meaningful for sure. They definitely want him to have a role and three backs is a lot more of a crowd than two. That doesn’t mean Moss is without an opportunity to prove himself. He isn’t. You could make an argument that Cook profiles to take more plays away from Singletary than he does from Moss. Moss played hurt for a lot of the year too. He’s not done.

Agreed except TB would have gone on the power play.

All of the above is true. I’d say “no idea” is a bit of a stretch because inferences can be drawn from things that have been said and similarities and differences with other proceedings in the past. I’d replace “no idea” with “don’t know”. What you said previously about Watson offering less money to these four being the likely reason they haven’t settled has a 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000004% chance of being the actual reason.

Which proves nothing.

He faced pitchers and dominated them but all his contemporaries faced the same pitchers……every guy from the 2nd best player at the time to the worst player at the time pale in comparison. Even so, many of his contemporaries are still considered all time greats to this day. This is also true of players that came before Ruth or overlapped him. Are you going to contend that Ty Cobb was a crappy hitter because 1915 was a long time ago or that Luis Arraez, today’s leading hitter would be superior to Cobb?

This is the case you’re making that Ruth was not really all that dominant? Because 54 home runs needs context due to baseball brightness and uppercut swings? George Sisler finished 2nd in the HR standings in 1920. He hit 19. Adding Sisler’s total to the totals of the 3rd and 4th place finishers results in a sum of 51. I believe that even back in 1920, 54 was a higher number than 51. Sisler is still seen on all time top 100 lists 102 years later. In 1919 Ruth in fact hit 29. 2nd place was 12. Almost 2.5 times his nearest competitor one year and just over 2.5 the next. This = not dominant? The live ball era started in 1920 it is true. Before anyone else hit 50, Hack Wilson in 1930, Ruth had done it four times. To this day only three players have done this 4 times. The other two are McGwire and Sosa. I can’t remember anything notable about those two and their HR prowess…..oh wait, yes I can. Your contention that Ruth only faced substandard opponents and seeming need for him to invent a time machine to prove himself because he was fat is a crutch you can use to convince yourself that you have an argument, but it just doesn’t hold up.

It makes zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeero sense that Watson would be happy to settle 20 cases but let 4 linger due to weakness. If Walmart was trying to buy a city block to build a Superstore would they haggle with the last homeowner because they don’t like the flooring in his kitchen? Watson’s team would 100% want all 24 and never be the obstacle on a few cases while settling the others. If he got all 24 he’d have some plausible….if unlikely…deniability. Leaving 4….even if it goes to trial and he wins and the judge laughs all 4 out of court…..Watson has now admitted that the other 20 had a case at some level and he didn’t want to fight. Settling all 24 leaves no such admission, otherwise he would have fought them all. What is possible is that the 20 got let’s say 500k each and the remaining 4 are demanding 5M each. Nooooooooooooo way on Earth is Watson’s team saying well yeah the other 20 got 500 but our formula says you get 250. That’s as possible as the Easter Bunny being real and leading the Vancouver Canucks to a game seven World Series victory in a game played on Jupiter. 💯

Correct but he has also had three years of practice for the same team/system under which he’d be playing. Poyer had a transition to make when he came in. These things may offset. All I’m really saying is that a first round safety may never end up being necessary for the Bills.

Jaquan has at least similar experience to what Poyer had before arriving.

Shirley

Lol

The title of this thread again? It has been clear for a long time that you are a huge Brady/Pats fan and have fun trolling a Bills board and that is all well and good. But if Brady isn’t more dominant than Ruth then why are you diminishing Ruth in this particular thread?

I was not alive at the same time as Ruth but am aware sports did not play nearly the same role in the culture before Ruth than it has since. It’s something called history and people are able to read about it. He is not the entire reason for the role sports plays today but denying he was a major contributor is simply silly. The original topic of this thread was dominance. One way to measure that is by using statistics of a player compared to his contemporaries. You assert Brady has been more dominant than Ruth but the statistics disagree. From a team standpoint it is certainly arguable despite the Yankees never having been caught cheating, but hardly cut and dried and would invite Bill Russell to join. Arguing that Brady has been more dominant than Ruth by some measures can be seen as close, by other measures is inarguably silly. Choose your measure and you either tie or get stomped. In the aggregate you must lose. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1508392-major-league-baseball-the-case-for-babe-ruth-as-the-best-ever