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Maybe it might motivate Dareus. Can't really hurt at this point. He can't be cut or traded after this season, but those options start to get way more manageable after 2017. Best to put in his mind that he might not see as much of that huge contract as he'd like if he doesn't shape up.

My wife's traditional Julia Childs turkey vs. my dry rubbed, apple and cherry wood smoked turkey. Always an epic showdown. Also we will watch whatever football games are on.

6'4", 230 lb dual threat QB with a huge arm. That's what people see. He is young and hasn't put it together yet. Still staring down receivers and needs to develop touch. There is a lot to love about the kid, but he is certainly a high risk/high reward prospect because there's no guarantee he will ever put it together.

You can get a quality player throughout the first round. There are 3 or 4 prospects in this draft in the elite category: Allen, Garrett, Peppers and probably Fournette. If you're not picking top 4, then you aren't getting that level of prospect. A team can still get a blue chip player (or one who is close) throughout much of the first round though.

Yup. There is growth to watch for. And just enjoying a football game. I thought the Rex hire was a good one when it happened. His inflexibility in his scheme and insistence on leaving his CBs on islands has soured me on him. I just don't think he can be successful with it in today's NFL. Even so, he proved my initial impression wrong so maybe he will prove my current one wrong too. It certainly could happen. If I see growth with Taylor and the defense and they finish 9-7, then the games will have been worth watching and I'll have real hope for next season under Rex.

Probably because they want the LS to complete his snapping motion before standing up. If he gets up too early, it'll be a bad snap. If the defender times it well there's not really much you can do except try to make sure the guard next to the LS gets a piece of the jumper.

Sorry to hear that. You can never know what was really up reasons-wise. Even if you get a reason, no guarantee it's the real one. Sorry, man, that really sucks. Keep your head up and give it another go. You know what they say: Relationships never work, until one does.

Maybe I should give Horton more credit and wait and see what he does with more talent next year or even in 2018, but that defense is even worse than its personnel this season. And that's saying something because the personnel is bad. I hate seeing anyone use the Browns as any kind of measuring stick for the Bills or any other team. If that's what you have to resort to saying, then things must be pretty bad where you are,

Many (most?) women have this philosophy when it comes to men and sex: - If the guy has no potential for being boyfriend/husband, then a one night stand or very short term, superficial, sex-filled relationship is on the table if he is good enough looking. - If the guy has long term potential, then they often make us wait. That way they can more accurately gauge our suitability as husband material while not coming off as generally slutty (which is a big turn off to most guys looking for a wife). It's a proven fact that typically people will more highly value something that they have to work or pay highly for versus something that is attained easily or cheap, so there's solid psychological reasoning there.

Binge watched the last 4 episodes of Stranger Things with my wife and daughter on Friday night. (My son is on a scout trip.) Hit the 1st half of UB game with a buddy and our daughters, then some assorted college FB viewing until halftime of the 3:30 OSU game. Then we were off to dinner at a friend's house. Today I will be having friends over for beer, food and Rams-Jets and Cowboys-Steelers. You weren't kidding about the UB game. I really wonder how they could draw if they poured a bunch of money into that program and did well for a sustained time. Need some big, dedicated donors for that though.

Horton isn't a very good DC and that's shown in the Browns defense this season. They are talent deficient to be sure, but there also has been far too many fundamental mistakes by that defense. And they aren't improving in that regard. I was surprised by his hire, but maybe no one else would take the job.

Prescription opioids given to athletes for pain are far, far, far worse than marijuana due to their highly addictive nature. Let them have their pot for pain relief or recreation. But the league will want something for eliminating testing. Hopefully it'll be increased testing for PEDs instead of financial concessions.

Yeah, that is what I was saying about the Browns. Hokie had the Bills losing to the Browns. I think the Bills could definitely take the Raiders or Steelers. The Raiders have an offense that is blooming and a defense that is finally finding itself after struggling most of the season. The Bills could win a close one there. It's not out of the question. Pittsburgh is struggling with an injured Rapistberger and a poor secondary. The Bills could win that one too. The odds are in favor of a split, but the Bills could win or lose both. I was just going with the most likely scenario - a split.

I'd flip the Browns L for a L to either the Raiders or Steelers, but yeah, 9-7ish looks about right. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.

But, but, but then what will people in San Diego do for fun?

Your reading comprehension sucks.

Perhaps I should have been more explicit so I'll spell it out. My exact words were "should be a relatively easy road win." By no means am I implying that Rex couldn't F it up. A team coming off of a bye going against a team coming off of a Monday night game should be an automatic win. It would be a huge indictment of Rex if the Bills were to lose that game. The path to that end is, of course, playing an error filled game with scheme mistakes like leaving CBs one on one with Green with no help over the top. I'm not indicting him or anyone else for something that hasn't happened yet though.

Yeah, I brought this up in the W/L thread. It's a crap move by the league, but that's not our fault. And it's not like they never screwed us over like this. The Bills need to take advantage and get what should be a relatively easy road W in Cincy.

Bumping a WR can slow him down and take him off his route. So can the grabbing that CBs used to be able to get away with. Even CBs being able to rest a hand on a WR was huge. It allowed the CB to look back to see what the QB was doing while still keeping track of the WR. If he changed direction, the CB knew it immediately. None of that is permitted anymore. That's why passing and receiving numbers have skyrocketed.

My issue with the lockdown CB comment is that the recent WR friendly rule changes have made it nearly impossible for even the best CB to be that good. I don't know that there are two lockdown CBs in the league now. Even some of the best CBs are primarily zone CBs now. For example, Josh Norman pretty much played exclusively zone last season in Carolina. I think Rex would be having a lot more success if his CBs could bump and grab all the way down the field, like they used to be able to do. I just don't see how that kind of defense can be successful today and Rex doesn't seem to be changing. I'll say this though, his safety situation isn't helping him either. Maybe that is hindering him.

Rex's defense no longer works in the NFL. You just can't regularly leave CBs on islands like that anymore. And he won't change. That's the reason I'd like him tom sooner rather than later. That said, I expect him to be back for one more season.

Except they are correct. It's up to the refs to blow the whistle for unabated. If they don't, then the defender has to assume it is going to be called an offsides. That means a free play for the offense. So the defender has to go after the ball/kicker/QB.

I'm not remembering that correctly then. I thought Sherman hit Carpenter before his foot made contact with the ball and that's why the kick was so off. If he got the ball off first and Sherman hit him afterwards without having touched the ball, then it should have been a penalty. Edited to add: Looking at images of the play it does look like Sherman hit Carp as he was kicking the ball. That makes it a legal hit if the whistle hadn't blown.

As Belichick has said "The vast majority of games are lost, not won." The mentality of being focused on knowing your job and executing that job well regardless of circumstances is a winners mentality. Two very impactful plays from this last game that stand out to me are: - Carp's miss after the commotion of the Sherman hit and subsequent time out and - Graham'a second one handed TD catch where the CB (Darby, I think) was holding one of his arms down and there was no flag. One team executed despite distraction and adversity and one didn't. I'll say this though, the Bills came through and executed at a respectable rate. If it wasn't for Graham, they win that game. Talent and properly utilizing that talent are obviously very bigs factor too.

No, you can't call that penalty because a player is allowed to hit the kicker prior to the kicker getting to the ball.