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I am giving the OP two awards. 1) He blew a fastball by a few who didn’t recognize the obvious sarcasm. 2) He baited even more who, while they may have recognized the sarcasm, were not going to let McD have a great game without reminding us it has to be done again. This astute grasp of the obvious is advanced knowing the “I told you so” card stands ready with likely opponents having offensive MVPs, All Pros and first ballot hall of famers. Great game, coach. Next up is a bigger challenge.

I can’t help but think back to the “he should’ve checked down to Diggs” conversation when Allen missed Shakir in last year’s divisional game. From time to time, this board looks at a Ferrari and complains it’s not a Buick.

The classmate’s family has a duty to schedule around the game.

I was joking with “decoy blitzer.”

… balances its book and doesn’t give a fiddler rat’s a** who wins. Finished that thought for you.

I think Hamlin is a decoy blitzer.

I’m no NFL coach, but I’d not be running Jackson up 14 and with Derrick Henry on the roster.

I’ve posted about this, before. Ten usage a year stadiums are dinosaurs near the end of an era. Football is made for TV and TVs are racing to bigger, better, cheaper. Add interactivity, fantasy and gambling - the sofa is the new bleacher. Look at the value of the PSL’s selling today, with thirteen win seasons and Josh Allen and imagine their trajectory five to ten years from now.

Sunday. Day after two days of heavy snow and two nights at Cassidy’s. I remember the game. I remember Freddy’s Special! I remember little else. UB and Highgate Avenue.

I would like to imagine 60 thousand plus people saying “no thanks” when entering the gates.

I’ll say nonsense. Aside: What a beautiful word “non-sense” is.

Phew, for a moment there I simply thought a guy plays a violent sport AND has an outside personal life. It’s been killing me that there’s no secretive and manipulative movement between rules and regulations to deceive and obfuscate. THIS take makes me feel better.

Grand Hyatt at SFO. After baggage pickup. Tram or shuttle. https://www.hyatt.com/grand-hyatt/en-US/sfogh-grand-hyatt-at-sfo

Do you change Allen for McDaniels? No. Do you change McDaniels for Allen? No. Imagine bringing a west coast speed guy into this personnel group or asking the new coach what he knows about other approaches? No. Besides, we couldn’t afford him if his ask includes buying long pants.

My experience pool side at resorts. Ask a “gratuity guy”, tell a pool boy or bartender what you want first thing in the morning and give him $20 just to try. Tell him there’s another $20 coming with success. The willingness to try is huge. The teamwork, or help of others, is huge. Gratuity guys get it.

It was as if the on-air crew’s first 17 pages of notes were lost and they were handed a package starting on page 18, Cody Ford.

Buffalo had playoffs in mind when establishing personnel, preparation and plan. That’s legitimate. I would be shocked if, at any time, anyone discussed or winked at losing on purpose. The industry’s only product is competition. It may tweak, fiddle, change and window dress, but it’s selling competition. Everything else is based of that. If you’re in an industry and culture of selling competition, deliberately losing is something you’re aware of, but not something you plan or discuss. The stakes are too high in terms of reputations and careers. I don’t believe it requires oratory gymnastics to tell people you made personnel and game plan decisions with an eye on the big prize. New England is in the same boat.

*Swingline.

I’m certainly glad JA gets the start. On to Mitch. Who thought he’d have the highest completion percentage, QBR, and longest TD pass on this team?

The internet bulletin board, where topics can be made of whole cloth, and linger for days ….

There are two faces on my Rushmore. The Zero Degree January ‘94 Raiders Playoff game. A tough slog. Tasker with a big kick return, if I recall. But, November 1990 vs Phoenix was the worst. Cold, wind, rain. Check the video.

Without weighing into the debate, I must say that the argument equating Allen’s help from Cook to Jackson’s help from King Henry is nicely closed with “ass well.” My ironic typo of the day award.

I think he answered the question about “making it” by surviving a three game gauntlet by saying we’d be playing a fourth game in the gauntlet. .

To save a few dollars and to allocate a few dollars elsewhere are different concepts, I believe. PS … I voted “yes” to a trade for a day two pick months ago. I was terribly wrong.

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