That's No Moon

Stick the battery in your prison purse and you will be fine. Good luck.

You know, apart from the thing we primarily suck at going into the playoffs with quite a few teams that really like to do that thing including this week's opponent, yeah I guess you're correct. Also, he's a defensive end, it's not really that complex a job. I'm quite sure he can line up at DE or DT on pass downs and remember what to do. He brings something to the table that the other ends don't, he was super popular in the locker room, he is a guy to bring some juice when the team is flat, and he will be dirt, dirt cheap to sign through the end of the season. Oh and if he plays well and the Bills want to keep him they will likely have at least one vacancy at his position and he will be highly affordable once again. What exactly is the problem here?

If the former happens he, and everyone else, can go with my blessing.

Did he make the trip?

If the Broncos fire Fangio, I want him.

The old stadium has serious structural issues. Particularly in the upper decks. The only way to even consider keeping it would be to take those down and leave the lower bowl. Even with that there is no need to keep it and continue maintaining it just to practice and host high school games. The Bills have their own practice facilities already, high schools have their own stadiums already and if they want a venue for the section VI playoffs they'd ask for the new stadium anyway. They will strip out everything that can be sold or recycled, I'd imagine a lot of the concrete will end up as fill for the hole where the stadium is.

They don't throw it away. They won't bring it to the new building, they will sell everything that is still usable.

I think it's fair to say that SOME people do that. There are plenty of people who don't and will hold that spreadsheet until the day they die. The overall problem with analytics like this is, no matter what, they are in the aggregate. As Pees was pointing out they don't and can't account for all of the minutia that actually goes into real life. Each trial of something is basically treated as equal; all 4th and 2s are the same and lots of other relevant things are screened out. People love to use analytics as a cudgel now and when you do something that is against what the spreadsheet says and it doesn't work you will get called to the carpet for it even if you shouldn't because in the actual real world it was the right thing to do for that one discrete event. I'll use baseball as an example for a moment. Most SABREmetrics people believe that you should not steal bases nor should you sacrifice bunt. Ever. In the aggregate, the numbers bear that out. The problem is, situationally, that doesn't work the same way. In the 9th inning of a tie game when you only need one run and you have the bottom of the order up, getting a runner to second base with less than two outs is an EXTREMELY valuable thing to be able to do and it increases the number of ways you can then score the 1 run necessary to win that specific game. The fact that there are also plenty of people who are more than happy to dismiss what Pees said as an old man talking nonsense about a world that no longer exists are way too quick to dismiss the part he was mentioning about connecting with human beings. That is as skill that a lot of the current generation definitely lacks. Getting people to buy in and pull in the same direction is a skill unto itself and isn't reflected in the spreadsheets either. You hear it in Buffalo when McDermott talks about "culture" and "process". That's what they are talking about. And back in my day coaches didn't diss the guys with the spreadsheets because they just didn't hire them in the first place. They have a place. The data has a place. That place might not at the front of the organization depending on the person in question. There are tons of amazing analysts that would be terrible CEOs or Department VPs. There are a smaller number who are good at both things. If you have someone who is good at both, by all means, put them in charge. On the flip side if they are only great with the players and not good at the X and Os or data analysis piece they shouldn't be in charge either. They have a place in your organization, but it's not at the top.

He won a Heisman and got drafted #1 overall running an Air Raid offense. Cleveland very much does not do that.

Eric Green who was so big that you had to chop him at the legs to get him down, and who also refused to wear thigh pads. Brilliant.

Was that the David White interception game? First line of the Buffalo News story about that game. "One-dimensional football teams have a nasty habit of losing playoff games, and it happened again Saturday at Rich Stadium." Take heed... https://buffalonews.com/news/dolphins-came-to-pass-and-it-was-their-ticket-home/article_2cf42c71-00fd-5b81-8e51-4cebb9832235.html

I'm going to be in the car either way so whatever. Means I can stop at TreeHouse and not feel like I need to rush.

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That is interesting assuming he can pass block at all. He's on a 1 year 3 million dollar deal and will be a UFA after the season.

Luckily nobody got hurt. I remember that happening at the Vet a long time ago and people got hurt.

Stevenson may have the worst vision of any return man I've ever seen. He runs directly into huge shots and his own blockers all the time.

Maybe? Ya think??

That's more like it. Run the damned ball with some attitude.

Really? He works very hard, he plays through pain, he's dependable and reliable, by all accounts he's an amazing teammate. So the fanbase that drinks shots out of bowling balls, douses a grown man in condiments, and jumps through flaming tables is going to condemn Rob Gronkowski for going to clubs and dating porn stars in the off season. Ok. If he was just Rob from Williamsville getting lit up pregame and accidentally setting himself on fire on Sunday then getting up in Monday and putting in a shift at the engine plant he'd look exactly the same. I know dozens of WNYers with the exact same meat to head ratio. The only thing not WNY about Gronkowski is that he wins in the end. If Gronkowski played in Buffalo he'd be the biggest cult hero possible. Let's also slow down with this stolen valor stuff. There are plenty of people who are eligible to get insurance from USAA, a private company mind you, that have never come close to serving. It's open to veterans and their families and if your parents joined you can also join so long as that chain stays unbroken your family can keep joining. So if Gronks grandfather served, and then his father joined USAA and never served, Rob could still join and so could his kids and their kids. It's not like he's wearing a uniform or claiming a rank. He's playing an idiot. He's making fun of himself and the company itself hired him to do it. But yeah, totally the same thing as stolen valor. Let's cheapen that concept to include making fun of oneself for the purposes of selling insurance. 🙄

It's a movie reference. Dazed and Confused. Affleck didn't break the paddle there though. That happened later after the freshmen dumped paint on him.

Yeah, he could. What has he shown since last year when he was available to everyone?

Trubisky is the perfect backup for Allen.

Eric Washington is on the staff now and has some experience at DC. John Butler has done a nice job with the DBs but does not have DC experience. McDermott has history with Mike Caldwell who is currently with the Buccaneers. If they went outside the current organization I'd guess Caldwell but I will bet they stay in-house and go with Butler or Washington.

It makes me giggle every time Sanchez even casually mentions fumbles or ball security.

Tell yourself whatever you need to.