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Anybody who is questioning this extension for any reason clearly does not fully understand the context surrounding it. Prior to McDermott's arrival, the Bills were a laughingstock for two decades. Their reputation around the league was absolutely AWFUL. Before McDermott showed up, the phrases "toxic culture" and "dumpster fire" were used by national outlets to describe the Bills. In just three seasons, McDermott COMPLETELY overhauled the team culture and reputation, such that players now WANT to come to Buffalo. The Bills are now universally acknowledged as being an up-and-coming, well-coached team with a top notch team culture. While the credit for turning over the roster should go to Brandon Beane, and the credit for being willing to pour money and resources into the team should go to the Pegulas, the credit for turning around the TEAM CULTURE should go almost entirely to Sean McDermott. Yes, Beane did a great job bringing in players that fit McDermott's vision, but it was coach McDermott himself who instilled the discipline, set the tone, and established what this team IS and WILL BE in the years to come. To just look at his record of 25-23 or to just look at the Bills offensive performance, or his occasional game day blunders, or whatever other aspects of his resume one wants to look at to conclude that the extension was premature or unwarranted, is to completely ignore or disregard the surrounding context. Sean McDermott, in just three years, turned the Bills from perpetual laughingstocks with a toxic culture into perpetual contenders with an elite team culture. It's impossible to overstate what a complete 180 the Bills organization has done under his leadership. He deserves every penny, and the extension did not come a moment too soon.

The modern day Butch Rolle, one might say.

His new contract is highway robbery by the 49ers. As I understand it, he’s making less than Sammy Watkins and Brandin Cooks. Criminally low contract for one of the top 10 offensive weapons in the game.

I'm on board with your opinion overall, but the bolded is untrue. Williams is a former 2nd team All-Pro at RT. Last year, his only year playing primarily guard -- and granted, he was coming off a serious injury -- he did not perform well. If Ford has shown clear improvement at right tackle, then yes, that's where you play him. That's what you drafted him to be, so you want to give him every opportunity to succeed there. IF, however, Daryl Williams has returned to form and is showing the potential to return to a 2nd team All-Pro level at RT, they ought to let him start at that position. I am of the opinion that Cody Ford can be a good, league average right tackle. I believe he can be an All-Pro level player at guard, though. In short, let Ford PROVE that he can play right tackle better than Nsekhe and Williams. If he can't, let him play right guard.

I didn't see it mentioned anywhere so far, but I wanted to point out that there was a clause in McDermott's new contract stating that any players joining the Bills roster going forward must have wrestled in either high school or college and must own at least three pieces of camouflage clothing. In all seriousness, I DID read that he's going to be paid per clap, so the contract could get pretty lucrative pretty quickly.

I'm thrilled about this. I imagine 99.9% of fans are, too, and the .1% who aren't are ScottLaw and his in-laws. Now go extend Beane and I'll feel incredibly excited about the future of this team. As others have said, even if Allen turns out not to be the guy, having Beane and McDermott in place going forward will give me faith that the Bills will continue to be a winning and well-run organization.

Just popped in here to see how this conversation had evolved over 15 pages. I see we've reached the "people denying that systemic racism in policing exists" stage. Always a fun one.

That’s the one. Never lets me down.

Im just gonna go ahead and follow Mark Twain’s tried and true advice on this one.

Yeah. Those 162,000 American deaths are clearly made up. It’s so OBVIOUSLY a plot between Bill Gates, George Soros, and Hillary Clinton to trick people into getting microchipped, sink Trump’s campaign, and force people to buy expensive vaccines. Instead of posting what you did, you probably should have just saved time and cut to the chase by saying “L.A.M.P.!!!!”

That's how I read it. They're not saying the NFL would be played on Saturday INSTEAD of Sunday, but rather IN ADDITION TO Sunday. I see it like PFT does: A triple-header at 1, 4:15, and 8:30 on Saturday. The usual slate of games (minus three) on Sunday, Sunday night, and Monday night. It would just mean less games being played on Sunday. On the other hand, more people would likely get to watch more games, and there would be more "national spotlight" windows.

Who's ready for Saturday triple-headers and the NFL being on four days a week?! There are going to be some mighty unhappy wives, methinks... https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/08/08/if-college-football-season-doesnt-happen-nfl-likely-will-play-on-saturdays/ Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL likely will move games from Sundays to Saturday, if college football doesn’t proceed this season. It’s unclear whether the games would be broadcast, streamed, or distributed on a pay-per-view basis, but the league likely would backfill the vacant Saturday windows with NFL content. The easiest approach would be to treat each Saturday like the late-season tripleheader the league staged in 2019, with a game at 1:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 8:15 p.m. ET. That would trim the Sunday slate by three games each week.

Fromm’s lack of self awareness and respect for the serious and complex nature of the issues at hand at this moment in history are not unique. His blindness and obliviousness in this instance reflects the blindness and obliviousness of many in this country. Hopefully, he does some self reflection and realizes that “everyone should love God”, while a fine idea, is not in itself a sufficient answer to the question of “how can we foster meaningful change to the problems of systemic racism and endemic white supremacy”.

This is one of those "if these players played for any other team in the league, they'd be universally acknowledged as elite, but because they play in Buffalo, no one knows who they are" situations. Compare their collective stats (and their team's pass defense rankings) over the past three seasons against ANY of the duos they listed and see what you get.

All the postulating about the "real reason" for Tre's indecision is silly. He is clearly a thoughtful, mature, intelligent human being, who recognizes the very real dangers that this virus poses and seems genuinely concerned about the health of his family above all else. Tre is a "family first" guy, so I see no reason not to believe him when he says that that is the primary factor in his decision making. All the reasons people are coming up with to dispute that notion are wishful thinking at best, foolish at worst.

Disgruntled Glorified linebacker? Sure. Trade him for picks. Model teammate, All-Pro corner? No. Do not trade that man.

This is vastly understating Tre’s abilities. He he is NOT “just” a zone corner.

Absolutely not. Corner is a premium position. You don’t trade away 24-year-old All-Pros at premium positions. Tre is a model teammate, model citizen, and elite player. He should be a Bill for life.

Just now on Twitter. Oh dear.

His picking 1989 made sense to me because he personally was likely at his peak as a player and singer in that year. They always talked about the Dead being "the longest running musical argument in history", and by that point, they'd been arguing for a good, long time. They all knew each other as well as they ever would. I once heard the quote that the 60s Dead belonged to Pigpen, the 70s Dead belonged to Jerry, and the 80s Dead belonged to Weir. That made sense to me. Here's Weir's quote on the end of '89/beginning of '90 tours, courtesy of Rolling Stone: “For my money, this was our hottest era,” he says. “We couldn’t wait to go on tour; we couldn’t wait to play because it was really working for us and it was keeping us amused. We had been working together as a unit for a good length of time.”

I tried doing the "B team" thing with the Seahawks when I moved to the Pacific Northwest. Figured I might as well also root for the local team. Didn't feel right. Couldn't do it. I find it hard to root for other AFC teams unless the Bills are having an awful year and have no playoff prospects. I've always sort of, in the back of my mind, rooted for the Vikings (the Bills of the NFC. Four lost Super Bowls in one decade) and the Packers (how can you not like that fanbase?). The Broncos should theoretically have a dynamite offense, though. They're like a track squad.

It's really hard to pinpoint when the Dead were at their peak. Frankly, over the course of their 30 year career, they had several peaks (and several valleys). It's a testament to the variety and evolution of their music that if you ask ten Deadheads, you'll get ten different answers. What do you like most in Grateful Dead music? Tightly played songs? Exploratory jams? Psychedelic frenzy? For me, the reason it's tough to pick is because different elements of the band peaked at different times. In 1968-1969, the Dead, as a whole, were at a psychedelic/primal/intense high water mark of playing. Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, however, were nowhere near as good as they would become, and they didn't yet have the wide variety of songs they would offer later. In 1972, the band was in high spirits, everybody's playing was great, Keith Godchaux was playing the keys the best he ever would with the Dead (seriously, check out some Europe 72 stuff...Keith is absolutely off the charts great), the band could transition more quickly/tightly with just one drummer....BUT...they didn't quite "stretch out" and jam as much as they would in the years to come. 1977, another oft-listed peak year, features the two-headed drumming monster at full power, everyone playing well, the band stretching out and playing 20 minute renditions of songs with not a care in the world...but Keith's playing has SERIOUSLY fallen off as his heroin addiction has progressed. Jerry, also now in the midst of opiate use (though still playing very well overall) has seen some sloppiness and lack of focus seep in to his playing. 1989, the next most often mentioned peak, is indeed tight and and features many great shows. Brent is playing very well, the band is energized, Jerry is (relatively) healthy....but no one can ever convince me that their musical adventurousness and originality and overall musicianship is anywhere near what it was in the best year of the 70s. Just my opinion. Phil Lesh felt the band peaked pre-hiatus, which would be 1974. Bobby felt they peaked in 1989. Jerry said during the press tour for Europe '72 that they were at a sort of "peak optimum" at that moment. Me? Gun to my head, on this particular day, I'd say winter '73 through winter '74, those 12 months, were their peak. Ask me again next week and you're likely to get a different answer.

You clearly don't know what a Karen is.