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All of my collection stuff is in disarray right now. Half of it is packed away in storage, the other half barfed all over a random room in the apartment. I've got a bunch of the mini helmets, I've always liked those. I've got one signed by Hughes, Dareus, Kyle, and Mario, the Cold Front, from when I got to hang in the VIP tent for camp in 2014. I've got a full size replica helmet (a mid 2000s red one) that my landlord gave to me. I think he said his ex-wife had won it years ago in a radio contest. Aside from that, I collect Bills cards and kinda went ham this season just buying fun, colorful singles and stuff. Luckily I bought a handful of Josh rookies just before the 2020 season when they were still affordable.

Usually I take all speculation with a grain of salt but in this instance it certainly feels like there's something there. Just with how often his name seems to come up among other Bills players like Von and Diggs. He's not what he used to be but I'm sure Dorsey would dial up some good stuff for him and defenses would have an even harder time dealing with all the weapons out there. Diggs, Davis, Beckham, McKenzie, Shakir, Knox, Singletary, Cook... Yeah that'd probably frustrate defensive coordinators everywhere.

Talented but has rocks for brains and a crap attitude.

Well yeah, I mean, look at the murderers row of quarterbacks they have coming up: Kenny 'Kitten Mittens' Pickett, Davis 'Neckasaurus' Mills, Taylor 'Spank My' Heinicke, and Sam 'Thunder Thighs' Ehlinger. Yikes on bikes!

You realize his production isn't 100% on him, right? It depends on how involved in the game plan he is and what Dorsey has dialed up for him and who they're facing that week. On top of that the guy has been playing injured and with a heavy heart after the tragic loss of his little brother. I'm willing to cut him some friggin' slack right now.

Yeah, he'd probably do alright on a few teams that need some stability at QB. I do like him on Thursday night foosball, I think he has a knack for it. Also has a good personality for that stuff.

He must be an amazing interview. I do know he gets props for a lot of his creativity in play designs. I think that's one of the things that have kept him around for so long. But it doesn't look like he knows the first thing about managing a team as a head coach. I was astounded when he was announced as their hire. I've been saying it since that day that the guy would be one and done. And now he might not even make it one full season. Every year a team gets snookered into hiring the "brilliant offensive mind OC" from another team and somehow they always overlook the fact that the OC had an all world QB playing for him. Maybe they thought Russ would get back to form but he's just been flat out bad. Denver keeps spinning their tires in the mud like so many teams do. They have some talent, they have some pieces on both sides and they keep believe they're just a QB away. They probably need to have a full on fire sale and rebuild. I'll take one Courtland Sutton, please.

Wow yeah, that crap looks deliberate from McCorkle. What a chode.

A fair number of them, yeah. East Aurora, Lakeview, Hamburg, are some other areas. There's a condo community up near the five corners in OP that a lot of rookies and younger players stay at during the season. Some of them have places downtown in the city as well. I'm not sure if there any guys who live here year round tho.

That was a pretty good adjustment by Fields to get the ball out. And then the dude got leveled by Judon. That dude has kinda always given me negative vibes. I guess he couldn't see that his own teammate (Wise) stopped his pursuit because the ball was gone. Probably did more damage to Wise than Fields. Way to go, Judon, ya scrub.

I hadn't seen that video of all of Pitt's dropped INTs, sheesh. Yeah, I don't really see it with Tua. He's fairly accurate with the short and intermediate stuff, doesn't have the strongest arm, has a little mobility and seems to still need a lot of work with pre and post snap reads. But the media wants so badly to make this kid a superstar. The hype all off-season was insane. It reached a point where I was like, if this kid throws for any less than 6000 yards and 60 TDs everyone will label him a bust.

Bummer for the kid, he looks like the real deal. As for the Jets, welp, sucks to be them.

He’s not a man he’s a chicken boo… And my name originates from the name of a song that was playing when I registered for the original Bills board way back in like 2002. The song is, duh, “Black Label” by Lamb of God.

I had so much spontaneous energy when that happened, all I could do was pace around my house going, “It’s over! The drought is done! I don’t care if they get whooped by fifty points next week, the drought is over and I don’t have to hear about it ever again!”

It is said that if you seek far and wide the reaches of the foosball universe, you will encounter the Wise Old Punt Returner. You must solve riddles three and catch punts for me. Ask not for whom the ball punts, it punts for thee!

The dude should've stayed home. Can't ask for a better career. Six titles with the Patriots and then he goes to Tampa and wins another one to show everyone he didn't need ol' Belichunks. Multiple league and Super Bowl MVPs, All Pros, Pro Bowls, records, first ballot HOF, etc. And yet, it's really seems like the guy wants to keep playing simply to prove he can. "Don't think I can do it at 45?! Watch this!" At this point I think all of us are like, "Tom, we get it. You've won at both football and life, you can go home now and collect that fat Fox Sports analyst money." There's just nothing left for the guy to do.

I've always hated when stupid little five yard penalties result in an automatic first down. Seems dumb. I've also always thought "half the distance to the goal" is dumb as well. Why not kick the first down marker further down field in those situations? A team is backed up on their own five yard line, any penalty is gonna result in the loss of 2.5 yards, big whoop. But if they're on their own five and take a holding penalty, now the first down marker gets moved from the 15 to the 25 and it'd be 1st (or whatever down) and 20. Thought that always made a bit more sense, surprised it's never been proposed.

Yeesh. That's way too much for that dude. Pretty good player but has missed 23 out of 33 games since 2020. I thought he'd go for like a 3rd, a 5th, and a player or something, but they got a haul. Niners are dumdums.

Based on what I've heard and read about the dudes attitude it would seem he wouldn't be the greatest fit here. That's not to say they'd never take a chance on him. Part of their job is doing their homework on available players so I'm sure his name will come up in discussions at OBD. And at this point I'm sure they feel their locker room is strong enough to handle a guy who might not fit the process to a T.

He's been steady. He seems to always emerge as "the guy" of the backfield no matter who else they bring in to compete. Not the fastest dude but super shifty with some gnarly cutting ability, pretty good vision, and really really good contact balance. I'm sure they wanna get Cook more involved but they always move things pretty slowly with rookies. I really wanted to like Zach Moss. I gotta be one of the last fans still holding out a shred of hope he can be somewhat productive...or at least get a late round draft pick for or something.

Monster game. It was really nice to see Mahomes suffer some misfortune at the end there. It felt like every time there was an incompletion he would just point at the Bills defense and the zebras would throw a flag for him. Some awful calls in this one. Josh is a maniac and my hero. All three TD passes today were absolute dimes. I remember when they said his long ball accuracy was no good. Pssh! Devin Singletary is RB1 and there's no real reason to mess with that. Let Cook get his reps but Singletary is the guy. If Matt Milano isn't an All Pro this season then the whole thing is rigged. Give Von Miller another $120 million, I don't care, worth every penny. His third down sack got them the ball back which they then turned into points and the lead. And his pressure forced a pick to win the game. Hope Spencer Brown is alright. Dave Quessenberry seems like a swell guy with a heartwarming story but yikes on bikes he was getting roughed up out there. Took his lunch money, kicked him in the shins and dumped over his bike, poor fella. Just really tired of seeing downed Bills on the field this season. McKenzie would probably like a do-over, he had a rough one. Seemed like his head wasn't 100% in the game. Wonder if he's still feeling some concussion effects. Can't wait to get Tre back! They can rotate Jackson/Elam/Benford on the other side if they want. Great game. Just gotta quit it with the early mistakes and turnovers, leaving points out there again is no bueno but it's a win so onward we march. Or mush. Whichever.

Yeah, the narrative always seems to be changing with that guy. I've also always found it odd how whenever Josh runs, whether it's a scramble or a called run, almost everyone is like, "Yeah he can run and that's a great asset but geez he sure needs to be careful out there!" Meanwhile, Lamar runs it 15 times a game and they say, "What a dynamic athlete!" Haha. Aside from that tho, Lamar still isn't the best thrower. He still misses open guys with throws that are too high or behind.

Yeah that was a bummer for Cleveland. It's like...I want both teams to lose but in this case I'd rather it be the Pats. And that was a weird play. I thought the guy who stepped out had to be either the first one to touch the ball or the one to recover it, but he didn't do either of those. His teammate was in the process of recovering it when he slid in there and touched it. I guess I didn't really know that rule.

I don't see this "competitive" team in the Jets that some are talking about. I see a Packers team that's playing like hot garbage, missing tackles, blown assignments, allowed a blocked punt, missed a field goal, the OL has protected Rodgers about as well as a pile of wet toilet paper today. Wilson had 28 yards passing the entire first half. He completed a 41 yard pass that was really underthrown and the Packers basically decided to quit tackling any Jets RBs today.

All pretty good stuff. It's good to see coaches like McDermott staying on top of the psychological aspect of things. It's more than just the X's and O's and "just do your job." You've gotta know how to reach your players, what makes them tick, what motivates them, how they best learn and digest new information, etc. I'm reminded of the Hail Murray game in 2020. The Cards celebrated like they'd just won the Super Bowl. And everyone wanted to classify it as some huge, devastating loss for the Bills. In reality, the Bills saw how they reacted, they remained stoic about it and just were like, "Yeah, alright, you have fun with that, we'll be alright" and then they didn't lose another game until the AFC Championship. They're a well coached team despite what some on the forums here would have you believe.