SoCal Deek

That’s not a window! It’s a mirror. 😳

Why is this even a thing right now? The Raiders gained virtually nothing on the ground Sunday and except for a single long run by Breece Hall the Jets were well under 100 yards rushing.

What’s the old saying? “It must be real…it’s on television!” 👍

Is there a tube station in Batavia?

I have to agree on Watson. I remembered him as a guy who could tuck it and run when necessary. Last night he looked like a guy where that was nowhere near being an option.

Having passionately followed the Bills for every bit of sixty years if I stopped going every time they lost to an NFL team I’d have to wait for the next league expansion to stay away. 😉 So being the gluten for ‘punishment’ that all Bills fans have to be, I’ll be there at Tottenham! Can’t wait. Go Bills

I was just amazed at the size of that dude! I didn’t think humans got to be that large.

Watching the game yesterday it was as if Josh and the offensive coaching staff had read every post on here following last week’s disaster. Well done TBD! They: Took what the defense gave them. Stopped chucking the ball downfield. Used all three running backs. Spread the ball around in the passing game. Controlled the clock.

That’s the problem with these type of organizational slogans. They mean something completely different to anyone who hears them. Having read through, and contributed to, this entire thread I’m more confused than ever as to what anyone thinks The Process even is.

You may indeed be right. But, just as in a corporate setting where managers are brought in to clean house, that ‘process’ then only relates to the cleaning. You need a new process for the sustaining, and possibly a new manager/coach if they can’t make the shift from cleaning to sustaining. We’re going to learn a lot this season.

This thread is about the slogan. I didn’t create the slogan. The organization did. I was a guy who created corporate slogans like this. It either means something in the daily activities and philosophy of an organization or it doesn’t. EVERY organization comes up with a catch phrase like this but for the vast majority when the workday starts you’re hard pressed to see how it’s ever put into action.

I understand. I’m just trying to make a distinction about the term: The Process. To my way of thinking it speaks to a system (process over product). The draft is all about product. Without getting too far into the weeds it seems like the Steelers, under Tomlin, are a good example of Process. They always seem to competitive with a next man up philosophy spanning many years now.

The definition of The Process (your definition) is developing players once they’re here…regardless of where they came from. I’d put it to you that players I mentioned on defense (and Diggs on offense) were already well ‘developed’ BEFORE they got here.

Signing Von Miller and Floyd for that matter is the very antithesis of The Process. In fact those signings scream that The Process is not working. Now, those signings aren’t bad moves….but they definitely aren’t The Process.

Definitely….but…this specific thread is about The Process. That term doesn’t refer to drafting players with exceptional talent. As I understand it that term refers to an internal system at OBD that develops players once they’re here. When I saw Coach McD, on national television, pointing at his brain and yelling at Josh to play smart football last Monday night it leads me to believe that The Process sure as heck isn’t working. See my comment above. This thread is about The Process. It’s NOT about the draft.

Gunner, if your description of the process is correct (and I truly believe that it is) then it should correct for that. I cannot accept that draft picks have been totally ‘missed’. These are all elite athletes. The process should take guys who might not transition from college to pro as well as others and smooth over that transition so they’re ready to compete. Look at it another way. On offense, we a total of ONE player that’s a league wide standout from the process (Allen). On defense, I’m not sure we have any. Milano and Tre have both been here a long time now. Floyd, Miller, Poyer and Hyde all came here via some other team’s process. Where’s the young standout? Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Yes and no. I think if the process is working then you’d see a well developed ‘next man up’ routine in which players are released (ie Edmunds) but the process has last years back ups ready to step in and fill the void. One game is obviously not long enough to be a trend of anything but I’m likewise concerned that the Bills appear to be hanging on to some underperforming veterans (Poyer and Hyde) and not seeing the development of those backups (Epenesa and Basham) that the process ‘should’ take care of.

To be fair Gunner you have to take Kincaid and Torrence off your list. They just got here. They’re not really part of your well described ‘process’.

I’ll probably be saying something like “I’m so glad the Bills play at 10am out here. Gives me plenty of time to calm down before heading up from the beach.” 😉

STOP ASKING US THAT….dammit! 😁

It’s even easier if all you listen to is CNN and MSNBC. And when in doubt….roll out a good old Hitler reference. That’ll do it!

True but he’s convinced that it’s the job of the FBI to roam around the world independently conducting investigations inside the government’s of our allies. So there’s that.

What we have here is a dead parrot.

That’s because no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Or Python apparently.