Richard Noggin

#soulmate

That's the spirit. Never change. For no one.

I'd like to pause on this point for a moment, and pose a question: could McBeane have immediately gone FULL/COMPLETE rebuild and STILL preached process to the remaining roster/fans? Basically, can a coach (and GM) who truly believe/live their own competitive mantras (iron sharpens iron, process, playoff/championship caliber, etc.) strip a team of ALL its valuable talent and maintain credibility and authenticity? Maybe you'd counter with: credibility and authenticity don't translate into wins, talent does. That's a fair point. Look at Jimmy Johnson's wholesale transformation of the Cowboys in the early 90s. Lots of people like to say that talent trumps culture, or that at least talent leads to success, which then leads to talk of "culture." I'd like to posit here that while we cannot argue against results, and that in fact we should not argue against results, it's important to note that McBeane were able to rebuild AND SIMULTANEOUSLY produce results. I actually think that the playoff appearance in year one, which was likely completely unexpected, bought McBeane credibility and grace that isn't usually afforded to a new NFL regime. And it resulted from their unwillingness to field an uncompetitive, stripped-down, completely tank-worthy roster in Year One. Keeping Taylor and McCoy (and others) was instrumental in sneaking into the playoffs that year. THEN, given the credibility earned with that unexpected success, McBeane capitalized by cashing that check in 2018, tearing down the whole effing thing (which might not have been tenable without the grace period following the drought's miraculous end). They added high-end athletic talent in the draft at premium positions (QB & MLB), and sold us on the process of growth and improvement through competition. We bought it up, mostly, given the early returns. And now, with Allen's ascension, well...give them both Carte Blanche for the next decade and see what happens! They've earned it.

I saw somewhere on TBD after TNF a tweet, from Rapoport, allegedly, about Brady getting told-off in the Bucs locker room postgame. A teammate told him he didn't have Belichick to carry him anymore? Obviously this was a spoof, but man it was fun to imagine for a moment. Whiny, Marino-esque QB gets shouted down by larger teammate postgame. I can't seem to find the post in question because I'm an idiot with technology. How many of his offensive linemen HATE him right now? The finger-pointer who throws pick-6s and forgets it's 4th down? It's fun to entertain.

It's a fair question.

lol. I was there, all right. I've watched Mario Williams crush a dozen cosmopolitans in fairly short order.

Well, um... Some issues with that, innit? (Did you know I worked there for the last eight years?)

The TBD replacement team still needs bodies... We can get this thing into triple digits, easy.

Crushing beers and tearing hammies!

It's called a CONTROL GROUP. Don't you people conduct research?! According to my social media feeds, like, everyone seems to be a researcher.

Whoa whoa whoa... If you're saying I get to line up against high school underclassmen, then I will legitimately do damage. Until my hamstring explodes. On the second play.

I'll go run around random objects in my yard, trip over landscaping stones, chase my dogs, and form-tackle my young daughter so I've got some film to submit for evaluation.

Depends; how tall are you?

Suit me up. I am roughly the size of an NFL RB or S (little heavy for a S). I'll play two-way. Promise to hurl my body ineptly at Bills players until I get injured. Do I get a game check for this?

I'm healthy as a horse. Not a drip... https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/685efa3e-6f0e-4b49-bd30-e550c214a06e

I'm sneaking in a quick vacation in Ithaca, so the game being moved or otherwise not played Sunday works in my favor. Selfishly speaking, of course (which is the U.S. native tongue).

Lockport Journal. lol

We don't have the DL guys who brought that chip and chirp last season: Lawson and Phillips. Not that their performances on the field always matched their "juice." But they could trigger a loose cannon like Lewan.

New England* is ALWAYS more physical than Buffalo. This year looks no different. Might not matter anymore, though. Times are changing.

He'd get more opportunities to drop passes?

Should be the name of an insurance agent. Hugh Liability.

Without Robbie Anderson he sure is.

This projection is really effing spot-on. Of course the Bills got the "established veteran" part very wrong in 2018.