Richard Noggin

I was disappointed in fan engagement around me. Lots of sitting quietly on third downs. Someone reported me for standing, on third downs. Had to have a chat with security personnel. For standing and cheering on the defense. I get that the team stinks, but to be actively dissuaded from standing and cheering at what have historically been appropriate times to do so...I don't know. What's the point of being there in person then?

Thanks; I found the google doc and all that. Going to be a fun night.

Where do I find the original info about lot location and logistics?

Is it too late to reserve a spot? I've never used this lot before, but I'd love to try it out. Probably arriving around 3. Thanks.

Not a ton of brainstorming on TBD for me. Oh, well. Anyone try out Rally yet? (It's a charter bus shuttle--alcohol allowed--to the game from various pick-up/drop-off locations, including several within the greater Buffalo area).

I'd be willing to suffer that kind of ownership over something frivolous like a sports team (that I happen to love despite my brain's otherwise apparent logic)... ...IF it meant he wouldn't have pursued his current ownership position.

I'd love to read more about this. Defending Chad Kelly: priceless.

Interesting. I figured the cost would possibly approach $100 for such a long uber ride from the stadium. Thanks.

I've heard the Uber surge rates can get pretty insane. Anyone with firsthand experience?

Taking a buddy Monday night for his 40th; neither of us wants to drive. Any advice for transportation to/from? We live out in Niagara County (Pendleton/Sanborn area). I've always driven in the past. Thanks for the help.

I don't remember Kelso that way. I remember him primarily at safety. Started at Free Safety the majority of the games each of his seven or eight seasons (except for one year he got hurt or something).

I like a lot of their "process" in tilling the roster for future fertility, and often dislike your hardline takes, but...it's difficult to argue the QB point you make here.

Anderson, in a very recent interview (last week after signing) with the same WGR guys, did delicately allude to plans/circumstances (that eventually didn't work out) which prevented him from signing with anyone in the off-season. He was not specific about it, but clearly had some other situation he was prioritizing (until it fell through).

I agree, sadly. But is it possible he's actually better than "not a good player"? Has he grown into his role over the last several years, as lineman sometimes do? I thought he was consistently hot trash a couple years back, and then only occasionally over the past season or two. But less often these days. Is our/my old narrative out-of-touch now?

This begs the question, though: is Mills really a problem?

No offense, but the offensive additions you've floated in your article appear completely out of touch with how McBeane seems to be constructing this roster. While they've taken flyers on several older vets (with unfortunate outcomes...ahem, Davis and Boldin), they haven't given up assets to acquire these players. It's just not in their DNA to trade for 30+ year-old WRs nearing the ends of their contracts. That seems obvious. I don't hate some of these suggestions, but I do think it's bizarre to posit them without also acknowledging how incredibly unlikely they are.

That is not how I carry loaves of bread. Would squish the bread too badly. Unless we're talking about baguettes. Are we talking about baguettes?

That's what she said?

...because he was fired from Tennessee's staff very recently, when Vrabel was hired. (I think I'm right on this one.) Same reason Leslie Frazier was celebrated after the victory in Minnesota. Lacey. Same guy who had another bad special teams play before downing that critical punt inside the 5.

Could you simultaneously visualize your many reads and adjustments and options and protections for the play just called into your headset, recite it to the offense, then scan the moving and feigning defensive alignment, all while directing shifts and protections and whatnot over crowd noise AND anticipating the high-stakes, chaotic, violent blur that is a 3-6 second offensive snap? Of course you could, right?

I like irony.

I like a lot of this post. Pettine will likely dial up some crazy overload blitzes, and the Bills o-line has had issues with protection on a schematic level. Allen, as we saw with his college film, also has issues correctly diagnosing pressure pre-snap. So if the Bills offense gets off-schedule or behind the sticks, look for Green Bay to attack. Shotgun is one tool that could help Allen better see the field, and I've always been a fan of diverse, loaded backfield looks (the kind, coincidentally, that McCarthy likes to employ over the years), but I don't think there's a silver bullet (or golden ticket or whatever) that solves anything against an NFL defensive coordinator for longer than a quarter or two. Would love to see Croom coming out of the backfield. His athleticism needs to be exploited.

Benjamin? More like BENCHamin. Am I right?

Should he have added: hypersensitive on social media?

Hey, don't trip over your narratives and confirmation biases. They get in the way sometimes.