NoHuddleKelly12

^^^^^This excerpt from Josh’s presser transcript may come as a shock for those of you who imagine football concepts used today were just invented during last year’s offseason, and there’s nothing qualitative to be gleaned as a result. Hope you’re sitting down!

Gugs, I’m really not trying to be difficult here, but I came away with the exact opposite conclusion over who reached out to whom first...I’m pasting back in the relevant portion of MCD’s presser: McD Q: What Jim said is that he was meeting with [Ken] Dorsey, [Brian] Daboll and with Josh [Allen]. Also that they had downloaded plays from the Super Bowl era and said any plays that Josh liked were to be implemented. So it’s pretty specific areas of discussion, he sat in meetings.  A: It really boils down to, like I said before, us trying to find every way possible to improve our football team. I’ve stood up here before and told you guys we look at every way to improve our football team and this is no different. Jim is a Hall of Famer, and to me it would ignorant of us not to have a relationship with Jim. Sometimes asking him “hey what do you think”, we’ve got a younger quarterback, so all of that’s healthy, all of that’s good. At the end of the day, Brian will be the one calling the plays and we’ll move forward with that. You guys can work out that much yourselves. (emphasis supplied)

Some good quotes from both McD and Josh concerning this topic; posted elsewhere by Yolo also. https://www.cover1.net/sean-mcdermott-josh-allen/

Apart from just gelling on the field in terms of the pure football side of it, I'm also worried about the overall team chemistry part--I hope they genuinely like/trust each other enough to be able to overcome adversity (not if, but when it strikes); team cohesion can't be forced by the coaching staff, imho, and there's no substitute for the time that takes together. But I think Josh reaching out to all of the new FA's and draft picks so quickly at the times they were acquired, in real time is a great sign that he understands those needs as much as anyone, and is doing what he can about it.

Try honey on the peanut butter. You can thank me later.

I tried, but I really can't find a reason to argue with this.

Would've probably been a good day for McD to just pack everybody into the buses and head out for a team building exercise like paintball or something--I'm sure the next session will be crisper.

Fair enough ODB. And I can certainly relate to the status I've held him in since I was a kid. He just seems to walk the walk unlike a lot of other sports celebs, and I've always admired that given what he's gone through personally after football.

Knew you’d pull through Augie—gracias

Life hack right there! I haven’t made lamb personally yet, what color does the meat need to be inside to get best flavor/texture?

Thanks, definitely sounds very easy classic to make, which is always nice. Butter shouldn't be optional though! I refer you to the school of Paula Deen...

Post of the day, congratulations!

What's your simple but good "go-to" dish that you can make with intuitive ease, without having a recipe book propped open in front of you, and that you get compliments on every time you make it? Recipes appreciated. Here's mine-- Chicken Madeira Pasta --Dice a pack of fresh chicken breasts into cube size, pan fry (you will need a large cooking pan for this as all of your sauce components need to fit with room to be evenly cooked) in vegetable or olive oil over medium heat to a nice golden crisp outer edge, with minced garlic, onion, mushrooms (eyeball the amounts). Add season salt, paprika and maybe some chipotle type seasoning for an added flavor boost, all to taste. --After all of the above has nicely browned, then add your cooking wine/sherry like Madeira (or Marsala), with heavy whipping cream directly--do not drain any of the pan you've cooked so far. I use approximately up to a 3/4 pint to a pint of whipping cream, with a cup or so of the Madeira, and it should take on a very light brown to tan color when combined in the pan with all of the other ingredients. Hike up the heat until the very liquidy sauce begins a slow rolling boil, stirring constantly, then drop the heat to a simmer, and cover for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. For the final phase, remove the lid, stir often for a final 10 minutes, and note when the sauce reduces to a consistency that is less runny, but it won't ever get super thick at this stage--the pasta will take care of that itself. Keep checking your flavor, you may need to add additional seasoning to your own personal taste preference. --In the meantime, you should have already boiled your pasta of choice ("bowtie" type pasta my personal fav for this one, a wide egg noodle is also good) al dente and once your sauce is ready, either pour it over your pasta or vice versa into the pan, stir and let sit for another 10 minutes while pasta soaks up all of the goodness before serving with a side of cheesy garlic bread. (Note: this is by no means a "scientific" recipe, it started out that way, but now I make it without precise measurements, more by feel and tasting tasting tasting along the way. The magic with this dish imho, is the interaction of the cooking wine with the whipping cream and then reducing it down from boil to thickening simmer--the flavors are just crazy good)

In the words of REM; if you feel like letting go, just “hold on” people. Mistakes make some of the best teachable moments, and Allen is a quick study. Strongly doubt this lingers.

Did Barkley one-hop that drill?

To get a decent playing backup, not quite the same thing imho, although anything Barkley can offer is of course extra gravy too. In terms of does Allen care—it’s a rhetorical question, but all signs point to he welcomes being around Kelly, per his own statements plus visits to hang out at the house, which certainly the Bills wouldn’t force on him.

Common ground. Also, I think an analogy may be the presidency [DISCLAIMER NOTE: I am not trying to make this political by ANY means, so don't anyone else either please]. Any "current" president pick your era, would have faced unique geopolitical realities/challenges in an ever-changing world, which only they can or must deal with in the now. However, that same occupant would also most likely benefit from insights gleaned from previous occupants to that unique office, such as how to prioritize your day, multi-task, handle staff issues, the media, interacting with other world leaders on the world stage, what the White House cooks are best at, or that one thermostat that they just can't seem to fix right in the residence, etc. Am I making any sense?

Great find and post. Please paste over in that other thread as well, where all of the gripers about the past mixing in the present are hanging out...

It appears (we just don't know) that the Bills brain trust is actively seeking this out/running with it. If they actually are utilizing film study with Kelly to create new wrinkles with Josh based on those concepts, with Dabs as the gate-keeper, then I hope they will have your undivided support.

I agree that Allen & Co. need to find their own identity and own it--however, you cannot wish away nor should you want to, that they stand on the shoulders of those that have gone before, each a representative of the Buffalo Bills, a once-proud franchise that needs all the help it can get to climb back up the mountain of NFL relevancy and sustained success. If that once proud history and getting back to that (plus MORE) adds extra juice/motivation for Allen, who seems to genuinely enjoy interacting with Kelly (including hanging out at his house), who are any of us to judge that? Do we really think Allen is mentally incapable of taking what would help him and separate out (with the help of Dabs) whatever won't? BTW, if the past is so irrelevant and worthless, why bother rooting for a specific franchise to begin with? Wouldn't it be more fun to live only in the moment, and root for, say, New England or the Rams, or whoever is the team du jour each year? If I can't enjoy success both now and from previous years, what's the point of feverishly wishing for it to come even next year, if I have to immediately slough that off as yesterday's news...just wondering, as that seems like a lot of effort with no lasting payoff.

Any type of offense that uses "Gun" or "Air Raid" or anything along those lines as part of its nickname is alright, imho

Points. If you have a D which is finally competent enough to contain/pressure/make TB12's life difficult, then you need to maximize your offense's opportunities/number of chances to make plays, which by definition, if you have more plays to run, should result in more points, which you need a lot of usually to beat the Pats.

Perhaps structurally but no one can tell me that Elway's not out there from time to time, mixing in with the QB room and making himself available to be used as a resource concerning his NFL experience...he's the boss there after all, which comes with certain privileges of access

I respect your opinion, even if I wholeheartedly disagree with the premise that a knowledge of history is bad for the present. Let that be a lesson to several other posters on this thread, lol.