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I think it’s fair that he changed his opinion on Allen. Cowherd is definitely entitled to do so, and probably should considering Josh’s success. I don’t struggle with Cowherd praising Josh, I just laugh at him acting like a champion of the Josh Allen story. This is coming from a guy who’s essentially said small market athletes and teams don’t matter. Suddenly he’s all about cashing in on the Bills bandwagon. Sports talk radio has a reputation for being annoying, but Cowherd’s elitist rambling takes it to another level. He never sounds like an average Joe sitting around talking about sports. That should be the goal for sports radio imo. Instead, he goes on bizarre sociological rants that he awkwardly tries to link to sports. I could barely listen past the rant about being the son of divorced parents.

Sounds like an easily enforced policy 😆

Cowherd is just a front runner. He realizes that league and media perception shifted to recognizing Allen’s place among the best. This guy hasn’t had an original thought his entire career. This new take allows him to say he’s right, and cover the market for rabid Bills fans. He used to sing the Pats and NY team praises because he wanted the large market. That’s back when he said the Midwest and its people are worthless, and only big market teams matter. Cowturd is really good at taking the popular position.

None, I’m not sure how a couple series a game helps prepare for the upcoming season. The only thing it is does is allow the risk of injury to key players.

Additionally, it’s not like Edwards played all that well in games he won early in his career. They were mostly defensive struggles where he played a game manager role. Bills fans were searching so desperately for a light at the end of the tunnel. Edwards not being a complete disaster made people overrate him. The bar was set low to the point that a game manager who won a few games was viewed as a savior.

Maybe, but ownership and the front office were the real problem. The Steelers ended up with Big Ben without tanking. There’s also plenty of ways to move up in the draft. We were an inept franchise, and I’m not sure I can blame all the failure on the misfortune of never tanking.

Getting this deal done shows how well run things are over at OBD these days. It’s just one less thing the team needs to worry about. There was a time the Bills would have never offered such a contract.

All this talk about preseason games being great for kids makes me feel like I was terrible child. I remember at about 8 telling my mother, “I don’t ever want preseason tickets for a gift, get me to a real game” 😂

Good things ?

Burrow has so much potential, and he seemed quite advanced with the mental aspect of the game. I’ve said from the start that my only concern with Burrow is the franchise he plays for. I hope he’s able to regain his confidence, but I’d be worried the Bengals aren’t going to do enough to help him be successful on the field. There’s no franchise in the league that takes the cheap out more often than the Bengals.

I don’t understand it either, I always thought all the flavored vodkas would be enough to satisfy that market. When you can buy any flavor vodka your heart desires, why do we need every flavor whiskey ? It really has less to do with enjoying an actual alcoholic beverage, and more to do with young people wanting to get drunk as fast as possible.

I think these type of jobs are sometimes more of a courtesy thing and paycheck for an alum Iike Spiller. Who knows how much responsibility Spiller actually has.

That’s fair, I think I just like the events that don’t receive all the hoopla. I really enjoyed watching the hammer throw on an NBC networks last night. A Polish dude won, but an American Cornell grad took the silver. There’s something pure and true to the Olympic spirit about the lesser known athletes achieving their dreams in less popular sports. There’s nothing wrong with all the fluff pieces, or star athlete credit card commercials, but I also love seeing the other athletes who worked just as hard.

Fair enough, I probably misinterpreted some things I read. I’ve just noticed that some people are starting to root more for individual athletes than the country itself. NBC’s coverage makes it such a soap opera geared toward individual stories over country imo.

I’m glad everyone is stoked that US women’s soccer lost, it’s kind of sad really.

Something tells me this post is a Joique.

Yes, with fracking, and it made them a fortune. It shows very astute business sense, and they clearly have accomplished a lot. However, many of their other businesses endeavors have actually been a bit rocky, and filled with mismanagement and PR disasters.

I’m totally in favor of selling the Sabres to help cover new Bills stadium costs. I’ll help them pack.

This ^ We all know there’s plenty of moral quandaries here, but it’s the principal of things. I’m not saying the Bills are leaving, or causing alarm. It’s just the threats are silly. Don’t forget about the threat to play games in Toronto or State College while a new stadium is built.

Didn’t realize my post sounded so alarmist.

Solid take. It’s always good to hear someone who can be a fan, without delusions about the importance of the sport. We all love our Bills football, or we wouldn’t be here. That doesn’t mean there aren’t more significant things in the world as a whole. It’s kind of a lame threat imo. The Pegula’s and the rest of the planet have always known there’s more money to be made elsewhere. Buffalo was the spot because they allegedly felt some attachment to the city. Use any city you want as leverage, but in the end they either want to be in Buffalo, or elsewhere. I think it’s just a threat, but it’s a ridiculous one.

I had first row seats behind the Bills bench for a game about ten years, and I felt the same. I’m not a big guy, but I wasn’t floored by how big everyone was. I was also surprised by how many players just had big athletic builds, opposed to insane muscles. I’ve seen a lot of crazier looking muscles in local gyms.

I get your point, I’m just saying that it’s really tough to judge her when all things are considered. The sport and mental health could be one in the same when it directly involved the sport. It was a sports performance issue, but whether or not she stuck it out could have been determined by other factors. The fact that she stayed in gymnastics is a testament to her strength imo.

I’ve sadly known too many people who suffered abuse at various points of their lives. Things often go from being just fine to being an issue. She may very well have stayed in the sport with an idea that she’s now doing if for herself, and owes nothing to US gymnastics. I typically agree with the “softening” of America takes, but I believe there are circumstances and exceptions. It’s weird there’s almost more outrage against Biles then there ever was against Naseer 🤔 Our society is becoming soft, but the world has no place for what happened with US gymnastics, and it makes me sympathetic towards any issues some of these competitors might have.

I’ve also seen many marriages ruined by “golf”.