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TBH I thought Kyle Allen showed some good stuff before he injured his ankle severely. Mixed of course - some good games, some games where he threw for 300+ yards but also threw multiple interceptions, some games where he just threw multiple interceptions. He's only had 2 starts since the ankle injury, for Houston, and they were both bad but on a bad team. My "take" is that he's a guy who may be able to do enough to win if the run game is clicking along and he has some time. But fluster him and ask him to carry the team with his arm, he can't. A number of QB look promising until defenses get some video on them and start breaking down their tendencies.

To be honest, I don't watch enough football shows to know how widely it's being distributed and whether it's being smiled at or mocked. I swing through "X" and Instagram only to collect Bills content to bring back. I tend to agree with you about the impact of wide distribution of little moments (which can be pulled out of context), but nothing I can do about that. That's a beautiful sentiment, but long before the advent of social media, we had village pubs and village gossips. It literally only took one incident to make or break a reputation then, and it literally only takes one now. Actually I think the world's attention span is much shorter so incidents fade from view faster now than before. But returning to the topic, if Dorsey wants a HC gig, it's not the world's attention span that matters, it's decision makers hiring for the handful of available jobs. And it may not be fair if that incident does linger with them but lots of things aren't fair. Though winning cures everything, so if the Bills win a Championship carried by a strong offense, All will be Well.

I think you're speaking of Ryan Wendell, who was our assistant offensive line coach in 2022 (promoted from offensive assistant in 2020) The Rams hired him as their offensive OL coach this season, and he was replaced by Austin Gund Pretty fast rise for Wendell, but he played center and guard for the Patriots 2008-2015 under the legendary Coach Scar, so he might know something. This guy, right? https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/09/rams-ryan-wendell-offensive-line-coach-bills/ See above - is this the guy you're talking about? He's gone.

That might be a harder thing for Rapoport to verify that it didn't happen. I doubt the FBI office gives him "insider info".

You've got a great point about coaches on the sidelines, and that it probably does look "bigger" in the contained environment of the booth vs on the sideline. I think you're not quite right and for young coordinators wanting to be hired as head coaches, it probably is still looked at carefully - like is this guy controlled enough, or is he going to lose it as a head coach enough to be thrown out of games or draw penalties on the team? whereas Bill Belicheck can break a Microsoft Surface or slam around a phone on occasion and NBD. But to be clear, I'm not criticizing Dorsey for it or at least that was not my intent, just sharing it.

If you're watching, you'll see that Diggs gets hit elbowed and kicked in the head a lot. Often after he's down. There's a reason other receivers backs and OLmen scurry over like their feet are on fire. But Adams is not wrong that it was an unnecessary hit and a foul. That's true, but it doesn't change the fact that the hit was a "bad Rapp"

How the @#$!#$%^$%^&! are you guys getting these things to embed? I keep trying the tip I was given of editing the link to "twitter.com" and still doesn't.

I'd be terribly flattered that you pay so much attention to the threads I start, except, well, I can't say that I am. For one thing, it's kinda stalker-ish and creepy. For another, given the number of threads I factually start, you're making ***** up just to take a shot at me, and that's really not a good look. Why not just ignore threads that don't interest you instead of....bumping them up the board by responding? A point. A good point. I agree, he seemed far more natural and at ease and likeable. It shed a little light on how the players and fellow coaches might see him.

Not saying it's bad. Just saying it's a thing. I do believe that if he wants to progress to being a head coach, it might interfere. He may be perceived as not emotionally contained and controlled enough for the higher position. But that's a him problem.

I'm afraid if Milano intercepts another pass like that, the ref is going to call it DPI or "personal foul - unnecessary roughness" Micah Hyde threw it https://x.com/thadbrown7/status/1704547932618240108?s=20

Well - their opponents, the Cardinals and Broncos, managed to score 46 points and rack up 636 yds on them over their first 2 games. Mostly, as noted, in the first 3 quarters of games So either those opponents are pretty elite offenses, or their defense does allow opponents to score and move the ball

Now this theory appears to have merit.

Is that serious? Herbert is the grandson of Frank Herbert, the author? I had no idea

It's not a small point actually. You can discredit a specific source in a fairly straightforward way, but to prove something didn't happen is more involved and time-consuming. That's at the heart of the saying "a lie travels around the world in the time the truth takes to put shoes on", Brandolini's law, etc.

I don't know

Well, if it's truly health issues, Williams could have just gotten a horrible health diagnosis for himself or a close family member. An empathetic boss might struggle not to tear up for that.

Not to question your no doubt erudite proclamations, but while one can verify that something actually occurred pretty quickly - it's generally accepted as rather more difficult than that to "verify" something was made up.

The source claiming the FBI raided Halas Hall has been refuted by Bears spokespeople. If that's the only source for the claim that the FBI raided Williams house, that claim may be questionable. Maybe he is resigning for health reasons - he wasn't at the Tampa game and Eberflus called the defense.

Tell us what your credible sources found.

I could be wrong, but I don't think the FBI gets involved with DV allegations.

"A team spokesman addressed the rumors regarding Halas Hall being raided today as false. We were also told that the police have not been to Halas Hall in connection to Alan Williams." https://x.com/CourtneyRCronin/status/1704590671812624489?s=20 Seems pretty specific about FBI not rading Halas Hall, and no refutation of them raiding Williams home.

Years ago, we had site security and a bunch of FBI agents show up "are you (name)?" "yes" "you're under arrest" up against the wall, taken away in handcuffs, computer impounded as evidence, fired from his job. Rumors of horrible doings abounded, but no charges were ever filed and a month or two later (name) was seen going about with his grandkids, acting like any retired person. (He was a gun enthusiast, and involved in all kinds of fring-y bulletin boards, it was just after 9/11, so there may have been something involving arms sales that brought in the FBI) So true, they don't show up to say hello, but they also aren't an infalliable marker for horrid deeds. Matt Eberflus struggling not to cry isn't a good sign though (IF that part is true)

You might update the OP. Per Schefter, he has now resigned https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1704589283397439619?s=20

https://x.com/agetzenberg/status/1704563066631852368?s=20 "Josh Allen said that he was surprised he won AFC Offensive Player of the Week. He said he didn’t think his stats were “that great.” Allen completed 83.8% of his passes, threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns. https://x.com/agetzenberg/status/1704563809405280324?s=20 Compared it to the other times he won and noted that they give those awards to players on winning teams