McDeerInTheHeadlights

Sam Cowart's was one of the most unfortunate injuries of my time as a Bills fan. He was on track to become a very special player.

Perhaps it is unfair, at least to a degree, but we have reached a point where more than ever he has to ponder every single word as anything he says (and doesn't say) can do little good and plenty of harm to his cause. The reason for that is very simple: with absolute power comes absolute accountability. The cute fairytale picture of McD being the poor little gardener who is only taking care of the magnolia tree is getting harder and harder to sell.

Have you ever listened to his post-game speeches? He is killing the collective testosterone level in the locker room with that cringe beta a** s***.

That's not the only example from the NBA. I seem to remember Rick Carlisle took the Pistons to the playoffs after a while, they still upgraded the position with Larry Brown and went on to win two championships. The issue is finding that upgrade, but at some point it can and it must be done.

On a side note, injury prevention was a big theme when the Bills opened their new/renewed training center. You know, with the state-of-the-art pre-hab facilities and such. I'm not sure they are doing any better than the rest of the league on that front.

Not only that, but since Takeo isn't the first former player or Bill of the past they invite to a game, they could have asked the previous invitees for feedbacks after their visits and made improvements accordingly. I wonder if Takeo was a victim of circumstances, being this a season opening game in which an unexpected and larger than usual number of big shots turned up, or if this is SOP.

Agreed. I'm no NFL owner but if I were, I would definitely want to have these Bills greats in my suite and do my best to pick their brain on anything football related I could, even the ongoing game itself. Not necessarily to act upon or even agree on anything they may say, just to have a different perspective from someone who knows a thing or two about the game.

Given the situation at RT, I think Collins is worth a closer look, but with the clear understanding that he most likely won't be able to help this season.

Man, I have never stated that Josh stays in the pocket too long. Have some coffee and re-read my posts.

People see different issues with Josh's play. One of them is leaving the pocket too early way too often. As clearly stated, my post was addressing that concern. In that regard, Josh and Burrow are hardly comparable due to their different skill sets / athletic abilities.

I'm not buying the it's pretty much all on Josh narrative. For instance, I do agree, to address one of the concerns, that he may give up on standing in the pocket a little longer a bit too often, but I don't remember Brady having his RT pushed into his lap in such an embarrassing fashion in half a second either. Once you lose confidence in some of your guys, it's hard to revert the process. It becomes second nature. Josh has his own faults, but changes around him have to happen, in the form of personnel, play calling, or drastic performance improvement, possibly all of the above, to get him back in a confort zone.

Since it allegedly happened during a video call, I would ask the "media member" if he remembers Terry doing anything in particular while making that statement. If the witness mentions anything about nose blowing and picking, he is likely saying the truth and Terry is guilty.

Exactly. Bills fans should remember what happened with Araiza. Pump on those brakes once upon a time.

It's like Terry said the silent part out loud.

Well, Jets or Bills, it makes no difference. I'm tired of any off-season hype. It's time to play some meaningful football and let it do the talking.

I would tend to agree. Besides, it would have simply been negligent on McD's part to just stand there and witness his defense being sliced up time and time again by top offenses if he had such a radically different idea. I'm anticipating some changes, hopefully more aggressiveness (not that it takes much) but not the night and day contrast that some seem to expect.

Hard to take a definitive stance right now, but if I have to I would say to let him go either way (regardless of his performance). With no DL signed beyond this season and other more pressing needs that might pop up before next season, I feel they should allocate their cap elsewhere. That's especially true if Kincaid turns out to be as good as expected.

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Hard to disagree on McBeane having done a rather decent job on the "culture" side of things (although with a tad too much blame deflection on a few occasions). Yet, there still is that evil side of me that would be totally fine with having a couple of players who serve some minor jail time if that came with winning a Superbowl.

I'm not sure he has all the physical skills either. His athleticism is made less effective or impactful by his lack of size.

Even from a merely football perspective, how many punters in the NFL have the ability to flip the field position that this kid seems to have? I would definitely bring him to camp and figure out any possible final roster implication later on.

Hard to disagree. On paper, RT looks like the weakest spot, but McBeane have been pretty straightforward in stating that they expect Brown to bounce back and take the next step forward in his career, and that's what they are left with. To an extent, that's a bet that may make or break our chances to go as deep as we hope for into the off-season. One more reason to carry 10.

Perhaps being Kincaid some kind of WR/TE hybrid they can save a spot there and carry 10 OLs rather than the usual 9. Dawkins Doyle McGovern Broeker Morse Bates Torrence Edwards Brown Quessenberry Everyone else goes to the PS or is cut.

Another aspect adding complexity to the situation is that by that time the team may be worth half, if not more, the total inheritance, making a shared ownership the only viable option. That's certainly possible but my personal experience is that family businesses should be run by an odd number of family members, and three is too many.

Nope. They'll just sprinkle some Viagra on the canopy.