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Then you ain't gettin' no chicken wing! Go as soon as they open or mid-afternoon, you'll be fine.

Ski-ball? 🧐🤔😎 Otherwise I'm marveling at how quickly this thread went off the rails.

Meh! Allen absolutely owns Miami. Our only loss with him as our starter over the past 9 games dating back to '18, was last season in that insane and unsafe heat in a game where we had over twice as many Yards, over twice as many 1st-Downs, over twice the TOP, nearly four times the number of 3rd-Down Conversions, over twice as many passing yards, nearly three times as many rushing yards, etc. If not for that fumble early on inside our own 10 then we win that one too. The only team in the East that is worrisome is the Jets now. We couldn't break 20 points against them last season and now they have at least an above-average QB instead of crap.

LOL I'm guessing both. Things always taste better when you're hammered. Last time I went, years ago, and never again as a result, the place was far from clean. Also stuff you don't notice when you're young, hammered, and think you're never going to be old. LOL

He'll be tan, rested, and ready come Camp! Like he's the only player doing stuff like this during the offseason.

Well that'd be messed up. And as if the NFL has no interests related to gambling. Gotta tell ya, I pretty much hate the NFL. If not for the Bills ...

Great interview, thanks for posting! That string starting with the Bleu Cheese was the best, particularly when he motions getting up and walking out over the Bleu. LOL

Yes, I always ask for vented containers. They don't always have them, but then I just punch a hole or two in the lid with a pen or whatever. Absolutely, it keeps them crispier without a doubt. Some have holes on top in the corners of the edges too, made by a different company. I just also got wings recently and there were slits in the sides of the top, which I thought was a better design for stacking.

Generally agree with you here Mikie, but I'm not sure you used a good game to compare our 13-seconds to. I just watched the end of that Pats v. Chiefs game. To start, in our game vs. the Chiefs there were 13 seconds left on the clock after we had the game in the bag up by 3. In the New England game, there were 39 seconds left after NE went up by 3. NE played relatively good D and challenged them, while we essentially handed them 44 Yards on 2 plays. Huge difference there. At the end, for NE, KC all but had a FG wrapped up at the 16-second mark, so all NE had to do was defend against a TD, which they did. KC, which was out of Time-Outs, couldn't afford to throw short, miss the end zone, and still line up for a FG, wouldn't have happened. Other than that, apart from only three offensive players bothering to show up (Allen, Davis, and Beasley) who were responsible for all but 68 yards out of 422 (84%) we had 5 TD drives of 75, 75, 75, 75, and 71. 371 Total Likewise, the Patriots had 5 TD drives of 90, 80, 75, 75, and 65. 385 Total The Pats also had an 8-yard FG drive. Otherwise, the Pats ended 5 other drives with 2 INTs, 2 Punts, and 1 on Downs. We ended 4 other drives on Punts. So I'm not seeing anything even approaching a direct correlation here. Had Bass kicked off and gotten the same 26-yard return from KC that they got on 7-seconds, the Chiefs would have had the ball at their own 31 with 6 seconds left on the clock, one play in essence. A squib kick likely would have forced handling, and not to bring that up again other than in the context here. I'm not sure that I agree on the rest. Over the past three seasons the only two games in which the Offense did not play well enough was the Bengals game last season and the Ravens game two seasons prior to that. The Ravens had the 2nd-ranked D that season and played like it in the playoffs, unlike us, and both us and the Titans averaged about 31 PPG that season, and they held the Titans to 209 Total Yards and 13 Points while they held us to 220 Total Yards and 17 points. That season they held 11 of their 17 games to 17 Points or fewer. In short, I cannot blame the offense although your statements about a lack of consistency I would support. For example, Diggs hasn't typically show up in the playoffs over the past three seasons. If we get even average play from our D in the playoffs, something that McD supposedly specializes in, then IMO we're OK, although as we see, the Ravens' 2nd Ranked Scoring D held two teams averaging 31 to less than half of that in the playoffs. I don't see why we cannot regularly hold teams (other than KC perhaps), to fewer than 24 easily. BTW, NE Did play better than we did, not doubt, but not to the extent that our offense wasn't beyond adequate. The whole world except for a pocket of dissenters without much of an argument here knows that what happened in our game was entirely on coaching to lose it. What NE, Brady really, did, was to execute the short-medium much higher-profile passes much much better, which has been Brady's strong suit all along.

On your home field no less.

Agreed Presumably you guys are referring to his PAC-12 Championship Game vs. USC, which was one of his worst. He had the least yards of any Utah receiver in that game. Extremes are also not good to use, either way. As an aside, when drafting PAC-12 offensive players, one has to absolutely consider the softness of PAC-12 Defenses in general. I'm not a fan of PAC-12 QBs or WRs in round 1 for that reason. Far too many high-end disappointments.

Tahoe's used to be hilarious from 1-3 a. m. Agree on Jeremiah's, but I've been going to the Merchant Street Grill or whatever is called, they have great wings too. Schaller's has good plates too. I prefer them with fries.

The last time I went there their wings sucked. They used to be great in the '80s and '90s. Are they better again? I couldn't agree more. The appeal was going to the downtown location for the "ambience" back in the '80s and maybe early '90s. So many better plates from a food perspective in Rochester. That's interesting. I'll find out for sure next time I visit the Hentrietta location. It looks like they only have that one and on out in Gates open still. Good morning! Not Wegmans wing bar, they definitely earn a spot on the list. LOL

Yeah, doesn't sound like Rooties. Rooties underwent an ownership change I think in the late '80s or early '90s, the new owners ran it into the ground. That was where the wings that the Buffalo Mayor would bet his counterparts in Dallas, Washington, and NY for during our Super Bowl years came from. They were regarded as among the tops in Buffalo at the time.

You talkin' about Rootie's? It must've been an oversight that you left KFC off of the list? LMAO @ #1

The Southwedge one, over on Gregory St., they closed years ago due to disputes with the neighbors. Not sure when the Palmyra one closed. I thought that the Penfield one (now Bar Bill) was doing well before Lockdowns & Restrictions.

Thanks! I'll probably avoid the first few days as it'll be mobbed but looking forward to going soon. I didn't know that The Mighty opened there, I can see why that may have failed, but Duff's was a little bit of a surprise. I do think that lockdowns had a whole lot to do with it. MacGregor's at this location did well, not sure why they closed it other than that it occurred during lockdowns. It's a big place. If I had to guess, Bar Bill will do fine there.

Quit trolling. The discussion that I was having with someone was re: resources put into the OL, relatively speaking. If you want to change it, fine, just direct it to the person or people you want to have it with. Answering obvious questions isn't something I'm interested in. WTH are you talking about otherwise?

We were talking about the draft, so staying within that context, no, it's not misleading. Furthermore, 2 OL-men do not a complete OL make. Furthermore, Dawkins predated Beane. A lot of things "could" have happened.

We'll find out soon enough. I guess I'm merely curious as to why you and others are so high on Harris given his relatively pedestrian stats. ... except for (literally) against us. That's a little off the original point, but either way, nailing one pick hardly makes someone a good drafter.

You've gotta watch those narratives. Singletary only fumbled three times last season, twice in wins, once vs. Minnesota, but in that game Minny went 3-and-out the following drive and we got the ball back and scored a TD, so it didn't even matter. I'm not sure how he would have killed drives otherwise. We were 1st in the league in 3rd-down-convs.

No one was afraid of our RBs because they knew we wouldn't use them. We used them less than any other team in the league. I also distinctly recall reading in many a game thread many talking about how both Cook & Singletary were ripping off huge chunks of yards before Dorsey all but completely abandoned the running game thereafter. That was my primary point. Whether or not we need versatility is in the RBs depends upon the play-calling. Harris' TDs are typically goal-line kinda TDs. Is he really going to make that kind of difference? We don't struggle from down there. We ranked 1st in the league in 3rd-down-conversions, is he really going to add anything there? I simply don't understand what Harris brings that helps us, besides the narrative, which makes no sense to me. Sounds like simply more fan-based hope for hope's sake kinda stuff. Are we really going to become more of a pure running team now that Harris is here? The smart money says not-a-chance. I don't see us leaping from DFL in RB utilization to average. And yes, Moss was a terrible pick. But consider, Moss and Harris are similarly styled RBs. IMO Harris is a "mid back" as you put it, as well. He did nothing great in NE. ... except against us, literally. Against the 30 other teams he was the definition of average. We'll see what happens soon, how they even use our RBs. So far they've been an afterthought.

It is headscratching, but I'm not a fan of Beane's, you know that. I'm sure that McD has had a hand in our drafts also, but the biggest flaw that I've seen with them, apart from not getting the value commensurate with the draft spots of their draftees, is in not drafting the positions that would give us the biggest improvement in our ability to effectively navigate the playoffs. As you say, taking RBs on day 2 consistently, but only drafting WRs on day 3, and 4 of 7 in rounds 6 and 7, makes zero sense given where we've been and that we have Allen. Similar for OL. Round 1: 2 DL Round 2: 2 OL (one no longer here, the other TBD), 2 DL Round 3: 1 OL, 1 DL Round 4: none Round 5: 2 OL (one gone, one soon to be cut) Round 6: 1 OL (no longer here) Round 7: 2 OL, 1 DL (only this year's OL is here) That would be fine if in the playoffs our D actually showed up more often than not, but that's not the case.

Well, that's the narrative anyway. I would question whether we've improved at RB, CB, Safety or even held steady at LB. Singletary was more versatile than Harris has ever been in a season, he also averaged more YPC. Whether a bruiser 2-down three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust type RB is an improvement remains to be seen. Our CBs weren't good last season, so improvement is relative there, we could improve but still have a very average unit. Safety depends largely upon the injury statuses of both Poyer and Hyde as they age further into their back 9s. At LB Floyd is a situational player and we have no idea how MLB is going to look right now.

Keep in mind though that better RBs hasn't been our issue. I also think that time will prove that Singletary is better than Harris, easily, and for certain he's more versatile. But our problem has simply been putting our RBs to use, particularly when they were running incredibly well. As I've said, it seems that Dorsey called games last year as if he was vicariously playing QB via Allen. Like a kid in a pick-up game that constantly has to have the ball. We all saw those games where our RBs were chewing up yardage by the bushel, and all of a sudden it's an inexplicable lengthy string of passing plays. It was odd.