stevewin

What was the final resolution to the epic Shower conundrum - don't think I followed it through to its conclusion (if in fact it is concluded )

Will he quit life if the Sabres don't draft Dahlin? What NBA lottery pick does he feel strongly enough about to quit sugary cereals for?

Yep - was just about to post this. Knew from the article he was getting worse but didn't think it would be this quick. RIP

Anticipating that whatever room I am in on July 11th watching the ESPYs will have an issue with it being dusty

What about Bills Run Deep?

I heard the parking garage east of the stadium has the same problem. Connect the dots...

So many to pick from: We've Got Tonight Night Moves Fire Down Below Horizontal Bop Like a Rock

SUCK IT CELTICS ?

That's a pic of Sean McDermott joking about The Process

Ouch! Booo! Was going through 4 pages of this thread and thinking "Where are the old Braves fans to bring up insane Braves-bred hatred of the Celtics" - then I see the first sentence and think "finally", then in some kind of horror movie Shamalayan-esque twist the whole post goes very wrong (perhaps some Alien snatched your body?). To Braves fans the Celtics and their arrogant stupid fans and organization were the Patriots of that day. Oh how we loved to hate that smug organization with their "swagger" and stupid iconic history dripping off them like old sweaty seat socks. Cemented in every Braves fan memory should be Game 6 of the 1974 Braves-Celtics playoff match. It was the Buffalo NBA version of the "Just Give It To Them" game (but worse). The Braves were down by 4 with 30 seconds left, but after a miraculous sequence of two steals and two McAdoo baskets (Two Two for McAdoooo!) the Braves had tied it with seven seconds left. What transpired next will (should) live forever in Buffalo sports infamy (Never Forget!). On the ensuing Celtics possession, McAdoo blocked the initial shot, and Jo Jo White grabbed the ball and launched a wild shot that missed. Euphoria!, but wait... Unbelievably the refs called a foul on McAdoo as White fell to the floor during his desperate heave at the basket 'with no time left' (more on this later). A foul that is NEVER called in that situation (sound familiar?) Then the real fun began. The refs sent White to the line by himself to shoot the free throws to end the game since there was 'no time left' when he was fouled. But wait - if there was no time left, there is no foul? If there is a foul, there has to be time left and the Braves get the ball back (at midcourt) for one last play? No - in their wisdom the refs ruled that a call that occurred after time expired counted - just give it to them. The underdog Braves were not supposed to win that series over the 'storied' Celtics - and the refs made sure of it (sound familiar). The next morning the following iconic picture appeared in the Buffalo paper clearly showing a second left after the phantom foul - it is forever seared in my brain. It cemented my hatred even more for all things Celtic - evermore (amazingly I couldn't find it online and had to scan it from my copy of "Buffalo Home of the Braves") I friggin hate all teams Boston. I hate the friggin Cheaters, I hate the friggin Celtics, I hate the friggin Bruins, and the Red Sox I didn't care about until they Finally Won their stupid World Series then I had to endure a year of teary Bahstahn testimonials about how 12 generations of their family had to endure such tragedy for So Long - screw freaking Boston fans and all their stupid freaking teams. I hate then ALL.

Thanks for the great analysis. One thing you left out though was where the parking garage would be? ?

Is he holding a football or a lunch pail?

Something got in my eye when I watched the Josh Allen meeting Jim Kelly video

Already impressing

His completion percentage in that clip was 75%

Showing some fast eyes in this video

If it were about Josh Allen they would report he was inaccurate

The draw out of the shotgun. Was amazing how effective he was on that play - even when they ran it so often it often lost the element of surprise.

Especially when the full extent of their cheating comes out...someday

FWIW - just the messenger... Sirius Opening Drive with Ross Tucker and Bob Papa - Why was Josh Allen the guy Arm strength arm talent attracted them. Granted not all throws are going to be 70 yds, but in practice on Fri saw snap and velocity even on shorter throws. Size hold up in tougher weather – they said they would have drafted him even if in a dome but large hands and size is another factor that attracted them. Came up through a smaller school and Wyoming was only school with offer – Beane has said he likes players who don’t have sense of entitlement, that feel they deserve to be starter and deserve to be great, but rather they want to earn it. Have been players with strong arms before, smaller school prospects that haven’t worked out before – have to wait and see and see if this is a good pick for the Bills. - Allen playing time plan Going to be down towards the bottom in terms as immediate expectations. Beane has said Allen starting as third QB. Clearly a let’s take it slowly situation. They brought in McCarron and believe he showed something in Cinn, hope they can turn it into something where he starts for maybe half a season or a whole season. They don’t want to rule out Peterman either which may sound crazy based on how he played last year, but Sean McD loves Peterman – is very high on him – remains to be seen if justified but would not take him out of equation if he happens to have good TC and preseason. Right now Allen is far behind and like he did in college is going to have to earn his way up and prove himself to be starter. Probably unlikely starts day 1 – see how things unfold during the first half of the season and if we will see Allen in Nov/Dec. - McD can’t love Peterman too much if they made all the deals to move up to be in position to get Allen Will say Beane has always been more vocal about saying they need a franchise QB. Have been joint PCs where McD and Beane are sitting there and Beane talking about how it’s a job for GM to find franchise QB and McD wasn’t at the same level of we need to go out and find a QB – get sense that Beane was much higher on moving up to get QB than McD was - Any fallout in Buffalo from tweets Would say it was a story for a day or two but fans kind of brushed it off as he was in HS and made a mistake – Beane’s attitude as well. Lorax did come out and say Allen might have to answer to it to team mates – did think he deserved a second chance but did think some players might have questions about the racial aspects of some of the tweets. Next week vets and rookies will be together – Allen may address it then but after that it should no longer be an issue - Bills taken biggest step back of any team – losing Tyrod, OL etc – is it a fair statement Yes – certainly think they are up there – I’ve had same opinion and taken a lot of flack for it here. Think take a step back at QB without Tyrod – wrote piece a couple months ago that AJ/Peterman (before Allen) was worst QB duo in NFL. Add in WR situation, don’t know what getting with Benjamin, Zay offseason issues and issues on field last year, and after that they have nothing. The entire passing game a question mark. McCoy 30 with lot of mileage. Lot of question marks on offense. Agree they took a step back. Think they did make the right choice with Tyrod, and trading up to get QB, but was Allen vs Rosen the right choice, how long will it take for offense to come together and team to get back on track – right now don’t think they’re a playoff team - OL was a strength now looks like a weakness Agree. May be another reason why they wait to put Allen in there in case OL is shaky. Left tackle is OK with Dawkins – but questions down the line. Brought in other players – but right now all three middle spots up for grabs. Right now OL in rough shape - (Tucker) Could argue they have worst QB, OL, and WR groups in NFL right now – at least in discussion. Is defense going to be good enough to overcome Depends what they get out of Star – questions if believe what PFF says, Murphy - had an ACL and might be a rusher – didn’t get much out of that position last year between Hughes/Lawson in terms of sacks and would expect Murphy to take over Lawson’s spot (could be surprise cut or trade) – Vontae Davis was hurt last year. Questions marks with those three guys they brought in to bolster defense – right now probably not good enough to overcome deficiencies in offense, but have enough pieces in place where they could be better than last year. At some points last year defense was downright bad - Should be a fascinating journey this season as far as the Bills are concerned with the QB situation and all of the areas that have to get plugged up – pre Tom Brady retirement Yeah should be interesting but think we’re probably another year or two away from any changing of the guard in the AFC East. We’ll have to see how it unfolds in the next couple years Post Papa to Tucker – that was a strong statement about QB, WR, OL all among worst situations Tucker – definitely in discussion for worst for all three position groups. OL stinks now with Incognito and Wood gone, though that’s not their fault – for QB making move to young guy, WR been bad for a while

For some reason it got dusty in my office after that one

Maybe they can replace the train whistle with a heartbeat

Competitiveness, physicality, tackling, tough, and coachable - seems to be a definite fit for the process/culture

He was actually married to a girl I went to HS with. Many years ago spent a night with him eating wings and BSing about the Bills. I remember when they drafted him, I used to have a random San Diego State T-shirt I got from the irregular bin at champion that I used to wear all the time in HS - suddenly it had purpose.