DrDawkinstein

lol, you arent getting my resume or making this about me. if youre entire arguent is simply stating "you dont know what you are talking about" when you dont even know me, it isnt a real argument. Ad hominems dont fly. Argue the point, stay on topic, dont make it personal. The Bills have one of (if not THE) worst vax situations in the league. Coaches are in the news every day for what they are doing to get their team's vax rate up. I'm sure McD has tried stuff, but it obviously isnt working. If he can't get these guys to understand how important getting the vaccination is to the team's success this year, then that is a leadership problem. If he is unwilling to take a hard line approach (Arians), that is a leadership problem.

Lowest vax rate in the league and dropping with every cut we make. That's a leadership problem.

Doesnt seem like he's handling much of anything anywhere now that we have guys quarantined away for 5 days, guys being fined and on the verge of suspensions, and one of the lowest vax rates in the entire league... as we were supposed to be starting our Super Bowl run. Maybe he should try the public approach.

You arent wrong. They are over-entitled selfish babies and loud public whiners. Full Karen.

Not sure what youre expecting from them. They've had all year to fix it and this is as good as they got it (which is one of the worst situations in the entire league). When I see what Arians is doing in TB, and what Seattle and Atlanta have done, it really looks like McD doesnt have nearly the handle on or respect from his team that we all thought.

Blame Beasley and McKenzie

Pretty sure Beane came under fire for saying this is exactly how it will go.

I had started Old Man's War and got distracted/sidetracked by Andy Weir's new Project Hail Mary which has been a really great "addition" to The Martian. Not a sequel at all, but written in that same first person, journal-type method. Need to pick OMW back up again.

I'll go with some basic, popular sci-fi classics... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. 5 books, all great, all quick easy entertaining reads, and some of the most famous and legendary quotes ever. The Foundation series by Issac Asimov. There are like 8 books, but really just the first 3: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation. About to come out as a series on AppleTV too. And in newer sci-fi, Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars). from wiki: That chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through the personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning almost two centuries. Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.

Sounds like our headache is over. Team isnt going anywhere, confirmed over and over. Nothing left for us to worry about.

Are you piecing that together from Beane's comment that we are "just above 80%"? Because that article doesn't seem to name the teams (unless I missed it). Not sure if this question/post is against the rules. Just trying to clarify the info.

Agreed on the McCarthy observations. I think part of it is him being an "outsider" to the Cowboys and not truly a part of the team. Jerry usually likes to hire former Cowboys players as coaches, who are already part of the organization and the unique (weird?) culture there. But yeah, most of what McCarthy says, any of us could come up with by just using what we know of coach-speak. I dont see a real connection to the players, and especially his QB, like we have in Buffalo with McD and the boys.

And ONLY a large black trench coat

Absolutely agreed. Doesnt make any less "crazy" of a move, especially when it went down in real time. Drafting anything back to back to back like that will raise eyebrows, just for the unlikelihood of it. Yall... it's mostly jokes from me here. Dont get too upset because I neglected to use other goofy emojis in my post. While I would not have been upset with ETN, or even trading up from 30 to 20s for him (no higher), I love our picks too.

As absurd as taking DEs with your 1st AND 2nd picks, after you just took one with your first pick in the last draft!

Bummer. Wouldnt have happened if he had been drafted by the Bills!

I dont know. I think its pretty clear. Dont inject opinions. If you want to discuss their availability and what that means for the team, great. If you want to discuss what idiots they are because the vaccine is safe, or that you stand by them because they are standing up to the 5G Overlords, that is out of bounds.

And when they do, they get they thread shut down. Dont blame the mods, blame the posters who cant keep the conversation focused.

I already changed the nameplate on mine to "Ertz"

So he lucks into an injury settlement instead of getting cut?

True, but I dont think Id feel any better with Butler in there instead of Basham.

And in some Pats schadenfreude of a similar nature...

Agreed all the way. And if push came to shove, I'd rather keep Basham over Butler or Harry.

Baldy seems to think he's coming along ok...

Any other time, I'd say this is a great idea and I'd be ready to move Addison. But we are lined up to make a big run this year, and I still dont think you do that by moving players who are at the top of your depth chart. I think Obada is still the odd man out. Go into the season with Hughes/Addison, Rousseau/Epenesa, with Johnson and Basham playing special teams and Basham even getting some inside reps. Plan for Rousseau and/or Epenesa to push to replace Addison with the starters the first few weeks of the season. I'd be more willing to move on from Butler and play some of our DEs inside when we have to over losing any of our edge talent.