DrDawkinstein

Yeah, in reality I havent been on any socials since 2015 and dont miss it at all. Maybe it's a generational thing, but folks my age had (have) no problem putting their dirty laundry out there too. It was so much "latest fight with the spouse", kids in trouble, etc etc.

I feel like Social Media has ruined the idea of Class Reunions for us younger generations. I can already know what everyone is up to, usually way more than I need to know. And I still keep in contact and regularly see all my real friends that I actually want to hang out with. I have no desire to go back for an in-person meet up. If I really wanted that, I could just hit up my suburbs local bars at my leisure and see most of the folks who never left. And that's coming up on my 30yr reunion. Maybe 50 might be more interesting, to see who is still around.

Gotta be Dareus then. And prime Dareus (that 1 season) was pretty good before he wasnt.

Pat Williams was on a playoff Bills team. He was one of the first players I thought of too and looked it up right when the thread started.

Someone post the link to the article that mentioned how Watson was proactively taking Sanders and the other rookie QBs under his wing...

In fairness, we all needed lots of draughts to get through the drought.

Funny enough, the NFL Network just replayed the 2015 Playoff Game between the Panthers and Seahawks. Panthers were up 31-0 at the half when I turned it on. Before I knew it, it was 31-24 and Seahawks were still in it but botched their onside kick at the end. It all felt very familiar with McDermott as DC. Some things will NEVER change. This will always be an issue for the Bills with McD. Just hope Josh can cover for McD every time.

Allen on our 2014 squad and that team might actually go 21-0 But the best of our drought vs any team with Allen would lose to Josh and crew because our drought QBs were just that bad.

Agreed on the summer part. And I mostly agree with your general philosophy. But I think a Super Bowl win would provide most Bills fans with such a relief of pent up pressure that we'd experience the same thing I saw in a lot of my UGA Bulldog fan friends after they won their recent championships - which was an almost complete disconnect the next year. I know I, personally, could use a "year off". And having that win in your pocket makes it easy to cruise through the next season with no pressure and very little care to how it plays out. Coming off a Bills Super Bowl victory, I know I could sit back and watch every game the following season with a "that's fine" attitude no matter what happens. JMO

I took a little google tour around the block and there are PLENTY such options in the area.

Yeah, it was funny how his camp worded it. Thats why I provided the google maps street view of exactly where it happened. Nothing good is happening there after midnight.

Yes. We lived through 20 lousy years with nothing to show for it already. Folks older than me lived through 10-20 lousy years before that as well, again with nothing to show for it. We had great years... with nothing to show for it. At this point, the monkey on our back is a SB win. That is the relief valve for build up of 30-40 lousy seasons. The Jets SB was 60 years ago. Not 5. Worked for the Rams. Buccaneer fans arent hurting. And we'll never be really lousy as long as we have Josh. And even as a McD critic, we'd never go under .500 with him around either. But if that was the monkey paw trade offer, I'll take 5 lousy years if it meant 1 Lombardi. I'd be shocked if most Bills fans dont feel the same way.

2 SB appearances and already at least 1 Lombardi negates any of that. Give me a Bills SB win and this team can go 2-15 the next 5 years for all I care.

It was already kinda out. The internet had been buzzing this week with rumors and rumblings that something definitely happened and everyone was speculating on the severity. The longer it went, the worse the expectations got. I had seen chatter that he lost his eye completely. I guess this is their way of addressing and downplaying it.

"The mishap happened about 12:20 a.m. July 5, in the 2200 block of Spanos Street, and injured more than one person." https://maps.app.goo.gl/AiY3Z6wFTcgFxuj87 Dude is in the projects behind Lowe's shooting off fireworks after midnight. Not sure there is anyone else to sue but himself.

Yeah, we'll likely follow our daughter, and we have some time considering she's only 6. However, her current top 2 places to live when she gets older are Buffalo (thanks to her cousins) and the planet Mars. Even though I've sworn off winters as well, looks like I have some cold temps in my future either way!

We're far away from that being a real concern. Look at the Eagles spending. Look at how much the cap has been going up YoY with streaming taking hold. Additionally, it doesnt look like Beane/Brady are looking to bring in a #1 WR that commands $30M+/year, nor do we have any young WR that will command as much anytime soon, so that opens 2 more spots at $15M/yr (Cook and McGovern for example). If we need to "skimp" at other spots like TE and not paying Knox $10-15M/yr, or #4 WR and not paying Curtis Samuel $8-10M/yr for his non-contributions, then so be it.

I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but what are the comparable numbers? How many sacks did we have as a team last year? How many sacks did the top 2-3 teams have?

I want to believe... but 8.5 for Bosa seems much higher than my expectations.

I think the obvious point is that they talked to the Dolphins and the Dolphins arent willing to pay his son so they are already off the list, hence the bad-mouthing. To take it a step further, I could also see the Dolphins being so disorganized and dysfunctional that the Samuel camp feels they got treated poorly, lied to, and jerked around.

Same issue as Benford and CBs. There are just too many WRs to name ahead of him.

I'm not sure Benford is even considered the best CB on the TEAM given that Taron Johnson has had recent All-Pro honors, making the 2nd team last year. There are just so many CBs to choose from in this league, and a bunch of others get highlighted more with the amount of man they play.

The problem with all of this is you left out the real source of all toxicity and dysfunction: the owner, Stephen Ross. And even better for Bills fans, nothing will change until the owner changes, and we all know owners dont just sell and walk away. He's riding this out.

As he should be at this point.

I dont think the Dolphins got any picks. Internal promotions dont count. It's if you lose a POC to a GM/HC spot on another team. That's how the 9ers got picks for McDaniel and others. It's a good rule, along with the Rooney rule. Incentivizes expanding the candidate pool outside of the good ol boy nepotism network and opens doors without requiring giving jobs to lesser candidates. We currently have potential possibilities in Terrance Grey and Malik Boyd.