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Yeah, I edited. I meant on offense. Certainly not on Defense. The Pats getting an 80s Giant Defense requires at least 3 losing season drafts at this point.

Is it better to take the sack, than throw to 4?

Let me begin by saying I take no small amount of joy in describing the various ways in which the Eagles suck. For many reasons, this is Great Justice. Yes, that means I will have to praise the Pats in some cases. However, if you've read my other 2 similar posts, you know that I basically tell it like it is. To be as clear as I can be: this game basically tells us nothing about the Pats, other than their Defense is still suspect. Pats ball on their 20 Fancy picture time! (Ha...you thought you were going to get 1st and 10, didn't you? Wrong. Why tell you when I can show you?) The Pats line up w/ 2 Wr 2 TE and 1 RB, and the slaughter begins. Right after the snap of the ball, they are already winning. It's then this: This: This: And this: (Shuddder) Whoa...now that was a whipping. For some reason, the Eagles seemed to have their nickel guys in, or, they are just too small to deal with this running formation. In all cases, the Bills cannot allow themselves to get thrown around like this. Yes, the formation and personnel helped, but the Eagles had no fight in them whatsoever(to my delight!) But, you figure, "So they got a big run. Tom Brady will have to throw it for them to score" Wrong. 6 run plays in a row, last one = TD. All of it looks pretty much the same as above, except on one short yardage play. The Pats took the Eagles...pride? (I could say something else, but...) on their home field, immediately. Brady handed it off 6 times. U G Lee. Clearly the Belechick is making a statement with this. They are going to ignore their lack of WR ability and run the ball. They did it 6 times in a row, so that you know that. But let's see about that Pats defense...(foreshadowing...the OTHER reason they are going to run the ball). Eagles ball on their 23 1st and 10. Pats in 4-3 defense. Eagles run. Eagles Rb hits Pats LB Jarrod Mayo...and drives him backwards 3 yards. Weak as hell. A nudge from a lineman, but still, 5 yards that should have been 2. 2nd and 5. Mayo makes up for it and stuffs the RB this time. No gain. 3rd and 5. No Pats pass rush . Vick has all day to throw it, and after 4 seconds, he does, down the middle for 22 yards. Eagles Wr had 2 steps on his man. Man defense btw 1st and 10. Nifty halfback sweep sorta thing with Vick faking the keeper. Yes, this is a college-looking play. Good for 4.5 yards. Pats looked confused and their left side got road graded backwards 4 yards. Blown completely off the ball. 2nd and 6 TD! WOW! Sorta play action but not very convincing. Vick stands in the pocket for, I timed it, 4.3 seconds but could have stood there for as long as he wanted. Nobody near him and they rushed 5 guys. The RB went from taking the play action fake to blocking a LB. Another LB joined the rush after delaying, so now that's 6 guys rushing Vick, against 7 guys blocking. And still...Vick is just standing there. Meanwhile, Aqib Talib is in single coverage against DeSean Jackson(who is a very nice guy btw). Jackson smokes him, period. They could run that play 100 times, and Talib would be burned 100 times. He's not fast enough to cover above average NFL WR speed. He is completely F'ed if he tries to cover TJ or Goodwin. 4.35 is not 4.1. Period. What's worse? The Pats had 5 guys to cover 3, so Talib should have had help, but Jackson's speed burned the safety as well. However bad the Eagles run D just was? It's exactly as bad as the Pats pass D. Pats ball on their 20 1st and 10. Brady pressured, should have been sacked, and throws it away. Or should I say, Tom Brady gets away with intentional grounding? There was a RB who was 7, not 5 yards away. So bad? Pats announcer actually says he was sacked. 2nd and 10. Brady quick throw to Amendola(new WR) for 6 yards on a comeback rout. Pause: These Pats announcers are buffoons. Now they are trashing Wes Welker, and trying, coyly, to say that Amendola is better... The other guy clearly misses Wes. 3rd and 4. Really nice catch and throw from Brady to UDFA Kenbrell Thompkins(we may be quite displeased that they have this guy) 1st and 10. Ridlely run 5 yards. Nice blocking, but the Eagle D is doing better with the run. Better as in not completely horrible, and some guys were actually around the ball. 2nd and 5. 4 yard pass from Brady to Thompkins. This Thompkins kid looks to be a possession type guy. Yeah, the last thing we want. 3rd and 1. Ridley for 9. Eagles D up to their old tricks. Man, they are really gonna suck this year. 1st and 10. Big play to Aaron Dobson. 20 yards. Perfect throw. Dobson turned around and the ball hit him in the chest. Not much you can do about that. 1st and 10. Ok, so the Eagles pass rush is horrible too. 7 yard pass play in a crossing pattern. Brady could have stood there all day, because the Eagle that did get into the Pats backfield ran right by him. If that's Tannehill, he runs away. Brady just scoffed at him. 2nd and 3. Quick throw to Thompkins works because the CB was playing off by 8 yards, and they only needed 3. They got 6. 1st and 10. TD Bradynice throw to the corner of the EZ. Nice catch and 2 feet in bounds by Ben Vereen(announcer said that ). No, not this guy: Shane Vereen is a Rb. Announcers say he is looking to try and be their 3rd down back. Can't pick up blitz, tho. Hmm...Pats special teams not looking so hot.... Eagles ball on their 27 1st and 10 Vick doest this running back play action collegely thing again with the RB, but this time he keeps it, rolls out to his right, and hits Riley Cooper ....Dun Dun DAHHHH! for 19 yards. Minor boos. Pats annoucners are too busy talking over the play, and telling us what we already know Brady = good, and have completely missed Cooper's catch. 1st and 10. Run play stuffed for loss. Missed blocking assignment, Pats D had nothing to do with that. The guy just whiffed. 2nd and 11. Incomplete. WR open, Vick with a bad throw. 3rd and 11. Vick rolls and throws, but only for 6. Vick just killed that drive by being lazy. He could have driven them down for a TD. I don't they they laid a finger on VIck all day. No reason not to make the throw on 2nd down. It's not like there was anyone rushing to stop him. Punt. That's basically it for the starters...unless you really think Nick Foles has a real chance of beating out Vick. Please. Generally, both Ds were awful. Yeah, yeah, "text book Tom Brady" but, the Eagles have real problems on defense. That's why they keep talking about Brady. Of all the announcers I've heard, these guys are the biggest reality deniers so far. Now, they are asking "how bad is the Eagles pass defense?" Now they getting it. Like I said above this game tells us little about the Pats O, largely because the Eagles D looks so bad. D line is bad, no pass rush, LBs can't tackle/taking the wrong angles, DBs can't cover very well, things look disorganized back there. You let Brady stand around and some WR is going to get open. This game doesn't eve tell us if the WRs are any good. So, Tom Brady going against that? Yeah, I expect a TD too. But, just as certainly as the Eagles D sucks? So does the Pats. Perhaps some are injured? I don't know, but if not, this D is a weakness, and, when you see them run the ball like that? 6 times in a row? They know it sucks. And, the Pats have the same problem as the Jets: they have no depth on defense. Injuries will hurt them. Bottom line: The Patriots could very well be trying to turn themselves into the Giants from the 80s. EDIT: :On offense. On defense? No friggin way.

The Lions ran it 2 times(Edit: 3 times. I forgot about the Bush=Czonka play, because it is...forgettable) against the Jets, and realized that without a super play from Bush, they weren't going to do much inside against them. They never ran it again, until much later. So, I'd say the Jets run D is solid thusfar. The Lions O line wasn't beating up on the D line at any point. The pass is a different story, but, I don't know how much that is O line goodness, vs. play design and Qb play. The Jets backfield zone was exposed repeatedly. Especially with Shaun Hill vs. Jets 2nd team. I'd say the Jets are in trouble a bit with LBs and DBs, especially against an O with more than one good player. They are definitely in trouble if any of their starters on D get hurt. Everybody else is JAG. I wouldn't call Reggie Bush great, but he is good. You put him in the same lineup with the Megatron, and, as I showed above they have to respect him, and they can't double Megatron. That's what I like about this: we have CJ and SJ. The lions just proved that it is there, if you can execute. Thus, it comes down to EJ....and to a lesser degree, making sure that the left guard thing is resolved. I usually stick to the division with this, and of course, the Bills. Unless you really want another game. Convince me, and perhaps. Definitely doing the Bills tomorrow. Probably break it down into 1 thread per half.

Not so with Fitz. That was Trentative/Jauron ball. And, the job is to get it to 1, if 2 isn't there. But that requires that the O line play is good, and that the QB doesn't have Losman patience/brain. The bottom line: dancing, and not running, away from your protection, and not looking to hit any of the other 4 options at all = Sacked, every time.

Lions Jets in Detroit. I wanted to see if there was any perceptible difference between Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith(QBs...in case you haven't been watching ESPN for last 8 years). I also wanted to see how the Jets O line would do against a respectable D line in Detroit. And, I wanted to see how well the Jets D would do against an O that has legit stars on it. Lions ball on their 20. 1st and 10. Decent pass pressure from Jets D line, 4 guys, Matt Stafford looks to dump it off, but it's batted away by Quinton Coples. Nice play for Coples, he knew he wasn't going to get there, so he jumped and batted it up in the air. A slightly different bounce and that's a pick. 2nd and 10. Penalty Jets neutral zone infraction...no play. More Jets Penalties this game than I've seen in years. 2nd and 5. 6 yard run from Reggie Bush. The Jets DT got in and blew up the play that was designed to go up the middle. However, Bush bounced it outside, and hurdled a guy. I'm sure that's on ESPN highlights. D did a great job, but Bush did a better one. 1st and 10 Almost the same play, designed to go up the middle. Jets DL, and LBs are all over it. Great penetration by D line, allowing the LBs free runs into the backfield. Loss of 3. 2nd and 13 Pay attention as this affects you! Lions in a standard 3 WR 2 RB set, one RB on each side of the QB. This is the same "20" formation the Bills run. But, then? Reggie Bush goes out wide. He is now the outside WR. The Jets CB moves over to cover Bush. This means that the LB is now covering Megatron(Calvin Johnson) Yeah...not good. It's fancy picture time! You can see the LB, crapping his pants right here: Isn't there some football team in NY, that has a RB who is scary, who everybody knows can play WR, and also has a WR who is known for his slant ability? See why I said "pay attention"? Yep, here's what can happen out of our "20" formation, and this instantly neutralizes the Jets pass rush. The result? 7 yard slant play to Megatron...and the LB saying "Whew! That could have been a lot worse!" 3rd and 6. Incomplete. Waste of a great play. Same thing: 3 WR set. Reggie Bush again, lines up next the QB, but, again, trots out to play WR...this time in the slot on the other side. Now, the Jets are stuck with a LB on on him. Mismatched. Again. (Keep in mind the Lions are huddling, just imagine this w/ no huddle) Bush Open, of course. Stafford had all day to throw, but lead Bush too much. Bush would have gotten the 1st. Jets got lucky here. Stafford is the only problem with this play. Detroit announcers are Stafford homers, like J-ville were "Blaine" homers. Punt Jest ball on their 10, Sanchez in game 1st and 10 Jets 2 RB, 2WR 1TE set. Both jets tackles get bull rushed back into Sanchez. Sanchez does a nice job of escaping, and trys to hit the checkdown RB who had released out of the backfield. Fail. Bat throw on the run. RB had no chance. 2nd and 10 4 WR 1 RB. Inside hand off goes noplace. The LG was supposed to pull, but he's never going to get there in time. Yes, I understand its a timing play, but the laws of physics...whatever. Another play to tear out of the playbook. 3rd and 9 Jets go 5 WR set O line gives Sanchez good time. UNLIKE Tannehill, Sanchez progresses through his reads nicely, and then finds Spadola? on a nice underneath crossing rout. Everbody knows I have been saying that Sanchez is an ESPN construct made soley out of hype. But, I gotta say, I was just about to think "hey maybe there is..." But I never got the chance because: BUUUTT-fum-BLE! Sanchez turned it over, again. This time by throwing directly to the Lions #1 draft pick. It's fancy picture time: I am tempted to say "this concludes my review of Mark Sanchez, the ESPN monkey-boy side show attraction" out of pity. But, I shall press on: Pick 6 for Detroit. Detroit's new DE, #5 overall Ziggy Ansah? He was doing good already. If you play fantasy with ind. def.? Get him. (Remember when I said "LT/RT blown up" above? That left tackle is Da-Brick, and Ansah ate his lunch.) The pick 6 was just icing on the cake. Is it Da-Brick bad, or Ansah good? Don't know. Probably a little of both, which might means good things for our pass rush. Jest ball on their 20. Buttfumble still at QB. He has played his way into being called Buttfumble for the rest of this thread. 1st and 10 Quick slant 1st down. 1st and 10 Running play loses 2. I have no earthly idea what Da-Brick was doing here. He blocked Ansah, then left him alone, and ran to the 2nd level. Ansah, now free, tackled the ball carrier. Strangest thing. Either execution or play design, or bad blocking assignments at the line? In all cases? Shambles. 2nd and 12. Ahh...this is the play they were trying to run when Buttfumble buttfumbled. FB sneaks out of the backfield to the flank, and Buttfumble hits him while throwing over the head of the oncoming blitzer. Whatever, gain of 2 yards. 3rd and 10. Nice, nice play. The O line does a good job and everybody on the D line is on the ground/going nowhere. Sanchez proves he is better than Tannehill, but looking at 3 different WRs and hitting a late developing rout. Perfect throw, right on the WR. 1st and 10. Play action. Nice ball fake. For nothing. Blatant holding by LG of Jets Peterman, who tries to play it off...pathetically. Derek Roy is more believable. 1st and 20. Wildcat. Small gain. 3 yards? 2nd and 17 Playaction, Screen, Near-buttfumble. Buttfumble threw an awful pass to the RB. They guy tried to get a hand on it, but only succeeded in popping it up, and the Lion S almost had it. But then the RB trucked him. Buttfumble owes that RB $. 3rd and 17 Terrible pass on a checkdown, that the RB made a nice play to get, but, it's not enough for the 1st. Punt. Lions ball at their 19 1st and 10 2 yards and a cloud of dust. Reggie Bush acting like Larry Czonka? Not For Long. Jets D all over that. 2nd an 8 Its fancy picture time! Reggie Bush lines up next to Stafford again, but this time, runs a rout out of the backfield. This is the textbook definition of "flooding a zone": First, look at the yellow. You can see this is right, because the LB has his toes on my line. Now see how we have 2 Lion players in one zone, one right behind the other, but spaced out...just right? And, nobody in LB zone? The CB zone is now: flooded. The LB can't help, because at this point, he is already beaten, he just doens't know it yet. Megatron's diagonal rout to the sideline, and BEHIND the CB, ensures that. The CB has to make a choice of 1 guy to cover, and he already has: Bush. Bush's job is to run flat, not diagonal, to the sideline and ensure the CB follows him, which will open the space behind the CB for Megatron. Megatron catches the ball, near the sideline, behind the CB, and too far away from the Safety for him to do anything about it. The Bills can do this all day with our WRs and CJ/Fred. All our O line has to do is block for 3 seconds. 1st and 10 Megatron again. Nice back shoulder play. Nothing Cromartie could do. 5 step drop, 2 seconds, ball is away. 20 yards. 1st and 10 Pump fake to the right, back to the left for the TD....broken up. Close 2nd and 10 Tried another back shoulder...not on the same page. Incomplete. 3rd and 10 Over throw to the left. FG. Too bad, the Lions petered out. Lions 10-0 It's important to note that the Lions have now begin to shuffle in their 2nd team in rotation, especially the LBs and DBs. 1st team Lions O is done. Jest ball on their 20 1st and 10 Lions Lb tries to go for the ball on the out rout and Fails. Kellen Winslow catches it and has tons of daylight. 23 yards...on a 2nd team LB. Good throw from Buttfumble. See, he's just good enough to trick you. Bottom Line for the rest of Buttfumble's time: This drive ends in a TD, because the Lions D was completely out of position on almost every play. They had no clue on the TD. Busted coverage. So, yeah, the Jets 1st team is better than the Lions 2nd team. Buttfumble: 10/13 125 yards, 1 TD(against backups), one horrible, horrible, most likely game-losing Pick 6. Against Detroit's D with their O? Yes, game-losing. Jets D was OK, but they showed they can be torched for big gains in the passing game. The Lions didn't try to run hardly at all after the first 2 were stuffed. I wish we had Shaun Hill instead of Kevin Kolb. Ok Geno Time: Not gonna do play by play against backups, and Geno got hurt 1: Geno's ball has more zip than Buttfumble's. 2: Smith height may be a problem, but, Buttfumble had one batted away as well. May not matter. 3: Geno has excellent ball fake ability We'll see what happens with Geno's injury...but...if I'm the coach? I can't keep letting Buttfumble be Buttfumble, and have any hope of keeping my locker room together all season. Smith looks serviceable, and he has yet to buttfumble. That is all there is to it, for me. You may disagree. We'll see....

No, times haven't changed. The War on Drugs was just as much of an exercise in futility in the early 70s as it is today. Nothing important has changed at all. We've changed the names of the characters, the wardrobe, and the scenery, but the plot is still the same.

I decided to spend my $19.99 $14.99 (always search for a promo code), and my Friday night, on watching the Dolphins, Jets and Pats games. I shoulda posted this last night but I fell asleep. This thread is what I saw during the Dolphin game. Before we begin, a small comment: Being color blind usually sucks. Not tonight. The Jags new unis must have been a haze for the normal people. Dolphins start with ball: 1st and 10 Counter play, well blocked, 5 yards. 2nd and 5 Sack. Right guard = turnstile. Looks like the RG was supposed get help from the C, but, the DE Marks split them and was on Tannehill before he could do anything. 3rd and 11 Sack. Let me just call this one right now: Tannehill is nowhere near the QB he has been hyped to be. I will now prove this...with the promised fancy pics. First the setup: Yes, unlike last time, the O line has this one blocked fairly well. Or, at least enough to give Tannehill the time he needs. 1 and 2 are covered, for long enough to make Tannehill make dumb decisions. 3's rout has to develop, but as we'll see, 3 is more about clearing space for 4, and later, 5, than it is about actually being a target. Now, understand: it's 3rd and 11, so, 2 is the fisrt read. 2 is going to get the 1st down easily. So, as you can see above, Tannehill is staring 2 down. Staring it down to the point that after first LB lets 2 go, the MLB(POZ) and the safety are both there immediately. You'll see that in the third pic. Anyhow, #4 ends up being the right choice see here: Yep, good ole Ryan still staring down 2. Look at the pic #1, and then pic #2. His helmet never moves. I'm no expert, but IMHO, 4 is the right choice. Yes, with 2 LBs standing there, it may not get you the 1st. But, that guy is open by a lot. Nothing says he can't make a play. When the alternative is what's coming? You throw it to 4. Now would be a good time to say, 1 is going to come open as well, but, Tannehill focuses on 2, and when it's not there? Well, see this: Now 2 is double covered. Tannehill wound up to throw it anyway, but, now seeing the double coverage, pulls it down, and proceeds to get happy feet. 4 is still open, and you can see, 1 is about to be open. 5 is wide open and could get the first. But, instead of staying with the play and progressing through the reads, Tannehill overcommitted to 2 from the snap, failed to make the reads and tried to "run". He ended up running away from his protection, and getting thrown like a freestyle wrestler: As you can see, 4 has been open, 1 is open, and 5 is open. You can also see that half the Jag D line is on the ground, wondering how they ended up with a sack. Tannehil never gave this play a chance, because he only looked at the primary receiver. 3 and out. Moving on: The Jags are in deep trouble on O. It makes evaluating the Dophin Defense pointless, for the most part. Gabbert stinks, but that is old news, nobody is saying he's "going to be great". Look for Tenne to be starting for the Jags by game 4. Joeckle's first NFL experience = getting burned by Cameron Wake and giving up a QB hurry. Jags also go 3 and out. Moving on again: Dolphins ball on their 34. 1st and 10. Run for no gain. Terrible play design. The guys blocked it, but nobody was on the middle LB? He just trotted up the field and made the tackle, untouched. Tear that play out of the playbook. 2nd and 10. Tannehil shys away as soon as the D line starts to get close, and throws it, off his back foot as he dances away, behind the safety valve RB. Incomplete. 3rd and 10. Tannehill flushed out of pocket by a stong rush from the D line...but that only came from 4 guys. O line is very inconsistent. Tannehill nearly throws a pick to the Jag LB along the sideline. No reason for throwing that ball anywhere but to the gatorade guy, instead he hit the LB in the hands. Jags with ball = FAIL. Their O? Isn't worth your time. Dolphins D looks competent against the run, unlike in the HOF game. Moving on: Dolphins ball on their 20. 1st and 10. Hooray! First completion of the day! On the third drive. Good throw, rout and catch, for 8. Brian Hartline. 2nd and 2. Jags D line wins against the run. Gain of a foot. 3rd and 1. Shotgun, play action to rb, 2 O lineman lose their men + nobody open. This one isn't Tannehill's fault, yet. He does a good job of eluding the pressure, and rolls away, then he goes into full Dilfer mode, and tries to throw it off is back foot down the field. Tannehill threw it so that only the LB had a chance to make the catch. Low and behind the WR, and hit the LB in the hands. Not gonna say "should have been INTed" but, the LB did have a chance. Miami has had 3 drives. 3, 3 and outs. 1-4, 2 sacks, and they have < 10 total yards. Yeah, announcer, the Jags coach does have something to be happy about: Miami's O is just as bad as his. Jags with ball. First team to get a first down wins....and yes....it is the Jags who get the 1st first down. How embarassing. Cameron Wake looks as good as ever. Announcer making excuses for "Blaine". Miami announcer should start taking notes. Yawn 5 and out. Dolphins muff the punt but recover. Dolphins ball on their 22. 1st and 10. Hey! Poz makes a tackle only 1 yard behind the line. 2nd and 9. Buddy pass from Tannehil plus bad play design = 2 yard pass, but wait....holding on the Jags. Jags. Perfect name for that penalty, and this team. Pittsburgh people are laughing to this day. 1st and 10. Nice pass from Tannehil to Dustin Keller for ~30 yards. But, yet again, just like above, he stares down Keller the whole way. Both WRs on the other side are more open, one does a great job of it, but he doesn't even look at them. This time, Tannehill doesn't panic, because nobody gets close to him. The line gave him plenty of time, and he just waited until Keller got into the space between the LB and the S. 1st and 10. Yes, Poz reverts to form, and makes the tackle 9 yards down the field on a run. 2nd and 1. Elusive runnig plus counter blocking = nice run. Poz is really silly on this one. 5 yards are gained. 1st and 10. Dolphins RG gets abused again(they better do something here) Tannehill does a good job of getting away, and dumping it off. Gain of 6. 2nd and 4. Incomplete due to Tannehill throwing behind WR. This is the HOF game all over again. 3rd and 4. Another Jag being a Jag by getting a dumb penalty. 1st and 10. TD, by wounded duck pass. Tannehill throws a knuckle ball to the endzone, and is saved by Keller adjusting to the throw, and making a great play. That TD is all Keller. Jags ball. Dolphin defense gets gashed by 3 big runs. So much for Miami's D looking competent against the run. But because they are Jags, the ball gets tipped and picked on the next play.. Dolphins ball. Matt Moore, who less of a chance of starting than Chad Henne does, but, still.... Conclusion: This is a guy who has already played 16 games, and is supposed to be "good" this year? Well, you've seen it, what do you think? Awful is pretty much the norm. The TD he threw was the exception, and the TD was a wounded duck, that was thrown behind Dustin Keller. He made a highlight grab to get it. Yeah, yeah, it's preseason. Remeber, I've watched Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, Tom Brady, Ryan Mallet, Mark Stafford, and Shaun Hill play last night. ALL of them, including ButtFumble, were better by far. None of them locked on to a single receiver. My pedicition? EJ Manuel is ahead of this guy, already. It's really not that bold of a prediction, if you think about it. The way you beat Tannehill? Just get a DL to within 3 yards of him. If he thinks there's any chance that guy might get him? He will blow up the play. That's what he did tonight, every time. It's up to you, but you might want to consider that this Tannehill thing is yet another ESPN (Big Market) boondoggle.

Who the F's "proper project management procedures" are those? Jesus. I'd be asking for the project standard I'm violating by not affixing the blame. This reminds me of my first project manager, and him beating the exact opposite into us...in a Hong Kong accent: "We work problem, not blame. I don't care if Joe F up. Look at him. He is F up. Stupid smile on his face. He stupid. You not. You work and shut you mouth. Maybe I let you go home this weekend. Ahhh....yes(grin)...you like that? See pretty girlfriend? I not tell you again. Eliminate her. You learn, I teach you. Soon you be quite good, like me. No stupid girlfriend. You like me, you buy any girlfriend you want." "Eliminate her" was the best. I kept telling her I had been ordered to eliminate her, and, that the firm looks down on those who don't perform "as expected". It was funny for a while, but then, she really did have to go. No not that way. I found her a dream job with the Navy that meant, in her words, "You know, it's likely I'll never come back, for years?" Yep.

But where's the research science, hypno? You don't understand the material being presented to you...because you hates us, and the precious...research science. Filthy little toad, we don't want to see what it has in it's filthy little pocket, or its link! It burns us! It burns! Whaaaaaagh! If the toaditses gives us the precious...research science. We swears to serve the master. We swears! Doltish liberal: "Don't these idiots know that the Global Warming is hiding at the bottom of the ocean? So, duh, of course the bouys aren't going to show any rise in temperature. They are at the top of the ocean. Jesus. It's such a simple concept. These people just hate research science, and they use poor grammar." Yes, heat doesn't flow...in water. Thermodynamics? It's all crap. That's just Republicans paying off oil company scientists. This is just getting funnier. It had to be "the bottom of the ocean" didn't it? You know what else is at the bottom of the ocean? Whaleshit. It's like asking the 4 year old where she hid the cookies? Or, where she would hide her money so that no one could ever find it. "The bottom of the ocean. Now, can I have some juice?"

Telling the rest of the world it is wrong, without evidence, is the genius here. (you can take umbrage with the word genius, ok, "essence of the scam"?) If they never have any evidence then: 1. they can continuously screw around with their argument of "what is wrong", and use whatever is convenient, as it becomes available. Think: "Oh, it's colder/hotter than usual = GLOBAL WARMING!" (<--inserted solely for BFBF's benefit. Now that is me bringing up Global Warming tangentially.) 2. we can't point to their evidence, and find fault, because it doesn't exist This is learned behavior. They still feel the sting of providing evidence for the "Green Shovel Ready Stimulus". Those of us who actually know economics, know that that was a Keynesian stimulus, without any Keynesian multipliers . Thus, we crushed their "evidence" during the beginning, middle, and end of that debacle. Paul Krugman's ass is still red from that mess. That's why he's been extremely nasty ever since. He knows Keynesian economics too, that's why he baked in his "not enough" excuse 3 months into it. He knew their evidence was bogus, and, he therefore knew that it would fail. The only choice was to find fault with the amount, and not the approach. Yet another argument of convenience..

Yes. Thanks. I love how I can talk about trolling, and troll, at the same time. It's perhaps my best feature. What? I said I didn't get the joke. I get it now. Because you explained it. I didn't need to go where you said...because...you explained it. And, yes, I was just being lazy. Laziness is not my best feature.

Obama Speech: I think his Obamacare comments were reasonable. I'll give you all a second to get ove the shock of me saying that..... From a purely political effectiveness standpoint, it's reasonable. Yes, when implementing new systems, bugs will occur. Yes, a certain amount of change management is to be expected. Yes, exposing it to the real world will show us opportunities for improvement. Reasonable. But, if he wants to put this in terms of engineering? I can do that too. First, define the problem PROPERLY. Obamacare has massive design flaws. Design flaws, especially pervasive ones? You don't treat those like bugs. No. You put the thing on hold. Then, you get EVERYBODY together, no matter how much that sucks, and how much you know it's going to be a contentious meeting, and you put 2 options forward: 1. Rolling back everything that is touched by the flaw, fixing it, and then proceeding from there 2. Throwing out the whole thing, going back to the requirements, and starting over. Then, you don't let anybody out of that room, or, you make it clear that nobody is getting off the hook, until we choose 1 or 2, and immediately constuct a plan. Then, you make it clear that everything prior to this minute no longer matters, and that you will deal with whoever F'ed up, after the project is complete. Well, you do that, if you are an experienced project manager, who has the respect of the project team, because you've shown that you are about the work, and not about the blame/save ass/cover ass horseshit. You do that if you've proven that you aren't going to let egos, epsecially yours, get in the project's way. If Obama wants to play at being project manager? Then he needs to act like one. I've just laid out exactly how that goes.

Hooray! This IS a gift. We haven't had this in a while. Don't anybody ruin it. (You know who you are.) This is post #1 of you not finding the obvious error I put there just for you, and, of you now being fully aware that it is there. Let's see how many posts it takes for you to find it. For everybody else? I'm setting the O/U at 6, but, 2 or less posts is a push. The book is now open. Yes. Grammar. Not your strongest suit, huh? You want to go Round 2 on grammar, with me, Mr. Spinks? Although, I am almost sure that we will find that grammar is not your biggest deficit. Now, as far as material I need to be aware of? What material have you posted? What substance have you brought to this thread? So far, you have merely added humor, unintentionally. This is the second hilarious irony you've shared with us. You are new, so I shall give you fair warning: Look at the posts between your dopey grammar post and this one. Understand all these jackals(myself included) are merely hoping that you say something else, so they can laugh, because they smell blood. This is what we do here. We are all Bills fans, stick together like glue, and even help each other out IRL. But, that is not PPP. Here? So far you are a rookie D-bag, who doesn't even know what she doesn't know. (She? Well, you did call me honey, did you not?) I'm not saying you can't write something useful, honey. In fact, I'm betting we'd all love to see you try. How's about you start with telling me exactly what is wrong with what I wrote above? Hint: The Department of Education is part of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. (And...That makes the last non-mocking hint you will ever get from this handle)

No, this is where OCinBuffalo simply says: I didn't get the joke. That's cause...I have no fear of being wrong. Am I supposed to? And, when have I ever accused anybody of trolling, on this board? I grant that I've done it on the football board. If I have here, I don't recall...

And the reason? Because I forget. That's it. There is no reason other than message board incompetence on my part. Yeah, that's it. I'm jealous, and not repulsed.

Charles the Hammer strikes again.

I'll take Astrobot and mrags(I forgot to give mrags credit elsewhere, so, I'm doing it now) over bleacher report any day. These 2 have outperformed certain members of the "real" media, as well. Especially when it comes to picking up on important details. (see...EJ doing 3 read progression yesterday, when he hadn't before. All we got from the media was "improved". I want the F'ing detail, because I know what that means, and so does pretty much every fan on this board, if they've hung around here long enough) The premise for the article is dumb anyway. Who the hell "disappoints" in training camp, after not having played a single game? Talk to me after the 2nd game. You can't disappoint until then.

hehehe....and while I could praise maddenboy? (Let's be honest. That's not what I do here. ) I'd rather call out: Keukasmallies Wow, not only being wrong, but being snarkily wrong? Nice work. You owe maddenboy something. A beer, 10 naked youtube pushups? Something.

Meh. You know it's like there's some obscure business rule in the architecture that is the Bills Fan Base...that says we have to talk about the team moving, in earnest, at least once a year, or the entire workflow process grinds to a halt, with tokens flying everywhere. This "the team will move to LA/somewhere" has been going on since forever. It's always framed as impending doom. I have news: it is not impending...if it has been impending...for 20 damn years. Am I the only poster who acknowledges the passing of time relative to this issue? Am I the only poster who recognizes the fact that LA is clearly populated with loons, who are doing their level best to keep a team out of there, and have been for 20 years? Look at the state, objectively, from a rational, business perspective, and not from a political, wishful thinking perspective. Who in their right mind wants to drop 100s of millions of their own money/borrow money, just to have the privilege of dealing with those clowns? No businessman, especially not one who has been successful to the billionaire level, looks at that city and doesn't immediately see it as the worst city in the country for an NFL team. Again, the passage of time is key: "LA is a big NFL market" has been an constant, not a variable, for 40 years. But, if LA was such a great market, why didn't it get a franchise 10 years ago, at least? Simple: bad business decision. I'd rather put an NFL franchise in Austin, TX, and yes, deal with the weirdos there. And that's the other problem: other than LA, where the hell is a team supposed to move? Portland, OR? Oh wait! Is it a shocker that this article comes from Portland, OR? Yeah. Check it. Yet another "me too" article coming from people who live in a city with no NFL team. If 5 teams should move, and only 1-2 of the them can go to LA? Then? Guess who can get one of the extra teams? Well, why not Portland? MEEEE TOOOO!

Hmm...there was a book out a few years ago called "The death of advertising and the rise of PR". GG may be on to something. The death of journalism and the rise of PR. If you look at ESPN (insert city here), that strikes me as a lot more PR, than journalism. My only question then is: where's the PR outcome in pushing the Bills? Or, are we the literal definition of "under-served market", and has Carpenter found a niche? It's weird thinking this way...but that doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong.

I read the article and this thread. It's correction time. Mike Schopp is clearly writing from the perspective of never having made any real money. I can get into why, and give examples, and all of that. Waste of time. He simply doesn't know what he doesn't know: the only thing wise people who make real money care about? Ensuring that they continue making real money. Because making real money, over time? That can be turned into wealth. Where they live only matters, if it either increases, or decreases, their chance of making real money. If I told you that I was hiring you in South Dakota, but, paying $255k(or whatever the NFL min is) a year base, no taxes, + a bunch of nice bonuses/benefits? How many of you would drop what you're doing and be ready to meet me in Provo next week? You'd be making real money. Most of you for the first time. Would you care where you lived? If you did that for 5 years, wisely, you'd be set, or at least have a new set of better choices in front of you. People that have never made real money, and haven't learned about the responsibility that comes with wealth, will never understand. More money = more problems? Not really. Only for people who don't know a thing about wealth. Anybody who has a dollar in their pocket knows about money. For those who do know wealth? More money = more solutions. So, yeah, somebody coming from the ghetto, is likely to have no clue about wealth, and will yap endlessly about money. Listen to rap: it's all right there, under your nose. Consider: What happens to lottery winners 80% of the time? They end up flat broke. It might not be because they are dumb. It is because they lack the knowledge + experience = wisdom of turning money into wealth. Of course this isn't absolute. Some people learn quickly. Most don't. However, and NFL/NHL free agent? They've been making real $ for years. Years is the key. However much of an idiot they may/may not have been as a rookie? They learned. They know the drill now. I guarantee that Mario William's decision to go to the Bills, has a hell of a lot more to do with "how likely am I to play every year of this contract, which will allow me to create the maximum amount of wealth" rather than "look, there's deer in Jim Kelly's back yard!" The job is to hang in there, making real money, for as long as possible. Look at Steve Tasker. That's an object lesson in "ensuring that you continue to make real money". Anybody think Steve wishes he played in NYC, for the Jets? Again, it's about wisdom, and about knowing what to do when you start making real money. I was in training with Steve Tasker's first cousin. That's a very wise family, and the results? They are obvious, both tor Steve, and his cousin.

Marginalize? Dude, the Democratic party has been avoiding the Entitlement Reform issue, with gay marriage, Global Warming, race, health care, and everything else they can use as a temporary distraction. But, all of it had always had an expiration date. Those expiration dates have passed. None of it, none...of...it, will ever get them off the FDR/LBJ = FAIL hook. Short term thinking then, short term thinking now. Over time, the "libertarian concept" approaches the inevitable. At some point you reach the end of the road, and hit a wall, and the can, can't be kicked, because when you kick it, it just comes back at you. Margaret Thatcher: "At some point you run out of other people's money". I don't expect a hopeless dreamer like you to ever want to deal with this reality, but, soon you're going to have no choice. We can't just keep borrowing, and, we can't raise taxes any more. We have to get serious about spending, and, we have to get serious about punishing the bad behavior that has caused your ideas to fail. Period. That you never seem able to factor in bad behavior, BEFORE we go forward with one of your dopey ideas? It's a valid ?, but beside the point.

Provided that geometry lesson was followed by a geography lesson, sure. I am unaware of Obama being unable to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he could not. He certainly doesn't know much about symmetry. Look at the Russian Reset Button. He made himself Putin's B word in his first term, and now, he's surprised when Putin tells him to bend over? The ONLY reason he did this was to support the far-left idiot constituency, who couldn't be more wrong on foreign policy: look at the results. It's all too bad. Obama had a lot of promise, but has squandered it all, and this IRS scandal, and how he got re-elected = dividing the county down to tiny segments, has nearly sealed his fate. The only thing he has is time. He has the time to turn this around, and start being practical. Accept the blame, be accountable, promise to do better, and start finally performing his duties, up to standard. For once, act the President of the United States, and not of the local rabble rousing club. But, I'd give that a 10% chance of happening. It's so bizarre. That the wave the Democrats enjoyed in 2006...can be completely undone by the ego and petulance of a single person. He's already destroyed their House gains. The Senate is soon to follow, unless he gets his act together. The first thing he has to do is take the blame for the IRS scandal. Take the blame, and then clean house, to include sending people to jail. He would gain instant credibility, and that would give him an opening to begin working on his agenda with Congress. What could the Republicans do? Keep saying that he's a turd? A turd doesn't make the hard decisions, and hold himself accountable. That is, if Obama truly had nothing to do with this. If he did? Well, it's going to be a long 3 years....

Horseshit. I didn't bring up consensus. I just ran with it. Besides, you're just crying because you know the research science on Global Warming is in deep trouble. Explain why the very same scientists you've been quoting for sooooo long..... ...have just downgraded their predictions by 40%? Yes, that's right, they are now saying the the climate's sensitivity to carbon is only 60% what they thought it was. A 40% change...based on nothing other than: the passage of time has proven their earlier predictions to be false. There hasn't been any new research science. The only thing that has changed is: it is simply not happening. We've already seen this much backpedal. Nothing says there won't be more. Ask yourself: what is to stop them from downgrading their predictions yet again? Dude, I'm not even close to being in the "wrong side". There won't be sides in the end. You/they will spin their way out of ever being on a side. You watch. In fact here's how this is going to go: all the environtologists will do is cling to a tiny bit of man made climate change, and this way, you can never say they were wrong. But, for reasonable peoople? We are at the beginning, just the beginning, of the HUGE backlash. As soon as this really gets going? You watch: these people WILL turn on each other, and thus, there will be no "side". We'll all be on the same side: you'll be pissed because these peoople took you for a ride, and I'll be at them and you, which of course will make you even more pissed, which will make me more, but, both of us will want to see these people flayed, alive, publicly. It will be great to agree on something, won't it?