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I never actually met Donald Jones but I only picked up on that he was Plainfield, NJ born and raised after he retired (it’s not far from where I grew up. I still shop in the city quite a bit). I gained a lot of respect for him over the years. Besides still being very much a Bills fan in retired life he’s now the head football coach at Plainfield High today trying to mentor the youth. I know when he was a Bill I sort of used to think couldn’t we have at least a drafted receiver. But then there’s the perception of look how hard he worked to became a pro being undrafted. What like .001 percent of high school football players make it as far as he did.

File this under admire instead of love: Lamar Jackson I was skeptical early on that he was anything more than just a (very impressive) running QB and I was wrong. But the real admiration came after we beat him in the playoffs last year. The juxtaposition of how he manned up on the post game handshake vs. how he let his emotions out in the locker room resonated with me. I'll root for the guy when it doesn't affect the Bills.

as often echoed in this…. personal liability with legal consequence vs integrity of the product in the field

Yea, the 25 age would never be ruled constitutional, but it would be effective. Before everyone spent their time behind screens, we used to go out to clubs, drink and hang out as young men. We went places and did activities with our peers. That is also what seems to be missing from many young men as they brew their hatred of others in isolation or with toxic crap on the internet. Remember the anti smoking public education campaigns years ago. I think they were largely successful in changing public behavior. I would support something like that with guns. Of course the gun lobby would stop it but I can dream…. Personally, I think far too many people buy guns without fully understanding and accepting the supreme responsibility that is assumed with that purchase. The gun is sitting in the house, waiting forever to do its job. People buy it, practice with it a bit, forget about it, get tired of it, maybe their feeling of being in danger is gone, maybe their mental health status changes, maybe their kid now becomes a young distraught man, maybe they just get old and die and the gun still sits there, waiting to be used. Guns last longer than the people who purchase them, thus they are everywhere. Safe storage laws, prosecutions of negligent parents, PR persuasion campaigns to turn them in or discourage their purchase, liability insurance requirements (probably unconstitutional, but I think would be effective). It’s a wicked problem and one without easy answers but to do nothing is also not an answer.

Two kids shot dead while at church praying and you’re still doing your oddball red font highlight (you’re soooo clever!!) AND making jokes. What a disgusting person you are. Can’t wait to see what you highlight here. What a weird person, you ***** oddball. But the jokes during a discussion about kids shot dead in a church pew are really on brand for you.

I'd be thrilled with that. I'm expecting more around 55 catches for 600 to 700 yards. Palmer and Shakir I'm counting on getting more targets.

Rice isn’t without options if he, or any player, feels the league is being unfair. And the conversation ends..

On another topic but closely related…. 18, is that really the age we become adults and act accordingly? I know when I was an “adult” at college, I was really far from it. I do think the human mind needs more than 18 years to develop to full maturity. Maybe we just call it 25 to own a gun, vote, drive, etc… but then the parents need to sign up for a much longer incubation period

Draft perceptions are funny. Fans universally hated the Coleman pick and loved the Bishop pick. They hated the TJ Sanders pick but loved the Landon Jackson pick. It's still very early for all of those players but the exact opposite perception looks more accurate as of now.

Not sure how I never noticed that he was the guy you wanted in the draft. 👍🏻 eager to see how much the added strength helps in the run game. He had some nice pancakes last year. I felt that Mack was such a big part of our run and rac game last season, but Palmer can be an asset as a run blocker too. I wonder if we use less 6 OL this year due to the addition of Hawes. 9 days away

Guns per 100 people: US: 120.5 Canada: 34.7 Switzerland: 27.6 Sweden: 23.

Yes and those games were much more physical and violent too. Both rosters were more stacked from top to bottom than the top contenders in today's era. The game has changed a lot over the years. If you haven't watched it yet I think you would appreciate the series on netflix. They did an entire episode that focused on the Cowboys-49ers rivalry

Maybe for security or TV crews to get around easier?

You gotta admit Nike is genius, use the number 1 buffalo which requires zero thought, and have them play in these wintry blizzard jerseys in early October when we are in fall. Fickin brilliant.

No, I don’t think there will ever be clear cut definitions and answers there, and I don’t blame them, it’s a difficult answer. In the meantime, at least the rest of the public can do is not be forced to be restricted and watch their 6.

Yes, that’s literally the point I’m making. They have much less gun violence and violent crime in general despite still have very high gun ownership rates. So blaming gun violence in America solely on the fact that gun ownership is legal is dishonest. Thank you for agreeing with me.

Keon was my guy before that draft. In this year's bold predictions thread I predicted he will lead the team in receiving yards and receiving TDs, with 8+ TDs. I'll stick with that prediction. He worked his ass off this offseason including workouts with Allen before training camp started. Between that and the training camp reports I'm fully bought in that we are going to start seeing that physical upside unlocked. That being said I'm not going to predict superstar production. I'd still bet on under 1,000 yards even as our #1. I expect us to run the ball a ton this year, possibly even more than last year whether fans like it or not. I envision a personnel grouping of Coleman, Palmer, and Hawes punching opponents in the mouth. No one tracks run blocking stats but it will be a big part of his game this year.

“It’s not a gun issue; it’s a mental health issue.” I’m so glad my friends on the right are finally supporting universal health care. And by that reasoning, apparently we are the only 1st world country with a mental health crisis. Disregard how many guns we have, we just over-index by a thousand fold on mental health issues I guess. The leading cause of death in people under 18 (that’s children for those not following along) in this country is gun related. But nope, no gun problem here; just a bunch of maniacs that need some lexapro…. by orders of magnitude over any other wealthy nation. Do you hear how ridiculous you sound? Nevermind, you don’t.

I believe both of these are honest answers and likely stuff we can all get behind. To Andy how do you stop a parent from giving to child and to rusty I ask is there any definition of mental illness that could pass muster with our Congress? Also to Andy the 25 would be a sticking point since we let 21 years all.pther rights.

He might be top 5 most positively influential people when talking about our teams success

Huge over

I went with jury’s still out. Because I just can’t get silly optimistic. I’d be thrilled with feeling very good.

My opinion will differ than many around here. I don’t think there should be much restrictions on gun laws for every day Americans. But for felons (easy to define) and mentally ill (much harder to define) need to be quite restrictive. I don’t know how to draw a line in the sand for mentally ill but there are definitely at least red flags that should trigger higher levels of review… Changing your name from Rob to Robin and mutilating yourself would at least seem like a good place to start.

This is what I’d been hoping for for years. As much as I bash Beane I love the O line and running backs he has gotten us and love Kromer being the coach.