GaryPinC
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Root against Miami and Dallas, also Philly unless they're playing one of the other two. Miami for obvious reasons, Dallas because of the whole "America's team crap and the high percent of token, bandwagon, useless fans. Philly because of the high percent of vindictive a-hole fans.
Everyone else, it just depends on who's playing. Usually root for the underdog.
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9 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
This is a situation that the Bills are about to have to tackle. If these first 2 games are an indication, we will be replacing at least 1 coordinator next year. I think that both guys will get looks and at least 1 (probably Brady) will be gone.
Joe Brady is regaining that “boy genius” reputation that he had at LSU. Someone will hire him to work with their young QB (Bears maybe). Teams have so much riding on their young QBs that they can’t afford to miss. Brady, Slowik, Johnson and Kubiak are all younger offensive minds that I think will be HC candidates.
Babich is the young, fiery, DC. He comes from the McDermott tree. For years, McDermott has been able to keep the system working regardless of the players. Babich has led different position groups and is now the DC. I could see an underachieving team taking a shot on him (Jacksonville maybe).
Definitely agree about one or both being gone IF success continues. It's a great problem to have and to counter it you have an established HC who knows what he needs in a replacement. He has guys he can develop on staff but also pays attention to what's in the league.
McD strikes me as the kind of detail-oriented guy who will perfect how he chooses. I'm sure he learned between Dorsey and Brady.
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15 hours ago, RoscoeParrish said:
I’m confused at what you’re trying to say.
The Bears kept lame duck Eberflus, who has shown nothing at the NFL level, and already had a first round QB fail under his watch.
If the Bears and/or Caleb flounder, he will be the first to go. Then they will be forced to bring in another coach, who may or may not be committed to the previous investment of a #1 overall pick.
And ultimately, these teams NEED to hire coaches who are 100% committed to getting that investment to succeed.
The Browns did this with Baker. They kept a terrible HC in Hue Jackson when they brought in Baker. They of course dumped him MID YEAR, brought in another terrible HC in Kitchens, then finally landed on Stefanski, who wanted to move on from Baker immediately. They threw away Baker’s development because the HC didn’t want him. They threw away the investment of pick #1 for the HC.
The Panthers are doing the same. Young has been truly awful, but if he isn’t Canales’ guy, it’s a total waste of the investment.
There was some friction with Stefanski, but I agree with the article that it was primarily Haslam meddling again. The FO wanted "an adult in the locker room" so they brought in a pervert. Smooth move Jimmy.
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1 hour ago, Chicken Boo said:
Are we re-writing history now?
He had 1 good season in Cleveland. Yes, there was a lot of turnover with coaching, but thems the breaks. He didn't play well for the most part.
He's playing well now, but he also has a nice supporting cast on offense. I'd put him in the same category as Geno Smith.
Albany covered Mayfield's two good seasons quite well, but let's be real. Them's the breaks?? Hue Jackson (3-33-1, 2-5-1 in 2018) was his coach for half a rookie season replaced by Greggo Williams. After the season no one likes Greggo and there was a sense that Freddie Kitchens really made Mayfield effective 2018 so they made Kitchens a first time head coach for 2019. That was a one season disaster and Kitchens will never be a head coach again.
Mayfield did well under Stefanski in 2020 and in 2021 dislocated/tore his labrum in his left shoulder the second game of the season. It totally killed his accuracy, especially throwing to the right side. I live in Cleveland and watched it happen. Mayfield was injured the entire season, reinjuring the shoulder and adding on a knee injury.
On top of that, 2021 was Mayfield's contract year so both him and the FO wanted to see if he was worth a big contract. Mayfield has also confessed to having an attitude problem during his time there. It was no surprise Cleveland bolted on him but it was also very wrong they kept playing him as injured as he was.
As said already, Mayfield's no Josh Allen but he's a fairly accurate passer with a above average arm. Not fast but slippery and some scrambling ability. Good at making reads pre-snap and overall good field intelligence. Glad to see him get his career back on path. Not a big fan of his personality, but he can play. For me, he's a cut above Geno Smith but not in the elite group.
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42 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
Didn't watch the game that was the call? That's so dumb, there's no way they were calling it like that all game, when it gets down in the 4th the refs should let them battle it out more not less. It should be blatant to warrant a flag effecting the outcome of the game.
I saw the game. Did you watch the replay? That was blatant. The only thing dumb was the Cincinnati defender. He came up directly behind, elbowed the KC receiver in the back of the head driving his head down and body chucking him before the ball ever got there. I can understand a controversy if it's a hail Mary scrum or they're battling side by side, but one on one from behind before the ball arrives on 4th and 16? Rightfully called.
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10 hours ago, NI Bills Fan said:
I think McDermott is more aggressive than most give him credit for.
The cautious nature of 4th down decision making in this game (linked below) hangs over him I think. First game that came to kind for me when reading this thread.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/bills-sean-mcdermott-field-goal/l1j3k25bn9h1swiudy3o30yw
Thanks for posting this, I feel that McDermott played conservative and a lot of field position in his early years and over time began loosening up. But I felt like after this loss he really opened up his fourth down decision-making to what it is today. Continuous improvement.
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6 hours ago, Simon said:
If you were in my living room, I might kick you in the shin.
I'd kick him well higher up than that, lol! We're not even two full games in, let's give it a few more weeks please!
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6 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:
Wtf was going on with that field it was like an ice skating rink
I noticed it right away. Couldn't believe it's in such bad shape so early in the season. Crumbly and small chunks everywhere. I think they had a lot of green painted dirt too.
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5 hours ago, Billznut said:
NFL live today talked about how the Bills have the most run plays in the NFL since Brady took over as OC last year. I couldn’t believe we lead the league in runs. Not crazy about that really, not with Josh as our QB, but I know it’s what McDermott wants. It’s a big reason Dorsey was fired, McD wants to be more of a running team and obviously Brady will do as he’s told.
Maybe, but I don't think so. Brady is going to figure out what works and go with it. It may look different every game.
We have a strong OC who understands using one play to set up a future play and isn't bound by his own ego to call one style of offense.
I'm just praying he's back next season but am not confident in that.
We also have a ton of change at the WR position and games like this buys us time for them to gel with JA while still racking up the W.
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3 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Not voting for a convicted felon who tried to overturn an election and threatens to be a dictator day1 would be common sense.
So many reasons. The guy pulls a BS blurb from social media and uses it in a presidential debate. Who truly wants a social-media ***** as president? With a complete lack of critical thinking? How many magA ssholes gripe about the younger generation stuck on their phones/social media and think nothing about supporting this guy?
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1 hour ago, uninja said:
I literally don't understand the reasoning behind trading for Watson. Like nothing about it makes sense at all
He was completely toxic after the all that stuff came out
He wasn't THAT good
The Browns roster had made the playoffs the year before and only missed that year due to injuries
It's not like Baker was any worse than Watson when he was healthy
There wasn't a PR benefit to trading for him, the talent part was basically a push. They gave away money and draft capital, while making their team a pariah for little to no benefit skills wise
Haslam's direct perspective:
"Everybody understands that in the NFL it’s all about the quarterback, right?" Jimmy Haslam said. "Kansas City Chiefs have been to three of the last four Super Bowls, won two of the last three. Why? They got No. 15 (Patrick Mahomes), right? So everybody understands the importance of quarterbacks. ....... Quarterbacks in their prime — (the Green Bay Packers') Aaron Rodgers is 39 now and still a phenomenal player — but quarterbacks in their prime don’t come in the market when they’re 26. So we reached out and grabbed Deshaun."
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4 hours ago, KingBoots8 said:
For most people, yes. But most people didn’t get $230 million dollars to help forget what people say or think. If someone came up to me right now and said “Here’s $230 million, all guaranteed, but people are going to talk crap about you.” I’d sign the paper. Who cares what people think? I now have enough money to live comfortably forever and never even need to concern myself with that crap.
His reputation was already ruined in the public eye. Even if he wins people will hate him. Might as well get paid and flip the world the bird when you head home in your super car to your mansion and sleep on your piles of money.
I refer to Watson as "pervert" but can't agree he is just mailing it in. He's put a lot of effort to try and fill the role, but he will keep getting injured until he learns to protect himself better.. His throws are mostly a fraction late and he struggles to see the defense at times. Playing time might help but he's in a catch-22 with injuries and I saw the same situation yesterday. He took a couple bad hits.
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4 hours ago, Punching Bag said:
He knew what he was getting into when he took job - bad ownership, dysfunctional QB, etc. Sometimes it is best to pass opportunity to wait for better one.
2x coach of the year with a background in offense to serve as a mentor. I'd take Andrew Berry over Beane in a heartbeat. Beane is good but Berry is just a cut above. Haslam has stuck his nose in once or twice but is hopefully learning and otherwise a solid owner. I can't fault Dorsey's choice.
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3 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:
Entering his 10th season in the NFL, Diggs has designs on where he’d like to be next.
His first catch for the Texans will likely put him over 10,000 career yards (he’s five short right now), and he’s done the math to know that he needs about 4,000 more to move into Hall of Fame territory. “I pay real close attention,” he says. “This ***** is not a game to me.”
The fact that Diggs is keeping a close count is one of the reasons he’s a frequent discussion topic among people who get paid to talk about football for a living. In a sport where players are expected to abide by a platitudinous “there’s no I in team,” he’s certainly not quiet about wanting the ball.
Which, if you ask him, is a preposterous line of criticism. “I don’t know one star in any sport that doesn’t want the ball,” he says, when I bring this up. “If you ain’t getting the ball, and it’s not a problem, you ain’t no competitor.”
Still, this offseason was the second time Diggs was traded—before the Bills he played for the Minnesota Vikings—and both times, critics wondered: Why trade away a bona fide, offense-making superstar unless his sure hands also came with some great headaches?
Diggs, for his part, sees it differently. “None of those teams wanted to get rid of me,” he says. “Things had to shake because I kind of wanted them to shake.”
So he called his shot and got what he wanted: another new beginning, with a team that is loaded with offensive talent—and that’s very excited about Diggs’s competitive fire.
“When you watch the film on him, he jumps off the tape in how competitive he is,” says Bobby Slowik, the Texans’ offensive coordinator. “That is why we fell in love with his style of play.”
The goal is nothing less than a Super Bowl, and now is the time: Diggs turned 30 last season, and despite the fact that he hasn’t missed a game due to injury in nearly six years, Father Time eventually jams up even the shiftiest route runners.
“They say it’s rough,” Diggs says, when I bring up him approaching the big three-oh. “That’s just what they say.”
He knows what’s at stake and he also hears what’s being said—and, as usual, would prefer to be the one making moves and doing the talking. “I love the noise,” he says.
“Push me in the corner, I’m gonna show you my best *****. I’m a person that enjoys being doubted.
I enjoy proving people wrong, but also, I enjoy doing it for myself.
Everything I say I am, I am. I’m standing true to it. And every time I prove myself right, everybody disappears.
I like when they get quiet.”
Thanks for posting this, it says a lot about how Diggs sees the world.
What does Diggs want? He's acutely aware he's about to surpass the 25,000 yard mark (Pro HoF territory), he prides himself on trying to be perfect. He's very individualistic in his views but also was a team captain here and by all public accounts a motivated, good teammate.
LeBron James was never going to play his entire career with one team. One of his desired legacies was to win multiple titles through different teams and he knew that. He's always known where he wants his career to go, and Diggs is the same way.
Diggs wants to leave his mark on the game by winning at least one Superbowl and being in the HOF. In his mind, he has to feel the team he's on can do it relative to where his career is, in our case, he's going to be 30 soon. He's going to give his all and be a leader with whatever team he's on, but he won't hesitate to move on when he feels a team won't help him achieve those goals.
I think he started to see that happening, I suspect his primary issues were with the FO more than Allen, but he decided, antics and check-outs ensued. It was time and the FO agreed.
One thing's for sure, he's going to dictate how he achieves his goals. Good teammate but the team is just a tool to him.-
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On 8/28/2024 at 1:05 PM, TBBills Fan said:
Some type of laughter, with the obvious question "why do you still have it" comes from the girls least likely to cut me in my sleep
So how's it worked out? My gut reaction thinks you've got it backwards but you're very much alive!😂
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19 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:
Don't make your bed! Here's why:
https://www.today.com/home/scientists-keep-mites-away-leave-your-bed-unmade-every-day-t43496
"...Those who are terrified of creepy crawlies may want to stop reading now. Here's why: Leaving the bed unmade, according to scientists who spoke with the BBC, allows the million or so dust mites who share the sack with you every night to die off. This should come as a bit of a relief to people who don't make like their bed, much like — according to his wife, Christina Geist — our very own Willie Geist. ..."
From what I can see, based on a computer model projection from 2005. The next stage of this research was actually going to prove it and then the research was never heard from again.... 😂 Except in articles quoting the original unproven assertation!
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50 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:
True story. I have a drawer of left cloths and items from previous lady's who have spent time at the love castle.
I allow the really good new lady's to peruse the drawer for any wanted items.
They don't realize it's all a test and their reaction to this drawer of cloths is what I'm interested in.
I'm curious. What reaction are you hoping for? What constitutes a "pass"?
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2 hours ago, Biden is Mentally Fit said:
You’ve got me on the edge of my seat. One side? Which one? Thanks in advance.
Poor choice of words, my apologies. I meant each side.
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1 hour ago, All_Pro_Bills said:
Not everybody.
There are a lot of posters that believe critical thinking means believing in "experts" paid for their views by (the powers in charge) (Trump/MAGA) and never questioning anything the (government and the MSM) (right wing Xers and alt right news organizations) tells them to believe. They are what I might call "drones".
It's the same on both sides, pick your parentheses. Critical thinking involves being open to all sources and judiciously distilling your most educated guess where the truth lies. Almost always, bits and pieces are in both sides.
The problem you have is one side enjoys finger pointing at the other while never turning it on themselves.
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13 minutes ago, Pokebball said:
Yep, both sides now embrace the same tactics to enforce what they see as "correct"
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One of the biggest problems we've had over all the years is the lack of a dominant defensive front. Got to be able to rattle Mahomes to have a chance in the playoffs.
Our playoff "next men up" defense did about as good a job as they could this year vs the Chiefs. They gave up 7 yds per play, but KC was 1/5 on third down, we also held them under 400 yds (361) but benefitted a significant TOP advantage, roughly 37 min to 22.
People can read as much as they want into things but we were missing a number of playmakers behind the D-line. 27-24 loss, the game came down to the Diggs drop, the defense was adequate and the best we were going to get for that day
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1 hour ago, SectionC3 said:
Does the fumble exist if the "all-pro" receiver doesn't drop the dime they took the whole game to set up? The score was what the score was. We took the champs to the limit with a bunch of scrubs filling in on D. Context does count, and nobody can fault McD for that approach.
Amen. To win those playoff games, you need your playmakers to step up for those handful of plays.
In all three facets of the game. Our D did a great job considering.
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39 minutes ago, sherpa said:
Assessed value is an unrealized capital gain.
Somebody is appraising the value, without a transaction, (thus the "unrealized" nomenclature), and taxing us based on that "unrealized" value.
Capital gains are an appreciation of assets. It doesn't matter what the asset is.
Thus, the unrealized appreciation of a property, allowing the local gov to charge more tax, is an unrealized capital gains tax.
Appraised value and assessed value are two different things. Appraised value (market value) determines the change from the previous appraisal to give gains or loss.
Assessed value (taxable value) is part of what determines your taxes in conjunction with the property tax rate. Assessed value is typically lower than appraised value and can change yearly at the local legislative level. Property tax rates can change yearly for things such as school levies. You can appeal and contest the appraisal value directly to the county auditor.
Therefore, your property taxes DO NOT have to change in direct proportion to your unrealized gains or losses, rendering your argument incorrect. It's an assessed value/tax rate change not an unrealized gains tax.
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Just now, sherpa said:
Really?
I "use" my property no more now than I did when I built this house, yet my tax has gone up 40% since then.
Strictly based on assessed value, by some non voted on County puke.
I don't derive any value on a yearly basis.
Thus, it is an unrealized capital gains tax, which I pay yearly, based on somebody's estimation of what it is worth.
No it's not. Assessed value plays a part in your taxes but it's not based on unrealized capital gains. We have some communities in the Cleveland area which are almost all residential and their property taxes are significantly higher than mine for the same market value house. Reason is no corporate taxes get extra tacked onto property taxes.
If you and your neighbor own the exact same market value house, same size house, same size property. In Ohio, your property taxes would be the same. Assume you both paid the same price for each house, you put in $60,000 in improvements, him none, and you both sell for the same price.
Your capital gains are different than his. Please explain to me how property taxes are a tax on unrealized capital gains?
Josh Allen vs Patrick Mahomes: The changing of the guard?
in The Stadium Wall
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Absolutely Josh and the entire offense are playing awesome football and Josh is at the top of his game right now. It was the varsity offense vs JV defense last night.
But to me, a changing of the guard is a changing of a standard for consistency and greatness over time. It has not been long enough yet, and part of being the "guard" of the entire NFL is inexorably tied to results. Because enough of the league and fans have to buy in.
Josh has had amazing runs in the past only to revert to tunnel vision hero ball with turnovers. It's his biggest weakness.
The Chiefs offense is struggling as a whole right now, especially with their turnstile left tackles. The team struggled last year part of the year also, having to come play in Buffalo. But they overcame.
Things can change quickly in the NFL. I'll need to see where both QB's and their teams end after the season before declaring a changing of the guard