GaryPinC

As disgusted as I am by perv Watson, you are right on with this. Equally important in my mind is almost all these women involved settled for cash and no admission of his guilt and ran with it. I guess their individual horrors had a finite price. 24 cases, all very similar circumstances and behavior. No criminal charges were brought, have to assume a lack of evidence, but I feel like convincing a jury in a civil case was pretty much a slam dunk. Despite the hurt feelings, feelings were assuaged by quick, lucrative payouts. I hope the NFL pushes for more. What I really hope is the NFL changes the rules and finds a way to come down hard on the Browns. Teams shouldn't be able to negotiate contracts when a player is facing a criminal situation. I firmly believe scumbag Haslam gave pervert Watson the guaranteed deal to empower Watson the financial support to pay everyone off and be minimally accountable. The saddest part for me is Watson is not accountable to correct his behavior and the Browns tampered with the entire process. Would Watson have been able to pay everyone off without the new contract?

Ok, who are some specific examples of each? I can think of Baker Mayfield as an example of starting hot then fizzling, so we'll see how he goes this year. Beyond specific examples, how do you separate blaming coaching staffs versus the QB not having the mental fortitude and/or processing abilities to be effective?

Always amazes me after a QB like Darnold washes out, people will say the Jets ruined him, a la EJ Manuel and Trent Edwards. Manuel moved on to the Raiders and Chiefs before retiring. 4 coaching staffs saw him, he simply wasn't an NFL QB. He does hold the record for only QB to lose in 4 different countries though! (US, Canada, England, Mexico)

Can you really say anything about how injury rate affected the Texans in 2020 or did they just suck regardless? There's no clear trend with increasing injury, it's just a cluster of spread data with San Fran and Dallas as outliers. Not like it follows the drawn line in any way, hinting it's an incorrect analysis. "Right now, few public metrics capture the impact that injuries can have on a team’s on-field performance. " https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-data-study-war-adjusted-injuries-lost The point of the article is to use Bayesian statistics to predict how much teams W-L records have been affected by injuries and ultimately attempt to predict how records will be affected by sustained injuries in-season. It's a valiant but seemingly feeble attempt as they tie it to pre-season records. Gotta start somewhere though. I can find zero basis for the "we're due for a rash of injuries" you seem to feel the data supports. They do make the point with a chart that injuries are random and unpredictable so I guess you can claim karma but they don't deal with that here. Injuries have 3rd least affected our W-L record compared to preseason. Great. I feel like their time would be better spent comparing injury rates between established teams with consistent coaching and training staffs versus teams with high turnover of personnel and/or coaches year-to-year. I would guess poor training staffs and players being out of position or confused due to inexperience and/or new Coordinators would have the biggest impact on injury rate above baseline.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-62276831 https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/lightning-ignites-fire-wind-turbine-225448407.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/burning-wind-turbine-spins-smoke-corkscrew-in-texas/vi-AAZTci3?li=BBnbfcL File this under Albwan refusing to admit he's wrong.

Honestly, we need a multi-party, coalition system like Europe. I know most don't want to hear that, but here's why I think that. Back before electronic record-keeping and search engines, politicians could work a back room deal and stretch their party's platform to accomplish legislation and hide it deep in the Congressional Record. Nowadays it's extremely difficult as your own party will find that one instance and kill you with it in the primary. I feel part of Congress not getting anything done in recent years is because of the fear this visibility creates. If you had more parties, with only one or two crucial platform issues, then that would create less accountability for non-crucial issues and the flexibility of coalitions to get more legislation passed. I don't know how we could make this happen, especially because the reps and dems won't give up power easily at the state and local levels.

Yep, part of Frazier being too nice = not enough passion, aggression, fire and goal driven to be successful. And now his age also works against him. Think about McDermott and how in his first two years how cautious he was on offense and how much it's changed since then. Nice guy, but fiery, concise, and goal driven. Frazier's hit his ceiling, those in the league that don't see it, McD and the Pegula's trying to lobby him a HC job after last season sealed it.

To summarize his notebook: Gabby fell in the raging creek, hit her head and became extremely hypothermic as we failed to get back to our car because it was dark and cold. Made a fire, she was in extreme general pain, kept falling asleep but I was afraid she would die so I kept waking her up. Finally we decided the best thing to do was strangle her. And I'm killing myself not because of any trouble I might be in, but because I can't stand living without her!

Even more pathetic of you snowflake. But I'll play. Can you tell me the actual level of fraud in the 2016 election and how it helped Trump take office? And I'll accept your point that fraud allegations were going on longer but it contradicts your assertion that opinions of concern = fact of fraud. There have been multiple elections where widespread fraud has never been proven and thus not occurred. Trump had 4 years to ensure proper personnel to police the election, especially given the Q-driven deep state goofiness. Why didn't he get that done? If mail-in ballot changes were so unconstitutional, why did his "Kraaken" team of ###### lawyers not exclusively focus on this instead of machine and counting irregularities? Has any state or federal agency declared these mail-in changes unconstitutional? I've not heard a one. Finally, when you were of the flesh, I remember you posting on here emotionally creaming your pants repeatedly over the Barr appointment. Then once he speaks the truth of the election, he's part of the conspiracy. If you truly want to ascend to a better place, perhaps you should seek actual truth instead of delusional excuses. I agree with you, but she still handled it better than Trump has! He hasn't gotten past the denial stage. 😂

As much as I hate Hillary Clinton at least she handled the results with far more class than Trump.

Why would it be at an all time low when we learned in 2016 the Russians were meddling in our elections? Why would it be at an all time low when both sides and the press (right and left) made such a big deal about it leading up to the 2020 election. How did Trump get elected in 2016 then not in 2020 If there was widespread fraud both times? Even Trump's government agencies overseeing the 2020 elections said there was no fraud: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/its-official-election-was-secure Taking a poll of people's perceptions and opinions as righteous proof of fact? Completely pathetic.

My original point was to Promo who claimed the Bills were keeping Fitz at arm's length when my impression was the opposite. Beane did an interview with the BN I believe where he was all for it, had a conversation with Fitz and said something to the fact that it was up to Fitz. My impression of the situation agrees with you that both sides are open to it but the Bills are waiting on Fitz to move things forward.

https://www.wivb.com/jerry-sullivan/ryan-fitzpatrick-retires-shirtless-bills-still-a-buffalo-guy-at-heart/ "There’s also talk that the team might sign Fitzpatrick to a one-day contract and allow him to retire as a Bill. Fitz said he hasn’t considered it." Published yesterday.

How do you know Fitz isn't the one keeping this at "arm's length"? The Bills really seem to embrace their history so I wonder.....

Well, it is gay pride month. Seems like the same things were said about Nate Peterman

You've got some good common sense things here, but I think you're missing a big way to help with keeping guns out of the wrong hands. And it gets back to what you said about firearms/cars. I feel like you're not quite on the right track with this, but close. Full disclosure, now in my 50s, I've owned guns since my teenage years and fervently believe guns enable us the power to overthrow our government if enough of us so choose. It will never happen, but I consider a critical part of being an American. Anyways, for me the key is responsibility. There is little to no owner-responsibility to owning a gun. That is what is most insane. Red-flag and personal liability for securing your guns are great starts. There needs to be safety certification processes/cards that are divorced from buying a gun. Classes/certifications for: shotguns/rifles, handguns (concealed carry included), semi-automatic assault-style rifle, cannons, etc. Thorough background checks/personality assessments are included though still instant-check at time of purchase. Make people recertify, once a year for the assault rifles. Don't stop people from buying guns. Make them show the proper training card then they can quickly buy. How many of these mass shooters are even going to be responsible enough to take the classes and see it through? IMO, not many. And hopefully they can be identified during certification. Getting back to your automobile example, instead of looking at the inanimate object, let's focus on the driver. What if you didn't have to take any classes/tests and didn't even need a driver's license? That's pretty much how it is with gun owners.

Sure, and how exactly were they going to do that short of starting WW III?

Now we just have to block it up for him!

Interesting concept. Who were the children in the room? Was Putin serious about negotiating? NATO abandon all eastern European countries? Would that and his Ukrainian demands satisfied him enough to stand down? Can you point to any instance in all this where the Russians have negotiated in good faith? Or is it all for propaganda and show? This took wing in 2014 and Putin banked that Ukraine didn't have the willpower and Europe was too economically tied to grow a backbone. Wrong on both counts. Now Lukashenko lets the cat formally out of the bag with the USSR invite. How many other "nazis" or persecuted Russian speaking people will Putin need to rescue in these other countries? I don't see an equivalency between both sides here. Can you?

No, he was a bad GM while he was here. It is clear to me he has an eye for talent, especially evaluating at the pro level. But being a talent evaluator is not really enough. GM's need to be the face of the franchise, and he failed almost completely at that. There's a reason McDermott was handed charge of the franchise when he arrived. Whaley's lack of a plan and poor performance as a GM behind closed doors mandated it. Funny how the pecking order righted itself when Beane arrived. I know people who met/are friends with Whaley and it sounds like he is a good guy. I have nothing against him. But you are simply judging him by draft picks and draft situations and that does not fully encompass the job. Whaley goes on record predicting we have to trade Diggs while Beane locks him up for 6 years. The disparity is crystal clear. A good GM would respect all the possibilities and not just shoot off his mouth.

I'm 52 so was in my late teens early 20's when those 90s teams got going. Those teams were breath-taking in their talent and ability to score. At the end of the run it changed my love because I lost the inferiority complex that so many fans have. It made me appreciate the amazing time it was to witness Bills football in those moments despite the superbowl failures. It was so much fun to watch and the failures actually helped me define how much of a fan I was, and screw the detractors.

His true guilt or innocence could not be assessed by the justice system and I respect that unfortunate reality. Unfortunately you do not share the importance of that distinction. I also have a conscience and upon examining the stories and circumstances of this case, I question his innocence. I will not support the team(2nd favorite team), buy no merchandise for my son who is a big fan or give my money to them in any way. And I would not allow my daughter to be anywhere around him. If you feel that is some toxic descent into a dark reality by a mindless mob then so be it.

I certainly respect your research and opinion but would like to point out that the court decided there is not enough evidence to assess his guilt or innocence. That is not the same as saying he's innocent. You well know cases like this are sadly hard to get convictions on, let alone bring to trial. Some of us are going to look at 22 victims, their experiences, and determine the justice system cannot adequately address this situation. And it's not ok he gets to continue his career as an "innocent" man.

Well worth noting. Might I emphasize the future Hall of fame pass rusher turned down and left his superbowl champion LA team to come here? A team very much Interested in keeping him. Sure Miller's on the downside of his career, but he's got some gas left and we get to watch the most exciting pass rusher since Bruce make plays for us now and mentor our young DE's.

I honestly feel Stefanski and the FO's refusal to shut Mayfield down last year played into(escalated) this situation. He shouldn't have been on the field the second half of the season if not sooner: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/pro/browns/2022/01/05/browns-injury-update-baker-mayfield-playing-hurt-was-small-miracle-shoulder-surgery-case-keenum/9071999002/ "Mayfield suffered a completely torn labrum and fraying in his left, non-throwing shoulder in Week 2 while attempting to make a tackle on an interception return versus the Houston Texans. Mayfield played through shoulder issues — he also suffered a fractured humerus bone in Week 6 — wore a harness to prevent it from repeatedly dislocating and also dealt with lower-body injuries (left heel, right knee, groin) throughout the season." I'm not the biggest fan of him, but after the labrum tear his accuracy was uncharacteristically way off. Mobility and throwing angles also hampered. I think most Browns fans know Stefanski should have made the call. The guy was a mess and fought through it all, I respect him for that at least.