TDO'Kearney

Don't underestimate spending 4 years in the same offensive system. McCoy still has skills and warrior spirit, but he also won't spend half a season getting terminology and feel right. I think it's no coincidence that the Bolts tried too with Anthony Lynn there, for the same reason.

I love the name. Can we find a fullback to complement him named Downtown Brown?

I always thought that fell out of Rob Ryan's jacket pocket.

I'm 50 and I start to talk about Joe Ferguson, Joe Cribbs, Jerry Butler, and the Bermuda Triangle defense and I see people's eyes glaze over and they start looking at their phones 5 words in. I've learned to just shut up about it, except on internet forums.

This is diabolical genius. They set Peterman up to succeed in preseason and start the first game. Then they let him crash. Now, Allen can start and if he has a few hiccups NO ONE will be clamoring for Peterman. And the FA QB scene won't be all that either. Then, the Bills can play Allen all year and see if he has what it takes. If he doesn't, we'll select the Next One with the first pick in 2019...

No. I'm still mad over "just give it to him".

I was a little in shock, I think. I welled up later when some guy called WGR and told the story of watching the Bills in the playoffs at age 10 with his father, and how his Dad passed away before they could do it again, and it hit me how many families must have a similar story.

When you read her bio she could hardly be more qualified. Listening to Mowins was average, she didn't flow or sound authoritative though. I heard her call Taylor McCoy a bunch, but Summerall got names and yardlines wrong for 5 years and no one got mad at him....

At that moment in the game I had to agree with him. Hopefully that changes...

"We're on to New Orleans"

"We're on to New Orleans."

Never thought I would see 65M dollars on fire...

Logically I know I'm supposed to root for the Pats and the pick, but when I watch it in real time, and I hear that stupid foghorn, my heart just wants what it wants.

Def. rebuilding. But at this point, in all honesty, there are only 2 Bills I like. KW, whom I feel bad for because he won't be around for the winning if they get there, and McCoy. They can dump everyone else.

According to the NFL Draft Value Chart, it does: http://walterfootball.com/draftchart.php 10th pick - 1300 points. Now lets assume the worst and say the Chiefs win the Super Bowl, because of course they will now that we gave them our pick. 27th pick - 680, 32nd pick next year - 590, last pick of 3rd round - 116. Total 1,386 points.

I do the exact same thing. Start watching at 2-2:30 and if the game is good, I'm caught up live around 4 ish when there's high drama. If it's not, I tell myself I don't really need to sit through it, but most of the time I do anyway.

It's cool in Madden, I suppose. I bet AP wouldn't accept a #2 role, or #2 pay, happily. He might end up there, but why add an unhappy guy to an already effective rushing team?

You're right. New policy. Miss a kick, you're cut. Every time. Practice, game, I don't care. We need some accountability around here, and we don't have it unless kickers are getting cut. That said, there aren't any numbers that led me to believe Carpenter should have stayed.

I have nothing but tremendous respect for the man but God help me this seems like the New England thing to do

They ask stupid questions in the guise of asking hard questions. Why didn't the Bills fire Rex when there was a 1% chance of making the playoffs? Because there's a chance. Do you really want our team to quit? What would you write then? Maybe it's bad form, but I'd look that clown dead in the eye and ask if he was seriously asking me why I didn't quit on the season sooner because the going was rough.

The PIT guy is 17th, and perfect on extra points, and ketchup field is supposed to be the worst. Yes, another kicker will miss a few, even the NE guys do, but Carpenter's performance overall needs improvement, either by him, or a replacement.

I might be talked into Hauschka from that list. A fifth round draft pick should be just as good. The issue is this: Carpenter is tied for 28th in the league in FG% with 75%. Only 2 attempts were 50+ (he made one, a 54 yarder), and he's 4/9 on 40-49s. BTW, if it always feels like the Bills are losing to kickers in 50+ yd FGs, it's because those are becoming routine in the league. League % on 50+ is 65% this year - chances are 2 out of 3 on 50+, and that's the AVERAGE. Carpenter is also 27th in the league in XP% with 39/44 or 89%. 5 kickers are perfect, and 25 of them are >90%. What other area of the team are we satisfied with 28th in the league? We're calling for Rex's head, because that's probably where the run defense ranks. We're calling for TT's head, because the passing offense is similar. But Carpenter is OK? https://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/kicking/sort/fieldGoalPct

I know you were just responding to the post, but 3 of those guys practically pre-dated the forward pass. You almost didn't need a great QB when a winning formula was "3 yds and a cloud of dust".

That wasn't his point. His point was that players don't recover well enough to play at 100% in 4 days. He thought only teams coming off a bye should play on Thursday - I think he's right.