May Day 10

Really would like to see robert woods win one. That guy is a gamer

This is kind of like when russ brandon said he was going to create an analytics department and never did. Hasnt been a fair fight

Yes. He was absolutely dominating as a pass catcher, then a bowling ball yac. Great blocker. Best TE ever, i think consensus would agree

That is just a symptom of the garbage management and poor structure. You had a pretty decent scout (mainly defensively), who was very poor with GM fiscal and asset-management duties as well as public speaking (which is a part of it). He (and before him, Nix and Levy) were made GM so Brandon, Wilson, Pegula, Overdorf, etc could rule over him and avoid accountibility. Now, we basically have a CEO of football, albeit a 2-headed one, but I believe they are on the same page (McDermott and Beane).

I like Anthony Lynn. But he has inherited a pretty turnkey operation in San Diego. In hindsight, I wouldn't mind him as head coach, but that would have largely been continuity from Rex Ryan and Whaley, and me and most of the fan base, and probably Pegula was not ready to accept that at the time. I also wonder if they burned that bridge a bit with the way they threw him on the grenade at that season-closing PC With the purging of the Brandon-Nix-Whaley-etc circle, I do feel like the Bills are back in the game as far as competent management who aren't making decisions to just keep fans at bay and preserve their jobs and insulate upper management/ownership.

The goal is to out-last Belichick and prove that it was all/mostly Brady. IMO, the Pats suffer and fall back to the planet if/when Belichick leaves. I know he wasnt a huge factor this season, but Gronk retiring will have a big effect on the offense. Teams are going to be able to sell out for the run better.

None of the coaches they have had are worth anything and went on to make any noise at all as a head coach after the bills. Maybe mularky and marrone who both quit (which is unique). QBs? Same thing. Other than them pulling fitzpatrick from under their own feet too quickly... nothing. They werent even particularly proactive about finding a QB. And when you have clown shoes for head coaches and quarterbacks, you are going to churn OCs as well. It isnt a "continuity" problem. It was a systemic organization management, decision making, and structure problem that has been hopefully fixed

Leo Durocher

My mother did both at the same time. She was/is very happy she did. If it were me, I would do the same. Knock it out and move on.

I disagree about Titans/Rams The Rams were a flash of brilliance with Warner and the Greatest show on turf, after being a joke most of my football watching life. I was still a bit bitter at the Titans for music city miracle. As far as Super Bowl zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz match-ups, I got Giants Ravens Steelers Cardinals Colts Bears Buccaneers Raiders

I have no idea how the Patriots got into the Super Bowl again. They didnt look real solid all season. Just eeked out wins when they had to. They dont look like a Conference Champion team. They are boring, and really dont have an interesting identity at this point.

I probably will. Only one i missed since XX was the steelers/Seahawks one. Very tired of the patriots though. Chiefs Rams would have been great

Man. Much needed and appreciated

I thought he was funny. He was nervous. It seems like he has social anxiety issues... and also needed to be extremely careful tiptoeing with his words to avoid making headlines. Great conversation with kasich as well.

Garmin Fenix 5.

Playing ice hockey. I did continue to play baseball, but the sudden starts, stops, change in direction, not moving for awhile, sprinting, etc was resulting in too many injuries. I stopped playing a couple years ago, but miss it. Believe it or not, ice hockey is way more gentle on the joints and such than baseball.

I think nfl refs are outstanding. NFLPA can never hold firm. Too many members, guys who 'need' the paycheck, and a very short earning window. They will break every time

The Sopranos final 4 seasons were awful. First 2 were amazing. The shows and plot threads did not have cohesion and weren't always resolved, and never really satisfactorily. More of "here is more from those Italian characters you know and love to imitate" Like AJ Soprano. Spend a lot of time with that character in development over the episodes.... why? what kind of arc was that? He was worthless and never went anywhere, like the show. The only reason I kept watching is: 1: to find out how everything would wind back together and see the show become great again (never happened) 2: see how it all ended with Tony in what would be an iconic finale would he get arrested by the Feds? Family member murders him? One of his crew murders him? Rival gang? "Happily ever after?) (never happened)

I havent watched too many shows through a duration. I liked Breaking Bad and Seinfeld. The very end of Cheers sticks with me too "we're closed" Oz and Lost were OK Hated Sopranos

Since Donahoe, Bills purposely muddied the management structure so accountability of the media and fans was always scatter-shot. When things got too hot, they would simply sacrifice someone, much of the blame for the bad moves would go out with that individual, and everyone remaining would take a half step to the left with a slightly different job title or promotion. Decisions were absolutely made by Brandon, Littman, Overdorf, Ralph, Whaley, Rex, Jauron, Modrak, Guy, Pegulas, Pegulas' dog, and god knows who else. They suffered for years from not having a centralized power structure, and if it was centralized, it was on Russ Brandon for years. Whaley would have probably done his NFL career some good if he resigned. Maybe he knew that this job was his only shot he would ever get at GM? We really do not know what we had with Whaley, as the team had such a collaborative philosophy and information about who made what decisions were so overlapped and foggy. I do know his public persona on camera and behind a mic was pretty poor, and listening to him, he doesn't seem like a leader of an organization, nor a guy who is detail oriented to a fault. You listen to Beane, McDermott, Botterill, etc and a number of other executives and even modern day NFL coaches and they come off so well put together. Whaley and Tim Murray are basically scouts upjumped to General Managers, they sounded like scouts publicly, and I do not see either of them holding an NFL or NHL GM job again.

I think if a QB with a workable skill set is smart and motivated enough, Belichick stands a chance to turn him into another Brady. Rosen has the smart.... and skill base.... but would he capitulate to Belichick's way, and also put in the dedication/work? Also, maintain it/stay focused after success

Patriots

think of a Sabres game and multiply everything by 3

so glad wormtongue Brandon has been flushed out.

Yeah, I saw those. They were planning on more, but they have so much going on. Those guys are brilliant. I always want more.