Mr. WEO

"true WR1"? who is that? He wasn't making that difference in Cleveland--their passing game got better after he was gone. You make it sound as if he is doubled on every play he's on the field for. That's clearly not the case. They are 7-2 without him. I think he was a good pickup as a WR3/4. He's made a few great catches. But the days of Defenses planning around Cooper are long over.

at the time of the draft, people saying Allen was a big unknown and a raw pure talent with some bust potential---obviously the were telling the truth. I don't see how the edit of the title changes the truth of the article/opinion at the time. It's just an extremely bizarre receipt for a fan to keep. It's been 7 years. It's not like the guy rewrote the article to hedge his take.

Well obviously playing for over 20 years and being one of the best players ever....you're going to break the usual longevity records (scoring, minutes played, etc.). But LeBron is certainly NOT a guy who showed up every day---you're joking now right? Had Jordan dogged as many games as James, he could have played 20 years and own every record. Bulls were "stacked with talent?? Those were roll players that he made into champions. HE didn't demand to be traded to all star teams. Nobody can claim James is the killer that Jordan was. I'd rather have a QB (Allen) who is like that....not a guy looking to pad his trophy case, mess with coaches, owners and rosters to please him while he takes off late winter. He is a perfect example of how the NBA has changed to the point that viewers are tuning out in droves. He has taken over the league and it's popularity has suffered. Had James stayed in CLeveland (1.0) and elevated those roll players to AllStar status and won 6 rings, then we could have a meaningful discussion of who was the greatest. But that couldn't happen with James. He's a legendary whiner, by the way. If you followed the league at all the past 20 years you would already know this.

you can forward those all those videos...

I can't imagine anyone else will remember this article, if they knew about it at all---least of all Josh Allen. There were many such articles about how he would be a stretch at 7. Are they going to plaster a new title that says he will go in the 1st round anyway? Or the one where if he succeeds the Bills are geniuses. Wow---zing.

what was the real reason

you dug this up, for some reason. I really don't know why a guy would go back and change a headline on an article hardly anyone read initially, I bet.

who knows. It's not something I would have noticed.

It says "updated" on the evening of day 1 of the draft. When did it originally post? what time on draft day? Either way, what's the real issue here? Guy said Allen was a reach, given his college output, yet everyone knew he would go in the 1st. The Bills have indeed outsmarted a lot of people. Looks all good to me.

You want Josh to bounce around the league hunting titles with other teams while he takes 1/4 of the games off and messes with the FO like Rodgers? No thanks. Give me the insanely focused competitor who trash talks all game as he dominates the NFL. You can keep the guy who whines for a call every trip down the floor.

Jordan won 6 rings in 6 consecutive seasons that he played. He played baseball for a year and just came back and tore up the league again. He elevated the teammates he was given (Pippen would be the only "superstar" he played with --and created). Lebron had a decent run in Cleveland 1.0, elevating a mediocre roster to the Finals once. After that he was a mercenary who hijacked front offices and demanded to be surrounded by All Stars brought in to help him win more rings. See Cleveland 2.0, Miami, LA..... Jordan played 80+ games 11 times in his career (8 of them full 82, plus playoffs). Lebron has 3 80+ seasons and 1 82 game...in 22 years. Jordam's prime was played when the game was far more physical than it is now--teams played defense. Playing in conference vs Detroit, Indy, NY and Boston guaranteed you were going to hurting the next day. Now guys take so much time off that the league had to institute rules for sitting stars. So I would rather have the who shoed up every day, played better than everyone else in the league, made everyone around him a champion and won 6 titles for the same team without screwing up the front office. Someone with a killer instinct, not a whiner, who pushes his teammates hard enough to win it all. That was easy.

I don't see how they are vastly different. Most knew he would go in the first round (needed no post draft editing for that) and the crux of the article is that he didn't have a great college career (not really an argument against that)....and therefore, it was widely felt (here as well) that he was very raw and there was not a small risk in taking him high in the first. The original title obviously implies the Bills were taking him in the 1st--or there would be no article to write. No take. "Because his college career wasn't great, so when the Bills take him in the top 10, and he succeeds, they will have outsmarted basically all regular humans and the entirety of math itself" Maybe that would be a better headline? It captures the opinion of the guy well.

It's not significantly different.

only if it's hosted by Shaq lol. Why not refer to Josh as the GOAT, like Jordan? I mean....

Bills were 5th in rushing attempts (7th in yards) last season. This year they are 10th in attempt's and 7th in yards.

Why would that be true? He has 40 catches all year--12 games--481 yards....fewer in Buffalo than when he was Cleveland (where he was in on 89% of the snaps). The Browns passing game took a large bump since he left--an anemic 142 ypg to 273 ypg. It's hyperbole to say his 47% snaps and rare targets transformed the Offense. Also, him being mainly a decoy would not put the Bills in the #1 seed were he here all season.

Rather he said Jordan....

Kincaid catching 58%, Hollins 58%, Cooper 59.3%, Coleman 60.5%.

maybe it wasn't a gun, he was just happy to be there...

True. Will wait for @blancolirio or @pilotdebrief for the straight dope on this one

Yet the Giants are a much worse team. Mara must be sending Woody a huge Holiday gift basket for absorbing all of the stupid NFL owner heat for him and Tisch.

Is that still a company? Did Josh lift that off some kid in the Sahara?

I was referring to that guy in his basement in the OP's link. Highlights Miller getting pancaked by a double team and says "but look at the pressure!"

replacing vacuum gauges with glass (or at least a few G5's and a nice GPS) is a common upgrade for an older single--increases useful load and the value of the plane. The hardest part is paying for the upgrade and getting it done within 6 months given how busy these shops are. True some will keep a single vacuum gauge like the AI or a separate G5 on a separate battery for backup. I wasn't speculating on the electrical failure--it was mentioned in the first report I looked up immediately after (WIVB). Who knows if it's accurate--if his radios were working, probably not electrical. A cell phone can act as a GPS and can be used to call the tower phone.

sounds like he was close to KBUF so probably in contact with approach or even tower. I don’t know what the ceilings were but sounds like he wax close to the field. Seems like if they cleared his m for KBUF they felt he would see and make the runway with current ceilings. They would have directed him to alternate with higher ceilings. The plane is still flying without electric power. Radios would be out as well as GPS if he had one. Flaps might not work but can land without. Maybe he had glass panels without vacuum backup instructions