Mr. WEO

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

it was online WIVB.com now saying "mechanical issues" and pilot declared emergency. An electrical failure won't typically bring a plane like that down.

25 min to show a handful of plays—a few of which actually show him getting swallowed up in a double team or getting on the pile. high impact players don’t require Zapruder film level analysis I doubt they holding him back…. it wasn’t that long ago where many were parsing every play of teen sensation Tremaine Edmunds to convince everyone else how good he is (we just don’t know what we are looking at, etc).

when was the last time Miller was seen alive?

"The same source said that it is possible that an electrical issue caused the crash." strange...

Jeudy wouldn't have changed the outcome (see: Browns). Rodgers was washed 2 years ago. Woody was right.

No, actually I'm not. Not sure how that is your conclusion of from what I have been posting. But anyway, the topic is whether Kelly is a top 5 if he was playing today. The three other guys I mentioned could be--based on their stats while they were contemporaries with Kelly, who's team did not run as much of the Offense through him. It is yes. And yes the rules favor the passing game more now for sure. But even in his prime, there were much better passers in the league than Kelly> I've mentioned them as the only likely guys from that era that would be top 5 today. What is Kelly better at than Burrow? We hear over and over how much tougher QBs had it back then---yet every season we see starters getting lit up and knocked out of games, missing games, IR, countless backups getting starts. Because of so many more dropbacks they take compared to 30 years ago, QBs today take a lot more hits. I didn't miss those at all--in fact, it makes my point. Kelly was surrounded by HOFers. So they won a ton of games with modest passing numbers. Imagine those Bills with that Defense, Thurman....and Marino behind Center. At least 1 Lombardy would be in the Bills trophy cabinet.

I understand the hagiography around Kelly, but there's just no way he's a top 5 QB, in his prime, today. He led the league 2 times in his career in passing yards (3844, 3593 yards). He wasn't a prolific passer (even by his era's standards) and his run game was modest. Compared to his contemporaries: Marino led the league 6 times (5084, 4706, 4434, 4137, 3997, 3563). Moon did it 4 times (4690, 4689, 3631, 3489). Fouts 5 times (4802, 4715, 4082, 3740, 3638). Marino led the league in TDs 2 times (48 and 44). Kelly had 1 season over 25 (33). He had Jim Everett career numbers-plus a few more TDs per season. These 3 guys, far more than Kelly,likely could have been top 10 in their prime today. Other QBs in that era were lighting it up---with the different rules, with the different schemes.

He had 2 seasons of 3500+ yards. He was top 10 in yardage 6 times in 11 seasons (3 times top 5). He was top 10 in pick 6 six times (#1 in 3 different seasons). 7 seasons under 60% completed. He passed for more than 25 TDs once. today, he would be 20+ in a list of QBs. there are few QBs back then who would be close to top 5 today. Obviously Marino, Fouts. Maybe Moon.

in what year?

Why isn't it Taylor? Did he force Burrow to throw 2 picks and lose a fumble Sunday (against a terrible Titans D)? Brady is a HC candidate only because of Josh Allen right. I mean Dorsey had them at #2 in scoring in 2022 and so did Daboll in 2020 (and #3 in 2021). How has that worked out for those 2? Also, if your GM dumps the HC simply because the QB wants his buddy to take over...then you need a new GM.

it's more than he has deserved the past 2 weeks....

as far as cancers go, Bledsoe wasn't much of one--he would be like a basal cell, whereas it turns out that Diggs was recurrent (Vikings were in remission when they traded him and and drafted his far better replacement) pancreatic.

Why would Burrow think another Offensive HC would have them with a better record? They have the 5th ranked scoring Offense. Saying, basically, that any top franchise QB can get his HC fired at will isn't a compelling argument in this case. Wouldn't Burrow be better off advocating for his DC's firing/replacement?

Hmmm---this is a real head scratcher. Maybe we can look back on Beane's history of WR signings to suss out just what may be happening here. To wit, these signings: Deonte Hardy Trent Sherfield Crowder Emanuel Sanders Jake Kumerow Andre Roberts Duke Williams Kelvin Benjamin Jeremy Kerley Devonte Thompson Jordan Matthews John Brown 2.0 Wesley 2.0 Beane treats filling the WR room with veterans like a guy pretending all day to be answering emails at work....

Is Diggs the biggest locker room cancer for the Bills the past 20 years?

Doesn't matter---it's not like the voters aren't influenced by what happens with a HC/team season after season. 10+ wins a year with Josh Allen rules out COTY if that's all there is.... see above. obviously voters don't think it's that tough to get 12 wins or so a season with Josh Allen. It's why Reid and Sirianni won't win---both have recently been in the SB. Sirianni coached his team off a cliff last year--he's not going to be rewarded as "COTY" for not screwing up a SB caliber roster this season.

how is it "irrelevant"? the guy has a talented roster. coming up short of the AFCC game every year (but once), while winning at least 10 games a year the past 6 years---at some point people who decide theses this award are obviously going to think it's the HC. Campbell is the opposite of McD--he's a balls out game day guy who has turned a throwaway 1st round QB into an MVP candidate and a 3-13 generational laughing stock of a franchise into back to back 12 +win seasons (and NFCC game last season). Vegas odds are a way that industry seeks to separate you from your money. Reid. out of the top 5 in odds, has no chance.....but people will bet on him despite the relatively poor odds. He can't win because he is expected to win it all every year. Tomlin is doing a lot more with less. Sirianni cannot win this year either--why would he---because his team hasn't fallen apart...yet?

or maybe those who make that decision have seen him coach in the playoffs...with the best QB in the NFL. McD has to produce an AFCC win at some point. Or at the very least another appearance.

Because Frosty Tips and his HC had a little word after the Titans game (in which he had 3 turnovers and couldn't snap the ball on time)? Taylor has Burrow having a career year--so again, why would he prefer Brady right now? What is Burrow not getting (other than adequate Defense, which Brady wouldn't help with) Offensively from Taylor that he would get from Brady. This is a top 5 scoring Offense--the best they have been since Burrow got there.

what would be the point of swapping out Taylor for Brady though? What would the Bengals gain? Why would Burrow want that? That Offense is almost unstoppable

Elite passer yes. He's relatively immobile. Josh is the most feared and complete dual threat QB in the NFL. Burrow can't really be compared to Josh. The Carolina Offense was awful under Brady. He was canned after the bye. Johnson took "Boy Genius" McVay's throwaway QB and turned him into an MVP candidate. Brady was handed a fully formed Josh Allen. What team is going to hand Brady that as HC? What change does Brady bring? Their Defense stinks, their Offense is fine.

Beane should have won the Nobel for curing cancer..

Diggs....what ever became of that guy?

If only the Bengals faced Clemson and Oklahoma in the playoffs....