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Is the President Seriously Stupid?
billsfan89 replied to Warren Zevon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The source was McMahon's son in law. I tend to believe it. https://nesn.com/2016/12/triple-h-claims-donald-trump-really-believed-vince-mcmahon-dies-in-wwe-storyline/ -
The Pats retain a top defense and special teams unit, they also got banged up bad on the O-line and had issues at WR (Harry got hurt, AB went crazy and Gordon was ineffective.) I think they retain Brady for one more year and add a couple of weapons and some help on the O-line and take a shot to make one last run. The defense should still be quality and their offensive unit just simply by being healthy would be better (their o-line and Harry coming back is already a tremendous improvement.) They aren't tanking because they aren't that far off from competing. They have a better shot at drafting up their offense and keeping Brady than tearing down their team enough to tank.
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Your window to win in the NFL is always very limited unless you have a generational QB (and even then you have ups and downs as your cap situation will be in flux once they get off their rookie deal.) So if you have a QB on a rookie deal and a team that is coming off of a 10 win season you better take advantage of your chance to “go for it.” Now that’s not to say that the Bills need to go all in and screw the future. But you also can’t run the risk of being too conservative. If you have a 25/26 year old player who you might have to over pay but if you can plug a starting position with an elite player for 3-4 years that lines up with what the team is trying to do. You can’t always wait on the future.
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I am not the biggest Daboll fan, I honestly wouldn't be sad to see him go if the Browns hired him (although it would prove Steven A Smith's theory that mediocre white coaches will always get hired.) But if the Browns or another org doesn't hire him, then I think we are stuck with him for 2020. I don't hate Daboll but he needs to adjust his philosophy and understand how to better play to Josh's and the team's strength. Which he has shown he can do but didn't for a lot of the time.
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The Rooney Rule (still) isn’t working?
billsfan89 replied to wppete's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The reports at the time stated such. But even if you want to doubt the reports as crafting a narrative after the fact. It falls in line with how the Steelers up until 2007 had always handled their dealings by promoting from within to fill vacancies and the fact that Russ Grimm and Ken Whisenhunt left the Steelers after Tomlin got the job further backs up that they were the intended internal targets. I think given the reporting and the circumstances it is a fair assumption to make. -
The Rooney Rule (still) isn’t working?
billsfan89 replied to wppete's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Why? Are there black/minority coaches with mediocre records getting so many jobs because of the Rooney Rule? Please elaborate. -
The Bills only had 3 signings last off-season of 7 million aav or more (Mitch, Brown, and Beasley) the bulk of the signings were mid-level or lower type deals. A really masterful job to improve the offense without a relatively huge spending spree. Even then the Brown and Beasley deals are easy to get out of after 2020. Most free agents become free agents at around 4-5 years experience after their rookie deals expire. Typically you want to invest big money in a player at around age 25-27 so that you get 3-4 years of prime production that complements what you are building through the draft.
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I personally suspect they try and keep Spain, Lawson, and Phillips and then add one or two starters along with some depth pieces but isn't looking at anywhere the same activity as last off-season. They have a good team and are looking to retain it and complement it in a responsible manner. I think they can add Yannick, one other mid-level starting contract, and retain the core 3 (or at least 2 out of the 3 depending on what the market for them is) which would still leave the team with a healthy amount of cap space for the rookies and to roll over to help ease the 2021 extensions to Milano and Dawkins and possibly Tre.
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The Rooney Rule (still) isn’t working?
billsfan89 replied to wppete's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
NFL coaching and NFL players aren't comparable professions. The Rooney Rule doesn't force quotas or impose any undue burden on teams to simply do due diligence in interviewing one minority candidate for a head coaching opening. It doesn't seem even remotely comparable a situation. -
The Rooney Rule (still) isn’t working?
billsfan89 replied to wppete's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Steelers were only considering internal candidates before they interviewed Rivera and Tomlin to satisfy the Rooney Rule. The point was that because NFL teams have to satisfy the Rooney Rule they have to do their due diligence on minority coaches and that puts a lot of minority candidates on the radar and opens up some opportunities both short and long term. So I think this notion you have that had the Rooney rule not existed Tomlin would have gotten the job anyway just doesn't vibe with reality that had the Steelers not had to bring in outside canidates for the Rooney Rule they wouldn't have. -
The Rooney Rule (still) isn’t working?
billsfan89 replied to wppete's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Steelers only interviewed him to satisfy the Rooney rule. It was reported that they had no interest in hiring him but they were blown away by him in the interview and he convinced them. -
Brady had one of the worst O-lines in the league due to injuries, a running game that suffered because of the O-line, a HOF tightend retired, and their WR core fell apart due to either injury (Eddleman and Harry) or personal reasons (AB and Gordon.) Everything that could have gone wrong for Brady this year did go wrong on offense. I wouldn't be shocked if he comes back and the Pats improve dramatically on offense. They still possess a quality running back core, their O-line if healthy is solid and if Harry can stay healthy and they can add a tight end and another receiver they should have a full complement of skill position players to work with. With their defense and a great special teams unit all they need is Brady to be an average QB and they can win.
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The Pats and Brady are a team that was coming off of 3 straight Super Bowl runs (thus a lot of wear and tear on the team), Gronk retired, their offensive line was beaten down, their rookie 1st round pick WR got hurt, AB went crazy, Josh Gordon never got it together, even Eddlemen got banged up and their ground game fell apart (largely due to the O-line issues.) So almost everything that could go wrong with Brady's surrounding talent did go wrong. I think the Pats if they can return the same strong defense and special teams units could easily return to contender status with Brady if they get their supporting cast healthy and add a couple of pieces. Brady isn't quite what he used to be but I still think he can manage an effective game if he has a solid O-line, ground game, and competent receivers. I think people are really underestimating just how bad the supporting cast around Brady was and how much worse that made him look. Brady to me can still be an effective QB in the league esp with a good cast around him.
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Let's get AJ Green
billsfan89 replied to 2020 Our Year For Sure's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
AJ Green is nothing more than a name at this point. I wouldn't be opposed to brining him in on a one year deal (For a lot of money even like 15 million) and drafting a WR high behind him. But I don't think he is honestly going to fulfill any long term deal he signs. -
Is Tre White worth top corner money?
billsfan89 replied to DuckyBoys's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Yes, White is as valuable as any player can be on a defense he should see an extension that kicks in during the 2021 season. -
Allen slammed on ESPN
billsfan89 replied to Giuseppe Tognarelli's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
ESPN's quality in my opinion started to go really downhill when they took on the "Embrace Debate" mantra when they had the original First Take when Skip and Steven A basically created the sensationalize everything form of punditry that so stinks up cable news. Because First Take (Aided by Skips love of Tim Tebow) was such a ratings hit they morphed everything into a policing you take opinion A and I take opinion B type show. Even their existing shows that were established before First Take like PTI and Around the Horn were produced to be more sensationalized. I feel like ESPN in the 90's and into the 00's tried to present a more neutral observational approach to showing highlights and reporting sports rumors/news. But at some point they realized controversial yelling got more ratings and they have gone downhill. I don't hate all of ESPN's punditry but they really are a shell of what they used to be. -
If they played KC maybe, but The Ravens are a tough draw away. KC would have been a better matchup for them.
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Should season ticket holders protest?
billsfan89 replied to Rocbillsfan1's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
It is sort of the letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law type thing. Yes by the letter of the law it should have been a TD for Buffalo but in the spirt of what the player did it was a clear signal for him giving himself up and not returning the ball. As a fan I think it is BS but if I were a neutral observer I honestly can't fault the league for overturning the call. -
Cowboys hire Mike McCarthy as Head Coach
billsfan89 replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I don't think McCarthy's resume is that impressive but if they wanted a proven HC I don't know of a better one out on the market in all honesty. I think they would have been better off dipping into the college ranks or working into the coordinator pool rather than an OK retread. I think that this is more than likely cements the Cowboys in that 8-10 good but not great level of success with him and presumably Dak locked into a huge 30 million dollar contract. -
The jury is still out on Josh. The front office will have to add a big time weapon to the receiving core while keeping the O-line together along with adding some smaller pieces (like a between the tackles runner to replace Gore.) Only then with 2 years experience and a third off-off-season and a full complement of weapons in the receiving core can we see where Josh really stands. He needs to take that step where he pushes to be a top 10 QB. I think the Bills have the cap space and draft picks to make the supplements to the roster that are needed. 2020 we will know exactly who Josh is. But I think he can make that step but he still has to prove it.
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Global warming err Climate change HOAX
billsfan89 replied to Very wide right's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The science is settled on the fact that carbon does retain more heat than oxygen. The predictions that were made have mostly come true (just because some of the most extreme predictions didn't come true at the timetables that were offered doesn't invalidate the many other ones that did.) The science is very much settled (as settled as science can be) that human cabon emissions are very much altering the climate. To what degree and what timetable these changes will occur is up for debate. In my opinion the idea that any action that might have some short term impact on the economy is not worth doing is very short sighted. If you invest in a nuclear and renewable power infrastructure and phase out gas powered cars for electric ones with taxes on fossil fuels and other avenues that creates an economic engine that benefits the nation for decades both in terms of economic value and the value the environment has to the economy. Environmental science was a relatively new science when they were trying to clean up rivers and get lead out of gas but we listened to it right? -
Global warming err Climate change HOAX
billsfan89 replied to Very wide right's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The predictions around the observable and testable idea that carbon retains more heat than oxygen (thus spewing carbon into the atmosphere might cause changes in the climate) have started to come true. Stronger and larger storms, more droughts, more extreme flooding, highest average temperatures year after year, reducing ice caps and so many other predictions have come true at or near the timetables that were in the models. I don't see you mocking the idea that energy cannot be created or destroyed but the idea carbon retains more heat than oxygen is suddenly up for debate? -
Global warming err Climate change HOAX
billsfan89 replied to Very wide right's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
It's based off the proven and observable fact that carbon traps heat at a higher rate than oxygen. If you take carbon that was sitting in the ground in liquid or solid form and burn it; you take it up into the atmosphere and you are increasing the ratio of carbon in the atmosphere. When you have a gas that retains heat more in the atmosphere due to decades of industrial use of it, it is going to cause changes to the environment. This isn't a theoretical idea, yes the projections can vary (I do not like the alarmist doom predictions but there does need to be a sense of urgency) but this is a real observable issue not some projection based off of incomplete science. Every time there is an environmental issue such as acid rain there is always a side lobbying that it is no big deal or the science isn't settled. If anything the fact that oil and natural gas are limited resources should provide enough urgency to kick the dependence on them.