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It literally is illegal. Incompetence doesn't absolve you of a crime.

Do you really think that Trump did not violate the following law by going outside of the Justice Department to seek an investigation from a foreign power into a political rival for his own political benefit? https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30121

Yes that would literally be obstruction of justice.

Simple question, if your boss tells you to commit a crime, you decide to not listen to your boss did your boss commit a crime? Before you take any negative comments about your great leader as I support impeaching him over that. I think that this type of obstruction charge would be as equally flimsy a charge as the Clinton impeachment. Both committed crimes but neither crimes were sever enough to warrant removal. "President Donald Trump reportedly ordered last June that special counsel Robert Mueller be fired, and White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit rather than ask the Justice Department to do that." https://www.thedailybeast.com/report-trump-ordered-mueller-firing-white-house-counsel-threatened-to-quit

Trump ordered to have Mueller fired, it was Don McGahn not listening to him that saved his ass. Attempting a crime is still a crime.What world do you people live in? Jeffries: Is it fair to say the president viewed the special counsel’s investigation as adverse to his own interest? Mueller: I think that generally is true. Jeffries: The investigation found evidence, quote, “that the president knew that he should not have directed Don McGahn to fire the special counsel.” Correct? Mueller: Where do you have that quote? Jeffries: Page 90, volume 2. “There’s evidence that the president knew he should not have made those calls to McGahn,” closed quote. Mueller: I see that. Yes, that’s accurate.

Trump violated campaign finance laws specifically and technically obstructed justice according to Muller's report (your own staff not listening to you doesn't absolve you of the crime) he was just as guilty if not more so than Clinton. This Trump impeachment has been merely following the Clinton impeachment paradigm. It is no different, so in my mind there really isn't a new precedent.

Muller did prove obstruction of Justice (Trump's own staff not listening to him saved his ass), although the Dems narrative on Trump being a Russian puppet always was stupid. But the Muller chargers were always going to be hard to get the public to get behind. The Ukraine stuff was much easier to understand.

That's fair to say that you think it was bad then and it is bad now. My only point in bringing up Clinton is to point out that neither political party is above it. I think the case against Trump is stronger (he most certainly violated campaign finance laws specifically) than it was against Clinton. But I think that the way the Dems have handled it has been poor. Granted I think that even if the Dems played it right the Senate would vote to acquit. I honestly think that Impeachment might only work if Trump and Guliani are called to testify and make such egregious errors. Which honestly given the moronic nature of both might actually happen. Other than that maybe Bolton could damage them politically but I think the Senate would still just call it partisan and explain away anything and everything.

The Republicans impeached Bill Clinton over far more frivolous means because they hated him so much. Trump admitted to various acts that violated laws and if the Dems were smart could get him on violations of emoluments too. It turns out politics is a dirty business.

He was a presence up the middle for sure. His best game for sure.

This team is a few pieces away. One is Josh developing a bit more. He is a decent NFL QB but he needs to polish off the rough edges to his game in order to get this team to be competitive. The defense needs a CB2 and a prime time edge pass rusher, while the offense needs a WR1 and a RT. There are also possible smaller needs of depth and specialists like a Gore replacement and a possible vet TE. But the team has the cap space and draft picks to take care of those needs while retaining their productive core. Hopefully this team takes that step but right now I am just focused on this season. Beat the Steelers and secure your spot in the playoffs that's all you need to focus on. Playoff experience is going to be big for this team as there has even been a lot of turnover on the team since 2017 when they played in the playoffs last.

Singletary (which was a pick I hated, more so because I thought they could have gotten him later) has impressed a lot. He is probably going to knock on 1000 yards (850-900) which is impressive for a rookie let alone a rookie that missed games due to injury and split time and wasn't the lead back until late. He kind of reminds me of a Lev Bell type runner, super patient, good speed, and a low center of power. I don't think he is quite as patient as Bell (although he could develop that) and I think Bell is a greater pass catcher but that is the type of player Singletary reminds me of.

I don't have an issue with it. It is trying to break a big play before the half by catching a defense lapsing mentally. Now tactically was it a good move? I don't think so. I think it is more likely that you fumble or something else bad happens than you breaking a big play there. But is it bush league or somehow going against an unwritten rule? No, it is just a let's try and keep them honest play.

The O-lines inability to protect Josh with any consistency was the key to the game in my opinion. The fumble and other issues offensively were caused by the Raven's conssitnet pressure. But that being said the Bills went toe to toe with one of the best teams in the league. No moral victories but when assessing this team and Josh you can come away with some positives to go along with the negatives.

I like Knox but I think he is still super raw and will likely need at least another year to develop into a starting caliber TE. Sweeney in my opinion is nothing more than a decent backup, maybe he can develop into a quality backup or at best low end starter. Lee Smith is a blocking TE a niche player. Kroft was supposed to be the veteran stop gap while the young guys developed but he has been often hurt and should be cut. I would heavily support brining in another vet TE to help alleviate the pressure on Knox. But I do think Knox has a bright future.

I don't think Biden would have won in 2016 and that's the only other person who could have challenged the Clinton machine in the nomination. This is an anti-establishment era of politics. Any "Moderate" Dem is going to be viewed as a part of the establishment that Trump will just rip into. What is a more appealing message to voters, a true populist who doesn't take corporate money, has held the same positions since the 70's, has bold policy ideas and hasn't supported the ***** over of the country throughout his public life. Or a moderate who proposes slight changes around the edges? Trump is going to make the same attacks on Biden as he did on Hillary (Supported the Iraq war, supported NAFTA, takes a ton of corporate money and all the other awful stuff Washington has supported.) Trump can't do the same with Bernie because he doesn't take corporate money and didn't support those disasters and according to reports Trump has privately told people that he is most worried about Bernie. I think Trump is an egotistical buffoon but he does have a good sense of how to read what the people want politically and he knows he can't steamroll Bernie a true populist.

The Dems running a moderate and Hillary did them such a great job. In a populist era you are better off nominating someone who is antiestablishment. Even Trump privately has acknowledged a populist would be harder to defeat.

Against better defenses the lack of a threat opposite Brown will hurt. But that doesn't mean this team can't find ways around it but rather that it can be a limitation.

Your assessment would be more accurate if most of Beane's successful signings were in super strong free agent classes flushed with talent. But Beane hit on many middling and under-appreciated free agents. This O-line market was not flushed with players. Feliciano, Spain, and Ty were mid-market or lower market free agents who are available in any free agent market. The WR market was rather average. Tyrell Williams, Adam Humphries, and Randle Cobb were some of the best talents on the market outside of Brown and Beasley. John Brown was an often injured WR whose most productive season was barely above 1000 yards several years ago. Cole Beasley was a mid-level solid slot WR. Neither Brown nor Beasley were exactly slam dunk signings. Beane's only duh signing was Andre Roberts who was so cheap for a pro-bowl special teams player at a position of need (although how many times have the Bills not made those types of signings.) The overall free agent market this past off-season while not bad was nothing special (No NFL free agency class is really special thanks to the Franchise tag and the fact that players will often get taken care of before they hit free agency.) Some of Beane's biggest hits in this market were on Feliciano and Spain players who were signed to lower end deals. Beane also made these massive improvements without tying up their cap long term. Only Mitch is hard to get out of past 2020. So the team is going to be in a position to supplement an already good roster over the rest of the course of Josh's rookie deal the next 3 seasons as even when Tre, Dawkins, Milano, Poyer and others come up for extensions some other significant contracts like Star will be able to be dropped.

I like Baker but I hope the relative disappointment of this season (I still think they finish 8-8 which is technically an improvement on their season) humbles him a bit. He has always had that swagger and confidence that has propelled his underdog story but he has to have some semblance of humility to realize that he was never going to fake it until he made it in the NFL and that he needed room for a lot of growth. I hope he learns the difference between confidence and cockiness. I still think that Baker will be a successful QB (How successful remains to be seen) and that the Browns can take that next step next season (They still have plenty of cap space and a full assortment of draft picks to supplement a young core.) But only if Kithcens, Baker, and the rest of their primary players/leadership could learn from the season, or else they will struggle to get to even 10 wins despite their talent. Sure they could easily add a piece or two to both the O-line and defense and be ready to compete talent wise. But they will not get far if they don't learn from this season and if Kitchen can't be a real leader.

Pegula has a world class organization and seems willing to invest in the team and coaching staff. McD has an already good team, young QB locked into a rookie deal for the next 3 seasons, and a cap situation where he can add to a good team while retaining talent. I don't see any situation in the NFL that McD would rather be in esp since he has spent the last 3 seasons building what has just started to come to fruition.

I would agree if Watkins had no history with the team and the coaching staff. I think if Wakins is cut he would be a smart acquisition for a team on a one year 4-6 million dollar one year deal with a very low or no guarantee. But Sammy left here in a bad way and alienated himself from the coaching staff is something that would not work well in the locker room and limit the chances of Sammy being successful and makes him a higher possibility for being a net negative. If Sammy had zero experience with this team I wouldn't mind seeing him brought in as a WR2 to play in front of a rookie drafted early. And you would have Brown/Sammy/Rookie drafted in round 1 or 2 playing on the outside while Beasley plays in the slot. Sammy would essentially in that scenario take pressure off of a rookie to come in right away and work as a bridge player while in the short term helping Allan by adding some speed to the team. But you can't have Sammy in that locker room with McD as the coach.

Considering Spain has put in a good season through 12 games and the absolute lack of quality O-line play in the NFL means that it is going to get paid starting caliber guard money around 6.5-7.5 aav if I had to guess.

I think McCarthy's resume is significantly better than Rivera's (Although Rodgers is the better QB than Cam, Cam is pretty dam good) so I think he can have the confidence that he would have a job within a year or two. I think Rivera will get offers but they will be for less than ideal franchises/situations. IF Rivera wants to improve his chances at getting the right job he would better be served to go back to being a DC for a really good defense for a couple of years. Whereas McCarthy I think will get a lot of solid offers without having to take another job.

I would give the Bills a 40% chance of winning. At home with a quality defense you have a 40% chance no matter who you play. Baltimore is playing as good as anyone in the league and this is a big test for the Bills. Lamar Jackson is a tough matchup as DC's are still trying to find a way to slow him and this offense down. Hopefully McD comes up with something that slows him down and Josh get the offense going with consistency.