Utah John

Yeah, that wasn't his fault, it was a precaution to be sure the Bills had a QB available in case JA got sick. But it definitely held back his development as a player because he couldn't practice or participate in meetings with other players.

Most don't, that's true, but good ones often do. I was in the military (Air Force) and I worked for the Army as a civilian. In both cases, there were mandated annual sessions where both the supervisor and the member/employee were encouraged to discuss good and bad things. Not surprisingly most of that flowed from supervisor down but many people took the opportunity seriously, and often things got better as a result. This isn't the situation with Tasker, where he's not having a discussion with his boss, he's talking publicly about the results of his boss's actions. This is a whole different thing than a private conversation between two people.

The key to the game will be which D line can take advantage of the opposing O line. In the playoff game against the Bengals, the Bills supposedly had the edge because of the poor O line of the Bengals. But our D line failed to show up, and Burrow carved up our injury depleted D backfield. The Bills D backfield is in better shape now, but the immense hole at MLB is going to make Rodgers fat and happy unless our D line finally plays well. The Jets D line is very good but its strength is mostly in the middle, where the Bills finally seem to have found some answers. The Bills have a good chance to win if our OTs can play at even an average level.

He'd have even better numbers if he was throwing to receivers who could catch the ball. Oh, geez. It's Jake Fromm Start Farm. The Bills PS'd Fromm, hoping to train him up and use him in future years. Unfortunately for that plan, he was signed away by the Giants. When the Giants cut him, the Bills had Keenum on the squad as the backup, and they didn't go after Fromm. Only now does the deficiency in K Allen make it clear another plan is needed. If the Commanders cut Fromm, I think the Bills should try hard to bring him on board.

Huh. You must not have seen the late 70s.

I agree with all this. In particular, I think the age factor contributes to a lot of the OJ cancellation that people want to impose. He clearly committed horrible crimes and I have no respect for him as a man, but as a football player he was possibly the most dominant RB and overall player of the 70s. There is an age perspective at work here. I still watch Kevin Spacey and Woody Allen and Roman Polanski movies and shows, despite what misdeeds they may have committed. My 20-something daughter rejects any exposure to these people. We agree to disagree about this. Somehow younger people insist on pretending they're more pure because they selectively avoid works by people on their naughty list. I don't feel dirty or impure because I watch a good Spacey or Allen or Polanski movie, and it doesn't reflect badly on me that I can differentiate between the person and the person's achievements.

A lot of those brilliant long runs would have been 2 or 3 yards except for the great O line we had. That's not to take anything away from OJ but go back and watch how many of those runs started with a pulling guard or Braxton creating a gap off-tackle. OJ's speed and elusiveness did the rest. Simpson always gave credit to Lou Saban for building the offense around him, after the Rauch disaster during Simpson's first couple of years. Simpson + Saban = Mahomes + Reid The game was different then (50 years ago, what else would you expect) where rushing was king and the pass game was secondary. There was a game during Simpson's years in Buffalo against the Jets where the Bills QB did not complete a single pass, and the Bills won. Joe Namath completed two passes to the Bills, and two or three to his own receivers. It's almost inconceivable today for an NFL team to win without an effective passing game. Because it's fun to watch a great player in action.

Another talented RB who isn't getting paid what he thinks he's worth. And another talented veteran who didn't want to go to training camp. But when you're going to a new team, training camp is necessary. We'll see if he's up to speed on the first game of the season, against the Bills.

About all most of us know about this is what we saw in the movie. Oher has made statements in the past saying the movie wasn't really accurate, so who knows what the true story is. That said, it seems really rotten that he'd sue the family that helped him get where he did.

1. The Bills got bigger where they needed to get bigger, and faster where they needed to get faster. 2. Kyle Allen. Ummm....

This is almost exactly what everyone said before the Bills (or some imposters) played the Bengals in the playoffs last year. In order to take advantage of an opponent's bad O line, our D line has to show up.

Statistically ours is better. And compared to the end of last year, we add Hyde, actual White, healthy Poyer, Floyd, Ford, plus some depth players that are better than last year's depth players. It's gonna be a tough game for both offenses. Both O lines don't look to be as good as both D lines, so it will come down to broken plays keeping drives alive.

Yeah, well, OJ was really sentenced to that big term for murder. It's not how the system is supposed to work, but everyone knows he did kill those people, and he finally got something close to the right punishment. Again, I'm not saying that's how things should work, but if the original trial had reached the obvious conclusion, the kidnapping charge wouldn't have been grabbed by the justice system to put him away for so long.

Well, Ruggs destroyed (ended) two young lives, in a most horrific way. The victim was alive after the crash and couldn't get out of her car while she burned to death. Of course neither could her dog.

True. But it sure brings in lots of money nevertheless.

Yeah, he could have won that game, but the entire team was enduring heat stroke. It's a testament to their grit that they came that close under those circumstances.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/analyst-who-correctly-predicted-unlikely-eagles-super-bowl-surge-has-a-new-pick-for-2023-super-bowl-and-it-s-not-patrick-mahomes/ar-AA1eUSR1?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W099&cvid=d31349fd942341819d7972859304886b&ei=11 Both teams are very logical picks. (And yes, he calls it the Chris Berman Special. Berman picked those two teams year after year a generation ago.)

IIRC, it was Mahomes who threw a late interception against the Bills, preventing the Chiefs from coming back to win in last year's game. The only thing I can pin on Allen last year was his late fumble against the Vikings, after our D line somehow mounted a goal line stand. That gave the game away. Other than that, I can't think of a loss in any game, regular season or playoffs, where Allen had a chance to win or to close out a game, and failed.

I wonder what Kelce's wife thought about that friendship bracelet...

At least one notable person in American life has made millions after being indicted for his crimes. It all depends on getting people to believe you.

The bigger question is why no team has picked him up. He's a year older but his leg should be just as good. He's been exonerated for the rape accusation so there shouldn't be anything standing in his way.

Maybe this is a canny plot to throw Josh off his game. He's going to be looking at ways to burn Apple so much that he'll miss other opportunities. Well, why wouldn't Miami try that? Nothing else has worked.

According to the internet, she's an actress who dated Rodgers for a few years. She's now with John Mulaney, a very good comedian, and they had a child together.

Does anyone know if any of the players from that game are still alive? They'd have to be in the mid-90s or even older. It would be interesting to interview the survivors if they're around.

Yep, that's the key. The Bengals' O line going into the playoff game was supposed to be THEIR Achilles heel, so our D line could dominate and keep Burrow from having time to pass. As usual, that didn't pan out. Burrow could have had a coffee and donut and then passed the ball on many plays. Yeah, he made the Pro Bowl last year. And somehow he's available. What a disastrous decision by the Bills not to bring him back. /s of course.