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I hate weight cutting. not only is it dangerous it allows bigger fighters to go down classes. I would love to see semi weekly with ins with each fighter needing to stay in a range neat their fighting weight.

Wentz flat out sucked the last half of the year. We have been over this repeatedly but here they are again. Wentz threw less TDs, more ints, lower ypa, lower QB rating, lower QBR, more sack yards, more fumbles, less rushing yards and tds, and played the 26th hardest schedule in the NFL as opposed to the 10th for the Bills. Wentz was good for the first 3 weeks against the Browns, Bears, and Steelers. He then went for 11 tds and 14 picks over the next 3 games.

Not really surprised. Using FB will force people to own their opinions at least. For those wondering here is the official Bills press release though: Bills Message Boards Shutting Down.

I think they would have to take Baker. S and WR are the 2 worst positions on the team imo.

17 passing TDs and 6 rushing TDs = 23 TDs for TT. 23 rushing TDs from the rbs.

Adams/Hooker would certainly fill one of those roles. Hooker serves your first point and Adams the second and third. Wouldn't mind either at 10.

I don't look to my combat sport guys for any sort of role modeling but you have no idea if this "hoodrat" would do something like that. These guys are a different breed. They turn it on and off (or don't in Browne's case). He could be a teddy bear outside of the ring. He certainly has a sense of humor. He made fun of a guy who beats women. I have zero issue with that. Agree with all of this. Overeem is overrated now that he can't juice it up. I'm over McGregor. Pick a weight class and dominate it. This Mayweather thing is stupid too. Mayweather will destroy him in the ring but it will be one hell of a pay day!

It's weird that I would feel the same way if TT is let go. Same with Shady. IF he is released I'm fully on board with him going.

Why is Rex and his "defense" back? I'm excited to watch TT play QB this year. I don't care if I'm all alone on the bus. I can't wrap my head around the idea that after 2 years starting he has reached his ceiling, especially since the last time we saw him on the field he was setting franchise records.

Maddening that Gillon will have these amazing games and then a dud almost immediately. He put up 43 and then followed it up with 6. He hits a game winner and has 26 then gets 10. He would be a fantastic backup pg unfortunately Howard is so bad they have to rely on him as the starter. I know teams are game planning White but it would be nice to see a little more aggressiveness from him. G Tech game looms large. I think they need a win and also think they will get it.

I wouldn't mind grabbing a QB early but it isn't urgent to me. If they extended TT then they have this draft and next year to find their guy. With none of the guys this year being very highly touted this buys some time if their isn't someone there that the team loves.

Not me. I'm very happy with this news if it is true. (all of the following of course is imo) Bills fans have no idea what watching a young QB develop is. Seriously. Even Kelly had a couple of USFL years before coming to Buffalo. Tyrod has had some ups and downs but they aren't inconsistent with what a developing QB looks like. He far outplayed Carson Wentz this year who some (ahem Ryan ahem) trumpet as a guy they would rather have. Even the most negative opinions have him around 22 for QB ranking. Tyrod's numbers are incredibly similar to Russel Wilson's first couple of years starting. I think we would all love to have him behind center. Russel just has a much better team around him. I'm hopeful that they build the receiving corp and a couple of safeties. An improved defense will obviously help. This is great news for me personally, I hope it is true and I hope Tyrod continues to grow!

frailty. if you haven't seen it now is the time. he was amazing in that movie.

This out of shape balding 35 year old would love to go toe to toe with you. However those days are long gone. Nobody wants to be the old dude at the bar.

Odd and definitely not serious question. Could a QB have thicker soles put on their spikes to give them a bit of a height boost? I know it couldn't be crazy but an inch or 2.

A video played in the background while I checked the stats and they were talking about the different strategy. Apparently KC dropped a safety deep to shadow Watkins effectively having him doubled the entire second half. As to an uncoverable Watkins, did you know that Maclin had a better day than him? Maclin went for 9 for 160. Shady averaged a robust 3.7 ypc as well while KC piled up a 5.9 ypc. Smith played against a much worse d that Tyrod did and played worse than him. KC had 2 long drives at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th that sealed the game. Both relied on the running game and both ended on fgs. KC certainly won the game but it wasn't because Smith pantsed Tyrod or even played as good as him... Alex's teams win because they have fantastic defenses...

I did indeed watch that game. You stated that Tyrod got pantsed by Smith and the numbers show that not to be true. Tyrod played a good overall game in a tough environment. He did indeed not play as well in the second half as the first but he didn't get pantsed by Smith as you supposed. In the Miami game he did just this. Defense gave up 34 points Against Seattle he did just this. The o-line gave up a terrible sack and they didn't convert on 4th and 15. Defense gave up 31 points In the first Jets game he did march them down for a score at the end of the game. They ran out of time to do so again. Defense gave up 37 points. That's 3 of the 8 losses, 3 more losses the d gave up 200+ yards rushing, so we are at 6 of 8. Leaves us with the 2nd Pats game and and the Raiders game. Neither were 1 score games and the defense gave up 38 and 41 points. The Bills gave up 25+ points in 8 games. That is 8 games where the Offense needs to score 3 tds and a fg just to be down only 1! I get that we haven't seen him lead 4th Quarter comebacks however the Bills just fired their coach for having such a poor defense. How many teams win games when their opponent scores 30+? In the middle of this year a stat came out that Ryan coached teams are 9-48 when the opposition scores 22+. In game situations involve so much more than just what is happening right then and there. They are an accumulation of all events to that point. So you can't discount "50tds in the first half" sometimes you have to ask why should they be required to score 51.

The last time they played: Tyrod - 21-38 for 291, 3tds and 0 ints, 46 rushing yards against the 7th ranked defense by yards, 3rd ranked scoring defense Smith 19-30 for 255, 2tds and 0 ints, 35 rushing yards against the 19th ranked defense by yards, 15th ranked scoring defense So Tyrod put up better stats against a better defense. Not exactly the pantsing you described...

Alright I have finally come back to earth after that. Some tidbits from the game: There was one ref (a white guy) who was painfully pro-Duke. He made a lot of questionable calls and non-calls. I can't believe how quickly both teams got to the bonus in the 2nd half Gillon and Battle - those guys were just animals out there. Gillon's confidence went through the roof when he hit the 3 after breaking someone's ankles back to back (I sit nosebleeds sorry lol) White was non-existent. I know some of it was game planning but he just disappeared out there. Grayson Allen was booed heavily every single time he touched the ball. It really seemed to effect him and he would move the ball incredibly quick sometimes. Kennard and Allen both should have fouled out. They must have charged someone else with the foul down low that should have been Kennard's 5th. Roberson's first venture into the game was Howard bad. Duke knew he didn't want to shoot and left him wide open. After sitting for a few minutes he came back with some energy. I love Taurean Thompson. That's all Gotta give the wine and cheese crowd some credit. They have been much louder this year. The last 2 games specifically. 16 seconds left in the louisville game was the loudest I've ever heard it but most of the second half rivaled it. It looked like some of the players expected a time out at the end. Luckily Gillon got up the court and got the shot to go. Awesome moment. The dome went from silent while the ball was in the air to exploding. Not as many Duke fans there as I expected. How far off am I from being there as opposed to watching on tv? I know some nuance gets missed...

http://giant.gfycat.com/LiveSeveralIncatern.gif http://giant.gfycat.com/LiveSeveralIncatern.gif I laugh every time I watch this. She just stick to what she is good at and use Judo. I know Bones likes to beat people at what they are good at but she isn't that level of fighter. Maybe but it sure was entertaining to me.

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Oh man I had the exact opposite reaction. I loved his interview. It was almost as good as Lesnar at UFC 100. He called Browne out for putting his hands on women and made a joke. On a side note how long does Tarverdyan get to keep coaching fighters in the UFC. His fighter's records have not been good. http://www.lowkickmma.com/UFC/who-is-edmond-tarverdyan-why-do-people-keep-paying-him/

I would hate Smith. He and TT are similar QBs and after all these years in the league he won't be improving. Even if you think TT has reached his ceiling at 27 and after 2 years of starting the possibility exists that he could get better. Smith is who he is at this point.

Again we are just going to have to agree to disagree that winning is a QB stat. Strange that after Flacco signed that huge deal and the defense got worse all of a sudden he didn't win as much. Flacco has a history of winning. 3 years ago this wouldn't have been a conversation. Now however Flacco has a knee injury and 2 straight years of poor performance. Add in that he is 32 to TT's 27 and the conversation becomes even muckier. Do you agree that Tyrod outplayed Flacco last year? Weirdly Eli had a worse year last year than in 2014 and 2015 but the team performed much better. After back to back 6-10 season where Eli went for 30 and 35 tds with 14 ints he went for 26 tds and 16 ints and the team went 11-5. The difference was in 2016 they had a defense. Eli is a strange QB. He's good and terrible in the same game and in the same series even. His career completion % is less than 60. He has finished with 2 games of 8-8 9 of 12 years. Just a hard guy to get a handle on. He is certainly someone I would take oveer Trevor Simeon though lol.

I typed and submitted a response yesterday but was drunk so I deleted it lol. I think the problem is how the commercials are layed out with the new rule changes. Now that they review every td, increased scoring, and made the return a non play there is a huge gap between meaningful football. THe majority of that gap is commercials. So a td gets scored, reviewed, pat, commercial, touch back, commercial. Somewhere around 5 minutes (if not more) after every td before meaningful plays are run. It becomes very noticeable when teams score 7-8 times a game combined.