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Yeah. I wonder about Beane & if he prefers culture over talent a bit too much. It was just a random thought i had while thinking about some of our drafting issues. I wonder if we've passed on some players who can just flat out play because their testing scores were too low or they weren't perceived to be 'great culture' guys. Whatever the reason might be that's not solely about what they can do on the field. We could be limiting our talent pool to pick from if that were the case. Like i said, random thoughts, not well thought out haha.

St Brown is a beast. He'd carve up just about any secondary. The fish stink, dont get me wrong but he's 1 of the best in the league right now

i didn't even know this site had ads. News to me. And yeah they are mostly generated from your browsing behavior lol

The McD conundrum to me gets simplified by this: What is the purpose of having a defensively minded HC? I get he's the coach for the entire team but why does a team favor an offensive minded coach versus a defensive one? So what happens when the side of the ball your coach is supposed to be an expert in, fails you consistently? Whats the point in having a defensive coach if your defenses fail the team at critical moments in games? I would think you'd want a defensive HC so that it doesnt fail you in the big game. But that is indeed what's been going on. We have the MVP in all of the NFL, playing lights out in the biggest games, playing as close to perfect as can be & we still cant win the big game because our defense cant make the stop when it counts? And i know nothing is ever as simple as that, but im generalizing the situation. Now I'll always credit McD for his role in changing the culture here. But the culture is changed, job well done there. Now its about getting to the SB & winning it. If we keep failing because our D can't make the big play when it counts, then we need to do something to fix that. At some point you have to make a change, something has to change, for Allen's sake & for all our sakes.

If sitting outside in an open air stadium is what you deem being macho, then we have vastly different definitions of what being macho is. But for me this issue has always been about practicality. How practical is it for an economically depressed area to invest a couple billion into a building that will only be used what, 12 times a year? When our area could use that funding for infrastructure improvements, hospital & school improvements, etc as that list can go on & on. I will likely always view this stadium deal as a failure of imagination & civic planning, as a lost opportunity to create an actual destination that generates real revenues for our community 12 months a year. As opposed to now where its just on game days during the season. Part of this is due to it not having a roof of some sort, another due to the lack of a plan to create more of a destination with the stadium & surrounding facilities at large, that would bring more of a return on this multi-billion investment. We had an opportunity to make something special that could truly impact our community & in the end we built a stadium with less seats next to the old one. It all just seems like small thinking at a premium price.

i'll be utilizing my private torrent site to download the episodes & i'll save the HBO subscription cost. I'm pretty excited to see it. The production of the episodes are always top notch. So it'll be cool to see more behind the scenes BILLS stuff that we otherwise have never seen before. Cant wait!

ive tried for BILLS jerseys on there but the blue ends up being a smurf blue & the coloring around the numbers & collar was wrong. I tried a few different vendors & they all were the same pale blue jersey. But its been a few years since i used DHGate for a jersey. If you could send me a personal message of a good vendor on there, i'd definitely appreciate it. The white jerseys i bought on dhgate were pretty decent but i'd really like a good blue one if i could find it. I dont think i could try to buy one on there again without a personal recommendation. I have DHGate PTSD now 😄

should we bring down the goal posts for the final time? Or would that be going too far you think?

BILLS play the Steelers in November. I only hope Aaron lasts that long & i get to see him in the fetal position as our new defensive front sacks him once again. It'll be even better if we traded next years 2nd rd pick to Cincinnati for Hendrickson. Get er done Beane

did you guys see this? Brady apparently wants to come out of retirement. When i saw the headline i 1st thought the NFL, but its about this flag football in the Olympics https://archive.ph/ZFON7 I cant imagine he'd be that great, with his noodle arm at this age. But it is Brady after all

the Buck stops here i guess

yeah i'd even go so far as saying I'd feel more comfortable having Winston as our backup QB than a Mitch Trubisky. I know Jameis can sling it & win you some games. The latter not so much.

Fitz by far. I cant believe so many are saying Taylor. Did we really forget watching him play? Tentative Tyrod? Who had on average 40 sacks against per year because he couldnt ever get the ball out of his hands? I respect Tyrod but Fitz had the makeup of Buffalo & was tough as nails & didn't shy away from anything. Fitz threw for what, 30 more TD's while he was here? 1 played like a QB & 1 played like a game manager. 1 could win the game for you & another would try not to lose it. 2 different mentalities. I'd prefer the guy who'd try to win you the game & at least took some chances.

I cant wait til they both retire. Just so we're spared the same threads year after year after year. There may have been a time where i could've been on board with bringing them in, but unless its for vet minimum, i'd sooner play the new kids on the block.

The issue i have with Palmer is that he's had a decent QB throwing to him. And over the past few seasons, he's often been 1 of the only healthy wr's on the team. And he's had multiple opportunities to step up & yet he still couldn't make much of an impact. He would often just disappear in games & while the data shows he can be good at separating, on longer routes there's something thats just off about his adjustments on the route. I dont know what it is. I wasn't very excited about the pick up personally. I know i'm nobody but I'd definitely rate Moore over Palmer. He's been just as productive while being in worse situations, & there's not much he can't do well. If you were to take John Brown & mix him with Cole Beasley, you might get Elijah Moore. Palmer to me is a cross between Gabe Davis & Duke Williams. But hopefully he has a career year & makes us all fans. The new weapons should be fun to watch with #17.