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Untreated mental illness will be the healthcare pandemic that AIDS only ever wished it could have been. What makes somebody do that? What makes parents chain their kids and let them shower once per year? What makes somebody shoot up places full of people? What makes somebody decide to commit suicide but also take the kids and the spouse too? What makes somebody abuse prescription drugs? Why are middle aged white men committing suicide in record numbers?

The 1990s were the apex of western civilization.

Heat was a Christmas time movie and at the time, Toy Story was #1 in the theaters and blowing everyone's mind. I'm hoping Mann takes his Heat prequel novel and makes a film of it at some point.

If I'm the Bills, I pay him in 2018 and don't screw it up. You start screwing around with the salary or cut him, you're creating unnecessary, avoidable issues on a variety of levels. We just made the playoffs for the first time in nearly two decades. You don't cut the man who is arguably the face of the franchise and the engine to your offense.

From his time in Arizona and Pittsburgh, you certainly get the impression he's an unlikable individual. I think that runs its course eventually. Getting into bar fights or "altercations" as a grown adult doesn't help your cause either.

I recall seeing something like that, yes - they were part of the financial mix in that bid. That's why I call big shenanigans on his revisionist history.

Absolutely. It's too irresistible a target for the clowns at headquarters. I'm sure there are some dbags in the NFL offices that have a *huge* problem with fans donating to obscure players and even more obscure foundations and charities. NFL Executive: "You know, fans should only be able to donate to one of *our* pet causes like the troops or breast cancer. We can't just let them donate to some guy named Tyler Boyd and his obscure nobodies in western Pennsylvania. Don't they realize troops! Veterans! Breast cancer!"

Close second for me for DeNiro's work. I think the mid-90s was the high water mark of his career. Think about it - what movie has he done since Ronin in 1998?

Titans ownership is a soap opera. That family is a bunch of bickering adult toddlers. Arguably worst run team in the NFL. Every other minute one of them has a panic attack/hissy fit and wants to sell the team.

It's always Anybody But the Patriots. The AFC is pathetic. Patriots in seven straight AFC Championship games. I want a Doug Marrone/Jim Schwartz defensive chess match for the Super Bowl. You throw in two limited quarterbacks and you've got a very evenly matched game.

Some of you guys would have bright futures with the CIA.

Patriots (I think they legitimately cheated the game and the league and it was covered up) Nittany Lions (weird cult-like phenomenon there) Redskins (entire fan base lives in the 90s more than we do)

The Seahawks and Raiders are going to love that nearly three year long plane ride.

I like them both. Hurst is ferocious. Vea is massive. I'd pick Vea because 1) he's Ted Washington 3.0 and 2) his presence on the line can make the linebacker corps an elite unit without elite individual talent. I think Hurst needs a legitimate nose tackle body next to him to be elite.

I've felt bad for Brady and BB in a way. Both have struck me as unhappy souls desperate to hold on to the one thing they legitimately enjoy in life. I think Bill will have an easier transition into post-coaching than Brady will post-player.

IMO, Heat was Pacino's, DeNiro's and Mann's best. (and...arguably the best crime opus of all time.)

We will see. He had it easy going to Jax in the middle of the season. There will be expectations of him in the off-season by Coughlin/Marrone that will exceed those that he had in Buffalo. Getting in far better shape. Learning the playbook. It won't be enough to just stay out of trouble.

I remember when someone posted Rex's real voluminous defensive playbook from his time with the Jets. I was paging through it and I know that my brain isn't wired to memorize and then recall all that on a moment's notice in a game. I think "reading" a defense is just as much a skill as is passing the ball. You need to have a part of your brain that's got a predictive analytics department in it. It's what makes Tom Brady special. It's why he's still shredding the defenses from predictable coordinators at 40. I'd go so far to say that's why some amazing college talent never cuts it at the NFL level while others flourish.

If this ends up not happening, can this poster be banned or at least punished? Teachable moments ahead.

I see a dedicated racket in my area of so-called homeless "vets" that strategically place themselves in high traffic areas around Targets and restaurants. These guys work in a pack, and rotate between the spots. The police chase them off - but they reappear a few miles away where there are different police. They don't harm anybody and they don't try to wash your windows or anything. What gives these guys away is #1 - they wear very clean, very new clothes with a just-purchased brand new American flag sticking out of the requisite backpack. Plus, these guys don't look anybody in the eye. Giveaway #2. Giveaway #3 is that the homeless in this area are largely invisible. They live in camps in the woods or under a nearby bridge. They only come in to civilization when it's brutally cold or they desperately need medical attention or need to show up for court, etc.

My dark horse pick is Cam Newton. There's no guarantee new ownership, GM, etc. are going to tolerate another year of "Cam"anigans especially with so many choices available this year in the QB market. Joe Flacco would be my runner-up. I don't think Baltimore is long for that guy either.

He should be and I didn't think he would be but Shula's availability may change "the" plan.

There isn't a single OC out there that doesn't believe his own "magic" can work wherever he wants it to. The WGR points are repudiated by fact in some ways. Dennison came on board with the same eh QB issues, same ehh WR issues, same talent gaps, same older players and a complete unknown - at the time- as a head coach.

I picked Bridgewater. I'd be shocked if he were available. Minnesota loves the guy. Bills need to rethink the OC and the zone blocking before they quarterback shop. Fixing the Rick Dennison problem is #1 off-season issue IMO.

I agree with the OP. As a Bills fan, this game was quite exciting. They made Bortles beat them. He did. This time. Barely. Heard all week about how Jacksonville was going to run the Bills right out of Florida in a blowout.