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This tells me everybody is getting pink slips. Ryan and Taylor get to play out the year. If Whaley were to stick around, you'd see Cardale Jones out there, Tyrod Taylor in Griffin-wrap and an interim coach. To me, the lack of input from the FO or the owners is deafening.

It certainly feels like a day of reckoning for both Taylor and Ryan.

Yes, I hope it's only in jest. You never know with the Talking Dead. They could resort to "theme" nights of getting actors who've long faded into obscurity because they think my idea is a good one.

The Bills on-field performance is the problem. They are well run business in many aspects otherwise. We have the luxury of pretty much focusing on on-field matters as a fan base. They aren't a debt-ridden franchise (Cowboys), don't have significant cash flow problems (Raiders), have issues on where they are going to play next year (Rams, Chargers, Raiders), a lackluster fan base (Jaguars), meddling ownership feuds (Saints, Titans) or nightmarish confluence of many of these things (Browns). The Donahoe experiment scared many in the organization. However, I think for the team to succeed, you need to let your general manager run the entire show. He or she picks the personnel - players and coaching staff. I think the team also needs to find a coach that knows where the NFL is going, not where it's been, not where it is. Successful coaches are always on the cusp of the next big thing in the NFL and we last had it with Levy (K-gun, no huddle) and Phillips (his take on the 3-4, especially in 1995.). Since then we've hired coaches either with coaching strategies that are well known and well schemed or outdated and figured out.

IMO, he'll retire and take a front office job with the Cowboys. I foresee him being trained to be the eventual GM of the team, face of the office. I think there is a lot of loyalty there between Jones and Romo - it's on a Duncan/Popovich level.

If Rex would be fired I'd hope the Bills would take a long look at Cowboys Special Teams coach Rich Bisaccia. I firmly believe he's the next John Harbaugh.

I hope you saw my sarcasm. Shrader's post reminded me of three shows that used the 90 minute version well - The Shield, Sons of Anarchy and Justified. Wow, FX had quite a run there in retrospect.

I think no matter who is head coach, the defense is in for a major overhaul. I see Brown, Alexander and Gilmore all taking money elsewhere. Kyle Williams and Aaron Williams retiring or being released. Robey-Coleman, Blanton, Ihedigbo, White etc. released. Your component pieces are Hughes, Dareus, Washington, Lawson, Ragland, Brown, Darby and probably Graham at FS. You'll probably have to draft the corner and safety and try to catch some Zach Brown lighting in a bottle for depth.

I'm sorry Shrader. You have an excellent idea and one that I support. However, you must understand that Talking Dead must be promptly aired and we have yet to exhaust our list of still barely relevant celebrities who binge watched the show right before they were on it. "Yeah, yeah, zombies and stuff. Totally into it." I hope Talking Dead really starts deep-sea - James Cameron meets the Titantic type - dredging for celebrity talent. I can't wait for the opinions and reactions from Tom Wopat and John Schneider or Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.

Thus thread has the potential to be George Seifert at the airport special. Tyrod now has blood sugar problems. Classic.

Favorite: Dan Carpenter. Least Favorite: Marcel Dareus

I think teams have solved Rex Ryan *and* Jim Schwartz (since he's often mentioned) and no amount of talent is going to change that.

10-6 *and* playoffs because nothing would be more Billsy to do than grind the gears of 80% of the fan base that wants Rex Ryan fired. Not only does Ryan get the Bills to the playoffs, he's essentially here until he decides not to be. He'll probably even pick off the wild card just for spite. Besides, the NFL would love that story and the owners would go to the Pegulas and say "see, you've got a decent team now. No more excuses, go build a new stadium." I think that the Bills fan base would not be happy if Rex Ryan/Tyrod Taylor got the Bills into the playoffs. Just a hunch.

I enjoy JDM's take on the Negan character. I laugh a lot at what he says and how he says it. Intentional or not, watching him with Judith toned down the "He's an absolute monster!" angle. There was some decent plot movement in last night's episode.

Continuity guys.

Whenever I see commercials for these I think of Colossus: The Forbin Project. Today you're asking it cute questions on 80s music or wine selections to go with the chicken dish. Tomorrow, it's telling you that your showers are too long and cuts off the hot water after 2 minutes and directs that all carbohydrates be removed from the house since it detected a slight increase in your BMI.

Jay Cutler is the most unhappiest man I've ever seen. Gifted athlete, his career is what he's good at, millionaire, beautiful wife and children.... And he looks completely miserable. I don't want him on a Bills team because he doesn't enjoy playing football and I think you need that to be fundamentally successful as an NFL player.

I've only seen them installed in PA (where I live) when it's 1) hooked up to relatively inexpensive natural gas and 2) there is uniquely heavy demand for water (lots of consecutive showers) that overwhelms a typical tank unit that'd be desperately trying to heat water to lukewarm temperature. Heating water is an inherently inefficient process. We've just made it less inefficient as time has gone on.

IMO, stick with the traditional tank system because an electric tankless water heater pulls a crazy amount of amps. Your standard tank pulls 25-30. The basic tankless water heaters pull nearly 3-4 times that - you're right away wiring for 120 amp pull. That's why most TWH are gas. Since they pull so much, you'll probably need to invest in some electrical work prior. And you're certainly not hooking it up to a generator if the power goes out. A standard tank - it's possible. Tankless water heaters require experience to install. Nearly any plumber can do a water heater. Tankless is more specialized. If something goes wrong and anywhere you have heat+water+time, it will, a traditional tank heater is less expensive to fix. In the absolute dire event you need water and you lack power, you have gallons of water to access with a standard tank.

Virginia Beach perhaps? Again, another dumb plot point because if they are looking for weapons, they've got Norfolk in the area and it's in really big letters on maps.

The non-sand covered female walker who looked like Heath on the bridge was the worst plot point in the history of the show and they've had some doozies. The best part of that episode was the Talking Dead with Alana Masterson in knee high stockings. Need more of that and less "Last relevant in the 1990s celebrities"

If you want to learn more about why and how air disasters occur, take a look at the Youtube videos made by Allec Joshua Ibay. He combines Flight Simulator 2004 with the black box recordings to recreate the problems/issues that led to crashes and near crashes. He's covered crashes from the 70s to present. Very interesting stuff. In some cases the downright negligence of the flight crew and/or the mechanic crew is appalling.

Given that it is the Bills and the drought will not go out without a fight - The Bills will win in convincing fashion against every team but the Browns. The Bills will make Derek Carr look mortal and Cody Kessler immortal.

Wentz was great early on because nobody had tape on him and nobody really knew Pederson's offensive game plan. Other contributing factors are a significantly depleted offensive line and the lack of a good WR corps.

IMO Simon stands a good chance of dying to 1) elevate and grow Dwight's future story line and 2) much like Heath, the actor has other commitments.