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If the Patriots have issues with his work ethic, there is zero chance he's going to be signed by the Bills. A big part of the Bills ethos with Coach McDermott are fundamentals and doing your part as part of a family....like showing up to practice *and* showing up to said practice on time. I don't feel bad for Josh Gordon on any level. He does it to himself and you can't say the NFL hasn't given him opportunity for redemption.

While I think Epstein was murdered, I don't think the Americans did "it." I'd actually point my finger at the British in an effort to protect the Crown. Finding out your royalty is filled with pedophiles (and likely for a long time) would break that country apart. Prince Andrew isn't the only one, he's just the dumbest to be photographed with Epstein's girls. I don't think the Clintons have the resources nor the loyalty to employ fixers that'd never talk.

Jets are fools. That's a Chip Kelly/Lesean McCoy move if they do it.

The best bet for the NY taxpayers is a dome, unfortunately. With a dome, you can attract revenue-generating activities year round that will keep your hotels and restaurants (that you're taxing) filled year round, preferably 7 days a week. That gets the bonds paid off quicker. I don't know the answer to this but is RWS used for anything but NFL football currently?

He doesn't strike me as an individual who cares if he's booed. If he was interested in being liked by people, there'd be no tweeting and he'd be visiting children's hospitals and army bases every weekend. You're never going to see this guy with an apron on at a food bank either. I think he cares deeply that his kids like him but as for the "public" ehh. I don't think much of America likes him but he's likely to be reelected in 2020 and it won't be close. If the Democrats thought they had a winner, there'd be nary a whisper of impeachment in Washington. I think Trump's continued power says less about him and more about the dissaray in the Democratic party. All you had to do in the last four years was find a competent, maybe even likable individual.....

Fangio is looking like a one and done - and it'll probably be a mutual decision. That franchise is a mess and the only reason it doesn't get more attention for how terrible it is because Elway is an NFL legend and former player.

I enjoy revisionist history debates - it makes for interesting fiction. I think Mario Williams would be finishing up a Hall of Fame career today; Marcel Dareus would have been an all-pro every year Schwartz was in Buffalo; It's likely Schwartz hires Scott Linehan to run the offense in 2015 and they still draft Darby in the second round and they likely sign the mobile Tyrod Taylor too. Linehan has decent success in the first year of his Buffalo tenure. He makes a controversial decision to put Sammy Watkins in the slot where he, Taylor and McCoy thrive in the play action system Linehan has historically favored. Not a lot of deep balls but a lot of dink and dunk with a potent defense. Watkins routinely has 100 yard games but the lack of WR and TE threats lets defenses isolate Watkins as the season progresses. I think the Bills make the playoffs in 2015, likely the wild card game that McDermott delivers several years later. The 2015 team under Ryan was more talented than its 8-8 record.

Agreed. I don't think the offense adjusted well to the weather whereas I thought the Eagles did. I don't think the defense adjusted to the lessons of the Miami game whatsoever.

I'd say 18. And only in self defense. Let him swing first and then you can go to town. In today's society, that first punch can get you into a *deep* expensive ditch of criminal and civil trouble, especially if somebody records it. In the big world of possibilities, say that first punch kills this guy, which has happened. That's likely a manslaughter charge and you're headed to prison. Let's say your punch knocks out a couple teeth. You're likely to be sued for the $$$ cosmetic dentistry. Regardless if his case has merit, you'll spend your own money hiring a lawyer to defend you. If he wins, your assets become exposed to the jerk to take. The woman, in today's society (yet again) has a far better chance of giving this guy what he deserves by simply telling the police.

Young teams are maddeningly inconsistent. Need to shake the shadows of 2008 against the Redskins. Expect a lot of AP up the middle until it's stopped.

Bills coaching staff has to adjust....it's one game but the opposition has figured you out, especially on defense.

Defense needs a stop...

I'll be in the minority and agree with the OP here. ? It's a very big game for the psyche of the PTSD-stricken Bills fanbase and the Bills media. This game could be quite the confidence builder for team and fans. There is an entire generation of Bills fans who have no concept of the Bills being 6-1. If the Bills win, we all will feel that *this* season might just be different. The media (outside Philadelphia) loves the Eagles, their "brilliant" coach and "shrewd" GM and the talking heads all had this team as a Super Bowl contender at the beginning of the year. If the Bills lose, we're going to think it's 2008 all over again and questioning whether the media is right - that we're a mediocre 5-2 team.

MLB and NBA have a legitimate tanking problem because those leagues do not have a hard salary cap. Teams have to acquire high draft picks to acquire control over those contracts for a period of time before the wealthy teams (with owners who laugh at the luxury tax) give their players the godfather offers they cannot. I think the NBA is very unfair - no cap *and* tanking teams aren't assured of that #1 pick so they can't win no matter what - but hope to be really lucky. As a fan, I don't have a problem with a team using tanking as a competitive strategy. I'd prefer it to the Miami Dolphins approach of the last 30 years of spending gobs of money bolting on free agents and getting nothing better than my usual 8-8 season, with an occasional blip of brilliance at 10-6 with a first round exit. If I were a Dolphins fan, I'd be happy that management is trying something new.

Good analysis. I think something interesting is the number of snaps is inverse to the targets and catches - Jeffrey and Agholor play 90-95% of the snaps in an game and Ertz, just 80%, yet Ertz receives more targets. I wonder if Jeffrey and Agholor receive their targets when Ertz is taking a breather. (I honestly wouldn't know that, just a thought.)

Wentz may be the better physical QB talent but Foles is the far superior QB for the Andy Reid/Pederson system. A core principle of that system is distribution of the ball. RBs, WRs, TE. Just like you see in KC. It's hard to figure out the offense when everyone is catching the ball. Foles was great at that. A Nick Foles game has every WR, TE and RB getting at least two targets. Wentz, on the other hand, dials into Ertz and he panics when he's not open. He doesn't distribute that ball. I agree that the Eagles should have rolled with Foles and traded Wentz for a haul for that terrible secondary if they were committed to Pederson as coach.

Does that list have anyone under age 60 besides MJB?

...if you don't watch the Bills on TV because you think you'll be the bad luck. ...even at 13-2, you'll still be fearful of a late season collapse. ...you feel every game on the schedule is a trap game.

Let me clarify - I don't think you'll see Brady have a Michael Strahan or Steve Young sort of entertainment career. He won't coach in the NFL either.

He wants the statue in front of the stadium. He won't play for another NFL team. I see him taking the Joe Montana route in retirement.

Excellent topic selection OP. I've never understood why any NFL coach would ever take their foot off the gas until maybe the two minute warning in any game. I don't think BB is an unethical sportsman for playing the entire game, and I've always admired that trait in him as coach. If the NFL was giving trophies and banners for being nice, Dick Jauron would be in the Hall of Fame. He's cutthroat and I don't think many, if any, NFL coaches are on his level.

He's a promising coaching talent with a crap roster and has the best long term potential of the rookie coaches IMO. He is not a "process" guy who sticks to a script and that's worked well for BB. He also appears to make adjustments when necessary and not wait until halftime to do so.

I think Pat Shurmur is the bigger problem in that franchise. He's a terrible coach...making terrible decisions, the biggest one giving Jones the David Carr "let's get sacked until your ribs collapse" experience. They ask Jones to make Eli Manning throws instead of giving him plays that will build confidence.

IMO, Wentz is a one dimensional quarterback in that if you eliminate Zach Ertz as a target for him, that offense struggles mightily. He's poor at distributing the ball. Their Lions and Cowboys games are blueprints on how to do it.

If everyone is losing their minds over Syria, just wait until Trump (or another President) finally pulls the plug on Afghanistan. At least in Syria, you have the Russians, a resilient Syrian government, battle-tested Kurds and a state (Turkey) that can be hurt via sanctions. In Afghanistan, there will be nobody to stop the inevitable Taliban offensive and obscenely bloody wave of reprisal killings.