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I disagree with the premise the team is a year away from the playoffs. Another year won't fix both the coaching and player inconsistency. That's on the coaching staff to remedy immediately. That being said, that's a very difficult step for a lot of people. People who have faith in an ideology or process, if you will, are reluctant to make big changes in what got them there.

In my area, starting the equipment early is no big deal because the farmers are out with the equipment in the fields. On the other hand, mowing the lawn at 9pm during the summer is not something warmly received.

I voted for coaching. This team has no nasty, no killer instinct. The "process" is like one big Zoloft on these players. I don't think there's a Bills fan in the world that understood that bizarre offensive game plan yesterday.

I think his second term will be difficult. No President has a *great* second term. It would not surprise me to see him resign 2-3 years into it. Recessions are cyclical and we're due for one. I think issues like Afghanistan, state pensions, infrastructure, and healthcare will *require* action, likely very unpopular action with his base. He will likely get to appoint another 1-2 Supreme Court judges but those will end up being bargaining chips to get legislative priorities accomplished. The GOP will exert more effort to reign in the tweets, the Trump personality and the Trump family. He's a lame duck the hour after inauguration and the party will want to build the case for Pence in 2024. I expect you'll see more visible GOP push back and behind the scenes efforts to get people into vacant positions. He will hate being boxed in and he'll just quit. You'll see Pence take on a more prominent role. As for the Democrats, I expect them to lose their impeachment fiasco and the 2020 election. I think the former will significantly impact the latter. I think the party will reset at that point with somebody not named Obama or Clinton. I'd expect the inquires to die down but the resistance to do anything whatsoever legislatively, to remain.

I don't think this is Trump's fault. The dairy economy is in significant decline for one reason - people don't drink and eat as much dairy as they used to and companies are using less dairy in products (that's why most ice cream is now...a dairy dessert) The price of milk in the US peaked in 2014 and only 15% or so is exported outside the continental 48. If the US government wasn't one of Big Dairy's biggest customers, the market would have cratered years ago. The other factor to consider is dairy farming was a sector of farming where the family farms were able to hold on - when demand was higher. As the corporations have acquired the struggling family farms, it's hard to beat them on price.

The more expensive the restaurant, the more health violations it likely has, at least in Pennsylvania. Nobody reads restaurant reviews but more and more newspapers are publishing restaurant inspection reports verbatim and IMO, people are reading those.

In my area, the battle is between Popeye's and Bojangles for the fried chicken. KFC is a distant competitor. CFA beats them all on the "experience" - their customer service and product consistency is top notch.

I never understood why they were all shot in B&W. The entire MNF experience needs a reboot from top to bottom. Everything about it is stale. The format itself is over 40 years old. Just like WPIX's yule log on Christmas morning, ABC should try MNF without any announcers or commentary. I'd suspect it'd be a ratings explosion. I think with current technology in camera angles and on-screen graphics, it'd fare better than the previous experiment with it in 1980. Monday night games - coaches should wear suits.

The NFL needs to sit the owners of the Jags, Titans and Chargers and figure something out or buy out two of these franchises and dissolve them. I think a big assumption on the part of the NFL and its owners is that greener pastures remain for the NFL. What if there aren't any? I don't think the NFL is willing to subsidize a full time NFL franchise in London. Any owner who jumps into the deep end of that unknown will want financial subsidies and guarantees that will equal or exceed just buying out the franchise and dissolving it. Mexico and Mexico City have a very unsettled security situation. St. Louis has failed twice with NFL franchises.

The Jets made the same mistake the Bills did with Rex Ryan. Never hire a coach who was just fired the season before. All they do is continue doing the things that got themselves fired in the first place. Need time for self reflection and identify what went wrong. Miami's players quit on Gase and I suspect the Jets quit on him by game two of the season. I think he's a smart Xs and 0s guy but he's not good at managing or leading people.

I'm delighted the media continues to provide the team anger fuel.

The Ravens one is hilarious. What's the meaning of the Rams one? Or isn't there one? The Bills would need wheelbarrows to move the money into the bank if they offered these to fans.

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.