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I don't know why they went back to 1990. Wholly irrelevant IMO unless there's a rationale that just isn't detailed there. The quarterback of 1991 isn't the one you needed in 2000. The QB of 2000 isn't the one you need in 2018. A guy like Jeff George would be a 2nd round pick today. Sure, can throw the ball a country mile but very inaccurate.

Saw Pacific Rim Uprising. Better than I thought it'd be since it's minus del Toro this time around. Pros: Better than advertised story with a little depth, some new Jaegers, good job of stitching the two movies together, some daytime battles. Cons: Scott Eastwood is trying too hard to be his dad, too many kids, not enough adults, it's still big robots causing hundreds of billions of dollars in collateral damage.

Cornelius Bennett. Best seasons were as a Bill. Had his only 100+ tackle season here. With ATL and IND post 1995, never broke 75 tackles, never made another Pro Bowl. Some fans forget he was a 2x defensive player of the year here and coming out of Alabama, some thought he was better than Lawrence Taylor. The Bills made a ballsy trade to acquire him in 1987.

My favorite: Ralph Wilson was a "cheap" owner. It's the "flat Earth" of Bills fandom.

If it was your personal career and livelihood on the line there isn't a single person on this board who'd pick him #1-#5. He's this year's Christian Hackenberg. If arm strength was all that mattered, Hackenberg would have been a Day #1 starter for the Jets.

I'd be interested in knowing how he turned it around because he was a mess. He's in better shape than I thought he'd be.

Pragmatist. The FO has precious minutes to react on draft night so you need to have Plans A-D thought out.

This news needs a hashtag: #pleasegodnorobriggle

For as technically skilled as this criminal was in making bombs, he was a complete novice at criminality. Thankfully, he was dim enough to take his cellphone with him on his deliveries and assume that in 2018, FedEx wouldn't have decent surveillance equipment in its stores. Looking at that picture, a guy bringing in boxes *wearing white gloves* in a city where somebody is mailing bombs would be a give away to me.

He wasn't ready for prime time. You could tell the game was too fast for him. He was put in some crap spots too by the coaching staff. Starting a game in a playoff run, in place of the benched starter, a snow game, and the last desperate gasp of the wild card game. Training camp will be interesting to watch because I think he'll be improved over last year, perhaps with a better plan for the offense too.

Hardwick has run his course, especially since they do the same bit for the bench team Fear the Walking Dead and they do it for Better Call Saul. However, I'll shamelessly admit to watching this show when any of the show's actresses are on. On the show, they are sans makeup, jewelry, etc but on the Talking Dead, they look amazing. Other than that, I could care less what all those special fan celebrities think about the show.

AJ and any prospective draft pick QB are lottery tickets at this juncture. Best case scenario is the Bills have two great young quarterbacks. Worst case is they are both terrible. I'm ok with the Bills drafting a QB high so long as some speculative fan/media based quarterback controversy develops the first bad game McCarron has this year. I think that sort of pressure could derail both men.

I never liked the CJ Spiller pick at #8. Textbook case of a great athlete masquerading as a competent football player. I think prioritizing athletes over football players was a problem Nix and Whaley both had with their drafts.

This last episode had some dumb writing (why is Rick such a horrible shot? Why does he casually discard an AK-47, with extra magazines when it's a tactical advantage hunting one man?) but it introduced the new group in a neat way. I do think that new group is the Commonwealth and I have a hunch as to why they are introducing them early. Her level of calm, the clean clothes, the zero fear of having guns pointed at her, tells me she routinely doesn't worry about those things. They also wouldn't have brought on an actress of Jayne Atkinson's caliber to play a throw-away role.

I think truly autonomous vehicles aren't going to happen for a very long time for two reasons. Right now the AI has to be programmed in an "either/or" fashion to "protect car occupants at all costs, sacrificing everything else" or "protect pedestrians at all costs, everything else is expendable." The AI can't make judgement calls like human beings can (if we choose to). It can't reconcile injury vs. death. The car can't say "well if I don't hit the pedestrian, I'll probably injur my riders by avoiding that person. However, it's likely nobody will die." They can't compute those options yet. Secondly, who is at fault in this case? Is it the car manufacturer? The sensor manufacturer? Programmer? Software? The insurance companies aren't going to insure such vehicles until that's been decided.

Newhouse and Bodine sound like FBI agents in a 90s Brian Bosworth movie. (Tbt, Stone Cold wasn't *that* bad.)

I understand why he'd look around but the Bills are the best fit for him IMO. With another year in the McDermott defense, better team trainers (perhaps!) and some better defensive line play his stats can only go up. He's not the fastest linebacker in the age of the pass but I appreciate that he's one of the NFL's smartest, durable backers.

I agree with the OP. I don't think any of these quarterbacks are *worth* that high pick as we get closer to the draft. However, are any of the linebackers worthy of it either? Do any of the LBs stand out as that Derrick Brooks/Ray Lewis type difference maker?

The GM who drafts Josh Allen with a first round pick will be fired in three years. If you're not accurate in college football, you're not going to magically become accurate in the NFL. He's not even close to that 60% metric.

Somebody on the Rams board did a pretty in-depth evaluation of QBs and the sub 60% completion rate when the Rams had to choose between Goff and Wentz. They used examples dating back to 2000. It was an insightful read. Looked at a lot of quarterbacks. The list will underwhelm you. You'll see a lot of players who couldn't hack it in the NFL have that sub 60% metric in college and those that performed above 60% perform well. It's definitely food for thought when evaluating talent. It certainly seems like a fundamental metric. IMO, a GM drafting a QB with a high pick that can't hit 60% in college ball today is writing his or her own termination letter.

I'm happy with this signing. He's performed well in McDermott's defense.

He'd play angry. +1

If OBL were an NFL free agent, he would have been 20 minutes after midnight, first day of NFL free agency in 2002. MH370? Easy. Coordinates with deep sea submersibles on scene by 12:14AM EST.

Yes. The drought is over.

I must say that this new board has ushered in a generation of bills fans and their often hilarious memes. Good work on the Steve Harvey selection.