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  1. Cunningham was an unconventional freak... Overall athlete I think he compares best to Elway in his ability to scramble, arm strength and pure physical strength.  Elway's biggest problem was as a former baseball player he left cross hairs early on in his  receivers chest... but he developed touch and became a great QB... Joe Ferguson had that kind of arm strength from what I remember as a rookie and Archie Manning had a big arm.  Guys with touch but not as much athletic ability were Fouts and Marino... Jim Kelly had an underrated arm and though not much of a  runner, was a pretty good athlete as well... played Linebacker in high school and never forget one of his hits I think on Bubba McDowell after he threw an interception.  

  2. 3 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

     

    I've done 42 miles along the NH coast, Hampton Beach to Portsmouth and back. No hills. (That makes me a wuss too.) Plus I'm right around 315.

    Never been anywhere near 315 closer to 215 but not back when I was riding regularly... did a bike trip in France in my mid 20s. Buds and I did 700 miles in 11 days, two days over 100 miles... including 120 one day, the last 30 miles behind farm trucks doing 35 to 40 mph... I was done after that, spent a week on the beach.

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  3. 14 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

    ...VERY concerned nobody has earned the "TBD Bust" moniker this late in.......are we witnessing "membership lethargy"?.....something ain't passin' the "smell test" here....

    Do the Bills need more talent at DE, and WR... the jury is out on TE and LB... sure... but are they probably better than last year... O line will be a work in progress but appears the talent is there.

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  4. Cool, I live in Westchester, just south of Beacon, so Nate and I are going.  Havent bought tickets yet, Nate was going to get them.  Where is the tailgate party or just look?

    3 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:

    I'm driving to the Giants game since I'm going with Petrino & I have to pick him up in Beacon.  I already bought my tickets through Ticket Exchange & they're in my phone via a text.  I bought parking through Stubhub because I wanted something I can print.  If I can get out of Beacon early enough, I'm going to try to find the Bills fans tailgate party.  

     

  5. On 4/18/2019 at 3:47 PM, Albany,n.y. said:

    I plan on going to games 1 & 2 in NJ.  I'll probably take bus trips from a local Albany bus tour company for both games so I don't have to drive & park at Met Life.  

    Me and my goalie from our beer league team plan to go Bills Giants

  6. 6 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

    Many if not all nhl teams now have former players who were addicts on the payroll to give guys someone to talk to and watch out for things. Listen to spittin chiclets pod and they have had a bunch of well known guys on there who all are sober.  I wonder if the nfl has any guys like that?

    You would think so... didnt Mercury Morris and Dexter Manley start something or were invloved?

  7. 13 hours ago, #34fan said:

    I see absolutely nothing distinguishing this kid from any other spoiled druggie-loser...  He didn't start out using drugs to treat pain... He started out like every

     

    other dummy who ended up lost and strung out... He thought it could be cool...How many young men without famous fathers lose their way every year, and no

     

    one gives a crap. This thread isn't inspiring, -it's sickening.  in fact, I can't think of anyone more undeserving of this opportunity than this Pike idiot. 

     

    This thread must be a joke.

     

     

    There isnt anything different and many dont get a second chance or more... sometimes it takes more than 1, but you dont give up on them and as difficult as it is you dont enable either.  No easy answers to while some get it and stay abstained and most do not. Watching my brother get help, do well for a time and then see his demons revisit him and ultimately result in his demise was heart breaking.  Have a number of friends and people I know who are no longer with us and some who have stuck with it... but for the grace of God there go I.

    On 5/11/2019 at 10:41 AM, EasternOHBillsFan said:

    I wouldn't even give him a look... it seems as if he hasn't hit rock bottom yet as the 2018 arrest proves. Sometimes addicts are given too many chances and prolongs their problem. He obviously still thinks his athletic ability may get him yet another chance, but if he was signed, unfortunately his salary might fuel another binge. He needs to find regular employment and continue his road to recovery. Unfortunately, I was one of those who gave my guy multiple chances to sober up because he was an excellent technician. Unfortunately, he still had not hit rock bottom until he was kicked out of the Navy. That was his rock bottom and he unfortunately needed to hit it and be humbled... and I don't think Zeke has hit his yet.

    Could be true... but you never know... lets hope he already has... 

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  8. 18 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

     

    You may not know that 12-Step recovery is based on finding a spiritual solution to addiction. The 12 steps are based on finding a Higher Power or “God” to give over control of one’s life and to get one’s “house in order”. 

     

    Pike’s grandfather was a Baptist minister and Mark Pike was always one to lead prayer circles at midfield after games. It’s natural that Zeke Pike would gravitate toward a ministry as part of getting his house in order. 

     

    Although there are many that give religion a bad name, there are many, many more that turn to spirituality/religion to cope with life. It doesn’t make them infallible, or make them impervious to having problem employees or addict children. 

     

    Enabling addicts and troublemakers is, in my experience, a completely separate issue from following a religion or being spiritual. It can be an affliction in itself, codependency is one example. 

    Those programs also talk about taking an honest self assessment of one's self daily, helping out others with no strings attached and not judging others, doing the next right thing, and turning the results over to a higher power and having faith.  Religions often promise too much and judge too much and it is easy to get sucked into all that and be manipulated and lose perspective. Tough for someone new to abstaining to make those distinctions while developing a faith that works to keep them from giving up and going back to the pain they know. Keeping busy while buying time to gain perspective is really important.  My brother never got there despite numerous attempts.

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  9. 2 minutes ago, I am the egg man said:

    Wish him no malice, but, it appears Zeke will need serious supervision/babysitting for some time.

     He needs some good people around him true and to be kept busy... but he needs to do the work and take the bull by the horns when he feels an itch and ask for help.  Unfortunately, no amount of babysitting can prevent him from choosing the wrong path... I and my parents know... we tried and it doesn't work.  I just hope for his sake that he hangs in there when he feels it and takes action to reach out to the right people to keep himself out of trouble.  He needs to find those people in Buffalo.

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  10. 1 minute ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    It’s obnoxious. They are two separate people with 2 separate roles. If you like the personnel that’s Beane. If you like the coaching and preparedness that’s McDermott. It’s year 3 and we need to look at them as different people. FWIW, I think that they both do a good job. 

    Lighten up Francis... its a term of endearment of two guys on the same page rarely seen in sports

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  11. On 5/2/2019 at 1:19 PM, TroutDog said:

    I’m content with who they brought in this year in the WR room. All of the FA’s have proven hands and with Josh, hopefully, working on touch in his short game, we should see an uptick.

     

    The separation that Beasley can get, alone, will help. 

    I remember John Elway having a similar issue, took him a few years to take some speed off his fastball so guys could catch it.  When he did, his numbers went

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  12. I could see doing this if Beane et al felt that the Bills were close and just needed a player or two at key spots... as others have said, let's see how the QB develops, how the O line gels and what about the recievers and D line.  Yes there is talent there and I expect progress, but no the Bills are at least a year from even talking about SB, this is not hockey where a hot goalie and a couple key additions can get you to the SC final.  The O and D lines are too critical to success and with the Bills they are still unknowns.  I hope for the playoffs this year... and Brady to break both legs... but we shall see...

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