hondo in seattle
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4 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
I think his struggle this year is about 3 things
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3. He's lost faith in something. Be it the skill level of the players around him or maybe Joe Brady and his offense. Maybe it's the things he's asked to do are things you ask a normal QB like Mac Jones to do and he's bored. But he, at least to my eyes, doesn't seem as invested with what is happening on the field as he was.
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If Josh lost faith in Brady, that would be a HUGE problem.
And maybe the entire offense has lost faith in Brady and that's why people are noticing the OL and Keon not giving 100% effort.
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I take a lot of analysts with a grain of salt. But I pay attention to Kubiak. He's a former Navy QB, NFL backup, and college coach. And he doesn't watch Bills games while simultaneously watching 3 other NFL games. He goes back and watches All-22. He knows what he's talking about.
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8 hours ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:
US Army 24th ID 1991-95
We overlapped. I was with the 24th from 1989-1993.
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Happy B-Day & Go Bills!
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Army, Cav, Korea, Desert Storm
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31 minutes ago, dock581 said:
Remember Bob Kalsu!!!
The word "hero" gets used a lot these days. Celebrities are called heroes when courageously disclosing personal information about their sexual orientation, drug abuse, or whatever. Political commentators are called heroes for expressing uncomfortable "truths." Athletes are called heroes for playing through injuries.
I'm not demeaning of that. But, to me, people who risk their lives in the service of something greater than themselves are the real heroes.Bob Kalsu was one of them.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/memorial-day-memories-of-bob-kalsu
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18 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:
Agree - Those who know what to watch for, its obvious Josh is missing reads and Im not wasting time proving his "base" is off to GoBills808...it will come out in the offseason about his mechanics. Hes been talking to his guy and working thru it in season too.
Its mostly mental IMO - need to trust the OL to hold up, trust the reads, and when that's off his mechanics are off with an extra pat of the ball or getting his eyes out of place/leaving the pocket early.
Josh is still amazing, people here have issues with any criticism of him. Hes had multiple games below his standard, just so happens weve lost 3 of those.
Josh is missing reads this season. But he's missed reads all his career. That's what holds him back from being the GOAT - he's not as good as making reads and getting the ball out on schedule as, for example, T. Brady was. But Josh is still freaking good - this year and every year.
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Can we bench Sgt. Ski?
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Don't gloat when you win.
Don't whine when you lose. -
This isn't Beane's best roster and injuries have hit our defense hard.
But I don't think "it's over." I think we have an above-average HC, an MVP QB, and a decent - not elite - personnel department. And as long as Allen is healthy, we have a chance.
We've got to hope Beane learns from his mistakes and does better going forward.
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I wish anyone who serves their country and communities - teachers, doctors, firefighters, LEOs... as well as service members and veterans - a happy Veteran's Day. My thanks to all of you.
Embarrassing pic with an effed up helmet...
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I'm generally a McD supporter, but I agree he doesn't have a great record with coordinators. Let's compare our current coordinators with our archrivals:
Chiefs:
OC: Matt Nagy. Former head coach and "Coach of the Year." Innovative thinker.
DC: Steve Spagnuolo. Former head coach and one of the best DCs in the game. Tony Romo says he should be the HOF.
Bills:
OC: Joe Brady. Young OC struggling to prove himself.
DC: Bobby Babich. Young DC struggling to prove himself.
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18 hours ago, Bruffalo said:
It’s wild to me if that’s the case.
The guy has every opportunity right now to be a superstar. An MVP qb, no real WR competition or pressure around him, and the entire city looking for him to step up.
What more could you ask for to get some effort?
This all sounds quite logical. But who knows what's going on in his personal life. Maybe his dad is dying of cancer or his gf is sleeping around. Maybe he's got mental health issues like Marshawn Kneeland. We just don't know.
But regardless of the reasons behind his lack of effort, if he's not putting out, he shouldn't be on the field.
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3 hours ago, Dat said:
Coincidence he can play fast and confident when he doesn’t have to look over his shoulder worrying about Rapp coming in and breaking him in two? 😂
Cole was also in there behind on the Hairston interception, but saw him in position and looked like he held back. I remember thinking Rapp would have put his helmet in his back and messed it up.
Poyer was out there for more than 50% of the snaps in the KC game. Maybe his presence and experienced leadership was good for Cole?
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If the binary choice is whether Keon is a bust or the next Eric Moulds, sadly I vote bust.
Moulds HOF-type talent was wasted during the drought. It would have been great to see what we would have done if Moulds (at his peak) was paired with Andre Reed during SB runs of the 90s. What a duo that would have been!
I hope Keon gets better but he'll never come close to Moulds's level.
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6 hours ago, BillsFooteball said:
Ethan Bonner, Jack Jones, Jason Marshall Jr, Juju Brents is the likely dolphin secondary bills will see. If ever there is a week for Coleman, Moore, Samuel to show something in the offense, this has to be it.
However true this may be, I expect a typical Brady game plan with a lot of runs and short passes.
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5 hours ago, milfandcookies said:
Dude if we can’t beat the dolphins you might as well pack it in
I get the feeling and I'm sure I'll be morbidly pessimistic if we lose.
Yet every weekend, strange things happen to good teams.
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3 hours ago, blacklabel said:
Howdy all Bills fans on this gray Saturday (if you're up here in the 716, that is, could be breezy and beautiful for some of y'all, I don't know where youse live!) anywho...
Didn't see this posted up anywhere just yet, also seems to be a brand new video just dropped earlier today. Don't know how many of you follow some of the writers from The Athletic but their stuff is generally pretty good.
Analyst breaks down some of the plays Bills ran out of 22 personnel against KC last week and just shows the emphasis they put on utilizing Gilliam and the TE crew. Seemed like it was pretty effective.
I didn't watch the vid yet, but I know back in the day, TEs were blockers first, receivers second. Then the NFL transitioned to TEs like Jimmy Graham who ran like Bambi but blocked like Bambi too.
Kincaid is a new school TE, but Hawes is an old schooler more in the mold of Mike Ditka (though not as good). Knox is a tweener.
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1 hour ago, Psautcsk said:
I still have my ticket stub to the last Braves games ever played at the Aud against the Knicks. $4 for a seat in the oranges but pretty much sat where you wanted. There were like 3 or 4 thousand at that game. I have hated the NBA since then and do not watch. John WHY Brown.
I never saw the Braves live but, like you, I stopped watching the NBA when Traitor Brown moved the team out of Buffalo.
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2 minutes ago, Dukestreetking said:
Sidetrack: just for S&G, and because it's almost Vet Day (I'm not technically a vet):
We used to have consistent heat indexes of 140 in IZ (no kidding), and I usually carried about 60+ lbs of gear, ammo incl. AFG was better.
The poor bastard grunts would carry even more than that, day after day after day. Just un-freaking-believable. Studs all.
Now, imagine @hondo in seattle, buttoned up in an armored box, w that kind of heat, and crazy winds, and god knows what. Cav rules.
Bitching about it completed, lol.
DSK, I have an idea of what you've done and you're a vet in my book. You've seen more hairy stuff than this vet has!
And since you bring up heat... In the first Gulf War, my Cav unit was deep in the Arabian Desert, far from any official weather stations so I can't say precisely how hot it got. Some soldiers showed me thermometer readings in excess of 140 degrees. Now, these weren't scientifically calibrated thermometers, and I wouldn't swear to their accuracy. But I did see a weather model once that estimated the deep desert where we were at got to 115-130 that summer. The ambient heat from the sand, vehicles, etc. made it feel even hotter. And yeah, when you sat in an armored vehicle, you felt a bit like a turkey roasting in an oven on Thanksgiving.
But when it got that hot, we tended to lie around semi-comatose if we could. Even small movements like swatting away flies required too much energy. We didn't have to play football, and that heat discrepancy on sunny Florida days gives the Fins an unfair advantage, which kinda sucks.
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2 hours ago, zow2 said:
Winning makes a huge difference at every stadium in every city. I agree that Buffalo is the best football scene in America. But let's face it, if the Jets or Panthers for example had the 7 year success that Buffalo is having, the fans there would make it a more special environment.
You're not wrong. But I think about it differently.
Steeler and Pack fans are widely respected. Of course they’re passionate - those franchises are perennial contenders, and their stadiums reflect it.
The Bills, by contrast, have more losses than wins since our inception back in 1960. We’re not historically a winning franchise, and yet when times are bad, we show up. We fill the stadium. We crowd into Bills Backers bars. We wear our colors every Sunday, no matter where we are. To me, that stubborn persistence is the real measure of fandom. Few teams sustain that level of loyalty through prolonged hard times. Bills fans are not fair-weather friends.
I don’t mean to diminish other fanbases. I was at Arrowhead for the Bills‑Chiefs regular-season matchup in 2021. That place was freaking thunderous - at least until the tide turned against them. Still, I've visited nearly every NFL city and have lived in a few of them, and I’ve never quite felt the same fierce, communal energy around a home team as I do in Buffalo.
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Many, many years ago, I used to tell people that Bills fans were the best in the country. But people would tell me that "No, Steeler fans are." Or Pack fans. Or whoever. And, of course, I'd also hear a dismissive, "Everyone thinks their hometown fans are the best." I tried to explain things were truly different in Buffalo, but all I got in return were condescending smiles.
I remember once during the Kelly era hearing a report that said there were at least 20,000 people outside Rich Stadium for a big game with another 80,000 inside. Roughly 10% of the metro population showed up for the Bills! What other team draws 10% of the population to a game (other than Green Bay)?
I think it's great that the passion of Bills fans is finally being recognized. Everyone across the NFL knows the Bills Mafia. And recently, Travis Kelce had this to say:
"Going up to Buffalo's not an easy thing. That stadium was rocking. That place was electric. Shout out to all the Bills Mafia that was talking all the [expletive] in the world. I love it. It's a sacred place to play a football game. I cherish every game that I get an opportunity to go up there."
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1 hour ago, wjag said:
The Bills don't have a deep threat, because they don't want one. That's my opinion. Their game has evolved to running the ball and quick hits, high percentage passes. They want to play a ball control, clock eating game. Deep throws risk turnovers. I hope they bring throws to RBs back in to the office. Can't figure out why they have abandoned them.
Maybe you're right. But...
To oversimplify a bit, the Raiders offense in the 1970s looked like this: run up the middle or throw bombs. This created a conundrum for defenses because the Raiders attacked the entire field.
A good offense attacks & stretches the field both vertically and horizontally, forcing the defense to try to defend every inch. That's too much for most defenses to do successfully. And we have a strong-armed QB that can threaten teams deep. It's a shame not to use that effectively.
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1 hour ago, Draconator said:
I was on the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge in 2012, ready to jump. I was rapid cycling from my Bipolar, and my doctor had screwed up my meds. I had a friend who I was talking with throughout the day call me while I was on the bridge, and she said go to the Psych ER one more time. If it doesn't work, you have my permission to jump. I went to the ER, and in California where I was living at the time, they immediately gave me a prescription for meds. I went and got those filled right away, had a come to Jesus meeting with my doctor to straighten out my meds. I reconnected with my now wife 3 months later, moved to Buffalo, and my Bipolar has been in remission for over 10 years.
You're so right in saying mental illness is no joke.
Thanks so much for sharing this.
I'm going to guess that there's at least one struggling person on this board who's going to read this and think that maybe there's hope for them too.And there is.
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Posted · Edited by hondo in seattle
Very TOPGUN-ish!
Go Cav!