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That's more than me. I'm perfectly aware of his Brady-less win record. Still, I respect his coaching ability. And I've endured too many sorrowful Sundays thanks - in part - to that man to take him lightly.

I'm glad McD and the players will take the games more seriously than you seem to.

I don't get the guys who say they don't care. The Pats are a divisional opponent. And they're playing decent ball. I'd rather have the Pats suck and give us two easy wins each year. But after they beat the Chargers, it looks like they can give us a fight.

Did you guys actually read the thread the OP posted? Many/Most Fins fans do NOT agree with the whining about the Bills running up the score - for a variety of reasons.

Where I grew up in Cheektowaga, there was a guy who often wandered around the neighborhood muttering nonsense. He was a WWII veteran suffering from what was called "shell shock" at the time. We're not becoming mentally weaker. Mental health problems have always existed in our country. We simply understand them, and deal with them, in more helpful & sophisticated ways now.

Allen is a huge homerun. Lots of other base hits. Altogether, Beane is winning.

If we get to the Super Bowl, I'll feel like we deserve to be there. Respect Tampa's/Brady's talent? Absolutely. Fear them? Hell, no.

An investigator is convinced the son did it. I thought this was brain-full-of-batpoop stuff too. But the case for the son is interesting and not entirely without merit. Or, as Dan Rather says, the son theory deserves "careful consideration."

As someone who only gets back to Buffalo once every few years, I'd love to see something like that. My Filipina wife makes grilled marinated pork belly that my Mexican friends use for tacos. They're fantastic. Maybe we should open a restaurant on Elmwood.

I always used to think the son theory was crazy talk by the same contrarian types who don't think Lee Harvey killed Kennedy and we didn't actually land on the moon. But reading up a little, I'm less certain in OJ's guilt than I used to be. But I still wouldn't shake his hand.

I’d Endorse Portland. Metro population about twice as large as Buffalo’s. Oregon needs a team of their own. San Diego. Screwed by the move of the Chargers. They deserve a team and have the population to support one. International Toronto and Mexico City… the biggest cities North and South of the border. No Fly Riverside/Inland Empire... They have the Rams and the Chargers. Orlando… Florida already has three teams if you count Jacksonville. Oklahoma… with a metro area of 1.4m, it’s too small. (But, then again, a team there would represent the entire state). Austin… It’s a growing, vibrant city but Texas already has two teams. San Antonio… Ditto

You're right. But from a NFL standpoint, that's LA's market & fan base.

T-Sween.... not a lot of yards but 2 TDs.

Sometimes I hear players say something like, "I knew his rookie season before he ever stepped out onto the field that he was gonna make it." And I don't believe it. I think it's 20-20 hindsight revisionism. I don't think players are as astute about rookies as they pretend to be. Let me just mention Steve Deberg. When he was a practice squad player in 1977, I doubt if any of his teammates expected him succeed in the NFL. And I doubt if he changed anyone's minds when he was San Francisco's starter in 1978 and completed less than half his passes for a season long passer rating of 40! I'm sure his teammates thought what I thought: "This guy sucks and is gonna be selling insurance soon." Yet 12 years later, DeBerg attained the 3rd best passer ratings in the NFL, and the lowest INT percentage in league history, when he led the Chiefs to an 11-5 record. While DeBerg never became a great quarterback, I really don't think any of his 1977 or 1978 teammates predicted even his moderate success. Rookie performance doesn't always presage future performance.

I can't remember the last time I thought the Bills had a good OLine. Maybe the 90s?

I would have answered differently last year. But right now Josh is playing better than Mahomes. Who knows how these guys act off camera but I suspect Allen is the better leader, too.

Here's the tweet:

I get what you're saying but... In the NFL scheme of things, you've got to admit that the Bills have a comparatively easy schedule coming up. The Fins, Jags, and Jets have 1 win each. There are players on other teams who wish they were looking ahead at something like that.

Wins give you confidence. Enough wins get you a playoff spot with homefield advantage. So 'easy' wins are good wins. Consider the easier games preseason games if you like. You're still working on execution all season long. Regardless of the schedule, a team should be playing at a high level by the time it reaches the postseason - as long as it stays healthy. A few tough games on the schedule (and the Bills do have a few) may help prepare a team for what they'll face in the playoffs. But you don't need more than a few.

Oh, one more thought. Jim Brown and Cookie played against defenses designed to stop the run. Stout defenses with tough-as-nails linebackers like Dick Butkus and Sam Huff. Henry plays against defenses that typically play nickel or dime and are manned with agile LBers who are good in coverage and quick DEs who are better at pressuring QBs than smothering RBs. It's a different era. It's easier for runners these days, especially for power runners. Brown, Cookie, Earl Campbell, and some of the other old-time greats would run all over today's defenses.

A few random thoughts... About Henry being compared to Brown... Jim Brown was more elusive than maybe people remember or know. More fluid and elusive than Henry. About Henry being faster than Cookie... Probably so. But Cookie wasn't slow for a guy his size. I don't recall all the details but my favorite Cookie story goes something like this: It's early in a game against the Boston Patriots. Cookie runs around the right tackle to the Patriot side of the field, and finds a Patriot LB squaring off against him. Cookie was a violent runner and hard to arm-tackle. So the smart thing to do would be to break to the inside or outside and force the guy to try to tackle Cookie with his arms. Of course, that's not what Cookie does. Instead he heads straight into the guy, picks him up, and slams him down, knocking him unconscious. Then Cookie trips over his limp body, ending the play. The Patsies on the sideline are shocked at what they just witnessed a few feet in front of them. Normal running backs don't pick up and body slam defenders. But Cookie wasn't normal. Cookie defiantly eyes the Patriot sideline for a moment then angrily strides up to them, "Which one of you motherf*ck*rs is next!?!" No Patriot player speaks up. The Patsies wanted nothing to do with this maniac and the Bills went on to win against a disheartened Patriot squad.

You're called "sherpa" and you "carry" people? Up mountains? In Sao Paulo? I'm confused.

I decided a long time ago, if I see a celebrity I'm going to leave them alone. Unless it's a situation like the one Miyagi describes. I was once at a sports bar in the San Francisco area watching a Bills game. I accidentally stepped on the foot of a guy standing behind me as I got up to cheer a Bills touchdown. When I turned around to apologize, I saw a mountain of a man in a long black leather coat. I remembered the bartender had said they'd have some 49ers in the house since the team was on a bye. I guessed this was one of them, even though he was standing there by himself. So, after offering my apology, I chatted with him for awhile about some of the games going on. He never mentioned he was a player though I later learned he was, in fact, San Francisco's 2nd team TE (forgot his name). Who knows - maybe he wanted me to be awed and ask for his autograph. But I'll guess he appreciated being treated like a normal human being.

Last week I predicted Mahomes would make the biggest impact on the outcome - with four picks. I wasn't far wrong. This week, I'll go with Diggs against this secondary.

I think in America these days we're all too quick to judge someone a POS without taking the time to know the person.