Dorkington

Ideally I'd like every player to show up for every team thing even if its optional. Reality is, they don't, and I'm not going to lose sleep over it. As long as he performs during the season, then that's all that matters.

I guess I should get used to the idea of President Trump. Glad I'm a straight white male.

Re Civil War and Batman v Superman I actually liked Batman v Superman more. Because it felt like it had some depth, and some real consequences involved. Marvel movies always feel like a light hearted adventure where nothing major is really going to happen, even when a serious moment happens, there's a joke right around the corner. Not that there's anything wrong with that, its a safe play, but its hard as a comic reader to have largely the same tone in every movie, even when its supposed to be 'serious'. I enjoyed Civil War quite a bit, it was a really fun movie, and stayed largely organized. I'll probably go see it again. But personally, I'm glad WB/DC has taken a different approach to their universe for their first couple of movies. Unfortunately, with backlash, I won't be surprised if they try to ramp up the humor/light heartedness, and basically carbon copy Marvel, simply because money is all that matters. Re X-Men I am not feeling it at all based on the trailers. Which is a shame because First Class and Days of Future Past are my two favorite X-Men films. They had some gravitas to them. I'm not entirely sold on Singer as the handler for the franchise. I think it fit, having him come back for DoFP, but I generally liked Vaughn's take in First Class more. Also, I'm historically a big fan of Apocalypse as a villain in X-Men media past, but the previews and style of him for this movie just look incredibly disappointing. That all being said, I'm going to go see it. I'm taking super low expectations in. I expect it'll largely be 'meh', but I'll still find McAvoy and Fassbender to be incredibly talented and perfect in their roles.

Every team is in 'win now' mode. Every team is in 'development' mode. Its a stupid term.

Liberal checking in, with a very balanced budget, and enough savings to cover emergencies. Not sure where this notion comes from that only conservatives/moderates can balance their budget. That being said, I do believe in raising the federal minimum wage (not to $15 on a national level, but certainly in some areas), and I do believe there's certain predatory practices combined with lack of real life budgeting education in high school, privatized healthcare, and mandatory post secondary education, that puts a lot of people in 'impossible' financial situations in this country. At the same time, there's also a lot of people that, unfortunately, prioritize 'keeping up with the Joneses' over debt pay off and saving. General financial problems in the US aren't just as simple as 'them damned liberals', or 'you're an idiot', imo. Each person has their own set of circumstances, some of them legitimately out of their control, some of them not. Too commonly can make a mistake out of ignorance, or have an unfortunate accident happen, and be financially burdened for a lifetime.

Yup. But there was certainly a long period of time where I couldn't.

Oh.

Two top 15 guys, can't argue with that!

What are we arguing at this point? I feel like I missed 20 pages.

21% finding the term disrespectful is enough to change the name, imo. But I'm also kinda of tired of the debate.

TIL: Watkins and Lawson have season ending injuries, and the Bills will be the worst team in the league. Guess I'll see you guys next year!

Bingo.

If Tyrod gets the quick read/throw game going, we'll be set for a while.

This. Good read, OP. If he can stay healthy and improve his route running, he may prove quite useful. I just hope its not another guy to simply run straight down the field every pass play though.

Probably

One could argue many of our wins/losses shouldn't 'count' because of many variables... slippery slope, imo. I'd rather just stick with the actual numbers.

Doug Marrone also coached our team to 9-7 vs 8-8 Which makes me sick.

I'm actually curious to see what Geno would do with Chan designing for him. Geno definitely has physical talent, its the mental game that hasn't been there in the past.

So the Bills and Sammy are downplaying it, and the media is full on doomglooming it. Truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

Of course.

Very good = 12th and 9th? I'd consider 12th to be middle of the pack, and 9th to be 'good', leaving 'very good' for top 3-5 rankings. But I'm nitpicking.

I've been a fan of the loser-good guy Bills for so long... I'm willing to try just about anything at this point for some wins.

Where do you think Clay caught most of his passes?

I think he'll be back on week 2 or 3 But I haven't stayed at a Holiday Inn in a while