Mango

You want Terry to take control? God help us. Please no. Terry's most successful franchise he ignores (Bandits). His least successful franchise he's the President of Hockey Ops and the butt of every joke in the entire league (Sabres). The Bills are somewhere in the middle and haven't been able to get over the hump. Whatever is going on at OBD I hope that McBeane just keep condescendingly patting Terry on the head and handing him candy. But Terry taking more control of anything sports related is the worst idea.

I mean, I didn't say that. I said they don't need more padded practices or games. But I do firmly believe that they need to be in facility more. If you were trying to win the Olympics in rowing, or running, or swimming, you wouldn't spend 7 months cross training, a 1 month sport specific camp, and then4 months competing. You would row, run, or swim most days. Again, that doesn't mean every day is 1000 miles at full beans.

Oliver was stepped on by a teammate and Benford seems to be a soft tissue injury. Both can easily happen with or without pads. I think the main issue is that guys just aren't playing enough football. Not that they need more games or need my physical practices. But these guys are barely in the facility. They could/should be running routes vs air, working on sleds, etc. much more than they currently do in the offseason.

"Is he" is the title. But I think "Will he be" is more the intent as the conversation evolves. Sure, look at the odds, he's waaaay back. Then the thread is over. If the Bills play their way back into the division title (or close to it) Stafford will be the only one who could possibly take it over Allen. If the Bills continue to look clunky, and lose to NE/Philly, it's over, he won't be close.

Curious how much the control of the 53 has shifted since self proclaimed President of Hockey Operations, Terrance Pegula said "I consider myself a football man". I hadn't quite thought of that until your post and you stated "previously". Worth noting that Lindy has more than hinted twice in the last week or so about his lack of control of his roster. This is full tin foil hat theory/conjecture at the moment. But worth noting since they have the same owner. My take on Pegulas success with the Bills v Sabres has always been that it's been McDermott and Beane vs Terry and that keeps Terry from ruining everything. If McBeane are struggling and Terry is weighing in we could see a lot more turbulance.

It is crazy to me that a huge part of the problem is that people have no forking idea what their assignments are. Like the biggest value Shaq and Poyer seem to have are getting guys lined up properly.... Bernard, Milano, Rapp, etc. have been here a decent amount of time and it's like the wheels fall off when they're on charge of setting up the defense this year. It's really wild.

The Tre hate is unreal. Like it's not actually based on anybody who watching coverages. He's been a decent CB2 on the outside this season.

Show a doctor a video of a player slamming his head into the ground with high velocity and force. Then show a doctor a video of that player doing it again and grabbing his head. Then ask that doctor if that player should keep hitting his head for the rest of the afternoon. Edit: oh, and make sure to tell the doctor that the same dude had a diagnosed concussion 2 weeks prior. The answer is a resounding "NO"

Common opponents and I believe that Falcons/Texans bite us in the arse. Unfortunately the best way to turn that in our favor is for NE to lose 2 of their next 3. But at that point we'd already have won more games anyways. Out of pocket at the moment, but I believe that's the case.

My B.

Oh yeah, that super scary schedule where they play the... Checks notes....Broncos, Jaguars, Steelers and Rams... ...Hope they don't lay awake trembling in fear....

Here's a crazy thought, we probably want Miami to keep winning games so that week 18 game has some meaning for them. If NE loses to Buffalo and Baltimore Miami is our best hope at stealing the division.

Meh, some people want to deal in absolutes. I like Benford. He's a very good player for us. Criticizing your best players for playing bad when you need them to be your best players is fair game. Benford was very bad to start the season. That's not a hot take.

It's a semantics argument from the league. They need to stop answering "could they go back in?" And start answering "should they go in?" It's a resounding no.

This is part of the problem. The continuing to play a dangerous sport with a concussion is part of the problem. But when you start going down the road of ignoring it you can't really go back and say "maybe he shouldnt play, he has a concussion and we know it".