BringBackFergy

If Bolden wants to play football, let him play football. Hes not a McDermott guy. Not a team player. Holding him hostage for a good price is counter-productive IMO. In that respect, we are holding him back and holding our own reputation back as a team that free agents may want to visit. Let him go.

Oppressor

ok. Lets say you have dairy cows. You rent a 2005 County Fair Grand Champion thinking it will produce quality milk and youre down two or three good cows. So you milk that beast and find out the quality sucks. So you bring in a few new cows and find out they produce decent milk. Then your old cow (that produced low quality milk while it was in your barn) wanders out into pasture for a few weeks. While in the pasture, she gazes over to Old Man Peebodies farm and sees the green hills and nice clean sawdust in the barn and thinks I can still make milk for Old Man Peebody. You sense that the old cow wanted to go to the neighbors farm. Who are you to deprive the old girl one last chance to make a difference? She deserves a chance to make milk for another farm. Open that gate, swat her in the ass and let her run!! Heyawww. Go on now. Git!!

I would give up a 7th in 2019 if it means our team is the first to end the perpetual treatment of old players as cattle or shares of stock. These guys are humans... not widgets that can be tucked in a barn and sold only when you feel like it. IMO

What kind of equity do we have in Boldin? Nothing. The point is: with NFL players, why do teams have the right to deprive a man the right to pursue a career just because they hold his rights. We see how the Steelers treat Bryant by relegating him to the Scout Squad just because he spoke up. God forbid a man make a statement or express his feelings - he is then treated as a bad dog - punished and kept outside for the night. Really pretty sad treatment of fellow man if you ask me (see also Ritchie Incognito. Likewise punished by the NFL for a non-issue).

Interesting

So sad to lose a child. Prayers for peace.

I think the OP was trying to say that in this era of tension and conflict between Colin K. and ownership, maybe the Pegulas should offer the olive branch to the players and show good faith by waiving any right to compensation. I mean, seriously, by holding out for a 2019 7th round draft pick, how are we helping the cause. Just release him and show the NFL that the Bills are above the fray. By demanding compensation, it seems we are treating Boldin as a piece of meat. Let the man pursue his career (and still seek social justice on weekends).

And then there's Bosa and Melvin Ingram...could be fun for Tommy

I have a feeling NE will be taking San Diego a little lightly...hoping they struggle in this game.

There is gonna be a **** load of food...look forward to seeing you guys and Cantankerous and fiance as well. Should be fun!!

The words "Rande" and "sloppy seconds" send a shiver down my spine.

Hoodie is so cocky that he will preach "next man up" and "do your job" and they will keep winning like the bunch of !@#$s that they are.

Yep. I knew there was a reason I didn't care for him. Having flashbacks to big gains by our offense called back or PI calls against our defense late in the game. Sad to say, the refs will be a "game changer" in this game and if history proves correct, it will favor the Raiders in some fashion. My auto correct dint catch that.

I'll bring my tow rope in case you fellas need a hand getting in...it may be sloppy.

This is gonna make for a loong game. Not a fan of this crew.

Martavius Bryant (Steelers) was demoted to the Scout Squad and is inactive for this Sunday. The coaches are clearly taking this step in response to his demands for a trade and public comments. Has this kid been blackballed too? Dont coaches/GMs and owners have a right to say who plays and who sits?

Yep...that too.

I guess rather than initially asking him a question I would pop in a VHS (or DVD) recording of the 2016 Bills vs Niners game in Buffalo and then ask him exactly how we are supposed to take his talents seriously.

Two spots. One for my huuuuge Toyota Tundra and another spot for Country Cletus. Thanks mead.

(Here we go again)

https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-colin-kaepernick-join-players-nfl-owners-next-round-talks-165637789.html (Setting the stage: The camera pans left to a long oak table in an upscale hotel in NYC. You can see the leather chairs have all been polished and there is a fresh fruit platter in the middle of the table with white china plates, cloth napkins, crystal glasses for ice water poured from various jugs around the seating area. Waiters stand at attention with freshly pressed pants and white bow ties, each with a towel over their right arm. Paintings of landscapes and metro scenes line the walls and a fireplace warms the room as our characters appear. First, the line of owners which includes Bob Kraft, Jerry Jones, Kim Pegula and an assortment of assistants for the owners, one of whom is you. Next, the players and D Smith enter and take their seats at the table, snacking on juicy pieces of strawberries and cream cheese topped melba rounds. Finally, Kaepernick strolls in and moves his chair, sits at the middle of the table right across from you. He says "I want to talk to this guy here...and that's it." The Owners take their seats, D Smith fidgets with his iPhone and reclines. The room goes silent (except for Bob Kraft who lets out an enormous fart that makes the waiters giggle) You clear your voice, take a sip of water, place the glass gently on the table and say: (What's your question to Kaepernick?)

Math was my nemesis. Just couldn't get beyond simple addition/subtraction. Hated division. Detested geometry and algebra. Failed a semester of Algebra (and my teacher was horrible...in the system 40+ years, may have been drunk many days). Ended up passing the final by the skin of my teef. That's when I decided to become an English major.

Happy Birthday Tom. Here's some light reading: Darius II OchusKING OF PERSIA WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica See Article History Alternative Title: Darayavaush Darius II Ochus KING OF PERSIA ALSO KNOWN AS Darayavaush DIED 404 BCE Babylon, Iraq TITLE / OFFICE King, Persia (423BC-404BC) ROLE IN Peloponnesian War HOUSE / DYNASTY Achaemenian dynasty FAMILY Father Artaxerxes I Son Cyrus The Younger Son Artaxerxes II VIEW BIOGRAPHIES RELATED TOCATEGORIES government RELATED BIOGRAPHIES Xerxes I ʿAbbās I Ardashīr I Khosrow II Darius I Shāpūr I Cyrus the Great Tissaphernes Khosrow I Shāpūr II Darius II Ochus, (died 404 bce, Babylon [now in Iraq]), Achaemenid king (reigned 423–404 bce) of Persia. The son of Artaxerxes I by a Babylonian concubine, he seized the throne from his half brother Secydianus (or Sogdianus), whom he then executed. Ochus, who had previously been satrap of Hyrcania, adopted the name of Darius on his accession; he was also known as Nothus (from the Greek nothos, meaning “bastard”). Darius was dominated by eunuchs and by his half sister and wife, the cruel and ambitious Parysatis. Intrigue and corruption were rife at the Achaemenid court, and revolts in Hyrcania and Media, although quickly suppressed, were symptomatic of the discontent caused by his rule. After the Athenian defeat at Syracuse in 413 bce, Darius decided to recover the Greek coastal cities of Asia Minor, which had been under Athenian control since 448. The satraps of Asia Minor, Tissaphernesand Pharnabazus, were ordered to collect overdue tribute, and an alliance against Athens was formed with Sparta. In the ensuing war the greater part of Ionia was recovered, but elsewhere the allies had less success, partly because of the policy of Tissaphernes, who gave Spartan forces only limited support. In 407, however, Darius decided to put all his resources behind Sparta. He appointed his son Cyrus the Younger in place of Tissaphernes as commander in chief of Asia Minor and gave him funds to re-create the Spartan fleet. As a result Athenian power was broken in 405 at Aegospotami. Not long after, Darius died of an illness. LEARN MORE in these related articles: