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The article and this thread are one big “slam head against wall” emoji. Yes, I came here just to say that.

What a b.s. bracket. Bills and Sabres will be matched up against each other tonight.

I can take or leave Schein -- his schtick gets old after a bit -- but he has ALWAYS loved the Bills' fan base and wanted the team to be worthy of the fans. He bashed Rex Ryan incessantly, and rightfully so, but pre-Ryan he supported Saint Doug and even Chan Gailey.

Oh really? Why do I have a hard time believing that?

You root for the team your way and I'll root for them mine. Anyone can cherry pick a play or two from a game and blame the playcaller, but Daboll has hardly been given a full set of tools to work with before this season.

Well said. If you are one of the people telling sports journalists to “stick to sports” or telling players to “stick to playing” I think you need to take a good long look at yourself and ask why you are bored/disinterested/threatened by having these racial issues brought to the forefront for discussion. You, personally, may never be stopped at random by police solely because of your skin color, but why wouldn’t you want to be a part of talking about how to change that dynamic in our society?

I can only hope that Daboll loves being a key part (OC) of a winning team in his hometown more than he wants to be a HC. Pipe dream, I know, but I think he'll quiet most of his critics this season and there's no doubt he has it upstairs to be running the show.

Did McD put together a great staff or what? He, Frazier, and Daboll make me proud to be a fan. These guys "get it" and have hit all the right notes in talking about the racial crisis.

Thanks for this perspective. It means a lot.

Brees got "caught" in his failure to understand that a silent protest during the national anthem has nothing to do with "disrespecting the flag." He still doesn't get it.

It’s very, very difficult to determine whether apologies like Fromm’s and Brees’ are sincere. I tend to put merit in the notion that most apologies come because the offender was “caught” and not because they truly recognize their error. Brees is going to be given the benefit of the doubt because of who he is, as well as his record of service in the community. I don’t know how Fromm “proves” his sincerity; he certainly has an uphill climb. Does cutting him solve anything though? I’m not talking about the Buffalo Bills football team here, because Fromm wasn’t going to play a significant role for any foreseeable future (and might not even make the team). I’m talking about the notion that we give people an opportunity to redeem themselves and learn from mistakes. As Leslie Frazier said, the locker room will be able to sift what’s real from what’s not. If the Bills cut him, so be it, but I generally believe that knee-jerk reactions are not the way to go.

When issues like this are being discussed, a lot of people should really remember the adage that it is better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

The fact that anyone still believes the silent NFL player protests during the anthem were about the flag or the military just saddens me.

Sorry Bill, you've missed the point. If you want to keep dwelling in the past and fearing the future, be my guest.

not keeping Knox was one of his biggest “save money” blunders of all time

Yeah, the “company line” has always been to say how much they enjoy the environment, and I think McD certainly tries to get the best out of it, but now that they’ve built the culture, the team is experiencing success, and they have those awesome facilities in OP, the original reasons for going to Rochester (facilities, expand fan base) aren’t really an issue and staying in OP will save the team $$$.

That’s a pretty good list, although I don’t think they will be able to unload Hauschka’s salary and if he loses out to the rookie they’ll simply release him.

When I was a kid and first experienced Bills football my favorite three players were OJ, Fergie, and Chandler. Fun read; thanks for sharing that.

Small price to pay for the chance of having football this fall.

Me saying he is top half entering this season is not a purely numbers-based projection; it is wide-ranging and encompasses his anticipated growth as well as the coaching and talent around him.

I disagree. Looking at what Josh has done and what he had to work with, combined with how raw he was coming into the NFL, he is arguably in the top half of NFL QBs entering the 2020 season. Yes, I'd trade him straight up for Russell Wilson today -- but I'd still hate to do it. Homer or not, I think Josh is going to go through the roof starting this year.

You probably understood my point but took it too literally. I think for anyone to claim to "know" what Josh's NFL career trajectory will look like at this point is pure folly. The guy has 27 starts and was as raw as cookie dough coming to the NFL. In a couple of years I believe people are going to look back at what they thought today and say, "wow."

What strikes me as odd is how many people think they "know" what Josh is and what he isn't. News flash: you don't.

Nothing against Dak, but no thank you. Josh is about to become a superstar in this league.

Not gonna have the patience to sit through this one...did he say Josh is inaccurate and can never be better?