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Yeah, I could see it being an exasperated “go away” scream as well. Either way, an awesome ending.

Kinda like this forum.

I'm a homer, but I think Oliver at 9 was an unbelievable steal. After reading about him and then seeing the genuine joy he expressed upon being drafted by the Bills, I believe this is a match made in football heaven. If it is true (as Kirby reported) that Singletary was graded that much higher by the Bills than anyone else available at #74, he is most certainly a steal. I don't care about any other teams.

This is a good call, declining the option on Shaq. If presented to him in the right way it should not negatively impact the Bills' ability to re-sign him if he has a good season, but in all likelihood he's not going to have the kind of season that would make you think he should be paid 9M+ in 2020.

Yeah but she didn't say when. Only that he'll die "in this strange country." That could be decades away for all we know, although I agree her tone was foreboding.

I think Syndergaard just took a page out of the Major League playbook by homering and pitching a 1-0 shutout. "F**k Jobu, I do it myself."

We are such a Mickey Mouse organization. While our rookies sit around twiddling their thumbs teams like the Ravens, Browns, Colts, Chefs, and Raiders are getting their rookies in an entire week in advance. That learning time is invaluable! It's no wonder why the national media hates us.

LOL, sure. I think it's a little overblown though. I saw a significant difference in pre- and post-injury Josh, even on the short stuff. Hopefully now that the "newness" of the NFL has worn off he'll focus more on making those short, easy completions and realize he doesn't always have to go for the big play.

I'll strongly disagree with this because McD is smart enough to know that "the Roman offense" is only viable if you're playing football in the days of Ancient Rome. Look at Baltimore -- sure, they ran through a pretty easy schedule but as soon as they faced a legitimate defense in the playoffs it was over. That system isn't conducive to truly competing -- I think we'll see that again this season. Now, McD chose the wrong guy (Dennison) but that wasn't even his first choice -- and he wisely moved on. Last season's early struggles (and they were awful to witness) is not because of the system but because you had a combination of Peterman and then a rookie playing behind a crap OL with crap skill personnel. I'll take the visible signs of improvement in the final 1/3 to 1/4 of the season as evidence things will turn around.

We all agree Josh needs to be better at taking the "short stuff" to improve, but how many times did what's bolded above actually happen last year? I'll hang up and listen.

See emphasis above. I completely agree when you're talking 3rd and long -- not so much when it's 3rd and 5 or less. You need to move the chains. I'm very much in favor of deep shots on 2nd down, though.

Great insight! Catching the ball will result in more completions as well.

Hughes, McCoy, Morse (we think), Ford (we hope), Tre White, Hyde/Poyer -- in addition to those you've mentioned. Of course, Hughes and Shady were around in 2015. With a good coach and better QB the 2015 team should have been a playoff team.

Probably this, although I did have high hopes in 2015. I was still under the delusion Rex was a good coach based upon the year he got 8-8 out of a crappy Jets team.

Ouch, Brad Riter. That's a big ol' matzo ball you got hangin' out of your mouth right there...

Probably the wrong thread but Peter Schrager on GMFB just raved about Singletary and predicted he would be the AFC's offensive rookie of the week in W1.

The clip is up-thread somewhere, and I watched it again (the whole episode) last night. I continue to be more and more impressed with what they did with the episode the more I watch it. Anyway, Jon almost certainly hollers "GO, GO!" just before the final scene when he jumps out in front of zombie Viserion. I do think it's possible he was creating a distraction for Arya.

Wearing Jaime's face if he is killed first.

Josh Allen baby!

Correct -- with security staff in place, no doubt. Excellent move in my opinion.

Prisco is an annual target of Bills fans upset with his pessimism. I really believe we are seeing a shift in the national NFL media...they’re not ready to say the Bills are “back” but they are more complimentary of what they are doing than at any time in recent memory.

Lost in all of this discussion over the NK, I think, is the fact that there is no scenario under which an army of humans could defeat an army of the dead. None. The NK can always simply raise the dead and continue forward. The only way to resolve the NK arc was to kill him, and this was a creative way of doing so. Why do we need to see the dead army march further south?

Not controversial at all (at least to me). I think it is unwise to expect Mahomes to pick up right where he left off, with all of these changes. I like the Chargers as well. I'm also not ready to hand the North to Cleveland. Their roster may be more of the Whaley method of compiling talent, rather than the Beane method of building a team. Time will tell. Despite their losses I won't rule out the Stillers. I do agree the Ravens will drop -- no better than 8-8.

Nah. The time is now. Bills will have clinched the division the week before in Foxboro. Jets will be playing to save Gase's job.

jw, don’t waste your time with ScottLaw. He’s one of a number of posters who don’t think it’s relevant to look at how Beane and McD are reshaping the organization, and will only grudgingly give credit when a Lombardi is hoisted by Terry Pegula. And even then, that “happiness” will be accompanied by some criticism that the victory “could have been more convincing.” What we’re basically talking about here is the loss of one year by McD not drafting the QB in 2017. Amazing some are so upset about that.