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Mickey

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  1. 11 hours ago, Long Suffering Fan said:

    It's ridiculous because there is no reason that it should take 18 months to get something like this to trial.  A speedy trial should be the norm.

     

    - Delays are bad for a defendant if they happen to be innocent because it drags out the time that the sword of Damocles is hanging over their head.

    - It is bad for a plaintiff it they happen to be right because it drags it out and does not give them closure.

     

    But it all racks up billable hours for lawyers, so I guess it is good for them.  Grrrrr....

     

    I can think of dozens of reasons why it would take longer than 18 months. Discovery, depositions, video tape depositions, motions, expert witnesses, evidence availability, site investigation and on and on. Just juggling the schedules of the lawyers, the parties, the witnesses and everyone else involved can slow things to a crawl. 

     

    A billable hour is when a lawyer spends an hour of their time working on the client's case and yes, they do get paid for that just like mechanics, doctors, plumbers and electricians.  The reason people pay for that work is because as with plumbers, its worth it.

     

    As for speedy trials, everyone willing to quadruple the taxes already paid every year to keep the courts functioning at a faster pace, raise your hand.

  2. I remember when Josh was drafted I used Lamonica as an example of how successful a QB can be despite having a low completion percentage in an argument with one of the many acolytes of the Church of the Holy Completion Percentage who just couldn't get over our not drafting the other Josh. 

     

     

  3. I think too many of us are letting Tyreek Hill live rent free in our heads.  Maybe the fastest player we ever had, Marquise Goodwin, never panned out.  Seems like most smallish speed guys not having Mahomes and Reid on their side end up like Tavon Austin, over-drafted.  

     

    There are some pretty fast guys with size out there but likely gone before 25. The best alternative is a big target, contested catch guy which is a type we currently do not have on the roster, unless Hodgins somehow rises from the depths of the practice squad.  

     

    If Jameson Williams is there you sprint to the podium but after that, Burks, Watson, Pickens , London and Tolbert would be the guys I'm most interested in.

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  4. 8 hours ago, BuffaloBill said:

    RB’s tend to have short NFL careers. There is not likely to be a positive end to using your once in a generation arm talent QB as though he is an RB. Josh can scramble and at at very select times play the run. To me it looked like opposing teams did a halfway decent job stopping the Bills RPO.

     

    Develop a “real” run game and see how good Josh will be as a QB. 

    Yes, I think running an offense from the 1980's might just work.

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  5. Win at all costs? Pass.  We can win without such desperate personnel gambles. Hunt has been contrite and kept his nose clean.  I am glad his career survived his mistake. However, given that our most famous player from an historical standpoint is a notorious double murderer who practically beheaded his ex-wife, maybe we aren't the best franchise in the league to gamble when it comes to violence against women. 

  6. 5 hours ago, BrainwashedBillsFan said:

    Isn’t he too similar to Davis? He’s 6’3”225. Should we go Dotson instead for the speed aspect of his game? I’m just asking, I would love Burke’s guys a monster and can run a 4.5 

     

    Why not go with a a guy 6-5 who runs a 4.4?  I'm talking about you Christian Watson.  I don't want to mimic the chiefs with the cheetah, I think big targets with speed are more effective.  Guys like Tyreek are incredibly rare, odds are we won't find one.  Besides who had the better game, Davis or Tyreek?  Sign me up for a Mike Evans, Deandre Hopkins, Davante Adams type.  I love Watson but there are others in that same mold in the draft this year.  Drank London for example. 

     

     

     

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  7. 1 hour ago, OnTheRocks said:

    I love Josh Allen.  One of the first things that jumped out at me was how quickly he became comfortable as a locker room guy.  When he was drafted there was some question about how he would adjust to the NFL immediately after there was a report that while he was in high school or college he had quoted lyrics from a song on twitter that the cancel culture was wanting to smother him over.  Even during his first two seasons when he struggled to develop his accuracy, he just looked the part of a guy that was going to lead this team to the next level.

     

    So the question was put to me this morning by a Cowboys fan who is frustrated with Dak Prescott.  He's a top NFL QB.  But he's missing something in the maturity and leadership.  Something that Aaron Rodgers has.  Tom Brady has.  Peyton Manning had.  Jim Kelly, John Elway, and Dan Marino all had it.  And that's this, they didn't hesitate to grab a lineman by the facemask and get in their face to tell them mistakes are not to be tolerated.  Get after a WR if they run a bad route or read the defense poorly and don't cut a route short, or adjust and go long.  I don't recall ever seeing Josh get in a guys face over a mistake.

     

    I hadn't given it any thought but wanted to throw it out there for discussion.  Is Josh Allen too Buddy-Buddy with the men he's leading? 

    Is it necessary for that kind of leadership to get to the next level?  

     

    Lost me at "cancel culture". 

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  8. 16 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

    You know by my user name that I love this stuff!

     

    We have no king but the King in the North whose name is Josh.

    Our swords are his from this day until his last day.

    He is the White Wolf, the King in the North

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  9. The game gathers and now my watch begins, it shall not end ’til the game is won. 

    I shall allow no sacks, I shall commit no holds, I shall draw no flags.

    I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness.

    I am the shield that guards the realms of Josh. 

    I am the wall. 

    I pledge my life and honor to the Ice Watch for this night and all the nights to come.

     

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  10. I honestly barely remember those super bowls. What I remember was all the winning. Week in, week out, for years and years, we just won and won and won and then won some more.  There were times I thought, "no way we win this one" and then we'd win.  We would have injuries, bad calls, turnovers and crazy weather all going against us and we would win anyway. A decade of excitement, hope, adventure, grief, joy and winning. Lots and lots of winning. We were crazy lucky and crazy good. And that is what I remember.

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