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  1. 15 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

     

     

    The O's are the latest to try to copy the Astros tanking model.   It's not hard to get into contention that way but it's a lot harder to sustain momentum than it would seem it should be.   Cubs did it, won a WS by the skin of their teeth and then quickly faded back into mediocrity and their stars fell to earth and changed teams.   The Blue Jays were supposed to be owning the AL by now after their 2017-2019 tanking yielded a team full of sons of former HOF/star players.  

    Tell me you’re clueless about the Orioles without saying you’re clueless about the Orioles.

     

    1. It is highly questionable whether they were tanking by design or whether it was simply a function of ownership’s unwillingness to spend.

    2. Characterizing how the Orioles have gotten into contention as “not hard” should mean the Marlins, A’s, Tigers, Royals, Guardians, Nats, Pirates, Reds, Giants, D-Backs, Mariners, are all similarly positioned.  Of those maaaaaaybe you could make a thin case for the DBacks and Reds.  
    3. Henderson, Holliday, Kjerstad, Cowser, Westburg, Rodriguez, Mayo, Basallo, Rutschman, Norby, Bradfield.  Easy?  Oh, and that’s after trading Ortiz and Hall for Burnes.  They also developed Kremer, Bradish, Bautista, and others far beyond their original profiles.
     

    You’re going to lean on the fact that they haven’t gone to 7 straight ALCS like the Astros and that’s true, so you’re right…..what they’ve done is “easy”.  Now list the other teams that have gone to 7 straight AL or NL CS’s since that is your standard.  Yanks?  Dodgers?  

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  2. 17 minutes ago, Dr. K said:

    You are talking about two different games. The one where Diggs stood out on the field afterward watching the Chiefs celebrate was the AFC championship game the Chiefs won 38-24. The 13 seconds game where Gabe scored four touchdowns was a year later in the divisional round, and I don't remember Diggs doing any on-field demonstration after that game. 

    There are so many false narratives about Diggs, why pick nits on this one?

  3. 18 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

     

    I know. But we happen to have the only QB in the league that can actually match Mahomes' play in the playoffs, so naturally it's frustrating that our current regime can't find a way to make that work. Assign blame to McDermott and Beane however you wish. Just don't be so simple as to say "Mahomes has 3 Super Bowls, Allen has 0, therefore Mahomes is in a completely different tier." Any difference in play between Allen and Mahomes is not the reason for the difference in their teams' results. To make that claim is to say that, like I said above, elite players and elite coaches don't matter.

     

    I mean I've seen real people on this forum say that Brock Purdy deserved to finish ahead of Allen in MVP voting. That's how insane the conversation has gotten. I guess it needs to be reminded from time to time that QBs represent the plurality of their teams' success, not the majority.

    I gave you a red x but to clarify, the part about Purdy is completely accurate.

  4. 32 minutes ago, AKC said:

    With your Dolphins straw man reply noted, I'll get back to what was actually said. On the Bills there are players schemed/formationed off the field all the time. It's pretty easy to tell the 2nd tier guys acquesing to calls by running off the field , often showing disappoint they aren't in the next play. Diggs leaves the field when he wants to. It's been absolutely clear this past year he takes a blow when he's losing interest. I have no idea the coaching and team strategies in Miami, but almost to a man you can't keep our guys on the bench if they are schemed in. Not the same for Prince Stefon. You can argue the team has some fault keeping him in most play sets but he is getting paid more than the rest of the receiving corps and with that comes the expectation of having the biggest role. For my money Diggs has always had ideas about how offenses he's in should be run, but his ideas are wholly egocentric. Hard worker with a hard head. One of his teammates in Minnesota said before he came to us- "the last guy on our team I would let my sister date is Diggs". The people who work with him most closely seem to get it.

    Seriously?  The sister dating thing that was clearly a comedic video?

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  5. 16 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:

    That’s your conjecture, they didn’t toss him out because he was a easy to get sling with, sure he was a helpful addition, but he like Beasley made himself replaceable. 

    You called him a name; that was the conjecture.  I simply pointed it out.  Shouldn’t the burden be placed on the one making the claim…..you?

     

  6. 2 hours ago, Don Otreply said:

    Diggs is an azs hole, a good receiver, but an azs hole none the less, that coincidentally disappears in the playoffs, is what it is, you could of course follow him to Houston…,

    Most of the stuff discussed about him here is either conjecture or completely made up. Just because he isn’t o the team anymore doesn’t mean you need to act as if he was meaningless.  He wasn’t.

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  7. Why does my QB who has so much ability choose to employ that ability elsewhere?  Why does he choose to wear a suit to the Kentucky Derby which is a color normally seen only in sherbet?  

     

    Why do fans assume I’m the villain?  Do they not see me work my ass off?  Do they not see me develop a relationship with a young boy who lost his father?   Why must they take positive things I do, and post threads implying I am self centered and think less of others?  Is our society so intolerant that it cannot accept a personality driven by success?  Even if the desired success is for not just me but for the team and city?  

  8. 55 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

    The Stephen A. Smith-ization of sports tv shows is why I don’t watch them anymore.  Who sits and watches two guys yelling at each other about things that dont even matter in life?

    This.  On top of that, neither one of them has a clue about the reality of the situation but they argue about it anyway.  

  9. 3 minutes ago, mrags said:

    Well. I’d argue getting into the top 10 would almost guarantee your getting one at WR which is the most important t piece on Offense behind Josh 

    Sure.  And getting there from 28 is akin to getting to Alpha Centauri on your tricycle.

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  10. 22 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

    How about this for the Allen  A-BOMB  Offense

    28, 60, 128, 2025 1st, 2nd

     

    For


    16 - Thomas Jr.   &  DK Metcalf

     


    DK Metcalf

    Thomas Jr
    Samuel
    Shakir
    Hollins 

    DK Metcalf is the new shiny object?

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  11. 2 hours ago, Jrb1979 said:

    I could care less about work ethic. Elite playmakers are more important and right now they don't have many.  You need playmakers to win when it matters. Look at KC last year, they had Kelce for offense but their defense had many playmakers. 

     

    Compare that to the Bills who have a bunch of good players that bring their lunch pail to work. They play good together as a team but when it matters don't have guys that are game breakers. 

    You’re right.  Working hard is meaningless.  If you dress up pretty for the Kentucky Derby and have talent that should cover it.

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  12. 6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

     

     

     

    Josh Allen is just a passenger on the Milano train. 🤔

    He could certainly learn from the work ethic now that 14’s commitment has left the building.  Aside from Milano still being here, we have lost what was clearly a high degree of work ethic from 13, 14, 27, 60 etc.  Let’s hope the remaining guys and some newbies pick up the slack and it starts clicking for some of the more laid back types.

  13. 20 minutes ago, Brand J said:

    Yeah, I firmly believe the “you sure?” tweet from yesterday was the last straw. It’s arguably the most incendiary remark he’s made and the very next day he’s dealt. He’s Houston’s problem now.

    Shirley you can’t be serious.

  14. Just now, boyst said:

    this is where i am at.

     

    i want to hear what Beane says and more information to come out.

     

    there has been a lot of smoke and there was probably always a fire considering shipping him out.

     

    the extension we put him on years ago wasn't even used yet - so that is the most confounding part. we are reacting now after trying to bring him in for a long time. that extension was pure garbage to react early and now we are who knows where.

    The smoke is Twitter.  The fire is that Diggs prefers hard work, Allen prefers picker out cute outfits for the Kentucky Derby and Joe Brady prefers to scapegoat “divas”.

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  15. 1 minute ago, Heels20X6 said:

     

    Diggs had his moment to prove he was worth the infighting, the drama and the social media distractions, and this is what he did...

     

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    When you come up THAT SMALL in a big moment, you're not worth the headache.

    Now do Josh’s 3rd down.

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