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I know it is an unpopular opinion, and ultimately he probably was never going to be an upper echelon starter, but he really didn't get much of a shot in Buffalo. For a guy who was drafted as high as he was, he only had 10 starts before Marrone, essentially gave up on him. Even Jamarcus Russell, the standard for modern NFL QB bust got 15 consecutive starts in his second season (missed most of his rookie season with holdout and injury issues) before the Raiders pulled the plug on him. Really, after the first 5 games of his rookie season, Manuel had 12 more starts, spread out over 4 seasons. Before he got injured against Cleveland, on that Thursday night game, he was 2-2 as a starter, and I think most Bills fans were cautiously optimisitic that the Bills might have a decent QB. But that injury, 5 games into his career, pretty much sealed his fate. He never really had a real shot after that. Not necessarily blaming Marrone, but he just had no committment to the first round pick. I do feel like he could have improved with more playing time. I agree with you, but their passing stats are pretty similar in their rookie years...EJ has a slight edge in completion % and TD/INT ratio. But, obviously, Allens' mobility (and pulse) give him a huge edge.

One that rarely gets mentioned, one of my top 10 movies of all time, Christmas or otherwise: "Diner" It stars Micky Rourke (pre-freak era), Steve Gutenburg (pre-obnoxious era), Daniel Stern, Tim Daily, Paule Rieser, Ellen Barkin and (yes) Kevin Bacon. Excellent film any time of the year, but it takes place in Baltimore, 1059, Christmas time. Directed by the great Barry Levinson. It came out in 1983, kind of a pre-curser to Seinfeld, in my opinion. Very dialouge driven....really funny, and poingnent. And, it even has an NFL football angle...

Bing Crosby does Jim Morrison....or it the other way around?

I was parodying B-Mans *****...he knew what Trump meant, even though it wasn't what he said. We can all hear things the way we want to.

Any more ludicrous than what B-Man posted?

Whatever... a weak response from a Trump loon...I am crushed... I don't laugh at you, I cringe at the lengths you will go to feel good about supporting this nonsense...

Keith Richards, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones (Clash), Jerry Lee Lewis, John Entwistle, Lou Reed...tons of musicians.... Perhaps my most prized, and unique, is Larry Birds autograph, as forged by Kevin McHale.

And I always understood "you can keep your doctor" to mean "if the bill passes the way it is presented, rather than carved apart to appease lunatics on the right, you will be able to continue seeing whatever doctor you want". But, you know how that goes... It is nice that you can make up a narrative that helps you feel better about your blind support for this garbage of an administration. You may have understood it the way you did...but its' not what he said...and it certainly isn't the way he acted when he first took office. He worked his con-man magic into his blind followers lowering their expectations of him...

I think this one is pretty briliant...I know most people never listen to the things that are linked, but give this one a chance....give it a little over a minute to catch its stride..

I think designing more plays that feature McCoy catching passes out of the backfield would really help the offense a lot...and it would give McCoy a chance to have space to move. It seemed very early in the season they were running some screens...but they have pretty much disappeared.

Maybe Anthony Lynn wouldn't have been such a bad hire after all? Chargers players all praising him, the reason they are winning games like this now... They have had so much talent, seems like they might be finally "learning how to win"

Honestly, I know it has become the narrative that Kelvin Benjamin "doesn't even try"...I think that is BS. I think he tries, and he cares...did anyone ever stop to think that he just many not be that talented?

So, how is it that the Bushes campaigned against current president, but at the same time "refrained from all things politic after they were out of office"? Does not make sense.. Either way, a hell a lot more respect for GH, than his son. RIP.

So sorry... in my best Rex Ryan voice "I'd still make that decision 100 out of 100 times"

Oh yeah, you're right...second year.

I agree to you to an extent. However, love of the Sabres has really tested that idea for me. They were so bad the last 5-7 years, my love of hockey was hangning by a thread the last two seasons. I have been buying Center Ice every year as long as it has been available (2001 I think) When the Sabres are good, I watched anywhere from 50-70 games a year. The last two seasons, however, I probably watched a total of about 30 games total. As the Sabres sucked ass, my interest in other teams wained. As much as I love the game, when it is played well, really bad hockey is not easy to watch. Sometimes, its' flukiness bothers me.. so far so good this year!

I am man enough to admit, I actually rooted for the Patriots in the Super Bowl in 2002...Bradys rookie year. I thought it was a great story, hated the Rams, and had no earthly idea that it would usher in the most miserable years in my 45+ years rooting for the Bills.?

Rodgers and Cook.

I'll take your word on that...I don't watch more than 5 minutes of ESPN other than MNF and the occasional Celtics game. I do watch NFL Network a little more, but I think it is pretty terrible too. They employ some of the worst personalities. Too much schtick...in its' prime, ESPN was far, far better...but that was a while ago.

When I said "off-limits" I wasn't implying there was some law making it illegal to do business on Thanksgiving or Christmas. They were "off-limits" only in the sense that it made no real sense for them to be open...employers saw the value of giving these days off to their employees, and they didn't try to fabricate some false need for their services on these two days. They aren't offering anything on Thanksgiving Day at 5pm that they couldn't offer at 6am the following morning. Sorry for your misfortunes boyst, and it is great that you overcame them...but everyone's circumstances are not the same. It is one thing for people to think it is fine for stores to be open on Thanksgiving, but a whole other thing to be casting judgement on the people working at them. I

Umm...am I missing something? Do Target, Wal-Mart, etc open up on Christmas day now too? Whatever straw-man argument you are making, just for the sake of argument isn't really working. The "state" doesn't make these decisions, by the way...retailers make the call.

There there baby, I know you work harder than anyone else...everyone else had the same opportunities as you, but they just chose to be lazy sacks of *****...

I assume everything is closed on Christmas, hence 363 days. Christmas and Thanksgiving, in retail, were always off-limits. I assume Christmas still is.

No, not joking. I'm old enough to remember a time when stores being closed on Sunday was the norm, holidays were not even a question. And while I am sure Chef Jim is correct, many appreciate the chance to earn extra money, I would be willing to bet as many would prefer to be home with their families, but don't get to make that choice. And if nobody was open on Thanksgiving, you could do the same business on Friday morning. Jim, you really can't see the difference between Wal-Mart/Target etc and the emergency room of a hospital? I will assume you framed this as an SJW issue, to make some other point. But it doesn't really have anything to do with social justice. Its just decency.

Foxx chimes in from mount privilege.