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I am sure it seems odd to some here. A lot of folks expected this to be an invincible Bills team rolling to 20-0 (or something close to that). Now they’re freaking out because that illusion has been shattered. The reality is the same as it was a month ago though. The Bills are a helluva good team, one of the best - if not the best - in the league. But they aren’t the only stacked team in the NFL. The AFC in particular is stacked and it will be a dogfight to the end.

Sidney Jones from the Seahawks? Not sure what he’s cost trade-wise, but they’re going nowhere and he’s on a one year deal. Cheap too. $3.6M contract, including $1.3M signing bonus so we’d only be on the hook for a prorated Portion of $2.3M. Some of that is even in the form of per game roster bonuses so we’d be off the hook for some if he got hurt.

Legit depends on how big a difference in health we’re talking about. Those two weeks off for the #1 seed help heal a lot of bumps and bruises.

Singular game grades really need to be taken with a grain of salt, especially where covering Hill and Waddle are concerned.

Looks like his head isn’t in it so far this season. Chargers was worst loss of the 3 mentioned. They are in bad shape. Vegas wasn’t included in the list but it might’ve been worse. 0-3 is close to impossible to overcome and make the playoffs (though there’s a 7th spot now). Edited to add: Only 6 teams since 1979 have made playoffs after an 0-3 start. Only 1 has made it after starting 0-4 (‘92 Chargers).

Is everything okay?

Fans of teams that have gotten close, but haven’t managed to win it all tend to dwell on the costly mistakes that ended their seasons. Pats fans aren’t dwelling on the Helmet Catch or any of the plays that ended so many Pats seasons prematurely because they have 5 SB wins with Brady. John Elway lost 3 SBs before winning 2 later in his career. That narrative changed when he got the first one. Just one championship changes so much. If Buffalo can get over the top just once you’ll see it here too.

I agree. I’d rather watch them play a game of kickball than pretend to play a football game. What makes the football game especially bad is that two players every five years take it seriously and wind up injuring someone with a hart hit they weren’t expecting. Just let them compete in some fun stuff that won’t get anyone injured. Make it a good time and maybe players will want to go again.

This one was on me. Went to a concert on Friday with some friends and we each got $15 in free slot bets at the casino. I’ve lived here 10+ years and have never been so we went. I was the only one who won a few bucks - $51 - and I didn’t want to keep playing so I wandered over to the sports betting spot with my buddy. It was free money so I put in a parlay bet with the “free” $50 I won. It was mostly on the Bills, including some prop bets, and they did not come through as 3 of the 4 did not hit. Win by 5.5, over 53.5, TD by Diggs all missed. Just got the Allen TD (which was a gimme). So it was my bad for billeving. I’ll try to be more pessimistic in the future.

Last season the OL was built to pass block. They built the line that way at the expense of run blocking, which they were poor at. This off-season they traded some pass blocking prowess for better run blockers. I have no idea why they did that. It has been my only big worry on that side of the ball. And it’s a big one.

This is fair criticism

People overreacting moments after a loss is understandable. They aren’t right, but it’s an understandable emotional reaction. Acting like you’re the voice of reason by calling the loss meaningless is much more wrong.

Except that mistake might’ve saved the Phins asses in this game. I know it changed the deficit from four points to two, but we got far worse field position because of it.

For how hard he worked today I have to think Allen had to have some heat/fatigue/dehydration issues. Certainly could’ve affected his mechanics. The pressure he was seeing couldn’t have helped him either.

Nerd rage

The hope is scary

I am definitely repeating myself. I think that the issue might be a misunderstanding of the legal definition of evidence and confusion with proof. Proof is a fact that demonstrates something to be real or true. Evidence is information that might lead one to believe something to be real or true. Proof is final and conclusive. Evidence is not. A pneumothorax Is definitely evidence of malpractice. It alone may not be enough to win the case (but you never know with a jury) and there obviously will be other evidence presented.

Again, it absolutely can be due to malpractice. Just because something is a known complication doesn’t mean that the doctor has a get out of jail free card. Standard of care still applies.

I’d probably start with his punctured lung.

I have not been a fan of signing Edmunds to a huge contract. In general I think he does some things very well, but has some significant holes in his game. That all said, he had a great game last night. Literally it was the best I’ve seen him play.

I get what you’re saying but let’s not pretend like it isn’t typical behavior across the league.

Less than a minute left in the half. Defensive players often lay on offensive players to kill the clock. He probably thought Dane was doing that and didn’t realize he was hurt.

Because sometimes bad outcomes are not due to a medical practitioner failing to meet the expected standard of care. And sometimes they are. A disclosure of a possible complication does not mean that a doctor’s performance does not impact whether or not that complication occurs or whether they are responsible for it. With this specific procedure it’s obvious how a mistakes by a physician would lead to a punctured lung. Sometimes that same complication might be unavoidable, but the performance of the doctor would definitely have a bearing on it. The legal burden of proof is anything over a 50% chance that the doctor’s performance cause this complication. Settlements usually occur in the 11th hour so there’s no surprise that there has not been one yet. I don’t have a dog in this fight. I just know how these cases go due to being in the insurance industry. I’m just trying to explain what almost always happens.

The first hurdle in a med mal case is standard of care. IOW the expected level of care from a reasonably skilled doctor under the same circumstances. The expectations include factors such as specific circumstances and specifics about the medical practitioner. For example a specialist would have a higher standard in their own specialty than a GP would. An NFL team doctor definitely would have a higher standard than average. Waivers regarding known complications and risks are not get out of jail free cards. They do not impact standard of care requirements. From what I’ve seen they have 3 uses: - educating patients on the risks of a procedure - discouraging claims - protecting the medical professional when adequate standard of care is given In a nutshell, a bad outcome is not necessarily due to malpractice. But it certainly can be. IMO this would be a fairly easy hurdle for TT’s lawyers to clear. The second hurdle is the injury to the patient. That’s straightforward. The last one is the actual damage done. In this case, it is any money that it cost TT in terms of future earnings? I agree that it is debatable if it did cost him anything. But here is a real issue. The burden of proof in med mal cases is almost always “preponderance of evidence”. That’s anything greater than 50%. Between the risk of the verdict going against them, the legal costs and the possible jury award (which could be far more than $5M) there is no way an insurance company take this case to a verdict. The math will dictate that they settle.

What I “promised” you was that the legal standard is exactly the same whether a medical procedure is elective or not. Common sense - or a quick google search - should tell you that.