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It also goes to point out that we don’t suck the way some pretend we do. I think Kirby put it best when he said something like we have a Baker level HC, not a Josh level HC. I don’t disagree, but getting a Josh level HC as your next guy is a gamble that has to be acknowledged and considered. Rings mean everything to some people here, and the guys they currently put on a pedestal have the same number of rings as a HC as McD. May they be better in the long run? Very possible, time will tell. I just don’t get the people who get so upset over something they have no control over. They get so personally and emotionally wrapped up in it they begin to have delusions of grandeur like they are qualified to be running the show. I find that amusing. I’m not a hard core McD guy the way some are anti-McD. The truth is rarely in the extremes, just like the real world.

I’m looking at Denver and Minneapolis as places I’ve never seen a game but would love to. I’ll have to wait for the dates to come out, because even with a dome Minneapolis can be brutal in the winter. It was the site of the only Super Bowl I’ve attended, but their new(ish) stadium is something I’d like to experience. I don’t love the overseas games, but if it gives me an excuse to see a great city, that will be on the table as well. I’m sure Vegas and Miami will look attractive to folks in WNY looking for a break in the cold.

He had 8 sacks last year, and 8 sacks in 2022. That’s not nothing for an “edge setter”. I never expect him to be a 13 sack/year guy. Maybe some frustration around here comes from unrealistic expectations? I know, you want more with the big contract, but he didn’t get paid like Myles Garrett, so don’t expect that level of play.

I don’t think Groot was ever expected to be a dominant edge rusher coming from LDE. That would be great, but that was never the expectation. He’s not a Dwight Freeney or Von Miller kind of player, he has a different skill set.

And then the Bills had the 2nd best winning percentage in North American professional sports over a period of years, behind only the Chiefs. Let’s not ignore history just to try to prove your point. Beside, I’m told by people here that it means nothing without a SB win as HC. I know McD is far from perfect (for example, I wish he would hire guys smarter than him as coordinators rather than clear underlings), but some people here get so caught up in emotion that they often fail to see the big picture. It’s not personal, so I try not to get emotional. Might they be better HC’s in the long run? That wouldn’t shock me, but a dozen weeks of football is too soon to crown anyone.

So did McD. None of them have a SB ring yet, so that all important box for some people has yet to be checked. We got good, we have yet to have things line up properly. Part of it is just dumb luck with injuries, schedules, ill-timed errors, bad calls, etc. I expected Vrabel to be solid, and I was eager to see Johnson to assume the HC role. Some coordinators are just not cut out to be the top guy, while others thrive.

Well I guess that settles it then. I’ll have to start wearing a tie when I fly and gyrate wildly trying to slap people in the face with it. Just thinking ahead….Probably best to wait until after takeoff. I’m not into status or label, but I warn people who are: Things are not always what they appear. In fact, the first appearance can be very misleading from my experience. I learned early in my working life that the guys with the fancy BMW’s were often 60 days late on the payments, and the old guy driving the clunker to the early bird buffet just might be loaded.

Are you suggesting we all abandon ALL of our clothing, then? This is a family kind of place!

Huh? Rotation? I wore a tie almost daily in high school, then for almost my entire working life. If it’s not something you are personally comfortable with, that’s fine. But it’s not as though it’s extreme or odd in any way. Like anything else, you clean it when you need to. Pretty simple.

No, nothing at all to apologize for. The thing is, they are super comfortable, but they look just fine in multiple solid colors. (If my wife likes something, she will often get them for me in every color.) I went from PT to my mother’s nursing home to visit, and a guy there is usually wearing “pants” much like mine, but his are covered in Snoopy and Charlie Brown images. You can be comfy without looking like a slob, but some people are just more comfortable looking like slobs. I guess maybe they like to project that IDGAF image? It’s different times, and I’ve learned to lower my expectations. It seems to be a never ending process. The dry cleaner. They exist for exactly such things.

When you go shopping at midnight out of necessity, you should expect to have fewer options. We can’t go 5 deep at every position, and you never know which unit will have the brunt of the injuries. We used to start the season like this to find starters at the last camp cutdown. I remember those days clearly, and I’m not panicking just because Lawson’s name has been mentioned here. I’m not thrilled, but I’m not panicking. It is what it is.

Other than a few times on the golf course or when he was dying in his hospital bed, I never saw my FIL when he was not wearing a tie. That was as expected as pants for him. I however, had physical therapy for my shoulder today. The comfortable pants I wore to PT may also be clothes I sleep in on a regular basis, but as far as you know they are not the same ones I slept in last night. You may assume that what I wore to my session and what I slept in last night were different garments. Just sayin’.

Well, it might have been the plan before we lost 50% of our starting DLine to injuries. Stuff happens, and you adjust.This is where we are.

That must be an enormous relief for him!

Getting from point A to point B is one thing, and parking is something else again. There are good reasons you see so many bicycles and scooters around Europe. It’s also related to the lower obesity levels you see there, I think. Walking and bike riding are much more common forms of transportation than in the states, where we consider it a rare exercise event. They call it “getting where I need to go.” I was very impressed by how fast, clean, and easy it was to get around Italy by train. In fact, I’d like to go do it again! .

So, if you really just happen to truly suck, you’re screwed. No help for you! It’s more important to protect parity than defend against the tankers of the world, imo.

You may not see it now, but this is a blessing that will remain with you. I wasn’t with all the dogs we had to put down until the last few. There is something in it for both of you to be there together at the end. I regret a couple chances I could not or did not. Either way, you loved each other until the end.

I think I have PTSD after the last Peter Pan birthday. Are they there? Or are they not? 😊

My smart ass son walked into the room when I was watching a movie and asked “Hey Dad, what does the WE in the corner stand for?”

He lost us SB 25 playing OC vs the Giants. Hand the ball to Thurman and he has a SB ring. Reminiscent of Dan Marino refusing to play balanced (and winning) offensive football. I’ll pass. The system would work if we had some NFL quality WR’s, players we sadly lack.

Just be sure he doesn’t pull a Dick Cheney before the sprinting commences! That will slow you down.

We’ve been looking in all the wrong places to save our season!!!

You haven’t failed anyone or anything. You’ve done all you could. The best Golden I’ve ever had developed anemia from a bleed somewhere deep inside her. Her blood cell count was off so they knew there was cancer somewhere. They asked if we wanted exploratory surgery to try to find the bleed and stop it. She was a 14 year old Golden with cancer, and while we could have afforded the (CRAZY expensive) surgery, it was her time. For us to prolong things would have been selfish on our part. We couldn’t put that sweet girl thru it so we might have a little more time with a dog who was suffering. You will have many years of love to look back on warmly for Thanksgiving. Don’t let the sadness win, in time you will be able to smile more and cry less. The love is always there.

Thanks for the Cliff Notes. I’m good.

OK, we’ll put you down as a maybe.