Thrivefourfive

So this was a very long, drawn-out job interview. Jeez. Hope BaBich has anything left in the tank for the season. Why didn’t McDermott just give him the keys months ago and let him actually be the DC, in more than name? Personally, I don’t like some of his leadership tactics. At all. I think they manifest fear.

I don’t miss always thinking there was going to be a WR3. Quinn Early would have been ideal, but he was too late and the Bills were too soon. Beebe, Edwards, TASKER. Boy….…

All things considered, I’m still going with the Reid led Bills this year over the McD led Chiefs. Wonder what Chiefs fan think about that.. I’ll even let the Bills into Arrowhead for the AFCCG. I just can’t feel confident with McDermott in that situation, or any playoff situation.

I’m really not looking forward to seeing the starting WRs at this point. This is my sour patch.

I think they’re badasses too. But there is no transition from Diggs and Davis. Thing was a clean breakup. There will be a whole new thing this year and none of it will have slow ass Diggs five yard stop routes and Davis’s sideline dash with two defenders he can’t shake between him and JA17.

The only way that #3 doesn’t go our way is because we didn’t switch head coaches. with any combination of Mahomes/Allen, roster/roster, Reid>McDermott is the determine factor for success. The gap between COACHING STAFFS is far greater than between QBs and rosters.

McDumpster needs his scapegoat stable strong.

We’re actually bad with the ball at either goal line. Embarrassingly so.

Sweet Baby Justice

Yes. I think enough of the machine is in place to win games. I don’t think winning regular season games will be a problem for McD-JA17. They’ve gotten it down every which way, which is how a franchise stays in the playoffs year after year. What I’m pissed about is everything ^^^ As predictable as they are winning regular season games and making the playoffs, they are just are predictable losing to the goddam Chiefs in the playoffs. If I could trade one missed playoffs season for one season of beating KC in the playoffs, sign me up.

Unfortunately, I think. I should stop there. I think the down talk of games 1-8 is how incredibly inconsistent this WR room will be. The OLine will be fine with JA17. They’ll run block like monsters, so RBs will be rolling. Defense will be full of excuses. That’s McDermott’s realm, and he gets to create that narrative.. our standards will be so low that we’ll be happy with regular middle of the pack play, and probably no big plays from anyone not named Bernard and Douglas, for however long they’re healthy. Bass could be a sorer spot than WR, but he’ll get axed if he’s actually costing the Bills games. There is just no way that this thing gets off the ground smoothly. Brady would have to be as creative as Reid to keep the pressure off young, career underwhelming middling WRs. Samuel will make a play and disappear. Shakir should get stuffed by opponents if he shows any WR1 potential during the season. The Rookie won’t get off until he learns how to play against NFL DBs and schemes. He doesn’t have the talent to win on talent, so he’ll have to learn to play, and that will take more than 8 games.

Always been a weirdo.

Another move that’s a no brainer for the Chiefs. We’ll see how this one shapes out. (Son… go get my Butker Voodoo doll!!!)

Butker got squirrelly, for anyone wondering, two years ago. 75%. He had a few issues, but won the SB anyways. Total outlier. Made all his playoff PATs, missed one FG. Top five leg, top five accuracy. He’ll miss a game with a leg tweak. but is a throw him out there guy, and is clutch with all systems go. Last year’s playoffs: 11/11 FGs; 8/8 PATs. Damn solid.

A kicker’s agent is really free money. An agent can’t “convince” a GM that their guy does this better or that better, or there’s any untapped potential that should earn bigger bucks. For a kicker, it’s pretty straight forward. There’s obviously categories to mark, but physical attributes don’t factor in like every other position. It’s like if Edmunds was a kicker. Theres no way he’d ever become overrated by $$ or fans. Doesn’t matter if your kicker is young, long, fast.. if you can’t kick, nobody is going to be clamoring to keep you around. If Butkner was interested in free agency (AND WHY THE HELL WOULD HE BE???) he might have an agent. Know what Lamar ended up doing with no agent.. getting no real offers to the point of league collusion and signed with the only team he’s ever known anyways. IF Lamar knew what he was doing, then it was making a bunch of noise, putting the LEAGUE in a bad spot, and reaping the rewards of the league and Ravens paying him off to not cause anymore bad media attention. Such a weird situation. He got what he wanted. The Ravens ended up doing what they needed to. And yet, it was a mess. Jackson’s fault all the way, and he’s lucky the Ravens are solid for allowing him to back into that ideal contract. But man.

The music has been annoying. Schoen… I dunno.. I don’t ever see the smart people behave the way he does. He’s a little too impressed with himself.

Game wreckers on the defensive line and edges.

What stats did I use to make points?

Just can’t do stats in football like that. Each game has too many independent variables variables going in a game, and their dependencies are impossible to predict or compare. Analytics is most difficult apply, much less use, Of the four major sports. Right?

Oh, and he won ‘em all. So give me the wins, @PBF81 can keep the stats 😊

Somebody posted a comparison graph underneath one of those Twitter links in the OP. Mahomes and Brady. It’s nice to be in that debate. For the Allen column.. WE WOULD HAVE DIED TO HAVE A QB THAT GREAT FOR A CAREER IF YOU OFFERED US THAT 7 YEARS AGO. JA17 is still getting better.

SBXXV

Compared to what Biden’s closest aides—family—are doing to him, Reagan’s should truly be thanked.

They never stand and talk about things that aren’t scripted. Politicians used to be master class bullshitters. Now they can’t even defend their positions in an informal setting with 20 somethings. It’s embarrassing. How about, an answer to her question? If she’s wrong for wanting more oil, address it, SENATOR. Jesus, she’s a SENATOR.. She should be able to handle the Big Oil “question”. It’s embarrassing. Everyone so traumatized that default ol questions and points of discussion are a No-Go-Zone. Crazy.

Yeah, sucks. Hate to hear this to one of “my guys” from the 80s. Cool, unique player, at quarterback, on a very dramatic Browns team. Back then the AFC was Double A Ball so I appreciated the AFC players a little more, being more familiar with their struggle.