Neo

Foot in mouth. A disease or a desire? You make the call …

The dog chasing tail comparison of individual and team accomplishment probably dates to Colosseum games. Focus. For any given roster and staff, I’d start Allen over Mahomes.

I want a pre game update and pictures!

Grateful for the effort … ”likely Likely”!

I have no idea how I posted this into this thread. It was supposed to be in the game week thread. User error.

This guy, and this show, is just so good. Great colleague from Baltimore, also. 27th minute on is particularly interesting. Bills second level injuries, lack of big body linebackers and linebacker depth, and the Lamar / Henry question. Nickle, Dime … and how many in the box?

Buffalo 34 Baltimore 27 Baltimore with a late score to make it close.

13 TDs and 5 Bass missed XPs?

That’s quite an auto correct!

‘Cookie Gilchrist?

I watched him play poker at Wanakah CC 30 years ago. He is a man of tremendous appetites and an outsized personality.

Paul Maguire. Florida

“We should get home just in time for Hurricane Helene’s rainy western edge.”

September 24 Locked on Bills podcast. Benford recognition 23 minute mark. Very impressive.

I’ve always respected process. I’m a process guy. But, man, what a whole new level of insight and admiration. Brown, Cook, Shakir, Bedford, Bernard, Hamlin, Williams, Spector, Lewis, Ingram …

I love the 1990s Bills. I respect them. This AIN’T the 1990s Bills. Stefon Diggs is a 1990s Bill.

He’s referring to the typical home|road spread. You’re replying to him with this game’s spread. Yes, Bills +2.5. Yes, typical home team spread’s dropped from 3 to 1.5morb1.0. King Henry may be older, but he’s no plodder. Say what you want about the Cowboys, but 150 yards and 6.0 per carry ain’t plodding.

There is no doubt Buffalo got the exact right guy ….

In the beginning God created sports and the National Football League. Now, sports were popular among man and football was the greatest and most popular with devoted and die hard fans. The league was formless and the Spirit of God was hovering over cities and stadiums. And God said, “Let there be a player, a man” and there was a player. The player separated running backs from lineman, and chaos into playbooks. God called the player the Quarterback and the others teammates. There was a morning and an evening, the first day. And God said, “Let there be an arm to propel the football with great velocity and accuracy.” So God made the arm and it was glorious and terrible to fans and foes, respectively. The arm revived and saved. God called the arm Cannon, and saw that it was good. The second day. And God Said, “Let there be feet, sturdy and fleet.” The feet would dance and bring time to The Arm. The feet would drive and propel. God saw the Arm and the Feet and knew He’d created wonder that would enthrall the good and create jeopardy for the evil. God then said, “Let the Arm and The Feet attach to a Mind.” And it was so. The mind was intense and it was whimsical. It would devise and execute, inspire and strike terror. Its whimsy allowed the trilogy Arm, Feet, Mind to be a Leader of Teammates. And God saw that it was good. The third day. And God said, “Let the Arm throw darts, rainbows, short and deep. Let the feet scramble left and right and power straight ahead. Let the Mind create and cause the feet to leap and fly so foes will be vanquished on land and air and over defensive heads, shoulder and outstretched arms.” God saw that it was good - the fourth day. And God said, “Let there be a people, noble and hard working, ever hopeful even in lack of reward. Let the people be faithful, generation to generation, father to son, neighbor to neighbor. Let them be thirsty, and unfulfilled.” And God called them The Mafia and He chose them. And God said “Let the Mafia build a temple where they will gather with great regularity. With ketchup, mustard and tables, they will gather and wait for The Quarterback singing songs and honoring the past, hopeful for tomorrow.” And it was good - the fifth day. God said, “Let the Mafia have The Quarterback.” The Mafia embraced the Quarterback like the thirsty embrace libation. There was guzzling and dancing like the temple had never seen. And the Quarterback’s Arm rained footballs throughout the Temple’s four corners, and the Feet galloped in all directions, and made the Quarterback fly. Foes were vanquished, non-believers were converted. All the people watched in awe as the Quarterback ascended to heights not seen.” And God had the Quarterback lead and begin delivering on hope, turning it into reality. The Mafia believed. The others began to believe. God saw that this was good - the sixth day. And then the Quarterback and the teammates and the Mafia reached the ultimate moment. There would soon be tears of one sort or another. In the past, God had rested on this seventh day. And then, God thought of his gift, his chosen and their journey …..

If only we had offensive weapons ….

I would like a Mulligan on my “would you take a day two pick for Cook” post.

To the NFL, the concept of fans believing games are fixed is kryptonite. The one thing it cannot handle. You move sport, that’s part entertainment, into the category of entertainment, that’s part sport. NFL becomes WWE. They two businesses reside in different economic zip codes.

You’re on to me.

Why do you have to wait? If it’s truly a fix, and you want to assure an outcome, wouldn’t it be better to do it early? Then, if you need another call later, you can. Don’t you risk an inadequate fix, a fix that’s missed, a fix the favored team can’t convert? Me, I’m fixing early if I’m hired to fix. It’s a pretty lousy fix if it only has one remaining chance to work. Another advantage of the early fix is that it won’t be a legitimate call that affects the outcome of the game and causes one half of the fans whose team loses to cry “FIX”.

Wife, kids and grandkids whenever I can I don’t get a lot of opportunity for that. MrsNeo, always. Several times a year i have a community party with a Bills game here in Florida. Twenty plus or minus people. I’m a host, so game concentration is hard. What makes up for that? I serve a Buffalo Menu. Lots of fun to serve wings with Frank’s Hot Sauce, burgers and charred Sahlen dogs with Weber’s mustard, Ted’s Hot Dog Hot Sauce, Sabrett’s onion sauce and a host of other condiments. I take pleasure being a gastronomic ambassador. This will be year four. No one’s asked “Do you have ranch” since year one. MrsNeo, by the way, has become an outstanding play by play person. She’s simplified. On offense, “Go, go, go …” On defense, “Get “im, get ‘im, get ‘im.”