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Not going to bother reading through this entire thread, but I just want to say that the opinions of average talking head in national media don't often have more merit than many of the users of this forum. Look no further than the misguided opinions regarding the Wyoming QB in the 2018 draft by several of the 'experts'.

Mostly true. Always watch the Bills and occasionally catch other games, but I can’t sit on a sofa all weekend watching movies and sports. Not into fantasy football or gambling. So no, I don’t have much knowledge of second tier players on other teams. For me, there’s more to life than spending hours as a passive observer.

That was a long time ago so I don't recall all of the details, but the situation was vastly different. The Cowboys were under new ownership, and the new owner (Jerry Jones) had no sentimental ties to the existing regime. And he just happened to be a close acquaintance of a guy (Jimmy Johnson) who he wanted as his coach even before making the deal. In the case of Belichick, the owner and coach have hoisted the Lombardi trophy together and celebrated the dynasty of the early 2000s as part of the same organization. If Kraft sees it as time to rebuild under a new front office and coaching staff, he's almost certainly going to be diplomatic and cognizant of optics and encourage Belichick to gracefully retire. The only way I see Belichick getting fired is if he was just plain stubborn and refused Kraft's 'offer' or he were caught up in some controversy that necessitated his dismissal. I suspect Belichick will realize his best days are behind him and voluntarily walk off into the sunset on his own terms within a year or two.

Thinking the Bills will probably fly him in.

Don’t count on it. I can’t recall any time in recent memory that the Bills haven’t been super cautious about bringing back injured players.

I like Shakir. Last year he showed flashes as a rookie. I can’t understand why he’s kept under wraps instead of giving him game experience to develop chemistry with Josh to make the most of his skills. Instead, they bring in Beasley and Brown, then Harty and Sherfield while effectively ignoring the diamond in the rough waiting to be polished. This may sound premature, but I believe if used properly and given the opportunity, he could be a player who might remind us of Andre Reed. Diggs, Davis, Shakir, Kincaid, and Cook coming out of the backfield would create tough matchups for most defenses. Especially if they fully incorporate the faster tempo they employed Thursday night. The added bonus of a more frequent 11 formation with that personnel would be opening lanes for Josh to run through if the play design cleared out the middle of the secondary. Go ahead, keep a spy in there. Good luck covering the that group of sure-handed skill players. The 2 TE setup didn’t result in the dynamic offense they’re capable of fielding. With the Bills injury-depleted defense, they’ll need to rely more on scoring and creating separation with big leads. The offense has the players to make it happen.

Comments like that are unjustified and just plain rude. There’s certainly nothing unusual about his appearance. In fact, my impression is he’s extremely regimented and fastidious. I’d lay down money that he’s the neighbor who has the perfect orderly garage with every tool neatly hung on a pegboard, his lawnmower winterized, and a shiny epoxy coated floor under his spotless car for which he has comprehensive maintenance records in a file cabinet. Not creepy. Just the guy our wives always compare us to.

Obviously, that was the rationale. It was a 50-50 decision. Could have gone either way. Not necessarily a bad one. If they’d gone for it and somehow come up short, the same complainers would be questioning why they didn’t punt to pin Mayfield and the Bucs deep in their own territory. The D had been having success against them, so the choice to punt seemed like a reasonable one.

Right. For those of us around long enough to remember, the Bills vs Patriots game had the rarely witnessed PI called on the Bills on a Hail Mary to give the Pats the ball at the 1 YD line with a chance to win. Which of course they took advantage of to win the game. It was a ticky-tacky call where the defender was positioning himself for the ball. I believe that was the same game in 1998 in which one of the patriots receivers was well short of the first down marker but the official was heard saying ‘just give it to them’. If ever there was a game that you’d question if games were rigged, that was it. But that was 25 years ago - the last time I can recall a PI penalty called on a Hail Mary where all players were bumping into each other as they’re targeting the same ball. Pass interference calls in that situation are basically unheard of. Unless one of the Bills were blatantly pulling a potential receiver out of the play, no flag was coming out.

Brown is extremely thorough and offers intelligent counterpoint to Tasker on their afternoon show. It’s clear he does the research and is excellent at analyzing the Bills on and off the field. Probably a good columnist/writer. But, as the radio voice he’s not what one expect at the NFL level. His presentation sounds overly affected. Is he really THAT exited when the Bills score? Somehow, that style worked uniquely for longtime Sabres voice Rick Jeanerette, but Brown sounds like an impressionable youngster doing a bedroom impersonation of the icon. Stick to the talk show format and writing.

To me it sounds way too scripted and lacking any spontaneity. I get the sense that he spends nights in his study composing silly puns around player names, hoping he’ll get credited with being the author of the next ‘top shelf cookie jar’ or ‘do you believe in miracles?’ classics. He just sounds disingenuous and his 3 octave range is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Glad I don’t depend on WGR for the games. The highlights are about all I can handle.

Chill TFO. This team isn’t 1-6 or 0-7. It was one bad defensive stand at the end of yesterday from being in the division lead. Yes, there’s plenty of room for improvement, but the knee jerk ‘fire____’ chant is idiotic. Every season has highs and lows. After a dismal opening day they’re 4-2. Be concerned but not time to panic yet.

Something I’ve noticed is that the offense appears to have more efficiency and better rhythm at a faster pace. I don’t know that ‘no-huddle’ is exactly right, but I believe Allen operates better in a fast-break offense.

I hear he’s big in Japan

Bills 35 Pats 13

Silver lining…. the fewer Bills scores and big plays limited the WGR rewind broadcast highlights where Chris Brown’s voice screeches like a woman with an unwelcome mouse in the kitchen.

The zebras couldn’t bother getting the flags out when they were digging fist-pump guy in the end zone.

After record noise levels against fish, round trip to London, selling seats to secondary markets, 12th man was off. Fire Bills Mafia!

He’s not a young journeyman coach - he’s a first ballot Hall of Famer. If Kraft wants him to step down, it’ll be after a private meeting in which Belichick announces his decision to retire. It can be argued that BB is an average coach without Brady, but regardless, he’s got 8 championship rings as coach and DC. HOF coach in NFL for 45 years isn’t getting fired.

I sense that Elam simply isn’t that sharp. The coaches have devised complex schemes that attempt to address most things the opposing offense throws at them. If a player has gone off the reservation and is freelancing, it throws the whole thing off, creating opportunities for being exposed. Maybe Elam has always been a ‘man’ CB because it works independently of the other 10 defenders and doesn’t take much more scheming than ‘stick to your man like glue’. In his pre-draft interview with Beane and McDermott he brought his playbook, emphasizing how diligently he is with study. Sounded like B.S. to me. That should have been a clue. He may study his arse off, but that doesn’t mean it’s being comprehended. His days are numbered. 1st round bust.

Even before seeing 63-year-old father’ I figured you for someone too young to have clearer perspective. If the Bills losing games or not winning a Super Bowl is the epicenter of your existence and puts your mental health at risk, you’ve truly had a privileged life. Someday you’ll experience a life event involving a person or people you love that will truly shake your world and humble you quickly. At that stage of maturation you may be able to put NFL entertainment in the proper order or importance in your daily life. Yes, it’s just a game. That’s all. Sadly, I believe you’ll have to learn this lesson the hard way.

It’s a game. That’s all.

I think the bills were between a rock and a hard place in last year‘s draft. They desperately needed a cornerback and unfortunately there was a run on CBs just before the bills pick. Normally, I think they would’ve just gone with the proverbially ‘best player available’, but circumstances dictated that they had to fill the vital defensive position. Wallace was gone and they couldn’t be sure when Tre would be returning or how effective he’d be. Kaiir was a reach. I suspect Bean and McDermott both felt that way at the time but didn’t have a lot of options. I don’t recall the exact circumstances, but I don’t know what free agents may have been available, or if they even had cap room for any candidates. Probably negative on both counts since they let Wallace walk. After viewing McDermott’s post game presser following the Jaguars game, his replies and body language to the Elam questions made it clear that the usually diplomatic McD not a Kaiir Elam fan. Sadly, Elam is going to go down in Bills’ history as a first round bust, and unless some other team has a rash of corner back injuries, he’s not likely to fetch much of anything in the trade market.

This has been a fine weekend for humour. Yesterday, while reading early morning news from her cell phone, my wife alerted me that llamas had fired rockets into Israel. I said, ‘where are your reading glasses? I believe you meant to say Hamas’. oh. Right. If she told me alapacas were invading the Gaza Strip I probably wouldn’t have questioned her announcement.

You had me at English ex-wife 😘