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This is going to be a long winded story, so I apologize in advance... I completely destroyed my knee riding a motocross bike (dirt bike) I used to have. I was out riding with a bunch of guys from the motorcycle shop I worked at (at the time). It was a nice week at the end of winter. Everything had melted so it was very muddy. The knobs on my tires were pretty worn down and since I hadn’t planned on riding anymore that season I was just going to replace them come spring. But I didn’t want to miss out on the fun and figured I’d be ok to get one last ride in. So, as I said, it was just total mud. I rode for a couple hours and laid my bike down in the mud probably 10 times. The tires were way too shot for the conditions and my bike just didn’t want to stay upright. The last time I laid it down, I landed in this huge mud puddle and was soaked head to toe. The mud also gummed up my throttle, so when I’d twist it, it was kind of sticking open at times. So I said enough is enough and decided I better call it a day. I was headed back to where we parked with a couple of friends. My buddy was out in front of me and kept “roosting” me (spinning your back tire to kick mud/dirt up at the guy behind you). So I rode past him and decided to return the favor. I roosted him a couple times... And the last time I did it, I suddenly hit this small dry patch of dirt (probably the only dry patch of ground the entire damn day...) and instead of spinning, my tire gripped the dirt. It shot my dirt bike up into the air, kind of cartwheeling out from under me. I actually landed on my feet. It really wasn’t even a bad spill, but... I was wearing these riding boots that had this steel “L” insert in the boot to protect your foot/ankle etc. from breaking. My feet planted and sunk into the mud and because those boots wouldn’t allow my foot to bend back, it totally blew out my knee. In hindsight I’d have been much better of wearing those boots and just breaking my damn ankle/foot.... What ended up happening is my knee bent 90 degrees in the wrong direction (it bent straight forward and off to the left as well) Oh man.... I have NEVER felt pain like that in my life, and I’ve had some pretty bad injuries from playing all sorts of contact sports, as well as extreme sports (like riding ramps, half pipes, jumps etc). I’ve also raced motocross and crashed off of 70 foot triple jumps. I have a high pain threshold as well. But I cant even describe the level of pain from that knee injury though. Eventually a friend helped me up to my feet, and I knew something was seriously wrong. I very gingerly tried to put a tiny bit of weight on my (right) leg and my knee bent straight to the left, hitting my left leg. Obviously, your knee is not supposed to be able to bend that way. My co-worker drove me to the hospital. By the time I got there and they cut my pant leg off, my knee was the size of a balloon. It was some tiny country hospital. They kept me for a while, gave me a bunch of IV pain meds (which did nothing for the pain, or so I thought until I woke up the next morning when they had worn off...) and told me to go to my local hospital in the morning. I went to the hospital the next morning, and because of the severity they ended up calling in one of the doctors that does surgeries for UB football and even some Bills players. He had to drain the fluid off my knee because it was so swollen it looked ready to pop. This doctor told me that he had never drained that much fluid from anyone knee before. About a week or two later when the swelling had finally started to go down, I was able to get an MRI. I tore my MCL, my ACL (grade 3 which is the worst kind) and I ripped a big chunk of my meniscus (padding between the knee bones) which also chipped off a good size chunk of my knee bone with it. Needless to say my knee has never been the same. That injury changed my life in multiple ways. Oh man... and then the rehab was just brutal. I was laid up on the couch for well over 6 months and it was damn near a year before I was able to even start walking again. I almost had to learn to walk on the leg all over again. Because I was only in my 20’s at the time, the doctor wanted me to regain flexibility in my knee before surgery (which took over a year). I could only bend my knee about 10-15 degrees because of the injury and then all of the scar tissue that formed (which is Extremely painful) . The physical therapy was legit torture. They would have me lay on my stomach and they would try to bend my knee toward my butt. Because it wouldn’t bend, the therapist would have to put all his body weight on my knee. I would literally scream in pain from that. It gives me chills just thinking about it....

Through the first 3 weeks of the season, I believe Arizona’s offensive line was graded dead last by PFF. They did look better yesterday, but I have to wonder how much of that had to do with Rosen. It looked to me like he was identifying prsssure and checking in to the right coverages at the line. He was stepping up into the pocket instead of rolling into pressure. He played well in the pocket all game. Wasn’t getting happy feet, and he hung tough in the face of prsssure numerous times to make nice throws. He was going through his reads quickly and finding the open man. He looked like he knew where to go with the ball to exploit the defensive coverage on a given play. He had a very good command of that offense, especially for a rookie in his first start. I said before the game that it’ll be interesting to see how Rosen does because he is the QB with the most similar circumstances to Allen in Buffalo. Both he and Allen probably have the worst teams around them out of all the young NFL QBs. Rosen doesn’t have a strong receiving corps (outside of Fitzgerald, who had 3 drops yesterday). He doesn’t have a strong running game. He doesn’t have a strong offensive line. Arizona is one of the bottom tier teams in the NFL, and I thought Rosen impressed under less than ideal circumstances. But I think everyone knew that Rosen would be better than Allen out of the gate. Allen is much more of a raw project. I’m hoping that in the coming years Allen makes the Bills look smart for passing on Rosen.

I thought Rosen looked very good in that game. His accuracy was on full display. He was good recognizing pressure. He looked to be progressing through his reads. Had great understanding, and command, of the offense. It was an impressive first start for a rookie QB. I was on the Rosen bandwagon pre-draft. I’ve moved on since then and haven’t brought up Rosen since days after the draft. But man, I am sorry to say that game did nothing to quell my fears we drafted the wrong Josh. Its way too soon to judge though. Rosen is much more polished and further along in his development. Allen is a lot more raw. I said post-draft that I fully expected Rosen to be better right out of the gate (which is why I thought the Bills might draft him - he was more ready to play and we had no real starter on the roster). So it’ll be no surprise if he is the better QB this season. But it’s not just about this season. It’s about who is the better QB in the coming years. Only time will tell. I sure hope our Josh is better. He was definitely more of the “swing for the fences” pick. His ceiling is sky high, if he gets there the Bills are sitting pretty. I am fully on board with our Josh. But I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t sting a little to see Rosen doing the things I thought he would in the NFL.

https://buffalonews.com/2018/09/29/twenty-years-later-cup-winner-steve-smith-rejoins-housley-to-run-sabres-defense/ Good article on Steve Smith. I was excited when buffalo hired him. I think he is a big add to this coaching staff. He did a good job with carolina’s defense.

Wish they would assign Tennyson to Rochester... hopefully soon.

Going to be interesting to see how Rosen does today. His o line has played worse than the Bills (according to PFF I believe they are rated as the worst in the NFL through 3 weeks) and outside of 1 guy they don’t have much at WR. Their defense is playing terrible too.

Yes I realize that. They chose to get rid of those guys. And They chose to get get all the dead cap off the books this year instead of spread it out. Only time will tell if it was the right move. They are clearly focused on the long term plan and not this season.

How is this kid supposed to learn anything behind this !@#$ing o line?

I legitimately feel bad for Josh Allen.

No, not at all. There are are going to be lots of ups and downs + growing pains this season. And lots of issues from the huge amount of dead cap space.

Well... one thing I know for sure - I am not looking forward to the TBD message board this week.

Such bull ****

No way that’s a fumble.

ZayJones showing up on this drive!

So now Daboll suddenly decides to start giving Allen some quick hit throws?

They weren’t already? Wouldnt kmow it by all thr guys running free free into the backfield... lol

Wow, looked like John Miller just completely missed his assignment.

Do you know Jeffismagic, by any chance? You two related? lol (j/k)

Bills ball!! Taron Johnson really coming on strong.

They made the right call today. By the NFL rulebook, that’s not a penalty (at least the way I understand the rules)

Both were making a play on the ball. Dix had his eyes on the ball all the way. He was not even looking at Benjamin. Both guys have equal right to the ball. Contact is incidental because the DB was making a play on the ball.

Taron Johnson with a huge hit! Hes lucky he didn’t get called for leading with the helmet though (not that I think he should have, just saying with the way the NFL is right now...)

Bills blew up that run play immediately.

Couldn’t agree more. Had he made an aggressive catch, he could have run right through Clinton-Dix. Instead, he got knocked out by a guy who’s much smaller than him. For such a big, heavy WR Kelvin Benjamin sure doesn’t play like it.

NOBODY open on that play. Not sure what Allen could have done there.