oldmanfan

It's tough to pare it down to 5 games, but also kind of fun. Brought back fun memories.

I hope you can be more optimistic after camp.

Why think they will? Why slant your thinking in that direction? Allen has some experience now. O line is retooled. Defense looks good.

The obvious ones aside (Oliver, Ford), I think Williams will step up at WR.

Fair enough. Let's at least agree it would be nice for the Bills to win. We can agree on that, right?

I was going off memory, and then went all the way back and pulled the exact quote. Which says everyone that has failed at something new has never tried it before. In which you refer to Allen, in which you indicate he'll fail. Nice try at spinning. Now you say you were making a joke? Sure. And it's me that should run for politics? If you're such a big Allen fan why assume he'll fail?

Everyone who has ever failed at something new had never done it before. He was referring to Allen and that he'll fail. Odd way to claim you're a huge fan of the guy. I'd suggest a huge fan might say he'll succeed. How exactly can you read that quote and say it does no such thing?

Long could shift to center, as could Feliciano.

A reasonable point to argue, but the only thing that truly matters is the current HC and GM felt it was needed. So they did it, got to the playoffs in one of their two years, now have what they hope is a franchise QB and some essential pieces on D, and a lot of cap space. When people talk struggle I honestly can't understand how they define the word. Every single person on the board expects improvement. The question is to what extremes that issue is debated.

I would refer you to the quote I posted above with respect to Allen. It assumes failure. And here you go. Two years ago they were in the playoffs, and last year broke in a rookie QB. How exactly is making the playoffs one out of two times struggling?

Absolutely. Why some assume failure is the question, equally so of ones who think they're no doubt SuperBowl winners.

The following are your exact words from earlier in this thread regarding Allen: Everyone who has ever failed at something new had never done it before. Your words, not mine. And one could just as easily say everyone who has succeeded at something new has never done it before. Your shtick is obvious and juvenile at this point.

No he really hasn't. Not that I've seen. I wish your posts would show more if your hope and less of your pessimism.

I have many times said onbthis board if their current regimes plan does not work they'll get fired. But also that if it does work they'll be heros. I think that's objective. If you go back through I believe he may be in the they lucked out camp. SoTier is especially heinous about that.

Among others when a few pages back he talks about when you are new like Allen you have to learn to be a bust or words to that effect.

Why do you and others constantly spin things in a negative direction?

Need you ask?

They made the playoffs in the first year of the new HC and GM. But you spin it as a negative. Wallow in your misery

1. First AFL championship game 2. 1974 season opener Monday night Raiders game 3. Beating the Raiders to go to SuperBowl 1. 4. Season opener 1980, finally squishing the Fish. 5. Monday night game against KC watching OJ go over 1000 half way through the season

Why do all your hypotheticals assume the worst?

And if they're in the playoffs each year they're heros. Why do you want them to fail?

O'Brien has an overinflated opinion of himself

I quoted McD above about them getting what they wanted.

Under. I think the kid will be really good but under

From the head coach: When you look at the position he plays, and you’ve heard me say this before, it’s the most unselfish position on the football field, the defensive tackle position, in particular the one-technique, which is typically where he plays,” McDermott said. “A lot of the time he frees up, the way the game works is he frees up the linebackers to make plays by absorbing and taking on double teams and what not. I thought our run defense inside, which is where Star works, was mostly solid [Sunday]. Outside, we could’ve done some things better but inside, I think for the most part he played a solid game.”