Doc Brown

Their fair share. A phrase created by politicians to gain support using class warfare to further divide us. To me fair is I make a buck a year and pay 10 cents in taxes. My boss makes a thousand dollars and pays a hundred dollar in taxes. We both paid our fair share. He contributed much more to the overall pot but I have no reason to resent him. What's your definition of "fair share?" Is it 40% for the top income bracket? 60%? 90%?

Usually I'd agree with this sentiment but how different are the Bills and Ravens different from last year to this year? The Ravens offense and the Bills offense pretty much ran it back. We had more turnover on our defense than they had in theirs but we'll have some rookies starting the first games of their career facing the Jackson/Henry combo. It's absolutely fair to argue they're the better team roster wise. Our defense had no answer to them in the regular season game or the playoff game. The major difference in the playoff game was the three turnovers (two of which were wtf is Lamar doing?) and us taking a conservative heavy run game plan where we won the time of possession. The Mark Andrews drop also helped. Our coaching staff knows this and hopefully they have a better defensive game plan than hoping the Ravens will make a few bone headed plays.

I enjoyed the Jets one because you could see how star gazed the coaches and players were when Rodgers got to the team. Even the owner was groveling over him. It was like seeing a jet crash in slow motion. No pun intended.

Good god. It was sarcasm of Beane's WGR call. WR is the most concerning position going into this season and whether the WR's step up in the playoffs will pry determine our fate......again.

This one's better. People would start too many threads on the same topic and moderators wouldn't bother to ever consolidate them. It was odd when they just shut it down without warning. I was ready to continue my passionate argument about why the Bills should put the franchise tag on Gilmore and I never got to finish it.

I think Trent Williams, Tristan Wirfs, Jordan Mailata, Lane Johnson, Laremy Tunsil, Christian Darrisaw, and Rashawn Slater are better left tackles than Dawkins if we're going to just keep it on the left side. I think making the pro bowl four years in a row is getting enough credit. I don't think he's ever been close to being a top two left tackle in the league though when it comes to All Pro voting.

Fair enough. It's never good when the argument for keeping him is he can be more effective if one of our two rookie DT's become upgrades over last year and we have to scheme him to be more effective. I think the argument is fruitless though because I don't think a team would take on his $5.7m base salary if we did find a trading partner.

I've yet to hear a good argument against it assuming the lowest income earners don't pay taxes at all. I doubt the US ever does it though because the transitional period would be too burdensome.

How about extend the tax cuts (flat tax would be cool), cut spending, and remove the tariffs. Maybe we're just allergic to having a thriving economy.

I was in tears as a senior in high school after the Wide Right game and my late father consoled me by saying "players get paid while fans work for free." Since then a loss won't ruin my night or drag me down the next day. It's just a bunch of 20 to 30's something kids playing a game where only 1 of 32 fan bases are happy at the end of the season. It's a fun sport to watch, follow, discuss strategies, discuss players, and debate. I just am not that emotionally attached to it because the alternative sucks.

It's a risk I'd take if Jackson looks good in training camp. Him and AJE are similar players and their skill set would be redundant as the DE2 opposite Groot or Bosa. You keep him if you can't trade him but that $6.2m cap savings is too good to pass up. I'm not worried about losing a DE that actually regressed last year finishing with a pass rush grade of 56 (139 of 211 qualifying DE's) and a run defensive grade of 58.7 (117 of 211). You can always kick get creative and kick out an athletic DT (Sanders) on likely running plays too since that position will likely be crowded too. Maybe they bring back Smoot at the rookie minimum if none of your likely practice squad DE camp bodies aren't ready to be a healthy scratch the first six weeks if you're worried about injury.

Epenesa is a slightly below average DE starter. He's not a decent player. If you can get something for him and save $6.2m against the cap you do it. Maybe use that money to extend McGovern or give you the flexibility to add a WR at the trade deadline again (or any other position where injuries crop up). If Jackson is who we hope he is then we could role with Rousseau, Bosa, Jackson, Hoecht, and Soloman. I agree with you about Miller though. He's washed.

Final score 146 to 122.

I always thought PTI carried Around The Horn since its inception even before alternative/social media gave it more competition. I do give the show credit for trying to combine a debate show and game show into one which was unique. However, there was too much stimuli at once for my taste with the point system, the time limit, the elimination, and the revolving panelists. I'm very curious to how they're going to replace that time slot.

"This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus." I guess I read it wrong or maybe she should've been more clear as there's too much ambiguity in that wording. Is she directly accusing the president and higher ups of Harvard for knowingly being in cahoots with China by knowingly letting their Chinese exchange students steal intellectual IP for the CPP? If that's the case they better have some solid evidence. It can also be interpreted (and I guess this is where I'm at now) that Harvard doesn't do enough to police the Intellectual IP theft in their research labs. If that's the case, just say that. My guess is this will get shot down in the Federal courts pretty quickly.

Lol. Of course it is. Nothing about them taking back the power of the purse with tariffs though.

Unfortunately, this bill doesn't say anything about tariffs because Congress doesn't have enough guts to take back that power they should have. If this bill passes it at least has staying power. I'd wait until the final version of the bill passes to judge it as public pressure for any kind of welfare spending cuts is probably going to be removed or significantly reduced.

Which takes away time that McDermott could be using developing his exotic defensive game plan against the Ravens. I kid. I posted it earlier but the Hard Knock training camp teams are 9-10-1 in reaching their preseason over/under. It isn't a distraction.

I wish I became a Bills fan during the Josh Allen era.

Could be. The last three teams (Lions, Jets, Bears) said they didn't want the show but the NFL forced it on them. I don't see how a coach like McDermott would be any different but who knows. I do think when you allow strangers into your facility there's always concern (warranted or not) about them getting information meant to be kept private.

I thought this was a fake tweet. "Coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party." WTF? Micro economics at 9:30, molecular biology at 2:20, zoom call with Xi Juping at 4:30, and dinner at West wing dining hall at 6. Taco Tuesday!!!

My guess is with McDermott and many other coaches it's not as much as the distraction but the paranoia that one of these HBO employees could be a hired spy with all the cameras and microphones that come's with this kind of TV production. Or as the Patriots used to call it, "Kraft productions." I think it was in 2019 when McDermott confronted some Patriots staffers who were a little bit too much on their side of the field during pregame warmups. I wouldn't be surprised to see some extra security at the facility this training camp period.

No tax on tips and overtime - people who work a full time job who don't make tips or have available overtime are now subsidizing them. SALT deductions reinstated to limit of 40k - doctors in NY are now being subsidized by an auto mechanic in Alabama. GOP at least extend tax cuts bu don't reduce spending in any real way. The usual they have to pass it though because of the slim majority they have. Trump when it comes to actual bills being passed through Congess has always been a RINO or part of the establishment you all loathe.

I've never really cared. Last year's Bills are kind of where the Lions are this year with both coordinators leaving. They might take a step back but they'll still be looked at as Super Bowl contenders. I always view it through the Vegas lens because that's where the true national public perception lies. We were at over/under 10.5 wins last year and 11.5 this year. Not much of a difference. When we have Allen in his prime at QB the spotlight and pressure will always be on us. It beats the "could sneak into a wildcard game" days though.

The Bills have to approve everything that HBO's allowed to put on all the episodes so it's up to them when it comes to the WR discussion.