BullBuchanan
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There is no shortage of players good enough to play in the league to replace the malcontents that insist on protesting. The players are treated well, are given great facilities , tremendous work rules limiting strenuous practices etc and travel in style. They really ARE treated as partners. When a few get a really bad idea like protesting something during the anthem that is a divisive and one sided issue to begin with and offending customers, the owners have got to step in. Yes the " inmates running the asylum" would actually be a fitting metaphor but the old codger butchered the phrase. I'm sure your summary about the " pie" and such was already mentioned behind close doors umpteen times.
I wonder where they could have possibly gotten that idea? You may believe it to be a divisive one-sided issue, but an extremely large number of the rest of us do not. We believe it to be a massive problem that impacts and affects everyone. It's not a protest that harms or inconveniences anyone except people who have incorrectly applied connotations to it that were never stated or intended.
The problem with you folks is that you never took the time to understand what this is all about. Whenever people bring up the fact that these players are millionaires, they announce to everyone that they've completely missed the point. Aside from the fact that yes, some of these players have been victims of police brutality and racial profiling, they're mostly standing up for those that do not have a voice. They are using a platform that they've become fortunate enough to have to speak up for the less fortunate. How on earth is that a bad thing? Would you decry the protests as strongly if they were pro-police?
There was an opportunity to resolve this with the league, but then your president decided it would be a good idea to call the players "sons of bitches" at a campaign rally to deflect attention away from his personal problems, so they players stood up for their brothers and joined the protests as a symbol of unity. That's exactly what i want my football team to do.
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disirregardless.
The best worst thing I've ever seen.
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Dumb.
1. It's a figure of speech, although technically I think it goes "inmates running the asylum"
2. How horrible of McNair not wanting his employees staging protests on company time on company property. I totally respect the players right to protest anything they want, but do it on your own time in a public place. The teams and networks don't owe anyone that forum.
Figures of speech have meaning - that's why they're figures of speech. If you disregard the extremely poor context of the literal saying, the MEANING of that figure of speech is every bit as bad. It tells you how the owner views the players and the look is very, very bad.
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If Buffalo gets any less than a 1rst round pick they're getting scammed. If Glenn entered the draft next year, he'd have a reasonabl;e shot at going #1 overall. Proven strong left tackle in a league always on the hunt for them.
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I'm concerned about all the games.
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Unless you get a 1rst+, there's no way you can trade a good starting left tackle. Glenn needs to be back so Dawkins can take Mills job. Our line is terrible right now.
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we need him immediately. This defense could be good enough to carry this offense like the Bears, Bucs, Ravens of years past, but we don't have any special LBs. Bowman fixes that.
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He reminds me of Carlos Dunlap. Good Get
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Houston switched their QB under very similar circumstances - look what happened.
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Mabin catches that ball in the end zone and everything could easily have been different. As a Taylor fan, but not a blind one, he is not now (and perhaps not ever) a guy I feel we can feel good about down more than a FG and needing a length of the field drive to win. Having said that, he had absolutely no help once Clay went down.
How do you figure? Taylor threw a pick on his own side of the field and couldn't move the team all day. The Mabin missed pick was meaningless
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My attention is not on Taylor anymore, I know what we can do with him at QB and it's definitely no the playoffs. It's now on the HC and the coaching staff to see how long it takes them to make a change.
Good point. How many NFL coaches does it take to realize this guy can't get the job done when it matters?
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I would pick a current starter or backup NFL QB at random and they win this game today.
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Philly Klopfenstein ?
The thread should have ended right here. Bravo.
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Whaley is a scout who can evaluate talent, but he was in way over his head as a GM.
The fact that we have so few top picks still on the team is, in part, testimony to Whaley's failures as a GM. Ditto his clueless treatment of the QB position and his trade up for Watkins.
Whaley will not work in the league as a GM again.
I don't really understand how you're getting there. I'd bet Whaley has a job next year maybe GM or maybe director, but his track record is pretty damn solid if all you do is look at the facts. When you toss in the Pegulas mismanagement of both of their franchises, I really think someone will look at it and say his did the best that could have been expected.
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We kind of need Ragland to have a monster game - like a blow your socks off kind of game. If that kid ends up being the stud he was supposed to be, it changes everything moving forward. Not counting on it though.
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I agree. The real issue is that the coaches and schemes changed continuously so he was never really able to build up the talent for one particular system. I think he's a top scout. Whether he was a top GM depends on what you expect from your GM I guess, as he certainly struggled to get along with the coaches and really didn't provide any leadership on team direction.
Might have something to do with him being publicly undermined by his bosses. Once it was known that Whaley didn't have any power over Marrone/Rex then I wouldn't respect him either. Frankly, I'm ready to have the discussion about whether or not the Pegulas are terrible owners. The Sabres have gone through almost the exact same thing. The fact that they fired Murray before the rebuild came to term speaks volumes to me. I think they're too used to having complete control, even when they don't know the subject matter. If they have a problem with how the team is being run, they should be directing the GM what they expect of them and telling the coaches and players that the GM is king. Otherwise, it destroys all of that person's credibility.
The fact that "Coach & GM are finally on the same page" - well they damn well better be. They were promoted off of the same team and given the opportunity of a lifetime. I'd expect they've had plenty of time to talk about how they ensure they don't end up like the rest,
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King accidentally makes a point that is going completely unnoticed. From 2013 on (whaley's involvement) every player drafted in the 5th round or higher is still in the league, they just don't play for the Bills. Some folks in Buffalo like to paint this picture that Whaley was some sort of disaster, but he doesn't have any Aaron Maybin, James Hardy. John McCargo. Mike Williams, Erik Flowers, Avion Black, Shawn Bryson on his resume. Not one.
Truth be told, he's the only GM we've had in a t least 30 years that didn't draft a complete scrub rounds 1-5. All of them can play with the best players in the world. Maybe he should have drafted another QB and he'd still have a job. -
Connor Cook might be available for 94th round draft pick. Would you go as high as a 91st for him?
I would absolutely trade a 7th for him/sign him.
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I just don't understand how we get to "genius moves" or even a "coaching staff that finally gets it" by letting our marquee players walk out the door for peanuts.I mean that's pretty much the one line summary of every GM we've had for 20 years. "We believe in building through the Draft" - McDermott "Unless it's somebody else's draft" - Beane.
I mean, seriously. Why on earth would anyone expect they'll do a better job of drafting from the same talent pool, with mostly the same grades as every other team in the league? Can anyone tell me the last time that a tank or even a "rebuild" created a perennial contender/dynasty in the NFL?
The Browns have shown no evidence thus far that it's worked. If it does, it'll be one the back of Kizer that every single team could have had.The Colts have yet to bear fruit from Suck for Luck
Are the Bucs going to finally move from potential to contender? My money is nope.
The Steelers, Patriots, Seahawks, Raiders, Broncos, Cowboys, Chiefs, Packers, Cardinals, etc haven't had to go through a "rebuild" let alone 5 or 6 of them to get where they are. They just drafted players that became stars and kept them. Except for the Broncos who don't have a QB, every single one of those teams QBs could have been had by any team that really wanted them.
What I hear Beane/Buffalo Fans telling me is QB is all that matters. If that's the case why not just draft 3 every year, let the best 2 split time, keep the best one after the season and do the whole thing again the next year until you get a guy you can live with? What's the point of taking a 5th round linebacker if you're telling me you can't win without a top 10 QB? Draft them all. Take every Kirk Cousins, Derek Carr, Dak Prescott, Russel Wilson, etc that's available and get one that works out. If you get two, trade one for a linebacker. You're probably going to tell me that's ridiculous, but is it any more so than letting two 23 year old high draft picks walk out the door for slightly better than nothing?
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I think it depends on the health of McCoy. I'll pick 7-9.
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Because the last 17 years makes you so confident.
The NFL draft is a crap shoot. Coaching and skill players are what wins games.....
Save your breath. Buffalo hated Watkins since he got here because he took an extra 1rst round pick to get. No one really likes to acknoweldge the fact that's what it would have cost to get any player, but they never got over it. He could have been Jerry Rice, but everyone will always have wanted to draft Justin Gilbert #19 the following year...
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Jerry Hughes? Don't worry a fifteen penalty on a failed forth down would extend the game, causing his team to lose the Super Bowl. I'm surprised by the results of the poll so far. The amount of negativity around here would have made me assume different results.
A lot of folks are buying into the message. Some people actually believe Jordan Matthews is an upgrade over Watkins, because they still can't let go of the fact we had to trade a 1rst round pick to get him. Darby had a ROTY candidate season and a bad one, so obviously any 6th round corner off the street is also an upgrade. That sponsored FB post about Eddie Yarborough is generating a lot of positive buzz too.
i voted yes. these guys seem to be just what the pegula's were looking for, and selected by them...not leftovers. not chosen by advisers. chosen by kim and terry. they have a plan. they have conviction. they have faith. whether or not we agree with any of this, i think the pegulas are ready to put their faith in the people they trust and "trust the process".
The 76'ers last won a division crown in 2001, wake me up when "trust the process" of a three year tank makes them a champion.
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I think they'll have the worst back to back seasons in the last 30 years and get canned after 2018. Rookie HC and Rookie GM are out there looking like rookies. They may have already lost the team, so they'll gut it after the season and leave us with nothing. Jerry will go on to win a Super Bowl with NE, and Kyle Williams story goes down as one of the saddest stories in Bills Football.
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If this new staff came in and said, "you know, we think WR is the biggest deficiency on this team, so we're going to overhaul it to give us a better chance to win. We'll trade Sammy and in return we'll be able to field a complete stable of capable Wideouts". I wouldn't like it still, but I'd understand it, and it would very well be a great move.
Instead, when a staff comes in and says, we think WR, CB, S, LB, QB are the biggest deficiencies on our team so we'll just get rid of whatever we have left that has any value and start over because we know better than the half a dozen people that came before us. Forgive me for being skeptical. History says these guys will be out of jobs by the time whatever their vision was starts to show itself - not because I know they'll be awful, but because most of these guys get fired after 3-4 years.If they knew they'd be here for 20 years like Belichick then they could go ahead and rebuild the car from the frame up, but they have no guarantee of that. You need 10% more horsepower so drop in a turbo and live with the tan cloth interior for a couple years.
Texans ready to walk out on owner after “inmate” comments
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Not offended. I'm just disgusted by your 1950's sensibilities. The facts and statistics regarding institutionalized racism are never honestly refuted by your crowd. If you say that something doesn't exist when there's videos of unarmed people being shot in the back, when there's data that strongly correlates prosecution rates and sentencing duration to race, that's a problem with your willingness to accept it - not a problem with the claim. You've made your politics very clear, but you shouldn't have to be a liberal to think it's not ok to kill or assault unarmed people. ffs.
If he didn't botch the saying it's still in extremely poor taste and shows a complete lack of empathy for the situation - void of leadership.