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intelligent response. I should have expected it. This place has a very lax attitude when it comes to sexual relations with minors it seems. It's more than a little concerning. I guess I shouldn't be surprised based on the other takes around here, but I still am. I thought this was an issue with a lot of common ground, but I guess it's "political" now.

Is this a serious question? Because he's 22 and she's 17. Where does your gag reflex kick in? Is 18 and 13 cool to you? 19 and 14? 20 and 15?

Yup. That's the defense, and it seems to have worked. I don't need it explained to me. I'm well aware of the details of the case. He's not going to be held legally liable, but he still did it.

Again, that point is not relevant to statutory rape. She was a minor and he is an adult. That's what matters. It can be consensual, and still be statutory rape. I'm looking forward to all the shocked faces if it comes out this dude is a serial predator in 10-20 years.

Promoting a guy who's in charge of the unit with maybe the worst ROI in the entire league. Despite 4 top 60 picks, including a top 10, numerous high end FA signings, and a league high expenditure, DL continues to be a weakness of this team that needs constant addressing. Washington should have been fired a long time ago. Working for McDermott seems like a pretty sweet gig. Once you're in, you're in - Except for that safeties coach I guess.

Seems like it's you with the reading comprehension problem, my dear. Your backstory about the the issue isn't really an opinion.There's not much there to agree with or disagree with except "serious journalist". Your opinions start in earnest with "Problem 1", "Problem 2", "The real problem", and your "this is fine" assertion that this is all a major problem. When it comes to problems in journalism, this isn't in the top 10.

Um, consent has no bearing on statutory rape.

I'm sure cops spending nine months to process a report had no bearing on the quality of the case presented to the prosecution, nor was their insistence that the school not investigate and the schools decision to comply with that request. Oh, and lest we forget that over 94% of incidents involving sexual assault in this country actually lead to even an arrest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/06/less-than-percent-rapes-lead-felony-convictions-least-percent-victims-face-emotional-physical-consequences/ And of course that's not even bringing up the specter of a billion dollar collegiate sports empire that clearly does no wrong when it comes to incidents of sexual assaults at places like Penn St, Baylor, Tennessee, Florida State, etc. Why oh why wasn't he prosecuted if he was guilty? It took 50 years for Bill Cosby to be prosecuted, 20 years for Danny Masterson, Trump is still on the loose. Fame, money and prestige are a hell of a shield when it comes to sexual assault allegations.

he ***** a kid and admitted to it - may have even given her an STD to boot. Classy dude.

I like unwrapped ribs. I'm not sure what you're cooking on but I just use 2 parts black pepper, 1 part coarse salt, 0.5 parts garlic powder, 0.25 parts chili powder and roll them at 225 until done. I'd start checking via the bend test around 195 internal. Once they're completely done, you can sauce if you like, and then let that bake in for 20-30 minutes. I thin my sauce with a little apple juice to a glaze consistency. If you're going to wrap, you want to wait until your bark is completely set. before wrapping and again, start checking them around 195. When i do wrap, I use paper so they don't get too wet. When they're done, I let them dry on the rack for 20 minutes. The temp will drop significantly due to the moisture so no need to worry about overcooking.

I hope he does, so that it's loud and clear for all he's still a [statutory] rapist.

Exclusively. The only things I don't take seriously are people that use the term "legacy media".

DVOA is a great indicator that a team is good. Every Super Bowl Champ from 2010 to 2020 ranked top 10 on at least one side of the ball and most often they were top 10 in both. However, since 2000 (until at least 2020), only 3 winners ranked #1 overall (Bucs, Seahawks, Pats) I'm not sure what success criteria June predictions have for end of season DVOA. In short, this post gets an: Ok, cool.

Your final statement is the only thing in this post that I agree with. People have been beating down the door of "unnamed sources" for years to try to discredit media - specifically statements they don't like. It's ridiculous. Anyone that's close to the story and goes on record won't be close to the story for 5 minutes after it's published. If you want inside information, you have to protect your sources and sources have to protect themselves. As to your last point, this of course means that you need to treat news like this skeptically. However, it doesn't mean it's gossip, and it doesn't mean it has to be disregarded. Even if a source was named, you should take the same approach to skepticism. People lie constantly - every single day of their lives. When they aren't lying, they're often misinterpreting what they're seeing and/or hearing. And then you take it another step further, and most people miscomprehend what they read/hear/see from journalists.

Not sure managing draft capital is a valid criticism. He had 7 picks in two of his draft and 6 picks int he two others that he was solely responsible for. He also drafted only 1 player over 4 years that never played in an NFL game while Beane drafted 3 over his first 5 years plus numerous draft picks that didn't even make their opening day rosters including two 5th round picks.

There's nothing special about this at all from a GM's point of view. Everyone but Mahomes was signed after Allen, and the money a franchise QB gets is pretty automatic. Any new contract is going to put a guy at or near the top even if he isn't the best. in 2014 Jay Culter was the highest paid player in the league. No one, not even his parents, ever thought he was the best player in football. If you want to pump up Beane, credit him for something he actually had control over. https://www.businessinsider.com/jay-cutler-bears-nfl-salary-cap-2014-1

Doug Whaley was regarded as a premier talent when we poached him from the lauded Steelers organization. He also drafted 2 and signed 1 of the Bills 4 current all-Pros (Milano, White, Poyer). The dude is a total scrub around these parts though.

Have you never paid attention to football news in June? That said, he's not wrong. His opinion on defensive coaches has been pretty mainstream for a good 7+ years

Sorry, I don't consider show Cover 3, play cover 2 post snap to be "very sophisticated". It's also only half the defense. When it comes to the front 7 (or should I say front 6) it's about as pee-wee football as it gets. You can run cover 2 to cover 9 on the back-end all you want, but if you don't combine it with something up front, all a decent QB has to do is process post snap and wait for a receiver to find a hole, because he knows you're bringing 4 and he has 5 or 6 blockers. If you don't provide even a credible threat to bring pressure, the QB knows he'll have all day back there and can just take his time. Sure, it works fine against the coaches on the hot seat and their bust QBS during the regular season, but then they get clowned in the playoffs against real competition. How many times do we have to see soft zones lined up off the TV screen in critical situations? How many blown 3rd and 15s where someone just picks them apart? If McD actually had a solve for that in his scheme and he couldn't get Frazier to do it in big moments over 6 years, what does that say about his leadership ability?

You can as long as they fit inside a quart-sized ziploc. Any larger and straight to jail - no trial.

If this is true, it's absolutely wild to me that he allowed Frazier to run a vanilla defense that didn't do any of these things for the last 6 years. I don't have any reason to doubt you, but basically everything you're saying he excels at is what this team has been lacking since he showed up.

The bolded is such a killer. I don't remember exactly which game it was, but it was a good way through the season and we we clamoring for the bills to run the ball and they finally started to. Going into halftime we were just wrecking them on the ground picking up 5-6 yards a clip. Then the bills come out int he 2nd half with a lead and just start throwing hail mary's again and we let the opponent back in the game. We played multiple teams with battered offensive lines, including the Bengals who were down 3 starting linemen in our playoff game. Instead of changing up our looks and bringing pressure that backup olinemen cant deal with, they ran the same vanilla soft zone, rush 4 coverage they schemed in august. And that type of stuff - taking advantage of glaring personnel weakness or broad scheme is the 101 stuff. That's the bare minimum and we don't do it. Guys like Reid and Belichick do things like, "I know they've seen us do a thing on tape, so we're going to set it up like we're doing that and then do a totally different thing to move the better player out of position to take advantage of the weaker player". Without being int he room, I'm fairly convinced that's how Travis Kelce is routinely open with no one 10 yards around him despite being the primary threat in nearly every game he's in.

I feel significantly less optimism than I did last season. I feel our decision not to acquire a starting caliber MLB was a gross misstep. There are still players ont he market I'd be happy with, but they seem content to roll with a bunch of 220 lb third-rate prospects. I expect this to be a constant point of pain for our defense this season and won't be shocked if it's ultimately our undoing. Our decision to not address WR2 is another area where I think we've intentionally shot ourselves in the foot. By not addressing the position, the Bills have put an implicit vote of confidence behind Gabe Davis, and I expect him to fail to rise to the occasion. People will point to Kincaid, but the history on production of Rookie Tight Ends is pretty clear that we shouldn't be expecting massive production, even if he turn into a top player. Our RB room, while marginally improved, is still a RB by committee without a truly elite threat. Lots of teams win without elite threats, but I'd feel better if we had a player back there that gave us a way to win without Josh Allen. I don't expect our offensive line to be massively improved, despite investments. Dawkins is still a middling LT, Morse is a middling and aging C who is a concussion away from retirement and Spencer Brown is still a liability at RT until proven otherwise. I don't see a medicore veteran guard or unproven rookie guard being the difference makers others do. I wouldn't feel ok betting on the bills to win the superbowl at anything lower than +3000. I just can't draw a path to them winning it all that doens't involve injuries to other teams

And that's part of the problem. The rest of the coaches I mentioned are chess grandmasters of the NFL. Other coaches put pressure on our team, and we settle for the scraps instead of outsmarting them. The Cincinnati game was a prime example of us having absolutely no answer to gameplan adversity. We defer to dictate the pace of play far too often in big games. The heatstroke game in Miami is another example. I don't need a perfect season by any means. What i need is situational awareness and execution that shows a coach knows exactly what he's doing. Coincidentally, if we had that, I believe we'd already have a championship or two. McD's teams run the most vanilla "beat the man across from you" systems I've seen in years. He's a coach born 40 years too late. having an offense/defense that's top 5 is meaningless when the goal is to win a championship. Those ranking are determined in aggregate. Championships are determined based on situational football. When your team has to make 1 play, can they do it? What will the coach dial up?

That's a very bizarre set of logic. I'm extremely unsatisfied with McDermott and the results he's brought. To invent a scenario where an offensive coach had the same results, and say, "just as good" doesn't make any sense. I'd want that offensive guy gone too. The plan isn't to hire an underachieving offensive mind - it's to hire a great one. I was against the McDermott hire from the beginning because of his defensive leanings, outdated scheme, and a lack of being an elite coordinator. Now, maybe he turned out to be a great hire for what we needed at the time, but I've seen enough of him on Sundays to know that he isn't at the level of Championship-tier coaches. He doesn't resemble Belichick, Reid, Pederson, McVay or guys on the cusp like Siriani and Shananhan. Never, NEVER, have I gone into a game and thought, McDermott is going to out maneuver the other team today - the Coach is going to win this one. If you want to win it all, I think you need a coach that can do that, even if he doesn't have to. That, or you need a lot of luck to swing your way.