transplantbillsfan

It got bigger. . And I'm not just talking about the picture.

These are the kinds of catches Diggs brings to the table that we just haven't had on the team:

Free Agency has begun and the new league year seems to be starting, but... OTAs have been cancelled. The draft will at least be in a different format if not postponed, which pushes back rookie minicamp and then minicamp until you get an abridged Training Camp / Preseason. Timing of the NFL Regular Season seems fortunate enough that there will likely be little disruption of Regular season games--we hope--but this is pretty clearly going to be an abridged offseason. Buffalo is in win now mode for 2020 as this is the best shot they will have had since the 90s to make a legitimate Super Bowl run. And the one wildly glaring missing piece was that true #1 WR. With the depth of this draft class, we probably could have gotten a long term rough equivalent to Diggs, but he would have been a rookie coming into the NFL at a tumultuous time. I don't know who we draft in the 2nd or 3rd round or beyond this year, but more than any other year, I feel like rookies are going to have less of an impact. And with the exception of Diggs, it seems McDermott and Beane are making a point of resigning our own guys for familiarity's sake (Spain) or going back to McBeane's old stomping ground of Carolina for talent familiar with scheme (Addison). No Brady in the AFC East for the first time since the 90s. Dolphins will either have Fitz or a rookie QB under center. Jets are still the Jets. Seems this Diggs move is a big statement that 2020 is the year McDermott and Beane expect us to be viable Super Bowl contenders. Luckily we won't be in severe CAP trouble like the Rams moving forward, but I love the aggressive move especially this year because I just don't think our pick at 22 would have possibly had close to the impact an established top 10 NFL vet WR will have for us in 2020.

Politics aside, I really hope all my TBD and PPP friends are doing okay in terms of both personal health and economics. With all of our disagreements and differences, we're all united as Bills fans (and you realize how rare and significant that is when you live isolated 6,000 miles away from your hometown team... the very rare times I see a Bills jersey or bumper sticker on island I always feel the need to strike up a conversation or at least give a shaka) and I hope everyone here is getting by all right since every single one of us is pretty clearly being impacted at this moment. If we still find time in this forum to bicker, I assume and hope we're relatively okay, but much Aloha to all who are severely struggling. And now, back to our regularly scheduled bickering.

Ummm, okay. Do I offer my opinions on any of the other professions on this board? Do I lambast Lawyers? Do I reprimand RNs? Do I scold Secretaries? Do I berate Bartenders? Oh wait. No, I don't. So yah, I'm pretty good over here, but thanks.

Yep. I must be the one who's arrogant. Oh wait... I'm not the one crowing about all the things I teach my students in the classroom (that I shouldn't be) or all the personal things you do for your kids that kinda make me have to ask you this follow up (but rhetorical, since we'd never get an honest answer in the negative, anyway) question: How much further do you take things in their personal lives?

Pretty obvious bunch of crap as you're trying to do the moonwalk. But keep trying to justify your pushing of political narratives in the classroom. Clearly you aren't going to stop doing it anyway. Pushing politics in your classroom is a complete and utter disservice to those of us who've worked for YEARS to create an apolitical and nonreligious classroom that fosters legitimate and thoughtful critical thinking. Oh... and those 4 High School English teachers who I'm sure you're VERY accurately representing here clearly are r see representative of ALL English teachers.

Uhhhh... first of all, are you a teacher? I am. I'm very well aware of the interaction with students. Your opinion of it has little merit unless you're... y'know... a teacher. Second, did he say he speaks to his kids about politics outside of the classroom and not in it? I mean, I guess you could read that post as him saying he's at election sites coaching his students before they vote. That's just obviously worse. What the hell kind of interaction do you think is appropriate for teachers and students outside of the classroom, anyway? You can have all the feelings you want. You and your PPP pals don't know ***** about me or my professional life. But what that other poster said he stresses to his students is a great example of exactly what you're hypothetically accusing me of in this post: what he did is professionally irresponsible, but you're fine glossing over it because he's pushing the Trump agenda. Incredible.

Why in the hell are you talking to your students about politics when you teach math? And not just talking politics, but pretty clearly trying to sway your students to believe a specific political viewpoint. You're a math teacher. Politics simply don't belong in your class. As much crap as I get from some on this board specifically about somehow working to indoctrinate my students with overly liberal views, in actuality I leave current politics out of the classroom. Not saying we don't talk some overarching political ideas. Hell, the 1st book my AP Lit students read is Atlas Shrugged and it's always a Super interesting way to start the year. But good grief, unless you're a College Professor (you say you teach Seniors so I assume you aren'), focus on your subject rather than manipulating your students minds conscientiously and purposefully as it relates to your own political views.

Faux News

That is exactly what a Russian bot would say...

Sheesh!!! More projection!!! Man!!! And I'm responding so friggin quickly over here after literally just clicking send in the other thread and I see you've managed to ALREADY respond over there. Answer me honestly now: Are you a Russian bot??? The lack of anything relatively personal combined with the consistent formulaic responses and constant pushing of conspiracy theories.... just be honest with us. It's not like you're alone if you're a Russian Troll or anything, I just never really even considered it til just now.

Except it's not just an issue of "plowing through" and finishing thoughts, and the article alludes to those specific issues that are very Biden-like.

You sure do project a whole lot.

Yep. It's all a conspiracy!!! His stuttering problem was made up by the Deep State!!!

A few days ago? This is something that's been known about Biden for years. The reason it clearly has to be brought to light is because of the complete glossing over that's happening right now of the fact that much of these viral moments you and others are posting and laughing at are portrayals of the very real symptoms of someone who stutters. If you think it's a "conspiracy of timing," then you and your ilk are the disease that caused it trolling the Internet. It's reasonable to have a very real discussion about age being a problem for our next President because our next President is going to be friggin old no matter what. But the way you gleefully post videos of Biden gaffes without actually considering that they are emblematic of a lifelong stuttering problem the guy has is just pathetic.

Why do the 2 have to be separated? You left out the option of "he appears to forget which office he's running for because of his stuttering problem." "Appears" is the operative word here. It's pretty easy to just assume Biden has dementia as you cherry-pick the gaffes he's actually been known for throughout his entire career, but because of his old age, they look that much worse. He's old. I'm not trying to paint him as some young buck. Trump's old. We will inevitably have some really old dude as President from 2020-2024. But are you truly going to completely disregard any connection between the symptoms of someone who stutters or the cicumlocution inherent in Biden's dialogue and the way he mixes his words up? You've made your minds up and will point and laugh no matter what. But maybe seeing these brief video bubbles that are Trolling viral moments on Youtube or Twitter are exactly the reason many of you should stop spending so much time on Youtube and Twitter.

Honest question: Did you read the article before you asked me this question?

Something you guys should at least read and consider before going back to what you've been doing:

Out of that ENTIRE post, you pull that one line? How ironic considering I'm the one who just argued fact and you're the one who argued emotion with that propoganda

Whatever bro. I get mad at myself every time I take you for being thoughtful and waste my time clicking on your links going down rabbit holes watching propoganda crap like what you just posted as some kind of proof of your argument. Just proves how flimsy your argument is. I just hope you'll come back from the Dark Side in November when Trump is ousted.

Use common sense. But fine. I understand why you folks want so desperately to remain in denial.

Jesus man. I post facts and you post an idiotic piece of propoganda. Typical you. Do you honestly waste your time watching a lot of this junk on Youtube and Twitter? I guess that was a rhetorical question since you post so much of the crap all the time. Soooo... what was incorrect about the facts I posted?