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And also, I'm not here to converse about politics. I'm on this message board to converse about the Bills. I'll continue to pop in over here every once in a while to chime in about a few issues. But talking politics with people of wildly differing and deeply rooted views is pointless. Same goes for religion. Same goes for climate change, for that matter. It's a rabbit hole. No point. I read comments over here plenty. I guess you could call me a lurker. I just use a lot of restraint when responding to posts that I disagree with or that are just outright factually incorrect. Because there's no point.

Now who's dodging?

I'm not dodging. I'm ignoring going down the rabbit hole over here. For example. I'm going to respond to your post by saying something very simple and then choosing not to respond to the inevitably long-winded response dancing around the actual issue simply because I'm not going down that rabbit hole. My response to the bold, very simply, is that you're wrong. Mueller pretty overtly stated--in both the report itself and his statement today--that the underlying reason he didn't bring obstruction charges against Trump was because it's DOJ policy not to indict a sitting President.

No one else was charged with obstruction because everyone around Trump was fighting tooth and nail to try to prevent Trump from obstructing. That's literally in the report... Or "source material" as you guys over here like to say.

Such a stupid post. Such Flacco hate. Flacco is why they made that playoff run and why they won that Super Bowl. It's really that simple.

And this has absolutely nothing to do with the accuracy discussion. But I don't disagree with you. Decision making was Allen's single biggest problem last year. Not accuracy. But as to the bolded, are you just assuming Allen had the ability to freely audible? He was a rookie.

Lewis was the emotional leader, but Flacco's elevated play on the field was the single biggest reason the Ravens made that playoff run to win the Super Bowl that year, as every Ravens fan will admit.

I think it's gonna be pretty cool that 3 of the 5 2018 1st round rookie QBs are in the AFCE and all 5 are in the AFC. These guys will definitely be competing with each other.

Different excerpts... each relevant to separate threads

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2019-nfl-breakout-players-heres-a-look-at-10-who-are-poised-for-big-things-this-season/amp/ 2019 NFL Breakout Players: Here's a look at 10 who are poised for big things this season By Pete Prisco May 13, 2019 VIEW PROFILE Josh AllenBUF • QB • 17 What he did last year with a horrible supporting cast was impressive. Yes, I know the completion percentage was bad, but he had poor play from his receivers with a ton of drops.

I guess we pay attention to different media and political pundits. The whole idea of criminal conspiracy was always a very high bar that I never thought would be undeniably proven. What was undeniably proven was that Russia interfered in our election, trying to tip the scales in Trump's favor, and he knew about it. The obstruction of justice was always the biggest and most visible thing for Trump. And an incredibly strong case for it was laid out in the Mueller report. One that would have had the impeachment process begun--and possibly ended--already if we didn't have a Republican Senate so hilariously hypocritical (*ahem*...Lindsay Graham) in their undying loyalty to this President. All that's just the Mueller stuff. Then you have all the investigations into Trump's personal business and background, which are completely warranted and constitutional. Trump broke precedent (and his word) of sharing his taxes the way every single other Presidential candidate has done for the last half century. Are you seriously telling me you aren't the least bit curious as to why he's so ferociously protective of his business dealings? The Emoluments lawsuit going (slowly, of course, because Trump's an obstructionist) through the courts is maybe the most important among the plethora of issues with the guy. The guy is just out in the open corrupt. He always has been. I'm one of the silly ones who really thought he didn't stand a chance in the election. But unlike a number of those other silly people, I actually went out and voted. Trump won't be impeached and will remain in office for another year and a half, barring some kind of unbelievable and unforseen flip or something so ridiculously and outright in the open illegal that even the Senate can't ignore it. But again, I don't expect that will happen because Trump has basically had his whole life to build a working knowledge of how to be a crook without getting thrown in jail. The guy knows how to use the courts, that's for sure. However, when it's Biden (almost certainly the Democratic candidate, I believe) vs. Trump, I believe Trump will not only lose the popular vote by millions of votes AGAIN, that he'll also lose the electoral vote this time.

This bodes really well for this season that this was his primary focus in the offseason. I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict Allen makes a gigantic leap in completion % to 62% or higher https://billswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/23/buffalo-bills-josh-allen-aims-to-improve-accuracy-during-offseason/ Josh Allen aims to improve accuracy during offseason “Consistently, delivering the ball where it needs to be. Ball placement is huge, especially in this league,” Allen said. “That is something that will never change, you always want to try to work on ball placement. Every day you come out, it’s kind of a new thing and sometimes the ball comes out of your hand a little bit differently. You have to make adjustments and understand what your body is trying to tell you and try to go with it.” “Just trying to get the ball to the playmakers because we can’t do anything if they don’t have the ball in their hands,” he added. Throughout his rookie season, Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott pushed aside the notion that his QB’s completion percentage was worrisome. While McDermott fell short of addressing Allen’s accuracy on Tuesday, he did say he believes Allen knows where he needs to improve upon in his game. “Yeah, first day. I’ve been impressed with his methodical work ethic and approach. It seems like he understands the work that he has to and that we have to do this offseason to get us to where we’re trying to get to as a football team,” McDermott said.

Definitely not. This is the only username I've ever had, here or at BBMB or over at Billievers. Decade and a half probably now running with the same name.

by whatever name? Are you implying I'm lurking on this message board under other usernames? That might be the dirtiest shot I've seen anyone take at me on here. No, this is and always will be my ONLY username.

I know. The poster above made a false claim, though. Flaccid wasn't the reason he made the playoffs. But he absolutely was the reason they won all the way through the playoffs. And any sane Ravens fan acknowledges that.

Geez. This place really just is a cesspool of conspiracy theories. I have a question... if/when Trump loses the election in 2020 (said "if" for your sakes... sadly the broader pronoun "your" is necessary in this case considering, despite the fact that some of you might protest this, you're nearly all clearly in this same boat over here at PPP), will you accept the fact that the American public woke up in a "fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" moment? Or... Will you hope Trump not merely resists the peaceful passing of power but goes even further and actively resists in the manners a sitting President could do so? I worry the latter is the case. And I fear you'll get your wish.

Flacco was absolutely the reason the Ravens won the Super Bowl... were you actually paying attention to that historic run he had in the playoffs? 0 interceptions.

It was: ...it might be--I think it will: You're welcome.

I was talking about the 58%-60% completion percentage, not him being in the running for MVP. I think his career completion percentage will be higher than 60%. And yes, I still believe he's going to be in the running for league MVP this season.

Yeah, I don't think we ever have to worry about Allen being Captain Checkdown. The guy threw the ball like a yard farther on average more than any other QB in the NFL. And with Allen's style of play, he can hover in the 58%-60% completion percentage range and still be very successful. Not saying I want that or am even predicting that, but Cam Newton won an MVP at less than 60%.

Who's our long term answer opposite of Hughes? The E in DE stands for End. There are 2 Ends to a Defensive Line. Who's going to play opposite of Hughes and be productive for the next few years? DE is still probably our biggest need going into the 2020 regular season.

Wait... Peterman is still in the NFL????

Completion percentage is what correlates most with team success, but because so many factors go into completion percentage separate from actual QB accuracy--QB & WR communication, WRs ability to catch, tips and batted passes, Throwaways and Spikes, QB decision making, etc--this actually does matter in terms of the conversation as to how to increase that completion percentage. And I'd bet you anything Beane & Co. analyzed the tape for the purpose of having the very same conversation. Notice how offense-heavy we went this offseason? Start off by cutting our least reliable pass catcher over the year and then go out and get one proven speedster WR and another who was 4th in the league last year (pretty sure that's right) in catching balls on plays he was targeted. Then you bolster the crap outta your OL so that you give your young QB time and Windows to make good decisions and throw the ball. It matters in the grand scheme of our current year 1 to year 2 conversation because all any of us want to see is a successful Allen. The point, really, is that his distance from rookie QB to Franchise QB isn't greater than that distance is for the typical rookie QB as far as passing accuracy goes. It matters in this grand offseason sports message board conversation we have. Of course, since you're here on this sports message board, I assume you believe this grand offseason sports message board conversation we have every year is meaningful. And if you don't, why don't you go fishing in an actual body of water rather than on the Internet until the season starts? And I like you. I get some right. I get some wrong. I feel good about Allen. If you need to calm your mind somehow, just remember that even broken clocks are right twice a day