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From Jay Glazer's pre-draft mailbag over at The Athletic: What’s more enticing to Buffalo at nine, completing the rehaul of the offense and giving Josh Allen a weapon or filling the underrated hole left at three-technique in the wake of Kyle Williams retiring? —Brandon B. To be honest with you, this is a quarterback-driven game now. I would give them their version of Gronk, T.J. Hockenson from Iowa if he’s available. Team these two guys up so they can just grow together over the years, at least you would have two big, strong guys at quarterback and tight end so they can build the receivers around them. I think that’s the perfect fit, I think you can get a three-technique guy probably in the second round but if you have a guy in Hockenson who is such a grinder as a blocker, for a tight end, and he can catch the ball so well for a big guy like that, that’s who I would go for. He’s Gronk-like.

Well-reasoned post here. But things are a bit sad with politics these days. Similar or even lesser offenses to what Trump was presented to do in the Mueller Report got Nixon out of office. This irrefutable Republican defense of Trump is part of what flipped the house in 2018. McConnell is smart... what's the game here? He doesn't want to lose all 3 branches to Democrats, but that's looking more likely if Democrats play their hand right. Trump deserves impeachment, in my opinion. But I hope Pelosi doesn't do it, largely for the reasons outlined here.

To be clear, I didn't say the economy is horrible. It's good for now, but it was growing steadily in the 7 years prior to Trump taking office, so calling this "the Trump economy" as though he created this is disingenuous. And projections are that the economy is slowing down. And this tax cut is breadcrumbs for the middle class and sandwiches for the wealthy. And it's adding SooOOooo much to the deficit, which as you know is something Republicans apparently care a lot about when Democrats are in office. And as far as feelings about those tax cuts: Does a 40% approval rating really jump out at you? I mean... that 40% is pretty ironic since it's pretty much where Trump's approval rating hovers, but if Independents are the determining factor in Trump getting reelected, 32% doesn't bode well. The economy got a shot in the arm last year with the Tax cuts... we have 18 1/2 months until the election. How confident are you it will get better or at least stay the same? And as for the folks bringing up all the stuff about skeletons in Biden's closet coming out... well... Trump still got elected, so likely will Biden if he winds up being the nominee. Another big mistake on Trump's part, I believe, was renewing his pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act... though now he says they will put that off til after the election, which will make many of those who were "on the fence" vote against him considering he just wants it gone (Dude has serious Presidential Envy going on) with no plan to replace it with anything. Hell, even Fox friggin News had a poll in the last year that showed it had a 51% approval among Americans and this guy says to axe it without even a replacement plan? The guy's an idiot and just needs to go.

My wife is in the private sector.

Great... Bills apparently were more likely to trade up than back a week or two ago... now this... At least these guys are covering all possibilities

Where's the half truth? Did he not promise 4%+ GDP growth? Has he delivered or even come close to it? Banking () on the economy as Trump's primary accomplishment (what else does he have exactly??? Saw that North Korea is back to testing missiles... guess no Nobel Peace Prize for Trump ) is going to be an interesting narrative to watch in the next 18 months or so.

100%. There are homeschooled kids who turn out great just like there are private and public school kids who turn out great. In each and every case, though, it starts with parents. School is the supplement. So the 2 students I have going to Harvard I feel pretty confident knowing they have a pretty good home life. The dirtbag who had his parents call the police because I "kicked him" while he was sleeping in my class (I tapped my foot underneath his chair... though can't say he didn't deserve a kick) who's parents were emailing me and meeting with me in the weeks prior because their son "doesn't want to attend school because it just doesn't interest him, so can you make it more interesting?" while I was adjusting curriculum to "make it more interesting" (because I try to make it boring normally) who was ultimately an accomplice to getting one of his classmates shot in an execution style drug deal gone bad I know will end up in prison or pumping gas. I get both ends of the spectrum. And I still love my job. But anyone berating the teaching profession because they get so much time off doesn't get the crap that goes with it. Anyone wants to homeschool their kid. Fine, be a good parent. Anyone wants to send their kid to a Private School. Fine, be a good parent. Anyone wants to send their kid to a Public School. Fine, be a good parent. Cherry pick a school or teacher here and there... that's fine. Teachers are overeducated (required) and underpaid, though... so that should be a sign of a place the country might want to look. In a profession that (back to gender equity) is the ultimate woman's profession... you get what you pay for...

Hell yeah I am. Wife and I owe the government for the first time ever despite owning a house and her claiming 0 and me claiming 1. And call that my fault for not adjusting if you want, but that shouldn't have happened. That's happening to a lot of people. This is supposedly Trump's biggest accomplishment, except as projected his "biggest tax cut in history" is doing more for the wealthy than the middle class and is making a yuuUUUgggee dent in our national debt, which Republicans seem to care about a lot until they're in office. Besides, the economy of the last 2 years has really just mostly been riding the coattails of the economy of the previous 7 years. And it's slowing down. Yes. Biden is the guy I want running the most because I feel pretty confident he's easily going to beat Trump... and see portion of my above post for at least part of the reason I feel that way.

See, this is the rabbit hole I'm not going down and the reason I don't stay. You're trying to cherry pick and oversimplify. I'm just going to say I disagree and enjoy my holiday off with the family. Happy early Easter and Go BILLS!!!

Yep... sure did reach his promise of 4%+ GDP... Oh wait

I understand completely what homeschooling is. Social interaction these kids get is purely up to the parents. It doesn't always happen. I've had kids who were homeschooled previously and socially you see a big difference... not positively. If you're a parent who homeschools... great job for making sure they interact socially, but kids in public or even private school with totally neglectful parents will still learn social skills. So cherry pick yourself as a reason homeschooling is the best route if you want, but it's cherry picking nonetheless. As for pretending I have 2 students who have been accepted to Harvard (they're white by the way) and the rest are pumping gas... I mean do you want me to list all the schools my students have gotten into? Do I need to mention my Westpoint, USC, and MIT graduates? Does it even matter to you all the students I've had who are now officers in different military branches? Or my students who now run their own businesses? But yeah, public schools suck because of the system and because of terrible teachers... keep believing that because you can cherry pick some bad public schools and some bad teachers.

I wasn't directing that at you, honestly. I named the posters I directed it at. Look, I don't get the point. I actually have always liked and respected you as a poster. Mosying on in here is like when I watch Fox News on occasion just to see what they're saying. I see it and read it and know you guys believe what you believe wholeheartedly. And I often feel the opposite. I feel strongly about Climate Change, In part because I live in Paradise and spend so much time in the ocean that it disgusts me when I see a plastic water bottle floating past me that I have to paddle over to and roll up in my rashguard. Or like yesterday a baseball hat some idiot wore into the water thinking he wouldn't lose it that was just floating on by me on its lonesome that I was forced to hold onto for the rest of my session. It upsets me as I surf out at Sunset Beach or Makaha to see so much coastal erosion that some houses at sunset are just a foot or 2 from falling into the sea. The last couple years are the first I'm hearing and seeing King Tides, which are extra high tides... heights a foot or more than our typical highest tide. I get annoyed when I smell the obvious coconut scent of sunscreen that isn't reef safe because even in my 15 years living here I dive and have seen the change in the reefs. You're clearly pretty convinced social inequality and climate change are unrelated, so I'd guess more links would just be crap you've already seen anyway, like https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.un.org/esa/desa/papers/2017/wp152_2017.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwic8uDWptvhAhVLIzQIHelbBo8QFjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3wdF4cw0OylMCKioe_BSb_ or something like NASA's own statement that climate change and social inequality are connected: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/chapter-1-pdf/ Ethical considerations, and the principle of equity in particular, are central to this report, recognizing that many of the impacts of warming up to and beyond 1.5°C, and some potential impacts of mitigation actions required to limit warming to 1.5°C, fall disproportionately on the poor and vulnerable (high confidence). Equity has procedural and distributive dimensions and requires fairness in burden sharing both between generations and between and within nations. In framing the objective of holding the increase in the global average temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C, the Paris Agreement associates the principle of equity with the broader goals of poverty eradication and sustainable development, recognising that effective responses to climate change require a global collective effort that may be guided by the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. {1.1.1} And then what? To me this isn't a discourse thing, it just is... it's completely logical that social inequality and climate change are inextricably linked because, well, very simply... money talks. And who has disproportionately the most wealth and opportunity for wealth in our society? White men. Thus logically race becomes a big part of the conversation. And you brought up gender, so you could say gender, too. It seems pretty clear people here have their own steadfast views, though. So I ask again... what did I just accomplish? There's a reason the Stadium Wall is full of Bills fans, not Patriots fans mixed in there. Those guys would be ridiculed endlessly. Seems the same here. This is pretty clearly a very conservative message board. We liberals would just be here for your amusement at best and derision at worst.

Aloha braddah! Much Mahalos!

Okay bro... whatever you say... Guess my 2 students who just told me they got into Harvard got an utterly crappy education at my school, which is a public school. You're right, though. Take your kids out of public school and homeschool them. They don't need real friends or social skills, anyway. The public school system needs fixing, that's for sure... not the kinda fixing DeVos is doing, though.

Thank you. And I meant no disrespect about other's professions, but my integrity and ability in my own was attacked. And for the record, I haven't had a summer off in 15 years of teacher. I worked Summer School for my first 14 summers. Living in Hawai'i is expensive and even though teacher salary numbers might look high to someone on the mainland, they aren't when you understand cost of living out here. This is going to be the first Summer I'll finally not be working Summer School because my wife and I are a little more financially comfortable. But we get 2 months, not 3.

LBSeeBallLBGetBall insulted my professional integrity and I said absolutely nothing about what anyone else here does for a living, just that many of you seem to be here a large portion of the day. And then... No self adoring medal of valor, just a reality of what I do and the demands of time in doing it if I want to be good at my job, so... I thought you were "done with (me)"?

Sorry... my time is better spent teaching our youth and planning curriculuum than spending the hours you guys spend here in your mutual admiration society. Addressing points to people who will never change their minds on something they're so stubbornly clinging to is pretty pointless, anyway.

If inundating with links of articles and tweets have no business here, why is it that they seem to happen here so often?

https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/1526380054794835 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0309132516646495 https://www.opencanada.org/features/inequality-explained-7-ways-climate-change-and-inequality-are-connected/ https://inequality.org/great-divide/confronting-climate-change-in-a-deeply-unequal-world/ http://oxfordre.com/climatescience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-412 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/02/15/how-racial-and-regional-inequality-affect-economic-opportunity/amp/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/global-warming-american-south/532200/ https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=2106693b39454f0eb0abc5c2ddf9ce40 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theroot.com/race-and-class-are-the-biggest-issues-around-hurricane-1798536183/amp Your counter? Hope I get something other than the Ad Hominem attack I'm expecting. And I'm sure you'll be able to very easily refute each and every one of those links (some clearly more credible than others) and not just attack one while trying to ignore the others. I have more... just not spending a lot of time on this with the schedule release today and finally watching the GoT premiere.

Your username sucks. I'd ask if you meant another NFL QB in history named Josh who was an established Franchise QB, but I just can't think of one. Yeah, your username sucks, and we're better than the Browns. Go back to their message board. But they aren't in NYC... they aren't even in NYS... they're in NJ...

Ummm... are games even able to be flexed in early November?

Not overly excited about the logistics of the Thanksgiving game. That game starts at 11:30 AM for me and we always go to the in-laws for Thanksgiving. We also always bring a dish. So we'll have to cook and then dinner usually starts at 1 or so. So basically, the Bills game is scheduled to coincide with all the family crap, which I need to likely be present for. And my wife's family has literally NEVER watched a Bills game with me, so I need to control myself. The Thanksgiving game sounds appealing at first, not so much for me. Plus, the week I'm scheduled to come back to visit WNY has one away game followed by a bye. Boo.