transplantbillsfan

Well, at least I'm not one of those people with half a brain who voted for Trump thinking he was a business genius who could propel our country back into a post WWII boom. I really see nothing wrong with the news coverage considering it's a mixed bag of news and 4th quarter growth alone hasn't exactly been presented as dismal. We had better-than-expected growth in the 4th Quarter, which is how it's being covered if you actually choose to read articles rather than merely look at headlines... though that might be difficult for some in the modern world. Although... why do you really think we should even look at 2.6% growth as a good thing, regardless of what economists predicted? If I'm an A student, but I take a test and predict I got an F and then got a D, should I really advertise that as good? Regardless, GDP for 2018 fell short of the 3% that Trump himself and most economists were actually predicting we'd reach several months ago and the economy is forecast to slow down this year, so Trump may never even reach the 3% GDP growth he thought he'd inevitably reach, much less the 4% or 5% he thought was easily attainable for him.

6 years you say?

Yes, using a nebulous insult calling me a lapdog nipping at heals is clearly a much stronger argument than my weaker argument of bringing up something material and substantial that resurfaced about Trump and his business practices just yesterday.

Federal Interest rates are still incredibly low when you look at the span of interest rates over the last 60 years. https://www.macrotrends.net/2015/fed-funds-rate-historical-chart Shouldn't Trump be held to his own standards as he publicly represents them? Or are we supposed to assume there was an unsaid asterisk at the end of his statement of "...as long as the Fed doesn't raise interest rates."...?

Wow. You got me on a typo. Apparently that typo somehow proves your point... Congratulations.

When you have a President who was elected primarily for his economic acumen as a businessman--I disagree with anyone who thinks "Build a wall from sea to shining sea!!!" was what legitimately got moderates to vote for him--who kept touting how he'd inevitably get GDP growth above 4% and even 5%, it seems perfectly fair to present the 4th quarter in that manner.

Yeah, and then not honoring them... maybe it was because those contracts were just to complex for him to understand that he was supposed to pay people/small businesses back the amount he committed

Soooo... when's the Super Bowl? This season doesn't last much longer and it could be cut short by a player's strike... and you're sayin we still need to see playoffs AND a Super Bowl?

That would make sense. And it's brilliant. I seriously will still rewatch those episodes and laugh my butt off... even if they're both comedy AND drama, sort of.

Lost Fringe (though I think they had the opportunity to stretch that show out for greatness) The Magicians (Weird I know, but wife and I liked the first couple seasons) Heroes (AMAZING season 1!!! Almost don't remember watching after) Mr. Robot

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2924946002 Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un unable to strike deal, call off nuclear weapons talks early "No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. "We’ll ultimately have a deal," Trump told reporters just a few hours before cutting off talks early, but he added that "doesn’t mean we’re doing it in one day, in one meeting." ... "Speed is not that important to me," Trump said. "I appreciate no testing." Kim, taking the unprecedented step of answering a western reporter's question, said "it's too early to say" whether there will be a deal, but "I would not say I’m pessimistic.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/defense/431957-trump-kim-summit-ending-early%3famp Trump-Kim summit ending early Trump and Kim were originally supposed to hold a working lunch that appears to have been canceled. The two leaders were also scheduled to participate in ceremony to sign a joint agreement. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1QG2BZ White House bars four reporters from Trump-Kim dinner I hate being in PPP

How has this thread not been moved to PPP already? So damn glad Trump didn't get that loan. As President, at least there are checks and balances, even if they were almost never enforced for 2 years. If he became owner of the Bills, he would have either moved the Bills or done everything in his power to make marketing rather than winning his #1 priority. It's funny all the corroborating documents that Cohen brought to his testimony that backs up what he says and yet the "look!!! He's a liar!!!", while completely ignoring the evidence on record is the biggest argument against his testimony.

Loved Monk. One of my all-time favorite shows that I still watch and re-watch. But that wasn't really a storyline. You could very very easily watch any episode from any season out of order and be none the wiser and very entertained.

Free throw shooting... AGAIN!!! I call shenanigans to anyone saying Boeheim emphasizes free throw fundamentals. Brissett is awful when he shouldn't be and Battle is super inconsistent.

Here is that game where Allen completed 52% of his passes for 82 yards and 1 INT. Interception and drive killer on what was an accurate pass--with pressure right in his face--that should have been a 15+ yard pass and continued the drive at least into a Field Goal opportunity. But nope. You cite that interception like it's meaningful as far as Allen's accuracy is concerned. If that one pass alone were caught, his completion % goes up 5% in that game.

I dunno, Jeremiah has him as his 5th best prospect. Kiper has him as his 10th best prospect. This is a real possibility at 9, depending on how he measures out and everything. I don't know much about him, but if he's great as both a pass catcher AND blocker, he could be worth it. We only have 1 TE on our roster right now. Could be that Beane already has an eye on a particular TE prospect in the draft with plans to draft him. He was on record over a year before drafting Allen that he liked him, so perhaps the state of our TE position right now is a sign we're seriously considering, if not already planning on drafting him at #9.

Yes. There's a chance he could. I predict--very early prediction--that he'll pass for 4,000+ yards and rush for 500+ yards and score a combined 35+ TDs

I like Better Call Saul better than Breaking Bad... and that's saying a lot. It's absolutely much more of a slow burn than Breaking Bad, but I'm loving it. The acting, directing, and storytelling is everyone on their A-game in that show. Is that good? Honestly the biggest reason I saw that and was interested is because I saw Olivia (don't know the actress's name) from Fringe is one of the main characters in that show and she was awesome in Fringe. Plus, I liked Criminal Minds--up until the main guy punched some guy on set and got kicked off the show--and Mindhunter kinda looked like Criminal Minds, though maybe less of a procedural.

The exception to this, at least so far, is The Good Place. Great show so far and it's a completely linear story--although in some ways, you can argue it's completely non-linear, but that's part of the fun of the storyline. Absolutely laugh out loud funny throughout. But it just finished its 3rd season and I'm starting to wonder how many more seasons this show can stretch itself out.

The Walternate stuff is when the series got weird. Such a shame. Fantastic shoe before that.

I'd predict Allen gets somewhere around 58-60% next year. He'll improve. But he won't be in the 65%+ range. I just think he's always going to throw the ball downfield significantly more than most QBs. Yes, Allen would be an outlier, but honestly, he already is. Can you find a QB who played at a small school against crappy competition and had a poor completion percentage who was drafted in the top of the 1st round--hell, 1st round alone-- who historically came in to contribute to a .500 record in games he started and finished, lead a couple 4th Quarter comebacks and a few game winning drives? I had the same argument your making here as for why we shouldn't draft him. Statistically, he'd be an outlier. I guess the closest example you could find was Rodgers. I guess you can say Cal is closer to Wyoming than it is Alabama as far as talent goes, but not by much. Here's the thing many people forget about that Cal team Rodgers was on. Rodgers had a solid to really good OL in his 2 years at Cal (4 OL he played with in those 2 years were drafted to the NFL) and had FANTASTIC running backs who were FANTASTIC at Cal. Remember, JJ Arrington had over 2,000 yards rushing in 2004, the year Rodgers had nearly 65% completion percentage. And that same year was Marshawn Lynch's Freshman year where he threw in 700+ yards on the ground. Ya think that running game and OL didn't factor into Rodgers' overall play and even more specifically, his completion percentage? And it didn't hurt that he was throwing to a guy in Chase Lyman who would ultimately be drafted in the 4th round. Rodgers had some serious talent surrounding him. Name all the drafted talent surrounding Allen in college... He'll, name the comparative NFL talent Allen had to the 31 other NFL teams on offense his rookie year. Allen played a lot of Hero Ball in college and even his 1st year in Buffalo... often for good reason. I expect talent surrounding him is about to get much better.

That's what happens when you can't shoot for crap. Syracuse has ALWAYS irritated me with free throw shooting. We actually outplayed Duke on Saturday, too. They really only won because of JT Barrett.

But Ozark is ongoing. Even if it's great now, it might go downhill as it tries to wrap up. Part of the reason I liked Breaking Bad was because it did take that development to heart. It made you invest in Walt and made you that much more invested in the character. Regardless, I was hoping for a TV show that's already ended in order to evaluate it as a whole, not in part. Though Ozark does sound like a show I'll have to start watching.

I recommended the show Breaking Bad to a friend because I loved that show. She finished all 5 seasons--not surprisingly--in about a week and a half. But she was upset about the ending. I won't spoil things about the show for those who haven't seen it, but she felt that it wasn't an "honest ending." Personally, I disagree in general. I loved that show from the very beginning to the very end. I think it did exactly what it was trying to do. But it got me thinking about TV shows in general. Most of them are about the journey, not the destination. That's why I feel like endings of a lot of these shows are kinda awkward, almost like the creator is fumbling for an ending--Seinfeld!!! Fringe is one of my all time favorite shows. But the last season and a half were just weird... you could tell the creator just had the foundational ideas for the show planned, not the ending. Lost was gripping up until a certain point, at which point the same thing Fringe suffered from seemed to happen. Love The Walking Dead, but I'm really just losing interest at this point. There have been a couple opportunities in the last season or so to just end it and wrap everything up well. Haven't even picked it back up since it started again a few weeks ago. The Blacklist is another show I really like, but it's starting to suffer from the same problems, though I'll see where it goes 'cause it still has a chance. I'm absolutely loving Better Call Saul, but right now it's at an inflection point, and I'm curious if it wraps itself up into its obvious conclusion this season or if it stretches itself out and falls into the same trap. Almost the opposite can be said with Game of Thrones, which went from almost a slow-burning big budget TV show for the first 3 or 4 seasons and just felt rushed in its last season, to the point of being outlandish at points... even for a Fantasy show. And with just 6 episodes left, I'm wondering where it ends, though if the ultimate victor is the character I want it to be, I'll probably be satisfied. So I guess I'm throwing this out for 2 reasons: 1) I'm curious if anyone can think of a show that was a knockout from beginning to end. And that doesn't necessarily mean a happy ending... but it means a perfect, or near-perfect ending for that particular show and 2) I'm always looking for good shows to watch... so preferably some warnings about spoilers, first