Sweats

Alright, so the dentist figured they could save the tooth (i have no idea what was left of it to save) so they did a root canal, just got back home, i'm hurting and i'm going to bed. Over and out.

So, i've had a toothache for about 3 weeks.......like, i'm talking shooting pain up through my eye, headaches, whole face hurting badly, etc. I haven't eaten or slept in 3 weeks either and all loaded up on Advil and Tylenol. I went in to see my dentist and explain what's going on and they make an appointment for the following week, even though they can see i'm in obvious pain. Appointment time rolls around, i go in and they take xrays of my whole face......there is a tooth at the back of my mouth that is split in half, like completely sheared right through. The dentist says, "wow, that looks painful, you must be in a lot of discomfort".........yeah doc, that'll do it. So, he says we have 2 options.......root canal or pull it. For me there was really only one option, just pull it......make the pain go away now. No problem, he says.......come back at 9am next Friday and we'll work on it. Can you see the timeline going on here? I went in the first week to make the appointment, i go in the 2nd week to take the xrays and assessment and i don't get the work done till the following week........so that's 3 weeks, which is why i've had a toothache for 3 weeks. Is this a regular thing with a dentist?.......making a person suffer for 3 weeks for no apparent reason? Anyways, this morning is the day i'm getting it pulled, until he finds another reason to make me come back next week, for whatever reason........UGH Dentists.......love em or hate em?

I know it's actually not too bad, but i still puked a bit in my mouth.....

But you got yourself a Knox waxing and detailing kit, so it's not all that bad.

Jesus, i just knew you were going to say that.

Well, Carolina couldn't run him out of town fast enough, so we'll see how he makes out here, but i'm thinking not an outlier.

I wasn't up in arms over the media......i was hating on the lame game plan from our coaching staff.

That's not what i said, so don't twist my words, son. I'm happy that both will be out of the league soon......nowhere did i say that i'm happy a guy got a concussion and i know you're thinking that Tua will be out of the league soon because of his concussion. Did i cause that?

I think it's just a "down" year......the only real good teams in the AFC are the Bills, Ravens, maybe Houston and KC......the NFC is a bit of a mess right now, but all of this will change when "doubtful" teams start to make up some ground and some will pull ahead.......and teams that were "superior" fall behind or can't keep the pace. Like my old boss used to say, "drink a beer and see how you feel in the morning".......i have no idea what the hell that means, but i thought it useful in this instance. He also used to say, "that's like building a bomb in a ****house with a spoon".......to this day, i still have no idea what he was talking about, but i'm fairly sure it's not football related, so.........

I'd see Oasis, just to see the brothers go toe to toe on stage and make asses of themselves.

I'm willing to go out on a limb here and say that any team that can run the ball is definitely our worst match ups.

Extending Tua and McDaniel is showing that the Fins are a hot mess......neither one of them deserved an extension, however, i am absolutely giddy at the prospect that both will be out of the league or a job within 1-2 years. The Fins will be in cap hell come next season and any progress they thought they were making will be long, longggggggggggg gone.

Well, now our coaching staff will have to make adjustments to compensate.........you know, cause they're so good at making adjustments.

Aw geez, i remember those things.......we used to smoke a lot of dope back in the day and wander into the local variety store around 2am, looking to get into some tomfoolery and rent a vid once in a while. I don't recall anything spectacular being available at the ole Redbox, but i remember we wandered over to the old city dump one night and fired garbage around at each other......called it the trash wars. .........and lost the video rental in a mountain of trash to boot. Good times.

Helene disrupting things?.......is that the name my wife goes by now?

He was absolutely the best sitcom dad of all time.......yelling, scowling, never putting up with any BS. RIP

The Fins are imploding.....i figured it was coming next season when they hit cap hell, but as always, the Fins can't even tank a season properly.

I can see us winning Texans, Rams.....and losing to KC, Niners

I don't like saying this about any sport or franchise, but i think Miami's best scenario is to tank this season and look for a QB in the draft, however, there is no real generational talent coming out next draft for QB's, so they might be in QB limbo for a while......unless they make a play for Bryce Young and that's going from bad to worse IMO.

Better to use a TO to manage correct formation on the 1st play, then go into halftime with all 3 in your pocket and having used none.

I'm saving my response for his RIP thread........and honestly, i didn't know he was even still alive.

You would think out of a 6 woman line up, there'd be one i'd take a run at and i can't......i just can't.

Jets or KC......bank on it.

Alright, you've given me a lot to chew on here..... * What i have seen so far in McD's tenure as the Bills HC, is that our D continuously drops the ball (so to speak) in the face of adversity.......13 seconds (nothing more needs to be said here).......KC in the playoffs last year (a very beatable team that marched up and down the field at will)........Ravens last Sunday (our secondary was trash, McD stuck with the Nickle, let the King run wild all over us, etc.)........VS. Minny a couple years back (Minny with a 4th and 24, JJ jumps up and catches it extending the drive and scoring, forcing OT and we lost).........Hail Murray (yep, even this one). Is it the players, the coaching, the schemes?........it all baffles me to this day that in big games, the D chokes and this is undeniable. *McD lives and dies with the Nickle, whether it's working or not. I don't know whether he is stubborn, thinks he's the smartest guy in the room or whatever, but in some respects, he is stuck in his ways, and it starts and ends with him. I think our D line is as good as any in the league, but beyond that (our secondary) there's not much to be hopeful about. Hamlin is lost out there and no matter of coaching will ever help him. He lacks the skills and talent to be competent at his job and because of his "feel good" story he remains a roster staple......sorry, not sorry. * You know the old adage, "D wins championships".......i believed it then, i still believe it today. I don't care how strong an O is, the D carries the team. You can score all the points you want, but if your D can't stop the other team from scoring points then you better hope it's a FG to TD battle. * Our O struggles at times but can usually pull it together sometimes even just enough to squeak out a win......the O is the last thing i am worried about. With JA at the helm, anything is possible. Yes, the WR's are a concern, but we all knew that coming into this season. Contrary to popular belief, we have a lot of weapons on O......Cook/Davis, Shakir, Kincaid/Knox, Coleman, etc. Once these guys figure it out, once Brady figures it out, they will gel and it will come together, i am not worried about this. Also, you know yourself that the league is constantly changing.....are we doing enough to keep up? It used to be WR's in the long game, then it changed to WR's and TE's over the middle and now that teams have figured out how to defend this, it's now becoming more of a hybrid of the run game mixed with over the middle and all disguised with motions and play action. We used motions and play action in the first 3 games this year and nothing against the Ravens. That is on Brady. * And yes, the Ravens are an anomaly, however, they punched our D in the mouth on the very first play and dared us to stop the King all night long.....we stayed in a high safety look (are we afraid of LJ's arm?), couldn't match the power at the line and let Baltimore have their way with us. The Ravens were going to continue to run the ball straight at us until we stopped them and forced them into something else......they didn't have to change their game plan because it was working for them all night long, we had to change ours to suit which was to finally get pressure at the line and force LJ into long situations and make mistakes which worked effectively in the 2nd half, for the most part. Why did we wait until the 2nd half to make these adjustments and not in game? Yes, we see the game differently and there's nothing wrong with that. I see the problem being on the D and not just this year, but for McD's tenure as Bills HC and as a D minded guy, you would think that he would be able to recognize long before game day that a running team will run the ball......and maybe plan for that or at least have a backup plan.

Our coaching staff, for whatever reason, loves the Nickle......and yes our D is wayyyyyyy too predictable. Its fairly easy for other teams to gameplan against us when they know that it'll be Nickle 80% of the time and when we have a D minded HC, i would think that he would pick up on that, but he's the smartest guy in the room, so......