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Not sure why people are giving the guy such a hard time. If I was 44, had just ran a 4.4 forty and had a team willing to pay me money I think I'd want to play too. He loves to play football and get paid for it. Such personal reactions, I dont get it.

This was actually a pretty good read, thank you for posting. Now onto ancestry.com to see if I have a Grandfather that owned an oil, or real estate company.

Vacationed in Brooksville two summers ago. Never been more in love with a place. Hoping to retire there as well.

They are 21-22 with him, so I am not sure he impacts the team in a fashion where their record will change dramatically.

He is a great player, there should be no doubt about that. However, I believe the Bills are 21-22 in games McCoy has started so lets not overstate the value of a running back. If he plays, you better hope Allen is great. If he doesnt, you better hope Allen is great. In other news, whats the deal with Bills runningbacks who just cant seem to get their stuff back?

I use The Athletic. The BZ Blitz was a great idea, ultimately the problem wasn't the idea itself, the problem was using tired content from tired writers. They should have taken the idea all the way and brought in new writers, there just wasnt anything to get excited about. I can tell you from using The Athletic over the last month that Fairburn is doing a great job. Graham's contributions on the other hand, about the same as before. I am sure he will write one or two really beautiful pieces but its few and far between.

Because he still tries to act 20 or something else?

Took the week off to to be there with my kid. I can tell you that Jim has been there each day, for a majority of the day and has done a ton of talking. Having my son there has been a complete blessing as Jim really doesn't take any crap and expects a lot from the kids who signed up. Watching my little guy get one on one instruction from a Hall of Famer overwhelmed me more than I imagined it would. The second day my son was doing some footwork on the 50 and Jim stopped and showed him a few things. I am extremely thankful for he and his family in the community. He is a true warrior. The fact he is out there a couple days after surgery should begin and end the conversation. Enough about how how he looks if we can. An aside, I know Chad Kelly gets a tough go of it on this board, but his message to the kids yesterday was very thoughtful and impressive.

Prayers from my entire family to yours.

I am not sure how others will take this article as it clearly highlighting the writers as victims. But when I read it, especially the quotes from Sullivan, Gleason and Graham I can 100% see why the BN did what they did. Specifically: When the editors told Sullivan his editorials were tired: They were correct, his writing was becoming predictable and unecessarily negative. Personally, I am fine with reading constructive criticism, but Sullivan's articles had become somewhere on the extreme side of that. It was clear he had a personal agenda against the Bills and as time wore on the Pegulas. The articles were becoming trite and boring. The writers suggesting if the BN Blitz was more heavily geared towards the Sabres it would have been more successful: This shows how truly how out of touch these writers had become. I am sorry, I know this town loves hockey but the true draw is football. The failure of the Blitz wasnt about football vs. hockey, it was about fans of the sports teams being sick of the tired articles the BN was providing. Few people wanted to pay for a sub standard product. Even 2 or 3 dollars a month was too much for the 1 or 2 times a year Tim Graham knocks it out of the park, because most of the other content was worthless and filled with sarcasm. The BN knew they had to try and start fresh and rebrand themselves, it was a good move, the mistake they made was putting the same bad product in a different wrapper. Pissed about non-guild writers having their articles published on BN Blitz: This is where the writers true colors shine the most. Let me illuminate what the writers are actually saying here, 'We were pissed they hired Chris Trepasso to write for them." At some point, these guys forgot they were lucky to have people read their opinions, and started to think we were lucky to have their opinions in print in front of us everyday. Rather than be humbled by the opportunity, the awards they give one another started to inflate their self perception. Things like this, are clear evidence their elitism and hubris got the best of them. You guys thought you were better than covering the Bills, it was clear in your sarcasm laced editorials and even more clear in how disinterested and snarky you appeared in your post game videos and podcasts. If you didnt want to cover the Bills, and preferred to talk about basketball or Red Sox baseball, then stop collecting your checks and find a job in that space. No one was holding you hostage. And when people got sick and tired of your jaded takes, don't be surprised when they find someone else to do you job, guild or non guild. They Didn't See it Coming: Again with the hubris. Your lack of effort in producing good content lost your company money. And when your company attempted to fix the issues, while still keeping you on, you blamed them. This high brow idea that News is an art, or above capitalism is so out of touch. You guys aren't special, no matter how well you think you write. No clue how they didnt see it coming. The real story here is not they didnt see it coming, rather they thought they were so untouchable they never thought anyone would hold them accountable for their actions. These guys arent victims. They are elitist who feel they are better than everyone else because someone hired them to write something. Additonally, how immature to tweet thank yous to the Buffalo News and then turn around and give takes like this to Buffalo Rumblings, no offense to their site but my guess is some of the writers there are non-guild, but just a hunch. The typewriter bullies finally came up against people (The Pegulas) who had the sway to stand up to them.

Should have never been drafted #1. Mariota and Winston were close enough prospects that the off the field issues should have made it a slam dunk to take Marcus. Koetter and Licht will be fired at the end of the season, and the next regime if they have any sense wont put up with this garbage. All the talent in the world, probably enough to be a top 10 quarterback in the league but too many headaches.

Many prayers for Jim and the Kelly family. Their Faith has been a huge inspiration. My son is attending his first Kelly Camp next week. Cannot wait for him to see this first hand.

Used to go daily for the message board, cut way back after that. I may go once every two weeks to check out the videos, but since Mcbeane took over even those have been scaled way back. Interestingly enough it seems there has been a specific attempt to cut the media back even further this year. Part of me wonders if this has to do with Allen and trying to limit either positive or negative feedback. For the most part I'd say the site is pretty useless unless you are a season ticket holder, which I am not.

Don't care much about Tim Graham on twitter. But, I can say I subscribed to The Athletic two days ago and it is definitely worth the money.

I just signed up. With the local and national coverage its well worth the 40 dollars for the year. Generally pretty stringent about the way I spend my money and never would have spent the money on the Buffalo Blitz or whatever the BN was calling it, but I can tell already this was worth the money.

I'm with you. Thankful for everyday but Summer is the worst. Give me the Fall, everyday all day. Even prefer Winter to this.

Neil Young lost me when he spent his life rallying against capitalism and then created a music player that cost $400 dollars.

Not for nothing, Dad is the guy who raised him.

The comparison to Incognito is off base. The Bills took a chance on a Pro Bowl guard. Bryant is and has always been a lot of hype. Never had more than 50 catches in a season, never had 1000 yards. He has never been worth the headache. He is tall and fast and thats about where it ends.

E.J. Manuel is your starting quarterback in 2015, you win 6-7 games. As you are still in a 4-3 defense you most likely dont give up the 4th round pick to get Ragland and rather than having Cardale Jones you end up with Dak Prescott.

Had a car door break just before I made my way home to Delaware Ave, held real tight as I hit the curve at 33 and 198. Had a belt break as I was moving into a turning lane on Transit Oil leak led to me being stranded on the 290 Blown tire on the 90. Good Samaritan drove me to the next rest stop More recently I had a tire come off it's rim after the mechanic who installed the new valve stem broke the seal

Love all the fellas sitting behind their keyboards body shaming these women. Amazing how acceptable it is to speak on someone's body. Imagine you guys making these comments are in incredible shape? Word to the wise, looks and fitness both change with time and situations. Give people a break.

Thank God for Last Year?

He was well on his way to being thr most dominant player to ever play his position, and may have been the best player in thr league in 2012. But, its not 2012 and he hasnt been the same in 2 years.

1 title with him, 4 without him. Wouldnt call it a hit to their dynasty.