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During the Jauron years, a lot of the injuries were because Jauron favored fast, small players. When a smaller body collides at speed with a bigger body, it's the usually the smaller body that suffers. I remember watching big RBs drag Bills LBs for 7 or 8 yards after they were tackled. The Bills LBs were about the size of SSs.

It's like the Niners can't keep their QBs healthy, but it's spread around with the Ravens. I think that the Ravens still beat Indy despite their casualty list. I watched the rerun of their game with the Bengals last night, and they were impressive on both sides of the ball. Lamar looked really, really good as a passer from the beginning, which made his runs later very effective. Their new OC and their new receivers are "functioning as intended". Their D got after Burrow and pretty much shut down the Cincy offense. Cincy's first TD was a long kick return.

That is exactly what many people, myself included, said about Phillip Rivers during his years with the Chargers. When Rivers finally escaped the Chargers late in his career, he found success again despite his diminished skills. With stats similar to what he'd put up through his years with the Chargers, he led the Colts to the playoffs with a 11-5 record. I think if Herbert was on a better team, he'd still have flashy stats, but those stats would translate into wins rather than losses.

That was the season that they ran through multiple kickers because whoever was kicking for them always seemed to miss a PAT or FG in a close game IIRC. Agree. Conversely, my guess is that if Mahomes, Allen or Burrow were on the Chargers, their win-lost records would only be marginally better than Herbert's. The Chargers' problems over at least the last 2 decades haven't been the fault of their QBs -- their FOs have always been able to find good QBs even if they figure out much else.

Oh, it's not just putrid coaching. That would be too simple to account for the continual ineptitude of the Chargers over the last two decades. Back in the early 2000s, the Chargers were loaded with talent, thanks especially to the Eli Manning trade. They didn't have just a great QB in Philip Rivers, they had two, and the one they let walk away, Drew Brees, was even better. They could steamroll teams during the regular season but couldn't win playoff games despite having plenty of talent. For most of Rivers' career, the Chargers managed to lose key games with the same kind of blunders that they've made this season. They've been doing it for 20 years. The Chargers have changed players, coaches, GMs, cities, owners, stadiums -- and they still manage to "seize defeat from the jaws of victory". The Chargers just "Charger".

These three posts are dead on. The best investment for winning a Super Bowl is in the lines, and especially when a team has a great QB, in the offensive line. Every QB needs protection and targets. Without those two elements, even the greatest QBs fail. A great QB with protection and good receivers puts up the points to win games, and with some good defensive play and luck, maybe even a Super Bowl. A good/great RB is a luxury for a team with a great QB because running the ball isn't central to their success in the 2020s like it was in the 1980s or 1990s primarily because of rules changes. A Super Bowl contending team needs a solid running game for protecting leads late in games and for playing in bad weather. You do realize that John Elway retired after the 1998 season which was a quarter of a century ago, right? That was then, this is now.

Me, too. I can't remember a game in which all the Bills RBs so consistently having space to run, probably since Wade Phillips was HC! Individual RBs were successful largely because of their superior talent like Willis McGahee and Marshawn Lynch, both of whom went on to be Pro Bowlers and help their new teams to the playoffs. McGahee was on both the Broncos and the Ravens playoff teams. Lynch was an All Pro and won a Lombardi with the Seahawks.

They probably did but we just didn't hear about it because most news back then was primarily local. "National news" was limited to news about politics, international affairs, and the rich and famous. Back then, this story would have only made the newspapers and radio/tv news in the Boston area.

I think we do, too. There's been lots of complaints about the OTs this off/preseason, but the improvement of the interior OL helps the OTs be more effective. If you look around the league, you realize that the best OLs aren't filled with 5 Pro Bowl caliber players but rather maybe 1 really good/great player with solid guys around him. IOW, good OLs are better than the sum of their parts. Hopefully, that's what the Bills have in their OL.

That's true but not every poster is as consistently negative as the poster that Sierra Foothills called out.

Agree. I think that the improved guard play complements of Torrence and McGovern enabled Murray and Harris to be effective on inside runs, which the Bills weren't last season. I think that Harris will be the RB to keep defenses honest since he's fast enough to run off tackle consistently too, so that Ds can't assume that only Cook will run outside. I liked that the Bills had a real running game today -- and that Allen was simply a complementary piece rather than the major piece.

You might want to rethink this. If Ridgeway's mom is 76, it's likely his sisters are old enough to be Zach's mom.

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Where's the Sprinkle Cone? I'm a fan of Fifties soft ice cream myself. There are two locations: the original in the city on Washington Street near the Tops and the newer one out on 394 in Lakewood across from the Save A Lot plaza. Of course, the late, great Tastee Corners on Foote Ave was not only an institution but the best. Alas, the building was too dilapidated to save, so it's only a memory now.

Hondo just cut and pasted the link directly into the post rather than using the link function. This one should work: Coy Wire

Yes, I meant milo.

That's why I don't feed seed mixes. There's too much waste because birds will only eat what they like and toss the rest -- as you've discovered. Many seed mixes, especially cheaper mixes, have filler seeds like red millet which most birds don't like (doves and juncos love white millet, however). I feed primarily black oil sunflower seed in two tube feeders (one for clinging birds like woodpeckers and finches) and a perch feeder, but I also feed cracked corn on the ground for pigeons and mourning doves and peanuts for the bluejays and cardinals. I also provide suet cakes. This winter I will put out white millet in a low covered platform feeder for the dark-eyed juncos that visit my yard.

I second this. They start coming out about 5 pm when campers start firing up their grills or building campfires. What's even worse is that some idiots, despite signs warning about rabies in the raccoons, actively encourage them coming around campsites/cabins by feeding them -- and letting their children feed them!

Chautauqua Institute is 20+ miles west of Jamestown via either NY 394 or I-86 and will take you at least a half hour each way, so it might not be feasible. Lisciandro's Restaurant at 207 North Main is open for lunch on Saturday until 1 pm. It's a downtown institution. La Cucina della Nonna at 718 West Third Street is just across the Third Street Bridge from downtown. Excellent pizza and Italian cuisine. The Labyrinth Press at 12 East Fourth Street is a vegetarian/vegan restaurant with a good reputation. El Jarocho at 323 Washington Street is a Mexican restaurant. If you're looking for chains, there's a Bob Evans located on North Main (Route 60) and I-86. Most of the other chains are located along NY 394 (Fairmount Ave) in Lakewood, including Applebee's, Olive Garden, Buddy Brewster's Ale House, and Red Lobster. Sakura Buffet and Five Guys are located in the Chautauqua Mall. Local restaurants in the same area of 394 include economical choices Davidson's, Honest John's (pizza and wings), Johnny's Lunch (hotdogs), and La Cocina which is a Mexican restaurant.

You inadvertently attributed the quote above to me instead of Araiza Curse. I also responded negatively to his BS love affair with Toney.

Both museums are well worth visiting, and will probably take several hours each, so if this is a day trip, you probably won't have time to do much more than lunch and/or dinner. Your mom should love the Lucy museum, and the Comedy Center is a wonderful interactive museum. Lucille Ball is buried in Lakeview Cemetery which is at North Main Street (RTE 60) and Buffalo Street. The main entrance is on Buffalo Street at Lakeview Avenue. The route to the grave site is marked by arrows (blue I think) on small black/dark gray rectangular blocks. The Jackson Center is just outside the downtown area. I don't know if it's open on weekends. It's a small museum with meeting/exhibit spaces dedicated to the memory of Henry H Jackson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the chief judge at the Nuremburg war crimes trials after WW II. The Fenton Museum is a 19th century Victorian mansion just south of downtown that once belonged to New York governor Reuben Fenton which features the history of Chautauqua County. Further afield, while the Chautauqua Institute's season is over, you can still wander the beautiful grounds, browse in the Bookstore, eat at the Brickwalk Cafe or splurge with a stay at the historic Athenaeum Hotel. Next weekend (Sept 15-18) should be the last weekend for the Bemus Point-Stowe Ferry, weather permitting. It's an old steam ferry which was the only way to cross Chautauqua Lake before the I-86 bridge was built back in the early 1980s. There has been a ferry between Bemus Point and Stowe for over 200 years! Unfortunately, the Busti Grist Mill, built in 1839, will not be open next weekend. It will be open for the Busti Apple Festival the next weekend, however. They will probably have it grinding wheat into flour or corn into meal for the Festival. Dining ideas ... Andriaccio's is a well-known Italian restuarant close to Chautauqua Institution. On a nice day, you can have lunch on the lakeside deck at the Bemus Point Casino. Beware the seagulls, and don't feed them until everyone in your party is done eating! Ellicottville Brewing on Chautauqua in Bemus Point and Southern Tier Brewery in Lakewood offer spirits and food. Southern Tier also offers live music. Shawbucks is a bar/restaurant across the street from the NCC which offers dinners as well as pub grub (quite good) as well as live music later in the evening.

Is Toney your brother from another mother? If Toney had hands like Kincaid, he wouldn't have been playing last night because he'd have still been a member of the Giants. Teams don't trade away a first round pick early in his sophomore season unless they're cutting their losses on a player they believe is a bust.

What good is a WR who gets open but can't catch the ball?

I agree. The AFCE and AFCN are likely to be dog fights with the teams in those divisions taking turns beating each other up. The Jags might have the easiest route to division champion but it might struggle with non-divisional opponents. I think they play both the Bills and the Bengals. KC doesn't have that much competition in the AFCW except for the Chargers (who always seem to find ways to Charger) unless Payton can resurrect the Broncos.

That's correct. Mahomes has never played a playoff game outside of Arrowhead except for Super Bowls.