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I agree. I think this is the big question that all the people jumping on the Jests' bandwagon have ignored. Rodgers flirted with running for vice president of the US. He missed mandatory minicamp because it conflicted with his personal schedule. He hasn't played a down in any of the pre-season games.

Reid's won three.

Amen! I remember that the Bills had an interim-HC during some of those years who was acknowledged drunk, an OL that was so bad that WRs were playing QB, and that the players, led by Bruce Smith were ready to mutiny. Anybody who has memories of those days, cannot help but be an optimist about the current Bills teams. Not even close. See my reply to amprov56. I can also add the "good ol' days" of Dick Jauron's philosophy of playing not to lose by too much. That's the rub. Consider that Andy Reid coached in Philly for 14 seasons, but was fired because he didn't bring home a Lombardi. They replaced him with Chip Kelly who lasted less than 3 seasons.

Because I've been a Bills fan since 1963, I sure as hell know what a bad football team looks like, and the 2024 Bills ain't a bad football team. I witnessed first-hand the hopeless non-NFL caliber teams of the 1970s; the badly coached teams in the 1980s after Chuck Knox left and before Marv took over; and the management of the team that put profits far ahead of winning football games that resulted in the Drought. Pegula, Beane and McDermott are doing their best to put the best team they can on the field and win a Lombardi, which is good enough for me. I am not going to whine about the Bills like they're perennial bottom feeders and demand a regime change just for change's sake. Nothing on the field is guaranteed in the NFL, which is why games are played on grass and turf and not on paper, so before I jump on the bandwagon to get rid of the HC and/or the GM, I have to see actual evidence the HC and/or GM have actually failed, not the accusations of random fans on a message board. If that's being "one of those rose colored glassed people", I don't particularly care.

Hardly. Some posters are spoiled brats who throw tantrums when things don't go their way because that always worked with Mom and Dad. Some posters think that they're a whole lot smarter than anybody who coaches/manages a NFL football team that isn't named Belichick or Reid. Some posters always see the glass as at least half empty. Some posters are simply the south ends of northbound horses.

I like it with red or white unis.

When the big storms that came through WNY a couple of weeks ago and spawned tornadoes in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, and Genesee Counties, the local tv stations interrupted their broadcast for the duration of the active tornado warnings. It is a big deal.

Scientists have predicted that global warming would result in more extreme weather: stronger and larger hurricanes/typhoons, more intense winter storms, more atmospheric rivers, longer and deeper droughts, more severe weather outbreaks resulting in tornadoes, derechos, flash floods, etc. They have also predicted that global warming is likely to change/disrupt ocean currents which would create major changes to local climates.

It was a good weekend for American cyclists at the Olympics. Kristen Faulkner won gold in the Women's Road race on Sunday, the first US gold in this event since 1984. She sprinted to the lead about 3 KM out and none of the other women could stay with her. Matteo Jorgenson took ninth in the Men's Road race on Saturday after being in medal contention until the end. Remco Evenepoel crushed the competition to take gold, despite having to change bikes because of a flat tire while on the lead. Two French riders took silver and bronze, France's first medals in the men's road race in several decades.

Nailed it!

I got hooked on the TDF about 5 or 6 years ago. I had some health issues that left me stuck inside with the AC for much of July -- and I discovered the Tour de France. I've been hooked ever since. Everything you said is spot on. It's the only cycling event I watch but I may watch more since Peacock apparently carries more cycling. I watched Picock's race live. That he was able to get close enough for a medal was impressive but his duel with Koretzky was thrilling. After Pidcock caught and passed Koretzky the first time, Koretzky regained the lead and looked to be loose on the lead, but Pidcock caught him again to finally pass and win the race. Good stuff. The women's team gymnastics contest was great. The American women won gold and the Italian women upset the Brazilians to take silver.

If you like some of the lesser known sports, Peacock is a good choice. I got it to watch the TDF when it was like $49.99 for an entire year. I also get replays of just about all the Olympic sports plus the NFL games that are exclusively on Peacock. BTW, Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain, another TDF participant, won gold in the men's mountain biking yesterday. He came back from an early mechanical problem to win.

I don't think Taylor's book necessarily supports your premise. Differing leadership styles are more about differences in personalities than differences in generational sensibilities.

What's "wrong" with "three stars and a QB" is two of those stars are WRs. I think we've seen over the last few years that the old cliche "defense wins championships" is the operative word. The Fins won't have the money to invest in their defense because they spent on multiple high priced WRs in order to support their QB. I personally think that Tua's contract is okay. The real problem for the Fins IMO is the team philosophy and coaching. Sinking so much money into the offense to produce a juggernaut doesn't result in playoff wins because great defenses beat great offenses most of the time.

You are right that Tua is "a pretty damn good qb", but the operative words are "pretty damn good" rather than "great". Tua is a known quantity. He's a system QB who needs a lot of talent around him to be successful but he's not a QB who can significantly elevate JAG players like Allen and Mahomes. Miami is always going to have to provide him with a strong supporting cast of WRs (one of the most expensive positions) which doesn't leave much money to invest in other positions, especially on defense. Signing Tua means that the Fins aren't going to be in the market for a starting QB (who might turn out to be great) for the next 4 seasons plus they will have so much of their cap invested in Tua and his WRs that their team is going to struggle to field a top notch defense. What could be better for the Bills for the next 4 years?

I'm a big fan of the Tour de France, the 3 week long cycling road race through various parts of France (and depending upon the year, parts of neighboring countries like Italy, Spain, Belgium and Monaco), so with the Olympics coming just a week later, I'm interested in seeing how the TDF riders fare. The cycling time trial is tomorrow, with TDF 3rd place finisher Remco Evenepoel likely a favorite. I believe he's the currrent world champion cycling time trialer. The Olympic road race is later in the games, and one of the riders to watch is Matteo Jorgenson of the USA who finished 8th in the TDF and almost won a stage, losing by 21 seconds, to Tadej Pogacar, eventual TDF winner.

Sad but true.

You do realize that "financial advisors" are not required to be licensed by anyone, right? Just about anybody can hang out a shingle claiming to be a "financial advisor" or "wealth manager", including convicted criminals. Following the advice of incompetent or shady "financial advisors" is why so many successful people end up in trouble with the IRS or land in bankruptcy court.

I totally agree. He's an excellent QB, not on the same level as Mahomes and Allen, but certainly among the top five or six in the league. I think that he would be a better passer if the Ravens had replaced Roman sooner and moved to install a better passing offense. Roman is great at taking a young kid and turning him into a successful dual threat QB but that kid is never going to develop as an NFL-caliber passer with Roman as OC. Lamar does seem to have some health issues separate from football injuries. I think he's missed either all or part of a few games because of "illness". I remember one game where he left because he was sick and came back later and lit up. Maybe he has a chronic health condition that flares up from time to time or maybe he's just been unlucky and catches any nasty bug going around.

This is true. The Tour de France was affected with several riders not participating (Sepp Kuss of the US) or withdrawing during the race itself. Some riders were who were asymptomic continued in the race. For several days during the race, everyone was masked. it seemed to pass fairly quickly however.

Nebraska tends to be worse. Before global warming, temps in eastern Nebraska regularly topped 100+ for several days during July and August and temps frequently plummeted to -20 in January and February -- without wind chill. Unfortunately, while global warming may make winters milder, it will probably make the summers hotter.

How can you really be friends with people whom you repeatedly insult? I don't think you can. My guess is that Gruden split his life into 2 parts: a public part in which he had Black acquaintances and expressed mainstream social views and a private part which he only showed to friends, acquaintances, and others who shared his personal views of everyone who wasn't a white, straight male. This isn't really anything new. Many years ago, long before "email" was even a word, one of my teachers warned my classmates and me to "never write anything on paper" that you wouldn't want the world to see. I was in junior high, and the teacher had just confiscated a note that had been passed around the classroom. It was good advice 60 years ago and remains valid today, perhaps even more so when just about everything done on a computer or phone can never be completely erased. "This" has always been about the emails in which Gruden expressed his bigotry. People were shocked by not only by Gruden's racism, homophobia, and misogyny, but that there were so many over so many years. The emails were never "released" but were leaked to the media by an unknown party. Gruden hasn't disputed that he wrote and/or forwarded the offensive emails, but rather he's claiming that the NFL leaked the emails.

Cry me a river for Jon Gruden, a racist pig who got what he deserved when the leaked emails exposed him for the hypocrite he is. This isn't an issue of someone being falsely accused of doing wrong or being denied the opportunity to rectify an "injustice". It's simply a ruling on a legal proceeding. If Gruden doesn't like the rules under which his lawsuit moves forward, he can always withdraw it. Thumbs up for whomever leaked the emails BTW.

IMO, owner Woody Johnson wanted Rodgers, and Douglas and Saleh had no real choice in the matter, including bringing in Rodgers' very own OC and WR plans.

I think that a bigger question is would Brady actually be a good QB coach? A lot of top athletes are so talented that they just naturally do some things well and they make up for their weaknesses with speed or arm strength or power etc. IOW, they don't have think about what makes them excel. Frequently, a lot of the best coaches had modest playing careers who depended on studying the game and learning how to play their position better. As for why Brady might want to be a coach? How about because he wants to remain in the game? I recently heard a very well-known former top-tier player was a HS coach in some town out west. Whatever his salary as a football coach is, it's pocket change compared to what he made in the NFL or what he could make at some other job in some other field. Obviously, this ex-player loves the game.