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I hope this is true. IMO, if the Bills can run at will when they need or want to, it makes them a much more dangerous team, especially in the playoffs.

James Darren was a contemporary of Bobby Darin. One was born in 1936 and the other in 1937 IIRC. They both became popular in the 1950s, too. Darin was a singer and songwriter who played several instruments who was also a successful entrepreneur. Darren was an actor who originally made his name in movies aimed at teenagers.

Bobby Darin, who died in 1973, sang "Mack The Knife".

For all of Rodgers' talent and ability, he's only taken his team to a single Super Bowl, and looked pretty mediocre in his last full season (2022), so he's certainly not a superhero ... except in his own mind and the fantasies of Jests fans. Joe Brady >>>> Nathaniel Hackett Sean McDermott >>> Robert Saleh Coaching counts.

I don't think the Fishies' problem is cold weather. I think it's better teams. They've won only 2 or 3 games against teams with winning records in the last two years, including the playoffs. Last year, they played a lot of teams with crappy defenses early in the season and better teams in the last half of the season -- and the playoffs in the AFC recently have almost always been played in open stadiums in cold weather cities. I agree. I don't think the old-time disciplarian type coaches (like Belichick or Coughlin) can be really effective in today's NFL ... and maybe they haven't been effective for a while. I can't think of any real old-fashioned hard-arsed HCs among the successful HCs currently coaching.

Roster talent levels in the NFL don't actually vary all that much between the top teams and bottom teams except at QB, but the quality of the coaching can be the difference between winning the division and missing the playoffs. Allen is a much better QB than Rodgers at this point in their respective careers, and Tua has never been near the quality of either Allen or Rodgers. However much some fans dislike McDermott, he's a significantly better coach than either McDaniel or Saleh, and Brady is definitely a better OC than Nathaniel Hackett, even if Brady only turns out to be an average OC long term. If Allen stays healthy, then a better QB + better coaching = another AFCE division title for the Bills.

Miller won't be a "cap drain" if he can recover most of his pre-injury form. If the Bills had cut him, he'd be a bigger cap drain and there would be absolutely no possibility of mitigating his cap hit with good play. If you meant "unproven", then why didn't you just write that? "Questionable" means that someone/something has been tested and found to be lacking in some way.

They also have Robert Saleh who hasn't yet demonstrated he's a legitimate NFL HC with an 18-33 record over 3 seasons.

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.