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Even before I read the article, I figured that Buffalo's housing costs and short commute times would be major factors in Buffalo's ranking. I wasn't wrong. It's easier for singles, whether they are 20 something or 40 something, to live more comfortably in Buffalo than in many other metros. If you look at the list of the least singles-friendly metros, you'll find that they are mostly metros with significantly higher housing costs than even average. From the article ... "Median single-person income, monthly housing costs for mortgaged homes, rent prices, how many residents live alone, and a city's unmarried population were all used to compile the list. The average round-trip work commute and non-family households that are owner occupied were also used to create the ranks."

My first thought when I heard the news was that either Frazier or someone in his family is facing some kind of health issue.

Have you ever lived in a rural area or ever even been in a rural area for more than a few hours on driving on an interstate???? With fewer people spread out over larger areas, there are fewer resources to care for the poor who are do live in rural areas. Overall, the poverty rate in nonmetro (ie, rural) is about 16% while it's about 12% in metro (urban) areas. Across the country, the poverty rate is higher in rural areas than in urban areas, but the gap between rural and urban poverty rates vary significantly by region. In the Midwest, the rural poverty rate is .8% higher than the urban poverty rate (13.4% vs 12.6%). Geography of Poverty "Who know what's dumped there" describes just about every single private farm dump anywhere in the rural US ... and most farms had -- and many still have -- private dumps. FYI ... farmers have been using pesticides on their fields and putting those pesticides and other poisons in their dumps since WW II.

As a grad student at Nebraska, I tutored Tom Ruud, the Bills #1 pick in the 1975 (19th overall), in American history.

Next to having a franchise QB, having a top caliber OL is the key to success, especially in the playoffs, because a good OL not only protects your great QB, it makes the running game better even with average RBs. Allen can make his WRs better if he has time to throw. Singletary and Cook are good enough to if they have holes to run through. The Bills need to put their resources into the OL first and then DL.

This. Carr is like many other QBs -- just good enough to put a team in cap hell if a team pays him but not nearly good enough to give a team a real chance at success.

Cry me a river. There's no totally objective way to call penalties in any sport, so there are always going to be "bad" calls, "non-calls", and untimely calls. They are part of any game, not just the NFL, so if you don't like it, take up fishing or running ... just don't do it competively because tournaments and races have rules.

I would have had no issue with any of these coaches winning COTY, but I think that Daboll is the most deserving. In all the pre-season predictions, nobody thought the Giants would come close to having a winning record much less make the playoffs -- and actually win a playoff game (even though it didn't count in the COTY voting).

How can you argue that "our defense has always atleast been tough" when just a decade ago the Bills lost 5 games by 24 or more points in 2010, 4 games by 27 or more points in 2011, and 4 games by 20 or more points in 2012? I'm not sure what your definition of "tough" is, but getting whipped badly in a quarter of its game doesn't fit in my definition of defensive "toughness".

ROTFLMAO. When did you start following the Bills? 2013? In 2012, the Bills lost to the Jests 48-28, to the Pats 52-28, to 49ers 45-3, and to the Seahawks 50-17. In 2011, the Bills lost to the Cowboys 44-7, the Fish 35-8, the Chargers 37-10, and to the Pats 49-21. In 2010, the Bills lost to the Packers, 34-7, the Jests 38-14, the Vikings 38-10, the Pats 34-3, and Jets 38-7. I could go on ...

You obviously don't like hearing opinions that don't agree with your own because you created a poll intended to solicit anti-Beane/McDermott responses by providing 2 anti-Beane/McDermott responses and 2 totally unrealistic alternative choices that discouraged responses to your anti-Beane/McDermott choices. That's the ultimate in a useless poll. Exactly. While coaching is frequently a difference maker in today's NFL, there's a limit to how much good/great coaching can make up for a lack of talent. That the Bills lack OL talent has really been exposed this past season, and especially in the playoffs. How much the Bills missed Von Miller on the defensive line was exposed in the playoffs, too. It was clear to me even before the first Cinci game that the Bills couldn't run with the Bengals and Chiefs just based on talent, some of it because of injury, possibly because of lack of experience, but a lot of it because some of the linemen, especially on offense, just aren't good enough. An improved OL will improve the offense far more (and more quickly) than just about any other change.

No, I don't feel this way at all. You can make Frazier a scapegoat for the Bills playoff failures if it floats your boat but I'll wait to see how Beane and McDermott respond to the playoff loss over the off season. Last season, the Bucs blew out the Eagles in the wild card round. This season, the Eagles are in the Super Bowl after man-handling their playoff opponents because of a series of roster changes, some big ones and others seemingly minor ones, made before and during this past season.

Of all the crappy polls ever posted on this MB, this one has got to be one of the very worst. The OP might have tried to have at least one realistic alternative choice. My "gut feeling" is that the poll deserves at least five thumbs down ...

Didn't feel it in Jamestown.

When I and a few others advocated drafting interior OL in the first round last off-season, we were dismissed as fools and lectured ad nauseum about how guards and centers didn't have enough "value" to be drafted in the first round. That's despite the fact that numerous teams have found All Pro guards and centers late in the first round. My guess is that many of those who didn't think interior OLers were worth even a late first round draft pick have changed their views. I wanted the Bills to draft interior OL in the first round last year because there were several prospects. I'm not up on any of the draft prospects this season yet, so I'm not going to necessarily say that the Bills should take a center or guard in the first round, but I certainly think that the Bills should be able to find a good prospect in the first three rounds -- and I'd like to see them draft 2 or 3 OLers in 2022 plus bring in several UDFA rookie prospects. Investment in the OL is the surest way for the Bills to climb back into serious contention for a Super Bowl.

I think that his nomination stems from his foundation which he started while he was in college -- before he was even drafted.

I've always had au jus-like gravy on beef on weck, going back to when I was a teenager in the 1960s living in Black Rock. My guess is that beef on weck has been around so long that individual families developed their own recipes for it. It seems to be like cucidati -- Italian fig cookies -- or German potato salad: every family has its own "authentic" recipe that contains the same main ingredients but variations in the minor ones. Restaurant owners or their cooks/chefs would versions that they liked best and called that version "authentic", too. PS: To prevent lumpy gravy, you have to dissolve cornstarch in cold water at the ratio 1 to 1 before adding it to the gravy. Putting it directly into hot liquid will create lumps. You can also use flour as a thickener without lumps if you cook it with butter to make a roux. Been there, done both.

If you had any doubts about the truth of the old adage, "coaching matters", 2022 has to change your mind. Brian Daboll with the Giants Doug Pedersen with the Jags Dan Campbell with the Lions Pete Carroll with the Seahawks Not only did all four of these HCs turn their teams around with 3 of them making the playoffs and 2 of them winning a playoff game, but all of them resurrected the careers of their starting QBs. Sean McDermott has kept his team winning despite some significant injuries on defense plus a series of events that could have been derailed many teams. Kyle Shanahan has kept his team winning despite losing two starting QBs. Andy Reid has kept his team winning despite the departure of Tyreek Hill, which was supposed to be KC's fatal flaw. Nick Siriani has managed to keep his team atop the NFC despite losing hisnstarting QB for nearly month at the end of the season. I voted for Daboll, mostly because of how Daniel Jones has blossomed under his tutelage, but I will have no complaints for any of the above winning it. I think Daboll and Pedersen are the most likely to win simply because their teams -- and their QBs -- have already exceeded expectations by so much, but a Super Bowl win could very well give the honor to McDermott, Shanahan, Reid or Siriani.

Shakir was a fifth rounder from Boise State, not a first rounder from Georgia or LSU. Fans who expected him to have instant success in the NFL were unrealistic. He was drafted for his potential ... and he seems to be developing that potential.

ROTFLMAO. What in the history of the Jests in the last half century suggests that a) they will find "their QB" any time soon and b) they will be better at dealing with the forces that prevent dynasties better than teams like the Chiefs, Steelers or Bills?

Everything is better with Dijon. I lose the eggs and add Dijon and dill pickles in my macaroni/pasta salad. Tuna is optional. Marie's refrigerated bleu cheese dressing is better than I could make, and it's way easier.

Exactly. The Bills don't need 2 #1 WRs. They need a more consistent #2 WR, whom they can acquire via FA or draft. I agree that improving the OL is the best way to improve the offense. Allen is good enough to lift his receivers, but he can't do that if he's on his back. Resigning/extending Edmunds and Oliver would be money well spent to help keep the defense better than simply "mediocre".

Were you living under a rock between 2001 and 2016? It sure beats the crap out of managing only 2 winning seasons between 2001 and 2016 while missing the playoffs for 16 straight seasons. I totally agree. I'm happy to eat crow on Beane, McDermott, and especially Allen every single week of the season and into the playoffs. Whaley was always under Russ Brandon's thumb, and was forced to work within Brandon's philosophy of maximizing profits at the expense of wins, which is why the Bills almost always chose to let their best young players walk in FA or chose to trade them away for a fraction of their worth rather than pay them.

I've noticed that good teams seem to "get lucky" a lot more than poor ones while poor teams are "haunted" by "bad luck". IMO, it's simply a case of good teams making their own luck by making more plays when they need to while poor teams come up short too often.