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PFF likes to pretend that it's "objective" but this list demonstrates that the group is hardly less biased than any group of knowledgeable NFL fans polled as to their choices as best coaches. Ding, ding, PFF ... winning is important, winning playoff games is more important, and winning the Super Bowl is "priceless".
Kliff Kingsbury has been HC of the Cards for 3 seasons in which his teams have gone 24-24-1 with 1 winning season, 1 playoff appearance, and 0 playoff wins. His teams have demonstrated a tendency to start off hot and then tail off as the season progresses. In 2019, the Cards started the season 3-3-1 and finished 2-7 (5-10-1). In 2020, they started 5-2 and finished 3-6 (8-8). In 2021, they started 7-0 and finished 4-6 (11-6). They got soundly beaten 34-11 by the Rams in the WC round.
How the hell can anyone claim that Kingsbury is currently the fourth best HC in the NFL behind three HCs destined for the HOF? Good grief, Kingsbury isn't even as good as two HCs in his own division, Shanahan and McVay. He's 3-3 versus the 49ers. Shanahan has taken the 49ers to the NFC Championship twice and once to the Super Bowl in the 2 seasons that he's had Garropolo as his QB for most of the season.
Kingsbury is 1-6 against McVay's Rams, including the 2021 WC loss. NFL HCs have significant influence over their team's roster, and it's disingenuous to penalize HCs who are good at talent evaluation and management because it's a key part of the job! Both Kingsbury and McVay inherited losing squads. Kingsbury got to hand pick his QB in Kyler Murray. McVay inherited Jared Goff, and made the Super Bowl with him in his second season as HC. McVay has been HC of Rams for 5 seasons in which his teams have gone 55-26 with 5 winning seasons, 4 double digit win seasons, 4 playoff appearances, 7 playoff wins in 10 games, 2 Super Bowl appearances and 1 Super Bowl win. McVay is collecting HOF credentials. Kingsbury may be job hunting in 2023 if the Cardinals suffer another second half of the season swoon.
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On 6/6/2022 at 11:33 AM, Irv said:
Got a shot of this guy last week.
Love pileated woodpeckers!!!
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7 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:
Kingsbury at #4???
McDermott #18??
Both Super Bowl Coaches outside the top 10 and Zac Taylor #22??
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-head-coach-rankings-2022-bill-belichick-andy-reid-john-harbaugh
Why is it at all surprising that PFF tells us that any number of mediocre performers are "actually" better than the guys who are top performers? It's their schtick: manipulating arcane -- and sometimes irrelevant -- statistics to "prove" that traditional methods of assessing players and coaches -- actual production/results -- don't tell the "true story". PFF regularly claim that Crappy QB A is really almost as good as All Pro QB B because A plays on a lousy team with poor coaching while B plays on a well coached team with good talent. That's why Kliff Kingsbury is rated #4 and Mike Tomlin is rated #13 in the magical and incredibly capricious statistical universe of PFF. Why is Tomlin penalized for having Roethlisberger for most of his tenure in Pittsburgh but McCarthy isn't despite having Rodgers in GB and Dak in Dallas and accomplishing less?
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13 hours ago, MarkyMannn said:
I guess you can get pics of trains on the new bridge, but there are few trains. Bridge is strictly off limits
I only ever made it about a quarter of the way out on the old trestle bridge. I got freaked out by looking down and seeing the river below. The old trestle bridge was built in the 1800s IIRC.
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12 hours ago, T&C said:
Nice. Used to be my other back yard BackInThe60s-70s. The Glen Iris Inn is basically a trinket shop nowadays. Always liked the Wolf creek area, good for an hour. There is a pretty cool museum but I forget exactly where that is, worth seeking out. All 3 falls are great of course, middle falls is the main one (backdrop on my phone). Are you all camping there?
The Glen Iris offers a decent restaurant in a beautiful setting (Middle Falls). You can walk to the museum from the restaurant. The Mary Jemison site (there's a monument there) marks the Jemison family home and possibly their family cemetery.
8 hours ago, Bad Things said:If you're already at Watkins Glen, be sure to stop by for a beer or food at the Seneca Lodge. It has a lot of racing history behind it, and is one of the coolest taverns I've ever been in. It's the real deal.
If you're going to Watkins Glen, you might also want to make a day of it, and take the winery trail along the east side of Seneca Lake. The Ginny Lee Cafe at the Wagner Winery is a thumbs up. Unfortunately, your boys probably won't be able to do any wine tasting but on the positive side, one can be the designated driver!
Geneva, at the north end of Seneca Lake, is a beautiful historic village. The historic district is awesome if architecture is your thing.
From Geneva, you can take Route 20 west to Cananadaigua, which is a very touristy little city with an interesting little commerical district on the city pier. Sonnenberg Gardens is a great historic home with extensive gardens on the grounds.
Ithaca and Taughannock Falls State Park on Cayuga Lake is another good side trip from Watkins Glen, especially if waterfalls and gorges are your thing. Ithaca is famous for its gorges, many on/around the Cornell University campus. Taughannock Falls is the highest waterfall in NYS. You can hike the gorge right up to the falls.
If you are going to hit a number of New York State parks on this trip or later in the year, you might consider investing in an Empire Passport which gives you unlimited free access to most state parks for a single fee. (New York State Parks info)
Here's the official Finger Lakes tourism website for more ideas: Finger Lakes Tourism
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17 hours ago, LeGOATski said:
What a dumb headline. Thanks, New Zealand!
Stuff headline: "US marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings". If you actually read the entire news story instead of pretending it's trash, you would have noted that this story talked about the twelfth mass shooting that wasn't included in the database of mass shootings.
49 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:Yeah...with a different headline.
So you're a fan of sites that plagiarize and change the headline. Cool....
Washington Post Headline: "U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 12 mass shootings".
The WP version was published on May 31 as an update of the original article by Annabelle Timsit published on May 30. Timsit was credited in both articles so there's no plagiarism involved.
Now, to the pertinent issue, why exactly is the headline "dumb"? Since neither headline is untrue nor inflammatory, I have to believe that you think it's "dumb" because you dislike being reminded of the prevalence of gun violence in the US. I'm sure that you prefer that the mainstream US news media as well as the foreign news media kowtow to the NRA and their allies in the US media and government that pretend that gun violence is primarily a problem of inner city criminals engaging in criminal activities with illegal guns rather than a problem that can affect anybody at any time, in grocery stores, in schools, in fast food restaurant, at graduation parties, at Memorial Day events ....
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52 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:
Uvalde spends 40% of its budget on policing. If a city of 16,000 sends 40% of their budget to their police force and only has 3 officers, that’s a gross misuse of funding.
That's not what I wrote. I wrote that the city I live in, which is about twice the size of Uvalde, sometimes only has 3 police officers on patrol -- you know, riding in their cars and available to quickly respond to crime calls. Police forces are one of those agencies that operate 24/7, so not all officers are available at any one time. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that there are more officers on patrol on Friday or Saturday nights than on a week day mid-morning or afternoon. Use your common sense.
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20 hours ago, nedboy7 said:
Drug cartel crime makes much more sense to me than random school shootings.
Most police departments are absolutely in agreement for some type of gun control. But you know. NRA, money and corrupt politicians.
You know in the end none of this would happen if kids were trained in combat starting at age 4 and every kid was armed with a semi-auto for school hours.
Sounds like a plan to me ... but why limit arming school kids to just school hours? IMO, requiring every American to have combat training and to carry a semi-automatic gun whenever they leave their homes would undoubtedly make the country infinitely safer.
// sarcasm off
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19 hours ago, aristocrat said:
Uvalde is a town of 16000 people how many cops do they even have on their force? Buffalo is a decent size city with a sizeable police force that can respond very quickly. Uvalde I imagine had to call in all off duty and surrounding areas for help. That needs to be considered
I live in a city with about 30,000 people -- almost twice the size of Uvalde -- and there are times when there are only 3 police officers on patrol in the entire city. Crime in this town -- in this entire county with a population of around 120-130k -- mostly involves drug use, drug sales, DUI, and low level property crimes like burglary, vandalism, car theft etc. I can't remember the last time any police officer in my city actually fired his/her revolver while on duty. Training in active shooter response for LEOs in places like this is very abstract because police officers have virtually no experience in dealing with active gun violence. Their experience with gun violence is almost always after the fact.
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On 5/25/2022 at 12:06 PM, mjt328 said:
I think it's important to separate the different kinds of "gun violence" in order to get a better handle on the solution.
People tend to throw ALL the gun numbers into a giant pot, when different cases may require a different remedy.
For instance, 97% of gun violence in America is done with handguns. Not the high-powered rifles everyone is concerned about.
Around 80% of gun violence is done with illegally-obtained firearms, where existing laws were already ignored and disregarded.
The vast majority of gun violence is confined to a small number of large urban cities (New York, Chicago, Baltimore, etc.).
Also, most people don't realize that FBI gun violence statistics usually include suicide, which account for bout two-thirds of cases.
Gun violence is a huge problem in America. No doubt.
But incidents like Uvalde and Buffalo don't even account for a tiny sliver of that. Even if you take away suicide (which is clearly a mental-health issue), most of the gun problems in America stem from street violence poor in poor inner-cities, committed by criminals with illegally obtained weapons. Banning certain rifles and installing extra background checks will do absolutely nothing to stop any of that. This country would still have (by far) the worst gun violence numbers in the entire world.
I didn't mention "gun violence" in general, but the distinctly American form domestic terrorism of mass shootings. Statistics can be found to "prove" whatever some advocate wants to prove just by picking the right dataset, and you are being disingenuous by deflecting my argument.
Gun violence is so rampant in the US in 2021 that about 53 Americans die because of it every single day, so dismissing instances of mass murder as "a tiny sliver" of "gun violence" is a deliberate attempt to whitewash the recurring problem of heavily armed gunmen murdering random strangers, including school children, because the gunmen are dissatisfied with some aspect of their lives. Moreover, most instances of mass murder of random individuals who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time are committed by 1 or 2 heavily armed angry white males who easily and legally acquire rapid fire semiautomatic military style guns, not by criminals wielding illegal weapons. Making it more difficult for guns with the sole purpose of killing the most people in the shortest time to get into the hands of angry, disturbed and/or distraught individuals would most definitely reduce the number people killed by mass killers. It's hard to kill 10 people in a supermarket or 19 students and teachers in just a few minutes without a gun capable of rapidly firing 15 or 30 or more bullets without reloading.
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15 hours ago, Logic said:
This doesn't even happen regularly in supposedly "backward" countries that are beset by conditions we "civilized" Americans consider hallmarks of countries on the brink of anarchy like extreme poverty, political unrest, criminal cartels, local warlords, civil war, etc.
It's time for Americans to have an "attitude adjustment" towards organizations and politicians who promote and support the idea that every nut has an absolute right to own as big and as deadly a firearms arsenal as they can afford.
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Not in my "backyard" but as I was driving to the family camp in Gowanda on Tuesday, I flushed a bald eagle from the side of the road where it was likely breakfasting on a road killed critter. It was a back road, and obviously that eagle wasn't expecting to be disturbed. If he/she had flushed left towards the road instead away from it, I might have hit him/her. It's the closest I've ever been to a non-captive bald eagle, probably less than 50 feet, since it was just off the road and just in front of my bumper. I would have been crushed if I had actually hit him/her.
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2 hours ago, djp14150 said:
You have many inaccuracies….
there was redlining and black zones. The Kensington expressway split a black neighborhood. This has happened in many other cities when expressways were built. They avoided white neighborhoods and cut thru black ones.
the post WW2 GI bill benefited white veteran dips only allowing them to buy homes in the suburbs. The highways were built along when suburbs were built.
The cities history was Irish south, Italians north, Polish on the east, Delaware park area was wealthy, Rest was black.
erie canal did not enter Niagara in buffalo but used tonawanda creek into Niagara river
I did not address how Buffalo became segregated, which was the topic of the article above. Nothing in that article contradicts what I wrote previously. I described where Blacks were living when the Kensington Expressway was conceived and designed. The map from 1937 in the article showed that most Blacks lived in the old Ellicott District which was just east of Downtown, which is exactly where I said they were living until the later 1950s and 1960s.
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11 hours ago, djp14150 said:
look at the above article. There is a drawing of buffalo based on 2010 census data. Parts of west side are and have always been white neighborhoods.
in result of this shooting they have brought up how kengsington expressway was built and changing of neighborhoods.
my dad taught at Grover fir 30 years
Main Street has been a dividing line between the "good side" and the "poor side" of town going back to the Buffalo's days as a booming canal town in the1830s. The wealthy and middle class people lived west of Main Street and the working class and poor people lived east of Main Street all through the 19th and 20th centuries. The poor were concentrated in what was the old Ellicott District which was began on the east side of Main and spread east along North and South Divisions streets as well as in the Canal Street area and along the waterfront into the Old First Ward.
Many of these neighborhoods were peopled by immigrants, first Irish and Germans, and were later joined or replaced by Italians, Poles, and Russian Jews. Buffalo's small population of pre-Civil War Blacks lived around Michigan Avenue in the Ellicott District, and it remained relatively small until the 20th century when the Great Migration brought a modest influx of Blacks from the South into Buffalo between the world wars. Buffalo didn't experience a significant influx of black newcomers until WW II and afterward.
When the Kensington Expressway was planned, which would have been in the late 1940s or early 1950s, the Black population of Buffalo was much smaller and located much closer to downtown than it was by the time the expressway was completed in the 1960s, so it's not factual to claim that it was racially motivated. It was economically motivated, targeting poorer working class neighborhoods that city leaders believed should be leveled and used for something "better", ie, an expressway. The neighborhoods along the Kensington Expressway route generally were white, mostly ethnically German but were already changing because people with good paying industrial jobs looked for better housing than the crowded working class cottages and mutlifamilies that filled much of the East Stide. IOW, most of the whites who moved out of the Near East Side in the 1950s would have moved out to Kaisertown or Cheektowaga even without the Kensington because they wanted better housing. The Kensington expressway project accelerated that move. Blacks were the latest group of newcomers (along with Puerto Ricans) to come to Buffalo, and probably would have filled in the near East Side anyways, but perhaps not so quickly.
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12 hours ago, djp14150 said:
to me in buffalo this housing market is insane the last couple years.
the last housing boom of 2004-2008 skipped over buffalo.
im curious who the buyers are….
1. Are they true local home buyers
2. are they people who work out of nyc/ Boston/dc decide to work remotely from buffalo. It’s an easy 1 hrflight if they need to go into work.
3. high cost cities having folks sell their home and move to buffalo pocketing 50% of their old house sale for retirement
4. pure investors
this is true with all secondary markets out there.
the housing price value does not coincide with regular workers income. My rule on house buying is going to under 3.5 your household income at the start of a 30 yr mortgage for new home buyers. If it’s above that it’s going to seriously strain you financially. If a couples combined income is $125K you can’t low $$400K depending on down payment amount.
ilook at the home I grew up in.
the value generally fluctuated between $65K-$80K for years. My parents bought in in mid 60s. Ehrn my dad entered nursing home we had to sell it for a loss. It needed work.
it was bought once as a fix up. It was sold again as a second fix up. I guess the first didn’t have skills to do some of the work. It then sold for about double its historic avg value. Thsts why I don’t see it retaining that value long term given its basically a starter home.
I can only speak about Buffalo's housing market west of Main Street because that's the area I know best. In that area, Buffalo's real estate market has been booming for more than a decade, especially west of Main Street. The prices in the most desirable West Side neighborhoods -- Allentown, Richmond Ave, Elmwood Village, Delaware District -- have skyrocketed, and that's meant an overflow of gentrification into parts of the Lower West Side, Black Rock, Connecticut Street, etc. North Buffalo has also been a desirable area going back to the 1980s, and its become even more so. Most of single family homes in these neighborhoods as well as many of the two family homes are owned by people who live in them. All these neighborhoods have lots of single family homes with some decent/interest architecture that appeal to modern buyers. Many of the grand old mansions and classic Victorians in the Delaware District have also been condos into pricey condos.
Even lower end neighborhoods west of Main Street filled utilitarian two families like Grant Amherst and Grant Ferry have seen significant price increases. These homes are being bought up by younger buyers looking to build nest eggs with fixer uppers or as well as by investors.
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On 5/9/2022 at 10:25 AM, Not at the table Karlos said:
That's pretty much all of the city of Buffalo. You can leave a million dollar home walk 200 feet and be in middle of a poor neighborhood or projects. It's crazy how fast the neighborhoods change.
There's a guy in wheatfield that built a mansion over looking a run down trailer park. I don't get it.
That's just the nature of upscale urban living, in Buffalo or Boston or Chicago or Omaha or anywhere in the US.
If this condo was in Allentown or the Delaware District or within walking distance of the Elmwood Strip, it would probably bring more than list price because of bidding wars. Those neighborhoods have "urban ambiance" that attract wealthy people who reject the suburban life-style found in Clarence or Orchard Park. Waterfront Village is more like a suburban condo/townhouse development close to downtown.
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On 5/4/2022 at 3:06 PM, ExiledInIllinois said:
Anybody see this. I got it in email and cut-n-pasted it:
"Staff Report
Avian flu cases are on the rise in the Midwest. From canceled poultry shows to advising homeowners to remove bird feeders, Illinois is urging those who come into contact with birds to take steps to prevent the disease from spreading.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is a contagious virus that spreads among wild geese, ducks, and other waterbirds species, as well as some raptors, including bald eagles. Wild birds, which may show no symptoms even if infected, can carry the disease to new areas as they migrate north and transmit it to domestic poultry, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Avian flu is an extremely infectious respiratory disease that affects all domestic poultry, including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys, as well as waterfowl and game birds. It can spread quickly within flocks causing severe disease and death.
In the last outbreak of avian influenza, more than 200 commercial flocks and 21 backyard flocks in the U.S. were affected, leading to the deaths of more than 50 million birds between 2014 and 2015.
Illinois became one of 33 states with confirmed avian flu cases in wild birds. More cases have been found in Champaign, Fulton, Sangamon, Will, and Cook counties.
The Centers for Disease Control is monitoring the recent outbreak and says it is not an immediate public health concern and no human cases have been detected in the U.S.
On April 21, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources recommended removing bird feeders and birdbaths until the end of May to discourage large gatherings of birds and interactions between waterfowl and songbirds. Hummingbird and oriole feeders do not need to be removed. Any remaining birdseed should also be removed, and bird feeders and baths should be cleaned with a diluted bleach solution that is nine parts water and one part bleach.
Joy O’Keefe, assistant professor and Extension wildlife specialist in the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, says removing bird feeders is a precaution that can protect wild and domesticated birds.
“Passerines, or songbirds, that come to bird feeders are not likely to be affected,” O’Keefe says. “In the absence of feeders, birds should be able to find natural sources of food from sprouting native plants and emerging insects.” She added that property owners can plant native shrubs and wildflowers this spring as natural food sources for birds.
Removing feeders is especially important for people who take care of poultry because, while avian flu has not been found in songbirds, feeders can attract wild waterfowl. Flock owners should prevent contact between their backyard flocks and wild birds.
The disease has been detected in commercial and small flock poultry and gamebird operations in 29 states. In April, two cases of avian flu were found in small backyard flocks in McLean and Carroll counties, affecting 80 birds. No commercial producers have been affected in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced an emergency order on April 5 canceling poultry-related events such as sales or exhibits.
Illinois is home to about 9 million commercially produced poultry, mostly laying chickens and turkeys. The number of backyard birds that people keep for egg production is estimated to be 30,000 birds. Small flocks may have a higher risk of contracting avian flu, says Kenneth Koelkebeck, professor and Extension poultry specialist in the Animal Sciences Department.
“Those backyard flocks are mostly outside, and waterfowl may be around,” Koelkebeck says, “whereas commercial poultry are kept in enclosed buildings.”
Poultry producers should follow biosecurity measures to reduce the possibility of their birds contracting avian flu. Protocols, such as keeping free-range birds inside and wearing protective boot covers when entering a chicken coop, reduce the risk of spreading bacteria or viral pathogens. The USDA has biosafety recommendations for backyard flocks available at bit.ly/3L9s1Rb.
“Poultry owners should keep things as clean as they can,” Koelkebeck says. “Remove standing water if possible because it will attract migratory waterfowl.”
Visible symptoms of avian flu include runny eyes, swelling, and lethargy. When the disease is detected in domestic poultry, the IDOA quarantines the site; flocks are depopulated to prevent the disease from spreading and remove them from the food system. Other area flocks are monitored for the disease.
Flock owners should report sick birds or unusual bird deaths to the IDOA at (217) 782-4944 or USDA APHIS Veterinary Services at 1-866-536-7593. More information about the status of avian flu in domestic bird flocks can be found on the IDOA website at bit.ly/3MnuRlQ.
Illinois Extension leads public outreach for University of Illinois by translating research into action plans that allow Illinois families, businesses, and community leaders to solve problems, make informed decisions, and adapt to changes and opportunities."
The problem I have with the general recommendation to remove feeders at this time of year is that food sources for all wild birds, especially migrants, are limited because so many have been depleted over the winter. The recommendation to plant native plants is great for the future but for this spring, it's nonsensical. Furthermore, since poultry and waterfowl are the types of birds impacted by this flu, the recommendation ought to be targeted to people living in proximity to poultry flocks, wetlands, rivers, lakes, etc.
On a better note, today I took my dog to a local park that is mostly woods with a creek running through it. While sitting in a chair by the shelter house, I saw a pileated woodpecker fly past (I could see the white bars on his/her black wings). Later I heard their distinctive call and heard drumming. As New York developed and forests were replaced with cities, towns, and farms, pileateds became very rare outside of the State Forest Preserves in the Adirondaks and Catskills, but as upstate New York's rural areas, especially in the Southern Tier, reverted from mostly agricultural land to forest land since WW II, pileated populations in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties have grown significantly. While not common in back yards or at feeders, pileateds are frequently seen or heard in state forests, other forested public lands, and private woodlots.
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17 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:
What's more shocking is that more of these guys don't get in trouble. I'm reading the list of first round rookie signings across the league. $30 mil guaranteed, $20 mil guaranteed. You are just handing someone who has never had money before a check for tens of millions of dollars. I don't know if I would have been responsible with that kind of loot as a 21 year old. I can only imagine the types of characters coming out of the woodwork with their hands out. It would be easy to make some bad choices and end up in some tough situations with people you shouldn't be hanging around with. The types of people we all hung out with at one point in our lives or another, and then as we matured we have likely distanced ourselves from those types of people that are going nowhere with their lives. Good luck to all of these guys and hopefully they have someone around them to help them make responsible decisions!
Absolutely true. Many kids who come from money can't handle their wealth when they do get their share of the family wealth and run through millions.
I think that recently the NFLPA has taken some steps to provide young players with financial mentoring because many players come from poor backgrounds, but even kids from middle class families can be overwhelmed by NFL salaries. Marshawn Lynch has really been outspoken about younger players taking care of their financial situations as have other current and former players recently.
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11 hours ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:
I get it, but as far as Bills go there's going to be 1 of them starting. With Hughes gone there's not a starter on that end left to dislodge. Boogie will rotate here and there, but Greg R likely will start opposite of Miller.
Maybe the reason that Hughes is gone is because the Bills feel that Basham and/or AJE are capable of replacing him.
10 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:Knox came in on his third year. We’ll see. I wouldn’t worry about it.
Totally agree. QB isn't the only position where young players frequently step up big in their second or third seasons. A lot of college players made their draft slots based on their superior physical talent. In the pros, they not only have to learn new/better techniques and get their bodies into NFL playing shape, but they have to learn the way their opponents play the game to figure out how to be really effective, and they only gain that knowledge with experience, not only on the field but also in analyzing film. It takes a while.
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I think that a lot of posters have unrealistic expectations of the Bills recent young DLers. These aren't top ten or top fifteen draft picks who realistically can replace entrenched starters but late first or late second round picks. They have some flaws that need to be fixed or overcome. It's not realistic to expect these young players to dislodge established starters as rookies or even as sophomores, especially because NFL defenses are much more sophisticated than most college defenses. There's a learning curve for all NFL newcomers, and some youngsters have more to learn than others.
For the Bills and other outstanding teams' young defenders, it's even harder for them to break into starting lineups because the guys in front of them are better than the starters on many other teams. It's a lot easier for a young defender to have an impact on a 3 win team with a poor defense than on a 11 or 12 win team with a highly rated defense.
IOW, show these young guys some patience. Did you do your best your job/career in your first couple of years on the job or after you've mastered all the nuances?
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On 5/6/2022 at 9:42 PM, Marv's Neighbor said:
Resembles the Dannemora NY break, couple of years ago. They stayed in NYS.
They planned on heading to Canada, but the woman who was supposed to help them chickened out at the last minute. Most believe that decision saved her life since the two cons she was going to help were both murderers.
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RIP, Bob. I was a senior in HS when the Bonnies (they were the Brown Indians back then) went to the Final Four. It made me a college basketball fan for life, especially the NCAA Tournament.
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2 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:
I could be wrong, but I believe that when he said Whaley and Brandon were the main reason we sucked for 20 years, he was being sarcastic.
That's a possibility. Sarcasm doesn't always come across via the printed word.
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15 hours ago, Call_Of_Ktulu said:
Whaley and Brandon are the main reason we sucked for 20 years. The Steelers would be wise to steer clear of him.
Your claim isn't supported by actual facts. Ralph Wilson was the reason the Bills sucked for most of years that he owned the team between 1970 and 2013, a total of 44 years.
- Between 1970 and 1987, the Bills had 12 losing seasons, 5 winning seasons, and 1 8-8 season. They made the playoffs 3 times and had 0 playoff wins.
- Between 1988 and 1999 the Bills reeled off 10 winning seasons and 2 losing seasons, made playoffs 10 times and went to the Super Bowl 4 times.
- From 2000 through 2013, the Bills had 11 losing seasons, 1 winning season, and 2 8-8 tied seasons.
- That's 25 losses, 16 winning seasons, and 3 tie seasons.
Russ Brandon was hired by the Bills in 2004 or 2005 IIRC during which time he became Ralph Wilson's right-had man. He was promoted to GM in 2006. Ralph Wilson effectively stop actively participating in running the team during the 2009 season, so Brandon was effectively in total charge of the team until after the 2013 season. Brandon remained Bills president under Pegula until May, 2018. Under Brandon, 2006-2018, the Bills had 10 losing seasons, 2 winning seasons, and 1 8-8 seasons.
Doug Whaley was Bills assistant GM between 2010 and 2013. He was named GM after the 2013 draft, and was fired after the 2017 draft.
You might try to make a case for Brandon being responsible for much of losing between 2000 and 2018, but Whaley's tenure was simply too short. He essentially ran 3 drafts -- 2014, 2015, and 2016. The buck always stops at the top, and Wilson was the man in charge for 44 years since 1970 and hired/promoted Brandon.
Since Pegula purchased the team, 2014-2021, the Bills have 5 winning seasons, 2 losing seasons, and 1 8-8 season, making the playoffs 4 times.
9 hours ago, JESSEFEFFER said:Why would the Pegulas let their lame duck GM take the next shot at a franchise QB? That was clearly going to be the next GM's primary mission. That's the way I saw it anyways. The Bills almost screwed that up by making the playoffs meaning Beane needed two trades to get to #7 and draft Josh.
Amazing Cancer Treatment News
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I read the abstract (summary) of the NEJM article, and it seems that the key was that the mutation in the cancer cells was the key because the cancer cells couldn't recover after the antibodies in the drug altered their DNA. Researchers had hypothesized that this would happen but this is the first example of the idea actually working --- and working quite spectacularly.
This is a small step, but proving that this kind of drug therapy is effective on one type of cancer opens the door to research on how this same type of therapy can be used on other kinds of cancers.