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Better than the chances of the Raiders players following league policies and local regs on Covid-19 IMO. I think McDermott always runs a tight ship, and with what's happened this week in Nashville and NE, I think that everyone on the Bills -- administrators, coaches, players, and support staff -- will be diligent about taking precautions even in Vegas.

Cry me a river. Maybe if you learned to express yourself without resorting to insults, name-calling, and other ad hominem attacks, you and your pal DR wouldn't get suspended/banned. Whine, whine, whine. See my response above to Hedge since it applies to you as well.

ROTFMAO. This "sub forum managed itself pretty well" in the past because the insults and bullying from the Righties here discouraged many posters with opposing ideas from coming here. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the anti-racism protests, and Covid Donnie's total mismanagement of the US response to the pandemic, posters with opposing views started coming here -- and some of us aren't intimidated by the cyber bullies who ruled PPP for years. If you can't deal with the changes, that's your problem ... and don't let the door hit you in butt on your way out if you wish to leave.

Three million more Americans voted for Clinton than for Trump in 2016, so a majority of American voters didn't want Covid Donnie. Trump won because of the Electoral College.

I have no idea since I'm not privy to the forum administration. Maybe he had been collecting points and maxed out. All I know is that he and TFR were sniping in that thread, and then Foxx started this thread. Maybe both of them got suspended/banned.

Since DR was suspended in the not too distant past for his bad behavior on PPP, he obviously didn't learn anything from his previous run-in(s) with the mods.

I think DR might have been suspended because of his posts in the thread about what the long term effects of the coronavirus might be on Trump's fitness for office that The Frankish Reich started this afternoon. Most of them were simply attacks on TFR rather than disputing or commenting on what had been posted.

October 3, 2020 - 209,335 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 644. October 2, 2020 - Covid Donnie admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center with Covid-19. October 2, 2020 - 208,691 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 883. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 903. September 30, 2020 - 206,905 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 939. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 3, 2020: 842 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 23-29, 2020: 594 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 16-22, 2020: 836 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 9-15, 2020: 840 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 2-8, 2020: 641 September 29, 2020 - 205,966 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 22, 2020 - 201,810 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 15, 2020 - 195961 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 8, 2020 - 190,084 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. August 25, 2020 - 178,755 Ameicans have died of coronavirus. August 18, 2020 - 172,970 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 11, 2020 - 164,603 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 4, 2020 - 156,133 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 28, 2020 - 148,056 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 21, 2020 - 140,908 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus. June 1, 2020 - 98,536 Americans have died of coronavirus.

Poor ol' DR ... he never learns.

That's your opinion, and you're welcome to it but it doesn't change mine.

Really? I thought it was somebody who gets suspended for bad behavior on PPP. Except that Trump actually has contracted covid-19, which raises his chances of dying significantly. According to yesterday's CBS Evening News, 15% of people over 65 who get infected die. That Covid Donnie is 74 and obese makes it likely that he suffers from one or more chronic diseases that are considered covid-19 co-morbidities -- hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, COPD, liver disease, etc -- common among the elderly. I think that his chance of dying is more than 10%. Hey, sonny, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck ... This is not particularly surprising. Covid Donnie's previous "personal physician" claimed he was in such good health that he could live to be 200.

So... old people don't count??? Well, guess what, if you're not old now, you'll get there eventually. FYI #1: I only heard the stats on Covid-19 and the elderly yesterday when a doctor interviewed on CBS News was discussing why Trump was being taken to Walter Reed. FYI #2: I don't want Covid Donnie to live on for a decade or so knowing that he lost the 2020 election because of his stupidity and arrogance in handling the coronavirus.

The death rate from covid-19 among people older than 65 is 15%, and something like 80% of the 200+K deaths from Covid-19 are among people over the age of 65. At 74 and obese, Covid Donnie likely suffers from some common chronic conditions that affect the elderly like hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, COPD, liver disease, etc that make him very vulnerable to coronavirus complications.

Trump does not deserve compassion because he has shown none to anyone. His handling of the coronavirus since February has demonstrated that he's a sociopath who will sacrifice anything or anybody for his own personal gratification. His politicizing of precautions to prevent/limit the spread of the coronavirus has unnecessarily brought death and suffering as well as economic disaster to millions of Americans. His response to the pandemic as POTUS has been reprehensible. Most of those 200k people who died from covid-19 didn't deliberately play Russian roulette with the virus as Trump has done for months. Trump isn't a Covid-19 victim but rather a victim of his own stupidity and arrogance.

October 2, 2020 - Covid Donnie admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center with Covid-19. October 2, 2020 - 208,691 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 883. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 903. September 30, 2020 - 206,905 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 939. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 2, 2020: 908 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 23-29, 2020: 594 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 16-22, 2020: 836 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 9-15, 2020: 840 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 2-8, 2020: 641 September 29, 2020 - 205,966 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 22, 2020 - 201,810 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 15, 2020 - 195961 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 8, 2020 - 190,084 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. August 25, 2020 - 178,755 Ameicans have died of coronavirus. August 18, 2020 - 172,970 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 11, 2020 - 164,603 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 4, 2020 - 156,133 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 28, 2020 - 148,056 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 21, 2020 - 140,908 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus. June 1, 2020 - 98,536 Americans have died of coronavirus.

My reference was to being "lucky" was about the original hiring of Beane as GM in 2017 after Whaley was fired. Beane's resume didn't really suggest that he'd be as astute at team building as he's been. His background as assistant GM in Carolina was mostly involving personnel and logistics, yet he and the people who answer to him have proven to have good eyes for talent. That suggests that Beane's real strength is finding good people -- like scouts, coaches, etc -- and letting them do their thing but it wouldn't necessarily be a talent that would necessarily stand out from the experience he'd had before he became the Bills GM.

And you and your ilk classify anyone who disagrees with you as a "socialist" and every program that benefits anybody but millionaires as "socialism".

The chances of catching Covid-19 and dying from it are less than the chances of the same from the flu -- at least according to Trump supporters. Of course, that's if you're young and in good health without any serious health issues. For a 74-year-old man with likely underlying health issues related to aging and obesity, it's a whole different ball game. IMO, a stint in Walter Reed's ICU for a couple of weeks and a months long convalescence (which is what many older people who contract Covid-19 experience) might be a good thing if it taught him some humility, but I'm skeptical that Covid Donnie is capable of learning anything.

Exactly. IIRC, the Steelers turned from perennial doormat to perennial contender back in the late 1960s when Dan Rooney took over control of the team from his father-- and that was a decade or more before free agency and the salary cap and building a good team was a lot harder. Conversely, the Washington team has pretty much been trash since Snyder took over. Infamously, Robert Kraft bought the Patriots, acquired Bill Belichick as HC and chief personnel guy, and let him do his thing for 20+ years. That worked out pretty well. An owner needs to be committed to winning but recognize that he's not a football expert and cede the major decisions over to a GM/HC who knows what he's doing. The owner's job is to find the best football guy to build a team -- and not be afraid of sending that guy packing if he turns out not to be the right guy -- like Jimmy Haslem did to John Dorsey in Cleveland. I think Pegula's experience with Rex Ryan made him realize that he wasn't up to running an NFL team, so it easy for him to give Beane full control of the team after he fired Brandon, which turned out to be a great move for the Bills and their fans going forward. Sometimes it's just plain better to be lucky than good.

Except that there's absolutely no proof that NFL teams tank despite all the claims spouted by some fans. How many fans were convinced that the Carp intended to "tank for Tua". As it turned out, they won 5 games and were competitive in a bunch of other games --- and they still got Tua because he fell in the draft because of injury. Moreover, many teams that get high draft picks continue to fail on the field unless they make major organizational changes. How many #1 overalls have the Lions and Browns had in the last 20 years without many winning seasons to show for them? A team can't get "a Beane style FO" (ie, a competent FO) without support from ownership. Do you really think that Beane would have the success he's had in the last couple of years if Ralph Wilson was still the owner or if Russ Brandon was still enforcing his maximizing profits at the cost of wins philosophy on the Bills organization? After Brandon was fired in the spring of 2018, Pegula gave Beane real GM power to go along with his other duties. I think that has been the key to the Bills resurrection. Winning football games is no longer running a distant second to maximizing profits.

Watching the game last night, that's exactly what I thought. He hasn't significantly improved since he threw a pick six on his first pass as a rookie. He made many of the same mistakes last night that he's been making all his career. That's an indictment of the coaching IMO. We've seen how much good coaching has improved Allen in 2019 and so far in 2020. If he was even minimally coachable, Darnold should improve somewhat, and he hasn't.

October 2, 2020 - Covid Donnie cancels his in-person campaigning after he tests positive for Covid-19. So much for defying the Covid-19 protocols of social distancing and mask wearing. October 1, 2020 - 207,808 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 903. September 30, 2020 - 206,905 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 939. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 30-October 1, 2020: 921 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 23-29, 2020: 594 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 16-22, 2020: 836 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 9-15, 2020: 840 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 2-8, 2020: 641 September 29, 2020 - 205,966 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 22, 2020 - 201,810 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 15, 2020 - 195961 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 8, 2020 - 190,084 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. August 25, 2020 - 178,755 Ameicans have died of coronavirus. August 18, 2020 - 172,970 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 11, 2020 - 164,603 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 4, 2020 - 156,133 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 28, 2020 - 148,056 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 21, 2020 - 140,908 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus. June 1, 2020 - 98,536 Americans have died of coronavirus.

Was that perhaps ST player of the month? IIRC, Moorman made the Pro Bowl at least once during the Jauron era. He was the only Bills player who made the Pro Bowl that year.

McDermott seems to always have the Bills focused on their current opponent, so I'm not worried about the Bills looking past the Raiders or the Titans. My biggest concern is the run defense against two teams with top class runners, Josh Jacobs and Derrick Henry.

September 30, 2020 - 206,905 Americans have died of coronavirus with a single day death toll of 939. Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 23-29, 2020: 594 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 16-22, 2020: 836 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 9-15, 2020: 840 Average daily deaths from coronavirus, September 2-8, 2020: 641 September 29, 2020 - 205,966 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 22, 2020 - 201,810 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 15, 2020 - 195961 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 8, 2020 - 190,084 Americans have died of coronavirus. September 1, 2020 - 185,594 Amercians have died of coronavirus. August 25, 2020 - 178,755 Ameicans have died of coronavirus. August 18, 2020 - 172,970 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 11, 2020 - 164,603 Americans have died of coronavirus. August 4, 2020 - 156,133 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 28, 2020 - 148,056 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 21, 2020 - 140,908 Americans have died of coronavirus. July 1, 2020 - 127,299 Americans have died of coronavirus. June 1, 2020 - 98,536 Americans have died of coronavirus.