Richard Noggin

Tyranny comes from the state. Like in the NFL (a terribly example), it cannot come from players, but only from the league or from teams which are, essentially, the league. Calling someone an "agent of the state" is simply a precise way to identify one who is employed by a gov't. And it was also intended to divert us from some discussion of random street crime, which CANNOT, by definition, be tyranny. I'm no political ideologue. No manifestos here. I just love football and human dignity.

Well, if it was an agent of the state, then that sure seems like tyranny or at least violent oppression, innit?

Poor wittle oppressed guy. Get outta here with calling this tyranny. You wouldn't know tyranny if it shot your unarmed father or brother or son in the back.

We're all very surprised.

The read-option nature (defensive version) of that double-A gap pressure look is fascinating: it really mirrors what offenses have been doing, schematically. I'll bet it's similar to what the Bills do with their safeties, too. I remember Belichick praising their ability (Poyer and Hyde, specifically) to mask coverages by lining up out of position pre-snap, and then covering very different responsibilities post-snap. Many of us draw easy comparisons between Milano and Edmunds with the Bills now, and Thomas Davis and Luke Keuchly from the Panthers' glory years. It's a natural, if not optimistic, projection. But where we might be underselling the Bills current D, is when we don't COMBINE (and multiply) the potential of Milano and Edmunds WITH the proven mastery of Poyer and Hide.

Jesus, Florio. Picking the Jets AND the over?! That's the least-analytical take I've ever seen. He doesn't have a shred of support for these positions, minus emotional/intangible assumptions (which I don't even agree with on that level, either). Doesn't mean he's wrong. The Jets COULD catch the Bills by surprise. It's a divisional game; anything can happen. But...it's just arbitrary and probably even insincere. There's money for pundits/networks in broadcasting garbage takes.

After two weeks of hard work since students have returned to campus here.... It's difficult for me NOT to jump all over individual cases of selfish or ignorant mis-use of masks...

Doesn''t look good for Houston...

Poor little dear. I am pumped about football. Mahomes v. Watson is super intriguing. How Marcia Brady looks on a new team is masochistically intriguing. The list goes on. If the players and commentators want to advocate for human decency and equity, then I'm here for that, too.

Just a thought: maybe we should read the OP and realize it wasn't crowning Moss at all. (No offense.)

I suppose that can also be true. I'm no expert. But the term "gunner" really does denote the outside guys on punt coverage units.

You're mixing up punts and kickoffs a bit here... Gunners cover punts. So they remain important pieces even though kickoffs have become a less dynamic part of the NFL. Your point isn't trash, though, as a powerful kicker like Bass can mostly (maybe 75-80% if he's above average) mitigate the need for great STs guys on kickoff coverage units in 2020. The Bills have been kinda terrible/mediocre here in recent years. Lots of kickoffs to actually cover.

Why Fromm over Webb, though? Sincerely. If it's been discussed ad nauseum in this monster thread, well...just forgive me. It's what I would do.

But his persistent lack of intel on the Bills offense could be part of why he was released...

I sure do hate nail art. Fake nails. Painted nails. All of it. Yuck.

Rams, at Raiders, at Titans, at Chiefs?!?! First three are essentially average NFL competition (teams that likely go between 7-9 and 9-7). Slightly above-ish average QBs on teams not trending upward (unless maybe Nashville is somehow for real with Tanny...although I just can't see it). Similar to Bills in terms of W/L projections, but different trajectories. That bit in the reporting seems effing bonkers to me. Of course the Chiefs are nasty.

And that...is how a person with integrity handles being a bit wrong. (How to act after unintentionally miscommunicating information.)

"We it this year." LessFugginGo!!!

Sincerely tried to pronounce that. Suffered a tongue srpain.

I'm contractually obligated to suffer for Tom Brady's sins.

This thread seems to be going in predictable directions. A lot of very smart people typing very smart things that are very inclusive of a broad range of perspectives. If the majority African-American players wish to strike without union approval in an attempt to force their white employers and their majority white audience to pay more attention, good. I'm with them. If some in that audience get turned off by that, well, I don't know. This nation is what it is, right?

It's a well-known fact that Dad cares deeply about power-lifting.

Rose Byrne is "an average girl?"

Cool if it pans out this way. Probably a BIT too early to make this kind of evaluation yet, though. Yeah?

This has always been the Belichick doctrine, hasn't it? Minus the appreciation and "best of luck" sentiments, of course. Cut bait and re-cast. Sentiment and past performance be damned. I'm into it.