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According to the NFL Network website, the Bills 2016 yearbook film will now show today (7/23) at 5:30 eastern... and than re-air tonight at 1am (technically 7/24)
They shuffled their programming around to accommodate live coverage of the Cowboys arriving at training camp..and to show Super Bowl Super Bowl LI for the 9,000th time!
and it will be ending at 5:32
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As Bills fans, Gilmore has been one of the most heavily debated player since he got here. And the subject matter has always been "Is he elite?".. When we have an elite player, these debates don't happen , because that players film speaks for itself.
Sammy,Dareus,McCoy for example will get debated about but it's "Can Sammy stay healthy?" He's consistently a stud when healthy.
"Can Dareus stay out of trouble?" He's clearly dominant when on the field.
"Is Shady past his prime?" He's clearly an elite RB..
So why is it year after year so many Bills fans have questioned whether Gilmore is an elite CB? Because he's not one!
He shows flashes, but has been consistently inconsistent.
Also, He avoids tackling at all costs and is the opposite of a leader... He got outplayed by a rookie 2 years ago and last year he was extremely inconsistent.
I'm personally not offended at all by this tweet. But comparing him to Revis? Ppl calling him a top 15 cb? I just don't see it at all..I'm thrilled we didn't pay him. Hyde/White> Gilmore.. That extra TV time will only bring the debates we've been having to a national audience.. He's an above average CB, nothing special about him.
because you need to see elite players to know what 1 looks like...they dont exist in Buffalo
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D's are bigger, faster, and more sophisticated so I disagree with it being an unbalanced comparison. Jim Kelly was developed under a Championship caliber regime. Tyrod Taylors 1st regime with the Bills was sent packing.
so youre going to completely ignore the proven fact that the current NFL is the easiest for passing in the history of the league? Never had receivers been as untouchable as they are now.
2nd, youre also going to ignore that TT spent 4 years learning in a Championship winning/consistently one of the best franchises before coming to Buffalo?
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I'm not saying in Buffalo, I'm talking about a team that had all that space like the Pats. They should have signed Bouye, Gilmore will prove to be a mistake but that wart won't show up until they lose some of that supporting cast.
It's easy to point to Gilmore's experience over Bouye's. IMO that's lazy. He was a UDFA and worked for his chance and finally solidified himself. Quite the opposite of Gilmore.
https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-time-to-start-talking-about-texans-cb-a-j-bouye
When he tears it up again this season, the next easiest thing to do will be to claim that no one could have expected him to repeat last years performance.
Bouye is going to get exposed, bad. He has 1 year as a starter where he played well but wasnt great. Also helps being in that stacked Texans defense.
Let's see how good he is when he's on an island instead of going against 2's and 3's while Jonathan Joseph sheltering him and taking the #1 matchup.
You dont drop 13.5 a year on a CB that has only been a starter for 1 year.
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Yep
difference is in New England he knows he doesnt have to do everything himself because he actually has competent safeties over the top....huge difference knowing McCourty is back there patrolling.
funny, the same things were said about Revis coming to NE....he's washed up, he's slow, he isnt good anymore, he's not the old Revis...then poof, like "magic", put him in a good situation and he's vintage Revis
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This doesn't effect my day in the least, but if the guy wants to take a jab at the Bills he deserves to be unloaded on by the fan base. Don't dish it out if you can't take it.
stating facts =/= a jab at the Bills
its a stone cold fact that the Patriots play more nationally televised games than the Bills.
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You're comparing Cousins to Brees? o.O
you realize Brees in NO is a different animal than Brees in SD, right?
In SD he was seen as a good QB with average stats and potential to be better....same as Cousins is now.
In fact, Cousins has thrown for over 1,000 more yards per year than Brees did in SD. And for more TD.
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The dog's eyes are fine. No more squinting. Thanks to the experts at Pet Smart and no thanks to all of you critical SOBs.
please sterilize yourself before it's too late...
especially if you can't see how letting your dog have an obvious eye issue with no medical attention for over a month, then say you dont have the money in the same breath as listing out LUXURY items you are about to buy makes you a self centered piece of sh*t, then you have no hope.
just hope you give the dog up before it's too late for her because you clearly dont care
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My dog, for the past month or so, has had trouble with her eyes. Very squinty, as if there's something in them.
She's been getting around fine and eats/drinks/pees/poops regularly, so I'm not really that worried.
But I think it would've gotten better by now.
This couldn't have happened at a worse time, as I've already got a 3-night trip to NYC scheduled later this summer and I'm also saving up to buy a couple kayaks and some hiking gear.
So, right now, I really can't afford to be taking her to the vet.
Just wondering if anyone's experienced anything similar and may have some home remedies. I've tried Benadryl, but it hasn't worked. Even something to get her through to mid-September, where my expenditures settle down a little would be good.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
yeah you can f*ckstick. stop being s selfish f*ck and take your damn dog to the vet
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Great stats don't necessarily equate to being a great QB. I'd have to pass on Cousins if he became available; simply not worth the coin he's gonna get.
funny, people said the same thing about Drew Brees when he was leaving San Diego...career high at the time of 27 TD and 3,500 yds, 30-28 in 4 seasons.
all he's done since then is throw 54,000 yds, 385 TD in 11 seasons...which is an average of 4,885 yds 35 TD per year. While winning a Superbowl.
in 11 years in NO, he has:
led the NFL in yards 7 times
led the NFL in TD 4 times
led the NFL in completions 5 times
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It isn't meaningless. How can you possibly say that someone's football skill is meaningless to his evaluation as a player? Is jumping ability meaningless to a pass receiver? Is catching ability meaningless to a running back?
Cam Newton is a TOTALLY average quarterback without his running ability. His running ability "props him up" into the near-elite category.
As for losing vs making the playoffs, well, more teams have losing records than make the playoffs, so EVERYTHING is more associated with losing than making the playoffs.
What you're saying is just stupid. Better that you just recognize it than continue to try to defend something that's stupid.
so, what does that make Taylor?
Newton's lowest passing yards in 1 year: 3,127
Taylor's highest passing yards in 1 year: 3,035
Newton's lowest passing TD in 1 year: 18
Taylor's highest passing TD in 1 year: 20
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Great analysis... The other big thing about EPL is that it is the most watched league around the world. I love watching the EPL games every weekend from August to May, and am delighted that my Tottenham Hotspur had their highest finish in 50 years. I imagine that more foreigners watch EPL than the NFL, which accounts for higher than expected revenues.
oh, definitely. EPL is the NFL of soccer leagues. most popular, most money, biggest names. i love watching EPL games too, but I tend to root for the fun stories...like a few years ago when Hull City got out of relegation for the 1st time ever (in a playoff too), latched on to them for the run. I wonder how much bleed over you get in Europe vs the home country's league.
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That's wild that the US is 75 times the size of England, but Premier League soccer still makes $5 billion a year.
touch over 6x by population (53mill vs 320mill), which is the real factor in expenditure.
plus, EPL is for all intents and purposes the only pro sports league in England (I know, there's pro rugby but its like comparing the MLS to NFL).
combining the Big 4 in the US gets $31 billion spent on pro sports vs $5.3 billion on EPL
roughly per capita, England and the US spend the same on pro sports:
US - 96.75
UK - 100.00
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I don't think it's that clear. I think he's a near average QB, and the Redskins may prefer to go for broke and chase a top 5 elite player than stick with a middle tier guy.
if hes "near average" and "middle tier" then name your top 10...top 15... Let's see some justification because Cousins stats are easily top 10.
The only reason Washington doesnt love him is because he is still seen as just RG3's back up. The fans still have a hard on for RG3 and wont let that grudge go for a long time
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He wants top dollar, but he's not even a top 10 guy right now. Could you say with certainty he's top 15? I wouldn't find it unreasonable.
He's easily Top 10.
Brady
Rodgers
Brees
Ryan
Wilson
Carr
Cousins
Rivers
Luck
Big Ben
He's thrown for 9,000 yards and had 63 TD the last 2 seasons...can you name more than 1 skill player on Washington without Google?
Do yourself a favor and go look at the 2016 stats for QBs and try to find 15 better than Cousins. You're going to be rather surprised.
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Both have good wheels , but nobody in the league displays the Barry Sanders like running skills Taylor has shown from the QB Position IMO.
We talking you playing Madden on easy mode? or real life....
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and I don't think there is anyone in the league better at doing this not named Cam,
Cam Newton has scored 48 TD's on the ground from the QB position in 6 seasons. (335 points)
Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers
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The problem with the Great Tyrod Message Board War is everyone tends to get repetitious. So here we go again : Attempts to reduce Taylor to an incompetent & fatally flawed passer with hopelessly inadequate skills run in one major roadblock : His record when playing with a full offensive cast :
64% completion, 3,362 yards, 8+ yards per attempt, 26 touchdowns, 6 interceptions
Now, you can say those numbers aren't elite. You can say Tom Brady doesn't need receivers. You can even say Taylor's problems with his 2016 off-the-street receiving corps were partially his own fault. You'd probably be right. But you can't legitimately sell those numbers as coming from a hopelessly incompetent passer. At least not seriously, you can't.....
So he needs everyone healthy and everything to be perfect to put up average numbers?
there's a term for a QB like that.........BAD
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I agree with all of this...but they are still not in NE's category.....NE has a top 3 offense and a top 3 defense....add the best HC in the league....Raiders are not beating NE in the playoffs IMO...their defense is still not good enough....
long story short, unless someone else gets the #1 seed and makes the Pats leave Foxboro, its game over in the AFC
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But we are all perfectly willing to just call them the greatest, even when their run defies logic AND they have a history of deceit. Again, ask yourself if they are truly the GOAT's, why even bother with balls and videos?
Every time some athlete in the past performs at a super-human level, it always comes out they were doing something. Bonds, Sosa, McGuire, Clemons, Lance Armstrong...all heroes, all held up as idols by the media. Then the truth comes out. If it's too good to be true...it usually isn't.
this is almost too stupid to respond to but...
1. there is still zero proof or even circumstantial evidence that the balls were tampered with....taping signals was LEGAL at the time spygate took place, the patriots were punished for the location of the camera, not the use of it.
additionally, you do realize every NFL dynasty has cheated right?
70s Steelers were roided up, 80s 49ers admitted to using stick um and were caught/punished for salary cap violations, 90s broncos caught violating the salary cap and their o-linemen were caught greasing their jerseys.
and for modern teams, why are the proven cheating of the other 31 ignored?
Browns were punished for texting the coaches on the sidelines during play
Falcons were punished for pumping in crowd noise
Giants were punished for having radios to communicate to Manning after the headset shut off point
2. what do a bunch of steroid era baseball players have to do with football? you're also suffering from major confirmation bias. here's a sample of all time greats that produced absurd #s with no steroids:
Gretzky
Orr
Lemieux
Jeter
Henderson
Maddux
Aaron
Ruth
Mays
Mantle
Jordan
Bird
Magic
Kobe
Montana
Moss
Sanders
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This is true. That amendola 2 point conversion near the end of the superbowl was the textbook example of an illegal pick. Complete joke that it wasnt called.
100% false.
it is LEGAL for WR to block up to 1yd beyond the LOS on any forward pass that is completed behind the LOS.
The pass to Amendola was behind the LOS and Edelman was blocking 1yd beyond it. the play was perfectly legal and within the rules.
and newsflash for the foil wearers...every single NFL team runs pick plays. the only times it gets called is when it is blatantly over the line.
its the same as cops and speeding. no one looks twice at someone going 5 over the limit, but pass a cop at 15 over the limit and you're getting a ticket.
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No, that's not what I mean.
hate to break it to you...but that throw is literally the only one TT has in his "arsenal"
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A rocket arm is useless if you can't accurately use that power. So what if Cardale can throw the hardest and longest incompletions?
ya mean like TT?
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A lot of Pats fans I know barely watch the regular season. Like they can't be bothered until it's time for the playoffs.
They are near the bottom of the barrel in terms of fandom. But sure, if you want to measure a fanbase solely by its purchasing power, knock yourself out.
uh, yeah...that's what happens when the regular season is basically a 16 game pre-season for you.
Patriots fans have the luxury of knowing the division and a #1/#2 seed is guaranteed. The biggest thing about the regular season is hoping no one major gets hurt.
We expect to be in/win the Superbowl every year. The amount of success has been so high that the AFCCG is a given.
16 years of Brady
11 AFCCG appearances
7 SB appearances
Simply a product of unprecedented success.
and yes most Pats fans outside of NE are bandwagoners, but in NE, its a very small %. The fandom has always been there its just more involved and intense since Parcells in 1994. Hell, the FANS just voted Raymond Clayborn to the Pats HOF.
Being a fan in NE goes like this...all 4 teams are beloved and have countless fans, the main focus of the fans will be on which of the 4 is doing best at that moment. That's what happens when all 4 teams win/compete for multiple titles in a decade.
Most Underrated Bill of the Draught
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as an outsider, it's Fred Jackson.
He was a hell of a workhorse back who loved contact and always ran angry. It's a shame the Bills were always trying to find his replacement instead of giving him the full workload and letting him excel. He always reminded me of Marshawn Lynch in attitude and running style on the field.
Only 3x in Buffalo did he get over 200 carries:
09 - 237, 1062 yd, 4.5 ypc
10 - 222, 927 yd, 4.2 ypc
13 - 206, 890 yd, 4.3 ypc
He was also effective in the passing game averaging 40.8 rec per year in Buffalo.
As a Patriots fan, he always scared me