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No idea, I'm not the expert on run and tugs.

After two years overseas it looks like I'll be stationed about 30 minutes from Salt Lake City, Utah in a couple of months. Are there any Bills fans out there who could point me to some backers bars? Some google searches told me of a few but the biggest one seams to have closed down. It would be nice to be around Bills fans again! Also, for anyone that lives there or has lived there, any recommendations on stuff to do in the area? Looks like I will probably be living in Ogden. Thanks for any suggestions!

They aren't all like that. Where I live at the moment these kinds of places are pretty common. The girls are all there by choice, and some of the bigger places (soapy bath houses) are run by the Yakuza, so the girls are paid relatively well and go home at the end of the day. It's a totally different situation when people are taking advantage of legal immigrants. They take their passports/visas and essentially force them to stay there and "work". I'm guessing having what is essentially slave labor, including possible child slaves, is what causes the police to justify putting the time and money into investigating this.

I love hearing "high motor" as a descriptor for a d lineman. Seems like it's one of the common traits you see among the elite. All the physical talent in the world doesn't matter if you're not giving 100% effort on every snap, and this guy seems to have the talent and the motor. DE isn't our biggest need, but if Beane and friends think he's the BPA when we're on the clock, I would be happy to have him.

I don't dislike the rule as it is now. My only issue with it is that it's inconsistent with what the league has been pushing for. They clearly want high scoring games with high octane offenses duking it out, rather than two dominant defenses stuffing the opposing offense for 60 minutes. That's fine, but if they're going to give offenses the edge, the OT rules should reflect that and give both offenses a chance.

One thing I noticed with Edmunds is that he struggled when coaches game planned to attack him. It's no surprise that Hoodie saw a young linebacker and threw the playbook at him, it's why he wins so much. As for how important age is, that's completely up to the individual. Look at hockey. Some players like Eichel are able to come in and start right away at 18 years old. Others, like Reinhardt need some time in the AHL before they're ready to play with the big boys. Football doesn't have a minor league, just college ball, but that individual adjustment rate is still there. Difference is he has no choice but to play at the NFL level once he's drafted.

Castillo asked the same question during his interview

Then we'll agree to disagree. I don't think they bought themselves time with the rebuild. I think they would have had most if not all of their initial contract to prove themselves, because it would not be a good look for the Pegs to fire yet another FO within a few seasons. You can't expect good coaches to want to come here if they know they won't be given a shot. This regime had the pieces to play it safe. They could have stuck with TT, kept players they didn't want for lack of better options, and had a team that was a perennial "in the hunt" team towards the end of the season that would rely on a top 5 defense as well as good luck in the tiebreaker scenarios to make it. Instead, they tore it down to try to make it better faster. I think it's pretty ballsy to gamble your career on yourself the way they did, when they could have guaranteed a longer tenure here by playing it safe and "backing it in" to the playoffs a few more times. Want any proof, look at the Bengals.

My feelings exactly. I was surprised how many people were all doom and gloom before the season and then acted like their minds were blown when we got blown out, or blamed Beane for the dead cap situation. Sure, he chose to create a good part of that dead cap. But he recognized that the longer we were hindered by big contracts on unwanted players, and a quarterback that was only going to win in very specific conditions (defense holds opposing team to less than 20, and a positive turnover differential), the longer we would be a middling team. Nobody knows for sure how this will end up, but you have to appreciate the balls our FO showed. It takes serious balls to take a qb that broke a nearly two decade drought and show him the door. It takes balls to strip the roster of problem players like Sammy and Marcell when they were two of the most talented players on the team. As for the op though, I think 2020 is the year it comes together. Next year is about filling in the holes on the roster with young picks and some stopgaps/ maybe a few impact players in free agency, without breaking the bank for the foreseeable future. By 2020 all those young guys will have a year of experience and a full offseason, while our cornerstones like White, Allen and Edmunds reach their peaks. Add in another influx of talent in the 2020 draft and free agency and we can absolutely be a contender.

The biggest difference between us and the Jets right now is stability. Sure, we don't know if McD and Beane are the long term GM/HC answers that will guide us to the promised land. But they are in no danger of being fired this coming offseason, which is a big plus when you consider that this offseason will be absolutely critical for the foreseeable future for both teams. Both of us have promising young quarterbacks, a nucleus of some very good young players, and a metric ***** load of resources to spend next year. Difference is, we have a regime returning with year 3 of their master plan, while the Jets will likely send Bowles packing, and may fire the GM as well. Once the new regime takes over, it will start over the whole process of identifying inherited players you want to keep and the ones you dont, eliminating the guys you want gone, and re building the team in their image. The same process we have a two year head start on.

Normally I would agree with you, but we have an unprecedented amount of resources going into the offseason. Now does that mean we can add 3 new starting lineman, 4 or 5 starting caliber weapons, fix the D line and LB corps while getting veteran performances out of our ~7 draft picks (I expect Beane will trade up at some point)? No. It will take another season to develop the new guys and get the veteran additions to fit in the system. But we can definitely progress from a team that gets blown out 6+ games a year to a team that can play any team close. 2020 we will know for sure what we have in this regime.

Youre correct. 6 teams have gone since 2001, but only 5 quarterbacks have gone because of Peyton Manning moving from the Colts to the Broncos. So since 2001, the only AFC starting quarterbacks to play in the Super Bowl are Brady, Gannon, Flacco, Manning, and Ben.

I hate the patriots more than almost anything else on this planet, but I had to respect that play. It wasn't that it was all that genius of an idea or anything, it was just a sign of really great coaching. Say what you want about Beli, but he gets his boys ready week in and week out. How many teams can get 11 guys off the field, get 11 new ones on, snap the ball and execute the play that quickly. I've seen the Bills struggle to put their nickel package out there without putting 12 men out there or having a db facing the wrong way like a madden glitch. I've seen KB routinely have 0 clue where he is supposed to be while being the supposed #1 reciever on the offense and relying on a second year player to hold his hand pre snap. I don't think this was against the rules, and honestly i don't even think it was all that effective. Just showed that every guy on that team down to the special teamers can do the routine things in their sleep, and that takes great coaching. But still, ***** the Pats.

If you can say that difinitively after half a season than I am honestly amazed you're not a pro scout. We're set up for at least 3 more years of Allen which should give us plenty of time to see his development. And by rival I meant divisional opponent. I'm personally hoping Darnold and Allen both develop into good enough quarterbacks to spark a true rivalry (obviously hoping Allen is better) so younger fans like me can get a taste of that Kelly/Marino rivalry that came before our time.

It's cool to see how other teams view our players. Especially rivals. You tend to get more accurate assessments from people that aren't emotionally tied to the player. Good find Yolo.

I had to work through this game but the texts I got from my dad said he was off early on. I got to see the last 3 minutes and man did he make some special plays. Allen is an odd case as a young qb. Struggles with throws that are routine for many, and then makes throws that would make Aaron Rodgers' jaw drop and some that Brady couldn't make in his wildest dreams. It's actually ideal in my opinion. Much easier to teach the mechanics to consistently make 5-10 yard throws than it is to teach a guy to feel the rush, step up in the pocket and deliver a 50 yard bomb through the air while getting drilled that hits the reciever in the numbers. For all the detractors, keep in mind he wasn't supposed to start this year for a reason. I'm sure the coaching staff knows he has accuracy issues on the short/intermediate passes and they have a plan to fix it. It's much harder to step back and work on the basics when he has to get ready to start every week, going through film and game planning for the next team. Let's hope he can get with Palmer again this offseason and work out his kinks while not having the pressure of starting on him for ~7 months. I'd bet with his work ethic we will see improvements in 2019.

Nail on the head. I don't know all of the comp pick rules but any pick we can get for him or clay will be worth more than the players themselves. But yeah, he should be benched for the rest of the year. Let's see what we have with the young speedy guys that give a ***** about their jobs. I'm just really hoping we don't see another Peterman man crush scenario though with McBeane being infatuated with someone who has no business on our roster.

The positive of the video being released is that we will probably soon get the full story. That 30 second clip of drunk people being aggressive isn't defininitive enough for his career to be over without context, at least in my opinion. That in no way whatsoever excuses his actions, but depending on the context he may well play again. Thay said, I don't think the Bills would take him. His talent is undeniable and he would be an amazing back for Shady to pass the torch too, but the character squad will likely not even consider him. Also, before I get flamed for this, I'm not okay with what he did, I just think the context matters. If someone was physically attacking my girlfriend, I would be just as mad as he was. If it turns out he was the aggressor, than screw him, he won't see another snap.

That made it such a hard game to watch. Honestly, most of the penalties were legitimate calls with a few exceptions, and I could at least see what they were looking at most of the time. But as many fans and experts say, there's an infraction on every snap. It's the inevitable byproduct of having 22 men on the field with every position having a massive rule book. This game is the result of calling every single possible infraction and not letting players play football. Walt got more screentime than half the players combined and it flat out sucks to watch.

This is what has been bothering me with the fan meltdown all season. We all knew it was going to be a rough season. Whether you blame the cap situation on McBeane, Whaley or whatever you feel like yelling at, we knew we were a longshot to be competitive with the roster we had and the vast amount of dead cap. We were all well aware that next year would bring a big influx in talent, and that we were likely in for a year of suffering first. Then we start losing games exactly as expected, and everyone freaks out wondering how it could possibly happen. I know it sucks, but let's see what they can do with the opportunities next season. For the "fire everyone and their parents" crowd, something tells me if they don't start showing success with ~100M in cap space and a bunch of picks, you will get your wish. If not, well, you can quit your whining and enjoy the show. Win win for y'all.

This doesn't happen 5 years ago, maybe not even 3 years ago. If they treated Brees like a ball carrier (which he was) it would have more than likely been a 15 yarder along with a possible ejection for playing defense. They were scared to make the play. I don't believe for a second that a near 40 year old who wasn't all that fast in his prime was able to juke two defenders half his age.

Hands down the best game I went to as a kid. I remember standing there with my dad after the game ended, with everyone just clapping and cheering for probably 15 minutes after the game ended. Nobody wanted to leave.

You know he'll just say he has to look at the tape.

Solid post. If our defense plays like the second half for 4 quarters, we can win some games. They really slowed that offense down after getting piledrived for the first 30 minutes. And I loved what I saw from Allen. Give him time, he will surprise many people. This has me thinking too. Frasier was on point with his play calling last year, but this year he's just getting everything wrong. If McD feels he can call the defensive plays while still handling his head coach responsibilities, im all for it, but it usually spells trouble when a head coach puts too much on his plate.

I disagree. One of his biggest problems in college was hitting the dink and dunk passes, screens and swings. He was perfect on those today. In college you would see throws where it was hard to understand how he missed it, and today he didn't miss any easy throws. He did miss a few intermediate throws, but if you didn't expect a rookie in his first start to miss some passes, I don't know what to tell you. It was mostly ball placement that worried me and that will get better over time. Good assement. Once he sees the tape, hopefully he starts to learn how to recognize pressure before it happens and make the necessary adjustments. That's advanced stuff that I don't expect him to be proficient at just yet, but he needs to notice the obvious things like a safety standing on the LOS. He's a smart kid, I don't think it will be a long term problem. As for his pocket presence, the "stepping up" move that great quarterbacks do is to avoid the pressure that usually comes on the edge, and takes advantage of the tackles that won't have as much penetration. But with two pee wee caliber guards and a center that gets blown backwards quite a lot, I don't think he has that available to him very often. Not sure yet, I'll have to watch the all 22 to be sure about that one. I'm at least glad he gave us something to be genuinely excited about in the future.