Avisan

Good football player, may or may not have NFL talent but clearly knows how to play the game. Players like him are always fascinating to me, they demonstrate how much of a physical specimen you have to be in order to play in the NFL. He's a very large, insanely athletic dude by normal-person standards and there's a good chance he just can't hack it against NFL 1s and 2s.

Ciarlo is a football player, good instincts. Not sure he has NFL roster physical talent but definitely knows how to play the game. Ditto on Frank Gore Jr., may not ever make a 53 man roster to begin a season but will likely be a practice squad mainstay. Shavers' one-handed TD grab was sick, worth trying to find a highlight clip of. Some good plays from Walker, and Bishop looked solid early. Buccs' TD celebration was elite, handspring into full flip. Very impressive. Shenault with some major ST errors, which you don't like to see. Hardy abused by fellow likely cut candidates. Carter a non-factor against same. Dane Jackson does not stand out physically against backups, he knows the system but if he's anywhere near a starting slot due to injury we're in trouble for that game.

And if the Bills win?

He's listed at what, 6'2 and 225 lbs.? Toward the low end of weight for a modern linebacker but still quite a large human being

When has McDermott ever said he is a defensive genius?

Our DL was good last season. Our secondary had trouble holding up, though.

Life is a gray abyss of probability, fam. The need for the illusion of control to try to assuage our own anxieties is understandable, but ultimately unproductive.

They didn't play scared, they went with the high-percentage play and got the yardage. They made the right call. Not every decision that doesn't yield the ultimate outcome you want is "playing scared".

They were shorting us on spots all night, it is what it is. They're a dynasty team, they're difficult to dominate and they very rarely lose. On playcalls specifically, it's hard to fault the Bills' coaching when they were, in fact, getting the yardage they needed, despite officiating judgements spotting them consistently 0.5-1 yard short of their actual spots all game. It happened very obviously on several James Cook runs, where he was still well past the first down but not given his full yardage. Those little amounts add up. To be clear, this isn't a statement of intent on anyone's part, it's simply an observation of the trend of spots throughout the night. For whatever reason, the Bills were not being awarded quite their full yardage on a consistent basis.

The playcalls worked, they literally got the first down on both 3rd down and 4th down and got hosed on the spots by the refs both downs. They don't need to be better than their playcalls if their playcalls are getting the necessary yardage.

The Bills' D consistently gets turnovers. They don't wait and hope, they make it happen. You aren't a top 10 defense in takeaways every year without deliberate coaching and scheming to achieve them.

I mean... have we tried it, yet?

Bills DL had pretty good winrates last season, our secondary was too porous for the DL to get home, though.

It's the guys. Our secondary nosedived in quality last season, which gives opposing QBs more opportunities to successfully get the ball out quickly.

Genuinely, it's American entitlement at its finest. Have something amazing, decide it isn't good enough with no regards to objective comparisons or what it takes for things to be this good in the first place, and lash out for not giving us the immediate emotional gratifications we deserve.

Fair, we are certainly making assumptions here, Beane doesn't have a history of lowballing, though.

We're fine, we're a month out from the regular season and have plenty of bodies that can step up if need be. Y'all need to remember we're a perennial Top 5 team in the NFL and stop freaking out every time someone gets dinged. Next man up.

Wait, why? What pessimism-inducing news have we received? This "bad football player" is a professional football player with worlds more talent and dedication than you will ever possess.

Dang, his goofy pressers really got to you, eh?

So the Bills don't take risks on D, but are still a top 5 unit in generating turnovers year over year? Sounds like it might be a pretty good defense

Training camp/preseason is the time to dial this stuff in, our MVP isn't perfect but he did a great job playing within his strengths last season. I wouldn't worry about it unless it's a genuine issue in the regular season.

Quick reminder that Benford is very, very good, him NOT having sticky coverage would be more concerning with respect to his expected performance for the season

To those wondering where else you should spend the money instead: Trenches. Beef the trenches. Invest in the trenches until you find a QB. The cost of two high-end skill position players is enough to put together an entire top-tier O-line. When you do finally land a QB, you put them into a position with good protection and a strong run game to lean on while they get their feet wet in the NFL.

I mean Most couples are having sex, and despite the jokes to the contrary, married couples on average have sex more often than unmarried folks So you can probably assume by default they're being pounded out, and that what they're actually telling you is unrelated to the amount of sex they're having

I just want to say that I definitely experienced the squickiness of the language pertaining to his actions. That said... I think it's an unpleasant but genuine reality. Statistically, a huge chunk of men commit at least one sexual assault in their lives and will admit to behaviors that qualify as sexual assault as long as you don't refer to it as sexual assault. The statistical range is roughly 1/5 to 1/3 of college males. Paradoxically, young men that have lots of consensual sex are actually more likely to commit sexual assault because they are more likely to find themselves in scenarios where they expect/anticipate sex based on prior experiences, which leads to them either not noticing or ignoring cues of uncertainty or non-consent from someone they want to have sex with. It's very likely that a large number of current Bills have committed acts that could be accurately described as sexual assault from the perspective of the other party, and most of those dudes are likely not even aware of it. While it's at lower rates than men, women do it, too. I am far from god's gift to sex appeal, and I had two different situations in college where women tried to take advantage of the fact that I was inebriated. They didn't mean harm, they were just trying to get laid, but if I were not a 6' dude that felt comfortable just waiting for a moment to physically get away it could have been a very unpleasant situation. At least two of my male friends that I know of also had close calls, including one where a girl was very clearly deliberately taking advantage of his inebriation and inexperience to try to keep him from leaving, and he ultimately had to be bailed out by friends who realized something was wrong. At least one male friend that I know of was successfully assaulted by a woman in college. It's an unfortunate element of human behavior that is very prevalent. We have a daughter, a son, and another daughter on the way. They're young, and we're doing our best to help them understand consent and boundaries both for themselves and others from the get-go. Honestly, it's rough going, and we're going to have to work our butts off to get it to stick. Not everybody innately understands the potential harm in what they want, even when it's harmful, which is why it's so important to consistently hammer this stuff home. Things that seem like they should be obvious aren't always obvious to otherwise decent, well-intentioned people, and sometimes otherwise decent, well-intentioned people commit sexual assault to get their perceived needs met. It's why it's such a tough problem to solve, and why people struggle with it so much. We want to believe that only monstrous people are capable of committing sexual assault, but sometimes it's normal, everyday folks, including the sweet, empathetic elementary education grad student that has always wanted to work with kids, posted a ton about her own genuine experiences during the height of #metoo... and also tried to prevent a drunk dude with a girlfriend from leaving her hotel room at the end of a group get-together when she was feeling lonely and horny as a college undergrad.