NoHuddleKelly12

Great topic @Alphadawg7!! Player: FA acquisition Shawn Merriman (constantly injured/breaking down after he couldn’t freebase his ‘roids anymore—thanks for nothing Buddy Nix); Coach: Dick Jauron. Unimaginative, uninspiring, unmotivated and unforgettable in his hopelessly weak sauce tenure. At least Wrecks tried to be entertaining in his futility? 🤷‍♂️

Jmo of course, but if you’re trying to gel a real brotherhood together (that’s willing to go to the ends of the earth for one another) for the new season, you do what it takes and that includes all of the extra stuff like OTA’s where groundwork/expectations and overall camaraderie starts. Given the roster churn every year, it’s just one of those things you gotta do! Otherwise aren’t you telegraphing a vibe of I’m better than everyone else who shows up? Again, jmo.

As OP already touched on, getting a random “Go Bills” shoutout anywhere in the country, and realizing the depth of the camaraderie amongst the Bills brethren is truly remarkable…Taking my then 8yr old son to his first ever Bills game in KC last year was the absolute best, and getting a last minute win was just the icing on top. That said, one of my favorite memories was when our very own @Einstein took matters into his own hands and helped out a fellow board member who needed it during a winter storm last January—simply a chicken soup for the soul type moment! https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/252612-seeking-snow-removal-help/?do=findComment&comment=

Too much risk of injury, but as pointed out upthread it made the career of Deacon Jones: https://clutchpoints.com/why-was-the-deacon-jones-head-slap-banned-from-the-nfl

Agreed; especially don’t like that the OT rules currently change between the regular season and playoffs—if the current structure is not good enough for the playoffs, then why should it be good enough for the regular season?

I think not for nothing the wave of injuries we’ve seen the last few years is also relatable in part to lack of sufficient recovery time for the players.

Bringing back the helmet earhole slap or removing the QB pass rush rules they’ve added since the 90’s would be more immediate boons for legit old school D imho 😁

I like the independent monitoring idea similar to the neuro who’s supposed to yank players exhibiting signs of concussion from the field of play—but who would be qualified (besides TBD members 😎) to do this? Former officials paid by whom?

💯 agree that DPI has morphed into a frankensteinian bloated mess where the QB seems to be rewarded a 50/50 shot at a free flag just for chucking it long—an immediate bandaid fix would seem to be limiting the penalty to 10-15 yards instead of a spot foul?

Today you control the NFL rules committee with dictatorial powers to demand changes. (1) Give me an existing rule you would either (a) take away completely, (b) just tweak a bit, or (2) add your own rule, and why? So many categories to choose from…DPI, kickoffs, fumbling into the end zone touchbacks, uniforms or celebrations to name but a few. There is a great video primer on the existing rule book narrated by none other than Rich Eisen, located here: https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/ I’ll start. Through the years the NFL has managed to muddle the answer to what should be a simple question—what is a catch? While some of the most egregious portions of the convoluted Rule 8, Section 1, Articles 3-4 have been amended since the infamous Dez Bryant no catch of 2014, it hasn’t been reworked since 2018’s removal of “surviving the ground” language, but because of other notes contained in the rule, the same call problems remain: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-catch-rules-2023-explained/gsuetg81khhjariyrqhgulzy#:~:text="How do we make this,secure and control the ball. After all, what could be more crystal clear than the 3rd catch component of “a football move?” <sigh>. A fun compilation of controversial calls for your recollecting pleasure in this regard: https://youtu.be/ZgbKNgXrFXs?feature=shared My rules committee by fiat will adopt Larry Fitzgerald’s definition of a catch as outlined by Bill Barnwell all the way back in 2017: “If a receiver catches the ball and gets two feet, a knee, an elbow or a cheek on the ground, it's a catch. If he stays upright and the ball is stripped out of his hands or he bobbles it, the ball becomes a live fumble. Doesn't that feel refreshingly simple and comprehensible? We still need to come up with a clear definition of "catch," but let's try to keep that to the shortest possible definition. Maybe it becomes a catch at the moment when the receiver grabs the ball in his hands without bobbling it. Perhaps you put a time frame on it, like the receiver cradles the ball for a half-second or a full second.” https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21798623/three-options-fix-nfl-catch-rule-2017 Anyway enough of my ranting, what rule or rules do you need to see changed, removed or added?

Yet another reminder how important it is to appreciate the time we have with JA at the helm—all too soon he will be retired and we will be poopooing his successor. 🤓 For context, anyone remember Todd Collins?

Thanks—we owe those clowns nothing but continued domination of the East to match the precise # of our drought years imho. Sorry Drake, not sorry—you’re about to get Mac Jonesed by the best QB in the NFL.

I have it on good authority around here that Shakir is primed for a breakout year so here’s hoping!!

Being reminded of Andre makes me jump down the rabbit hole of his YouTube highlights…<sigh> that speedy YAC stuff never gets old!! https://youtu.be/VNrl-WgnbRM?feature=shared https://youtu.be/GsNCMiRxyP4?feature=shared

Is it terrible that all I can think of when I read the name “Tyquan Thorton,” is the main character “Guybrush Threepwood” from “Escape from Monkey Island” video game fame? 🥴 @dollars 2 donuts, tell me I’m not the only one here who’s ever played that??

Oh how we’ve missed you OP, you big galoot!! It’s just not the same discussing the latest Jets seasonal implosion without you around! 😁. Why, it’s so bad even these Dolfans guys get to push the poo pile further down to you in the AFC East…

To be fair, Tyreek Hill said Tua was the best he’s ever played with (so better than Mahomes), and we all know Josh is better than Tua, ergo, I’m convinced, confident and confirmed in my opinion that Josh is the best in the league. 🙌

I say best because of the ability to spread the ball around to a committee of multiple good if not great options under Brady’s fully realized schematics, as opposed to say, force feeding Diggs to the detriment of the best option per play—also fully expect the Bills run game under Brady and with Cook to continue to improve and take pressure off, opening up more deep shots. I just have a great feeling about this year, national pundits be darned!

I choose to look at that era as a never duplicated uninterrupted back to back to back to back run of AFC supremacy—one that not even the Chefs or Patsies have been able to do…our ability to get back up off the mat and push that boulder back up the next season’s mountain has always been inspiring. Look at it that glass half full sort of way and it’s not quite as painful imho. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I knew I was allergic to all this dust around here. <sniff>. Thanks for sharing OP.

Oh, we do know some stuff…

Not to Josh they’re not! 😉

💯. This will be a can’t-miss, 45 min to an hour road trip from the ‘burbs, already can’t wait!!!