NoHuddleKelly12

I'd say I don't have a reason to dis-like it. At some point, the players just need to be able to make plays and get us some W's. Hopefully he's a part of that process in a positive way for the line. For what it's worth, here's the bio given for Andrew Dees, the coach he replaces, at the time of that hire: https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2017/1/20/14343200/buffalo-bills-hire-andrew-dees-as-assistant-offensive-line-coach Nothing jumps out at me that Dees was somehow that much more eminently qualified, so there's that.

Our last double-digit season wins HC? Yeah, I do miss him too.

I need to take some Advil after that...my electronic ears are ringing 33! Just think, the Bills' blowout SB loss in XXVII wasn't even the worst of the bunch during that run--the '89 49ers handling the Elway Broncos 55-10 comes to mind...for this list of the worst all time losses, we only made it to #4, lol: https://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/biggest-super-bowl-blowouts-nfl-history.html/

I understand your point, but my separate issue with Shady would be he's still getting $$$ as if he is. So do you think that he'll be willing to restructure his K accordingly? I doubt it. That together with his personal issues (who knows what will happen with his civil case messes) and this incident trivial that it may have been, is also why I'm guessing RB gets addressed this offseason enough to make him expendable, regardless of the FO's statements about his 2019 status. I know I know, we have the cap room to keep him...but why would a team keep a player just for the sake of keeping him if the money doesn't justify it? I don't know, but I think there will be a few more chapters written in this story before the season opens.

Classic. Al must've been a force to behold in HS. But nah, JK will probably talk about that time where he tossed 6 against the vaunted Stillers in '91...which Allen managed to almost match against Miami as a total between his arm and legs. Good sign of things to come!

From this morning's FMIA Peter King article: "Fifty years ago Sunday, the Steelers named Chuck Noll their head coach. In the half-century since, Pittsburgh has had three head coaches. The 27 other NFL teams in business since the seventies have had a total of 376 coaches since Noll got the job." https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/01/27/super-bowl-53-sean-mcvay-drive-rams-patriots-fmia-peter-king/ I'll be the first to say that the Rooneys almost to a fault, keep their HC in place over so many years--but definitely the poster child for continuity. Of course, the competing view would be looking at the Bengals, who head-scratchingly kept Marvin Lewis around 5+ years too long. Moral of the story--find the right one, then never let go, lol.

Ha! Great point Donuts. No news is good news sort of job, much like an O-lineman with penalties. LS is a nice under the radar sort of career niche if you can get it!

But in a fight between little Ditka versus big Jordan, who would win?? https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bill-swerskis-super-fans/n10094

Also fair, although I don't think his motivations here were negative. But nonetheless, I do get what you're saying.

Is it wrong to say it’ll still feel nice if the Bills can consistently beat Hoodie finally when Brady’s 29th year in the league rolls around? I’ll take it any which way we can get the W, and happily argue with other posters here about the “quality” of the W at that time.

"The Eagle Has Landed" (1976) was a film adaptation of the Jack Higgins novel; the movie stars Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall--I feel it's an underappreciated diamond in the rough. Great story, and Michael Caine delivers some memorable lines, including during this exchange at the 27.05 mark here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oCJWwylzCQ "Captain Clark: 'Colonel, there's no such thing as "death with honor". Just death. Colonel Kurt Steiner: 'I have no intention of dying now. But if I'm going to, allow me to choose where and how.' "

Used to be impressed by guys that hung on into their very early 40's like Testaverde, Krieg, or DeBerg, but they were still just hanging on, whereas TB12 makes it look easy for the most part. Wonder if Brees will give him a run for longevity/good production money, we'll see after this year.

Then ALWAYS play by the rules, no? He's still the GOAT, but man, if I were him I'd be ticked that there is even the hint that some of my success was, shall we say, aided and abetted?

Father Time seems to napping on the job with this one. Oh well, he sticks around long enough, the buzzsaw that is the 2019 version of Allen will hopefully take care of the Pats straight up, for a change.

Couldn't you say the same thing about 80% of what passes for breaking "news" on these boards? And in fairness to JK, he was being interviewed, it's not like he was drafting a press release for distribution, right? The underlying problem is we the fan consumers who in our thirst to know everything to the nth detail, down to what color the elastic straps holding the training camp gatorade jugs in place are, have driven certain media to put out whatever possible to slake said thirst. I believe this has been one of @Augie's gripes for sometime? Why do we have to know everything? Of that there is little doubt--it will be tarred and feathered suitably if there is ongoing failure this year, or lauded as the greatest ever if it succeeds (at least a WC win, please!). I love the old Bills, and I love me some new Bills as well--I wish nothing more than for JA to break all of JK's franchise marks! None of whom ever made it through JK in the playoffs. Danny the most at 0-3.

Gugs, you lost me there. Would you rather we never have any historical roots/standards that this franchise should aspire to living up to and surpassing? If you forget where you came from and muddle through with no appreciation for the shoulders that bore this franchise's burdens for so long, then what's the point of keeping score in the first place? Apart from some arguably questionable tweeting by Reed within the past couple weeks, I've never heard that our alumni have interfered with, made worse, or in any other fashion have been a negative influence on the team, FO, coaching, etc. in all these years. As a player, I think I'd appreciate having the support and occasional input from someone who knows what it's like to lace up the cleats, been there, done that--but maybe I'm the crazy one for thinking that?

Certainly nothing negative, because we've never heard that in all of these years since he hung it up. I also believe that he sees something special in Allen, so he may be more invested in doing whatever he can from a positive approach. Note: Early in mini-camps don't forget Josh raving about the time that he was able to spend with Jimbo, the substance of which he also chose to keep private, but you got the distinct impression that Josh is a fan of whatever interaction Jim has with him (or at least at that time). I think the dynamics here are much ado about nothing, frankly.

WC soccer—Juergen Klinsmann won in ‘90 as a player, and then finished 3rd in the world as manager in 2006, before taking the US team job. Incidentally, his manager in ‘90, Franz Beckenbauer, also won the WC as a player in ‘74, one of only 3 men to ever have done that at the WC level. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer

Haven’t seen this posted anywhere yet so thought I’d share—sorta feel bad for the guy, but then I remember he’s a former Cowboy, so I take that thought back as quickly as it comes: https://www.sbnation.com/2019/1/27/18199841/jason-witten-broke-the-dang-pro-bowl-trophy

Why are you a fan of such a “loser” franchise? If the SB years and winning all of those AFC titles and 13 wins per reg season sucked so bad, then just how miserable has it been during the drought, am I right? But I’m sorry that a fun team to watch that had a cutting edge O and brought it every week, and was the bane of Dan Marino’s existence, means nothing to you.

I’ve seen some egregiously questionable hot takes made into threads around here, but this one is...special. A lot of other posters here have already pointed out just how special, so I won’t pile on the OP. But SMH ??‍♂️.

But that’s just the crazy part—NP was an All-Pro in practices and preseason, pretty much always. How he kept getting starting chances for the real games

Wow ?—stay warm gentlemen, and hope the house pipes make it through ok for you too!

Good to know! One of those pesky facts not disclosed during the safety speech monologues performed at the beginning of each flight.

Also, while not a war movie in the sense of not a lot of explosions and unending machine gun chatter, "The One That Got Away" (1957) is definitely one of the best I've ever seen from the standpoint of suspense and a great escape based on a true story, a la if you liked "The Great Escape," I think you will also really like this one. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050803/