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I know you lot over the pond speak a different English to us on this side but does this make any sense to anyone (it is McDaniel's response to a question about the Bills' historical dominance over the Dolphins in recent years): "I think it's a disservice to all the people on both teams every year when people put history on top of what it [is]," he said. "It's two teams playing each other, and I think generally if you have success in one place against an opponent, over time you do have a confidence whether it's real or not real, it doesn't matter -- you do. And then, consequently, people can have a chip on their shoulder on the losing end of it. "The bottom line is, is all of it is semantics. It's two football teams playing -- one on the road, one at home -- but the individuals are always different and the more you can recognize that and take each game unto itself and alone, by itself, you're shortchanging the process and you'll ultimately fall victim to it. I think over time you have to take each game, each opponent, each opportunity in the National Football League, solely focus on it and everything else makes you worse in focus, preparation and execution." He just seems to contradict himself in every sentence (in addition to talking bollox) Give me our McD over theirs, anyday

Assuming they even had one available and were allowed to put it on mid-game, I would guess that playing in a visor is different from playing without one (in tersm of perception, etc.) and that they wanted Josh to practice with it on before playing in a real game.

Even the fish fans Want us to crush them so bad So the firings start

It's 05:45 here and work tomorrow today is going to be hell but who cares. That was unbelievable (except that with JA17 you always have to believe!)

Glad it is not just me. His "A fan's reaction to ..." and weekly round-up videos are great (sometimes, frankly, brilliant) but I have tried a few times to sit through his streams, both alone and with other podcasters, and have had to bail every time.

The explanation is literally in the first paragraph of the first post!

It is nothing like the others (especially the earlier ones). In most of them there is at least some drama, some conflict/stress/negative topics. It is supposed to be, at least in part, a reality show but there was no "reality". Nothing of any interest at all. Bored the pants off me and, as others have said, if I wasn't a Bills fan I would have switched off after th first 15 minutes of the first episode. For those who have never watched a season, I highly recommend the Browns one (2018) for the ultimate "No matter how bad we are, we are not that bad!" experience

Skydiving RPG'ing (but definitely not D&D) Leeds United (is Masochism a hobby?) Motorcycling

Sung equally by away fans when we are and by home fans when we - by some miracle - aren't. This year's hit, though, is "I predict a riot" by the Kaiser Chiefs

We aren't 🙂 I would like to nominate Leeds United as the Bills of English Football though. Single city team. Large and passionate working class fanbase who have stuck with the team through thick and thin (and there has been a lot of that!). Once were really good but never fully achieved what they should, very often finishing second for a variety of reasons. Looked down upon by the media and fans of "bigger" teams. Robbed on several occasions of success by a combination of corrupt and incompetant referees and league officials. Had a 16 year drought in which they dropped to the third tier of the game. Managed to mess things up on such a regular basis that "Doing a Leeds" is a recognised saying! #MOT

Exactly this. In the past, someone might have jumped at the first chance offered to be a HC but, as the Ben Johnson situation shows, staying put in a decent place with a chance to add to your résumé isn't going to hurt your chances of getting a job you actually want (and I suspect he is hoping for the Bengals to continue to underperform and for Zac Taylor position to open up after next season)

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Stockholm, Sweden. Midnight 30 game start and a balmy -2C (which i think is somewhere in the high 20s in F?)

This, a 1000 times this. It's so easy to say let's get rid of McDermott but rarely do I see those advocating for change suggesting a realistic replacement. We need a rule that if you suggest dumping someone, you need to suggest a replacement (this goes for players too!) Yes, McDermott has not led us to the promised land (and yes, some of the issues are on him) but take a moment to consider where we are and where we were. I am not saying stick with him regardless but I am saying that any change needs to be towards something that improves our chances of a SB, not a change for change's sake And just the stay on topic, I fear the Ravens the most. That running attack can kill us (and everyone else) and I have to hope there is a plan for that (one plan being to get far enough ahead that they have to dump the run and play the pass more)

Will no one think of the children Europeans? 😅 That's another "wee hours of the morning" game for those of us on this side of the pond. Staying up until 3 for the Rams or Lions is one thing but for the Pats?

At the time I thought so too but, thinking about it, I can see some logic in the decision. You recover and you have stolen a posession. Yiou don't and you give the Bills a short field (he probably wasn't expecting it to be that short but it actually was even better for them) and reduce the time the Bills will hold the hold the ball before scoring (I suspect that by that time the assumption on the Lions' sideline was that they would score from anywhere!) so you get the ball back with more time. Not saying that I would have done that but I think there is some (small?) logic to it. Plus, as others have said, it appears the Lions are pretty good at this onside kick thing.

Except it absolutely wasn't helmet ot helmet. It was forearm (with brace) to the helmet, a forearm that he deliberately raises and leads with. As others have said, he has time to at least mitigate the hit but, instead, he changes his angle of attack, raises the forearm and dives in. He knew exactly what he was doing.

I dunno, that Chris Jones seems quite good!

Head says Jets to win, heart says Texans ... but as others have said, it's a win-win

No one was throwing rocks, the question was why it was considered so offensive in the UK. What Brady says or doesn't say is not much of a topic of conversation over here (assuming people even know who he is)

How about not ones that mock people with disabilities and diseases such as Cerebral Palsy or Multiple Sclerosis? Spaz is short for Spastic (in the UK at least) as, as @GunnerBill said, is a definite no-no on this side of the pond (now, at least. When I was at school back in the middle ages, it was, unfortunately, much used)

Riiight. Because no QB ever got hit whilst sliding 🙄 I don't blame him for playing but that doesn't mean I don't think it is the wrong decision (made worse by his decision not the wear the Guardian Cap - even if the added protection is not particularly significant, it is still there).

Leaving aside the fact that it would appear that no charges were filed, why exactly should the comapny have to "float" Cook the money or make CERTAIN (your Caps) he has been notified? Because he is a Bill? Because he is famous? Would you expect them to do all that if it was Joe Bloggs who had absconded (whether witingly or unwitingly) without paying the bill? Why should a company have to incur a loss (even if it is only for "a few weeks") through no fault of their own. If that is your definition of dickish behaviour ...

Surely it would have been the other way around. If you know he is going to be out for 4 weeks, drive him into the ground in the game as he will have time to recover. I think it more likely his lack of usage was down to the fact that we rarely got the Ravens into situations in which his pass rushing was needed.

So you are blaming our woes on the "many" ex-Carolina players we have? Are you aware that, of the initial 53 this season, only THREE - Douglas (1 Year - 2020), Jones (1 Year - 2021) and Samuel (3 years - 2017-2020) - had ever played for the Panthers before? And of those three, only Jones came directly from Carolina to the Bills. Yes, I know there have been others over the years but we are living in the here and now. So, can we just drop this false narrative, once and for all?