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Mikie2times

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  1. 2 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

     

    That's taking a take from slightly hot to absolutely ludicrous.

     

    The crux of the discussion was that Bosa looked better in this game than in any game Von was a Bill. You're now taking it from that to Bosa at his best was a better player than Miller at their best. 

     

    The former discussion is at least debatable. But I'm sorry, that's a ridiculous take. Von at his best was easily the best Defensive End in Football. He's a future Hall of Famer that heavily contributed to two Super Bowl wins with two different teams.

     

    Again, I love what I've seen from Bosa. Bosa is the now and we're all behind him. I get being excited about him, I am too.

     

    But you can do that without rewriting history for the guy with the Bills logo on his helmet now and dismissing the career legacy of the guy who isn't here anymore. Which you're definitely doing here.

    Von pre injury was a massive difference maker for us. But I will say even before injury Bosa is a bit more complete. It’s important for us that our defensive ends can play the run so I think Bosa playing at a high level is probably a better fit for us. 

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  2. 9 hours ago, Mister Defense said:

    The defense was poor last year.  But worse, overall they did not seem to improve last year, just tread water, not being able to stop the run, 3rd down conversions, long plays... The sharpness and discipline that had been hallmarks of McD's defenses previously were missing too often.

     

    It was tough to determine how much of that was related to the player turnover and/or the Bills clearly being undermanned in the secondary and D-Line.  And how much fell on game preparation and play calling--the coaching.

     

    With Dorsey, it was easier to find the culprit, as the offense had not undergone those kinds of changes.  And then we all saw it get worse and worse under him in his first year, not better and better.  Before the next season started I said Dorsey was the biggest concern for the Bills that year. 

     

    Then, early and often we saw the offense look unprepared, confused even, as if they did not know what they were doing and why things were not working.  The players looked dazed and dumbfounded, even our fearless leader.  Like Dan O said, about our previously special offense, loaded with talent: it was the easiest offense to defend in the entire league. Thankfully McD did not do the conservative thing, and wait to the end of the season, but cut bait before the season was lost.

     

    The defense looks sort of ike that now--both unprepared and poor play calling, a lethal combination.  Players seem lost and confused, and the defense doesn't seem to improve on the weaknesses in a consistent manner.  And even supposedly high level players, including our linebackers and lineman, are getting wiped out. We have 3 number one picks starting on the defensive line now.

     

    I am not  completely there yet, but do people think  as I am thinking, leaning in the direction that the fundamental problem with the defense is it is poorly coached?

     

    The secondary has significant question marks and weaknesses, so it is still hard to evaluate the defense, but  are there signs to you that it is more about Babbich than anything else now?  To me, we should get considerably more answers to this question today and in the next few weeks. Hope the defense progresses today and going forward, but if so many things continue to look poor on defense Babbich may be in over his head.

     

     

     

    Let’s try something that has never happened in twobillsdrive history. I will walk @Mister Defense off the ledge 😂. But in all seriousness, it’s never as good or bad as it seems. I’m thrilled at how Bosa has played thus far. I’m thrilled at the proposition of getting back a lot of talent as the season progresses. We will have some stinkers, we will make some plays. I hope to see progress as much as possible especially right now and after that dismantling by Baltimore. I think we can put a big old check for progress this week. It’s also nice knowing that even you have some doubts from time to time. Eternally optimistic or pessimistic are probably both off base.

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  3. I think what will hurt Glenn schematically is the man dependence. It’s how he likes to play and Allen has gone next level against primary man teams like the Jaguars or Lions last year. It really opens his running when everybody running with a WR

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  4. 1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said:

     

    41% of Republicans find abortion acceptable.  Its in the same link you provided.

    That goes against Christian principals.  

    Why aren't you accepting that abortion can be both?  Clearly it is.

    I didn't say it was a political issue, I said it was a religious issue, which is why I put up a religious poll. Most democrats are religious. 70% of the United States is. Those that are not religious overwhelmingly don't support it. I said it was a amendment rooted in religion more than moral grounds. Which it is.  

  5. 1 minute ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

    Who doesn't have equality?

    I mean, I think women should have the right to do what they want with their body? The right to life movement is not on moral grounds, it's on religious grounds. We are supposed to have clear separation of church and state.  So now we are seeing rights taken away for religious reasons right? 

  6. 1 minute ago, Big Blitz said:


     

    The guy that was almost shot in the same way Charlie was.  
     

     

    Extreme takes to liberals are saying there are only 2 genders.  
     

    We can’t coexist with that.  

    Most "liberals" don't believe in the one issue you want to target. As much as you want that to be the case. Most republicans don't believe in removing access to abortions. Yet here were are withe parties representing things we don't believe in as a nation.  

     

    The president has been a walking caricature of grandiose statements from day one. It's literally who he is. It doesn't matter what political spectrum you fall in. To hear somebody say "I think the left has a problem with extreme positions" with the sitting president being Donald Trump  is utterly hilarious. 

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  7. 1 minute ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

    Can you point out all the right wing people that cheered when democrats died?

     

    Did Twitter ever have to issue a warning to its users like blusky did?

     

    I think the extreme takes are more of a left problem personally.

    You see what you care to see. Idiots everywhere with extreme takes, most of all in the White House. 

  8. It's a single stat from a single game, but it's really not a bad stat as all encompassing statistics go. I like EPA more personally. Then you have EPA hybrid stats which probably are even better, but I prefer simplicity when getting advanced. 

     

    In any event, this is QBR from last year. It has Lamar and Josh with an identical rating. So while most people had Lamar with better stats, QBR didn't measure any separation. Unlike QB rating, it includes rushing performance. So I do like that element to it and generally find it to be a solid indicator as sample size grows. 

     

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  9. 11 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

    Does the fact that a very large percentage of major metros have been led by democrats and subject to democrat policies for decades on end play into any of it? Were the policies implemented in these cities for decades just benign bits of nothing with no real world impact? 

    It’s a lot more possible than harsher penalties as was implied by the poster I was responding to. But that’s a much longer conversation at this point. 

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