Mikie2times

When I watch Allen this year and see the fruits of his labor, I can't help but notice just how amazing a job our front office has done in putting him in a position to be successful. It really makes you wonder the % the QB plays in his success and the % the front office does. With Darnold and Allen you probably have the two most extreme cases in each direction. Allen is immensely talented and as hard a worker as you could find and by all account Darnold is a very hard worker as well. That said, you often see Allen eating a bag of Cheetos after the snap as those long crossing routes are developing. Our offensive line has been fantastic giving Allen time to read defenses. Then you look at the WR position. The route running on this team is perhaps the best in the NFL. You can't cover Cole Beasley, watching the guy run routes is a thing of beauty. Smoke is the same way just faster. Then Diggs is just the total package. Davis and McKenzie is like icing on icing. What I love so much about all of it is none of it was done over night. Piece here, piece there. I always thought the front office played a role in QB development. It was just really hard for me to tell how much until I saw how well this regime brought Allen around. The QB still needs to be the right guy and I would never take a shred away from Allen as he has worked so hard to become who he is, but what happens if you flip flop Darnold and Allen? Could Allen make this years Jets team a 8-8 squad? 6-10? Would Darnold have us 4-0? Curious as to what people think.....

You would take Bass over Hauschka? Again, not like Hauschka is gold by any stretch, but he's shown he can get it done in the league at a high level. I should also add that I very much appreciated the missed PAT and the last second TD. I took the Raiders +7.5 live betting after Allen appeared to be injured. So that miss and the subsequent back door was fine by my account.

Really, that's the trouble? We are a Super Bowl contender with a Rookie kicker who hasn't proven he can make it in the NFL yet and his body of work thus far gives us every reason to be concerned. I hate rookie kickers in the NFL. What is the point? At least look at players that have shown they can be successful in the league first and also don't further marry yourself to a freaking kicker by using a draft pick on him. I REALLY hope he turns it around, Hauschka wasn't perfect by any stretch but he proved himself in the league and if it wasn't for his performance in the playoff game against Houston we would have never been able to B word about two players colliding with Watson at 20 MPH and him not moving an inch.

The whole league is starting slow on defense. Most points scored in NFL history through week 2 thus far. I expect us to improve as well as the league as a whole. Hopefully we can get ahead of the curve. From what the eye sees, lot of fatigue, difficulty keeping up with so many multiple 4-5 WR sets. Defenses look two steps behind right now, not the usual one.

Still one of a few areas Josh needs to keep getting better in. Don’t put us in a potential momentum shifting situation by making that throw. Just didn’t need to happen. Horrible call, sure, doesn’t absolve Josh.

I'm very pro Allen, let's just say that now. Historically his stat line doesn't capture his positive impact (my opinion), but today I thought it might have over captured it. I agree with the B+ and might even call it a B (that is above average right?). He made a couple throws that could have been intercepted, throws that should not be made, missed a couple TD passes, a few fumbles, and as a whole, I think we lose against the better teams today. Not as a direct result of him, but the next step is hoping to say we can win those games as a result of him. That is what gets you into the A grade range. Happy with the start. Loved the Diggs connection, that will be fun all year especially seeing smoke highly involved as well. Can we go vertical? Please?

I think it also happens when you restructure prior to resentment building which keeps adding to that culture.

He put up 1,000+ and 7 TD's his 2nd year and just turned 30 this year. He gets injured a lot 2 straight years after his 1,000 yard campaign then one rather solid year with a Baltimore team where his skill set just wasn't the best fit. He gets back into a good fit, stays healthy and what do you know, 1,000+ yards and 6TD's. Key for Brown is staying healthy. Probably not a textbook #1 but can play the role and certainly among the better #2's in the league. I also have to think Beasley is one of the better #3's. What I Iove about both of them, especially with Josh, is he didn't seem to lose focus with with Diggs trade. Not pulling the "me" first routine. When you talk about "the process" Josh Brown IS the process.

This scares me.He's sort of like a slightly more talented more hyped Nate Peterman. Noodle arm, stares receivers down, propensity for turnovers. Having said all this I trust the front office. A lot of people knocked us for taking Rosen and I will admit I wanted to see that be the pick over Allen. Happy to be dead wrong on that one.

True, but Josh doesn’t smell his trapped farts under the covers. If he does it’s because he has a penis, Edelman does because he thinks they smell like Cool Water.

After a run of over 100 consecutive starts, he dislocated his shoulder in 2015 and required surgery. Then he broke his tibia in 2016. He had a outstanding recovery year in 2017 which took him to the last year of his contract. He held out at the start or 2018 wanting a new contract. I think he felt after all he had been through in 15 and 16 his performance in 17 warranted a new contract. Seattle didn't give it to him and most elites from the legion of boom already left or had a pretty thick layer of distrust with Carroll. Thomas was one of the last remaining. Few weeks into 2018 and he breaks his leg. If you watch the video you can tell Thomas knew his days in Seattle were over when he got injured, he had a momentary lapse in professionalism flipping Carroll off. I think the guy wants to win and doesn't have much patience for mistakes. Probably hasn't had a bond with a team since the legion of boom. If Baltimore doesn't work out, it's possible Thomas could retire. Depends on his finances. I don't think he wants to play anymore after all the injuries and if he does it comes with a poor attitude and demanding perfection. Baltimore vets don't feel he fits in. It will get interesting. I see this as a make or break point for Thomas.

Very interesting. I would only be concerned with a protected class employee under the conditions of your second statement. That would have some risk. But if it wasn't a protected class employee, not much the employee could say. They would likely win an unemployment claim if the company fought it. That's about the most they could do.

Right. So what it amounts to is say I term somebody citing job performance and that person is a minority. Then I don't term somebody who meets the same job performance levels as the other individual, then the former could say I did so based on race. Then they would have grounds for a wrongful termination lawsuit. With Covid it's just extra weird. Say I have two employees, both performing poorly off site. One is a minority who is 19 and the other is not and he's 60 years old. I tell the 19 year old you need to return on site, they refuse. I term that person. They try and file a wrongful termination lawsuit because I allowed the 60 year old to remain at home. Can that person really make an argument I did so based on race? Perhaps, but it would be pretty easy to argue I did so because I was protecting the health of somebody in a higher risk group. Would US courts pay that much attention given nearly every employer is dealing with this situation and nobody has the HR playbook? Probably not. What I'm describing is rampant in the states right now. It's a very bizarre climate with work. So many took the Federal stimulus and made out with higher income than when they did work. People who did keep working felt frustrated they weren't getting the hand out. I saw a massive surge in applicants when the stimulus ran out. Obviously not everybody fits into this. Some people are really dealing with some serious hardships, but the climate is just totally messed up. I'm sure other hiring managers would agree it's just been a very bizarre time. Probably similar in many other countries.

Most employees in the US work in states that are considered "at will". Which basically means I can term you anytime, any reason, it only gets hairy if somebody can make an argument that I'm terming you because something discriminatory. It would be hard to make a case right now in the US for anything like that to occur. It's such a crap show right now with employers having blends on site and off site, trying to bring back poor performers offsite, but do so in ways that have some structural process. So many are flying by the seat right now I just don't see the courts ruling in employees favor unless it's egregious.

Each employer treats this a little differently. That said, essentially all employers need to do is not be grossly negligent. States want people off unemployment. If you have socially distanced working conditions and you are asked to return back, most states are instructing employers to separate from that employee if they refuse to do so. I think rightfully so. For every person who has a legit concern that directly impacts them, five more cry wolf. All of this I have seen first hand too many times to count. If you want to play six degrees of separation all of us have somebody we come in contact with that is at risk. I think it's smart to work with the people who have a direct issue. But that's about it. Then as far as companies go, they really are just playing it safe. This is the wild west. Nobody is going to win lawsuits because an employer let somebody go that refused to return to work. Just isn't going to happen. MAYBE if that individual was clearly high risk, but not based o a family member or other contact. It's dog eat dog right now and I really don't mind, enough people have taken advantage of the stimulus and just been lazy piles of crap for 4 months. Not everybody fits that criteria, but a lot do, and as a hiring manager I'm sick of seeing it.

Oh, no, I was agreeing with your statement. I think half will, half won't, and one half will be much louder.

Vegas odds on that statement -1000000000000000000000000000000

Bottom line, I just hope fans treat him with respect regardless of what decision he makes. We can be a pretty intense group and I fear if he does opt out our base has the ability to ostracize him. Which I then fear could impact us when he does become a FA. Lot of peer pressure built into this thing. I'm sure a lot of people here have felt it. As an example, I can work from home if I wish or I can report to work where 3-4 other people in our leadership team report. Everything else is off site. I felt first hand if I chose to work from home I would be ostracized to some extent. We are men, men are tough, who wants to be the 1 guy in 3-4 or 2-3 guys in 50 that says I don't want to do it, I don't feel safe or comfortable. That is not tough. If I made that decision then dealt with underhanded BS as a result, I would be inclined to tell my employer to go ______ themselves. If we bomb Tre if he decides to opt out, I would think he might respond in a similar way come contract time. At least that's my fear. Good post though, it's nice to not agree on this stuff and not have it go totally sideways like a lot of these do.

I don't like the millionaire vs average joe logic. That's like telling somebody who is broke and homeless, well at least you don't have cancer. You always try and look at the positive but marginalizing somebody's circumstances by bringing up how much worse it could be just never made sense to me. When it comes to money, using the reverse logic, it just plays like sour apples. Tre, so many people have it worse than you, least you could do is be our entertainment. That doesn't come off as selfish to you? Past his money, he's a person with a family and was put on this planet to do a lot more than play football. Tre and his wife and family need to make the best decision for them as all of us do and we should support that.

I think we have the best and the worst fan base in the NFL. Our fans are more passionate and loyal than any around but sometimes that comes out in hyperbolic criticism and selfish thinking. This is not a time for the latter. People have been mocking the Patriots opt outs. Not so funny when it hits closer to home? Tre is a family man, pure and simple. If he's smart enough at 25 to know his family will always be more important than anything and time, specifically time with his family is not something that has a monetary value. Get it? Do not ostracize the man for being a hell of a human being. It's probably part of the reason he's a hell of a football player. Make your decision Tre, we love you and want you to retire as a Bill. You represent the love and side of our fan base that is good.

It's good to see somebody from the Jersey Shore make it to Canton.

He always extended the ball away from his body in a way to keep defenders off balance. As his talent started declining it's lead to a lot more fumbles. Then you gotta really wonder as another poster said, if he's not the right fit for KC who would he be the right fit for? He was fun to watch his first few years here and I will always remember his performance in the snow vs the Lions as an Eagle in 2013. 217 yards and two TD's, it was perhaps as close a performance as Gale Sayers 6 TD feat as far as a game involving very inclement weather and seemingly being the only player it didn't impact. I wouldn't compare him directly to Gale, but both players had incredible balance and just unfair to play against on a sloppy field.

He has financial incentive to return, but I think those that site that as the only reason have not seen the special on Smith. One photo, nearly all his muscle removed, his leg looked like something from a butcher shop. He almost died, most certainly should have lost his leg. If he proves medically eligible it's incredible accomplishment, regardless of motive, few people could ever pass such a test. I certainly gained a lot of respect for Smith.

If we are going with the most famous, the comeback sign. No Bills fan on the planet that was alive to see that game is not aware of that sign/moment in our history. My question on some of these bigger ones, that's blocking the view like 4 rows back....Now I'm a chill dude and love me some sign humor, but at what point are you like bro, love ya, but I can't see the F'n game. Speaking of signs, if you ever get to watch the Kerry Wood record strike out performance on youtube, I suggest you do. It's like a 30-45 minute documentary on the game. Great watch even if you don't like baseball, but as far as signs go, that one is on the all timer list.

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