Simon

That wasn't a step; that was a running leap forward.

I'm still stunned by this franchise's cavalier attitude toward protecting their young franchise QB. This has been an ongoing issue since the Bills drafted him, whether it's throwing him out there behind an historically inept OLine, surrounding him with smurf WR's and no legitimate TE's or calling up plays that put him in harms way over and over and over again. You don't get players like this at the QB position very often (hell it took us a quarter of a century to replace Jim Kelly) and when you do you make sure you keep them healthy and put them into position to succeed. For the first time in his career Josh Allen has a legitimate NFL offense around him but they still seem intent on piling up hits on this kid at an unsustainable pace. This is the best team the Bill have put on the field in 25 years and it is all going to go to waste if Josh Allen gets hurt. Daboll is clearly incapable of controlling himself on Sundays so imo it falls unto McDermott to do it for him. He needs to grab his OC by the earlobe and drag him into his office tomorrow morning and tell him to tone it down with the read option nonsense. Allen has a propensity to take off and make plays with his feet if he doesn't like what he sees downfield, and that is fine. But it also means he's going to take plenty of shots over the course of the season and the last thing Daboll should be doing is adding to that butcher's bill with a bunch of designed QB carries. I don't care if it's an advantageous matchup, if they continue to rely on it, it will eventually cost them what should be their best year in decades. Just tell him he gets two calls a game where he can use Allen as a ball-carrying option and that's it. There's enough talent on this offense to move the chains in other ways; don't rely on doing it in a manner that's eventually going to end your season.

At what point does McDermott become culpable for not telling Daboll to stop putting the key to his entire season in repeated danger with a 21-0 lead?

My tolerance for people turning any thread into a Covid thread is rapidly waning, particularly when it comes to repeat offenders. Boater, JaCrispy, Riot Act, etc, if you want to discuss masks and pandemics, go to one of the several threads on OTW. Stop polluting threads on the main board with it. P.S. I will be deleting any responses to this post in an effort to keep it on-topic, so if you need to say something about it, PM me and leave this thread alone.

Congratulations on having the length of your suspension doubled yet again. Keep it up and every account you attempt to make will be permanently removed in addition to your "original" one.

TRNP in North Dakota mid-July Sawtooths in Idaho in late July Mt Rainier in early August North Cascades in mid August All systems are still a hopeful go at this point. Will be driving the truck out then camping and backpacking so social distancing is not an issue.

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I was referring to off-the-field noise. Therefore the groans must have been your teammates

I looked up who Chris Evans is and his ridiculously prepared hair is definitely different from my gorgeous natural locks, so that comparative differentiation kinda sorta works in a pinch.

Shouldn't you have picked two things that look different?

I don't think it would be an issue because a) there's a lot of pride involved in individual matchups and somebody trying to rip your head off tends to concentrate the mind wonderfully and b) this will sound weird but you don't really hear crowd noise when you're actually playing; it's like your mind is dealing with so much other data that it dismisses any auditory input outside of the field of play. I've actually had moments where I can see people yelling near the sidelines but don't register any actual related sound.

Hang in there, brother.

He's not going 12 with a 20-30yr old at this point. But he'd probably still be hell on wheels for a couple rounds.

I'll take Things That Still Hurt in the Film Room for $400, Alex.

The finest song ever written about cleaning windows ; - )

No, but there will be.....

I hope somebody gave it up for some of these guys. I guarantee you can't watch 'em without cracking up.

Yeah, me too. I typically tune out the talking heads, but he's one of the few guys who is naturally smart, knows what's going down on the field and clearly takes the time to do his homework.

Maybe my bar is too high but if you want carry the designation of "warrior", just carrying the ball doesn't get you there.

When I said I've never seen any sign of him being a warrior, I was referring to Cam. The times I've seen him get tagged inside or outside the pocket it's simply because he hasn't seen it coming.

I'm not talking about off the field stuff. They're ballplayers, which makes half of them oversized dumbasses. You could make lists all day of guys that acted like idiots off the field. I'm just talking about being able to count on a guy during a game. As for him being a warrior, I've simply never seen it.

Did you just try to compare Jim Kelly to Cam Newton? I have no words........

I really enjoyed that. Here's another for the younger crew that wasn't lucky enough to have a chance to watch that team.

I'm not talking about having a bad game; that happens to everybody at some point. I'm talking about turning your back on your brothers when they need you the most. That's a fatal flaw that no amount of good play can cover.