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@SDS I have to update my RSVP. I’ll be coming to the tailgate lot, but I can’t park there. One of the people coming with me needs to catch a flight after the game, so I need to be able to get out of there quick. I still plan on getting there early and can bring whatever an out of town can bring, so just let me know.

90s team had HOFers at positions we don’t. You give this current team a Bruce Smith and Thurman Thomas….watch out

I watched the whole thing. It was difficult at times to keep track of who was on the field with then subbing people in and out so much. My apologies

I was sick this weekend and on meds. I was struggling to stay awake.

Gilliam is another player I wanted to talk about. I think he could be a real threat in situations this year. I’m curious to see him next week. Good call out

Agree to disagree. Take the one deep pass out of the mix and Dalton was dreadful. I know they to support their team and keep it interesting, but it felt like they were watching a different game. However, I watched on NFL network and maybe we had different announcers. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t fully coherent in the second half and may have missed that. I didn’t remember his jersey standing out to me.

Fair enough. I felt like I saw him out there a lot more, but they may have spread them out

Basham is a concern for me above everyone else. I’m not really seeing anything from him and he was considered to be the most pro ready. I’m going to focus on him more in the next game to see what rotation he’s in I could be wrong, but I remembered the announcers saying they just pulled their starters on the play before. Yes, it’s a little scary honestly

If ever there were a game to remind yourself "it's only preseason," this was probably it. Call it the Trubisky revenge tour or whatever you want, but this was a preseason game that felt like anything but. To the contrast of our previous run happy game, Daboll came out firing and drastic difference between where the Bills and Bears are as programs was ever apparent. With that being said... 1 - Mitch - Trubisky had a really good game and showed well enough to give comfort to a lot of fans in case Allen should get hurt. However, as I watched him play, it made me appreciate just how great a talent Josh Allen is. Overall, Mitch played well. However, that's not to say there weren't opportunities in how he played. There were a few passes where the receiver had to adjust to the ball, which cost them a step and extra yards. Mitch got happy feet a few time and found ways to take unnecessary steps as he escaped the pocket. There was one play in particular where I wish Josh were on the field as I have zero doubt Allen would have delivered the throw on the run to a dot for the touchdown. Mitch did show off a strong arm and made quite a few passes in the flat to the sideline. Preseason or not, 200+ yards at the half is something to be proud of. Especially in the stadium of the team that didn't want you back. 2 - Motor - In another "it's only preseason" thought, it's hard for me to not think the starting running back job is Motor's to lose. While I understand that Moss is still hurt, Motor is making the most of every carry and is showing a burst to the outside that hasn't really been seen since he got here. He's decisive, breaking arm tackles, and looks overall like a starting back. Also, kudos to Daboll for running a lot of misdirection plays that delayed the linebackers just a step slow enough to give Motor a head start. 3 - Groot - Okay, I'm officially excited to see this kid play in the regular season. While I assume it's because he's now locked in as a started, Rousseau played less snaps in this game than he did in the previous. Even so, Groot was an absolute monster pushing through the right tackle for the Bears and notched another sack. So far, technique has meant nothing to this kid because he's so powerful that he just runs over people and can sack quarterbacks with just his hands. For my first painfully wrong prediction of the season, I see Groot getting 10 sacks minimum this year. 4 - If you haven't seen the movie "Return to Paradise", I recommend looking it up. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, and Anne Heche. I don't remember if it was an independent film, but it didn't get a lot of attention. The plot, acting, and ending are top notch and guaranteed to hit you in the feels as well as telling your friends about it. It's older, so you may have troubles finding it. If you do, I strongly recommend it. 5 - Epenesa - This is where many of us are about to disagree. Epenesa logged a lot of snaps in both preseason games so far and I believe it's because the coaches still want to see more from him. Yes, he had a monster of a sack where he bull-rushed over the 3rd string left tackle and delivered a monster hit. However, I'm not see Epenesa get the same push against the starters or back-ups. He gets very close to the quarterback almost every time but he just can't quite finish. If the coaches were sold on him, I don't believe he'd be out there as much and into the second half. Same goes for my opinion of Obada, who had a very quite game. 6 - McKenzie - I only wanted to see one thing from McKenzie this preseason and that was solid hands in the punt return game. Unfortunately, he muffed a punt this game and now I'm just waiting to see how long it takes to cost us in a real game. As a receiver, he was a main target for Mitch and made the most of his catches. However, as we know, there aren't going to be a lot of snaps for him at receiver and he needs to looks punts into his hands before taking off. 7 - Haack - Speaking of Haack, he didn't get a lot of opportunities in this game, but did boot one off the side of his foot. His other punt was a beauty and pinned the Bears inside the 20, but I can already see the threads about bringing in some competition for him. Haack isn't going anywhere and while I didn't like to see the miss, his track record in Miami indicates that's more of a fluke than anything else. 8 - Defensive Playcalling - The Bills ran a lot of single safety with extra coverage in the box. The Linebackers did a great job of staying close enough to the line to reach to the rushing attack, but jumped back in coverage quickly. It was the most aggressive defense I've seen Frazier call in recent games and hope it's a sign of things to come. I'm not sure if this was because Hyde and Poyer sat out or if they wanted to see how the DB's handled man coverage, but it led to many 3 and outs. Additionally, we didn't play contain when Fields was out there, which gave him a few free scrambles, but I don't believe we cared honestly. 9 - Press Coverage - The Bears played a lot of press coverage and I was happy to see the Bills receivers not be phased by it. Each receiver got off the line fast, ran slants or shallow crosses that didn't allow the defenders to initiate hard contact with them. Our speed was on display as there was YAC yards multiple times. Again, it's nice to see the coordinators try new things and be effective. I personally believe this team is going to be that much more effective with halftime adjustments as we are becoming so much more versatile in our schemes. 10 - Hollister - This is hard for me to say, but I believe Hollister should be given the starting job at TE. Knox had both a drop and a missed block in his limited action while Hollister continues to be effective blocking, catching, and with surprising speed. He looks like a receiver in the open field and a match-up nightmare for some linebackers and cornerbacks. I'm sure Knox will continue to get the start and we haven't see what Josh's rapport is with him (should be strong since they played together before), but I think Knox is on a short leash this year. Bonus Question - The Play - After the first Motor touchdown, someone on the Bills made a monster tackle on the Bears kick returner the next play. Any idea who that was? There weren't any replays from the homer Bears broadcast.

I’m working on it today. It’ll be out this evening

Why yes, yes I have. Feel free to tell me where I said I would hit a woman. It’s okay, I’ll wait. I’m saying that the moment anyone initiates an incident with an unknown, they don’t get to dictate how the other responds.

The moment you put hands on someone, you open the gates for however they want to respond. You don’t get to tell them to only hit you as hard as you hit them. There aren’t rules once you decide to initiate a fight. I’m not saying what I would do in the situation, just that you can’t control how people will respond once you put them in “fight” mode.

It looks like they were almost pushing against each other’s hands, he pushed her hands back when he said “don’t touch me”, she slapped him, then he messed both of them up

On the first pass to Jake, the defender was holding his other arm. I can’t fault him for that first one.

Are we worries about the cap or something? Do we have too many good players we can’t keep or something? Are we worried about hitting Cam too hard?

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There was another article I didn’t link that said others heard it and knew it was bad. I’m going to edit the title

Can't say I saw the original. My best friend is really into it so I'm going to give this new one a shot

I didn’t know you wrote those and I’m actually a pretty big movie person myself. I have the AMC pass where I get unlimited movies for $20 a month.

I know we aren’t a Jets board, but as a rival and their biggest defensive threat, I thought it would be relevant

I agree with most of these, but I didn’t dislike them while they were here. Whitner was drafted way too high and really burned bridges as he left. Poz hurt because he was a fan favorite and I feel like he just bounced for money and never cared about being here. McGahee was a head scratching draft pick to me. I was never really a fan as he made comments about being the best runningback in the league, when accomplishing nothing close to it. I can’t fault the other guys as they just had bad plays, but I believe they always wanted to be here and gave their all. Marrone is interesting to me as I’m really curious to know what happened as he quit. As time passes, I think he wanted more control. Jauron is like hating your grandma for being stuck in her ways. She just is who she is

Yes, as much as possible

Are you sure it’s not me? 😋

I don't remember the game, but I didn't post it until Wednesday and I thought people were going to put out a missing person's report on me. That was a terrible week at work and an overall stressful time. I've learned my lesson to not allow things less important such as work get in my way